Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1910-05-19


very next day q steamer arrived with
the news of war between France and
Germany. Wool jumped in price and
continued to rise till It reached shil-
lings, when the wool purchased under
the contract was sold. The transac.
tion cleared for Emsley f3,0O0,O0O.
A few months later Mr.. Fogg was
sitting In his office in London. He
had sold out his wool business which
he had formerly owned in partnership
with Emsley for handsome sum and
had become what Is commonly called
a scalper on the stock exchange. buy.
for very small profit. Cooking up
from his desk. he saw his old partner
Emsley looking at him. r-.-
Fogg was an older Iran than Ems
ley. and since their parting his hair
had whitened. There had been No
quarrel between the two men. Indeed,
Emsley had never utterad a word OF
reproach to his partner. Fogg stretch
ed out his hand, and Emsley took 1t,
though he did not grasp it heartily.
'I've come back" he said, with a
few pounds to make new start"
Fogg. who had always regretted his
action In precipltating his partners
failure. offered him what little assist
ance was In his power and asked him
to come to his house and renew his
acquaintance with his family.
"Is your little daughter Gladys
there?" asked Emsley.
Little! Gladys is a woman, nine.
teen years old"
'Oh, / forgotw replied Emsley. 81
remember her as a child who used to
sit on my lap with her arms about my
neck" -.... -... -....
Emsley had imposed condition Of
liza as to his connection with the trans.
action that had made them both rich
and was known to his friends In Lon.
don as a poor man. He was still
thirsting for revenge upon his former
partner. One day he remarked to Fogg
that stock OF the Excelsior Gold Min.
ing company Of Australia that was
selling at very high figure on the
exchange was worthless. Emsley said
that he had lived in the region of the
mine and there was no gold there.
Fogg, seeing n chance to make money
when the bubble should burst, sold a
large number Of shares to be delivered
in the future, intending to buy them
when they were selling for a song and
make the difference In price. r..
The shares of the Excelsior Mining
company, Notwithstanding the tip Civ.
en- Mr.. Fogg by his former partner,
continued to advance. Emsley advised
his partner to sell mora The higher
the price the greater will be the fall"
he said. And so Fogg continued to sell
while the price continued to rise. The
speculator began to grow uneasy. II
ives rumored that there was no Excel
sior stock for sale. Fogg had agreed
to deliver hts shares on a certain date,
and If he could not buy them to de-
liver he would have to go into bank.
ruptcy. he did not know that the
man he had ruined had them all lock.
ed up In bis vault
Emsley had shrunk from visiting the
family of the man he proposed to
ruin. He had put on his appearance at
Fogg's home until Fogg showed that
he noticed his virtual refusal Of hospi.
tality. then made the call.
Crimes have been committed for
love, but many hand has been stay
ed by the same cause. Indeed. by love
the world has been drawn from bar
barism. Emsley vas. received by
Gladys Fogg. When he saw her ad-
vanctng toward him with outstretched
hand, smile ON her lips, a warm wei.
come in her eyes, his scheme Of venge.
ance tumbled like castles in the air.
Gladys was the only being from whom
before leaving England he had re-
ceived any evidence Of affection. The
difference Of many years then be-
tween them had melted away now
that she was young woman. he a
middle aged man. In the soul that
came out TO him throu-. the smile
and the eye he saw something to make
life worth living.
One day there was an exciting scene
on the exchange. The price of Ex-
y
ten or twenty points with every bid
Fogg had contracted to deliver the
shares he had sold the next morning
To pay the market price for them
Fogg named the number OF shares.
Emsley took n fat envelope from his
pocket aud threw II on Fogg's desk.
Fogg opened 1t. took ont number OF
stock certificates, looked at several of
them. then turned his eyes inQulringly
on Emslcy.
use what you need OF them" said
Emsley. ito make your deliveries to-
day: tomorrow the bubble will burst"
Fogg met his contracts with the
stock lent him aud when thu col
lapse came The next day purchased
what he had sold. clearing hand
some profit
When Emsley appeared under his
urue colors as multimili0naire Fogg
called on him to speak his gratitude
for what he could not understand.
"Your thanks are not due to me-"
said Emsley. but to the little girl
whom we both love-"
Tho Best kiteflier In Town.
Some years ago there died in Ne
braska q man named Walsh, who, as
q boy. started a suspension bridge. !
When Walsh was about ten years old !