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Show j A SPECULATION. 'I toll J-uu, sir, I will not give my mm tlon unit w by tlio lit of next mouth a can iliow mo ft 11 imw nt joiir tanktriof JCMWOur wcuritlci lu our - omiuunt tothatvalm-M ttot, Mr, hd)mour, wlirro do ou tliluV I am toctt.U.000 fruin In 1 , than a montW Nl "! I on? Urtli j wing una can nffotil to wnlt for Uttl r ' tiwei I am ccitilJnitlal t lirk to ono of l ttie best rlnm of a'oikbii Lew, nn.l haw o.r.r'won,ollic0 ' ''"N onedny i luni a rtn r. My il.iry from t"mt JC 'W, anJ my oM unci AlWws J i io ilW ft ) i nr rnvl look ilium mo an LU Mr Wlnt morn cm you vmutv j "It U ot no uw in lonj(in,? tliotlls i cw.oii,51r Uirtley. It Uforjourown i faki! I dMliK Win n lnytlantflitirnur- lies Istnl.ttlo 110,000 iim In r, nuil ' X think litr Imsbanl mulit toliaont , least t3,00D. ',as I Hlil before, j od J hmothntrum ly tliu lit of April iu xt, I will sanction )tur imriitfuiunt. It J not I luiU usnouryimins in myi'ower til tirwtt abont tdr innnj-nto with Cap tain Tml'fl'nr, nuJ In ttio u.rantlu.9 rbtill cniVluroff torn) MtUr la hcut- lanlontof jourwai ' ttitU Hichj wottU bo tonrhctl Iho 1m.11, Mm Intlnutiiij tlmt tW liutrrluw wan ( at nn cM, Mr Haunonr wancVlcf itrtirr In tbo firm (f tSuyinnurt (Ihtlwn & Co , Mock U i r , nn 1 w&A rrjtorteit to bo north n in i Hi tu, but tin f woro city inoii wlm i wliHi-rn il thnf- ho v u n rut her ft ftlinky ut Just luwonlutf tilionyiprciiI tl n on hit own nitimi.t, wa tint lrt v-ouU probtbly 1 In ant of n fuw tUoawuda beforo tbo noxt Mtthuir ilay. Wlicu I lift Mr h4)uiir' olUiro lit l t ria itrct I vaniltrdl lut for tnoliourt lnj-illy ktiowluKhiroliriM KQior Iniu uuablo to Loureiil r.ito my tUnhtupou uolMritfilcrmlh All I toiill tlilirt abont wan 15,000. Kcrj- tlitrifi uroutiJ mo nuirn d to my tlioumo thing, Tlio cry ouii.l of tho 1h-o1j of tho oinnibniM ai.tltabt itcvinol touts gtat, "10,000, or IelUo U lt H I Mt that I mutt hare tho uouo if I commit- tod a cr.mo to ol tnlu It. r At 1 ut 1 callM a t ab an 1 drovo to my clmmlcn. WIhu I vrua aoatnl lu nn r l La?) chair by the tide of a brif(ht fire, vithrii) pinoln full Rwlnrr, I tried M thiol, the matter on r calmly, Tlioonly I 1 otK) I could think of via my Undo f t Julin, but It wm like dqiom.hiff oi u brolccu rtJ, Indeed, llo bad nh.ajd c mtloucil mo os Unit gtttliitf married nt i.H, and rolulcd to lilmw If with prldo m ouo vrt.ohvlhadm.ft to nothing to do w httoimu all bU life) but lieforo 1 vcut to bed 1 1ml mado up my mind to run dowu to KHhitin ou tho morrow and ud Mm. I tvroto a noto to t'io ofl'co Raying that I fit rather indL-ioed tbnt t veiling (whicliuaaijuito true) and ulioul 1 vrib 4Lly uot bo hi th' city tu tho mnn.ii.ff. Next mornlnt;, after a roitleM night, thorhamouf my untlo uecUn to my r qui it termed f mi.. lor tlmu ir,but tin re w a.1 no other hope, an 1 1 mm.t face Mm and inoko tho bct of it. At bnak-fant bnak-fant I took up tho j Aj-cr m m my v uut, an I gl inced down tho luone) art! do. Huldonlyan idea llasliod acrow my mind. Ileitis on tho Htock ciclmnso I Mi vthit fortune vcro inado andloet tery month; why (shouldn't I try cud innko "000 by fiM-enhtiiif; In rcmi Hoilc? Tho moru I thought vt It tho bet-ttrllltf-Ut. Of con mo I know it vm riik); I couldn't do tt hi my own mimo without H comiiiK to tho knowh Jgo of my firm, imd they wouldn't tolcrnto that i-ort of tiling for i. moment, nnd whntour plan I Diloptcnl 1 Mitw If thliurn didn't no a I whbed I chould bo ruined. 