The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-04-16
Two Sides of a Stock
jobbing Operation.


IOriginal.l
One afternoon d gentleman left his
Alice near the New York Stock Ex-
change, stepped into cab and directed
| the eabrnan to drive to his home up
town. Having started, he pulled down
| the curtains, TOXIN revolver from his
pocket and placed the muzzle against
tits temple
Albert Meaereau had followed con-
/ tlnued s'builing' Of the N. 4 and r.
railway and had thereby been ruined,
The published statements of The road
showed that their earnings would en-
able them to pay 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. Mesereau had kept
slongn on the stock with view to
/ reaping rich harvest when the al
rectors should cease this outlay and
begin to give the surplus earnings I'd
| the stockholders But year after year
passed with no change In the financial
policy of the company. Mesereaii's mar
gins were finally absorbed, and on the
| afternoon mentioned slump In the
market had placed him heavily In debt.
AS be was about to pull the trigger
1 the face Of his wife came up before
! his mental visior--a face that had al
ways been CHEEKY, helping him to bear
bis continued disappointment, his per
petnai sinking to ruin. Now IT was in-
1 expressibIy sad. His brain, Temporal
/ rIly unbalanced, righted itself, and he
resolved To live for the sake Of the
woman who loved him and whom be
/ loved.
Nevertheless That night some Of his
| clothes were found on the deck of Il
| Hudson river ferryboat, and Mesereau
4 had disappeared.
/ Meanwhile there were rumors in the
4 street that N. Y and r. railway cem-
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
fInetuated as usual and. though rather
high for d nondlyidend paying stock,
was considerably below par
One day d 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
4 II hope We don't name to accuse me
D. doin' SIGH thing. sir replied the
man.
II do, and I'm going to hand YOU
over to the officers Of the law on a
4 charge Of theft"
II steal, sirsi
i ''Tt Ii 10 my interest 10 shut you up
for a week ri ron viii consent to be
made a prisoner In my house under
lock and key for that time. win make
no charge. Otherwise | win put ron
behind bars perhaps for years
II am innocent OF anything the law
| win punish IN that way"
Il 1.-The law Is money /, having money,
am the law. Which do you choose. a
voluntary Imprisonment for week Or
to go to jailflf
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 NEE
He led tsse way to a back room In an
upper story. There were two win
dows. but they were small and near
the ceiling. The valet entered. and
HIS master, locking the door. tosk the
key.
Several days later a maid III the hall
made sufficient noise with her buckets
and brooms for the prisoner to hear
her.
"Kate.. be called. "is that your
Good gracious! Where do the voice
be comm FROM
Come here, to the door. I'm
Dennis. want to speak with you.
Don't make a FUSS
4 The girl approached the door. and
Dennis whispered to her through tile
keyhole. Then she went away.
Mrs Mesereau. lying awake she
slept but little since her husbands dis.
appearance thought she heard the
telephone bell ringing on the floor be-
low. She listened and heard 1t again
this time surely Getting out Of bed
and pulling on wrapper. she went
down and answered the call
.'Is that you, sweetheart
stGreat heavens. It's Bert.s voice.
Il must be quick. Go to Bunkers
Office in the morning. Tell him I'm
alive; have been in the service Of
d director Of the N. u and +. rail
road. AT the stockholders meeting
Iii few days d Z per cent dividend
will be declared First make contract
for half his profits, then give the IN
formation. Goodby.n
The next morning the supposed wild
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 be 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
ed correct and the stock advanced) Il
20 to Albert Mesercau. Within two
hours the syndicate had been formed
and during the afternoon and the nexi
morning 100000 shares had been pick
ed mp without raising its quotations
two points. Two days later tho di
recturs met and Put the stoch on
per cent dividend bsgis
Albert Mesereau. alias Dennis
I O'Rourke. having been let out OF Blk