The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-02-18

toners business to everyone VINO IN
quires about it,"
Dick got up and walked over TO the
broker. He commanded attention this
time in such way that Henning was
unable to evade his look.
Don't quibble with me, Henning,"
he counseled you know that my in
quiries into Reynolds business aren't
calculated to do him harm. have
heard something which makes me
think he was caught pretty bad today.
Now it's yes. or no. II you don't want
to enlighten me, say so. Don't stall"
"That means" said the broker. III !
don't answer that you'll find out some
where else. Well, then. he was hit
plenty. About forty thousand. and II
know anything about Mr.. Reynolds
affairs, he was cleaned"
"All on one stock7" Meade asked
"one was enough" replied the
broker. Consolidated Wire did the
trick"
quite an unexpected drop, wasn't
it?' the young journalist commented.
"Oh, by the way" he added lightly,
mir. Brand. OF the Hudson company.
has been trading in Consolidated.
suppose he took tumble, too"
Henning laughed outright.
Yes, he took a tumble all right but
he took IL first-before the drop-and
sold. Stocks go up ON a rising mar
ket." he said placidly. "They so so far
and then they usually go down"
And very reasonable of them, too"
Dick feigned no surprise at Brands
good fortune. He got up and walked
about the room, inspecting, in turn.
the mural decorations. Then quite
casually he fingered pad of paper on
the brokers' desk and toyed with con
venient pencil Unwittingly he drew
some little lines on the paper. two
vertical, and acroA them. two hori
zontal ones. Then he drew them
again-a double cross.
Henning. a keen observer OF this
artistic trifiing, Redeemed slightly but
his immobile features underwent nc
change. He watched the writer reacf
for his hat and neither spoke. AS Dicl
opened the door the broker offered M
commonplace good-by. His word
might have seemed somewhat irrele
want, but for the little cross Dick hat
scratched upon the pad.
Meade" he said, without rising
you're wasting your time at tha
magazine stun. Why don't you com
down here and get in with the liv
| En forum
In the street beyond doubt"
3 Thanks" answered the journals
. complacently. Coming from you that
3 quite compliment. But even broke
:. can't ignore some truths. II you don
d mind I'll give you motto for wa
e street. Unto him that hath shall b
e given and from him that hath not sha
d be taken even more than he hath
slight revision of the original text bt
o for the purpose a just one. Good-b,
n Henning"
o "Wait!" called the broker.
L Dick turned.
9 wait. didn't know Reynolds va
X such friend of yours. Maybe he ism
; fiat. Maybe we can fix him up a bit
p I'm afraid not" Dick answere
Q From what knew and from what ~
a learned now, fear he's past fixing
y He went out into the crowd. 1t wi
y four o'clock. Wall and Broad stree
Is were filed with a hurrying, scurryir
y throng.
g Dick, in no mood for haste, WI
D. showed and jostled, as he hugged Il
m sides of buildings In his more leisure
TX progress toward the subway. When
OF saw the mobs pouring down into u
10 tube at Wall and at Dey streets
IN wormed his way northward alor
IL Broadway till he found a taxi and hea
e. ed for the Thirty-fourth street ferr
y The boat made its slip at Lol
ls Island City and he caught train {
Bayside where the Reynolds live
is Where they lived. but would live
OF more. Poor Bob he thought. and po
a janet For his heart went out to ia
iy as much as to his friend. She was b
ne a girl. blinded by the glamor wi
ID which the trap had been baited a
Bob was a man who had stepped bo
az ly into it,
~ The end had come quicker than Di
nc thought 1t would. 1t was but matt
'e- OF time. he knew, but he would ha
es given Bob more than a year.
," He learned that the Reynolds hot
was some thirty minutes walk FRI
% %nu the station. He could find no mes
,ie a conveyance, 80 he set out ON foo
in' CTo BE CoNTINUED)
in
A Century Ago.