The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-07-13

guns were spiked. He had no other local means
of attacking the franchise the cardinal and
any way the deed was done. All wondered what
he would do.
They didn't wonder long As fast as . rail-
road king can get over the rails. Joe Dale came
to Lacedaemon. He almost literally threw the
Daily Planet out OF its once windows. murdered It
and jumped Its corpse He fred Pat o'Brien
from the presidency with force and arms. It would
have been tragic. II everybody had not been grin
ming at Dale's futile wrath. As It was. the only
satisfaction the irate railroad king got out OF II
was to tell a few party leaders who besought
him to continue the paper or sell. that he would
let the Western Associated press franchise ex-
pire rather than another fool paper like
that In Lacedaemon. Even this small satisfac-
ton was lessened when Pollock insisted on his
salary being continued to the end Of an iron-elad
four-year contract. Mr.. Dale went back to New
York with new ideas about city bosses and their
ways.
The episode. for It was only an episode in the
life OF busy Lacedaemon. was soon almost forgot
ten. The cardinal had shown Joe Dale that he
was boss Of the town Joe Dale had chopped on
the cardinals presidential head In retaliation.
John Dale continued his business friend and Gus
TONER. and the whole affair was dismissed from
the CARDINALS busy mind as closed. with honors
even.
But Joe Dale not through with Pat
o'Brien. 1t is n railroad kings prerogative to
punish. as well to reward. and for the punish
ment OF OBrfen. Dale laid trap the enecuve-
ness OF which lay entirely in Its simplicity.
Came John Dale day to the cardinal and
said: Pat. have a private tip that big kill
ing Is coming on in Nipper stock. Buy me ten
thousand at the market and hold until I
tell you to let 60"
All right said the cardinal. and bought an
other ten thousand as well for his own account
Nipper advanced point He called In a few
chosen friends who formed a pool and invested
heavily. Nipper advanced two points. five points.
Pat bought more: he would pull out when John
Dale did and retire from active business with his
profits.
John Dale himself had gone to New York on
the day he gave his order to O'Brien. Within a
day Nipper began to sag. Then 1t dropped below
the buying point. The pool put up more mar
gins. The stock still dropped. swiftly now. and
the other members of the pool became alarmed.
Pat treasured them. They're shaking out the
small blocks of stock" he said. Then you'll see
her sky-rocket."
Npper continued to toboggan. Pats friends
seriously concerned They talked Of SELL
ing and pockcting their losses, but he showed
them his hand Look here" he said John Dale
is in this thing up to his neck and we know where
he gets his private tips. Here's what he
has on my books alone. As long he holds on
and keeps up his margins. I'm satisfied. His
friends knew the cardinal; they knew he, too.
was up TO his neck" they held on.
Suddenly Nipper went down like mercury in
blizzard weather. The friends wildly
alarmed They insisted that John Dale was giving
Dick the double cross" Though he did not be-
lieve 1t. he wired to New York for special and
private investigation OF John Dale's movements
there. And after little delay tidings came that
made the poolsharers very sick men, John Dale
had gone to New York. had short talk with his
father. then gone straishtway to his broker and
sold short ten thousand Nipper at the market. The
profits on the sale as the stock went down would
pay his losses the Lacedaemon purchase
Meanwhile Joe Dale would to 1t that Nipper
did go down until Pat o'Brien utterly
swamped.
or course the pool made haste to sell out. John
Dales private tip had been prophecy. killing
had bean made and O'Brien and his friends were
the slaughtered ones. When the debris was final
ly swept up the cardinal. who had plunged fierce
ly on his own private account. found himself poor
er by some $750.O00. 1t had him that mucn
to disobey the mandate of a railroad king But
he still owns Lacedaemon