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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-31

Paris viii find it rather
Up
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-05-09

mad to reach up to do 1t, this xinsome
little Virginia lady. With her big,
calm blue eyes looking straight into
his. she said:
Bob
That was all, but the word seemed
to change the very atmosphere in the
room. The look of desperation faded
from Bob's face, and as though the
words had sprung the hidden catch to
the doors of the storehouse of pent-up
misery, his eyes filled with hot, blind
Ing tears. His great chest was con-
vulsed with sobs. Again clear, calm,
fearless, and tender, came the one
syllable, Bob And at that Bob's
self-control slipped the leash. With a
hoarse cry, he threw his arms around
her and crushed her to his breast.
The sacredness of the scene made me
feel like an intruder, and I started to
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, 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 I got no word from either Of
you, feared the worst and did not
dare look at the tape; simply waited
and hoped and-prayed. Yes, prayed
as my mother taught me should pray
whenever was helpless and could do
nothing myself. And I 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.. Brownley," the
voice was now calm and self-controled,
tell me what you have done. Where.
do we stand?" There is little to tell.
Bob answered. "Camemeyer ana
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Sands. Men whose painted pets pol.
lutte the very air that such as Beulah
Sands must breathe. I've learned nv
lesson to-day. I thought knew the
game Of finance, but I'm suddenly
awakened to realization Of the dense
ignorance wallowed in. Jim, but for
the loading of the dice, should now
have been taking. Beulah Sands to her
father with the money that the hellish
System stole from him. Later shon1d
have taken her<to the altar, and after.
who knows but that should have had
the happtest home and family in all
the world, and lived as her people and
mine have lived for generations. hon.
est, God-fearing, law-abiding. neigh.
BORROWING men and women. and then;
died as men should die? But now.
Jim, I see black, awful picture. No..
I'm not morbid, I'm going to make a;
heroic effort to put the picture out of
sight; but I'm afraid, Jim, I'm afraid. ~
He stopped as we pulled up on tho
sidewalk In front of Randolph e. Ran.
dolph's office. Here it is on the bull
letin. See what did the trick, Jim.
They held the Sugar meeting last;
night instead OF waiting till tomorrow
and cut the dividend instead of in
creasing> 1t. The world won't know it
until tomorrow. Then they will know
1t, then they will know it. They will
read it in the headlines of the papers
IA few suicides, few defaulters, al
few new convicts, an unclaimed corpse
or two at the morgue; a few Innocent
girls, whose fathers fortunes have
gone to swell Camemeyer's and Stand.
ard Oils already uncountable gold.
turned into street-walkers; a few new:
palaces on Fifth avenue, and a few
new libraries given to communities,
that formerly took pride in building;
them from their honestly earned saw!
ings. A report or two of record-break-;
ing diamond sales by Tiffany to the,
kings and cars of dollar royalty, then
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e-and-body-in-hand gambler
remained. His hat was gone, his COL
lar torn and hanging over his shoulder.
His coat and waistcoat were ripped
open, showing the full length of his
white shirt front, and his eyes were
fairly mad. Bob was no longer a
human being, but a monarch of the
forest at bay, with the hunter in front
of him, and closing in upon him, in a
great half circle, the pack of barriers,
all gnashing their teeth, barring their
fangs, and bowling for blood. The
hunter directly facing Bob, was Barry
Conant-very slight, very short, mar
vellously compact, handsome, minia-
ture man, with a fascinating face, dark
olive in tint, lighted by pair of spark
ling black eyes and framed in jet
black hair; black mustache was
parted over white teeth, which, when
he was stalking his game, looked like
those of a wolf. An interesting man
at all times was this Barry Conant,
and he had been on more and fiercer
battlefields than any other half-score
members combined The scene was a
rare one for a student of animalized
men.
While every other man in the crowd
was at a high tension of excitement,
Barry Conant was as calm as though
, standing in the center of a ten-acre
daisy field cutting off the helpless flow
ers' heads with every swing of his
arm. Switching stock gamblers into
eternity had grown to be a pastime to
Barry Conant. Here was Bob thunder
ing with terrific emphasis "7S for S.
'000," "77 for $1,000" "75 for 5,000," "74
for 5,000," "73 for $1,000" ~ for S 900, y
seemingly expecting through sheer
power of voice to crush his opponent
into silence. But with the regularity
of a trip-hammer Barry Conant's right
hand, raised in unhurried gesture, and
his clear calm sold" met Bob's every
retreating bid. It was battle royal
king on one side. Richelieu on the
other. Though there was frantic buy.
ing and selling all around these two
generals, the trading was gagged by
the trend of their battle. All knew
that if Bob should be beaten down by
this concentrated modern finance
devil, a panic would ensue and Sugar
would 60 none could say how low.
But if Bob should play him to a stand.
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standard Oil have taken me into camp
as they would take stuck pig They
have made monkeyfied ass out of
inc, and we are ruined, and I have
eaused Mr.. Randolph a heavy loss.
Roughly, I figure that of your four
|hrndred thousand capital and the mil
1iGn four hundred thousand profit you
hae this morning, only your capital re-
malns."
Wishing to spare Bob, I interrupted
and myself gave the girl briefly the de-
tails of what had happened. She lis
tensd intently and seemed to Cake in
all she trickery of the System" mas
te-s; seemed to see just what it meant
to SO and to her. But she made no
comment, showed by no outward sign
that she suffered. AS soon as I 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. BROMLEY" she said, tlet 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 "a
hours ahead what will happen to him.
You have said it so many times that
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
months left, and do not see why we
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 girl
could have such nerve, such courage?
Or had woman's hope, so persistent
where her loved ones are concerned,
made Beulah Sands blipd to the 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 she
figures. The total loss was nearly
three millions. AS Beulah Sands 20
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front-page news stories of clawings
mauling, and hair-pulling wrangles
among the stage harlots for the pos
session of these diamonds. They were
not quite sure that the dividend cut
alone would do the trick, and they
were taking no chances, these mighty
warriors of the SYSTEM so their hire
ling senate committee held a session
last night and unanimously reported
to put sugar on the free list. The peo-
pie will read that in the morning, and
probably the day after they'll be told!
that the committee held another ses-;
sion tonight and unanimously report7
ed to take it off the free list. BY that
time these honorable statesmen will
have loaded up with the stock that
you and I and Beulah Sands sold, and
that other poor devils will slaughter
tomorrow after reading their morning
papers,"
Bob's bitterness was terrible. My
heart was torn as I listened. He
stalked through the office and into that
of Beulah Sands. I followed. She was
az AASA OOoh, oAu WHICH, DIG AOOAC0 IVY
her great eyes opened in wonderment
as they took in Bob, his grim, set
faee, the defiant, sullen desperation ct
the big brown eyes, the disheveled
hair and clothes. For an instant she
stood as one who had seen an appari-
ton.
Look me over, Beulah Sands" he
said, ''look me. over to your hearts
content, for you may never again see
the fool Of fools in all the world, the
fool who thought himself competent to
cope with men Of brains, with men
who really know how to play the game
of dollars as it is played in this Chris
tian age. Don't ask me not TO call you
Beulah; that what tried to do was for
you is the one streak of light in all
this black hell. Beulah, Beulah, we
are ruined, you, your father, and I.
ruined, and I'm the fool who did it,
She rose from her desk with all the
quiet, calm dignity that we had been
admiring for three months, and stood
facing Bob. She did not seem to see
me: she saw nothing but the man who
