The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-30

/ Of FINN'N NI"IN
40 y11 knor anf way THAI yon can
place your Si2.oo9 on ihe Loplon mar
let fn the morning.
u think cam aie for ltF said
Rensselaer,. jumping up. Watch me
make uio sidewalk smoke" AZ the
door. however. be paused. sand ju'f
to think he said, shat az this gilt
terlng opportunity comes about
through old Henry Breed Why 1
ihaye I'M aunt out 1t Forest Lakes. q
guest 81 Breeds sue calls iierself Int
Shes q guest for piy and 81 a sort Of
llbee leader for the sftlir I.illiap She
would be above taking money for
coachin Ei1lian and lfteE ward In
! ddctihg her into society. but shes not
above letting Breed handle her invest
ments Of paltry $4,000 on a guar
anteed return Of 100 per cent
III you want 70 get those selling or
l,defs away, you had better horny. slis;
gested Kelvin. looking IL his watch.
II have an idea that the cables win
be loaded with Just such messages be-
fore morning, ? s$sss
Shortly after midnight Kelvin was
awakened by The ringing of his tele-
phone bell. and from then on until
morning be wass ept bps9 answering
calls from tile various newspaper Of.
fees. He gave them all the ilforna.
ton he could They besieged him for
news, for photographs, Tor The story Of
bis life, and IN the morning having
/ given. ont all the Information he had
al hand. he was compelled to go to
another hotet iacoEnito r. escape the
reporters. He had brought 70 him all
tie morning papers and read with
smiles the mass of naive exaggera.
lions He was The shrewdest man
that had ever come into Wall street
! de was combination Of all the great
| ;flanciers In America, from Vanderbilt
| to Hartman. ne had sold short any
where from 100000 to 100000
shares Of stock His age ranged from
sixteen to sixty, hts complexion from
lSblond to brunette and his character
from a humming bird TOT vampires.
About only two things was there no
dtsagreement-he had conducted bis
commendable transactions with real
money, and Henry Breed, whose greed
had made this possible. was the most
profound scoundrel Of the century!
While he was stin reading these nc:
counts the Stock Exchange opened. and
| It opened with a rush, with practically
every tfader on the floor wanting to
sen and few wanting TO buy. Within
| I've minutes of the opening the place
was pandemonium, and be had TO be
Hercules who held buying orders.
The peculiar part Of the movement
was that 1t started simultaneously in
nearly every trading group upon the
door. Men with orders to sell 5000
shares of o. P. would no sooner exc
cute that commission than they would
plunge into the Steel Common group
with equal frenzy. Men with orders
| to wait for price beloved in sheer
nervousness II WINS a roaring. shrek
ling, cursIng hell. in which clothing
was rent and men fought Ike fero-
cious dogs, for. a mere glance from
man who. had buying orders.
BY g O'clock every security listed on
the Stock Exchange had dropped t,yen.
! ~ points a share. Many Of them Ind
gone still lower. That afternoon the
private dining rooms Of all the exclu;
siye cafes were filled with grave men,
certain groups planning to so with the
movement and others, more far seeing,
devising ways and means to stem the
oncoming tide.
Pellman took a train to Forest
Lakes, the country home of Henry
Breed. The six biggest railroad oper-
ators in the street had decided that II
any man could influence Breed Pell.
man was the man. Pellman himself
was dubious. he had olce angeped|
Breed; but, for that matter, Breed had
engaged in some quarrel or other with
every man in the market
Pellman approached Forest Lakes
with a confidence that diminished as
be came in sight Of Breeds immense
estate.
At the great iron gates grizzled old
woodsman with a gun took Pellmans
card through the grill and. stepping
inside small lodge. telephoned to the
house. BE came out again In a few
moments.
'Mr. Breed is ILL.," be said. "The
doctor has forbidden him to see any
one"
Pellman.
ayes, sir"
pelIman profrered aibiH. "Telephone
the doctor that would like to see
him.
GAll right. SIR said the gatekeep.
er and turned slowly away, but be
did not touch the money. he was
gone about GYe minutes. "Dr. Zelphan
says that you may come up to the
house." be announced undn his return
Pellman frowned MS the big gates
swung open. admitting his limousine
At the door an almost, decrepit servant
not in livery, ushered himsinto n dim
old parlor, where rusty horsehair fur.
nlture bulged and crinEled With the
everlasting dampness. There was a
rnsfle OF silk in the hall. ind girl