The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1907-12-03
XXXII.
Plight EYE oFFENDs ME-"


tho nm little, going down little,
Closing at practically the same figures
:, which they had opened. Then |
snrang my sensation-that Langdon
sDd his particular Clique. though they
antrolled the Textile Trust, did not
~, ca much as one-fiftieth of its vot-
~ stock True captains of indus
49, that they were, they made their
,roets not out of dividends. but out of
Lao schemes that absorbed about
,wo-thlrds of the earnings of the
Trust. and out of gambling in It's
bonds and stocks. said in conclu-
sion:
oThe largest owner of the stock is
walter G. Edmunds, of Chicago-an |
honest man. Send your voting proxies
10 him and he can take the Textile |
,compauy away from those now plum |
dering IT,
AS the annual election of the Trust |
was only six weeks away. Langdon |
and his clique were in panic. They |
rushed into the market and bought |
frantically. the public bidding against
them Langdon himself went to Chi
cago to reason with Edmunds-that
is. to try to find out at what figure
he could be bought And so on, day
after day, | faithfully reporting to
the public the main occurrences be-
hind the scenes The Langdon at
tempt to regain control by purchases
of stock failed. He and his allies
made what must have been to them
appalling sacrifices; but even at the
high prices they offered. comparative
ly little of the stock appeared.
I've caught them" said / to joe
the first time, and the last, during
that campaign tina; l INDUCED in
boast
If Edmunds sticks to you." re-
piled cautious Joe
But Edmunds did not / do not
know al what price he sold him
self. Probably it was pitifully small:
cupidity usually snatches the instant
bait tickles it's nose. But / do know
that my faith in human nature got its
seyerest shock.
fortunately, Edmunds had held out,
Or, rather, Langdon had delayed APP
preaching him. long enough for me to
gain my main point. The uproar over
the Textile Trust had become so great
that the national department of com
merce dared not refuse an investiga-
tion and | straightway began to
spread out in my daily letters the
facts OF the trusts enormous earnings
and of the shameful sources OF those
earnings.
In the midst of the adulation Of
the blares upon the trumpets of fame
that saluted my waking and were
waited to me as fell asleep at night
in the midst of all the turmoil I was
often In great and brooding silence.
longing for her, now with the i'm
perious energy of passion, and now
with the sad ache of love. What was
she doing? What was she thinking?
NOW that Langdon had again played
her false for the old price. with what
eyes was she looking into the future ?
Alva, settled in a West Side apart.
ment not far from the ancestral white
elephant telephoned, asking me to
come. l went, because she could and
would give me news of Anita. But as
entered her little drawing-room, |
sdlu: 1t was curiosity that brought
me, | wished to see how you were in
stalled"
isn't it nice and small?' cried she.
blly and | haven't the slightest diff
cui'y IN finding each other-as people
50 OFTEN have in the big houses" And
was Billy this and Billy that. and
Q ~, ~
ana before they were married, she had
S .. MIN William, and had declared
nnly TO be the most offensive com.
SinaVion OF letters that ever fell from
human lips.
needn't ask II you are happy
eau presently, with dismal failure
~ iooAlng cheerful. Il can't stay but
moment added. and if had
ooesed my feelings, I'd have risen up
s lu 'aKen myself and my pain away
RON surroundings as hateful to me
Der. i' Use II oeatn-cnaiu'
,,., oh' She exclaimed, in some con
b aSlon Then excuse me-" And she
""Slened from the room.
'1ousht she had gone to order. or
pS.uaps TO bring, the tea. The long
ruinutes dragged away until ten had
passeu' Hearing rustling in the hall.
M s. intending to take leave the IN
M she appeared The rustling
ooppea Just outside. | waited a few
49, Soouus cried; We'll, I'm off. Next
W. ! want to be alone. I'll know
anere to come" and advanced to the
eoor u was not Alva hesitating
'Here 1t was Anita.
- neg your pardon said 1, coldly.
II mere had been room to pass |
suo'uo have gone What devil pos.
t,o seG me? Certainly in all our rela-
70 rus 1 mad found her direct and frank.
anythlng, too frank Doubtless 1t
de- "s 'he influence of my associations
TgNn town. where for SO many months
Ina. nso been dealing with the short
e crowd of high finance, who
"oulo hardly play the game straight