had gone out that morning the person
if1cation of hope, who now stood be-
fore her the picture of black despair,
and she must have thought, 1T was all
for me-" Suddenly she took the lapels
of his torn coat in either hand. She
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certain. The news bureaus have lust
published the story that am buying
Tor Randolph & Randolph, and trey
TOT the insiders; that the new tariff
is an good as passed; and that at the
directors meeting tomorrow the Sugar
dividend will be increased, and that il
is agreed on all sides she won't stop
going until she crosses 200 I've been
Obliged to take on only $4,000 of your
$4,000, and at present prices there is.
over two hundred thousand profit in
them. | think could go back there
and in 30 minutes have it to $50. Then
II rested on it until about one o'clock
and threw myself at it for real fire.
works up to the close, could, under
cover of them, let slip about half our
purchases, and tomorrow open her
with whirl and let go the balance.
II I'm in luck I'll average 18O-1S5 for
the whole bunch, but I'll be satisfied
II get an average of It's, which would
allow me to sell it on a dropping scale
to 1907
l agreed that his campaign was per-
feet, and Beulah Sands said in her,
usual quiet way, 1T is entirely in your
hands, Mr.. BROMLEY. don't see how
any advice from us can help"
Bob went back to the exchan ge and
l into my office. Bob had been right
again. In ten minutes the tape began
to scream Sugar. With enormous
transactions it ran up in Is minutes to
1873, in three more it dropped to 1S1,
and then steadily mounted to 1857,
dulled up, and was healthy steady.
Presently Bob was back and we sat
down again.
i've bought 10000 more for you,:
Jim, on that bulge. I've $4,000 in all
of the last $4,000, which leaves me-
$4,000 reserve. The average is way
under Is, and there must be $4OO 900,
for you in it now and strong $1,4OO,-!
900 in Miss Sands 10000, and $780,
900 in our 10000. They say it's bad
business to count chickens in the shell.
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] shut of and turned to Miss Sands:
This is nn time to stand on cere-
mony, Miss Sands. Barry Conant Id
Camemeyer's and Standard Oils head
broker. His being on the floor means
mischief. He never goes into a big
whirl personally unless they are out
for blood. Bob has exhausted his buy
ing power, and though tell you frank
ly that never speculate, don't believe
in speculation and am in this deal only
for Bob-and for you'll swear dom
intend. to let them wipe the floor with
him without, at least making them
swallow some Of the dust they kick
up. Please don't object to my helping
out, Miss Sands. Ordinarily I would
defer to your wishes, but I love Bob
BROMLEY only second to my wife, and
have money enough to warrant a
plunge in stock. If they should turn
Bob over in this deal, newell, they're
not going to, If can prevent it," and
1 started for the exchange on the run
When I got there the scene beg
CARED description. That of the morn
ing was tame in comparison. A bull
market, however, terrific, always is
tame beside bear crash. In the few
moments it took me to get to the floor,
the battle had started. The greater
part of the exchange membership was
in a dense mob wedged against the
rail behind the Sugar pole. could not
have got within yards of the center
of that crowd Of men, fast becoming
panic-stricken, if the fate of nations
had depended on my errand. I had
witnessed such scene before. It rep
resented a certain phase of stock ex-
change gambling procedure, where one
man apparently has every other man
on the floor against him. I understood.
Bob against them all-he trying to
stay the onrushing current of drop
ping prices; they bent on keeping the
sluice gates open. He was backed up
against the rail-not the Bob of the
morning; not vestige of that cold,
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but ours are tapping so hard to get
out can't help doing it this ouce I'm
going to keep away from the floor for
an hour or so, then I will go over and
wind it up and-good God, Beulah-
Miss Sands-are you ill?"
The girls face was ashen gray and
she seemed to be gasping for breath.
I rushed for some water while Bob
seized both her hands, but in an in
slant the blood came to her cheeks
with a rush and she said, '1 was dizzy
for moment. It must have been the
thought of taking $1,S00,OO0 back to
father that upset me. With that amount
father could make good all the trust
funds, and have back enough for his
own fortune to make us seem, after
what we have been going through,
richer than we were before Pardon
me, Mr.. Randolph, won't you, when l
say-God bless you and every one
whom you hold dear, God bless you?
What could I or my father have done
but for you and Mr.. Brownley?"
She turned her big eyes full upon
Bob, filled with light such as can
come only to a womans eyes, only to
woman before whom, as she stands
on the brink of hell, suddenly looms
her heaven.
Sharp and shrill rang Bob's ex-
change telephone. The ring seemed
shriller; it certainly was longer than
usual. Bob jumped for the receiver.
CHAPTER Ill.
He listened a moment, then an.
swered, Stand on it at so for 10000
shares. I will be there in second
He dropped the receiver. Jim, we
have struck snag. Arthur Perkins
whom left on guard at the pole, says
Barry Conant has jumped in and sup.
piled all the bids. He has it down to
81 and is offering it in 5000 blocks
and is aggressive. I must get there
quick" and he shot out of the Office.
l sprang for Bob's telephone. per
kins. quick!" What are they doing
Perkins," I asked a moment later.
"Conant has almost filled me up. He
seems to have a hogshead of it on
tap" he answered.
Buy $4,000 shares, 5000 each point
down; and anything untitled, give tc
Bob when he gets there. He is on the
way"
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"Jim, don't talk to me. My conceit
is gone. I have learned my lesson to-
day. My plans were all right, and
sound, but poor fool that 1 was, did
not take into consideration the loaded
dice of the master thieves. I knew
what they could do, have seen them
scores of times, as you have, at their
slaughter; seen them crush out the
hearts of other men just as good as
you or I; seen them take them out and
skin and quarter-slice them, unmind-
full of the agony of those who were
dear to and dependent on their own
ers, but it never seemed to strike me
home. It was not my heart, and some
how, I looked at it as part of the
game and let it go at that. To-day I
know what it means to be put on the
chopping block of the System butch
ers. I know what it is to see my heart
and the heart of one love-and yours,
too, m-systematically skewered to
those of the hundreds and thousands
of victims who have gone before. Jim,
we must be three millions losers, and
the men who have our money have so
many, many millions that they can't
live long enough even to thumb them
over. Men who will use our money
on the gambling table, at the race
tracks, squander it on stage harlots,
or in turning their wives and daugh-
tiers or their neighbors' wives and
daughters into worse than stage har-
lots. Men, Jim, who are not fit, meas
ured by any standard Of decency, to
walk the same earth as you and Judge
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the iron that had entered Bob's soul a
week before had affected his whole be-
ing. I think Beulah Sands had some
such thoughts. For I saw a shadow
of perplexity cross her broad, low fore,
head after her first meeting with him, !
a shadow that had not been there
before.
For days after Bob's return I saw
little of him. think Beulah Sands
saw less. During stock exchange hours
he spent most of his time on the floor.
but he executed few of our orders He
merely looked them over and handed
them out to his assistants. AS far as
I could Learn, he spent much of his
time there yesterdaying through
hopes graveyards, a not uncommon
pastime for active exchange members
whose first through specials have been
open-switched by the System" tower
man. So strong had become this habit,
of going about from pole to pole with
bent head and far-off gaze that his
fellow members began to humor and
respect 1t. They all knew that Bob
~" eOn0 ny o6dIusL Lue OuSdI pdu1C
hard. No one knew how hard, but all
guessed from his changed appearance
and habits that it must have been a
bone-smashing blow. Nothing SO
quickly and so deeply stirs stock ex-
change mans feelings for his brother
member as to know that "They" have
ditched his Ell Dorado fyer-that is, if
he has been a good fellow. They will
humor his every whim and patiently
await the day when he shall be again
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-17

