The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-02-08

you remember" said the Wall
street man, "the time the different In
terests were fighting for Northern Pa
cific? Well. at that time / was dip
ping into stocks with mighty little
money and usually on per cent mar
gin. | would lose $50 one day and
make several hundred the next, repeat.
ing the process vice versa
Now. / never could do drudgery, and
my position of Spectator on not
enough to buy good horse was dis
tressing. But this was not the worst
of it. l was heels over head in love,
and my girls father was aware Of my
financial condition. He gave me to I'M
derstand that must look elsewhere
for wife. He would never consent to
give his daughter TO. one so reckless,
and even IL gained a fortune In Wall
street it wouldn't make any difference
to him. for he didn't approve of sue
cess gained in that way. Spectators
were drones.
"As for his daughter, she said she
agreed with him, gave me lecture on
the folly of thinking of marriage when
had not means for support for my
self alone and was liable to be landed
high and dry any day so far as my
little capital was concerned. She ad-
vised me TO so to work and threw out
faint hint that If / would earn an
honest income she might marry me
after all.
Il had no idea of doing that so long
as l had a dollar in the world TO put
up on stocks and kept pegging away
until at last got down TO buying ten
shares at time. One afternoon after
1 had had some successes my broker
told me that had 500 to my credit.
He also told me that Northern Pacific
was acting very strangely and"
"Oh. cut 1t short" said one Of the
listeners. when the stock went up
you were in for hundred shares and
made a lot of money"
Who's telling this story?" asked the
narrator sharply.
You"
well, then. shut up till l get
through
THE stock was about par, and |
gave an order to buy ten shares. That
was just before the stock went up TO
a hundred and fifty. The next even
ing / went TO see my girl and told her
that had made fifty points on North.
arn Pacific. having sold out that after
noon. She said that my selling was
the only sensible thing connected with
the transaction When / left her she
gave me kiss and, calling me back,
gave me a letter to post ana another
kiss
"Tf | get two kisses at having made
$500. I said, how many shall | get at
having made $4,000?
None, she replied. If you should
make that you would be all the fur
Their from reformation
II went away laughing, and whom
should | meet but Jim Atterbury,
told him of my good fortune and asked
him to 60 and have little supper with
me. lie accepted, and we went into c
restaurant.
This is a kind OF confession, sup
pose, and I might as well make ii now
I'm on the subject. We drank several
bottles Of wine and became ambi-
fious to treat Jim royalty. Going into a
night bank, l cashed check for $500
and
"Blew it all in" said the critic OF
The story
Not all OF IT, A pickpocket relieved
ne Of what / didn't spend. went to
bed at 6 o'clock and didn't wake up
i'll 5 in the afternoon. When did
vent out 10 get something 10 eat and
buying a paper l saw In enormous let
.ers in newspaper that Northern
Pacific had begun to skip mp about 10
,'clock in the morning and had closed
II 3 with 1000 bid
wasn't I disguised thought? Had