El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-03
THE CASH INTRIGUE
BY GEORGE
RANDOLPH CHESTER
CONTINUED From Yesterday.)

on re OfCA -
charged PelIman. white with anger.
'.The whole thing is a carefully made
panic by which Breed and you head
bakers of his profit. Well. there are
ways to make you do something. anu
| intend to evoke them"
Ashburn shrugged his shoulders. go
ahead and evoke" he invited. I'm the
meantime l would like. to call your at
lention to the beautiful little fact that
/ have personally cleaned up over
100000 in the past week. and
stand to make another handsome profit
If all you manipulators don't go to
pieces before ] can collect it.
Pellman returned again and again
to the attack. but finally was compelled
to give up in despair. As he walked
away be was impeded by two men car
rying an iron bound wooden packing
case. and his eye mechanically noticed
that there was a cut in the edge Of
one of the sheet iron bands. the point
of this cut turning up in an ugly fash
Ion. He called up Henry Galleon to
/ find out the status Of his affairs there
SIR. Galleon was very cold about it,
Il must have more margin at once
1 to protect your purchases he declar-
ed. Your balance with me is now
less than $4,000. and it will be wiped
cut in an hour unless you send me
check"
who is my principal creditor@ ask
ed Pellman.
Young Kelvin. He has been buy
Ing outright all day and demanding abb
solute delivery of stock think it is
his intention to force delivery upon all
purchasers to whom be has previously
sold"
Where is he TO be foundT'
in his apartments at the Espla-
made" replied Galleon.
Pellman hung up the receiver and
hurried over to the apartments Of
young Kelvin. He found Phillip
checking of certain items from thick
pile of memorandum slips Seen here.
ne suddenly looked ageIess. Pellman
had given him credit only for youth
and consequent inexperience. He
moistened his lips before he spoke
Il understand you sold me 10000
shares of N p" be said
Kelvin consulted a card index and
nodded his head Yes" he replied
Through Henry Galleon & Co."
IF you force delivery on that stock
said Pellman. Il can't save breakfast
money out of ny operations in Gal
Icons Office. | have come to ask OF
you big favor. Let me close that
deal now; let me give you my note
for the difference between selling price
and present market price. you TO bold
the stock as security"
Impossible. Mr. Pellman." Kelvin
announced NO compromise can be
made on this stock l have just pur-
chased for spot cash 10000 shares of
n. P at sixty-four You purchased !
from me at 12S You mrst take the |
stock al that figure and you can sell it
for sixty-four if You hurry Or will
keep the stock and you can pay me the
difference I'm cash"
81 can't possibly do it." said Pell-
man.
81 can't possibly do anything else."
replied Phillip dryly.
Pellman. desperate 10 try some other |
means of protecting himself. was turn. !
Ing away when two men came into the
room with a small wooden packing |
case bound with sheet iron Pellman !
might not have noticed this circum-
stance but for his recognition of the |
men. His eye for smaller detail saw
cut upon one Of the sheet iron bands /
and an ugly upturned corner.
''Now I understand" he said. 81 see
how you CO me TO be called the Cash
Bear That box is full of money col
lected by Breeds company and fur
nished to you to conduct this cam
paign. We in the financial field should
have known what you were You are
Breeds puppetr
Kelvin looked at him calmly. ssI can
not prevent you from supposing any
thing you like Mr. Pellman. but l
would like to impress upon you the
fact that am very busy"
Dangling and dancing upon the
strings that Breed puIls." declared
Pellman with hot contempt.
Kelvin smiled aggrs<atingly. cit
seems to me that you. too. are dangling
and dancing upon the strings that Mr..
Breed pulls" he charged with cool in
science "But you might as well calm
down. for since you have been talking
10 me your firm has been announced
as bankrupt"
''It's lier' declared PeIlman. though
be knew in his heart that it was true.
Kelvin pointed to the tape where the
Kicker had just finished announcing
he suspension of PeIIman & Co. sTt
seems to be true" said Phillip.
Moreover, I don't mind confessing to
you that we did it-that. in fact, Mr..
Breed intended to do it and 1 showed
him how"
lyon ID" shrieked PeIlman ad-
7ancing threatening step. A quick.
warning signal from Phillip made him
urn hastily. In the doorway crouched