The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-06-04

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bousent. Of Bousent; the elder Paltois
he is good and Max Raumont says be 1
with US IN case we get to an issue. tn
remainder OF the board must be given {,
the dock people. They win. OF course
expect some representation"
To be sure" acquiesced Chabot. but
We must contrive to have with us only
those who are open TO arguments
Yes. that IS il. my friend: open &c
arguments" echoed the vicomte.
~Of your usually persuasive kind" add
ed Chabot. Every man has his price. to
be sure. nowadays"
And always did have. In these times.
commercial enterprises. my dear fellow,
assume proportions Of which our ances-
tors never dreamed. They were inst as
dishonest then. if you call manipulation
dishonesty. which ] candidly confess
oont-but their ideas were smaller
Hence the difference Besides" be added,
laying his hand impressively upon the
others sleeve. this thing must 20
through ! think you. above all others.
are aware Of the necessity. The fact Is.
my dear Chabot. there have been many
heavy pulls on the Mutual Credit hank
lately One cannot offer eight per cent on
special deposits and always be sure OF
making more By using the depositors'
money Then there was the dividend on
the Ardennes Charcoal and Peat Com
pany- You know il was never earned:
but we decided that 1t would be best TO
pay one"
Well. the consequence was You placed
the bonds at par. didn't your
AT par to the public of course. but
Herr Goldstein's commission took the gilt
OF the gingerbread However, be took
them all at eishty-hve- / could not have
placed them TO such good advantage"
The interest comes due on the six
tenth l suppose it IS useless to cross
that bridge until we come to IL"
Before the sixteenth this dock com
pany will be hoated The banks proft
on that win more than meet the interest
Of the Charcoal and Peat Company
bonds"
And if it isn't aOateds" hazardsd
Chabot-
If it isn't hoated the inevitable crash /
VIII begin, or it can be averted in an
other way, my dear Chabot. about which /
| cannot talk at present But We viii not
anticipate evil Come. you must accom-
pany me to the Bourse this morning. /
have heavy deal pending. and shall need
Four assistance"
As the Vicomte de valiar. and Jules
-habot left the Office OF the Mutual
Credit and Trust Company a snall-sized
nan issued from a cafe on the opposite
'ide or the street and walked in an APP
'arently careless and preoccupied manner
n the same direction He followed them
Until they turned into a brokers' Office.
Presently they came forth again, and in
ompany with a third person continued to
Ealk In the direction Of the Bourse.
This third person was Herr Max Gold
tein, one Of the shrewdest dealers In Sc
urities in the whole Of Paris. He was
be broker to whom the viconte had en-
rusted the sale Of the first mortgage
onds of the Ardennes Charcoal and Peat
ompany- He was a heavy. thickset fell
~, with little. cunning eyes. which had
cen set together as closely as nature
ould allow; had not an enormous nose ,
-ovn between them. be would perhaps :
ave had only one large eye in the center. I
e had habit Of cooking up his head ,
hen In conversation, and Of listening
it'll his mouth wide open He had com ]
encsd life In Berlin as a bootblack with B
secondhand outfit At the conclusion
the first days work be had accumu-
ted enough to buy the best outfit In the
y In a week be had concluded that
en- air work was not to his liking. and e
Ok his business OF the street into a o.
sement, where he thrived apace. 81
Then the brilliant idea struck him Of n.
ying and selling theater tickets at cut :,
les. From this be gravftated into lot :.
les; from lotteries into small curb =
ne speculations- Hardly able to write o.
own name, the trading instinct was 80 al
ongiy developed In him that IN ten hl
IFS be bad accumulated a very consid- tn
bic fortune. r,
Why Herr Goldstein had not continued an
uninterrupted career Of prosperity In
Rim was a mystery to his friends in VI
ris- As he seemed to have plenty Of :.
ney. however, none Of them had ever =
AIMED of inquirinz why be preferred gu
French to the German capital as a
E for his financial operations. After
was It any Of their business? ln
Herr Goldstein was about forfy-fve no
Rs Of age, but looked considerable No
II. Constant fighting with all sorts he,
conditions Of men had left deep fur -
s across his forehead. Ladies said 10
t without doubt he was a very unpre-
sessing man. He seemed to have some ne;
influence with the vicomte. to
people were lost In conjecture az to
i that could be.
be small followed de valiar. ". Cha
and Herr Goldstein to the very en- ora
zee Of the Bourse. Unable to obtain AM
dssion to the floor, he had recourse TO 2
gallery. II was nearly empty. An tim
lady and young couple from the an<
itry, evidently on their honeymoon q
were its sole occupants. He sat In 10,
gallery for upward Of an hour, his -
constantly on the floor Of the ez- -
Ige, where the yicomte, the broker mn
at his elbow, moved restlessly from pre-
p to group, manipulating his deals.
hen Herr GoIdstein left the Bourse r
ity minutes later unaccompanied by 80,
companions, the small man tapped him "a,
he elbow. The broker started VIC y
y; the creases in his face grew WIN