The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-13
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cHAPTER V.-contInued.

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CHAPTER V.-continued.
Whether Il was that for the
first time in nll his wonderful
career he realized that the System"
was to meet it's Nemesis, or
what the cause, none could tell,
perhaps not even Barry Conant him
self, but some emotion caused his
olive face for an instant to turn pale.
and give his voice o t~ell-tale culver.
Once more pealcd forth "25 for 5000. "
That Bob saw the pallor. that he
caught the culver. was evident to all.
followed Il with 5000 at "a, %, %,
90" Neither Barry Conant nor any
Of his li|eutcnants got in a take IT,"
although whether they wanted 10 or
not was an open question until Bob
allowed his voice 20 dwell Just like "A
pendulum swing of time on the 20.
II was as II he were tantalizing them
into sticking by their guns. BY the
time he paused. Barry Conants nerve
was back, for his piercing Take It"
had linked TO It go for any part of
10000 The bid was yet on his lips
when Bob's deep voice rang out
sold" Any part of $4,000 at 10, 10.
10, 10" Hell was now loose. Back
and forth. up against the rail, around
the room and back and around again,
the crowd surgod for 10 of the widest.
c%raziest minutes in the history Of the
New York stock exchange. n history
replete with records OF wild and crazy
scenes.
At last from sheer exhaustion there
came a ten minutes lull, which was
used in comparing trades. At the be-
ginning OF the respite Sugar was sell
ing at 1855. for in that quarter hour OF
madness It had broken from 21O to
1866, but when the ten minutes had
elapsed, the stock had worked back
TO 1917. Barry Conant had again taken
the center OF the crowd, after hastily
scanning the brief notes handed him
by mcssonger.boys and giving orders
to his ~lieutenants. He had evidently
received rcenforcemcnts i'm the form
Of renewed orders from his principals.
Many Of the faces that fringed the
innor circle OF that crowd were fright.
full to look upon, some white as
though just lifted from hospital pill
lows, others red to the verge of apo.
pleNy-all strained rs though await
ing the coming of the jury with n
life or death verdict. They all knew
that Bob had sold more than a hun
dred thousand shares OF Sugar upon
which the profits must be more than
$4,000, 900. Would he resume selling.
or was he through? Was it short
stock, which must he bought back, or
long stock; and il long, whose stock?
Were the insiders selling nj on enc
another, or were they all selling to-
gether. and under cover of Barry Con
ants movements We're Camemcyer
and STANDARD or emptying their
bag preparatory to the slaughter Of
the Washington contingent? All these
questions were rushing through the
heads of that crowd of brokers like
steam through a boiler, now hot, now
cold, but always at high pressure. for
upon the correctness of the answer de-
pended the fortune OF many who
hreathlessly awaited the renewal or
the suspension OF the contest. Even
Barry Commits usually impasslye face
wore a tinEe of anxiety.
Indeed. Bob was She only one I'm
the center of that throng that showed
no sign OF what was going on behind
it. The same cynical smile that mad
been there since the opening still
played around the corners of his
mouth as he squared himself in
front of his opponent. Al knew now
that he was not through. Barry Con.
n had evidently decided 20 force the
fighting, although more cautiously
than before. 90 for a thousand"
One Of his ]lieutenauts bid G. for 500,
another g. for 500, and as Bob had
not yet shown his intention OF meet
ing their bids. g. for different mounts
was heard all over the house. Bob
might have boon tossing a metal coin
TO decide the ACCESSIBILITY of buying
back what he had sold; he might have
been adding up the bids as they were
made. lie said nothing for a fraction
of a minute, which TO those tortured
men must have seemed like an age.
Then with a waye of his hand, as
though delivering a b~enediction. he
swept the circle with a cold-blooded:
sold the lots. 5000 In all"
~"Sixty-seven for a thousand again
Parry Conant's bid. sold "67Nfor
5000" Sold &c for a thousand"
sold" The drop from 5000 to 1000
aud a dollar a SHARE in Barry Commits
bids was the MORALLY wounded, bat
still game generals Sound the Re
treat" Bob heard 1t. ANY part of
10000 at Is. ca. 62. CO." The din vas