The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-05-25

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81 was afraid of IT," he said husk.
lily. then suddenly 6ared out again.
~You fellows have done this, tell
you
mo doubt we precipltated the break
at this particular moment" agreed
Ashburn but you and your kind are
responsible for the break itself II
was bound to come. for Wall street is
diseased This thing will turn out
right. Pellman In the end you will
find II to have beeu good medicine for
business AZ large"
ITO hades with business at larger
exclaimed the other, grown vicious 10
his hig rage What do care foi
business at large II ! go bankrupt
when are you going to stop this m
fernal massacreT
81 don't know" said Ashburn calm
ly orders do not come directly from
me They merely go through me-"
"They come from Forest Lakes"
asserted Pellman. Ashburn only smil-
ed.
You're actually gloating over it,
charged Pellman. 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, and
intend to evoke them"
Ashburn shrugged his shoulders. go
ahead and evoke he invited. "In the
meantime | would like to call your at
teution to the beautiful little fact that
! have personally cleaned up over
! 100000 i'm the past week. and |
aud to make another handsome profit
II 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 mis- eye mechanically noticed
that there was cut I'm the edge OF
one Of the sheet iron bands, the point
of this cut turning up I'm an ugly fash
lon. He called up Henry Galleon to
find out the status OF his affairs there.
Mr.. Galleon was very cold about 1t.
81 must have more margin at once
to protect your purchases" he declar
ed. Your balance with me is now
less than $4,000 and II will be wiped
out In an hour unless you send me
check"
who is my principal creditorf" ask.
ed Pellman
young Kelvin. He has been buy
ing outright all day and demanding alb
solute delivery of stock. think 1t Is
his intention to force delivery upon all
purchasers to whom he has previously
sold"
"Where 10 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 off certain items from a 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 be spoke.
81 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 & Co."
"If you force delivery on that stock" T"
said Pellman. 81 can't save breakfast
money out of my 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 hold
the stock as security"
impossible, Mr.. Pellman," Kelvin
announced. mo 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 1913 You must take the
stock at that figure and you can sell 1t
for sixty-four If you hurry. Or l will
keep the stock and you can pay me the
difference In cash."
"T can't possibly do It," said Pell
man.
II 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 small wooden packing
case bound with sheet iron. Pellman
might not have noticed this clrcum
stance but for his recognition Of the
men. His eye for smaller detall saw
cut upon one Of the sheet iron bands
and an ugly upturned corner.
"Now ! understand" he said 81 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
paign. We in the financial field should
have known what you were You are
Breeds puppet"
Kelvin looked at him calmly. II can
not prevent you from supposing any
thing you like, Mr. Pellman, but !
would like to impress upon you the
fact that I am very huav0