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


that he wanted. And Miriam and he went uptown
that afternoon and dned at Coulets and Gertrude
Tolliver in Sidney Brooks tragedy, The Despair of
Lady Wliteside' When it neither Miriam
her husband could tell the other what it all
Il was thinking of that thousand" Miriam said
And he was, too
The next day rripper went to 70 and Elphinstone
Three weeks later he took his profts--six hundred
and thirty dollars
Only six hundred and thirty dollars" Miriam
worry.
Elphinstone smiled. six hundred and thirty,
three thousand in three weeks isn't bad. my dear.
But y1n RE right Hfx time won't mt sail md So
bank knew, and knew that it couldn't go below 70.
That was as fate. And it didn't.
yo ad held ou M YOU woud
hav ave" made twelve hundred instead OF six hundred
He looked, with steadied nerves. He smiled, you
thinking of the pubc's Wall Street" he said. |
don't take chances. / take small profits. take small
That's the real Wall Street.
Elphinstone knew. He was quite right about it. 1t
business And it all took time. His ripper deal had
covered only three weeks But safe stocks in which he
year he found that he had made bit over. five
thousand dollars And he knew that with double his
We'll sell the house. he said to Miriam.
WE Ws:,! h: :ls 1i; i: :o' s:e'ss money i" it,
Elphinstone smiled They were hitting the pace at
last AN, apartment in the ATLANTA he returned
house in the big overgrown Jersey in which they
lived The ATLANTA meant rents at from $1,000 to
$1,000 a year 1t meant more. 1t meant po-
ston in society
Thi: was the commencement in earnest, Of their
life was upon them BOTH Elphnstone began to dress
very we'll He at eight in the morning. He
Of the the 's as lived in h
John g. Byrne, Daniel keogh, and OImsby the local
private banker. 1t was worth while Elphnstone knew
these Yne forth And heOor to
find out that Elphinstone worth while. He
conservative and they came, finally to seek his judg
the local banker, came to depend upon it almost
Buy this" Elphinstone would say, cor sell that"
And he was always right because he was always
At the end of his second year he took long breath
He thought perhaps that he would die worth hundred
thousand His money certainly had made money. And
to Wall Street, it had become his business. Every
day he was in his place Once in while he stopped
int to see ed Billy 6 &d BILLY Billy was beamns There
"Cee!" said Billy. odd man, you're getting thin"
n xGu de.n not Nv yeqtu,sd Ell hin
1t was savin g book And it evidence
t 3 ID ; said odd oa ~, xg his
house and lot He frowned Perhaps he added
doubtfuly.
On his way home Elphinstone smiled Twenty live
hundred dollars seemed trling to him now True,
his capital of eight thousand had dwindled six He
had had couple Of losses But that six thousand
steady money and in year or so-wel, he would see
1t was the fourth winter that he was taken sick.
Nervous strain his physician said He lost about
three months, and they had to go South Miriam and
s in hs efiy ~s s TO- to s
back sk, to WAL. wan Street :,
1t was the following year that they bought their
Miriam didn't spurse They had p'n no '"e wee
social ambitions. They went around little, and saw
the right kind Of people Billy 0lds and his wife they
usually 59und at the houses in their town where they
night K Ssh bought ha Billy one
ard you've made barrel Of money since haven't you?
to BE- eeser is to have pe9g to be
living and for some, like you. it's the easy life"
head I'm not clever, he admitted ~ ~ ''''
bone Miriam said to, to Ephnstone on their
the thing is that trip to Europe" ''''''' @''
Wsve been going to take that for the last twelve
cost us about two or three thousand and just soon
"a! thought we could do it for thousand, answered
Miriam.
q IT, thousand" he exclaimed; "why, can hardly
DO Palm Beach for Tor, THOUSAND Yes I'll make little
that trip, what next wonder"
Miriam sighed: Then well just lean back and live
she said She. too. was tired She was excited She
. Watched Wall Street She made fortunes and unmade
papers,. She loved it. 1t was big She loved it be-
cause Jimmy part of it all
, And Elphistone went his way becoming more eau
to the grindstone The gray crept into his hair
making hin, handsome than ever He was
machine He never stopped For he had one purpose
m this world and that was let money make money
ct 1t was hard work One spring the public came into
wan Street with rush Elphinstone had waited pa
oently for the public to The public meant ac-
yity in safe stocks Profits had been horribly small
OF late His capital too had dwindled just bit more
he had used of living the easy life He and
Miriam had to keep up the pace of course such as it
Vas But now the public like spring freshe deuxed
up Jimmy Elphinstone and Marchbank Moore Co.
got their heads together, and Jimmy sold out what he
had at slight loss and put everything he had as