The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-12-27
(Copyright 1909, by Benz. B. Hampton.)

MMy 81 Of he hs New Yozk J ;a1
y very good and sufficient reason. The savings
banks in his home town paid three per cent; the
Hudson River Savings Bank in Manhattan paid four
ODDS his partner, and exhibited his bank book to him.
Three thousand dollars, said Billy 0lds; Jeru'
returned Ephnstone sse Come m% boy .!
Ods leaned back in his revolving car ana shnseo
out of the window. Elphnstone was youngT1..imtty
Eve the outside Ods was bit young sest HP 0lds
was stolid, slow, somewhat stupid remarkably long
Ys S %a tss: men had an
unlimited capacity for hard work For the scattering
law business in the town they LED the oar pf
seven thousand dollars year, gross good money IL,
that Jersey town for law partnership OF ten years
''s Jimmy Elphinstone" said William ods as he
looked the street Il take on my ya na Yoyve
gSs se0o Of nR Ss old ali
A Hob saw Your n,eil come Bill; don't you worry"
but mhs sav wh t the children You haven't got chill
Tat: an Fpsa ss" ss 1
and mv,e,f "o He vent back to his and
hSt d9e5 and And he new tns w S0Gs
ship peculiar thing Sometimes as in the case OF 81
Elphnstone Odds it wasn't Ieal pai."s ,,s, ,nd
took care Of each others clients in emergencies that
They called themselves Shy by the R T E h1e
stor. had his business, and Odds had his And Elph
instone had known somehow how to get the business
and how to handle it once he hao H. nu' d III
SWen. he'll never make it,-never," James ElPh IN
bank book over lust look at that he said Then ne
smiled Miriam, I'm through saving for the present
The next thousand that we get we'll take that trip
have to W 5se fs ssd
S %s d Hi 's sss ss id 1T hard work saving
'i He nodded "Four per cent he unused, "and if
though wen have put the surplus in a"1 anded that
1t was time now Miriam agreed with him, to think
about "trip n to Re 6esan to
He watched men, A strange bee began to buzz within
his brain! =.
high-voiced tones out in the kitchen
Let the m-e-e-n-take it e-e-easy.
And Elphnstone began hun,n,ng the song as she
changed in his own mind
Let your money do the work, do the work. do the
That was the keynote. That and substance
the W" Work. He Couldn't get It out of his head Let
W., work, 't do the the work, do the work:
thought Of it. Not the Wall Street that guled the
people the Wal Srsst that the ks
street-that the solution. He talked it over with
He went over to Exchange Place to Marchbank,
Moore & Co. They were brokers and they were safe
What do you Think" he asked OF Marchbank
"Yes," said Marchbank slowly, you can make liv-
ing over here: You can do it safely on twenty five
ought to watch the market every day-eyery hour
every minute. You must be Johnny on-the Spot. You
must watch the market. You must know the bust
ness"
1t sounded good. 1t sounded easy. Watch the
market That meant leaning back in leather chairs in
on Change upon occasions OF excitement It meant
Miriam: coming over in the afternoon after the close
Refine: It meant meeting big men: men of business.
It meant ease, with goodly dash of eeyerness thrown
always felt shy of Wan Street But, after ali, the
people who lost were the people, on the hand who
were trying to make too much on too little and on the
other hand, the people who didn't know
What do you want to buy or selle" asked March
az thought you'd tell that" suggested their young
Wed like to hear from you' returned Marchbank
e E'phnstone thought for moment; .nrripper," he
lie eye very doubtful stock
Sell" queried Moore.
Buy" announced Ephnstone.
~ Marchbank laughed aloud as though with glee
You'll do, he said to Elphinstone; you've hit the
nail upon the head. You've got the Wall Street in
stinct. Elphinstone"
1--WE got thousand dollars margin" Elphinstone
announced and produced the cash. They took it, gave
him their receipt and bought mitch Tripper for him
as the thousand safely could carry its shoulders
Nov, remember, boy they told him, business is
business Friendship doesn't for farthing in
this office You've got to keep your margin good. If
you don't we sell you out. that's ALL You'd better
understand that the start
that" ~ ~ "
A week later Moore rushed into him as he sat in the
big room III a leather chair. 1t was twelve o'clock.
Moore shook his head "Trpper's going down beyond
:hc danger line JIM, he said land the old man in
sists We've got to have another thousand BY this
Eiphinstone telephoncd to Miriam. He had to tele-
phone three times ~
you'll have to bring that savings bank book over"