| Show JOHN BURT Dy FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS of The Kidnapped Mllllonalru Colonel brkar Monroo > < Dtetrlne Etc eoertumiT lee DY AU rlhts CorTRlGIIT aanlCa UPUut ADAM reserved A J DIUXBL 1QCi3 UinIJL liT I r = CHAPTER XXIX Ediths Confession say Mr Morris will be e papers Ml Its awful Jessie Look at stedl It awful Pp g headlines Isnt It awful Hancocks cheeks were red Jltn nt dashed edtwith excitement as she dashed o e her cousins room Mr Blake I here while the general was at iktast she gabbled on breath They talked a minute and sI1 hurried away Isnt Mr Blako I abe haande And lies so big nnd hand I elyl e and generous and good looking j manly andand everything I tore him Jessie dont you She Flo led closely at Jesslo Cardon I like him Edith It wouldnt or both of us to lovo him would it jsla mine L g9 loves you protested Edith j a blush I know ho does Aro i sure you dont lovo him Jessie tIllttle bit QuIll sure laughed Jessie as the oil f came to her cheeks I can only T one man at a timeIts conven e work to Jo Itil but Its true to neglect I gect Ton still love John Burt What a little sweetheart are wast I can gO IJ 1 I ish you vlded IOU jour lICe on a man you havent you t Erf from frr years Youre jesting hatsherc sse dont reject Mr Blake ike to go rep t i Ilti not likely I shall have a nee said Jessie Tho little face I Manbrook I grown very serious I sincerely Id 1 to some 1 I 11 not Edith John Burt Is note not-e at one of 111 and he has not forgotten me lad he dept e illl return and rich or poor my old faded s ills i in him I know hell come Tied out vn and when ho does hell find me N 1 Fr111 + i Here a was a trustful light In tho rn I I I p brown eyes and a longing smile itt1 iied the tender lips Ediths face V r yie j lighted with joy as sho clasped VtV cousins hands d j I Fcousins dearest darling in the T J Id and no man is good enough for i 7 sho exclaimed John Burt ill fo the prl I return Im sure of it and hell The held 0 e i proud of you But Jessie you earcely 100 Mt not let Mr Blake propose to you a nickel tn wont will you Jessie lervously I Way asked Jessie in surprise Because and Edith faltered over from e lowered her eyes in confusion andJliPPf when t she looked again in Jessies Mrs Cor HM they flamed with passion I nefactvr 1 Oh Jessie cant you undersand thankful ra Jealous of you horribly madly It at her pans and she throw herself sob f dIng her lug on her cousins breast I know yes were fi not your fault that ho loves you form ut you can make him stop Please co besIde d eke him stop If It wasnt for you I are you ewould love me Tell himtell him Jthlng so that ho will know that could gut dont lovo him Oh Jessie wont onately oar o asked I HiWhat What can I tell him asked Jes pin amazement I cant make him ht Id to rh repose and then commend him to anther would be an-ther But Edith darling Im so CI lOrry so awfully sorry awl when Jesslo could command herself da we asked If Edith really loved Jim route I loved him the moment I saw him m and a led he fell In love with you at the their b IIIIII Instant declared Edith Han no they tQck whoso Intuition had told her the trued tor truth Make him stop Jessie you with a u tau find some way to do it I know Iou can Oh why are peoplo always be come tiling l in love with those who dont bra bey pod T8 them and are blind to those who we them them to death I obedJen Jessie could not answer that world de the rc old question and vainly attempted to I beamed SOothe her In anger and mortlfica Uon Edith rushed from tho room and bonnet hen Jessie mocked at her door a J some t ew minutes later there was no ro xed up t IPOnse but tho muffled sound of sobs Ie what T CHAPTER XXX 1 Grew Tale of the Ticker lever to H A thousand men wore scattered Islnes hough the hall of the Now York IIIngs if to hock eXChange Tho clicking of In by ut nunerablo C telegraph Instruments tho no reset d tot j kle of tclenl ° no bells tho shut anne elf I nC tk of feet In tho encircling galler ebster eel the distant murmur of street traf seenea the all I blended with tho noises from e door Ih Into a chord which held tho i testy dltor of bass and tho thrill of so tano tJ fame t thiS t 11A Cong sounded 11 Its reverberations alhousand J In Ul ° Vocal explosion from e mater A ousanfl nv 01 thA 1I10menl later and tho nets of ndlog bate r fund Beemtng maniacs wore Hashed the world A of million miles a trl metallic > me a 14 tirJCrvcs focused In this center iordt r tho throbbed with tho earths history day Wall street Is a raundnno J toUC Incarnation of the terrors of boll re loved by some of the Joys of heaven John anti was in his offlco at eight clock and Mr Hawkins and James Blake joined him a few minutes later Is General Carden here John asked I JohnHes Hes In my room replied Ulnke Give him tho cash for that L 0 check and have him present the op tion at Randolph Morris Company tho moment they are open for bank ing business instructed John Burt Bid L O above twentyseven un til General Carden has the stock in hla possession Send two witnesses along with him That will prevent any chance for a quibble When ho comes back with the stock turn It over to me Aye aye General Burton exclaimed ex-claimed Blake with a profound sa lute Ho seemed in high spirits as ho left tho room I Let us look In on another scene There was no outward sign of excitement ex-citement In the offices of Randolph Morris Company Morris took personal per-sonal command of his brokers on tho floor of the Stock Exchange It wont bo much of a shower ho said to his followers with airy bravado bra-vado Hang on to jour stocks well pass those ordinances yet I control Cosmopolitan and am ablo to protect It against all the liars and swindlers from San Francisco to New York Cosmopolitan opened at a loss of several points but the selling by Blake brokers was not so heavy as had boon expected and the stock rallied ral-lied when given support by Morris and others