Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-13
A Wall Street Story

[OrigiIlaIl

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man, the hous emaid were all in it"
About that time l got into the kettle
myself with a thousand dollars that
had been left me by an aunt. Stocks
! kept going up, and ! doubled my
money When summer came on l put
1t all in the common stock of the North
ern Pacific railroad preparatory to go
ing to the country With my $4,000 l
| bought POO shares. my broker lending
me what was needed to complete the
! purchase, holding my stock for Sc
curity. The price was par.
l went to the mountains to join a
party of which Miss Gylling was a
member, with a view to closing a win
| ter's courtship and entering upon a
contract of marriage. She appeared to
| be much pleased to see me, but some
what constrained. | did not know ii
at the time. but she was not quite GER
tain that l was a desirable parti,
| financially. l was quite certain that l
was not | had but $4,000 in the world,
and d recession of 10 per cent in the
value of the stock in which it was in
L
1res may be wiped from blackboard.
| But it was love, not money, that l was
considering, and 1 supposed Miss CYL
ling was Influenced solely by the die
tateS OF her heart.
Miss Gylling soon showed that she
was temporizing with me. She did
| not wish me to make a declaration I'M
CHI hnx I cir tod
cially. /. supposing she was not sure
she loved me, cast about for some other
! girl to whom l might devote myself,
thus giving Miss Gylling an opportu-
nifty to learn how a prospect Of losing
| me would affect her. Little Agnes
Worsley, whose plump figure, round,
! rosy cheeks and laughing eyes were
! pleasant to look upon, seemed to me
a fitting person for my purpose.
When it was evident that my atten-
tons to Miss Worsley were not pleas
ing to Miss Gylling inferred that the
latter had a better knowledge of the
state Of her heart, and, taking advan-
tage of this fact, l made my PROPOSE
ton. I was disappointed that she did
not fall into my arms and whisper
Yes" She did no such thing. She re
GREETED having led me toe Ear, though
she s'iiksd me very much" and gave
me hope that might be accepted In
time. Chilled by this reception Of my
declaration. I turned away to meat, a
tsfee1ap% Soy, who handed ma dis
patcN. 0pAning x. read:
''Cne hanarNd aAd Atty bid for North
era Pacific. 0Aau we SELF"
* GospG to the writing Aoona az the he.
|, tea ESmhbte seseHd& t. eelf. and hand.
/ lka It 20 the bog difsctsd him to send
II &C once. Mas GyllinR came int the
nooAs e. sESWea soia1 out IA
|ft N esssa an Lad 1se ST Vas
- excited ii. AAxinG.nads. ti0, Ooo that
told her Of my GOOD fprtNns. though,
not c6rinE e09tbe known 10 d Spectator,
Idtd set give her Tire method BIZ which
itShad Beer acquired: ,<'.'2 '''ss.s'r- 90
For tia rest Of tue day shA seemed It
q loss, hOw~tot.treatsntosa. One moment
abe would appear, TO favor me- amidst
AnOt1er. to repulse me. just before sep.
aratinS for the night she promised to
give me Rn answer the next day and
led me to believe It would be favorable.
In, the morning received telegram
from my bFOker asking why I had not
rSpii9d % his inquiry. / at once vent.
to the telegraph Office and f0tfnd" that
the boy who had carried my message
bad been run over by an automobile
and the 0rdef to sell had not been :feie1
sraphed wrote a duplicate order to
sell and handed, it into the, receiving
clerk, then vent to the hotel: Al Fen:
tered heard a man say, Whats the
matter with Northern Pacifci" A few
minutes later a. message followed nae
from the telegraph Office from my bro
keF. - IT..
''ShaH we sell Northern Pacific? One
hundred bid" ..y.... rs Z 7-.5;.~t::-. :
.. Hers was loss Of all my profit, and
from tho message it looked as II the.
stock would 90 lower. Miss Gylling
came up, and handed her the mes
sage, saying that it advised me Of the
loss OF the $4,000 I had made the day
before She looked somewhat discon-
certea a. though the loss or something
connected with Il annoyed her and.
oGS4nk >ucT AuOSetoI NAVop IA0 INAg 1CAS
me to join her. =. :
I was sitting on the DieHxa, feeling
very much dis0runtled over my bad
luck, VhcA Miss WOrsley came along.
I wanted some one to synpathiEe with
me and told hHe how I had made &1O.-
goo aud lost IL. She noR only synAa-
thtsed with me. but encouraged me to
hope something might happeR that
there wu no prospect Of happenIng-a
delightful trait possessed by some woL
msR. With naorS heart than practical
sense. A boy stepped or 30 me ana
handed me q telegram:
''SOM 100 Northern Pacific az i.00A"
: That stuUid telegraph SiRl has WRIT
ten l. OoS f<r 100" remarked. .'-
Just than . man passed me readinE q
newspaDcr., and I sew. Ia scare head.
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