Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-16
The Carleton Case ., n..s 81 + + !. c. :aa ;,

he glanced hastily over the yard or
two of tape which he still held, Topped
and bent, in his tense fingers, but to
his relief, as he quickly scanned the
quotations, there seemed to be no cause
for further immediate alarm. On the
contrary, the general tone of things WAS
still improving. Akme Mining was II
row. up ~; Suburban Electric had
rallied to So; Fuel was up 4, at so. With
a sigh. Cartoons eyes were raised
again to the patch of blue sky.
And nov into the Office hustled Jim
Turner, hurried and preoccupied. show
Ing plainly the nervous strain of tho
last three days. and especially of that
grim and CHASTITY yesterday, when for
five endless hours it had seemed that
the bottom of the market. If not, in
deed. of the earth itself, might be going
to fall out for ever and a day; a
troubled, anxious time alike for broker
and customer, banker and ~depositor. a
time when the erGen brakes had
been put on so suddenly and so hard
that the whole great financial stage
coach had come momentarily to a
%standstill, with a jar so tremendous
that scores of passengers, especially
those who occupied only precarious
standing-room. had been hurled bodily
to the ground, and some, indeed, ac-
cording to the stern panic-law Of self
preservation, had ever been quietly and
with dispatch pushed over the side, in
order to make better the chances of
those remaining for keeping In safety
the threatened security of their seats.
Turner headed straight for the ticker,
as he neared it, striving, with an OBJ
yiousness scarcely reassuring, to APP
pear cheerful and unconcerned. "Hullo.
Jack" he said, "how they coming
now?" and without waiting for a reply,
gathered up a dozen yards of the tape
and let it pass quickly under his prac-
ticed eye. HIN" he said, almost inn
mediately. in "A tone that plainly enough
showed his relief, not so bad. are
they? Quite a lot better than they
were an hour ago, oh, l guess We'll
come through 1t somehow. after ALL"
His tone gave Carleton m%easureless
comfort. He found himself nodding
with assurance. "Oh, yes he an
swered. they're really a lot better.
guess things are all right now. Do you
suppose. Jim" he .h~esitated, stopped,
anu bti = a bhHii vi Npi'i hihA Aii'
eyes averted from Turner's face, do
you suppose. Jim, you'n be able to see
me through"
Turner non-committally shrugged
his shoulders. why" he answered,
not unkindly. II guess so. Yes, If
things dom go all to the devil again,
guess we can. But you're in too deep,
Jack, for a mar thai hasn't unlimited
resources. 1t isn't right. really. I'll
stand by You as long as | can-and
when | can't. I'll let you know-and
then, if you can't do anything. and il
gets too lad, why, business is business,
Jack, and Wen have to chuck you.
That's all we can To-"
Carleton eazed at him a little help
lessly; then asked. But you think tie
worst's over. don't you?" He spoke so
t%rustfully. and with such confidence IN
the others judgment, that Turner gave
a neutrality-suspicious., half-embarrassed
laugh. why. yes he answered slowly.
II think 1t is, but good Lord, Jack, at a
time like this I'm not on the inside.
I'm only one of the small fry. If | could
tell you what you wanted to know, in
stead of Just guessing at il. | wouldn't
he here, working for a living; ! can tell
you that; I'd be over touring the con-
tlnent in a big French six-cylinder.
That's where I'd be-" He paused a mo
ment; then, laying a hand on Cartoons
arm, continued, But to the best of my
knowledge, / really think the worst is
over. and that things arc going to right
themselves. Gradually, Of course; it's
going to take time; but they'll right
themselves. for all that. And I wouldn't
worry too much, Jack, if l were you.
I'll give you warning. anyway end If
worst should come to worst l
suppose your old mar wou1 see you
through. wouldn't he, if it was a case
of that or bust?"
Carleton shook his head. mo. l guess
not he answered, "he would if he
could. but there's something queer
about the property now. l didn't know