The wageworker., 1910-04-29

averaging pence per pound. The
very next day 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 contrac- 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 Emsiey for handsome sum and
had become what is commonly called
a scalper on the stock exchange. buy
ing odd lots of stock and selling them
for 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 wlTitened. 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.
"Ive come back" he said, with a
few pounds to make new start"
Fogg, who had always regretted his
action in precipitating 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.
''1s your little daughter Gladys
there?" asked Emsley.
Little! Gladys is a woman. nine
teen years old"
"Oh. l forgot!' replied Emsley. II
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
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 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. Ems1ey said
that he had lived in the region Of the
mine and there was no gold there.
Fogg. seeing 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 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
speculator began to grow uneasy. It
was rumored that there was no Excel
sior stock for sale. Fogg had agreed
to deliver his shares on certain date,
and If he could not buy them to de-
liver he would have to 60 into bank
ruptcy. He did not know that the
man he had ruined had them all lock-
I ed up in his vault.
Emsley had shrunk from visiting the
family Of the man he proposed to
ruin. He had put of his appearance at
Fogg's home until Fogg showed that
he noticed his virtual refusal Of hospi-
tality, then made the call.
[ Grimes 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 was received by
Gladys Fogg When he saw her ad-
vancing toward him with Outstretched
hand, smile on her lips, a warm well
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
middle aged man. In the soul that
came out to him through 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-
celsier gold mining stock was going up
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
would ruin him. When the exchange
closed with 500 bid for the stock and
none offered Fogg went home kr W
ing that he would not be able to keep
his agreement In other words, he
was a ruined man.
The next morning Emsley appeared
at Fogg's Office. Fogg looked up at
him, then bent his eyes again to the
floor.
You would like some Excelsior
stock, suppose?" Emsley remarked
unconcernedly.
Fogg looked at him again. but did
not speak.
"How many shares have you sold"
asked Emsley.
Fogg named the number of shares.
Emsley took a fat envelope from his