Evening star., 1921-02-20

Talbot going. The next day might
See the golden SNOWFALL start rolling
down the golden slope, growing in
size with each click of the ticker,
until finally he gathered it into his
waiting arms. Tomorrow is what
ISs edss II into Doss'01s fS as1s ie
lunch that evening aE&s3mMepulchral
splendor dine at d4A time on
breakfast food; tom6FfUG fs what
made it possible for him to hold his
head erect when hurrying along
Broadway toward his dull room; to-
morrow is what made 1t possible for
him to wave his hand in gay greeting
as he passed the poster still ANNOUNCE
ing Mile. Collette at the Roof Garden.
ly reached that room his thoughts
switched swiftly to Miss Wadsworth.
'.She's probably home by now. he
thought. Then below his breath he
added, Poor devil"
THERE are those on the street who,
still talk about the gusher be-
cause it did the last thing in the
world that knight & Son expected
of tit gushed. Purely for adver-
tising purposes. and to cover the law.
knight. senior. actually sank a we'll.
ture than skeleton-like derrick
erected beside a small shed. with
steam coming from pipes. 1t might
properly be used as an emblem in
Industry. Knight had these snap
SUNDAY ] papers and on the strength
of them boosted the stock from 10
cents-par value, IS. of course-to
40 cents.
Out of a conservative part Of these
hnr n
fiavor to his daily reports that he
was now down so many feet. The
stock went to so. Then one after
noon knight received a frantic tele-
gram. And somehow Billy Talbot got
wind of that telegram. Wnat h..as ne G,u hu
those who perhaps have forgotten
the gusher For on the strength OF
what he made in the next two Gays,
as the stock sky-rocketed to $40. the
.. for the entertainment of their read
ers one of those eternaliy fasc', >,
hating characters, "The Boy Broker,
or. as others chose to entitle hiin'
"The Boy Plunger." ..;
His winnings were variously estl-
mated to be from one million to hve.
and his picture was taken both enteI
ing and leaving the offices OF knight
& Son. Young woman reporters oe-
seribed him as both daring and hand-
WAS true enough.
AS matter of fact. when Billy Tai
bot finally escaped from the bedlam
which for forty-eight hours had sur
rounded him on the curb and in his
hectic sleep and found it possible to
collect his thoughts sufficiently to do
problems in simple addition and sub
traction, he learned that he was worth.
minus the odds and ends of q few hum
dreds. some $4,000 Which was not
q n n n
started with only 500 and his nerve.
Three hundred thousand collars IN
cold cash-for before he quit he
turned in the last scrap OF paper ne
possessed. Here is where he showed
! still more nerve. for Gusher was still
going strong. Down there by the we'll
, the heavy yellow fluid was oozing all
over the ground. while in the omces
Of knight & Son the heavy yellow
metal was oozing all over the moor.
; 1t was curious spectacle. ana no
! one in a detached way enjoyed II
! more than Miss Wadsworth. She had
| "A good deal of spare time at TINS
| point. for her branch of the work
ceased almost entirely. She watched q
the excited traders hurrying In and
out. listened to the babel of frantic
voices, and noted the disheveled ap-
pearance of wild-eyed Billy Talbot 1t
was she who, on the impulse OF the
moment, caught his arm once - he
| was bolting past her and said In 0er
| low even voice:
] Keep your head, Mr.. Talbot
| Billy stared at her as at Some being
| from another world.
| I've got it this time," he exclaimed
| in a voice grown husky from shout
ing.
| Don't let it get you." she warned
| steadily.
!; He was off again. but somehow her
/ words stuck in the back of his head
; He heard them at the moment the
/ stock crossed ten, and he was tempt
| cd TO hold on for fifteen. He had set
i ten as his limit. but with things NOV
ing as fast as they were fifteen looked
certain. Every point meant $4,000
That was a lot of money-easy money
I But he sold. And after tho last e1le
khe resigned from bin 5oA
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