The Marshall republican., 1911-06-02
They Would Not
Speculate
By GROVER s. GRIFFIN
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1911.
By GROVER s. GRIFFIN

cIGc? Well. ut that time ! was dip
ping into stocks with mighty little
money and usually on 9 per cent mar
gin. I would lose $50 one day and
make several hundred the next. repeat.
Ing the process vice versa.
snow. ! never could do drudgefy, aud
my position OF SPECTATOR OF not
enough to buy n good horse was dis
trcssing. But this was not the worst
Of II. ! was heels over head In love.
and my girls father was aware OF my
financial condition. lie gave me TO un-
derstnnd that I must look elsewhere
for n wife. lie would never consent to
give his daughter TO one 80 reckless,
and even n ! gained n fortune in Wall
street u wouldn't make any difference
10 him. for he didn't approve Of sue
cess gained In that way. Spectators
were droDes.
AS for his daughter. she said she
agreed with him. gave me a lecture on
the folly OF thinking OF marriage when
I had not means Tor support for my
self alone aud was liable TO be landed
high and dry any day so fnr rs my
little capital vas concerned. She ad-
vised me 10 go TO work mud threw out
n faint hint that II I would earn nm
honest income she might marry mo
after all.
II had no idea OF doing that so long
Ms ! had n dollar In the world to put
up on stocks and kept pcgging away
until Mt last ! got down 20 buying ten
shares nj n time. One afternoon after
hnd bad some successes my broker
told me that I had 500 TO my credit.
He also told me that Northern Pacific
was acting very strangely and
"oh. cut II short" said q OF tho
listeners. when the stock went MP
you were In for n hundred shares and
made a lot OF money"
who's telling this story asked the
narrator sharply.
you"
well. then. shut up I'll ! get
through.
The stock was about par. and I
gave an order 20 buy ten shnrcs. That
was Just before the stock went up to
q hundred and ifty. The next even
Ing vcnt TO see my girl and told her
that I Ind made nfty points on North
ern Pacific. having sold out that after
noon. She said that my selling was
the only sensible thing connected with
the transaction. when I left her she
gave me n kiss and. calling me back.
gave mo 4 letter to post aud another
Kiss.
"'if I get two kisses nj having made
5000 I said. how many shall ! get nc
having made io,o00r
None she replied. II you should
make that you would be ail the fur
Their from reformation
Il went away laughing. aud whom
should I meet but Jim Atterbury. I
told him OF my good fortune and asked
him TO 20 and have a little supper with
me. lie accepted. and we went Into .
restaurant.
This In n kind of confession. ! sup
pose. and I might rs well make II now
I'm on the subject. We drank several
bottles OF wine aud I became ambL
tious to treat Jim royalty. Going into q
, night bank. I cashed a check for $500
/ and
BLEW It all In" said the critic Of
the story.
Not all OF Il. A p~ickpocket relieved
me OF what I didn't spend. went to
bed at O o'clock and didn't wake up
till 5 In the afternoon. When l did ]
went out TO get something to eat ana
buying a paper I saw In let
tiers In a newspaper that Northern
Pacific had begun TO skip up about 10
O'Clock In the morning and had closed
at 3 with 1000 bid.
wasn't Disguised thought Had
held on a day or two I would have
made a small fortune. Aud when 1
, thought that cut Of a., wi,vls deal !
hadn't left but 500 l sat down aud
cried. Yes. l cried: for notwithstand-
, ing the prejudice OF my girl and her
father against specializing. ! believed
q competence would have helped me
: through with her, Putting my hand
IN my pocket found the letter she
I had asked me 20 post I carried II In
? my hand till I came TO a box ana
I slipped II In. hoping that I wouldn't
I have TO confess why ! hadn't posted
Il the night before.
THAT night there was n terrible time
about Northern Pacific stock and the
next morning. true enough. there were
n sales at 1000 In the evening, pinins
for sympathy, I went to see my girl
I I found her In the slough OF despond
+ I tried In vain to get out OF her what
was the matter but failed. Finally she
said something about the letter abe
had given ms the night before.
Q swors had put Il In tho box a few
minutes after 1 had left the house
She wal too much In the dumps IA
b folly me. 20 ! loft early.
The next morning about 0 O'Clock
y she tclephoned me to come right ~
4 10 the house. I did 70 and foand bel
dancing about the o like a lunatic
She came aud threw both arms abou'