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Show Sola.y on Ills Nerve. 'Nervo Is ihe ihlng that wins," said tho boaid of trade man to Ids companions compan-ions at I lie club. "A man tuny have money, friends and Influence, but if he lacks that siililliuu quality ho Is shy iho blggei cult Iu the deck. Look at the case of lint man who went out of hero just now. Thcro is no man In town who lives better t tin u be does and his iuvi fit menu furnish him the coin lo pay for all ho wauls without oyer drawing draw-ing on the principil A fuw yours ng"o ho was worse than luoke. llo didn't bavu a dollar or a friend In fact bis sole capital cniiMstcit of hi' nerve and a had reputation, and on the strength of t tint he started n bucket shop. ''Ill a building close.. to the board of trade he. found an olllco furnished for tho business where another shop had failed and ho put up a stiff front and leased It tiuill I mi 1st of Mny. It was lieu the. middle of the m mh tli.'Utt lie gin it rent free for Ihu Hint, two weeks. Hu ordered a ticker put In, and li.ied a hoy to mark tho blackboard, as ho did not have lo pay for either jcrvlce until the end of th v.'eek, uud then hu opened for biiiines, People began coming Iu tn look at Iho quotations, and after awhlln one man came up to the desk with 810 and bought, 1000 wheat. The market went right tip and after ihcio was a cent a buhel pioflt In Iho dea t lie customer catnu to the window lo cash Ids ticket, "1'iils might seem like an nwkwatd situation, but his beautiful nerve u. vei failed. Ho sized up his customer, ami Instead nf springing any four lltth ubout a partner who bud gone to the u u r t).nkiiri.iiythlngof 'hat kind, ho just said itle : 'ileio Is Ihe ten you put, "p. Now I li veu't aiioiherilnllir In Ihe house, bill If you wll Just, go anil ll clown m.l Innk uist ami happy like a n an who has be it iho ga.ne, why as sikiii a-, iinyl ndy else lakes it whlri at I', I'll give you umr other leu o'utor vhai he tuns mi, but If you start roaring roar-ing ahottl being rubbed ho one el-M .vlll o against, ihu gaunt IIMi I don't see bow you will get your inn.' ''Well, Ihu cu-totlier wis staggered, but he -aw It was worth $t0 for hnn in keep Mill, nud so he walled. Proity smia mioih'r Mtcki-r irled to beat the siocli market ami backed Ids Judgment whh $2o. The flrt man illdn'. wall, ho g in get bis coin in d i hen be stayed there the r, si of the day to see how lie thing funic mil. Tho in.nkel binko iiml nearly eveiy one who made a ihhIm was on ihu wrong side, gntlioshopqnli i llnle to in,. Un,,d , nlaht. and It was a steady winner from that time on mull Ihu grand Jury i-euan in make things hot. Then bo closed Ihu place and Iiih done nothing Mnee Inn live on Ills Income, nud It was a big one too." Chicago Chronicle. |
