The Washington bee., 1911-03-18
HIS
CONTRIBUTION
By MARTHA HOTCR1ss

nad natural gift as a financial an
orator. Only twenty-six years old. be
had carried through several deals Ea
stocks He had met Miss Ethel Lamb.
who vas quite willing to marry hin.
Not that be had asked her, for be had
not; be wished TO get himself In bet
ter financial shape before doing so.
MIR Heating" she said to him Ons
evening, Il am so anxious to make a
little money. | want 1t for 4 certain
purpose It's something / cant ten
you about. for have promised not to
tell any one. You see. there are sew
eraI of US interested In 1t. and | would
not be justified in telling their secret"
Certainly not. Some social move,
suppUse?'
mo. it's not social"
"Oh. you are going in for some OF
these fadS the rich women are taking
up-wOman voting, helping women Op-
eraliveS who strike or something Of
that kind"
Nothing Of the sort. I see you have
got wrong impression entirely. so IN
have TO tell you"
And she did. They were going to
endOw cOloTed church.
"That's laudabIe object. and I'd be
very mean not to help you. Would u
hundred dollars dog
We wish TO make ten thousand.
Now, 1t seems to me that If you would
give us a-what do you call h?"
"A tipY'
Yes; tip when some stock you are
going to make money ia is going up
SO that we can buy some of It We
can make all we want
"ID one fell swoop."
"Yes. that's IT. Without having to
beg it in little lots. get up fairs and
all that sort Of thing"
VERY well. I'm thinking OF little
scheme now. II it comes to anything
I'll let you know"
Not long after that Mr.. Heating called
on Miss Lamb and asked If be could
speak to her without being overheard
She shut all the doors, and be said to
her In a low tone:
"lf ! give you a tip Will you be sure
not to tell any One?"
Certainly"
"WelI. buy Jimberjaw Lead. You'H
make your $4,000. But If you should
lose I'll stand your loss myself"
Miss Ethel Lamb thanked her In
former. though she said 1t wouldn't Be
quite fair for him to stand any loss
Still. since there wouldn't be any loss
there wouldn't be anything for him b
stand.
The next day she went TO a friend
who was a stOckbroker and told him
that she had received a tip on Timber
jaw Lead and asked him to buy come
Of the stock for her. She had no mon
ey to put up for a margin, but be told
her that If she would convince nim
that the tip was reliable he would buy
some stock for her without any margin.
Miss Lamb remembered her promise,
but considering the cause she was
working for warranted her breaking II,
concluded to tell him provided he would
promise solemnly not to tell a single
person. He promised, and she told
him that the tip had come from Mr.
Keatiug.
He opened his eyes. but said nothing.
and the next morning she received q
notice of the purchase of 500 shares OF
JImberjaw Lead. As soon as she had
left the Office the broker told his part
ners that Eeating had tipped a lady
he 0he brOkerI happened to know Keat-
ing was attentive to that there was II
be a movement in JimbeTjaw Lead
This was done In the private Office.
where no one except the members OF
the firm could hear.
A number of customers doing bUsi-
ness with the firm were quietly ad
vised to buy a little OF the stock with
out having been given the source from
which the Information about it came
But the clerks. seeing large orders for
the shares going into the exchange,
took fiers and conddentiaIly told the
clerks of other Offices.
Very soon the price OF JimberjaW
Lead began to rise, at first slowly, but
In time rapidly. Then ii began 70
jump One morning Miss Lamb was
informed by her broker that she had
a profit Of $4,000 Would she SELF
She said she would like first to ask her
Upper. She telephOned Heating for In
formation. who told her to hold on
and she would surely make her $4,000.
This information she communicated 70
her brokers, and 1t radiated In many
directions.
There were large sales Of JimberJaw
Lead for a few days, the stock gain
ing and losing in price alternately;
then 1t began to go down. Suddenly
a large lot was dropped on the market
and Miss Lambs profit was wiped
out. From that time forward II sank
slowly until she had lost some $1,000
She sent for Mr. Heating.
What shall dor" she moaned.
"I've lost money can't pay"
'Didn't / tell you would stand your
loss?''
"Yes, but I don't Ike to have yOa
do that. Besides. the church"
a'I'II take care Of the church"
This somewhat reassured her.
81 am abuudantly able to give SIo,-
600 to your church project since
have sold out shares that have been
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