13 ut Hfo without Nellio waf n't worth Il luff, and Imuit hao her at any cot. Tlw fir it tiling to deehlo wa tho leit itoclc Invhlch torpcculate. Thomnr-kcU Thomnr-kcU wiro Tory (iclot jn.t now, with tho eieeptlon of tho Huuth African Miuliic luarkot, Inwliirh thcroliad Utu lately imlto ft "bourn H Ono compnny lu particular bad caused ngrent eensutlon, This wm tho (Ircnt CmnbcrUnd Diamond mines, vhoto ten lwund ulurM waoiiiiutcdatt".ntj flro and, Tho company w a buj ;ued to havo a mont ValnaUu proiM.rtyin youth A frit i. and although only Marted six rauntha innlouily had nlreudypail a divlbmUf SO per cent , end tlutfutaro diideudi wcro t ipcctrd tobj as hl;li us UOor C3ir tent. Tliat Ihoy had paid tho SO per cent. M Mend was cmito tme, a I hod rocehed that on tho tew nlmnj I hold mjHclft but whether It wo paid out of tho prollta or otlicrw'ao I did not laiovr. What I did Lnmr waa that If any ml UT'o n port or tho inlno camo our tho prlco of tho ah&roa would iuoltnbly drop quirk r tlu.n It had rUni. I tlaro-foro tlaro-foro doiLnnlund to ci-niino my op rations ra-tions to Great CumlxrUiM. Of lonrno It wonld bo ritcer pjiecjilatlon, and thtro ara people who toy thl U no letter than robUr) and aUhonh I can t aa I qnlto aprni with them, I don t in an) decree-uihoM decree-uihoM tlo practice. It Ncno of tho Krrat t elU of tho npo, but In my caso 1 felt tho ind wonld Itndtfv tho mean, lint how was I, nlono ad unaided, to alTi.pt tho market? What I wunted w an rcino ntnrtlliic In- ruuth u, daicnBlng to tho puiot:ti. of tht) mino, to bo coiuiiiuulcutcd to the London financial pupc-a, Auy ouo who tnimaan)ihlu about block exthango 1 u. i ic know that in aomo itotkn the me t trivial ttV -r m rill linmedlatily cauo uiUur fall of tu viral p iut. X Ladfuod upon tho grtit Cmubcrlund c ij My Ucausa I knew tho tliaru wi ro U irtaciinily by CtaU oad bdocu- latora and not by tho outufdo jmblle My Lonnlent thtm wui emt r After brnkfaot 1 htllM to poofT itt onco to Llthiiu and m-o my untie, and If, m 1 eijMctcd, ho would not kIvo tno the money I would write to my friend, UeomeWhjinark. In Capo Town, till 1 Im how 1 wm altiiAted nnd fik for bin lialp I kfew that Ocore would do an) thins In Ida jmrt r to litlp me. Wo bad lin f-choolfellow and ulwa)i firm frlciubi, ond n )ear prnlonaly ho hivl touo out to, J&mth Africa, partly on at-count at-count of hla lienllh and jmrtly to mako Ms fortunolf Ihj ccrild Wo had tw, cecreta and bad mom nlwnjatulelp each other wltenevcr ttie Iwlp wa naked for,cteu at our own jraonal Incomen-ienee Incomen-ienee atid Iw. 1 wait down w my undo' placi, twt tho wholo mutter brfure him, and mt Mm to Uud mo tho fl 000. An I ex-pected, ex-pected, howawicry atipry at fint nnd tried to criuuuo me to let the w hub affair af-fair drop Ho Mild If I didnt pt tho mom) Mr Hsyniour would withhold hi conceit. Thl wouldu t bo my fault, and I cuuM thna withdraw hotiorabl) Of courne, I cconifnlly tejeited aucli ad- "Well, Harold lie nald, "I am very Krle.-td to think that after all my nd ice you luno undo n fd of oursclf at twent) ill jean of age. Uut it rhall mako no difference in tbo fntiire, my Uiy. I ehall lwivojou nil my money, llut at 1 reieiit, v en If X woul 1, 1 conldn t realize VM0 without Rtrat loM.ftinll my capital I loekiil up in artou apecu-htivo apecu-htivo undertaklii', and 1 1 nut any tliat forjonronnmiko Imn glad that )ou can t k t tho nimwy," I tljtukcd him for hli klndnoM an 1 int 1-wk ttown. Thate(ilnK I wrote along letter to (Jeorgo Whymark and tuld him rrr-thing rrr-thing and or knl for M- Ulp. I tol 1 him I wanted n telegram tli-pntciil to iHhno leading ja)M?r In lUoudon, norlnif that things were decidedly wrotiiwith tho (hint Cumlwrlaul iJiamoud mine, or Bomelhing to that iiKvct. Thi aeiimvl iery Mmjle. but Idldnt diguiw fmn (Uf.rgothat It warn t nltosethirln ai lordante with Iho lau.ultltough I believe be-lieve things like It nro done cr often lu tbo wotll of K'culatlon 1 toll (1 cor go that I left tho matter in hi ban 1. but ukM him fur tho unknot our grent frkiuUhlp to help mo If bo(xu-Mtentloutly bo(xu-Mtentloutly cihjI 1. Hwimldtsku three wet k for the ft-tertorearhUtorge ft-tertorearhUtorge II waaiow the'M of tho month and tho Inst will lug dnr was u tho HOtli, mi It (It-urge dil n 1 naked him an aoou nn Im .jot mj letter it would louvoaluut laoilajafor thpip-cralions. thpip-cralions. t Uu 1 lunatatoof furrMt txciteimnt fcrthoiiMt fortnight irm. I knew tliat If (jltargowa uiuhfa ti help me, vr If Iho market did not go a I w iiMvl, I thould bo ruinrd for life nn I have to rilluquUh all lmpv vt Killle. I ltad not tei'u lr rdneo tho evening of tho intcnlewwith bvr father, I nt if t lim. n iHitn frtiin li r f 1iiva iliii nfffr. i)ing iilio vtM Hint day starting for Hcotlanl an 1 woul 1 iNinwnynliout sit wick, bhotolt mo tothetrup, narhe kmw nil would tome right ln tho end. X wlilinl I could liavy ftlt in nigulne. Ou tho n orning cf (he 17th tho tenior pnrtrer of iny firm caina to mo with an opt u letter In hi hand, "Nrro la n letter (rem a Mr. Duncan, of Kit 1mm, uskltig us to tell l.OCO ahai-ra ln thoUrent CumbtrlAndinino for next nccouut. Ho mention jour mviuonsii ri fin mo. Do ) ou know unj thins aliout blmv' I know all about iho letter, ai It was ono X had written m)stlf and lusted from Kltham. Oh!)es, I MM, "that Is all right. Ho Is a friru 1 of my undo', Hoimu-tioited Hoimu-tioited tho other e cuing that ho wuutl to deal In (lrcat Cumbetlaul, and 1 ad-heil ad-heil hitntodo binlni through u. "Well, you hal Utter n-o to It, ml bavo to attend two muling ibis morning. morn-ing. During thrf day I mnnigcd to dlspow) of 1,000 shares at prke langfng from i:i 10k. to I'SI 10. ir share, and had tho contract uoti lnadi out and i-otted to W, Duncan, Ii Catto hotol. hi-thnni, hi-thnni, tlu j roprlctor of whkh 1 know cry dl, and with whom I hudnr-rnnged hudnr-rnnged toliatunuy littcrsan addniuwl foruardeil to mycrlf. On Wilnenduy the 23d, I rcceivud n tdegnun from Ocorgo with tho two word Oul'rl do). Word cannot ixirt bow relieved re-lieved 1 hit. I know Ueorgo woul 1 do nothing ty halu, und 1 felt almwt sutoof succcts. That afternoon I left tho cfllco inrly and went hown to Klthum nnd dined nt tho Contle hold, Aftordhimr I wroto a latter, which I addrmwd to my (Inn, Jlowrii. rritchard &, Co , and arranged with tho landlord to )mo It pouted ou tho morrow. In order to bo delluriHlln tho city llrrt post on Triday morning, Ou l'rlday I seized tho paptr and gl lucnl hurt hdly dow n tho mouuy urti-clo, urti-clo, Yest it was theie sura enough, "Wo received n communication lat cMningtothoclTcct that tho araugu UUer district lu Bonth Afrit n wa IUkxIM nnd that great damngo liad l u dono to tho (lrcat Cumberland Diamond companj'a rojcrty. Tho mlno m ll.otlcdundltwa fcaml 100 workmen wcro drowneil. Tho Ioni to tho company was Iwlloved to bo ir ret rle able," Tills 1 knew was liound to make tho ehares fall. You mny bo sure I felt in u great ttuto of t xcit mint, but X trlod to look a unconcerned ua poiblo when I arrhedat thoofllce. About 10 JO Mr. rritchard camo to ino with a loiter, "Hero is another' letter from Mr Duncan Dun-can nuking us to buy in tho 1,000 Great Cumberlandi for htm. 1 suiposohol nil right, Mit It lonk rn much llkn fjwculatlwi. I zeo thero U a bid rcioxt vt tho mino In tho paper this morning, tu ho w ill got them c brnp Ono would think ho kncwsoutcthlng about tho tdo-gruu tdo-gruu Howtvcr. tlut ha nothing to do with us. Don't bo in too great a hurry to buy i tho prlco ll kuto to drop." Ou iny wii) to the hlod; tichango I rnlleil at tho offlco of tho Groat Cumu r-land r-land company nnd asked If thy know o n v thing about tho telegram publWhed that