The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-06-01
LEARNING TO SPECULATE
BY S. J. PHILLIPS.

Miss Edith Manchesters fnthU. spec
ulated in stocks and bonds and shares
and notes, and almost always made
money at it. Ever since Edith was 50.
teen years old--and she had come ~
be twenty now-she had heard her
father talk of his business unti she
was fairly forced to take i'm interest
in IL. Finally she became so interest.
ed that she read of finance in the daily
papers. She often thought she read
of opportunities in which she mighr
have invested few hundred dollars
and have made great gains
Miss Edith got liberal supply of
pin money from her father, and when
he had made lucky strike he pre-.
scented her with u tifty-dollnr bill. She
decided to save up as much money as
she could and try her luck In the stock
market. Her father would laugh AT
her If he knew her plan. So she kept
IL secret. When the time came at
last and she had five hundred dollars
laid by she went quietly TO brokers'
Office to make an investment The
broker was Il fatherly-looking man, and.
being told that IL was her first speCua-
ton, he said he would pick her out
something that would be sure 10 win
out.
The Wild Goose Silver Mine had
been plodding along with its stock III
GS, but there was something coming
de was not nj liberty To tell just what,
lut he was sure the stock would take
long jump and She would get lhe. hcue-
III of it. She would not make ii halful
OF money by only investing her live
hundred dollars. hut she would be
earning how TO speculate For hec
hundred dollars he would sell her Il
bond, and she could take it home and
hide il safely away and say nothing to
anyone until the jump had taken place.
II looked very simple and very good
to Miss Edith, unG She put down her
money and went away with the bond
Two weeks thereafter She heard two
men IN a subway train TALKING about
the Wild Goose Silver mine. they said
il was one OF the biggest sWindleS ever
worked off on the public, and tlat il
was on the point of collapse that
would be known through the papers i'm
few days.
The girls first impulse was 70 80 to
her father about it, but her second WAS
not to do so. Her first move was To
buy horsewhip, and her next was TO
call on the broker again. If he re-
fused to return her money, she would
lay the lash on him.
When Miss Edith made her call it
was about the noon hour. snd she en-
tered the brokers' office to lind him
busy with figures at table which
brought his back to the door At sight
of the individual who had cajoled her
into parting with her savings, sud
den wave of Indignation swept over
her, and she drew the hOrsewhip from
under her cloak and began TO lay it
over his back. OF course the victim
was surprised. He rose TO his feet and
faced around, and, behold it was not
the broker. 1t was young man,
young man who had also bought IL
bond of the Wild Goose Silver com
pany. He had also discovered thar he
had been swinded. and was there to
raise a fuss about 1t. OF course there
were apologies. and the two were talk
ing very amicably together when the
broker arrived from his lunch.
Young Mr.. Henderson talked
straight from the shoulder, and when
he paused for breath Miss Edith did
some talking that was almost as en-
phatic. The broker saw the horse
whip, and he saw the young man re-
move his coat and spit on his hands.
and he quietly said:
every WELL my children-very well.
/ will give you both checks for your
money. ! assure you that you are en-
tirely mistaken in me, and are doing
very foolish thing, but we will let
all that go.
1t was two weeks later when Mr.,
Henderson called and his call was
made just after the girls father had
been asked:
FEATHER, what stock would you ad-
wise anyone TO invest in just nowT
"Why. tie Wild Goose Silver Min
ing company seems to be "a good thing
| just now" was his reply.
How much of good thingT
You could have seen by the papers
this morning that II had jumped TO 100
and was still soaring. think ] shall
go down and buy big block Of ii"
Mr.. Henderson had called to break
the news to Miss Edith. They con-
doled and consOled each other, but II
was too late The young man had been
horsewhipped and both together had
been deprived Of making smart little
profit.
MIR. Henderson made a third cali
soon. II was partly to tell Miss Edith
thai the Wild Goose was dying higher
and higher. ami partly to get better
acquainted with her. Ii seemed a
good time TO tell her father all about
1t aud the story was. told lie laughed
uproar,ously and then said: