The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-29

.Whose Is it, The words escaped
me unconscfously. 81 want to know
whose money am taking"
II hope 1t Will be no ones" he an
swered imperturbabiy. except the
banks. You come to me wanting
money. credit give 1t to you. ask
no questions. Why should your"
Was It a woman's money l was tax
ing to play out my game. I recalled
the story Sarah had told me years ago
about Jane Grounds father and his for
tune. He was q rich old half breed
trader. and 1t was gossiped that he had
left behind him a pile Of gold. Per
haps this Mr.. Gardener was some
French-Canadian friend or business
partner of James father, who had
charge Of her affairs. As Sarah had
said. Jane Dround was always secretive
and uncommunicative about herself.
My faith In the piece Of paper was
growing, but still waited.
'If you lay these matters down now"
Gardener observed coldly, poking the
fire with an old pair OF tongs. ''they
will be glass. II you grasp them in a
strong hand they will become dia-
monds."
But to take woman's money!
thought for q moment and then dis
missed the scruple as swiftly as it had
come. This woman was a good gam.
bier!
"A1l rightr' I exclaimed. drawing on
my overcoat, which had laid aside.
Good! Don't worry about anything
Make your trees bear fruit That is
what you can do, young man." Old
Gardener patted me- on the back in q
fatherly fashion. Now we will have
some coffee together. There is yet
time"
The man who opened the door for me
brought in two cups Of strong coffee.
and drank mine standing. while Car
boner slipped his and talked.
This disturbance will be over soon"
he said sagely. Then We shall have
such times Of wealth and speculation
as the world has never seen. Great
things will Be done in a few years,
and you will co some Of them. There
are those who have confidence in you.
my son. And confidence is worth
many millions in gold"
He gave me his hand in dismissal
"COme to see me again, and we will
talk" he added socially.
On the ground floor of my building
there was a brokers' Office. It was q
new firm Of young men, without much
backing. Ny old friend, Dickie Pier
son, was one Of them, and ON his &C.
count had given the firm some bust
ness now and then. This morning a.
I was husrying back to my Office ran
into Dick standing In the door Of his
place. He bsckoned me into the room
where the New York quotations were
pointed to the local list Of the day be-
fore. Meat Products stretched in 4
long string Of quotations across the
boasd, mute evidence Of yesterdays
daughter.
whats doing with your concern"
Dick asked anxiously. Some one IN
pounding it for all he Is worth"
"Who were selling yesterdayY
''Stearns s. Harris" he answered.
CTheg were brokers that Strauss crowd
were known to use)
There was q mystery here some
where, for there could not be any
considerable amount Of the stock loose
now that Grounds block was locked
up IN Jules Gardeners safe. Yet did
the Strauss crowd dare to sell it short
In this brazen way? They must think
1t would be cheap enough soon or they
knew where they could get some stock
when they wanted it.
whats upy' Dick asked again. how
ering at my elbow. judged that he
had gone into Meat Products on his
own account and wanted to know
which way to jump.
''It looks bad for u.s. I said conf
dentialy to Dickie. You needn't pub
fish this on the street" Il reckoned
that the tip would be on the ticker be-
fore noon.) But Dround has gone
over to the other crowd. And prob
ably some Of our people are squeezed
just now SO they can't hold their Meat
Products" l added some yarn about
a lawsuit to make doubly -'lre Of
Dickie and ordered him to sell a few
hundred shares on my own account as
q clincher.
When I reached my telephone call
ed up some brokers that trusted and
told them to watch the market for
Meat Products stock and pick it up
quietly, leading on the gang that was
pounding our issues all they could. An
hour later, on my way back from the
Tenth National, where had had
most satisfactory interview with Mr..
Orlando Bates. dropped in at Dickie
Persons place. Meat Products shares
were active and In full retreat across
the broad board.
IT guess you had better sell some
more for me-" I said to Dichie. ''Sell
q thousand tomorrow"
CHAPTER XVI.