The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-05-20

Eyes; it worked in that way, but
there are other ways"
Jennie's confidence in this young
about railroad methods, was perfect
and she promised TO send the money
when called for Then the stranger
went away. and they heard no more of
him for months. Spring passed into
summer. and the early autumn came
Then Jennie received letter from
the stranger. saying that he was using
her legacy without really having it in
his possession He explained that he
was doing it on the credit system.
which made it just as valuable to him
as cash. This was all Greek to Jen-
ME, but she remembered how he had
foretold what the auditor of the rail-
road would do. and she wrote back
that it was all right. She was glad he
was getting the benefit of her money
and hoped he would make the railroad
company pay at least his doctors bill.
During the summer the stock of the
said company began to go up and
down, sometimes jumping five points
at a time, then sinking ten points.
Sometimes it would remain at a fixed
price for weeks. then gradually settle
Within a few months. passing through
these changes, it sank from par to half
that value. Everybody wondered what
was going on behind the scenes to
cause such fluctuations and such re-
cession of price. But nobody seemed
to know. After awhile it began to
rise and went back to par.
When the annual meeting of the di-
rectors came around an unknown man
walked into the room where it was
held and showed certificates to the
amount of SO per cent Of the capital
stock He presented the names of a
new board and. holding a majority of
the stock, elected every one of them
Most of his votes were by proxy.
'You are asked the astonished
president of the man who held them.
81 am vice president of the r. I. and
G.. line, on the Pacific coast. Last
spring | came east on business for my
road l was robbed of my pocketbool'
on entering train on your road and
having neither money nor tickets, was
put off in a storm by your conductor.
l contracted pneumonia and came very
near dying Subsequently offered TO
accept 5000 for my claim against your
company. but no reply was made to
my offer On my recovery | made a
study of your road and formed a plan
to unite it with its feeder ! interest
ed my hackers on the Pacific coast and
obtained from them the necessary
financial equipment. AS chairman of
the new board | call upon the officers
of the company for their designations. +"
Not a person present had ever heard
of the $500 claim for damages. The
president said that if he had known
of it he would gladly have settled the
claim, paying a just amount. The
chairman of the new board said he
was glad the president did not know
Of it, since the investment under the
new scheme promised TO be a very
profitable one.
few days after these developments
Jennie Livermore saw the stranger
coming up the walk. She ran out to
meet him.
'T've won my suit against the rail
road company" he said
"You don't mean itp'
Eyes. and | must pay you for the
use of your legacy. which helped me
to win it,
"How much did you get?"
"Your share is in this check"
He handed her check for $6.O40
She failed utterly to grasp what it
meant Then the others of the family
came out to welcome him. and he told
them how he had secured indemnity
from the road for having been put off
train and made i'll in consequence.
There were additions to the story
which interested them far more than
the recital thus far He had also de
posted with his broker a check for
what he deemed the payment for his
stay with them while he was sick
81 ,O00-and had bought and sold with
it the stock Of the railroad company
he was manipulating. That fund now
amounted to over $4,000.
The stranger made another visit to
his benefactors. and when he went
away be took with him Jennie Liver
more.