Interested with him The young millionaire speedily regained his courage Bid em up bid em up ho whispered whis-pered to his head broker Weve got the Blake crowd on tho run already They dare not sell Take all they offer and bid for more 1 f KJ rli I 0I i II i I I I lIPJr 1 III i y i iI r LJ J L i l l I askedlnt L + t Il + nitutu 1 1IItllI if I l Iut rniully uuW p1111111Q11 cu from Iy II f I could = a ily but ilnd to It1 i1Cke fcin stop Jciifcsyou run fins soar way to dolt I kroYyou ran nn the s I It was only a moment past ten I clock when General Carden walked briskly up the marble steps and entered en-tered tho Morris building He stopped at the outer railing and addressed Mr Mason tho Vice President of tho company I hold an option on ten thousand shares of L O stock said the general gen-eral producing an envelope from an Inside pocket Yes Mr Mason raised his eyes with a faint show of Interest and tapped tho brass rail with a pencil So I understand General Carden Under its terms I can take up tho stock at a stipulated figure provided tho market price is above twentysix dollars a share That Is tho agreement You owe us about two hundred and eighty thousand dollars on that stock General Gen-eral Carden Do you wish to pay it today A sarcastic smile played around the corners of Mr Masons mouth I do I demand tho stock and will meet tho terms In cash Very well General Carden It can quickly be arranged There was no change of expression on tho grave face of the banker as him ho turned to a clerk and ordered to produce tho stock from the vaults Mr Mason glanced at the option and made a rapid calculation Two hundred and eightytwo thousand thou-sand four hundred and sixtyseven cents he said dollars and seventeen Is that of passing over a slip paper your figure General Carden bowed and motioned his companions who Honed to one of From tho counter satchel on placed a produced General Garden Its depths demanded and exchanged the money It for the stock faith In the value of I trust your certificates may not prove these Mason with an Icy amiss said Mr sir good day smile I bid Carden you bowed gravely and General As bo did so Arthur door turned Morris to the entered his face Hushed with thur triumph In his haste he ran General Carden into Oh Its you I beg your pardon came to his evil light Is it and an tie doing In hell are you eyes Youre What discharged hero dye hero understand Get arge of here and Iop out the brass I behind MorriUB Morris stepped retreat shook from that railing and at the man his hand threateningly his rage General who had aroused removed lie deliberately Carden towards him walked glasses and You are a cur and a coward Mor ris he said looking at the younger man with blazing eyes Lay a hand on me if you dare With a muttered oath Morris turned nnd left the old soldier standing don nntly by the railing A minute later General Carden entered a carriage and was driven rapidly to tho offices of James Blake Company In the meantime Morris had fol lowed Mr Mason to his private oClco Id Hko to punch old Gardens heads and Id have dono It hadnt it been for you he declared Whats he prowling around here for What did he want lie demanded his L O stock replied Mr Mason Ills L fc O stock repeated Mar rh Well what of It Ho didnt wish me to make him a present of It did ho If ho comes around again tell him to dig up about three hun dred thousand dollars and ho can have his stock Morris laughed as ho stepped to tho ticker Ho showed his option demanded the stock and paid over the money said Mr Mason slowly and I gave him the certificates Old Carden took up his stock and paid over tho money What do you mean Mason I mean just what I say Mr Morris Mor-ris was the reply Do you know what has happened With that stock you lose control of L O Someone is back of Qeneuil Carden In this transaction Blake Blake gasped Morris Ho clutched tho arm of his chair and tho muscles of his neck twitched nervously Pacing up and down tho room bo burst Into a storm of Incoherent Inco-herent profanity The ticker which had been silent spluttered rapidly and the ominous sound did more to call Morris back to his senses than had tho sober words of tho broker Ho lifted tho tape and eagerly scanned tho characters charac-ters Whats that This must be a mistake Five hundred shares of U 0 at 38 It must mean 281 Morris Mor-ris gazed at the figures llko ono In a trance There came a violent rapping on the door and without waiting for a response re-sponse a broker entered His collar was torn open and his hair was rumpled and moist with perspiration Blake Company are bidding up It 0 ho exclaimed 1vo sold thorn four thousand shares up to 35 and they are yelling for more How docs It stand now He took tho tape from Arthur Morris Mor-ris nerveless hand Thirtynine Thirtynine and a half Six hundred at forty A thousand thou-sand at fortyone Somethings up I tell jou What shall we do Mr Morris Mor-ris Morris gazed hopelessly at Mr Mason Ma-son What can wo d01 ho asked weakly weak-ly Ills brain was In a whirl A heavy step was heard in the hallway hall-way and Randolph Morris entered the room Youve raised hell havent you was his greeting to his son and heir I told you to keep your nose out of this Cosmopolitan business Youve mado a fine mess of It I suppose you think hecauso tho bottom hasnt fallen fall-en out of Cosmopolitan that youre all right dont ye Been supporting It havent ye Of course you havo Youro an ass Admit It and take your losses Ill bet this damn fool play will cost more than a million Tell him about this business said Arthur Morris sullenly turning to Mr Mason In a few words tho latter explained what had occurred in L O The old millionaires face was a study during this hurried recital Tho look of anger changed to ono of perplexity and then to fear The millions amassed in a lifetime were menaced in his old age and the fires of defense and defiance blazed again In the eyes of Randolph Morris To be continued |
