The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-01

rnb even II he had wanted to be
beInad linn Carew set the pace, and
he was bitter against Enh. care"
had turned Eph's invensen Into q e8in:
pany concern. and he va: ioaaea down
10 Inc hsels with the worthless stock.
Eph wanted Polly badly; he humbled
himself to 60 to the magnate and ask
for work as-his chauffeur.
Your mans left, l hear" Eph be-
gan.
You want the job, said Carew, and
devilish clever thought came to him.
How would twenty-five a week suit
your" he asked.
Finely said Eph.
I'll take you, then. And I'll pay
you twenty-five-in the Knight COM
pany stock" .
Eph never blinked That suits me"
he answered. And he went to work.
The Knight company, ilsolvent as
ever, made steel castings In q small
way, and the twenty-five dollar shares
were still to be had, if anyone wanted
them; at about three dollars apiece.
The widow had fifty. Carew held
forty thousand, and every Saturday
one was unloaded or Eph. After q
couple of months the magnate grew
reckless.
, IN raise you to a hundred" be
said. That meant about twelve dol
lars a week to Eph. Actually, Carev
was afraid of losing good chauffeur
III make it two hundred" he said Z
little later. Pretty good salary for {
! chauffeur"
Yes, sir said Eph
Eight shares a week passed int
Ephs pocket, or twenty-five dollars a
the actual Knight prices. In 81,
months he held something over two
hundred shares, representing a CAPT
tai of $500. Polly was jubilant. HI
had spoken of marrying her.
One Saturday Carew said, I'm blu.
back those shares at five apiece, Eph
| hear the companys doing littl
Stduu YOU udfCh
cashed in on them
I'm going to hold them, sir" sal,
Eph. I'm going to sell them my toI
pedo and, when they start manufat
turing the shares will be worth tn
old price, and something more"
We'll, I'll pay you cash in future.
grumbled Carew
There won't be any future. al
swered Eph. I'm going to leave 20
tomorrow, Mr.. Carew"
He did, and the bans we're put up 1
church, while Eph went back to tn
shed and invested everything in
forge and torpedo metal. Folks pitie
Polly now. They spoke more harshl
Of Eph than ever. He had sold hi
stock at six, and it was rising, rising
1t became twelve, twenty, fifty. TIL
war boom broke with a vengeance.
rose to ninety. It touched a hundred
There was wild furry to sell. Ever.
one sold except the Widow Gill, who's
five thousand dollars worth rename
in the bank vaults. People alternatel
cursed and praised Eph, according 9
they had won or lost.
It'll touch two hundred" said Epl
when the slump followed Only Knigl
stocks held steady. Nobody unde
, stood.
Not till Eph and Polly, both rad
antly happy, had started on the
( honeymoon. Then the papers wei
full of the news. The knight COZ
1 pany-Eph Knight, president, had IL
l exclusive right to manufacture Il
: new torpedo for the allied COVER
: ments. And Eph, who had sold at 81
4 held fifty thousand shares, new share
8 at two hundred!
t Welcome home!" SAID the trump
r al banner under which the honeymoo
5 ers rode on their return journey.
But when the mobs had dspers,
r oily sat beside Eph, radiantly happ
u in the old woodshed, while the inve
tor, lost in thought worked on his il
o proved aeroplane engine.
II III lAIN ATTIC hnruI NaAAIC