Show 4 MOM V FM il RN 1 I BURT by FREDERICK I 1 I 1 WHAM ADAMS autho f of T b millionaire Colo colonel act li monro lonroe etc I 1 N I 1 0 JW itka ny BT all ali ii bla 1003 BY br I 1 afo te X UL as I 1 M reserved are I 1 A JL J I 1 I 1 CHAPTER XV A brilliant campaign james blake yet longed for or speculative laurels laurela ills his one ambition wa to achieve iome some sweeping boj bip ip and taste tho the inward joy of triumph sweeter tar far than the undeserved fame which had amassed half a million of dollars the temptation to risk it was too etrene to be restated resisted john hurt burt tad bad just terminated a campaign which bad netted him nearly a million in profit and john hawkins had bad been equally successful blake saw a chance end and took it with avith nervo nerve land and skill ho be forced breed a stock to a point where victory seemed certain but an unforeseen event ruined his chances at LIM gnomon when the spell ot of ill luu luck seemed broken the market turned but by a series of moves brilliant as if inspired by success instead of disaster blake saved himself from a complete rout and emerged with one halt of his capital A few lays flays later he be held an interview with john durt burt an interview destined to mark an epoch in ills his career can you arrange your affairs so ns its to go bonow to joew york for me starting on saturday asked john burt 1 I can start to tonight night if necessary replied blake saturday night will be better said purt hurt two important railroad stocks will decline heavily leav lly next week they pro now boulant bou yant and the public is elger eager to buy them I 1 shall have disposed of my interest in them before you reach new york two million dollars mill be placed there to your credit proceed at once on our arrival to sell short one hundred thousand shares of each of these stocks blocks you should be able abie to do this in three days without seriously breaking the market you hold bold in your name between five fite and six million dollars worth w crib of stocks and bonds which are listed on the new york exchange express them to new york at once I 1 aress propose to convert them into cash when I 1 wire fro you throw them on the market and sell more of the railroad stocks blocks this Is ie our introduction to the eastern market well discuss the details before you leave and I 1 have bave absolute faith in your ability to conduct the 1 I it was a proud moment for blake there was no shadow of envy or jealousy in his thoughts as he looked into the face of the companion of his boyhood and heard him speak calmly of millions illions ra and of launching then them against the giants of wall street 1 I can do it I 1 will do it he exclaimed claimed 1 I see your plan and its magnificent john magnificent it I 1 mill win min win beyond a doubt john was silent tor for a moment and a if ilar aroff oft look came to his eyes 1 I have bate two important personal commissions tor for you jle jini filhe tie said aid while in now york ascertain lor for me jf 1 arthur morris Is 6 alive find out what he IS 19 doing and learn what you ican can about him the task I 1 Is a more delicate one it concerns miss bliss carden I 1 wish to know 1 I know exactly what you want interrupted jim blake as john ted led you want to know where she as Is how she is it if she loves you and you need not attempt the latter task sald said john rather shortly you are likely to lo undertake too much for the present I 1 do not ca care re to acquaint miss carden or any one in the east alth my whereabouts or even with the fact of my existence be careful in this matter jim of couise you will go to ll ingham and visit your kinsfolk you can easily learn all I 1 care to know from the bishops or perhaps from sam rounds it if nol no go to boston but pet get the fats facts without calling on miss bliss carden you understand dont you jim certainly I 1 do old fellow 11 sat said d jim heartily til ill bo be as cautious as a dime nov kovl 1 sleuth alter after repeated conferences every detail ot of the wall street campaign was agreed upon and james blake set his face towards the east ile he arrived in new york on friday evening early the following morning bo be appeared in wall street and presented letters of introduction to tho banks and brokers who mho had bad been selected by john burt as agents in the pending operations on monday morning he opened accounts with brokers and began selling small ismall blocks blacks of the two railway stocks the market was strong find and fill all offerings were eagerly absorbed in three F days he be had sold one hundred thousand sand shares of each stock and the I 1 market was stationary he wired the tact fact to john burt and received in the following day he began the ca cash h sale of the stocks and securities curi curi ties when halt half of them were sold tho the market began to weaken on thursday morning he received a cipher telegram which when translated read as follows sell remainder of securities at market price and then offer railroads A in five dve th thousand busand lots J 11 beneath the weight of these r offer inge the market trembled and tien then broke sharply late in I 1 n the came the melsor the resignation ot of powerful directors on oil raier railroads oa A and D the organization ora 0 ft competing line and the passage ot of a resolution tor for enormous bond I 1 issues when james blake went to bed late saturday night it as after fifty hours or of work it hout sleep ile he had practically concluded one odthe most decisive campal gna ever on the street before turning out the lights lie ho again read a telegram received a few hours before and fils handsome lianda ome face flu flushed abd with pleasured plea surd as he read accept ray my congratulations on your handling of our campaign mr air hawkins joins rn fm salutations and we drink your health J B our camp campaign campagna agn said blake halt half aloud the compliments ments john must have hav efticia efti won cin lor for and im a mil millionaire lional re at last wonder it if I 1 can sleep here goes ile he dropped into a slumber deep and untroubled as that of a child 0 4 a 0 james blake found himself the wall street hero of tho the hour ile he was acclaimed the