Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-06-19
Two Sides of a Stock
jobbing Operation.
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One afternoon q gentleman left his
office near the New York Stock Ex-
change, stepped into cab and directed
the cabmnn to drive to his home up
town. Having started. he pulled down
the curtains, took a revolver from his
pocket and placed the muzzle against
his temple.
Albert Mesereau had followed a con-
tinued "bulling" of the N. Y. and P.
railway and had thereby been ruined
The published statements of the road
showed that their earnings would en-
able them to pay a 10 per cent annual
dividend on their common stock.
though they paid nothing. They were
spending their profits on the better
ment of the road. Meserean had kept
''long" on the stock with q view to
reaping a rich harvest when the di-
rectors should cease this outlay ana
begin to give the surplus earnings to
the stockholders. But year after year
passed with no change In the financial
policy of the company. Mesereau's mar :
gins We're finally absorbed, and on the
afternoon mentioned slump In the
market had placed him heavily in debt
AS he was about to pull the trigger
the face of his wife came up before
his mental vision--a face that had al
ways been CHEEKY, helping him to bear
his continued disappointment his per
petual sinking to ruin. Now 1t was in
expressibly sad. His brain, Temporal
rily unbalanced, righted itself. and he
resolved to live for the sake of the
woman who loved him and whom he
loved.
clothes were found on the deck of
Hudson river ferryboat, and Mesereau
had disappeared.
Meanwhile there were rumors In the
street that N. Y. and P. railway COM
mon stock was shortly to be put on a
dividend basis; but, since these rumors
had been rife for several years. no one
paid any attention to them. The stock
fuctuated as usual and, though rather
high for n nondividend paying stock,
was considerably below par.
One day director of the road called
his valet into his private room at home
and said to him:
Dennis, some one has been opening
my letters"
II hope ye don't name to accuse me
o. doin' sich q thing SIR replied the
man.
"I do, and I'm going to hand you
charge of theft"
IT steal. sirr'
"It is to my interest to shut you up
for week. If you will consent to be
made a prisoner In my house under
lock and key for that time, will make
no charge. Otherwise / will put you
behind bars perhaps for years"
y am innocentA Of . .;557ttsA; thin pg the law
will punish in that way"
'The law is money. I. having money.
am the law. Which do you choose,
voluntary Imprisonment for a week or
to go to jailY'
The gentleman stepped to the tele-
phone and took down the receiver.
Don't call the police. You may shut
me up here"
Every well. Follow me-"
AAO iCa thiC way W u lOOuu hA
upper story. There were two win
dows, but they were small and near
the ceiling. The valet entered, and
his master. locking the door, took the
key.
Several days later a maid In the hall
made sufficient noise with her buckets
and brooms for the prisoner to hear
her
Kate" he called. 'is that youp'
Good gracious! Where do the voice
be comm fromT'
Come here, Kate-to the door. I'm
Dennis. l want to speak with you.
Don't make a fuss"
The girl approached the door, and
Dennis whispered to her through the
keyhole. Then she went away.
Mrs. Mesereau, lying awake = she
slept but little since her husbands dis
appearance = thought she heard the
low. She listened and heard it again.
this time surely Getting out of bed
and pulling on a wrapper. she went
down and answered the call.
as that you, sweetheartT
"Great heavens, it's Bert's voicer'
II must be quick Go to Bunker's
Office In the morning. Tell him I'm
alive; have been In the service OF
a director of the N. Y. and P. rail-
road. At the stockholders meetinn
in few days a per cent dividend
will be declared. First make contract
for half his profits, then give the in
formation. Goodby."
The next morning the supposed wid-
ow was In the Office of her husbands
former broker, was closeted with him
and when she emerged had written
contract signed by him that he should
form syndicate to buy 100000 shares
of N. Y. and p. common stock to be
held at least sixty days, half the prof
its ION condition the information prov