morning. T"liey said they b 1 1 ro reivsil tho samo Information, but thought thero waa somo mistake. Thiy wcro taking rteps to liao it cmflnued. When I arrived at tho exchange I went straight to tho mining market, and, a X oxpoctod, fonnd It iu ft Ktato of the wildcat excitement U very c no was uhkinj qucstiona alwut Groat Cumlr-land. Cumlr-land. All tho dinkr wcro ullcr O rr tit CuuiberianuV'' ' Great Cumber-laudsr Cumber-laudsr "X sell 1() at iM, IitdUOQat 32" t Any bu)i end such liko, X waltod nnd watuliwl cloitly, Tho ti-) went down cury mUiute until preset (ly I hr-unl n man vtfor t .t I 1km- lit tli iu I n ti M raid u? r niyciliiir fUftpl ti md and wn aked mo If I knew mi)iHig I itnwti-d "No, but wo have nn order fmnia t lient to bay " Prcteidly n dealer offerwl a Ircel nf 6M at 19';. L took theinat unee The other 200 I Irt 1 no dinienl'v lu obtaining In small Mt atnlmutllll to 1U 10 I w. nt buek to the oPlee nnd niiortr'l to Mr. l'rlMianl that (Irertt Cnmbnrlnihla luul dmpped live cr lx pointa, and told blin I liad 1 -ought l.COo share for Mr. Dnncnn at an ai r-age r-age rle of alwut SO 1 bad tho contract note posted that day to Mr Duncan Ou gotax through tlm oerout 1 1 fotuid thnt nfter detbM lug bntkerjxe ami all expenses thero wa n clear profit f 1,830. I liad tlni'4 Kai" my "id On set tliiur tUy it would only 1m nectnry to 1miou Ihenaniw from the firimi I hsl sold to tho firm I liad Ixiught from, and just a duck for the dinVuiico to Mr, Duucnn, which ofifmnwwai tho tamo as ijAting It toiueelf Ihe luxt luumtiu ft teWrnm was puMNhed Ly the company notifying that the Information nbllshel the da Iwfore was xagR rated. Tho Yarangu ilisttlctvaalloiMlM.Lut tlielr propetiy had not Irvii tombed Ou theatniigth of this the sliarn lu h few day rcgatiHhl their fonncr quotntion. I w rotu to Uwrgt . told him of m sac-cess sac-cess and thanked him forwliat lie 1ml done. On tin 1st of April I called Mr. Hay-mour. Hay-mour. He nvtmil ratinr sur;riwd to n me, Imt was tr iwllte. ".Mr. Sq mour," X sol 1, "when I oike1 yru for) our daughter's liand u iiioutli Agn )mi uid)iMi wonllonly give wur lauctlr.n ou nmditlon tliat by todiyl vawrtli at least tl m) I lwvo mlhd to Inform ytm th'st tho amount of my Imhnco at my banker n li m-w .",71, 1 tin rrtore l reaumo there will now lx) no objii lion to nnr ciigagemeittr Will, Mr. lhrtlo),' bo said, ' I am rurprlwd, but aK pluncctl, because, an t Mil last month, I hao ho pergonal Ik jietion to )ou ft a wii-ln law. 1 will write nt nnco ami fotch Nellie Imik. Uut bow did ) ou luanago to make 3,000 1 j a month "Wdl, )ou know, sir on the Htock rxcli mgo it U ery easy ta make ur lueo 9 000 ' Ho MugM-d and saldi "Yoti Imt." lieeu lucky this time, but tako tu) adico and don't go In for plunging.' " "I don t mean to, Mr, rki) mour, but dejeriite cuiii req i .ret Iep-rato mcaua," "1 expect )u thought meter) mer-cpimrr, mer-cpimrr, II trold, Mit I must now till ou why I untdo that stipulation. 1'coiOo uposo 1 am vrr) wouliliy, but Utely I hmo loetliweUl), and am now in want e f u few tltouantuj fr n week or two and list cut Hit) available KinHly to dffrr. "W ill j mi lei d nm ) our JCO.000 for a mouthy You rhnll have it 1 ek with In tercut, and witui )ou marry I will kep in) ptomiio mid sdtlolIO.OOt) on .Villi .Vi-lli ' "YouareMulto welcome to th ratinoy,' I said. 'All I want i Keltic ' Wo were engaged rix monthi and luo hov len mirnod thnni uumthi, but I lunen t vet rngiitted in) tmt and culy speculation. I dldu t tell N 111 all tho f iu ts of tho rase. Hlio think it w m off lug to ft lucky rle In ouo of in) su all lntcatiuen's that I was cnibh 1 to at Uty her fathor, and I den t think it hoc-viwary hoc-viwary to undeceive her. New York World. |
