Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-12-23

persuaded his father 70 let him poaoh
on their preserves
They know iust how much chsh NJ
had how much hs had in instantly con-
vertible securities, and how much In nollt
securities that might not be readily mar
kstabs They wero waitlng--wRiting
Every time no opened a new bank theJ
smiled and murmured, Pretty sooni"
Al last he had a string Of twelvs bank
oil going along nicely, but he had wruni
thu last drop OF blood from hts resources
10 establish them. II was now only q
question Of months until every one OF
them would bo in condition to weather
any sort OF fnnIoial storm.
II was AZ this time that tho little group
OF men, aforementioned. mot one after
noon as usual They yawnsd and looked
into each others eyes and smiled little
YEARLY.
We'll" said one Of th0m, lsnguidiy. II
Euess We might as well 80 and do II now"
The Others yawned again and nodded.
and then they went out and hurled a few
million dollars worth Of stock at a rsst-
less market
The market gasped and staggered.
The gentlemen were mildly surprised
that It only gasped ard staggered. 10
they belted II with few millions more
The market reelsd. and there wac I.
scramble TO Ket out from under.
Another blow.
The market came down in ruins. ana
men with foam-Geckod lips fought and
tore at the tellers windows In the banks
and brokerage offices
Their gods had stricken them with the
madness OF penlc
And their cries went out over the face
OF the land and all that tho sound reached
wero driven mad.
The merchant closed the shutters OF hi,
counting room.
The factory nres were drawn.
The steamboat, were tied up to ,hs
isvess and docks and the rolling stock
rusted In the railroad yards.
White-faced. tortured men put pistols
to their temples Hollow-sysd women
and children cried for food that was moi
given them.
The world shuddered.
All this had been done by that little
group Of men In "ths crooked street bo-
tween a graveyard and river on that
afternoon they decided that Wilbur En-
srson must be obliterated from tho map
OF the money world.
And Emerson1 He looked at thu ticker
and thought that no had gone craEy. He
called up a trusted broker and in few
minutes the situation was made clear
When he hung up the receiver and leaned
back 10 collect his thoughts he was palsf
than he had evor been In his life, bu'
he was calm and confident. The nnal.
the supreme struggle was upon him AT
lastl
lilo was not such an optimist A. to
think that this was chance break
Public confidence had never been better
and lust at the time when his afrairs
were In their most delicate condition, Hs
knew what had happened just as well
NJ. ~ hs had been present st tho meeting
that day.
Before he could even got into com
munlcatlon with his banks. Tooksi
aeshed into his private office He had
been out 20 lunch.
.Bnlyl Emerson" he gasped- "Ha"
you seen"---
eyes. saw Fred" nodded the younger
man. calmly. Lets no, get excited
about Il untn We see how badly were
hurt"
Toolter flushed with shame. He wal
,roud Of his nerve and he hated to 'h'h"
,,,, Ym.r.on had seen tho sudden
catastrophe shake him OF hi" balance
.Have you heard from the banks ye'r
. o.ked In . low. but calm ana even
voice.
.t wa, lust about to begin calling w
whom you came in" he answered. NV
won't have had time to hit ths uptown
p,aee,. but there must be some i've"
doing around here ListenF
TIL. voice Of the street had changes
from us usual busy roar TO high sus-
tained. terrified scream. Emerson
reached for the phone and at that the
hatless nsure OF Raymond. closely fol-
lowed by Cowper. hurtlsd through the
door. The latter was too frightened TO
.pcak but Raymond almost shrieksdi
MY God. Emersoni what has hap
pened7"
Fmerpon's eyebrows went up.
why. Raymond" he replied. quietly
-i, looks 20 me as n tho other crowd
had at last started out to get us and
had knocked tho props out from under
the market as the nrst move"
MY GodT exclaimed Raymond again
cant we do somothlnsf Can't ws gs
under tho marketf"
Emerson smiled fsintiy.
"Get under your gravestonei- cut In
rooker from the ticker Coma oysr