Bisbee daily review., 1911-11-12
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CHAPTER VIII.

Back at his hotel. though nearly two h the morning, he found the reporters waiting to interview him. Next morn Ing there were more And thus, with blare of paper trumpet. was he re- ceived by New York. once more, with beating of tom-toms and wild hulla- balloo his picturesque figure strOde across the printed sheet The King of the Klondike, the hero of the Arctic, the thirtymillion- dollar millionaire Of The North. had come to New York What had he come fOr2 To trim the New Workers as he had trimmed the TonOpah crowd in Nevada?
 They were prepared for him 10 play, and. when heavy buying of Ward Val leg began. it was quickly decided that he was the operator. Financial gossip buzzed and hummed He was after the Guggenhammers once more. The story of Ophir was told over again and sensationalized until even Day light scarcely recognized it. Still, it was all grist 10 his mill The stock gamblers were clearly befooled. Each day he increased his. buying. and so eager were the sellers that Ward Valley rose but slowly. A wildly ex- citing time was his during the week preceding Thursday the eighteenth. Not only was he gambling as he had never gambled before. but he was gambling at the biggest table in the world for stakes so large that even the case-hardened habitues of that ta- ble were compelled to sit up. In spite of the unlimited selling his persist ent buying compelled Ward Valley steadily to rise. and as Thursday ap- preached, the situation Secame acute. Something had to smash. How much Ward Valley was this Klondike gam bier going 10 buy? How much could he buy? What was the Ward Valley crowd doing all this time? Daylight appreciated interviews with them that appeared-interview delightfully."- placid and non-committaL Leon Gug
 genhammer even hazarded the opinion that this Northland Croesus might pos sibly be making a mistake. But not that they cared, John DoWsett e7
 pisined "It is purely gambling from beginning 10 end, were Nathaniel Let tons words; "and We refuse to have anything to do with it or to take mo- tice of it in any way
 During this time Daylight had sev- eral secret meetings with his partners --one with Leon Guggenhammer, one with John Dowsett, and two with Mir. Howison( Beyond congratulations, they really amounted to nothing; for. ss he was informed, everything was going satisfactorily. But on Tuesday morn ing a rumor that was disconcerting came 10 Daylights ears. It was also published in the Wall Street Journal. and 1t vas 10 the effect. on apparently straight inside information, that on Thursday. when the directors of Ward Valley met instead Of the customary dividend being declared. an assess ment would be levied. It was the first check Daylight had received. It came to him with a shock that f the thing were SO he was a broken man. And 1t also came to him that all this colos- sal operating of his was being done on his own money Dowsett, Gug
 genhamuer and Letton were risking nothing It was a panic. sbortlived, it was true, but sharp enough while it [ lasted 10 make him remember Holds ! vt8fthy and the brick-ysrd. and 10 im, | pei him to cancel all buying orders | While he rushed 10 a telephone. Nothing in it-only a rumor," bcame Leon Guggenhammer's throaty voice in the receiver. As you know" {" said Nathaniel Letton. T am one of the directors. and I should certainly be aware of it were such action con. templated.- And John DoWsett: T