Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-04-03
A Pointer IN Stocks.
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STOCKS for the reasons people usually
buy and sell. He bought and sou
them because he was In with tnose
who put them up and put them down'
Mrs Lamont was some fifteen years
Younger than her husband, very pretty
and fond of admiration. she was also
fond of the stock market and woulu
occasionally have taken hler hersell
had her, husband permitted her. he
did not even inform her how he operat
ad Not having confidence either III
her ability to keep secret or 10 ilahe
money I'm stocks. he gave her no satis'
faction whatever. This and the fact
that she was by nature bit OF gam
bier greatly irritated her. Ihen' wheh
on one occasion the clique with who'd
her husband operated was outgener'
oIed by another clique, to the disad'
vantage of the former, and Lamont es
pecially. the wife made up her minu
that she knew quite as much about
stockjobbing as he did.
About this time came Lansing van
Brunt. a member Of the old hnicker-
hooker society. into which Mrs. La
mont was DESTROYS Of gaining loot
hold. He. being DESTROYS of gaining
footbold in Mrs. Lamonts ahecuohs'
humored her views OH all subjects anu,
perceiving a point in which he mlgn'
drive n wedge between her ana her
husband was not slow to take advan'
toee of 1t. He told her that the only
way for any person not manager VI
the companies whose stock was oper'
oted in was by a pointer, usually caileu
q tip. One day he announced 10 hel
that he had received tip on ID. Y. ana
n common stock which was perfectly
reliable and advised her If she teIt III
clined to speculate to buy some Oh It,
Her husband had recently given her
81 600 for the purchase Of a diamond
brooch she desired to possess, anu
after hcsitating some time between the
brooch and her wish to show MN tha'
sbe knew thing or two she yielded 10
Won Rrunts representations ana put
her money in 100 shares of ID. \. ana
! q Van Brunt really believed III Tue
reliability of his information ana COZ
sidered the lady's chance OF at least
doubling her money almost certain.
Lamont was aware of Van Brunts
attentions to his wife; but, being a
man accustomed to work Dehihu
screen he made no comment, leaving
h,S wife free to act for herself WITH
ont admonitions from him. van bruh'
know very well that Lamont was an
operator whose slightest word III REFER
, once TO the market would be cohsiu-
cred of great value. One day on enter
inc Iamont's private room at home ne
saw living on a desk paper. he uiu
; not scruple to read it and found II an
order to Lamonts managing broker to
:, sand out orders to buy various large
amounts of D. Y. and O. common stocA
, j The envelope. addressed, was lying De
q side the order the writer having eY,
. IDENTIFY forgotten to take them VIII
him when he went out. van brun
, left the room just as Lamont retufheu
= The latter took up the order anu Gu
. ve,one. went out and downtown. Im'
n was the source of Van Brunts lnioi
= nation. though lie did not reVeai 1t
Mrs. Lamont.
= u Y. and Q. common stock rose
h few points, and Van Brunt saiu
q Mrs. Lamont, Il told you So linen
q sank a poiut and he said, walt III
- was laughing in his sleeve that the nus
= hand should have given him the wedg
:, hotween himself and his wife. Inc
10 tho stock began to sink gradually +
"A covering. huttering like a bird unu'
"a cided whether to fly to a higher UT
80 lower limb. Then there came SUM
~ in the market. and Mrs. Lannon'S Il
ut vestment was wiped out. =,
i. If the lady had been in love WI,
n. Van Brunt possibly the incident mig
III not have turned her against him. "
ON mon unless they love are not prone
al omiability toward persons throul
III whose fundamentally they NAL
10 losses. Mrs. Lamont had lost IL
be brooch. and she held Mr.. Van Bru
no accountable. Had he been rich
I'M miebt have made it good to her. D
I'D he was simply society man. not
he millionaire. Besides, he had iost ned
m. ilv by his pointer himself. At any ra
cd the lady dismissed him from the pc
ac tion of her cavalier, and he was oohs
on 70 seek other fields for conquest
iil "Whats become Of Van Brunt!' a.
on od Lamont one evening. 81 have
rho coon him around here for week
rob Now. Mrs. Lamont had made W
lie. that she would never reveal the sec
vill ~ her loss to her husband, but curl
Itv bad come In to render the keep
I'D. Of II very hard on her. She had
16, nected her husband would have DC
it much depressed on account OF
10. losses In d. Y. and Q. stock On
ore contrary, he was clipper.
lev. "Perhaps." said the wife for II
cd or. "he thinks you have made losses
stocks lately and doesn't feel Ike
lad, ing any one -, -
)ar 81 lost III STOCKS ~" Wv ~
God that idea? I'VE just made a pile
cob money. BY the bye my dear, hayf
hen bought your broochT
lex. Mrs. Lamont struggled for q
It a against tears, but they oyercame
/, as Her husband took her In his arms
nee "Never mind. sweetheart. ! susp
,ore cd Van Brunt was advising you
left an order on my desk FOR MN
ext. see He was not too honorable 10
SON and act Oh It, and take it FOR graz
1897 that you have lost your thousand
the lars. had sold out all or nearly
me the stock referred to at great pr
ap- Since sold a part of what was
,yen 10 YOU and Van Brunt I'll make
mot loss good He can get his loss |
.hild on another tip"
Y as Mrs. Lamont got her brooch ana
bust speculation to Der husband.
F. TOWNSEND SHIT