Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-09-11
CHAPTER llI.-Continued.


leave the room. But in a moment
Beulah Sands was her usual self and,
turning to me- she said: Mr.. Ran
dolph, please forget what you have
seen. For an instant, as I saw Mr..
Brownley's awful misery, I thought of
nothing but what he had done for me,
what he had tried to do for my father,
what penalty he has paid From
what you said when you left and the
fact that l got no word from either of
you. feared the worst and did not
dare look at the tape; I simply waited
and hoped and-prayed- Yes, prayed
as my mother taught me l should pray
whenever l was helpless and could do
nothing myself. And l felt that God
would not let the noble work of two
such men be overthrown by those you
were battling with. In the midst of
calmness that took for a good omen,
you came. Can you blame me for for
getting myself? Mr.. BROMLEY" the
voice was now calm and self-controled,
tell me what you have done Where
do We stand?' There is little to tell"
BOD answered. Camemeyer and
Standard Oil have taken me into camp
as they would take a stuck pig They
have made monkeyfed ass out of
me, and we are ruined. and I have
caused Mr.. Randolph heavy loss
Roughly, I figure that of your four
hundred thousand capital and the mil
lion four hundred thousand profit you
had this morning. only your capital re-
mains"
Wishing to spare Bob I interrupted
and myself gave the girl briefly the de-
tails Of what had happened. She lis
tened intently and seemed to take in
all the trickery OF the System" mas
tiers; seemed to see just what it meant
to US and to her. But she made no
comment, showed by no outward sign
that she suffered. As soon as was
through she turned to Bob, who had
stood with his eyes fastened upon her
face, as though somewhere out of it's
soft beauty must come an assurance
that this was all bad dream.
Mr.. Brownley," she said let US
figure up just where we stand, so that
We may know what to do to recoup.
You have said so many times. since |
have been here. that Wall street is
magic land that no man may tell -
hours ahead what will happen to him.
You have said it so many times that I
believe it. We know that this morn
ing We were at the goal that we were
millions ahead, and all from "a hours
effort. We have yet almost three
have not just as much chance as we
had day before yesterday Yes, and
more, because we know more now.
Next time we will include the divi-
dend cuts and the senate duplicity in
our figuring"
We both dumbly stared in wonder
ing admiration at this marvellous
woman. Was it possible that a girl
could have such nerve, such courage?
Or had woman's hope, so persistent
where her loved ones are concerned,
made Beulah Sands blind to tha awful
ness of the situation? AS looked at
her I could not doubt that she fully
realized our position, that she was
really suffering more than either of US,
that she was only acting to ease Bob's
anguish. Bob brought out his memo
randa, and in half an hour we had the
figures. The total loss was nearly
three millions AS Beulah Sands 20
600 shares had cost less than ours and
Bob figured to leave her capital of
100000 intact, we felt some comfort.
Beulah Sands had watched the figuring
with the keenness of an expert, and
when Bob announced the final figures,
which showed that she still had what
she started with, she drew the sheet
containing the totals to her. Il was
willing to accept your assistance" she
said. when the deal promised a profit
to all of US, because appreciated your
goodness and knew how much it would
hurt your feelings if I were churlish
about the division; but now that we
all lose I must stand my fair share;
must" She said this in a way that we
both knew precluded the possibility
of argument. We owned together
100000 shares. I was to have had the
profits On 10000 shares Our total loss
is $2,775, 900, of which I must bear my
just proportion. Mr. BROMLEY, you
will see that $4,000 is charged to my
account. I shall have $4,000 left. If
our cause is as just as we think, God
in His goodness will make this ample
for our purposes
Though Bob and I were in despair
at her determination to strip herself
of what Bob had worked 30 hard to
accumulate, we could not help feeling
4 reverence for her faith and her
sturdy independence. She now showed
us In her delicate way that she wished
to he alone; as We went she held out
her hand to Bob. "Mr. BROMLEY,
please, for the sake of the work we
have to do, look on the bright side of
this calamity, for it has bright side
You wanted me to send word to my
father that we were about to grasp
victory. Think if we had sent it-then
you will know that God is good, even
beyond endurance"
Bob took me into his Office. Jim |
you see what woman can do, and we
are taught women are the weaker sex
Now listen to what you must do. Ac-
cept my notes for the whole loss, less
one hundred thousand which have to |
my credit, and which will pay on &C.
count. / won't listen to any objection. |
The deal was mine; you came in only [
to help US out, and I ought never to I
have tempted you. If remain in my