| Show assassa C rt T T dv by FREDERICK JOHN B RT UPHAM ADAMS author of rho kidnapped milho alres 1 colonel Alon munro roas etc 0 iwo 1002 BT br all ott abs UT BY UPHAM ADAMS A J CHAPTER continued how flow much L 0 have youa you he be demanded five thousand shares re plied piled mr air mason how many have ou sold ad dressing his son eon about seventy live five thousand IN hu in in rn pine hine outlook forty thousand shares short on a stock with ith only a hundred thousand shares in all browle I 1 randolph morris by god if I 1 pull out ot of this thing with a dollar place it where you cart can t find it with ith a set bet of burglars tools randolph morris glared at ilia his son tumbled fumbled for lila his blasses and bint over the tape fifty alve bid for L 0 it read rid bill sixty tor for any part of ten thou sand shares gilme that telephone honel I 1 go to the e exchange mason and gt get on the other end crid of this wire and give you the orders shortly lefore noon a news agency made public a statement m which bich hastened the crisis it read 1 he deal in I 1 was engineered by mr air janus janics blake the dashing young soung operator whose advent in new york wag signalizes signalized by the recent upheaval in prices for several weeks mr air blake has quietly been absorb ing blocks of L 1 0 today to day he se cured ten thousand shares from gen era eral marshall garden carden which with alth the nold holdings lugs of mr air john hawkins gives the syndicate of which mr blake Is the hoad head absolute control of this able property another railroad corn cam pany has been a bidder for control but the garden carden stock gives mr mir blake the coveted advantage it Is rumored that a well mell known and powerful banking houie Is short this stock to the amount of nearly forty thou thousand shares it opened at 29 and vapidly adNan advanced ced to 76 75 and hen ben by leaps and bounds reached it is believed that only a few seat scat berei shares are yet in the market and that the stock Is cornered later it Is as rumored that the banking house of randolph morris company has suspended CHAPTER father and son one by one the directors of tho the bank had entered the room where randolph was making his light fight against overwhelming odds some he recognized by an almost tin perceptible bow but no words cords came from his lips as he bent over the ta tape pe the faces of the directors were a pale and drawn from tension when I 1 L 0 had mounted to eighty dollars a share randolph mor ris changed and attempted to check the rise by throwing all it his is holdings on tho the market in less than ihan an hour he hurled thirty he flie thousand shares into the speculative whirl pool it was like stemming niagara with a straw tha price did not sag the powerful interests back of L L 0 pledged three millions of dollars for this stock and clamored for more in response to a demand tor for mar gins randolph morris deposited sev say oral millions cash and abild tim bics alarmed by rumors patrons of the bank formed in long lines and demanded their deposits there was as no gleam of hope but grim in defeat the old banker stood by b the wheel and watched the ship of his fortunes as she swiftly neared the reefs of ruin A clerk entered and handed to ran dolph morris the yellow slip of paper containing the bulletin lie he read it slowly crumpled it in his hands a and ad threw it on the floor grasping hla his massive gold headed cane he be brought it town down on the glass dome aleh covered the dolica delicate to mechanism of the ticker one of the flying filing fragments cut his cheek and a few drops ot of blood slowly trickled down his face the corporation ot of randolph mot mor ris company la is bankrupt he be said rising to his feet and looking into the faces of his astounded associates tho the board of directors will convene at once and take formal action to that effect be ses ed gentlemen and come to order you may make the motion f for fir ir pension mr mason when randolph morris adjourned the directors meeting be looked about for his bis sou BOU but he was mas sot not in the room ill found arthur morris with ith id the caged enclosure occupied by the paying baylog teller in his bis lands hands were ere several packages of ney iney what ate aie you ou doing there do de banded randolph morris cashing a check was as the sullen reply you are a thief as well ell as aa a fool roared randolph morris his hand on tle the door and his features feature Ei convulsed with passion no officer of a bank on the point of suspension has a right to accept or withdraw funds and you know it lie ile grabbed arthur morris by the shoulder and dragged him through the narrow doorway my curse ROCS goes with that moneal money he shouted his face ace convulsed with rage you have dragged me down to shame and poverty in my old age I 1 hope by god that everything ou ibue bin with mith that money will give you ou pain I 1 mesh to god his voice vas mas ch choked olied the blood surged to his temples his hands bands clutched at his throat and with a gasp for breath he fell heavily to the hour floor before arthur morris realized re zed what had ball happened others mere ft ere by his fathers father s side bide the stricken old finan cier partially recovered ret consciousness before a physician arrived arrive but agalli sank into a most alarming condition apoplexy said the physician in answer to a question Is this his first attack he asked arthur mor As I 1 I 1 don it know was the reply I 1 ve seen the governor bo mad he couldn coulden t speak several times burnever but never so bad as this As he spoke randolph morris opened his eyes and they rested on his sor son I 1 take him away he be said averting his eyes take him away and give me a chance to live you re all right governor said arthur morris as the doctor gave him a signal to stay out of sight keep cool and you 11 come out on top I 1 feel as bad as you do about it but there a no use in kicking brace up 11 61 OW bo maive W beaded rsm be brought it dow oo 00 the stara dorne and take your our medicine like a man we may win out et at to which