Show d r fiefS fie-fS S tir 4 C3 Ld DELUGE n4VID GRAHAM pim t 4ulhor of 2JfEGos1ctc Ct73 i 5Y2JVS dyfha d0e2 S PL L Cp17rLyy I t MR BLACKLOCK I n was about to CroWn Kapolw ben sellsO II lvo somewhere read submitted o him tho royal gone 1 they had faled up for him lie the parchment and flung It pled of Hie chief herald or who h Tas MV IIno said he i It I I was r JIontiMijtto And 110 I fom fa IIJ line dater from the campaign Billeted and established my CI eirom Ul1 Wcc shall not j piuso to reclto taw de of tie obscurity from which I s rged It would be an Interesting It Is familiar story but a antlc also In this land which Lincoln q finely and 1 so fully described when saId The republic Is oppor IT ae fact only I did not take the e BlacKlock was born IJIacklock and chris ed Matthew I aud my hairs being 1 black and growing so that a look it often falls down the middle of forehead Is a coincidence The iclous and Insinuating story that taed to go under another name 5e no doubt from my having been bootblack In my early days and in s let my customers shorten my ie Into Matt Black Hut as soon I graduated from manual labor 1 med mY rightful name and have e ItI I think uI may say without ItyIn honor tq honor iH Week Its cyclones rising I on fury to that historic cllmay chaos sing their mad song in my I agaIn as I write Hut 1 shall by means confine my narrative to iness and finance Take a cross tton of life anywhere and you have ingled Interweaving of the action II reaction of men upon men of non upon women of men and men upon ono another And this 11 be a crosssection out of the very it of our life today with its big bold energies and passions the test and Intensest life ever lived the human race ro begin II ll THOSE DAYS AROSE KINGS magine yourself back two years d a half before Wild Week back the time when tho kings of finance just completed their apparently al I conquest of tho industries of tho ttry when they were seating aselves upon thrones encircled by it t armies of capital and brains en all the governments of tho na inational stato and city were strate under thqlr Iron heels ou may remember that I vas a not onsplcuoua figure then Of all Ir financial agents I was the bent own the most trusted by them the st believed In by the people I I a magnificent suite of offices In building that dominates Wall and ad streets Boston claimed neo ne-o and Chicago and In Philadel ia New Orleans St Louis San cIsco In tho towns and rural cits cts tributary to thd cities thou ds spoke of Illacklock as their sled advisor In matters of finance enendes and I had then numer and venomous enough to prove a man worth while my enemies ke of rno as tho biggest bucket op gambler in ue world ambler I was like all tho other apulaton of the markets Hut Aetshop i never kept l As the gs of finance 1 woio the representn es oi the great merchants maim tuners and investors so was I the reseiitativi of the masses of thoho o wished their small savings prop j y Invested The power of tho big I OIlS 1d jimded upon wealth and braIn I alth buys or bullies or lutes iu PS I service my powers power-s founded upon tho hearts and UM of ii ople upon faith In mi nk hon I How hai milt up my power Ily ognlzluc v possibilities of pub ity th lunce which tho broad 1t tsoy ulrn umvspapern and inagu es plat II lillI i tu each of u0 In Idual tium ij I I impiosH I himself upon Ii I 1 whole r miitiy iiion tho whole llzcd Iv Ii tl t I Tho kings of finance led Ulin II I < assiduity and dexter of youth paid aKcuts operating rough y > t wealthy clumsy old hlont11 on l UOS for the exercise of Ker I Ih a i only upon myself 1 I to tint t to no fiiiiblo perhaps wrou > uudorstrappora thiniiKh e tlBahn < of tho press 1 spoke ecll > o iho 1 people M ennuu charge that I always Ic been mihcrupuloiis and dishtrn t So Thn how have j lived und rived d all ihiso years In tie glare Llalo of publicity It Is half past three oclod on q Iy n Li IInWJlIII a dlbinal dreary rain belli R II fill 1111 through the street as iia < u a wind ns over blow out the ICe car You arc ln the Iilvato or Itoebu lid kings of kings Henry PlIhinthroplst eminent orM archlnall I lllns citizen andIn slnesR a furrupt n creutuio us er used tiu imlro of roapoctnbll That Ulrp I floor th on the twelfth he T UB Paw Tiit bulltllnt and the IMwor Trust IB Roebuck and Uoobuck Is the Power Trust H > Is seated at Ills desk and thinking I do not see him Is looking at me ssitlr all eMireg slOIl or benevolent ttml nl > lanchol l1ttho look with which ho always regarded any one whom tho Hoebuck uod had commanded Iloehuek to de stray He and his God wore In con stout communication his God never I Ha anything except for his henent lip never did anything except on the direct counsel or command of his God Just now his God is commanding him to destroy I me his confidential agent I In shaping many a vast Industrial en terprise I and In Inducing the public to buy by the million Its bonds and stocks I Invited the angry frown of the Roebuck God by saying And I bought in i tho n Manasrmalo mines on I my own account On your own account said Roe buck Then he hastily effaced his In voluuntary air of the engineer startled by sight of an unexpected led light Yes replied 1 as calm as If I wore not realizing tho tremendous significance signifi-cance of what I had announced I look to you