The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-04-05

bag; while ! paid the bill. When l
rose to take leave of them, l could
see, standing in the doorway and
looking at us with puzzled express
sion, middle-aged man, who l de-
cidcd at once was the individual
whom | had imcprsonated. l said ut
once: Go
1.-The business is over, and, ] trust,
pleasantly. Forgive me if take my
leave, There. are others anxious to
hear from me-
The woman clutchcd her bag with
her left hand and extended her right.
well, I'm sure you've been quite
the gentleman. Mr.-Mr.-let me
see, what was thc name?'
"Wcll, it doesn't matter, does il"
| replied, especially as it was only
assumed for the evening. Good
night, and good luck to you both"
| added, as | made my escape. {.
There was fine rain falling out
side, but walked steadily on, OBJ
sessed with the sudden desire for
fresh air. The atmosphere of the
place mad left, the character Of my
companions, the sordiu ignominy of
the transaction which / had just con-
Guided, had filled me with disgust.
Then l began to laugh softly to my
self. 1t was queer anomaly, this
that |, for whom the police of the
world were always searching, should
feel distaste at SO ordinary an ill
deed. had robbed, and struck ruth
lcssly enough, in my time, at whom
socvcr might stand in my way, but
as a matter Of fact, Matchmaking
was the one malpractice which
had never happened to practice be-
| fore. In any case, as l reminded
myself, the ignominious part of the
affair was over. It's continuation
was likely to appeal more to my
sense of humor.
Over late whisky and soda that
night in my room, l began to build
my plans. 1t seemed to me that the
career of Mr.. Edward Kendall, M. +.
and the reputation of Lord Kinder
slcy, were equally in my hands. 1t
was surely not possible that the two
combined would not produce a rca-
sonablc profit upon my outlay of a
thousand pounds. AS l sat and
! smoked, another idea occurred to
me-, and before l retired to rest,
wrote long letter Of instructions
to Mr.. Younghusband.
remained at my Office ir Holborn
on the following morning until
heard from Mr.. Younghusband upon
! the telephone. AS usual he was
NEST formal. addressing me as
| though | were one Of his ordinary
and respected clients. 1t was OBJ
vious, however, that he was per-
turbed.
81 have carried out your instruc-
tions to the letter, Mr.-er-Buck-
ross," he announced, "but the mag
/ nitudc Of the operation which you
have vcntured upon has, / confess
rather staggered me-
LET we know exactly what you
have DONE" | said.
81 have sold," he continued, "fol
your account, through various firms
of brokers, $4,000 shares, common
in the Kindersley Shipping Company
, at six pounds each. Fortunately
there is no immediate prospect of d
rise in stocks of this description
and ] was able to arrange to leave
margin counting to only ten shill.
ings share, namely, 1880 pounds.
Very good" | assented. "What
is the price just now?"
"The stock has dropped trift
naturally" the lawyer replied, SOW
ing to your operations. The broker
however, at whose Office l now am
advises me to disregard that. II,
thinks that they will probably re
cover during the day."
"Just so: When is settlement
day"
"On the 4th. Apropos of that
the various brokers with whom
have had dealings on your behalf dc
sire to know. whether you ,woult
wish to close your transactions O
any portion of them during the mex
few days, if a profit of, say, a quar-
ter share is shown"
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