The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-03
The City
Of Purple.
Dreams
By
EDWIN
3 r D
coDyright By =. O. Drowns Z ca.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
coDyrisht sy =. O. 8rovns 4 CO.
CHATTER xiii.--csntinusd.
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Near the close Of the days session,
without exactly knowing why. he went
- the ''hoor' for few minutes. A
maa shouted In his ear:
"July's gone to dollar and d half !"
Without answering. without even
looking at the man. he stood watch
ing the monster turmoil. The uproar
was deafening.
The old speculatOr turned away.
Very carefully, very slowly, he made
his way through the hurly-burly, de-
scended the steps that led to the
ground floor. his hand sliding jerkily
along the banister. When he entered
his brokers' office his hair was no more
white than his face. and as he sat
down and held his hand moment over
his eyes his fingers trembled as one at
dlcted with palsy. 1t was the first time
in his twenty-Odd years of speculating
that he had been seen unnerved. He
looked at his broker and shook his
head.
He's dcNe it," he said. with pitia-
ble pretense of smiling "He's done
it. Howard. He's got us. He's cor
nered the market"
Authoritative news Of the corner
went out over the land. The name of
Daniel Randolph Fitzhugh loomed
gigantic on the financial horizon. He
controlled all the wheat. He could
exact for 1t whatever price he wanted.
II he chose, he could get fifty dollars
a bushel.
He was the King of Wheat.
His name became household word.
Scarcely q man. woman, or child in the
middle West but prattled Of him. The
farmers lauded him as O benefactor of
humanity. Others condemned him as
thief. Thousands Of letters Of every
description flooded his mail LOaves
Ut bread dwindled in size. Mutterings
reached him. His life was threatened.
His wealth multiplied with prodi-
glOus leaps. At no time could he tell
IL
was more than fifteen millions and less
than thirty.
, Then there came day when he was
to settle with Otis. The defeated
gladiator made the appointment for
eleven o'clock that morning in Fitz-
hugh's Office.
At five minutes to eleven Fitxhugh
was alone awaiting him. He had given
orders that none but Otis was to be
admitted, and that afterward they
were not to be disturbed. As he lolled
back In his cushioned chair before the
mahogany desk. and gaxed round the
luxurious room. a reverie came over
him. He recalled his first venture In
wheat, made with q few thousands
won In a poker game; he remembered
the time he had worked for Qulgg for
four hundred dollars a month. And
then. his memory slipping his control
and leaping back further still, he
thought Of the time when--No! Had
he been q dlshwasher? Had he shaved
IN the scullery of u filthy kitchen for a
miserable weekly pittance?
The door opned. Symington Otis
entered.
In these days of his monarchy Eitx-
hugh saw many sorts Of characters ex-
posed raw and naked to his gaze. He
saw men come criaging to him, begging
! and pleading. He saw others enter,
clustering and trying to outface him.
Otis behaved In neither manner He
walked In quietly. and. closing the
door. remained standing, with no greet.
ing whatsoever. He looked ten years
older than his actual age. Fitxhugh
returned to his chair. The silence had
= tasted fully half q minute before he
spoke.
ut has been agreed, Mr.. Otis, that
shali deal with you as l see At"
Otis nodded. He did not speak.
MY rule has been to give no quar-
ter and ask none. see no reason why
your case should mark an exception. l
SEQ every reason why 1t should not.
For eight years or more your hand has
been against me. You have opposed
my ventures, Obstructed my path him
dered me In every way"
Il came here" interjected Otis cold
iy. ito talk business; not to discuss
our personal affairs"
And we are going to discuss those
affairs. Mr.. Otis"-Fitzhugh rose and.
with his hands resting on the desk in
front Of him. leaned toward his visitor,
who now stood opposite-"I will let
you out Of my corner on only one con-
ditiOn."
(which is?'
That you tell your daughter"
You need not go further! will
consider nothing that involves my fam
tly."
Then you refuse to deny to her
Absolutely
the preposterous falsehood you
repeated?"
II repeated no falsehood- It was the
truth"
"It was q lie! The woman is dead