Gunnison news-champion., 1907-06-07

AAa ia - ~ora haf .g.Sa-cp:iy hey
Aoascs.ss~e no .asi-a.sct sEt.saS The
GuAG p<sascd and The crpsd q sroks-s
sp@AaS ~ sne ans; her acs -3iy fo-
6sossd- no; ks-sh. bone. heart a1A s>,al;
tUst ssase The a-ss pr.se sa saDHr
Us~ 2is for 3.sss shares. SrDe oos
sosd n In . ssSca BaE.y CAaAt
bought ~ II did nDs require .Arss
eyss 70 80 tnS: the seass- 80 go
- Ais heussoAsts Thio ussaet WAa:
- kDOon - wash sAie. . ocsSstors
eae ar-sAGed In advance kc:vesa tee
broAera To establish tbs taois esss tie
tra6es that a-e TO foiloS-One N
,hoss n.inoT frauds q STOCK -gazbasng
hy wAsch the public v aeae.soA srs
the traders ard psanSers are hasetcep-
g,ed with loaded dice Ia p-inoipss IT
Is = device older than s:ocs exchAaGes
themselves. ssA - put to - sl.e-
where than On The noos For Instance.
four genuine buyoU UAn; . particular
animal worth o2oe q . horse oarsSoa.
Its o~ncss pal starts the hsdt:&S ~
o%"e. and the fo3r. mo; being Nv In
horse values. are thSeeby indeed TO
Hut human nature. whether af horse
sales or at stock gambling loves 10 be
-hinkey -ainsed" as much as the :aoth
to play tag with the candle fame fn
five minutes Sugar was selling at
Z2l. and the frantic shorts we're grab
bsng Tor Il as thoagh there never was
To Be another share put on sale. wh.ie
Barry Conant and his lieutenasts
We're most industricusly pgshinp u
just beyond thcis reaching fngeT-sips.
either BY buying 1t as fas, as It was
offered by genuin. sellers. or BY tax
ing what their own pals threw in the
air
| was not surprised to see Bob's
tall form wedged in the crowd about
t~o-thirds Of the way from the cen
ter. Every other active floor member
was there. too Even Ike Blaomrn-
stein and Joe Harnes. who seldom
went into the big .crowds. were ON
hand, perhaps to- catch . fiioT Tor their
Thanksgiving turkey money, perhaps
TO get as near the killing as pnssihi.z.
Bob was not trading. although on The
day before. b. never took his eve OF
Barry Conant ! said To myself He
is trying to fathom Barry Coaant's
movements" but for what purpose
puzzled me. The hands of the big
clock on the wall showed that trading
had been 30 minutes under way and
still Barry Conant was pushing up the
price His voice had just rung out
'25 for any part Of 5000 when. ike
an echo. IT sounded through the hail:
Sold" II was Bob. He had worked
his way TO the center Of the crowd
He was not the Bob who had taken
Barry Conant's gan that afternoon q
few weeks before. I never saw h'n,
cooler, calmer. more h-poss rs seti.
Ne was the incarnation ~ coofident
power. A cold. cynical smile played
aP0and the corners Of his mouth as
- looked down vpOa hts epSooent
rAe eject upoe harry Cooast vas
l3oerest from tAat a Bots laAt bia
a. tie cay whea BsslaA Sands eopes
veat skyward n lust II die noA
rouse In him the vill. furious desive
for the onslauGAt thot he sscwel
thea. bet seemed 10 Sutcker his aler4.
prolific minl 10 eaerCtse all i.s cuu-
ming. ! think that IN that one mo-
nent Barry Coeant recalled his erspi-
ctoas of ths Aay before, when he he'd
wooAersA what Bsb's presence IN the
erovl Dsaat and that he saw assiA
TIE picture q bob - TIE day when
- himself had ditcAsl Bob's treas no.
traia. He hesitased ise just tAe frae-
tiOn Of . second. while he waved With
'liGhtliAG-like rapicity . set Of nngee
sts7a's to his heutenAnts Then ~
s~Uafed himsels for the encounter.
'25 for 5000" Cold. cold ss the voice
Of . condemnins fudge rang B~b's
Sold" "25 for S.6eo." Sold" "25
for Eo'n" Sold" ne'- -~e. wore
,hxed uron each other. f. 80 y'sa A.
liant glare. In Bob's mingled pity and
'contempt The rest Of the hroksrs
'hushed their own bids aad offers u,-
I'll II cou'd have truthfully been 81 4
that 80 fo,r Of the stock exchan.e
vas quiet A. almost unheard-of thing
In like circumstances. Again aa-ry
'Conant's voice. "25 for 5000" Sold"
"25 for 5000" Sold" Barry Consne
had me. his master. Whether IL was
that for the FIRST time in al his won
derful career he realized that the
"zystem" was to meet its Nemesis.
or what the cause. none could tell.
perhaps not even Barry Conant him.
self, but some emotion causel his
olive face for An instant to turn pabe.
and give his voice . tell-tale culver.
Once more pealed forth rs for B.oee.-
That Bob saw the pAllor. that -
caught the culver. ~ evident 20 all.
for the instant his sold" rang out, -
followed 1t with 5000 At -. .a. =.
20" Neither Barry Coeant nor say
OF his heutenants got IN q take ~.
although whether they wanted 20 ~
not was an open question rn,r DOB
allowed his voice 10 DIVE Just rxe q
pendulum swing Of time on ~, "a
| 1t was rs II he were tantal,zirr ,hew