Cleveland County herald., 1920-05-06
CHAPTER XIII.

SeIllnS ms long line Of spring and summer wheat, Fitzhugh bought three million bushels of the September op- tiOn. He was now become known as the greatest of the bulls. Every big buying order was laid to him. His appearances in the pit grew more in- frequent He distributed his com mandS among six or seven different brokers. Crops were universally bad. The United States had not yet felt the European demand, but it would come soon, and he knew it would be heavy. He knew wheat would rise still higher, and he gradually increased his holdings in September to six mil lion bushels.
 Then came the cry from European insistent cry-the cry for bread. He received a code-cable from his agent in Liverpool: Gan negotiate five mill lion wheat Name price,"
 He sold his six millions at an ad- vance of twenty cents bushel, and in one vast swoop bought in eight mil lion bushels of July. And Hunt so far forgot his pledge as to remonstrate.
 Aren't you forcing your luck, Dan It seems to me"
 And it seems to me-" cut in the 'plunger." looking up from the work on his desk, that I know just what I'm doing. That wheat cost seventy five cents. It'll go up to dollar be- fore July"
 But what if it doesn't?"
 But it will. It'll go to dollar if I send it to a dollar. And I'll send it to a dollar. And them"
 "Huh!' Hunt started. "You don't mean-'
 Never mind. I'll tell you later"
 He told him then, however; had so intended doing when he entered his office that morning. It was quite the biggest thing thus far in his career and of late he had worked on it, quietly indefatigably, vouchsating Hunt, because he was not for while sure of it, hardly more than a hint of what he was planning. He had sta toned correspondents in all the Euro pean markets. He had held many se- cret conferences with two Packing town millionaires. big gamblers bah, who played a hidden game. And now, this morning, the thing which had been building these months past was no longer nebuOus to his vision. 1t stood forth vividly, nakedly, complete and beautiful in every detail
 Today said he, leaning across the flat-topped desk and regarding His auditor tiXedly, you and I own, and control, approximately eight million bushels of July wheat. Within two months I shall control fifteen million bushels. By July 1 expect to control over forty million bushels"
 But. Dan! How the dickens"
 Marsh and Allport are in the pool"
 Hunt subsided, nodding understand ingly.
 You've seen the harvesting returns. Hunt? You know America's crops are going to be small Same in Europe. French crops are poor; Germanys worse. Argentne's will be the small est for the last ten years. Europe will have to look to America for her wheat But America won't be able to give it to her. There'll be mighty little wheat in Chicago by July; and that little Will be locked tight in my pool. Do you hegin to understand?"
 The way Hunt chewed and puffed at his cigar proved that he understood Yet he dared not utter what he all ready knew.
 ..Symington Otis is bearing the mar ket," he said. his hands gripped tight ly round the arms of his chair. He knows you're long on July wheat, too and" He checked himself, struck by |. sudde. thouglr,: I'm hanged if you're not doing this to beat him."
 Fitzhugh's iron jaw tensed. ''Et thinks I'm doing it alone. He'll fight me for all he's worth. So much the worse for him."
 Hunt gave full vent to his excite