| Show IT J IT I ffr f JOHN BURT WHAM Dy FREDERICK ADAMS AstYof 01 The Kidnapped Mllhnlrc Colonel Monroe UcctrTJeT etc T oopriuniiT 1S03 Ansusa All rights CorTlllHIT 100S ccl cK UlJIAM ADAMS reserved nr 1 raSDoICK A J UIIti llinuLu irrr JffiWsiwawww CHAPTER XXXContinued BOw much U O have you ho asoded Thirty dye thousand shares re I j W Mason flow many have you sold ad fag his son g About seventyfive thousand Hiimmm Fine outlook Forty tBd shares short on a stock with ° hundred thousand shares In a ty growled Randolph Morris By III I pull out of this thing with alf a-lf ni place it where you cant j It with a set of burglars tools I Rindolph Morris glared at his son bled for his glasses and bent over Upe fiftyfive bid for L 0 It read I I d sixty for any part of ten thou d shares Gimme that telephone I lea to the exchange Mason and get tie other end of this wire and Ill ink rTou tho orders lam Shortly before noon a news agency cal lie public a statement which era toed the crisis It read The deal In L 0 was engineered atrt I jlr James Blake the dashing Islta ng operator whose advent in New edtn Irl was signalized by tho recent up At t jitil In prices For several weeks ID t I Blake has quietly been absorb L I blocks of U 0 Today he se mem td ten thousand shares from Gen lore ii Marshall Carden which with thee the-e 11 lltogs of Mr John Hawkins gives cut t jiyndlcato of which Mr Blake Is ed dead absolute control of this vain in 1 property Another railroad com real j bas been a bidder for control Bad lithe Garden stock gives Mr Blake ore coveted advantage ills rumored that a wellknown atlr 111 I powerful banking house is short ired J i stock to the amount of nearly hail l < j thousand shares It opened at j and rapidly advanced to 75 and t sby leaps and bounds reached 125 Jotnil Is believed that only a few scat nil II I shares are yet in tho market ned1 Ithat the stock Is cornered edll t al al I dui f ° I P a r = II t r dp Q i pr 111 1 1 ft a m If r y SIP dy llllrr > tool Mme massive old beaded cone be brought it dow on the 91es dare m cu be nUterlt is rumored that the plug house of Randolph Morris I lEY zpany has suspended ttito CHAPTER XXXI Father and Son ejip Oue by one the directors of the e A had entered the room where gel erjBJloI1 Morris was making his ere st 1 against overwhelming odds r A0 F e he recognized by an almost Im r pM ceptlble bow but no words came aga ahls lips as he bent over the tape lorii fj faces of the directors were pale uis i I drawn from tension ask then L o had mounted to 1 tleij mkl dollars a share Randolph Mar cas changed his tactics and attempted I I ml check the rise by throwing all his i at dings on the market In less than hour he hurled thtrtyflve thousand dj ja LIes Into the speculative whirl One et for It rr lias like stemming Niagara with bl ° f n Craw The price did not sag The r rental Interests back of L 0 f oa edged stof 5i three millions of dollars for I stock and clamored for more nd l b ndPR L response to a demand for mar PR I Randolph Morris deposited sev OW d Dillons cash and valid socurl t i Alarmed b of Nl by rumors patrons II I bank formed In long lines and de I j ded their deposits There was no In i aIll t ot hope but grim In defeat the i tot I banker stood b5 the wheel aIUl 41 I tched i the ship of his fortunes as Wily neared the reefs of ruin tchrk entered and handed to Ran J Pn Morris the yellow slip of paper r t hailing the bulletin He read it t t11 > IS crumpled it in his hands and itch chr It on the floor eti Craspiflg IM rUPlng its massive goldheaded h ter he i i d rne r brought It down on the glass 1U a Which covered tho delicate er han15111 l of the ticker Ono of the ° m ng ss rtagtr ragrrnts f nts cut his cheek and a 5 drops of blood slowly trickled M ta hIs aer Is facet t Hk The face-t l corporation of Randolph Mar lf Company Is bankrupt ho said h rim uea to of his feet and looking Into the his asUtinded associates a e r ° Board astk once of Directors will convene and eat Wct Do take formal action to that seated 1 and y ° Wto gentlemen LClcr You make tho tJ1WtI < > a > for may en suspension Mr Mason ° direct nandolph Morris adjourned tector8 ineeting looked irs r his meeting ho looked about T ilI He sou but ho was not In tho tle found Arthur Morris with i I paYing cage enclosure occupiedby I tral e teller in his hunds were whits rackages ot ney I What are you doing there de manded Randolph Morris Cashing a check was the sullen replyYoti Yoti are a thief as well as a fool roared Randolph Morris his hand on the door and his features convulsed with passion No ofllccr of a bank on the point of suspension has a right to accept or withdraw funds and you know It Ho grabbed Arthur Morris by the shoulder and dragged him through the narrow doorway My curse goes with that money he shouted his face convulsed with rage You have dragged me down to shame and poverty in my old age I hope by God that everything you buy with that money will give you pain I wish to God His voice was choked the blood surged to his temples his hands clutched at his throat and with a gasp for breath he fell heavily to the floor Before Arthur Morris realized what had happened others were by his fathers side The stricken old financier finan-cier partially recovered consciousness before a physician arrived but again sank Into a most alarming condition Apoplexy said the physician In answer to a question Is this his first attack ho asked Arthur Morris Mor-ris I dont know was the reply Ive seen the governor so med he couldnt speak several times but never BO bad as this As he spoke Randolph Morris opened his eyes and they rested on his son Take him away he said averting his eyes Take him away and give me a chance to live Youre all right governor said Arthur Morris as the doctor gave him a signal to stay out of sight Keep cool and youll