encouraging advice ran dolph morris made no reply and the son left the room As randolph was waa tenderly carried down the steps through an angry crowd and placed in an abbu lance ha be opened his eyes and looked longingly at the building which bore his name thus he be made his last journey ava awai from the roar and tur moil mail of wall street a mental p phyll h ys I 1 cal and wreck reck cast on the shores shares of oblivion by a storm terrific and unforeseen arthur morris stripped of all power lv by the action of the directors stood amid the wreck of hla his fortunes lie ile was a witness to the comero compro mise by which litch a represent attie of james alake company agreed to beims which while title protecting the de tois called for the sacrifice of et the millions which once stood in his name the fifty thousand dollars he had sue ceedee nt at the last moment in draw ing from the bank was mas all that was left to him 0 0 a 0 through the long hours of that eventful day general gardens cardens eyes were fixed on the stock board few 0 of t tho the excited customers of james make company recognized the ex banker and none knew the reason for hla his absorbing interest in the eions of the stock labeled L 0 who was this man blake and why had bad he offered to place pace a fortune in hla his hand why had this stranger come from out the west and by the magic of his touch transformed a worthless worth lesa stock into one of so BO great value that millionaires struggled mad ly for its possession when he be took his last look at the stock board L 0 was quoted at lie nervously drew a slip of paper from his pocket and made a rapid calculation it if blake chose to realize at the quotation general car den a share of the profits would be nearly eight hundred thousand dollars the figures puzzled him and he made the calculation anew only to find it accurate this represented more than the fortune he had lust lost A wild ild impulse came which urged him to demand of blake the sale of hs bis stock what right had bad he be to tin peril that which insure the hap of his daughter and the lepose i of his old age hurriedly flurr ledy he be rt rc traced his steps until he be reached broadway and again he lint entered ered blake a office an hour hoar had bad passed and he be hardly dared look at the quotations per haps hapa the deal bad collapsed perhaps 1 L 0 called out the yuan roan who was reading the ticker two thousand L 0 at 1501 an exultant shout went up lip from the crowd of men who mho surrounded jamea blake ills handsome face was aglow with pleasure as they slapped him on the back my congratulations general blake said raid grasping the old soldier baldier a hand our little pool is working marking splendidly do you ou feel like getting gettine out at general I 1 wouldn it advise you to do so ao but it if you wish it can be arranged I 1 have a customer custom eF who will take the stock off our hands banja at that figure 1 I 1 I 1 am entirely satisfied to let it alone said general garden carden drawing littlish if up lip proudly handle andle ll my stock block according to your judgment the subordinate should not question the policy of a victorious command er mr air burton w bishea to see you whiskered whis dered a clerk to blake and the famous head of the firm erin turned and left general garden carden ile he heard beard the shouts of victory and found himself shaking hands and laughing with strangers ile he felt a strong grasp on oil his shoulder and turned to see james blake we settle with randolph morris company at 1 lip he whispered your share of the profits is nearly a million and a half call at your house this evening and give you IL cheek check for the exact amount I 1 can find no words to express my feelings said general carden deeply affected I 1 do not think that I 1 am entitled to so BO large a share of these profits II really I 1 do not know what to say to you mr blake add go bless and reward you yott 1 don t thank me replied james abaer blake k strange expression came over big bl face and a look of pain to his dark e ees es I 1 am not 1 I should not ile he paused released general garden carden s hand and turning abruptly rushed across the room and vanished into an inner office in the turmoil of his own feelings feeling general carden paid little attention to this strange action six hours be fore he had entered these rooms all but penniless ile he left them more than a millionaire in a darkened room roo ta in a remote remoler quarter q aar t er of the city cit y a gray gr a y haired bal r ad man gasped for breath and moaned in his hia delirium A great financial battle had been fought randolph morris was one of the stricken victims and mar shall garden carden was as one of the victors in this agu age of commercial and indus trial barbarism barbat ism man must climb to glory over the dead and mangled bod bad les ies of the losers commercial competition has all the horrors and none of the chivalry of physical warfare thoughts such as these came to john burt when hen the news circulated that randolph morris had been en ell in his office the blow aimed at the son had fallen with crushing force on the father in the hour of victory lohn john burt was waa silent and sad and john hawkins awkins II was mas not slow to glean the reason I 1 w t worry over randolph morris he be said with a gruffness which was mas assumed the old man will recover one stroke of apoplexy wont von t kill hill him write to randolph morris Morr li said john addressing blake and say aay that tha his personal property Is exempt in this settlement ett lement ile he has bai scheduled it as saying having a value of nearly a milli million cli dol lare I 1 shall not take it from him lies iles an old man with mith daughters arid and a others dependent on oil him good for you burtt burt exclaimed john hawkins it isn t business but business is hell bell as old sherman said a bout about war I 1 in going to my hotel to take tak a a nap where can I 1 see you this evening dino with mith me at the hotel at nine cy 0 clock what d dye ye say 7 you too blake to be continued |
