Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-29

tOJs AN .@Ny does all newspaper men, and
EZG&NMB soon found myself reaching out in
&AlIS& all directions for avenues be-
sides those assigned me-
Howard, my boy" said my college FRIEND meet
ing me on the street one day, 81 hear you are
doing we'll They think at the office that you have
IN you the making of a drstclass journalist
This was certainly very pleasing to me, in
view OF my compact with Dorothy.
with your connections in this city,-founded
by your forefathers-your fathers connections
with the business interests of the city, you ought
to be able to get dozen good stories every week.
OF course, it will take little time to catch on
and know good news when you come across it;
to recognize "a scoop when you get it, and handle
it right; but an all round chap like you will GER
tainly get there and don't you forget it, Now,
there's the brokers'; you ought to be able to get
good tips from them
This very encouraging, for this was one of
the days when was feeling dispirited and needed
just this kind of talk. Thus stimulated, l began
to look around in search of new fields.
Il began to call upon my fathers old friends;
thing which could not bring myself to do-at
first. From them picked up many little items of
interest to the public One of them Mr.. Moreton
a broker to whom my father entrusted great deal
of his business was specially cordial, impartng to
me freely many scraps of information in demand
at that time.
En- pasSant. taking me into his private office one
day, he said to me:
Now, Percy, my boy, here is tip for you and
else"
mot for the dear public?"
mot yet When it is ready for the public, l
will put you next You shall have the SCOOP and
it will be big one. You may have heard your
father speak of certain deal in lead and zinc
lands, in which he was greatly interested"
Il remember it very well"
IF he had lived, my boy, it would have made
him a million When the crash came those securi
ties which he held in this deal had to go with the
rest. They were taken over in fact, by the syndi
cate at what he paid for them 1t could not let
them go upon the market because it had not then
acquired titles to all of the lands, which the syndi
cate had in view and did not wish to attract at
tention to their operations Now our plans are all
matured. We only waiting for Mr.. Vernon's
return from Europe in fact this Is the chief thing
that brought him back at this time. Of course, we
could have arranged everything by cable, but he
is here and everything is settled.
"Now, my boy I am telling you this because
you are your fathers son; hoping you may be
able to take advantage of the opportunity offered
to obtain little interest in this property. If
you happen to have a few hundreds or thousands
or so lying idle, can make pretty little deal
for you-an absolutely safe one. In fact can and
will guarantee it,
I did have just one paltry thousand lying in
the Savings Trust Co., drawing its three per cent
interest My father had sent it to me on my
twenty-second birthday, for a summer trip to
Europe, thinking of Dorothy, no doubt. Before
the time came he was gone, and the thousand
was about all that was left to me.
| had never counted it in my assets for 1t
would not go very far when once broken, as
knew from experience. 1 was therefore keeping
it for rainy day.
knew of course the hazard of such deals
but it seemed to as my fathers friend talked
to me that it must have been given me for that
very purpose. I thanked Mr.. Moreton for his
confidence, shown in entrusting the matter to
me, and for his considerate offer made to me per-
sonally
1 told him of the little sum had laid by, and
asked if the offer could remain open until Monday
This was Saturday.