to let mo participate on equal terms That Is I had decided that the time had COme for me to take my place 1 among the kings of finance I had decided to promote myself from agent to principal from prime minister to IdngI must myself promote myself for in this world all promotion that 11 1 It was In two Kx > s He dropiiod Uiom one nt a time Into the haute basket then smiled benevolently nt me You are right ho said You shall have what yon want You have Mfimed such a mon boy to me that in spite of your giving nuUi and again proof of what you me I have been putting yon off I will talk tho matter over with Lnnsdon filth Melville Mel-ville Host assured boy Hint my you will be satisfied llo go ip put his arm affectionately rouno my shoul tiers Ve all like you T nave n feeling feel-ing toward > ou an if you v ore my own son 1 am Retting old and 1 like to see young men about me growing up to assume tho responsibilities of tho Lords work whenever Ho shall call me to mv reward It will seem incredible that a man of my shrewdness and experience could ho taken In by such slimy stuff at tltatI who know Uoebuck as only a few insiders know him I who had seen him at work ns devoid of heart as any empty spider in an empty wob Yet 1 was taken In to tho extent that I thought he really purposed to recog nlze my services to yield to tho only persuasion that could affect him force I fancied he was actually about to put mo where I could be of the highest usefulness to him and his I associates as well as to myself It was with toms In my eyes that 1 shook hands with him thanking him emotionally It was with a high chin and a proud lieait that I went back to my offices TIe o wasnt a doubt in my mind that I was about to get my ilesoits was about to enter tho charmed circle of high finance ill CAME A WOMAN In my suite In the Textile building just off the big main room with its blackboards and tickers I had a small office In which I spent a good deal of time during stock exchange hours It was there that Sam Kllersly found mo the next day but one after my talk with Hoe llcl I want you to sell that Steel Common Com-mon Matt said he Itll go several points higher said I Hotter let mo hold It and use my judgment on selling I 7 l ti t z 1i l I UI l I1A1iliIJf1A 1 rlllli If 1 r l II r4ar II ti I I r t P I SUE LOOKED AS STUA1GHT AT MU AS I AT HER from within And In is solid comes had bought furtherance of my object I this group of mines control of which was vital to tho HoebuckImgdon of Molvlllo combine for a monopoly tho coal of tho country Did not Mr Langdon commission and his for him thorn you to buy friends inquired Hoebuck In that slow placid tone which yet for the attentive ear had a note in it like the that cOllies homo scream of a jaguar and finds its cubs gone Hut I couldnt get them for him explained Tho owners wouldnt I National sell until I engaged that tho wan not to I Coal and Hallway company have them said Hoohuck sinking I Oh 1 see hack relieved Vo must get Urowne Ito I-to draw up some sort of perpetual Irrevocable power of attoinoy to us for you to sign Hut I wont sign It said I Roebuck took up a sheet of paper itself with and began to fold It upon the edges Ualght great care to got tnings110lWu moaning ho was grasped my I lie had deliberating I wont on For four yuan now I people have been proroUlng to yell In SoUlO oliO In ns a Ill liclpal take 1110 I doalsto give mo recognition of Olll your president or chairman malting 110 by commltteo I of an oxocuuvu or flnallco Ilan I Impatient man Mr HOOUHLK i l1l11 nn do ffirBlSrandlhavomnchtodo short std 1 i Lifo Is so 1 havo bought till Manasqualo mllloHunll I shall hold thom I untlnued to fold the paper HQobucl It to hall rOlluced Itsolf until ho upon This ho slowly Short thick strip a cruel lingers un IttviBled I I bel his I need money right away was i I his answer I ThaIs all right said L Let me give you an order for what you need Thank you thank you said ho so promptly that I know I had done what he had boon hoping for probably counting on I give this incident to show what I our relations wore Ho was a young I fellow of good family to whom I had taken a liking lIe was a lazy dog and us out of place In business as a cat in a choir I had been keeping him going for four years at that time by giving him tips on stocks and protecting pro-tecting him against loss This purely out of good naturo and lilting for 1 hadnt the remotest Idea ho could over bo of use to mo beyond helping to liven things up at a dinner or late supper or down In tho country or on the yacht In fact his principal use to mo was that ho know how to boat tho bo well enough to shako fairly good music out of Itaull I am so fond of music that I can fill in with my Imagination when the performer Isnt too bad They have charged that I deliberately deliberate-ly I ruined him Huined Tho first and that vas time I gave him av tIland the second or third tlmo I ovo mv hlmho burst Into tears and said Youve saved my Wo HlacklocU Ill never toll you how much this windfall with means to mo now Nor did I w deep and dark design keep him along ou tho ragged edge Ho kept himself there How could I build up such a man with his humliod ways of wasting wast-ing money Including throwing it away on his own opinions of stocks stocks j for ho would gamble on count In the bucket I shops