The new South-news., 1908-04-04

The fourth WAS the secretary, aud he
cid not count, The three were Cold
stein. the stout jew. Jefferson, the
lean American, and Biudreon. an
EngiishmaD. who looked ~ II he had
kept door at q boxing club and pros
percd to higher but not necessarily
hoiier things
The secretary was meek. cool. ef-
1oisnt and unobtrusiye. lie lid AZ
he was told. trembled when he was
spoken TO and looked afraid.
Goidstein was a reaplondent per,
ton. Ills hat and boots verc OF the |
viossiest. his coat was Immaculate.
his taste IN fancy wais,coa,s was
doggy TO n degree. but did not get
dangerously doggy. hIn trousers hung
with an accuracy which IL only seen
on the musical comedy stage and In
the higher walks OF shady finance.
His tailoring was gool. But no tailor
could discount the face. with itr
pendulous rolls OF unhealthy flesh;
the duh eye that CLEANED rnakeliko,
though dim with drink and good
living. and the predatory mouth.
from which teeth s,artod--buck
teeth. fangliko. and stained with TO.
hacco. He sat ovor the web and
watched the fios come. talked 10
them as they hung on the net. and
wovc the Ailkcn death strands round
them.
Jefferson was the very reverse.
IIte rpnr. fgst.. H.u ,t,tl.t IL, f.t,t.
serge. His face had something OF
the hawk IN it~-n cold. calculating
expression. as OF one who prcyed for
pleasure. lie stood In the background
and wovc the net that caught the
ny. lie wrote the advertisements.
Bludgcon was the bully. His brass
voice frightened women and intImi-
dated men It was he who challenged
assault and brerencd things out when
the Jews heart failed him before the
bigger and angry insects who pro-
tested At their treatment IN the net
They were partners. and daily put
The fear OF death by starvation into
the head Of the necretary, Dobbs.
They delighted to believe they kept
bis nerves Quivering. II wns part
of their creed that a man works best
Who can be kept at the nice er-
IRENE which draws nerves 10 their
highest tension without inducing
prorsration. 30 they kept him on the
rack. -
They did everything the three
partners. They swindlcd leoplo In
nocent OF the city by dealing In OPP
ions they never bought. They had
nice pickings on fictitious margins
They played battlcdorc and shuttle
tock with all sorts of people ovor
borrowed money aud they didn I -stari
lending under fifty per cent. and
usually finished on somewhere about
$40. They carried on nice little
game over packets OF shares, selling
good line or two for appearances
sake with three or four lines. ho-
,usscd In pre-prospectus days. for
The sake of proht. They would lend
you money on houses or land, and
you were lucky II YOU had either
money, houses or land in the end.
Sometimes they would rig ont a little
company OF their own and collar
telling nothing to the
subscribers at genuine diamond
mine price. and getting further fat
by the process OF buying In and sell
ing out nntii the company was so
much IKE hnanciHi carrion that not
even the most innocent fly could
stand the odor.
For headquarters they had hand
some place In Doobrown street, near
tue Mansion House, and well in the
charmed circle OF the Eastcheap dis
trict, packed full OF clerks and type
writer's. boys IN buttons and men In
livery. To the unsophisticated it
looked Ike a money making mill for
the clients, but TO the people who
knew II was n mill which ground not
slowly but exceeding sure, its food
being the fool. and Its purpose being
TO sepSrRte him from lis money.
Their biggest ehort was happening
At the time this story opened. The