The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
HIS
CONTRIBUTION
By MARTHA HOTCtiKISS


stocks. He had met Miss Ethel Lamb.
who vas quite willing to marry him.
Not that be had asked her, for he had
not; be wished to get himself in bet
ter financial shape before doing so.
Mr.. Keating." she said to Linn one
evening, Il am so anxious to make a
little money. l want 1t for a certain
purpose. It's something l can't tell
you about, for / have promised not TO
tell any one. You see, there are sew
eral Of Us interested in 1t, and would
not be justified In telling their secret"
Certainly not. Some social move, I
suppose?"
mo, it's not social"
"Oh, you are going in for some OF
these fads the rich women are taking
up-wOman voting. helping women op-
eratives who strike or something OF
that kind"
Nothing OF the sort. see you have
got wrong impression entirely, SO IA
have to tell you"
And she did. They were going 20
endOw a colOred church.
That's a laudable object, and I'd be
very mean not to help you. Would a
hundred dollars doY'
we wish to make ten thousand.
Now, It seems to me that If you would
give us a-what do you call itY'
"a tipY'
Yes; tip when some stock you are
going to make money in is going up,
80 that we can buy some OF it. We
can make all we want
'Tn one fell swoop."
Eyes, that's it. Without having to
, beg 1t in little lots, get up fairs and
all that sort OF thing"
Very well. I'm thinking OF a little
scheme now. II it comes to anything
I'll let you know"
Not long after that Mr.. Keatng called
on Miss Lamb and asked II be could
speak to her without being overheard
She shut ali the doors, and he said to
her IN low tone:
''If l give you a tip VIII you be sure
not to tell any oneT'
Certainly"
"Wen. buy Jimbertaw Lead. YouT
make your $4,000. But II you should
lose I'll stand your loss myself"
Miss Ethel Lamb thanked her in
former, though she said it wouldn't be
quite fair for him to stand any loss
Still. since there wouldn't be any Ioss
there wouldn't be anything for him to
stand.
The next day she went TO a friend
who was q stOckbroker and told him
that she had received a tip on Timber
jaw Lead and asked him to buy some
OF the stock for her. She had no mon
ey to put up for = margin, but he told
her that II she would convince him
that the dip was reliable he would buy
some stock for her without any margin.
Miss Lamb remembered her promise,
but. considering the cause she was
working for warranted her breaking Il,
concluded to tell him provided he wOulS
promise solemnly not to tell a single
person. He promised and che told
him that the tip had come from Ar.
Keating
He opened his eyes, bat said nothing,
and the next morning she received q
notice Of the purchase Of 500 shares Of
JimberiaW Lead. AS soon as she had
left the Office the broker told bis part
ners that Keating had tipped a lady
he (the brOker) happened to know Keat-
ing was attentive to that there was %
be a movement in JimberJaw Lead
This was done In the private Office.
where no one except the members q
the firm could hear.
A number Of customers doing busi-
ness with the firm were quietly ad-
vised to buy a little Of the stock with
out having been given the source from
which the information about II came.
But the clerks. seeing large orders for
the shares going into the exchange,
took fiers and confdentRIly told the
clerks OF other offlces. -
Very soon the price OF JimberJaw
Lead began to rise, at frst slowly, but
In time rapidly. Then 1t began 70
lump. One morning Miss Lamb waS
informed by her broker that she had
a profit OF $4,000. Would she sell
She said she would Ike first to ask her
Upper. She telephoned Keating for in
formation. who told her 20 hold on
and she would surely make her $4,000.
This information she communicated 20
her brokers, and IL Fadiated Ia many
directions.
There were large sales Of JimbsrJaW
Lead for a few days, the stock gain
ing and losing in price alternately;
then 1t began to 60 down. Suddenly
a large lot was dropped on the market,
and Miss lambs prOnt was wiped
ont. From that time forward It sank
slowly until she had lost some 5000.
She sent for Mr. Keating.
What shall dor she m0aned.
'T've lost money can't pay"
''DidE't tell you would stand your
lossY
Eyes, but I don't like TO have yOu
do that. Besides. the church"
SPu take care Of the church"
This somewhat reassured her.
81 am abundantly able to give E1o,-
900 to your church project since
have sold out shares that have been
On my hands for two years at hand
some profit. You enabled ms 70 do
80"
I'll HowT
by eonhdtng my secret to anothsr.7
you wretchP
ST fOrxiye you on one condition