The paragrapher expects pay for
putting up at a hotel.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-17
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Palmer. Keith, New York; r.
L. Thayer, St. Louis; G. Cullins, Mem
phis; A. d. Warmth, Humboldt,
Tenn; F. L. Peyton, greensboro; E.
M. Wyier, Chicago; r. II. Tudor,
Nashville; o. Trent. Philadelphia:
Barley Skinner, Kuttawa, /. Skem,
Louisville; Polk Prince, Guthrie;
James Thane, Chicago; G.. P. Moss,
Boston; r. c. Benner. Tampa, Fla
Belvedere-S. A. Thomas, Roches-
ter, N. Y; D. c. Turrentine, Chat
tanooga; o. C. Coate. Louisville;
Guy Brooks, Evansville; #. H. Smith
New York; w. S. Swan, Murray; r
NJ. Carr. Louisville; R. Mayer, Gin
cinnati.
New Richmond Mrs. J. T. Walls
ton, Springfield, Mo-; ]. c. La Prade
Mayfield; w. B. Mills. Cleveland, o.,
]. A. Grafton, Bessie, Tenn; A. B
Holt, Ogden; F. NJ. Hooper, ASHLAND
City, Tenn; F. Berutraeger, st
Louis; A. Tompkins, Chicago; G. s
Gaines Eddyville; r. r. Rutter, Ev
ansville; "A. Lytton, Brookport; 7
W. Girard, Reevesville; L. Hickman
Perryville; Thomas Wallace, Caney
Vile.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-17
DAN DoLE's COAT
Identified by Louis Pickles and Pict'
ure Recognized.

