Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-10

'sThe 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, and
intend to evoke them"
Ashburn shrugged his shoulders. go
ahead and evoke" he invited. I'm the
meantime 1 would like to call your at
tention TO the beautiful little fact that
I have personally cleaned up over
81 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 he was impeded by two men car
rying an iron bound wooden packing
case, and his eye mechanically noticed
that there was q cut In the edge of
one of the sheet iron bands, the point
of this cut turning up In an ngly fash
ion. He called up Henry GaIleon to
find out The status OF his affairs there.
Mr.. Galleon was very cold about it.
ST must have more margin at once
to protect your purchases" he declar-
ed. your balance with me is now
less than $4,000, and It Will be wiped
out in an hour unless you send me q
check"
"Who is my principal creditorT ask
ed Pellman.
Young Kelvin. He has been buy
ing outright all day and demanding alb
solute delivery OF stock. / think it is
his intention to force delivery upon all
purchasers to whom he has previously
sold"
| Where Is he to be foundT'
! I'm his apartments at the Espla-
,",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,
he suddenly looked ageless. 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" he said.
Kelvin consulted card index and
nodded his head. Yes" he replied.
Through Henry Galleon & Coz
'If you force delivery on that stock
said Pellman, II can't save breakfast
money out Of my operations in Gal
Icons office. l have come to ask of
you a 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 hold
the stock as security
Impossible, Mr. Pellman," Kelvin
announced. mo compromise can be
made on this stock. I have just pur-
chased for spot cash 10000 shares of
n. ?. at sixty-four. You purchased
from me at 128. You must take the
stock at that figure and you can sell it
for sixty-four if you hurry. Or 1 viii
keep the stock and you can pay me the
difference in cash.
81 can't possibly do it," said Pell-
man.
81 can't possibly do anything else"
replied Phillip dryly.
Pellman, desperate TO 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
q cut upon one of the sheet iron bands |
and an ugly upturned corner.
''Now understand" he said st see
how you came 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