though 11 1 had shown him that the Wal I street I game is played nlns with aiarked cords and that tho only hope of win nlni N I to Ret tho ronddenco of theCa the-Ca a inirKors unless you IPO big enough to become a carl marker yourself your-self As soon It hii got the money from my teller hat day ho was rushing away I idllowod him tr the door that pnit of my unite opened out on till sidewalk tar Clio eonvonknco of my ciov is of customers Im just gains lu lunch said 1 CIIIIO I with me meHe He looked uneasily towatd a smart little ono horso brougham at tho curb SonYbut I cant said he Ive my sister with me She brought me down hi her trap Thats all right said 1 bring hdr along Well go to the Savarln And I locked his arm tu mlno amid started toward tho brougham He wis tuiulng all kinds of colors and was acting In 1 n way that puzzled lIlthon Despite all my years In Now York I was Ignorant of tho elaborate elab-orate social distinctions that had grown up In Its Fifth avenue quarter I know of course that them was a fashionable society and that some ol tho most conspicuous of those In it seemed unable to get used to tho Idea of being rich and woio In a stato ol great agitation over their own 1m portancc Important they might bo but not to mo I knew nothing of their careful gradations of snobbism tho 1 people to know socially the people to know In a business way the people to know In ways religious and philanthropic the people to know for I tho fun to bo got out of them the people to pride oneself on not knowing know-Ing at nil tho nervousness the hysteria hys-teria about preserving these disgustIng disgust-Ing gradations All this I say was an undreamedof mystery to me who gave and took liking In the sensible I selfrespecting Amoilcnn fashion So I didnt understand why Sam as I almost dragged him along was shun merlng Thank ouhutlshe the fact Is wo really must get uptown up-town Hy this time I was where 1 could look Into the brougham A glance I can see much nt a glance as can any man who spends every day of every year In an allday fight for his purse and his life with tho blows coming com-ing from all sides I can seo much ut a glance I often hare seen much I never saw more than just then Instantly In-stantly 1 mado up my mind that tho lIerslys would lunch with me Youve got to eat somewhere said I In a tone that put an end to his attempts at-tempts to manufacture excuses Ill bo delighted to have you Dont makeup make-up any more yarns Ho slowly opened tho door Anita said ho Mr Hlacklock lies invited us to lunch I lifted my hat and bowed I kept my eyes straight upon hors And It gave mo more pleasure to look Into them than I had over before got out of looking Into anybodys I am passionately pas-sionately fond of flowers and of children chil-dren and her faco reminded mo of both Or rather it seemed to mo that what I had seen with delight and longing Incomplete in their freshness and beauty and charm was now before be-fore mo In tho fullness I felt like saying to her I havo heard of you often floe children and tho flowers have told mo you were coming Perhaps Per-haps my eyes did say it At any rate she looked as straight nt mo as I at her and I noticed that she paled a lIttlo and shrank yet continued to look as If I were compelling her Hut her voice beautifully clear and lingering lin-gering in tho ears like the resonance of tho violin after tho bow has swept its strings and lifted was perfectly selfpossessed as she said to her brother That will bo delightful you think wo havo time I saw that she uncertain whether ho wished to accept was giving him a chance to take either course Ho has timenothing but time said hIlls h-Ills engagements aro always with peoplo who want to get something out of him And they can wait I pro tended to think ho was expecting me to enter tho trap I got in seated my self beside her said to Sam Ive I saved tho llttlo seat for you Tell your man to tape us to tho Equitable building Nassau street entrance I talked a good deal during tho first half of tho nearly two hours we wero together paitly because both Sam and his sister scorned under some sort ot strain chiefly because I was determined deter-mined to make a good impression I told her about myself my horses my house In tho country my yacht I tried to show her 1 wasnt an Ignoramus Ignor-amus as to books and art oven If I hadnt boon to college She listened while Sam sat embarrassed You must bring your sistor down to visit I mo I said finally Ill see that you both have the tlmo of your lives II Make up a party of your friends Sam and como down when shall < lye say Next Sunday You know you wero I coming anyhow I can change tho rest of tho party I I Sam grow as led as If ho were going 1 go-Ing into apoplexy I thought then ho was afraid Id blurt out something about who wore In the party 1 was proposing to change I was soon to know better Thank you Mr Hlacklock said his sister Hut I havo an engagement engage-ment next Sunday 1 have a groat many engagements Just now Without With-out looking nt my book t couldnt say when I can go This easily and I naturally In her sot thoy cortalnly do loam thoroughly that branch of I tact which plain people call lying Sail gavo her a gratoful look which he thought 1 didnt see and which I didnt rightly Interpret 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