The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-06
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hls eyes rapldly over list winch he
held in his hand. 1--WE have Liquelet,
Bousent, of Bousent the elder Paltois-
he is good; and Max Raumont says he is
with us in case we get to an issue. The
remainder of the board must be given to
the dock people. They will, of course,
expect some representation"
ITO be sure" acquiesced Chabot, ''but
we must contrive to have with us only
those who are open to arguments"
Yes, that is it, my friend; open to
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 just as
dishonest then, if you call manipulation
dishonesty, which l candidly confess
don't-but their ideas were smaller
Hence the difference. Besides" he added,
laying his hand impressively upon the
others sleeve, ''this thing must go
through. l think you, above all others,
are aware Of the necessity. The fact is,
NY ueV1i SudUOlt lueTe nave Decu Iuhuy
hoavy pulls on the Mutual Credit bank
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 it was never earned !;
but we decided that it 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
off the gingerbread. However, he took
them all at eighty-fve. l could not have
| placed them to such good advantage"
THE interest comes due on the six
teenth. 1 suppose it is useless to cross
that bridge until we come to it."
Before the sixteenth this dock COM
pany will be foated. The banks profit
on that will more than meet the interest
Of the Charcoal and Peat Company
bonds"
"And If it isn't Aoated?" hazarded
Chabot.
IF it isn't foated the inevitable crash
will begin, or it can be averted in an
other way, my dear Chabot, about which
l cannot talk at present. But we will not
anticipate evil. Come, you must accom-
pany me to the Bourse this morning
have heavy deal pending, and shall need
your assistance"
AS the Vicomte de Valiar and Jules
Chabot left the Office of the Mutua
Credit and Trust Company a small-sizeC
man issued from a cafe on the opposlt,
side of the street and walked in an ap
parently careless and preoccupied manner
In the same direction. He followed then
until they turned into brokers' Office
Presently they came forth again, and il
company with third person continued t,
walk in the direction of the Bourse.
This third person was Herr Max Gold
! stein, one of the shrewdest dealers in Sc
, curities in the whole of Paris. He wa
the broker to whom the vicomte had en-
! trusted the sale of the first mortgag
bonds of the Ardennes Charcoal and Pea
Company. He was heavy, thickset fel
: low, with little, cunning eyes, which ha,
been set together as closely as natur
would allow; had not an enormous nos
6hONh bVtWCSh thclif lc WOuiu
, have had only one large eye in the center
He had habit of cooking up his hea,
when in conversation, and Of lstenin
with his mouth wide open. He had com
menced life in Berlin as a bootblack witt
a secondhand outfit. At the conclusion
I of the first days work he had accumu
lated enough to buy the best outfit in tn
city, In a week he had concluded tha
open air work was not TO his liking, an
, took his business off the street into
basement, where he thrived apace
: Then the brilliant idea struck him o
, buying and selling theater tickets at Gu
/ rates. From this he gravitated into lot
teries; from lotteries into small curb
3 stone speculations. Hardly able to writ
his own name, the trading instinct was S
strongly developed in him that In tel
years he had accumulated very consid
cradle fortune.
Why Herr Goldstein had not continue
? his uninterrupted career Of prosperity il
5 Berlin was mystery to his friends Il
8 Paris. AS he seemed to have plenty O
3 money, however, none of them had eve
] dreamed of inquiring why he preferre
t the French to the German capital as
base for his financial operations Afte
5 all, was 1t any of their business?
Herr Goldstein was about forty-fiy
years of age, but looked considerable
, older. Constant fighting with all sort
and conditions of men had left deep fur
rows across his forehead. Ladies sal
/. that without doubt he was a very unpre
possessing man. He seemed to have som
[ extraordinary influence with the vicomte
and people were lost in conjecture as t
, what that could be.
: The small followed de valiar, NJ Cha
] bot and Herr Goldstein to the very en-
trance Of the Bourse. Unable to obtai
) admission to the floor, he had recourse t
the gallery. 1t was nearly empty. A
r old lady and young couple from tn
country, evidently on their honeymoo
I trip, were its sole occupants He sat Il
! the gallery for upward Of an hour, hi
I gaze constantly on the floor of the ex
! change, where the yicomte, the broke
: ever at his elbow, moved restlessly froz
Q group to group. manipulating his deals
When Herr Goldstein left the Bours
j twenty minutes later unaccompanied b
his companions, the small man tapped hir
: on the elbow. The broker started vic
, lently; the. creases in his face gre,
. stronger; a perceptible flush oversprea
his features