Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-11-14
CHAPTER nl.-oontlnued.

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leave the room. But in a moment l
Beulah Sands was her usual self and, 2
turning to me, she said: "Mr. Ran l
dolph, please forget what you have I
seer. For an instant, as l saw MI. !
Brownley's awful misery, l thought OF |
nothing but what he had done for me,
what he had tried to do for my father,
what a penalty he has paid. From
what you said when you left n the
fact that l got no word from either OF
You, l feared the worst and did not
dare look at the tape; | simply waited
and hoped and-prayed. Yes. l prayed
as my mother taught me | should pray
whenever / 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 a
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"
Bob answered. "Camemeyer n
Standard Oil have taken me into camp
as they would take a stuck pig. They
have made a monkeyfed ass out OF
me, and we are ruined, and / have
caused Mr.. Randolph a heavy loss.
Roughly, 1 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, l 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 mean
to us and to her. But she made no
comment, showed by no outward sign
that she suffered. AS soon as l was
through she turned to Bob, who had
stood with his eyes fastened upon her
face, as though somewhere out of its
soft beauty must come an assurance
that this was all a bad dream.
MIR. BROMLEY" 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 l
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 WI
have not just as much chance as we
had day before yesterday. Yes, ant
more, because we know more now
Next time we will include the divi
dend cuts and the senate duplicity IL
our figuring"
We both dumbly stared in wonder
ing admiration at this m~arvellou
oman Was it possible that a gir
could have such nerve, such courage
Or had woman's hope, SO persisten
where her loved ones are concerned
made Beulah Sands blind to the awful
ness of the situation? AS | looked a
her | could not doubt that she full
realized our position, that she wa
really suffering more than either OF III
that she was only acting to ease Bob
anguish. Bob brought out his mem
randa, and in half an hour we had tn
figures. The total loss was nearl
three millions. AS Beulah Sands 2t
900 shares had cost less than ours ar
Bob figured to leave her capital
$400, 900 intact, we felt some comfor
Beulah Sands had watched the figurin
with the keenness OF an expert, an
when Bob announced the final figure
which showed that she still had VIII
she started with, she drew the she
containing the totals to her. Il W;
willing to accept your assistance 81
said, when the deal promised a pro
to all Of us, because I appreciated yo1
goodness and knew how much 1t wou
hurt your feelings if / were churli'
about the division; but now that Y
all lose l must stand my fair share;
must" She said this in a way that
both knew precluded the POSSIBLE
of argument. I'VE owned togeth
$4,000 shares. | was to have had t
profits on 20, 0 shares. Our total 10
is S2.775,O 600, of which I must bear +
lust proportion. Mr.. Brownley, y
will see that 1870, 900 is charged to I
account. shall have 100000 left.
our cause is as just as we think, q
in His goodness will make this ami
for our purposes"
Though Bob and | were in despi
at her determination to strip hers
of what Bob had worked so hard
accumulate, we could not help feeli
a reverence for her faith and
sturdy independence. She now show
us in her delicate way that she wish
to be alone; as we went she held
her hand to Bob. "Mr. Brownl
please, for the sake Of the work
have to do, look On the bright side
this calamity, for 1t has a bright 81
You wanted me to send word to
father that we were about to gre
victory. Think II we had sent It'll
you will know that God is good, e'
when we think He is Christening
beyond endurance"
Bob took me into his office. ~
you see what a woman can do, and
are taught women are the weaker $
NOW listen to what you must do.
cept my notes for the whole loss,
one hundred thousand which ] have
my credit, and which / will pay on
count. / won't listen to any objectl