Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-06-08

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II there were not leak. Doubtless
host Of people other than myself know
Of It, but the individual amounts were
SO small that no one paid any atten-
ton"
THAT'S precisely It," insisted Rollins.
1T remained for you to appreciate
and take advantage Of the enormous
possibilities Of the thing. to understand
its magnitude in the aggregate. You
are = great man. Mr.. Kelvin. You
have been selling all the time, haven't
your"
every morning." admitted Phillip.
smiling.
"You must have an enormous ac-
count by this time"
"Close to 100000 shares" confessed
Phillip.
"And you held back your explana-
ton Of all this until you had acquired
all you wanted? l thought so. Well,
it's an Ill wind that blows nobody any
good. want some railroad shares.
suppose you realize what a calamity
you are going to bring on the coun-
tryT'
II think I do" And Phillips jaws
closed with a snap.
Rollins looked at him in slightly dis
approving speculation.
"Gad!" he said. "Some Of the big
men here have been pirates, but you
will be the most ruthless wrecker who
ever got into Wall street"
NO" returned Phillip, with q curious
smile. "You have read me wrong.
am not pirate. l am reformer."
Il see," concluded Rollins-''in the
same manner that the inquisition re-
formed the heTetics."
Il decline to be interviewed" declar-
ed Phillip. "Are you going uptown?"
At the Esplanade Kelvin found Rens-
selaer. "You are the only chap on my
list who knows a lot Of the newspaper
crowd. have an item for them. and
I don't want to give it out myself"
He told Rensselaer, what had trans
pired at the dinner. Rensselaer, clap
ped him on the back and laughed loud
and long.
1.-THE newspapers will eat that story!'
he declared. Its wonderful thingl
Great Scott, man, how many shares
are you short?"
about 100000"
"Then every point drop means $780,
600 to you. This will send the line
down thirty points. Let me figure a
minute. Why, that's $21 100000
II figure On little bit more than
that" returned Kelvin dryly. But
don't let that distress you any, Bert y
You might have given a fellow 4
tip" complained Rensselaer,.
"How much money have you?"
"a little over $1,000 Of my own" 10
Of $4,000 more"
"Do you know any way that you can
place your $4,000 on the London mar
ket in the morning"
81 think I can. Me for itw said
Rensselaer,, jumping up watch me
make the sidewalk smoke" At the
door, however, he paused. "And Just
to think" he said, chat all this gilt
terins opportunity comes about
have an aunt out at Forest. Lakes, q
guest Of Breeds, she calls herself, but
she's guest for pay and is 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 q paltry $1,000 on a guar
alteed 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.
IT 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 60 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-
tons. He was the shsewdest man
that had ever come into Wall street.
He was q combination of all the great
hnanciers in America, from Vanderbilt
to Hartman. He had sold short any
where from 100000 to 10000, 600
shares of'stock. His age ranged from
sixteen to sixty, his complexion from
blond to brunette and his character
from q humning birds to a vampires.
About only two things was there no
disagreement-he had conducted his
commendable transactions with real
money, and Henry Breed, whose greed
had made this possible, was the most
profound scoundrel Of the century!
While he was still reading these &C.
counts the Stock Exchange opened, and
it opened with a rush, with practically
| every trader on the floor wanting to
soil and few wanting to buy Within