The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-05-08
CHAPTER XiV-Continued.

It was thus that he had made him
self important enough to advance
rapidly in his firm. And he had put
large share Of his salary every
week into a savings bank. With his
extra commissions and bits of unex-
pected luck he had bought securities
of impregnable value. These he had
locked away in safe-deposit vault.
They paid him only four or five per-
cent, but they were as sure as any
thing mundane. And twice a year
they granted him the lofty emotion
Of the coupon cutter.
He had paid cash for what mer-
chandise he bought and demanded
special discounts for it. In time the
five thousand dollars worth of bonds
In bis safe deposit box.
And then he married-pawned him
self at the marriage shop. He kept
bis hoard a secret from Leila.
Now he saw a chance to use the
talents that he had buried in a nap
kin. He filed the ears of Clay and
Daphne with his market jargon. He
was as unintelligible to Daphne as a
mad Scot talking golfese.
"Look at Q. & o." he would say !;
"sold at eighty-ive a year ago.
Friend of mine bought it. People
who were in the know said 1t was
going up. 1t ought to have gone up,
but it didn't. Dropped slowly and
.slalyonipnlxv tn Tn6ou If
Is fOrty-six. If had gone into the
market the other day with five thou
sand dollars and snapped it up at
fOlty-three I'd have cleaned up. three
hundred and a half in no time"
First catch your five thousand
dollars said Clay.
"I've caught it," said Bayard. 1--WE
lad it all along"
"You have?" Clay groaned. eff I'd
known that I'd have borrowed it to
BET married on"
Not in a million years." said Bay
ard "When I've made killing with
this money I'll make you all a pres
ent. but you couldn't pry this out of
me with a crowbar. I wish knew
where to borrow more. If you can
raise any money, Clay, don't you
spend it in matrimony. A fellow can
get married any time, but it's only
once in ten years that you can climb
aboard a market after a panic and
ride in with the tide
He went to his safe deposit vault,
took out his bonds, carried them to
the vice president of his bank, and
borrowed all that he could raise on
the securities. The bonds had fallen
below par on account of the depres-
sion, but Bayard was granted 80 per
cent of their face value, minus 30
days discount at per cent.
His anemic bank account was sud-
denly swollen by three thousand nine
hundred and seventy-nine dollars ana
eighteen cents.
he sought out a broker, a college
n1end whom he could trust, to advise
nlm honestly. They conferred on the
stocks to buy. The old dilemma
could not be escaped: those that of
Tered the most profit offered the most
F1sk TO buy on margins was further
sanger with promise Of further profit.
Yet after all, Bayard felt, to buy
outright, however wise, was tame.
Even if he doubled his money he
would have only eight thousand in
pace of his four. And eight thou
sand was no fortune.
The question Of what stocks to bet
"a was a thrilling one, requiring
Iohg war council, but at length the
disposition was made and he gave his
croker the command to go forward.
Inc market crept up and up. Bay
"iu turned his profits back into his
speculation. He was growing rich.
ue was planning works Of lavish
sn'rlty, works of art, the purchase
VI great reserve fund of securities.
IN some years before, when President
LAT was insugurated, every omen
.' oS me. The weather bureau PROM
, ,seu lair weather. There was not a
al OF storm anywhere upon the con-
r 1uent' And then O blizzard backed
49,, from the ocean and played havoc
'Lu tDe thrOnRS so un0n the era sa&