Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-07-14

time to make up their minds as to the !
wisest course to be pursued. Holl- |
wedel, board member of Hollwedel e.
West, amiably assaulted Net Common
with a sandbag-ten thousand shares
which, landing in the midriff of Bel
denis pet" knocked out Of It deal
of wind and four points from the mar
ket price. This, In its turn. had the
effect of shaking out large number
of stop orders; whereupon the Street
in At of genuine Mysteries, poured
selling orders into the Exchange so
furiously that the traders were STAN
peded and glad to get rid Of Net Com
mon at any old price; and everybody.
including Belden and Tausig. swore
amazedly to find that 1t was worth
only one hundred and one.
And then, while this panicky feeling
held. Hollwedel, having deity covered
through other brokers his ten thous-
and shorts. suddenly proclaimed with
a loud voice that he had twenty-five
thousand Net Common to dispose of.
It was as II a strong man, after a
long and exhausting run, had abruptly
been set upon by an ill-tempered per-
son with an AK and desire for the
strong mans lie. Net common drop
pea IKE a log-Hoilweoei selling and
covering ana seliing again with most
relentless activity.
About the New England Transit
post on the Exchange floor men came
to blows In their efforts to dispose of
stock for which, 1t seemed, no one
had the slightest use in the world
Other securities, and especially the
more weak ones, suffered proportion
ately because of the shock to public
confidence. When the big clock in
Trinity's tower doomed forth the hour
OF three. long. deep sigh of relief.
that was almost gasp, went up from
the nervous Street; Net Common was
a-Degging at eighty-three.
In the private Office of Mr.. Belden,
of Belden G. Tausig, there was gloom.
The two partners were limp and I'M
happy, facing each other across the
basket that held miles and miles of
paper tape stamped with the details Of
disaster well-nigh irreparable. Bel
den's sallow face was dark and for
bidding; he kept a logged silence
while ne conned the written reports OF
his heutenants. Tausig, on the other
hand' had lost great deal of his rud-
dy, wholesome appearance, and he
muttered curses automatically. Both
mad forgotten, for the time being, that
1 RnHh a GanlFifV q pannta0,
ton Fours ON the list After a Wills
exasperated by Relden's continued re-
| ticence Tausiz snanned At him a cues
tion-for the hundredth time.
who did it,"
Ralder vlancad .t ~, sIo,,,, a.
curiouslv
"How do tnow,r ba a.Laa To-,
clio rer,,od ~, .a,,S.So..,..
thema ~ Tbon,os wa.t "a -, ~,
works pelder Gotta notiont,,,. ct,
wasn't West 7 tall Won. he,s ~ ., ~,
head" -
."rben who r.s 49,. hou,os r.u,.
"t1oIIuodo,9n ''e
peldan shoo,, "a. ho.a
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d. dova, 49, :, I . .,o'I
s,doe ha.d 30 atuaISn e
Taus,o e,.thanas h,,.,, ..I
his Mo sran,a sha,,,n- III e. .1
He waved On ,+nnotoae a. :. a.. ~
and there wara teara T. h,n ansa a." -,
he donandaa'gtho hs =
frst timo.
"Tban who tho h.u 40. 40.
She had been preparing hersel
against 1t for ten long days. vet 1t wa
with feeling akin to terror that Mrs
West saw HoIlwedel shutting benin,
him the door to her husbands bed
room, when he made his first visi
Of coincidence after he had receive
the news of his partners misfol
tune.
He was a heavy man. not unlik
Tausig in build; not quite as physiC
, ally huge as West II his spirit wa
shrimp's, his appearance belied hin
1t is conceivable that Tausig. who bu
mirrored the opinion of the Stree
had been mistaken. that there wa
mettle In Hollwedel, despite the fac
that he never acted on his own init;
tive: circumstance for which Hol
wedel sometimes accounted with cha
, acteristic frankness.