The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-06-02

train for St. Louis, and bought
almost fabulous price, a block q, ~ ~
shares which Bars Chicago fr, ~"
had located. us
With the messenger under way th..
issued calls, through their broker. wy
all stock borrowed of them. in o,a w
as Barr said, to get all the card. -
the deck. 1t was one of these ~
which had reached Carruth In D."
mans office.
The calls went to houses all th,ou.,
the street, and the recipients read ,hsN
over again and again, spelling ~
out of the brief words which ds,,.s.
ed the return OF something they had
sold before they had 1t. Like Gov
ruth, they realized, now that /, ~
too late, that Barr had all tho Co.
there was afloat.
Before the opening OF the eych,u
the messengers who had been son.
hither and thither looking for stock ;.
borrow returned empty handed and
shiver OF fear ran through the s,ro.,
For the great Northern Pacific a..
ner, when that stock went to 81 mn.
share under the bidding of cra,.a
shorts, was fresh in the memory n, an
From 1871, where it opened .,
Louis Southern scared to 100 hafo,.
the first so minutes were ended an.
men fought, like beasts in bear nj,
for raw meat, for the pitIfully ,av
shares that came from London and
elsewhere
Carruth, with Bowman's wealth ana
the millions of gold of the bapksy,
European connections behind him
fought like man gone mad. but hs
too, knew 1t was a hopeless fight Tn.
market was swept bare OF st, Ioui,
Southern.
At 1870 1t touched pa and n.
mors of failures were flying fac,
around the floor. The strain was fell
ing on men, and one trader, who was
short 1000 shares, went sudden,
quite foolish, babbling like a littls
child. 1t was not pleasant thjpa
to see.
II was the beginning of the end
however. for at 11:45 the president
of the exchange appeared in th,
rostrum and, when the crazed mel
had been at last quieted, announced
that John Willis, of Barr & Co., had
assured him that there would be NJ
corner. and that St Louis Southen
could be borrowed freely OF his Aru
by those who were urgently in need d
the stock. a hoarse cheer went N
from the raw throats of the wearid
crowd.
Early that evening, when darkness
was sitting down on the street and old
Trinity's spire stood out against Ii,
western sky like gigantic Under
finger of the spirit of the street, ID Il
the Offices of w p Martin & Co. then
met the old and the new owner
the st. Louis Southern railroad. Ma
tin & Co had already arranged for III I
sale OF Barr's holdings to a competnj
western road at price that later put
another 310,000.000 in his plundn
chest Bowman had come In n
Spouse to an invitation from Martin
& Co, who wanted his now minority
holdings for the same road.
Barr was sitting on the corner OIL
fiat-topped mahogany desk, against To
glowing side OF which he was drum
ming an air with his boot heels, wha
Martin introduced Bowman. He shuf
fed down clumsily and stretched oM
his moist hand to the little banker
whose unshaven face, as Barr saw
was haggard with exhaustion.
MIR. Barr" Bowman said quietly
you have bought a good railroad
and you might have ruined me-sHa
did not" 1t was an acknowledgment
and almost a question.
Well" said Barr, mopping DIS 10"
under the stress OF the thins' ".
made the road. didn't you?" ADV
then with burst of pride in his mag
nanimity he answered the unasi~
question:
Damn It," he said. earnestly
this must make it clear TO BOWIE
damn 1t. guess I've got some A'-
of human kindness left"
Copyright. Street & Smith,