The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-07-05

-TilgsIock and olm.HIN -puuouuct
Tine coal rcorgunI7aIuH plan lIvu.It
.iya me a great li'l and Melville aui
Die bank don't nccl prestige. SIS dam,
letters To- the pnhlu un Investments
have. as YOU know aH, mr uIe fnl
lowing mat would h.Iu mr make the
lotaH18 an cycn hs. SUCCESS than
its bound to- be- hO matter who 900
uouucos it and Inu'. subscriptions
As thus proposed chat . bu in a
uf, caurht mp iHm the extremely
humble level of rnuoI bucket snou
dealer into the hIa.. heaven ut man
finance. that F made the official
spokesman Of the financial gels. hIa
expression was 10 .uIiewUs that { al
most lost my gravity Q suspect. Tor 20
moment he thought Q bad gone mad
Ills manner. when hu recovered him.
self sufficiently i1 speak. was GER
tainly not unlike what 10 wu1ld have
been had he found himself alone bc.
fore dangerous muluc who was
armed with bomh
You know low anxious I ann to
help YOU. 10 fertilizer Your interests.
Matthew" said Dec whpodlurIy. 81
know no man Who hls % brighter m.
ure. But-not so Hat not to fast.
young man. n COURSE. YOU will ap.
pear as one Of tho rcorgauiliur com.
mlttoc-but we could mot afford To-
have the announcement come through
any less strong and old established
house than The National Industrial
bank
AT least, YOU can make me Joint
announcer With them" I urged
Perhaps yes possibly - wen
see" said he soolhlugly. There Ia
plenty Of time
Plenty Of time asscntcd. as u
quite content - only wanted 10 nut
the matter before YOU" And ! arose
to go.
Have YOU heard the news of textile
common he asked
YES" said | carclcssly. Then. an
In an instant plan took shape Ia my
mind Il own a good deal of tho
stock. and must say. don't like
this raise"
WHY he Inquired
because I'm sure It's a stock Job
bling scheme replied boldly. y
know the dividend wasn't earned.
don't like that sort Of thing. Mr.. hoo
buck. Not because ita unlawful thu
laws are $50 clumsy that practical
man often must disregard them. Hut
because q Is tamperIng with the repu
tation and the stability OF a great an
terprlse for the sake of few millloni
Of dishonest profit I'm surprised at
Langdon,"
Il hope you're wrong. Matthew"
was Roebwk's only comment Ie
questioned me no further. and went
away. confident that. when the crash
came In the morning, II comes II must.
there would be no more astonished
man In Wal street than Henry J. Roe.
buck. iov he must have laughed. or.
rather. woild have laughed. II his sort
OF human hyena expressed It's emo.
tons In TIE human way.
] - NNNANhA W NY NMMNNfNt
Whltehgl5 4 rlsnrr, IN ve. aaiiiu
building
Il want you to send for the news
paper reporters at once" said to
Fisher and tell them that In my be-.
half you are going TO apply for an In.
| lunctloa against the textile trust. Tor.
bidding them 10 take any further
stops toward that Increase Of diyi.
dend. Tell them I. as large stock.
holder and representing group OF
large stockholders. purpose 10 stop
the paying OF unoarned dividends"
Fisher knew how closely connected
my house and the textile trust had
boou but he showed. and probably
felt no astonishment lie was too OK.
perfected In the ways OF finance and
nnaneIors II was a matter OF In
difference 20 him whether I was trying
TO afsassinato my friend and ally, or
was feinting AZ Langdon, to lure the
public within reach 30 that we might,
together, fall upon Il and make .
batiue.
Not without some regret did / thus
arrange TO attack my friend In his alb.
senee. I'M" reasoned. his blum.
der In trusting some leaky person
with his secret Is the cause OF my
pedl-and I'll not have 10 justify my.
sell TO him for trying 10 save myself"
wat effect my injunction would have
Ould not forosoo. Certainly II could
nd save me from the loss Of my for.
tune; but, possibly, Il might check tho
upward course OF the stock long
etough TO enable me TO snatch myself
fpm ruin, and 10 cling 10 firm ground
mtil the coal deal drew me up TO
nfoty
My next call was AZ the Interstate
trust company. ! found Corey wait.
be- for me IN a most uneasy state OF
mind.
rs there any truth In this story
bout you?' was the question he
pumped AZ me.
What story" said /, and a hard
light had 20 keep my confusion and
alarm from the surface. For, appar.
ently. my secret was out
THAT you're on the wrong side OF
the textile"
So II was out Some truth" / adj
mitted. since denial would have been
useless here. And I've come 10 YOU
for the money to tide me over"
lie grew white. a sickly white, and