The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-31

cbafoed Pellfnaf, white IA ~ sss,
ssfbe Whole thing Is q carefully made
ipanic by which Breed ana ypu bead
lbaier 81 MS profit elll there tlre
l;vays Is make You do sonnet hing and
i intendst to evoke them,
x ilburn shrugged his shoulders. 60
ahead and evoke, he inyited. 'In the
meantime Iwould Ike 70 call your At
.tention to the beautiful little faet thSat
/ have ersonally cleaned up over
S1.00oO 900 in the past week. and :
stand 70 make another hand erne profit
Il all you manipulators don't go to !,
pieces before can collect it:
Pellman returned again and again
.toithe attack, but finally was compelled
to give up in despair. As he walked
away be was impeded By two men car
wing an iron bound wooden packing
case, and his eye mechanically noticed
that there was cut in the edge Of
one Of the sheet iron bands, the point
Of This cut turning up in an ugly fash
ion BE called up Henry Galleon to
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find ont the status Of his affairs there
Mr.. Galleon was very cold about 1t.
81 must have more margin at once
to protect your purchases" he deelar
ed. "Your balance with me is now
less thnn $5o,OOOs and 1t Will be wiped
out IN an hour unless you send me a
Check
aWho is my principal creditorF' ask
ed Pellman.
.Young Kelvin. BE has been buy
Ing outright all day and demanding alb
solute delivery Of stock. ] think It Is
his intention to force delivery upon all
purchasers to whom he has previously
sold"
.SWhere is he to be found2'
"in his apartments at the Espla'
naden replied Galleon.
pellman hung up the receiver and
hurried over to the apartments OF
young Kelvin. he found Phillip
checking of certain items from thick
pile Of memorandum slips. Seen here.
he suddenly looked ageless. Pellman
had given him credit only for youth
and consequent inexperience. he
moistened his lips before he spoke.
Il understand you sold me 10000
shares Of N. P.," he said. /.
Kelvin consulted a card index and
nodded his head. YES" he replied;
Through Henry GalIeon s Co."
'If YOU force delivery on that stock,
said Pellmah, Il can't save breakfast
money. out Of my operations in Gal:
Icons Office. have come to ask OF
you a big favor. Let me close that
deal now; let me give you my note
for the difference between selling price
and present. market price, you. to hold
the stock as. security"
Impossible, Mr.. Pellman," Kelvin
announced. mo compromise can be
made on this stock. / have just pur..
chased for spot cash 10000 shares Of
N P. at sixty-four. You purchased
from, me ut 1913. You must stake the
stock at that figure and you can sell it
for sixty-four IL you hurry. Or I will
keep the stock and you can pay me the
difference in cash"
Il can't possibly do IT." said 'Pell'
man.
II can't possibly do anything else"
replied Phillip dryly.
Pellman, desperate to try some other
means of protecting himself, was turn
ing away when two men came into the
room with small wooden packing
case bound with sheet iron. Pellman
might not have noticed this circum-
stance but for his recognition Of the
men. His eye for smaller detail saw
a cut upon one Of the sheet iron bands
and an ugly upturncd corner.
"Now 1 understand" he said. II see
how you csme to be called the Cash
Bear That box is full Of money col
iected by Breeds company md fur
nished to you to conduct. this cam
paign. We In the financial field should
have known what you were. You are
Breeds pupnetE
Kelvin looked at him calmly. Team
not prevent you from surprising any.
thing. you like, Mr.. Pellman, but ]
would like to impress upon you the
fact that nm very busy"
Dangling and dancing, upon the
strings that Breed pulls" declared
Pellman with hot contempt.
Kelvin smiled aggrsEatingly. att
seems to me that you, too, are dangling
Land dancing upon the strings that Mr..
breed pulls" be charged with cool in.
science. 'But you might MS well calm
down, for since you have been talking
to me your firm has been announced
as bankrupt"
'1ts n IleF declared PelIman, though
he knew in his heart that 1t was true.
/ Kelvin pointed to the tape where the
4 ticker had just finished announcing
the suspension Of PelIman & Co. at
\ seems to be true" said Phillip.
'tSforeover, don't mind confesslng to
YOU that we did it-that, in fact. Mr..
1 Breed intended to do It and showed
him how"
'Yo6 Dr. shrleked Pellman nd,
yancing a threatening step. A quick,
warning signal from Phillip made him
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