The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

they are l will tell you in my next let
ter; Yours to count on, ,Crichton'
Now, what do you think of that9
asked Wiekes, as | handed back the LETT
ter.
Il feel better replied. And feel
now that can deal intelligendy with
the mining situation But what, my
friend, viii you advise as a speculative
buyp
"Wiclkes rose again and continued
his puma-like pacing. but, after a
while, he stopped and looked at me with
a hrm and steady gaze.
do you really want to get in for
something goodS 2 he queried
We'll, I'm looking for some sort of
a deal that will give me relief from
boresome ennui.'
Then you would like to come into
a pool with the firm, chr
With this remark the Junior part
ner sat down upon the end of his desk
and pulled out fiat oblong case. He
snapped It open, extracted a fat cigar
ette, lighted il, and between puffs ex-
planned the situation.
We've just formed a pool to bull
a certain stock called London Electric
With us are Dobbins & Craven and
old man Tower. We are holding ten
thousand shares and are going to buy
Tor a week. Tower has the editor of
the Times under his thumb, and he is
gong to put in some cracking good
articles about the condition of the COM
pany the enormous business that it is
doing, and the constant and steady de-
mands for electric service. We will
start the ball rolling, get the public
in, force the price up as far as we
think she can go, begin to unload after
a rise of ten points, and keep on until
we are all clear. Can't losel It's as
simple as A. B. {. and an old game
with Tower. He made his first for-
tune this way. We are all primed
for action now and our first news
paper article comes out tomorrow.
We begin buying in two days and you
can watch her rise. Only-be NUM-
No one knows of this but yourself, and
you must not say a word. Do not
breathe syllable of what | have told
you Do you understand Not
syllable For II any broker or other
person gets wind of this affair, we're
lost They'd break the price on US in
a minute, and a half dozen members
OF the exchange are just aching for an
opportunity to get back at Tower
Needless to, say, our own firm has
enemies, for that is human nature
Il listened to him attentively, and l
must confess that the thing looked not
only interesting, but feasibly profitable
This was no wildcat speculation in
mining shares or Kaffirs, but deiiber-
ate manipulation OF stock which rep
resented much capital in excellent
hands. There was no reason why-if
the manipulation were properly man
aged-it could not be successful, and
was hungering for excitement
"Wickes, old man, let me in said
with fervor. Let me in big, too, be.
cause / want to make a good stake.
My billiard room needs papering, and
am very anxious to put modern
plumbing in my whole establishment.
Furthermore, / need an auto, for as |
get older ! find that driving grows
monotonous.'
AS / ceased speaking Towner walk
ed in, accompanied by stout, horid-
faced man who was dressed in a some
what loud suit of tweed His hair was
quite gray but his face was youthful
Tom said Wickes, this is our old
friend Jack Salisbury now the Earl
of Dumfallow. He is most anxious to
take flyer at the market. Seems to
have idle time and money on his hands,
and wants to join us in our pool. Mr..
Tower, this is the Earl of Dumfallow.'
"The gentleman in the tweed suit
came forward and took me by the
hand.
Glad to meet you,' he calculated
in a quick decisive way. How many
shares shall we let him in for, boys?
NUNS the word, you know, or it's all
up with us
Start him in on FIVE thousand sug-
gested Towner.
"'Are you gameF asked Wickes.
81 am | replied.
"WicSes picked up a writing pad.
"'AH right, you are down for FIVE
thousand and you can buy more when
she begins to move The telephone
rang, He reached for it and held il
to his ear All right, Craven he whis-
pered through the transmitter, we're
good to begin operations tomorrow
morning at the stroke of the gong.