The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-04-07
BY Peter B. Kyne
Copyright by Peter B. Kyna
wNU Service.


ranger headquarters. That cook of
Antrim's is bound to have taken the
news out to his people. /. I'd bet
ter be at the ranch in the event of hos
tilities."
Don Jaime held out telegram to
him. please file that as you go out,
Ken. The doctor has sent to Ell Paso
for a trained nurse, and so soon as
she arrives I'll go out to the ranch
and recuperate. Adios. mi buen COM
panero."
Although she had promised Crooked
Bill she would start for Los Ago
dones Immediately, such was her
curiosity to met the adorable Don
jaime Miguel Higuenes. Roberta An
trim awakened the following morning
with changed mind. Her first rush
of enthusiasm, engendered by Don
james telegram and the vivid men,
tai picture she had painted of him,
was fading; in it's place was growing
an apprehension that Crooked Bill
was probably right as usual The es-
Unable Don Jaime might prove to be
a Pancho Villa sort of person physi-
cally, despite his undoubted mental
attachments, and Roberta felt she did
not care to take such establishment
until she had to.
Crooked Bill, knowing his niece far
better than she knew herself, was
quite prepared for this change Of
mind. So he said nothing beyond
mild inquiry as to what reply she had
sent Don Jaime Miguel Higuenes to
his charming telegram.
"Oh, just thanked him and told
him l would be happy to have him
look after my interests until l could
find a man to relieve him, at which
time he would be remunerated for his
work. I also asked him to send me
I a detailed account of the manner in
which Uncle Tom met his death and
instructed him to have Uncle Tom
buried in the local cemetery and send
the bill to me-"
"Hum-m" Crooked Bills grunt was
very skeptical. did you ask him
for any information regarding your
Uncle's Toms estate?"
mo, Uncle Bill. l thought you'd
look after those details for me-"
II will, honey, but l must remind
you that l have few details of my
own that require looking after. I'm
up to my eyebrows in stocks and If
the market goes against me (and I
don't like the looks of it) I'm liable
to have to go down to Texas, take
hold Of your Uncle Toms sheep busi-
ness and try to exc out respectable
existence for both Of us. l suppose
you'd give me job as your manager.
wouldn't you, Bobby?"
Roberta's eyes widened. Surely,
Uncle Bill, you're jesting."
I'm not. Neither am / lugubrious,
my dear 1t will be time enough for
/ that when invite my creditors in to
gather up the pieces"
you're a strange mixture of OPP
timism and pessimism, Uncle Bill.
Are you really deep In the market?"
81 have already told you I'm in up
to my eyebrows. You see, Bobby,
when one plays on margin and sells
short, he makes a dollar share
every time the price drops a point; If
he buys short he loses a dollar q
share every time the price mounts a
point. And the brokers keep calling
for more margin. :. Well. bought
five thousand shares at 10"
"Five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars" Roberta interrupted to prove
she was following Crooked Bills tale
with interest
swell, the dog-gone stock has gone
up to hundred and ninety"
"a loss of eighty points-four hun
dred thousand dollarsl Oh, Uncle
Bill"
"Of course there's bound to be a
break sometime. miracle is bound
| to occur, provided I carry the load
indefinitely. If the stock keeps ad-
vancing, the fellow who has sold five
thousand shares short faces the daily
job of digging up anywhere from five
to twenty thousand dollars additional
margin. There's such thing as
reaching the point where one has no
| more margin available, and when that
point is reached ones broker just nat
urally plays safe ana sells one out
and one is busted
Roberta came to the old man and
put her fair arms around his leathery
neck. I'm Uncle Toms heir. At
least he wrote me to that effect once
when he was very ILL"
"The time he was shot by his fore
man in quarrel over participating
profits, you mean"
$50 if you go bust. Uncle Bill, you
can have Uncle Toms Sheep"
"a terrible heritage" Crooked Bill
replied, and shuddered. swell, We'll
hope for the best. honey. You or your
legal representative will have to go
to Texas soon and do something about
those sheep. Now that your Uncle
Toms dead his herders may steal
some of the sheep, If not all. Did
he or did he not make will, and If
| so, who is the EXECUTOR"
81 do wish, Uncle Bill. that you
would go down there and attend to
these matters. I'll give you my power
of attorney"
WHAT" Crooked Bill almost yelled.
"With the market skyrocketing and
every dollar ! have in the world tied
up in it? Impossible!"
"If Glenn Hackett loved me half as
much as he started to tell me he did,
he'd go down there for me-"
HE has half a dozen very i'm
portant cases demanding his attention
here. Why should he neglect clients
who pay him huge fees to chase off