come out on top I feel as bad as you do about it but theres no use in kicking Brace up and take your medicine like a man we may win out yet To which encouraging advice Randolph Ran-dolph Morris made no reply and tho son left the room As Randolph Morris was tenderly carried down the steps through an angry crowd and placed In an ambulance ambu-lance he opened his eyes and looked longingly at the building which bore his name Thus ho made his last Journey away from the roar and turmoil tur-moil of Wall street a mental physical physi-cal and financial wreck cast on the shores of oblivion by a storm terrific and unforeseen Arthur Morris stripped of all power by the action of the directors stood amid tho wieck of his fortunes He was a witness to the compromise compro-mise by which a representative of James Blake Company agreed to terms which while protecting the depositors de-positors called for the sacrifice of the millions which once stood In his name The fifty thousand dollars ho had succeeded suc-ceeded at the last moment in drawing draw-Ing from the bank was all that was i left to him I + e Through the long hours of that eventful day General Gardens eyes were fixed on the stock board Few of tho excited customers of James recognized tho ex Blake Company for banker and none know the reason his absorbing interest in the fluctuations fluctua-tions of the stock labeled U i 0 Who was this man Blake and why in fortune had ho offered to place a hand Why had this stranger his the come from out tho West and by transformed a of his touch magic great worthless stock Into one of so struggled mad value that millionaires ly for its possession iin time When he took his last lOOK at UO quoted at board L 0 was stock a slip of 105 Ho nervously drew and made a his pocket from paper Blake chose to Sid calculation If rapid General Car the quotation realize at would be time profits of dens share thousand dollars nearly eight hundred him and he made puzzled Tine figures anew only to find 1l the calculation more than represented accurate This the fortune ho had lost came whIch urged A wild impulse sale of the him to demand What of right make hUll he to imperil his stock would Insure the hap which peril that and time repose daughter plness of his Hurriedly ho retraced his old Uo of Broadway his stops until he reached makes otnce and 6Jtered nnll again he = An hour had passed and ho hardly dared look at the quotations Per haps the deal had collapsed Per haps L O 145 1454 14CH called mitt tho iiinii who was reading the uckor Two thousand L O at 150 An exultant shout went up from the crowd of men who surrounded James Blake HU handsome face was aglow with pleasure as they slapped him on the back My 1 congratulations general Blake said grasping tho old soldiers hand Our little pool Is working splendidly I Do you feel like getting out at 150 general I wouldnt advise ad-vise you to do so but if you wish It can be arranged I have a customer who will take the stock off your hands at that figure I I am entirely satisfied to let It alone said General Carden drawing himself up proudly Handle my stock according to your judgment The subordinate should not question the policy of a victorious commander command-er Mr Burton wishes to see you whispered a clerk to Blnko and the famous head of the firm turned and left General Carden He heard the shouts of victory and found himself slinking hands and laughing with strangers Ho felt n strong grasp on his shoulder and turned to see James Blake We settle with Randolph Morris it Company at 175 he whispered Your share of the profits Is nearly a million and a half Ill call at your house this evening and give you a check for tho exact amount I can find no words to express my feelings said General Garden deep ly I affected I do not think that I am entitled to so largo a share of these profits IIreall 1 I do not know what to say to you Mr Blake God bless and reward you Dont thank me replied James Blake A strange expression came over his face and a look of pain to his dark eyes I am notI should not Ho paused released General Cardens hand and turning abruptly rushed across the room and vanished into an Inner office In the turmoil of his own feelings General Carden paid little attention to this strange action Six hours before be-fore he had entered these rooms all but penniless Ho left them more than a millionaire In a darkened room In a remote quarter of the city a grayhaired man gasped for breath and moaned In his delirium A great financial battle had been fought Randolph Morris was ono of the stricken victims and Marshall Mar-shall Carden was ono of the victors In this age of commercial and industrial Indus-trial barbarism man must climb to glory over tho dead and mangled hod los of tho losers Commercial competition compe-tition has all the horrors and none of the chivalry of physical warfare Thoughts such as these came to John Burt when the news circulated that Randolph Morris had been stricken strick-en In his office The blow aimed at tho son had fallen with crushing force on the father In the hour of victory John Burt was silent and sad and John Hawkins was not slow to glenn the reason I wouldnt worry over Randolph Morris ho said with a gruffness which was assumed Tho old man will recover Ono stroke of apoplexy wont kill him Write to Randolph Morris said John addressing Blake and say that his personal property is exempt in this settlement Ho has scheduled it as having a value of nearly a million dol lare I shall not take it from him Hes an old man with daughters and others dependent on him Good for you Burt exclaimed John Hawkins It isnt business but business Is hellas old Sherman said about war Im going to my hotel to take a nap Where can I see you this evening Dine with mo at the hotel at nine oclock What dyo say You too Blake To be continued |
