The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-13

xafo0 0o1Cription. That OF the morn.
lnG was tame In comparison. A bull
iSafxSt, howsvsr. terrific, always is
tame boside . bear crash. In the few
u6noutD Il took me to get to the floor
he battle had, started. The greater
baft 6f the exchange membership was
a. dense mob wedged against the
kail bShihd the Sugar pole. could not
x3tt 6ot within yards OF the center
pf 4tAat crowd Of men, fast becoming
lpanie.6tticken. II the fate OF nations
Aod depended on my errand. had
ytitneassd such q scene before. 1t rep.
lrt6entSd . certain phase Of stock ex.
change gambling procedure, where one
lmsn Apparently has every other man
ioh the door against him. 1 understood.
bob against them al).-he trying to
stay the onrushins Current Of drop.
;ylht pfices; they bent on keeping the
.slhice rates open. He was backed up
saiAinat the rail--not the Bob Of the
Atfnins; not . vest!ge Of that cold.
tfAih4herve- and bod finland gambler
remained. His hat was gone, his col.
lAf 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 4
hun1An being but monarch Of the
forest At bay, with the hunter In front
efzhlm. and closing ia upon him, In
trtat half circle. the pack OF harriers,
9ilsGnAshing their teeth. barring their
SAnss, and bowling for blood. The
huhter directly facing Bob. was Barry
CdnAtit---very slight. very short. q mar
vollously compact, handsome. minia.
t0rs man. with fascinating face, dark
Give In tint. lighted by q pair Of spark
1ine black eyes and framed In let
black hair; a black rnustache was
parted over white teeth. which. when
~ WAS stalking his game, looked like
those Of . wolf. An interesting man
Ct all times was this Barry Conant.
And he had been ON more and flercer
t6ttlenelds than any other hnlf.score
members combined. The scene was q
rare one for student OF animakzed
nth. r
" While every other man In the crowd
IA ct 4 high tension of excitement,
Nary Conaht was ~ calm az though
6toHdiht III the center OF ter-acre
lAt1t held cutting Oh the helpless now.
~ hgads with every swing Of his
atm. Switching stock gamblers into
ht1ttity hkd brown to be i psstime to
<ft conant Here was Bob thunder.
~. with terrific emphasis "7s for g.
LII. ."'"77 TOR 5000" ."S"75 for 6.000," "a
lor 3 900. /" "7S for 5000. s"72 for 5,000,"
6btmih6iy expecting through sheer
peRtr d voice to crush his opponent
j1to silShce. But with the regularity
b atrip.hAmtnst Barry Commits right
khhd, raised In unhurried gesture. and
hll clear. calm Sold" met Bobs every
fStfeAtink bid. 1t was battle royal
S,hing on one side, Richelleu on the
utkSf. Though there was frantic buy.
~ and selling all around these two
SeASflis, the trading was sauged by
tie trend Of their battle. All knew
that II Bob should be beaten down by
this concentrated 4 modern finance
devil, . panic would ensue and Sugar
Would 60 none could say how low
nut II Bob should play him to Q stand
eth BY sxhausting his selling power.
sugar would quickly soar to even
higher hsures than before. 1t was
Known that Barry Cohant's usual order
from hts, clients. the System" mas.
ters, for such, an occasion as the pres
ent was Break the price at any cost"
on the other hand. every one knew
that Randolph 4 Randolph were usual.
" behind Hob's big operations; this
Was evidently one Of his biggest. and
every man there knew that Randolph
= Randolph were seldom backed down
bysany force.
/ As Bob. made his bid "72 for 5.0OO,''
aha tot It. l saw quick fash of pain
shoot across his face, and realized that
e. probably meant, he was nearing the
end OF my Last order. i sized 1t up
that there was deviltry of more than
usual signihcancs behind this selling
movement; that Barry conant must
have unlimited orders to sell and
smash. My hnal order Of $4,000
Atousht our total up to 10000 shares.
q large amount for even Randolph 4
Randolph to buy OF a stock selling at
pearly 5000 q share. l then and there
decided that whatever happened
would 20 no further. Just then Bob's
wild eye caught mine. and there was
IN It = piteous appeal. such an appeal
as one aces In the eve of the wounded