Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-29
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tors never dreamed. They were just as
shonest then, if you call manipulation
dishonesty, which | candidly confess
dont-but their ideas were smaller
Hence the difference. Besides" he added,
laying his hand impressvely upon the
others sleeve, this thing must go
through. think you, above all others,
ore aware of the necessity. The fact is,
my dear Chabot, there have been many
heavy 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 foa know it was never earned :;
but we decided that it would be best to
pay one
Nell the consequence was you placed
the bonds at par, didn't your
AT par to the public. of course. but
dcrr 3odstein's commission took the gilt
OF the gingerbread. However, he took
them all al eighty-fve. could not have
placed them to such good advantage"
The interest comes due on the six
tcenth. | suppose it is useless TO cross
ttat bridge unil we come to it,"
Before the sixteenth this dock com
pahy will be foated. The banks prof,
on ibai viii no hrn uicet the in ere It
u ttne tInr on u Pat Conplny
enss
nd if it isnr aoa edt' haznrdrl
Cha OF.
II it isn't Coated the inevitable crash
II bpnl1 ~ h.. l.
Other way, my dear Chq1ot, about which
cannot talk a present. But we will not
anticipate evil. Come, you must accom-
pany inc to the Boursc tails morning. |
have heavy deal pending and shall need
your assistance"
As the Vicomte de Yaiar and Jules
CEabot left the Office of the Mutual
Credit and Trust Company snall-s zcd
man Issued from n cafe on he opposite
side of the street and walked in an ap-
parently careless and preoccupisd mauner
IN the same direction. He followed them
until they turned into brokers' Office.
Presently they came forth again. and in
company with third person continued TO
walk in the direction OF the Bourse.
This third person was Herr Max Gold
HAtitl' VI INC sulGNuGSl utditTS III Sc
curities in the whole of Paris. He was
the broker to whom the vicomte had en-
trusted the sale of the first mortgage
bonds of the Ardennes Charcoal and Peat
Company. He was heavy, thickset fell
low, with little cunning eyes, which had
been set together as closely as nature
would allow had not an enormous nose
grown between them. he would perbaps
have had only one large eye in the center.
He had habit of coc M Nm his head
when in conversation. aad OF ';sonins
with his mouth wide open. lie had togh-
menced life In Berlin as a bootblack with
secondhand outfit. At the conclusion
of the first days work he hal accumu-
lated enough to buy the best outfit in the
city. In a week he had concluded that
open air work was not to his liking, and
took his business of the street into
basement where he thrived apace.
Then the brilliant idea struck him OF
buying and selling theater tickets at cut
rates. From this he gravitated into lot
teries; from lotteries into small curb
stone speculations. Hardly able to write
his own name, the trading Instinct was so
strongly developed in him that in ten
years he had accumulated very consid-
cradle fortune.
Why Herr Goldstein had not continued
his uninterrupted career of prosperity in
Berlin was a mystery to his friends in
Paris. As he seemed to have plenty OF
money, however none of them had ever
dreamed of inquiring why he preferred
the French to the German capital as a
base for his financial operations. After
all, was 1t any of their business?
Herr Goldstein was about forty-Rve
years OF age, but looked considerably
older. Constant fighting with all sorts
and conditions Of men had left deep fur
rows across his forehead. Ladies said
that without doubt he was very unpre-
man. He seemed to have some
extraordinary influence with the vicomte,
and people were lost in conjecture as to
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 obtain
admission to the floor, he had recourse to
the gallery. 1t was nearly empty. An
old lady and young couple from the
country, evidently on their honeymoon
trip, were It's sole occupants. He sat in
the gallery for upward of an hour his
gaze constantly on the floor of the ex-
change, where the vlcomte, the broker
ever at his elbow, moved restlessly from
group to group, manipulating his deals.
When Herr Godstein left the Bourse
twenty minutes later unaccompanied by
his companions, the small man tapped him
on the elbow. The broker started vio-
lently; the creases in his face grew
stronger; perceptible flush overspread
his features
"Galliardr' he gasped Pm glad to
see you p
"As good hand at lie as ever, Amt
you, Kaufman" sneered the small man,
Hush, don't breathe that name here"
the broker, looking around him
nervously. That belongs to the past.
Come with me. Come to my Office, where
we can be alone. How long have you
been In PARISH"
about six months
During which time"
During which time have been work.
whom do you think?"
II don't know. You have got into
perhaps for -yourself-or you
would, If You had sufficient capital. If
good friend-if l, for instance, showed
you how you could make some money it
would suit you, would it not?"
mo, have pretty good berth, thank
you"
1T is perfect gold mine for you;
II you will only hold your tongue"
The small man only smiled significantly.
The two walked on side by side until
he brokers' Office was reached.
Come in" said the broker, in coax
ng voice, 'and tell me what you want"
The small man passed in through the
open door and went into the brokers'
,fice.
See that under no circumstances am
disturbed" was the instruction Herr Max
ave to his clerk. II have important