Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-11-09

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eff you've got a dollar. nail it up"
name had always stood for honesty and
fair dealing and conservative business.
1t was half an hour before the stock
exchange opened. but the dingy little
office was packed with an excited
crowd of customers.
The doctor followed old Dugro. the
head OF the firm. into his private office
and asked his advice. He got it-sharp.
short and TO the point.
GO home. doctor. and stay there
This market is no place for an anna
teur. It's all can do 10 keep the wolf
from my door in these days"
But I've received some important
information"
Keep it dark" old Dugro scowled
Don't tell il to your worst enemy. II
you've got dollar. nail 1t up and sleep
on the box"
'But I've some Information | think
I'm going TO act on and | want TO open
a small account with you"
All ilShl- We "ul NOu was
the grim answer. Il wish you good
luck"
The doctor drew his check for $1,000
and smilingly took his place among the
crowd before the board
The ticker would tell the story in the
first hour. II stocks should sell of
three points before noon. he would
know, H.. darnrmiund IN T,rr rhiS m
the test first He would not sell tbs
market short He would be content
with the big jump the market would
make upward when it started.
AS the noon hour drew near the doc
tors heart was beating like a sledge
hammer. Bivens' program had been
carried out TO the letter Stocks had de-
c!ined for the first hour point. and in
the second hour suddenly smashed
down twS more points amid the widest
excitement on the exchange.
! The moment TO buy had come The
doctor was sure of it Stocks had
( touched bottom. The big bear pool
would turn bull in q moment and the
whole market would rise by leaps and
| bounds
| He called old Dugro.
/ Buy for me now Amalgamated Cop
per. the market leader. for all I'm
/ WORTH
/ The broker glared at him.
Buy. Buy in this market? Man,
are you mad:"
/ Il said buy" was the firm answer
What's the limit"
Not a share without a stop loss or
der under it"
We'll. with the stop?'
point stop"
And when IT goes up five pointsy'
the doctor asked eagerly
I'll double your purchase and raise
your stop. and every FIVE points up I'll
keep on until you are a millionairem
The old broker smiled contemptu-
ously, but II was all lost on the doctor.
do IT quick."
The order was scarcely given before
II was executed. DuGro handed the
memorandum to Woodmsn with a
grunt-
1T don't take long to get EN- today r.
The words had scarcely left his lips
when hOarse cry rose from the crowd
hanging over the ticker.
Copper had leaped upward a whole
point between sales. wild cheer
swept the room For ten minutes every
stock on the list responded and began
TO climb.
The doctors face was wreathed in
smiles. Men began to talk and laugh
and feel human for the frst moment
In two weeks
Dugro grasped the doctors hand.
and bis deep voice rang above the
I roar:
You're n mascot. You've broken
the spell, For Gods sake stay with
u.s.
Suddenly another cry came from the
| crowd at the ticker. The boy AT the
board spranE TO the instrument with
single bound. his eyes blazing with
excitement. His cry Of Down" pierre
ed every ear IN the room with horror.
The panic had come.
In ten minutes stocks tumbIed Eve
points. and the DOCTORS last dollar was
swept into space. while the whole mar
ket plunged down, down, down into the