Yellowstone monitor., 1912-11-14

/ h4hh tAdl hI' owens cOuiu not De seen
by any one, he drove back to the pala
ual house OF his bank. smiled sadly
at the mob in front of its huge pillars
ordered its bronze doors closed. walked
around the corner TO his home. locked
himself In his room and blew his brains
out
For week the panic held the fnan
cial world in the grip of death A dog
en- banks had closed their doors and a
score of men who had long boasted
their courage among men had died the
death Of towards when put to the test
One of the most curious results of
the panic was the revuision OF pop
ular feeling against the daring and
honest young officer of the law who
had rendered the greatest service to the
! people wrought by any public servant
in a generation. He was hailed as the
arch traitor OF the people. the man who
had used his high office to produce a
1 panic and carve a fortune out of the
ruin OF millions whose deposits were
/ tied up in banks that might never again
! open their doors.
Stuart stung to desperation BY their
\ infamous charges, attempted at first
to repel them. He stopped at last In
| disgust and maintained afterward
digniied silence
From the first day of the run Bivens
! had laughed in the face of the crowd
that besieged the door of his big Broad
way bank He stood on top of The
granite steps and shouted in their
! faces:
Come on. you dirty towards, I've
got your money inside waiting for you
every dollar or it-10O cents Oh the dol
Iarr'
! The crowd made no reply They
merely moved up In line in stofd ii
lence little closer 20 the door Each
day this line had grown longer Btv
ems was not worrying The king had
spoken. The folly of these people lib
their insane efforts to wreck Biven's
bank was making impossible return
to normal business.
| Stuart determined to face this crowd
! and have it out with them. He be
lieved that q bold appeal to their rea
son would silence his critics and allay
/ their insane fears He told Biven$ Of
his purpose over the telephone and the
| inancier protested vigorously:
Don't do it. Jim, | beg Of you. he
pleaded 1T will be a waste Of breath
Besides. you risk your life"
( IN be there when the bank opens at
~ ~ TrS IN
I firm answer
4 When Stuart appea red the next morn
+ ing a roar Of rage swept the crowd
HowIs, curses. catcalls, hisses. boots
and wells were hurled into his face 1t
was a new experience in Stuart's life
/ He flushed red. stood for a moment
surveying the mob with growing anger
and lifted his hand for silence
The answer was storm Of hisses
/ Apparently he hadn't friend In ali the
syaying mass Of bowling maniacs. lie
drew his heavy brows down over MS
eyes and the square jaws ground TO-
gether with suIlen determination
With q sudden impulse he threw MS
right hand high above his head and his
voice doomed over the crowd In u peai
/, Of command The effect was electrical
A painful hush followed
| Gentlemen"
He paused and his next words were
spoken in intense silence.
"Mv answer to the extraordinary
greeting you have given me this
morning Is simple. ! am not WORKING
for your approval. work Tor my
own approval. because | must IN one
dience TO the call within me Long
ago in my life gave up AMBITION anu
ceased to ask anything for myseh'
| You cannot destroy my career oe
| cause / cherish none. The scene you
are enacttng here this morning l.
disgrace TO humanity You nave sur
rendered TO the unmeaning fear that
drives q herd OF swine over
precipice. You have. By an ACT OF
| will ioined in a movement TO paraiyze
the motive power OF the worid-faifh.
! There is but one thing that runs TINS
oor+h of onrs for a single day-faith
In one another.
.sYou are scrambling here for ie"
dollars In this bank. what can s"a
do with IL wnen you draw II out
There is not enough cash IN me "of'u
to transact a single days ousihesS
Business IL run on credit-faitn y
business of a bank Is TO Keep loHs
moving and make II do the "o1'" :
work. You are attempting u s'op
the work by tue destruction q -
faith" ,,,atlv
suddenly d man who had quls.,s s
nnshad his way through the crow