The Washington bee., 1911-02-25
HIS
CONTRIBUTION
By MARTHA HoTCHKISs

orator. Only twenty-six years old, he
had carried through several deals In
stocks BE had met Miss Ethel Lamb,
who was quite willing to marry him.
Not that he had asked her, for be had
not; he wished to get himself In bet
ter financial shape before doing so.
"Mr Heating" she said to him ons
evening, Il am so anxious to make q
little money. 1 want It for a certain
purpose. It's something I can't tell
you about. for have promised not to
tell any one. You see. there are sew
eral Of US interested In It, and would
not be justified In telling their secret"
Certainly not Some social move,
suppose?"
mo, It's not social"
"Oh, you are going in for some OK
these fads the rich women are taking
up-woman voting, helping women op-
eratives who strike or something OF
that kind"
Nothing Of the sort. see you have
got wrong impression entirely, 50 IN
have to tell you."
And she did. They were going to
endow a colOred church.
| That's a laudable object, and I'd be
very mean not to help you. Would q
hundred dollars dor
I'VE wish to make ten thousand.
Now, IT seems to me that If you wOuId
give US a-what do you call ItY'
"a tipY
"Yes; tip when some stock you ara
going TO make money In Is going 90,
so that we can buy some Of It We
can make all we want
''In one fell swoop."
Eyes, that's it. Without having to
beg it in little lots, get up fairs and
I all that sort OF thing"
Every well. I'm thinking Of a 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 II he could
speak to her without being overheard.
She shut all the doors, and he said to
her In q low tone:
'If give you a tip will you be surs
not to tell any oner'
Certainly"
"Well, buy Jimberjaw Lead. Youn
make your $4,000. But II 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 70
stand.
The next day she went to friend
who was a stOckbroker and told him
that she had received a tip on Timber
Jaw Lead and asked him to buy some
Of the stock for her. She had no mon
ey to put up for a margin, but he told
her that IL she would convince him
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 1t,
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..
Keating
He opened his eyes, but said nothing,
and the next morning she received a
notice Of the purchase Of SEQ shares OF
Jimberjaw Lead. AS soon as she had
left the office the broker told his part
ners that Keating had tipped a lady
he (the bTOker) happened to know Keat-
ing was attentive to that there was 70
be Z movement In Jimberjaw Lead
This was done IN the private Office,
where no one except the members OF
the firm could hear.
A number Of customers doing bust-
ness with the firm were quietly ad-
vised TO buy little Of the stock with
out having been given the source from
which the information about 1t came.
But the clerks, seeing large orders for
the shares going into the exchange,
took fieTs and confidentially told the
clerks of other offices.
Very soon the price Of JimberJav9
Lead began to rise, at first slowly, but
In time rapidly. Then It began 10
Jump. One morning Miss Lamb was
informed by her broker that she had
a profit Of $1,000. Would she SELF
She said she would Ike first TO ask her
Upper. She telephOned Keating for in
formation. who told her 70 hold on
and she would surely make her SlO.OOO
This information she communicated 20
her brokers. and it radiated In mary
directions.
There were large sales Of JimberJaw
Lead for @ few days. the stock gain
ing and losing In price alternately
then it began to 90 down. sudoehIy
a large lot was dropped on the MARKET
and Miss Lambs profit was Wlpeo
out. From that time forward II sank
slowly until she had lost some S3'OOO'
She sent for Mr.. Keating.
What shall do" she moaned
'T've lost money / can't pay"
"Didn't tell you I would stand your
J lossT'
.'Yes. but / don't like to have you
do that. Besides, the church,"
'sTU take care Of the church"
This somewhat reassured her
"I am abuudantly able to give SiO'-
OOO 10 your church project since
have sold out shares that have been
on nv hands for two years at a hand
some profIt. You enabled me to DO