Mayfield, Ky, April H. Chiei
McNutt while in Paducah Monday
had an interview with Louis Pickles
the man who accompanied Dan Doles
from Mt. Vernon, Ind, to Paducah
Doles was to have been in Paducah
on Monday but disappeared from
there on Sunday before, which was
February 8, and has not been seen
since. The overcoat found at the
Parker boarding house was showr
Pickles by Chief McNutt and he al
once recognized it as the one Dolei
had on when ne last saw him. Pick
les told Mr.. McNutt that he purchas
ed the coat himself and as 1t was TOT
large for him he gave It to Doles.
picture of Dan Doles has been re
Iceived by Mr.. McNutt from Doles
brother of Lyon county, and severa
have recognized It as the man seeI
in Mayfield on Sunday afternoon a
the depot.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-17

The LYDIA will return Saturday
from the Tennessee river with a tow
OF ties.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-17
FEW CHANGES IN RULES.
Col. Trantham Returns From Chica
go Meeting.

I Col. John Tranthan. representa-
tive from this district in the joint pro
tective board of Brotherhood of Rail
way Ffremen and Engineers. returned
this morning from Chicago, where
he had been for three months assist
ing in arranging a new scale and code
of rules.
"Well, you may say 1t is all over,
and everything has been satlsfactor-
lily settled" he stated. "rhe meeting
was long and hard fought, but we
finally agreed. There was no material
changes in the book OF rules"
Mr.. George Finnigan, representa-
tive Of the trainmen from this dis
trict, is still in Chicago. The train
men have also signed up and are now
working on the book of rules.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-04-17
TWO-CENT RATE HELPS
NEBRASKA RAILROADS

Omaha, Neb., April H. Prelim-
inary reports of the Nebraska rail-
roads for March indicate increased
earnings, although for three weeks of
the month the roads were operated
under the 2-cent passenger rate.
According to an official of the I'm
ion Pacific, the passenger earnings
of this road have shown an increase,
week by week for the last five years,
including the month of March.
There has been no falling off since
the passenger rate law went into ef-
feet, March z. At the Northwestern