Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1912-11-07
CHAPTER TX.
The Storm Breaks.

mms~auF. sensation which the district
attorney sprang In the sudden
Indictment Of the president OF
the Iroquois company was pro-
sonnd and farreaching. The day before
cha Indictment was presented to the
Grand Jury stocks began to tumble
without any apparent cause.
when the warrant for the arrest Of
tbe great man had been served, and
he was admitted to bail te await his
con,ing trial there was a feeble rally
,n the market, but the rats quickly be-
can 10 desert a sinking ship. The
president under indictment had ceased
IN be a power There was a wild
scrambfe Of his associates who were
aonaUv guilty to save their own skins,
The press. which at first denounced
Stuart now boldly demanded the mer-
c,Iesz prosecution Of all the guilty, and
they hailed the brilliant young district
attorney as the coming man.
For six consecutive days stocks had
fallen with scarcely an hours tteHa-
porarv rally. Every effort Of the bull
OPERATORS who had ruled the market
for the two years past, to stem the
tide was futile. Below the surface. In
the silent depths Of growing suspicion
and fear, an army Of sappers and min
ers under the eye of one man were
digging at the foundations OF the busi-
ness world-the faith Of man In his
fellow man
Each day there was q crash, and
each day the little financier and his
INSCRIPTIONS allies marked q new vic
tim. In the midst Of the campaign
for the destruction OF public credit
which BiveBs and his associates, the
Allied Bankers were conducting with
such profound secrecy and such re.
mafkabe results. when their profits
bad piled up into millions. q bomb was
suddenly exploded under their own
headquarters.
The Van Dam Trust company was
put under the ban Of the New York
clearing house The act was d breach
I faith, utterly nnwarranted by any
known law Of the game But 1t was
9one
When the president of the company
Falked quietly into Blvens' office and
made the announcement for a moment
the little dark man completely lost his
nerve. Cold beads Of sweat started
from bis swaFthy forehead.
There must be some mistake"
There's no mistake. It's 9 blow be-
iow the belt. but it's knockout for
me moment They know we are sol
vent two dollars for one. But they
know we have $9O,00O,oOo on deposit.
hnd we have some big enemies. They
know that the group we have support
20 have smashed this market. and
heyye set out to fight the devil with
uFe They're determined to force a
showdown and see how much real
money is behind US. We can pull
through If we stand together"
biyens sprang to his feet, exclaimine
aercely:
Until hell freezes overt"
The banker smiled teebly for the
urst time In q week.
linen it's all right, Mr.. Bivens.
ven pull through. They'll start a
suh on Rs tomorrow. Five millions in
s@sh VIII meet 1t. and we'll win hands
Town. We have powerful friends.
ouF only sin il our association with
your group. We must have that Eve
unions in the safe before the doors
are opened tomorrow"
You shah have IT," was the frm an
swer
with cheerful pressure OF the hand
1As president of the Van Dam Trust
.O~pany left, and Bivens called his
Secretary.
we turn the marke. tomorrow-or-
ae,S 10 all our men. Knock the bottom
Sul OF 1t until the noon hour, then
bound" '
- "eu LIT. W0odman returned home
r. hisht from one Of his endless
ramps among the poor harriet opened
the door. ps'' A'@'''es epsAe
something about the expression OF
els face startled her. For the ,rst
gn e ID her life she saw In its gaunt
''. azs. tie shadow of despair
t.n "hat Is 1t, papa. dear?" she asked
~, slipping an arm about hia
50 @ as she drew him down into his
@Forite chair
aW "nat' ehild?" he responded vaguely
v. loa look utterly worn our. Tell me
ebnS the matter. I'm no longer 4
s s!t I'm Ii woman now-strone and
ao brave. Let me help you"
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