Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-20
The Daily
Short Story
HIT Or, MISS.
BY Victor ReSeitfs.

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needed In his place. ~
II he could only get a r.n,,s
and rest and recuperatst a. - -
| earnings barely supporsss - -
large family even with those 49,
OF his daughter, a stenogranbs,
There was phase Of tha sit-.
ton. too, that sOrrowed him desnIs
Elsie, his daughter. had beer =.
gagged for two years to an est;r,.
bic young man who wished 10 ~
ry the union.
81 will not marry until 7 ssn
father once more on his feat = ~.
loyal daughter had declared o
IL was half an hour before N.
closing Of the stock exchange snS ma
Tyrrell was alone in the of,c.
Suddenly the telephone rang And
Tyrrell took up the receivs,
"Marsden & Co.. private New Yors
wire" came over the phone
All right" responded Tyrreu
pencil in hand.
Your branch Office wires. Pnv
everything in sight, Beacon Prs-
ferred,,,"
Repeat" directed Mr.. Trr.p
90. X" and went over to ano,ba,
phone and called up the iunior
partner on the exchange, repeating
the message hastily, for the orSsl
was unusual and important AND
there remained less than thru
minutes in which the rush bur.
chase could be effected.
The junior partner came into III.
office putting and painting, half a
hour later.
"Whew!" he aspirated. Sons
rush. I hope jerks at the NeT
York end knows his business
We're well into a hundred thoa.
sand dollars on Beacon. I dom
think much of the buy, but jerks
must have sure tip, or he
wouldn't let US in for half our can.
ital."
Tyrrell went home shortly after.
wards. He tried to put on a brave
front, but the gentle cheer Of bis
wife, the tender solicitude of Elsis
told him that they saw how wora
and tired he was. and were am.
ious to mitigate his cares.
TT has simply come to APPOINT
where you must give up your con
fining work" spoke Mrs. Tyrre.l
when the children had all gone IN
bed.
Il saw Doctor Lane today and be
says you must get some work thai
takes you outside into the open
air"
Il have come to that conclusion
myself" agreed Tyrrell. Tell you,
Mary, l don't want to break down
entirely and | believe | will reslgL
my position tomorrow before it is
too late. A collection agency Of
fers me a place, but it is on
commission basis. 1t will give me-
what | need, though-exercise AMI
the open air. Shall / risk it,"
You must" urged Mrs. Tyrrell
earnestly. If it means less in
come we will make it do somehow
Tyrrell reached the Office the
next morning and resolved TO in
form Mr.. Marsden of his decision
during the day. II was the custom
of the affiliated brokerage house
which furnished direct wire quota
tions to Marsden & Co. to confirm
verbal messages by later writtea
ones. Upon the desk lay one Of
these. AS a mere Formally Tyr
rell read the Enclosure, preparatory
to filing it away
"Oh, impossible, he cried, com
ing to his feet with a sharp gasp
and a blanched face. "Oh, impos-
sible!"
He stood staring at the tissue
message, rooted, appalled,. Tor
read:
Buy everything in sight, Beaten
Preferred"
Beaton UuIities-not Beacon
Copper, His worn hearing haa
caught the phone call wrong.
hundred thousand dollars inyest9a
in Beacon, not Beaton! He laa
managed to totter to the TICKET
His whole form was shaking Is
his eye ran over opening quols-
tions-Beacon down four poins
first call on the Eastern exchang-
His costly error would rum lA'
house of Marsden & Co.!
Hold on, what's the trouble
sang out one OF the office tradela
just entering the door.
Il am faint, - There Iyrtess
reeled. Just in time the o'95.
caught him, limp, senseless' -
carried him to a settee in an lns'u'
office and hurried for a doctor
TyrrelI opened his eyes amia
babblish confusion. The room va
filled. A physician was Just ~
parting with the statement ma -
patient was all right. Mr.. MsIsess
and his partners were juoilalns
yoIubly. The former dsrted :
Tyrrell and seized his nahu ~
vently as he discovered his fe'''
ration to consciousness. -,
You clever old war horse =
fairly shouted. Beacon mas 81
up twenty points and We g Is,
made a fortune. Our New loia
man made a wrong guess ana ne
il Beaton. You made a mlst-
and made II Beacon, and besVSl
by some strange hit, went up IA
here there five thousand-ooll%
check waiting for you, 8
months leave Of absence ana 'O =,
back a new man when you g
.ired of doing nothing "a
So a lucky mistake oroagul
he deserving old hero money,
.onged- for rest and a son-ih-ls"'