Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
How much money have you ?"

How much money have you""
"a little over 5000 Of my own" re-
pied Rensselaer,, but l can get hold
of $1,000 more"
do you know any way that you can
place your $4,000 on the London mar
ket in the morningT"
II think l can. Me for it!'' said
Rensselaer,. jumping up. Watch me
make the sidewalk smoke" At the
door. however. he paused. "And just
to think" he said, that all this gilt
tering opportunity comes about
through old Henry Breed! Why. 1
have an aunt out at Forest Lakes. a
guest of Breeds. she calls herself, but
she's a guest for pay and is a sort Of
bear leader for the fair Lillian. She
would be above taking money for
coaching Lillian and afterward in
Quoting her into society, but she's not
above letting Breed handle her invest
ments' of a paltry $4,000 on a guar
anteed return Of 100 per cent"
"If you want to get those selling or
ders away you had better hurry" sug-
geSted Kelvin, looking at his watch.
al have an idea that the cables will
be loaded with just such messages be-
fore morning."
Shortly after midnight Kelvin was
awakened by the ringing of his tele-
phone bell, and from then on until
morning he was kept busy answering
calls from the various newspaper Of
fees. He gave them all the informa-
ton he could. They besieged him for
news, for photographs, for the story of
his life, and In the morning, having
given out all the information he had
at hand, he was compelled to go to
another hotel incognito to escape the
reporters. He had brought to him all
the morning papers and read with
smiles the mass of naive exaggera-
lions. he was the shrewdest man
that had ever come into Wall street
He was a combination of al the great
fnanciers in America, from Vanderbilt
to Hartman He had sold short any
where from 100000 to 100000
shares of stock bis age ranged from
sixteen TO sixty, his complexion from
blond to brunette and bis character
from a humm1ng birds to vampires.
About only two things was there no
disagreement-he had conducted bis
commendRble transactions with real
money, and Henry Breed, whose greed
had made this possible. was the most
profound scoundrel Of the century,
While he was stin reading these ac-
counts the Stock Exchange opened, and
It opened with q rush, with practically
every trader On the door wanting to
sen and few wanting TO buy. Within
i've minutes of the opening the place
was a pandemonium. and he had to be
Hercules who held buying orders.
The peculiar part Of the movement
was that IT started simultaneously In
nearly every trading group upon the
floor : Men with orders to sell 5000
shares Of q. P. would no sooner exc
cute that commission than they would
plunge into the Steel Common group
with equal frenzy. Men with orders
to wait for price beloved in sheer
nervousness It was roaring, shrek
ing. cursing he'll. In which clothing
was rent and men fought like fero-
cious dogs for a mere glance from
man who had buying orders.
By 8 O'Clock every security listed on
the Stock Exchange had dropped TWEEN
ty points share Many Of them had
gone still lower. That afternoon the
private dining rooms Of an the exclu-
stve cafes were filed with grave men,
certain groups planning to go with the
movement and others. more far seeing.
deyisfng ways and means TO stem the
oncomfng tide.
PeIlman took a train to Forest