Show 1 1 j I i I I 1 LORD DUFFERIN AND D WRIGHT IN TN FICTION N New w York Herald HeraM The late tete Harold Frederics cs novel DOel of or orThe The Market rk Place FI w was generally understood at the time of its appear appearance appearance ance atice to veil yen under a guise ulse of fiction the main event vent in the early career o Whit Whitaker Whitaker aker Wright and his connection with I Lord Dufferin I I I The former is called in the novel Stormont Thorpe He has ha started out outi i in lU Ute tile as Joel S Thorpe but had hed drop I 1 pHi the Joel and spelled out his mid middle middie die dle name nante in full Lord Dufferin mas man masquerades as the Marquis of Chaldon haldon This Thi is Its how Jiow the financier is described Thorpe was tall but of a burly and anI slouching figure His face tace shrouded in ina ina ina a high growing dust colored beard in invited no attention One seemed med always to have known title this face thick rea ea a atur tur immobile undistinguished Its Accessories for the time being were even eten mOre than ordinarily unimpressive sive Both hair and beard r were ragged ra t with neglect His commonplace dark clothes looked as if he had lied slept in them The hands resting on his hit big b knees were coarse in shape and rough roughened roughened roughened ened and The first chapter opens with Uh Thorpe Thor ThorIn in conversation with Lord a i middle aged nobleman whose social connections he wishes to utilise lie Ho explains that he has made his coup that he is sure of being a multimillionaire and he offers to take Lord plowden in on the ground floor You need money he says and here it is isor for tor or you Jou I need what shall I say ay saya a 1 kind of friendly lead in iii the matter of or establishing mn lf 01 o 0 the right foot fOt footing jug ing among monS the right people and what you can do for me Mind Id like Uke to say Sit it was all aU niceness on your pert part all gratitude on mine But if you want waRt to consider it t on a business basis why there th re you have It also perfect perfectly ly Iy plain and clear The Marquis of ot Chaldon a tremon tremendous dous douR diplomatic swell ambassador at t Vienna in his time and Uld lord lieutenant and all an sorts of things but hut to t t gather gatner in his five fire hundred a year ye r just the seme Imd agreed to accept the po position of f chairman of the board of or directors Here is a description ur of t f this gentleman The noble chairman was white of beard and hair and nd extremely court courteous courteous cOOS of manner mannera a small carefully clad gracious old gentleman whose wh mild pink countenance had bad with years rs of anxiety about bout ways and means dis die disposed disposed posed itself eH It in lines which produced a chronic C expression of solicitude A nervous affection of the eyelids lent to this look took at intervals a beseeching Quality which embarrassed the behold beholder er All Au men liked him and had spoken 1 wen welt of 0 him throughout his long and hard bard worked career There is not much of oC the thc marquis in inthe Inthe Inthe the story which concerns itself main malD mainly mainly ly with how Thorpe floats the rubber r c through the aid of oC his guinea pigs how bow his enemies attempt to bear the tb stock aRd ad how he corners the mar market markot market ket kot by buying in all the shares offered so that he tie owns all the one hundred thousand save only which had been subscribed for by bona bone fide parties Weve got called caned a corner comer on the bears This is how bow Thorpe de describes describes describes scribes his coup to his sister sl ter caught short and we can squeeze them to our hearts content What you dont dent understand now Why sob see se here These The e fellows sold of our shares they got them to sell seU ami and they cant cent get them That Is the point they cant get theta them for love nor money they I must pay me rae my own price for tor them or be ruined men The moment they realize the situation they will begin offering a premium for rubber consuls I The price of or a 1 l share will be J 2 then 4 6 10 CO 20 30 whatever I want to drive It to In point of fact fatt everything happens hal ns as aa he says enemies are ruined his hs friends enriched he himself elf marries mar marries ries a rich and aristocratic wife and the novelist leaves him planning new nc schemes schem by which he be may utilize the theno noble no le friends under whose hoH tables he hela heis heis is la nov privileged to spread lila his legs Je ll |