Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-25

news raster than the steamer carrying
the mail that would doubtless soon
arrive. Where had the shark swal-
lowed the paper? That the shark It
self only knew. Possibly it had been
thrown overheard from a ship that
had received it at a port where it had
been sent by rail.
1t did not require a long time for
Emsley to see in this news that he
alone possessed the diamond Of his
dream. When the next steamer arriy-
ed with it the price Of wool would
take an enormous jump. Emsley
went to a wealthy wool dealer whom
be knew and told him the story of the
shark. Withholding the news found in
the paper, but asserting its impor-
lance.
when the next steamer arrives"
he said, 1.-The price Of wool will IN
dergo an important change for the bet
ter or worse. Agree to buy or sell as
| direct and pay me 70 per cent of
your profits and / will produce my
newspaper" The merchant stood for
better terms. but Emsley threatened
TO take the matter to another. and an
attorney WAS called in who wrote a
contract between the two men. Then
Emsley produced his paper, and the
merchant bought NJ the seasons clip
averaging pence per pound. The
very next day a steamer arrived with
the news of war between France and
Germany. Wool jumped in price and
continued 70 rise till it reached shil-
lings, when the wool purchased under
the contract was sold. The transac-
ton cleared for Emsley 100000.
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 a handsome sum and
had become what is commonly called
Il scalper on the stock exchange, buy
ing odd lots of stock and selling them
for a very small profit. Looking up
from his desk he saw his old partner
Emsley looking at him.
Fogg was an older man than Ems
ley, and since their parting his hair
had whitened. There had been no
quarrel between the two men. Indeed
Emsley had never uttered a word of
reproach TO his partner. Fogg stretch
ed out his hand, and Emsley took it,
though he did not grasp It heartily.
i've come back" he said. with a
few pounds to make Il new start"
Fogg. who had always regretted his
action in prccipitating 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.
lis your little daughter Gladys
there?" asked Emsley.
''Littlei Gladys is a woman. nine
teen years old"
"Oh, I forgotr replied Emsley. 81
remember her as a child who used to
sit on my lap with her arms about my
neck"
Emsley had imposed a condition of
secrecy on the wool dealer in Austria
Tia 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 a 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 a 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.
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 more. 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
Spectator began TO grow uneasy. 1t
was Pumored that there was no Excel
sior stock for sale. Fogg had agreed
to deliver his shares on n 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 his vault.
Emsley had shrunk from visiting the
family of the man he proposed to
ruin. He had put off his appearance at