young financial giant from tho the pacific slope elope a market ivanhoe who mho had bad driven his bis lance through the armor of famed and warriors lie ile drank deep of the glorious nectar of victory the day had bad dawned when he could accept honors fairly won wit while to admitting that john burt was the he mastermind of tho the campaign blake knew that he haft had played no small part in fit its consummation he had bad invested every dollar of hla his own ile he had carided can led his stock to the tha hot bottom of the market and covered in time to profit on the reaction in a week ot of furious conflict con diet ho he had not made a mistake V 11 t f 1 1 q I 1 ia al I 1 I 1 ha I 1 11 I 1 it ii P J I 1 N I 1 r r I 1 1 jg t IV 1 i I 1 I 1 it 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IA I 1 17 1 I 1 jill I 1 I 1 f I 1 A 0 I 1 1 I W I 1 1 I t 0 P 1 I 1 0 f 9 I 1 I 1 I 1 ex plazo vr 6 new york threw open her gates as to a victorious general proud to ie be looted la in honor of 0 hla his tame fame she became tho opulent and milling filing mistress to his pleasures she fanned his big fevered brow and whispered vi soft words ot of praise into ills big ears lie he banqueted with money kings in staid old clubs he met as an equal the iho dashing young scions of 0 wealth around the boards in fashionable cates cafes ho he drifted through drawing rooms brilliant in fit light and looked into the admiring faces of radiant women he be mingled with nith the jeweled throng in playhouse and opera he read his big name came and the atory of his big fame in the public prints and he forgot john burt lie he spent an evening in a fifth avenue club the guest of a young banker and broker mho had profited from the coup blake was faultlessly dressed and his fine face mas as more handsome than ever ho he goodnature edly declined to discuss his triumphs in california but told with sahit frankness finn fian kness and humor the tales of sue successive reverses and modestly attributed tri buted bis big recent run of success to luck you yoli transfer your activities to new york advised young kingsley mho ho had been filed several full millions and a banking business san francisco Is 13 too small find and provincial for you ah here comes a fellow ou on must meet A thickset thick set young man had entered the room ile he stood and listened with a bored expression to a friend who w was as enthusiastic over some matter and persisted in repeatedly shaking hands morris arthur morris explained kingsley son soil of old randolph Iti morris orris dont ion know pero pere morris retried from two 0 o weeks ago and turned everything over to arthur ile ho was a ulla lid one hut but lies settled down the morris mil full tons lions avont wont shrink in fit his hands I 1 want you on to know him blake when morris name was mentioned blake EI iho started and gazed intently at the stolid face and heavy figure in ill the tar far corner of the smoking room with shame ho he recalled that he bad made no inquiry concerning this man whose death or existence meant so EO much to john burt for a moment his nerves tingled and he longed to m alk across the room and choke morris for johns sake but ho he reflected that this ibis was tolly folly it was enough to know that morris lived john durt burt was vas dead so BO far as arthur morris was concerned and blake as johns reincarnation threw himself on guard determined to profit to the utmost by the incident glad clad to see ou on old mant exclaimed klug sley rising to greet erect morris 1 I want you to know my friend mr air blake mr james blake of san francisco mr air arthur morris you certainly have heard pon my word woid this Is unexpected luckl arthur morris thrust forward a soft hand and is winced as blake clasped it with simulated heartiness delighted to meet you mr blake morris exclaimed been looking for you everywhere sent scat my mf card to cd your apartments apart this waning evening by bi jove youre corker ker dont you know J kerr waft mr blake waiter er a bottle ot of perler gone 1 51 I I 1 want to drink youl your health 1 sir blake glad clad to lo meet ou oil mr Mor morriah rIat said eald james jamea blake looking him hill full in uie the eyes ive heard ot of your father and the famous old firm and ae lerned arned only today that youve succeeded ed him blin in business two years spent by arthur morris morria in an apprenticeship to the trade ot of money grasping and holding bad seamed se arned the puffed round taco face with hard lines tho the once dull eyes glow ed cl with the cawly fires fire g of 0 avarice the sensuous sen sOus lips dropped I 1 at t the corners cornera with a cruel curvo 0 them the former air of indifference wa was s rea e i placed by the alertness of defense defens ar andl n d a aggressiveness close observers predicted a great ca cai reer for or arthur morris its his father katherr was waa delighted with the transformation find and did not hesitate to give elve to his heir the keys which unlocked tho the mor rig treasurer vaults the hours gilded by to the music ol 01 04 clinking glasses and the rising clatter of conversation and as james blake talked and listened and drank III his aversion to arthur morris acla ed x he loved john burt and was eager to c sponge espouse his cause but john had not C commissioned om him to quarrel with arthur morris perhaps the affair 0 kofl the years before was only a boyhood dispute he glanced at the white expanse oil oc morris shirt front and wondered it if them the scar of johns bullet showed over ills his heart morris lived and the thought came to blake that the score was even between john and the young million i dire afre the feud had made john rich why should john complain and arthur morris did not seem to be ba such a bad sort of it a fellow after all thus reasoned blake as morris morria took his big arm and led him away from the noisy club men say we its get out of 0 this said mor mon elb proffering a cigarette garetto ci case be my guest tonight to night blakel wont listen to a refusal my dear fellow ive bachelor apartments and anything you ask Is yours i I 1 want to have a quiet chat with mith you lets c make our excuses anil and stroll td Delmon leos tor for a bite of supper then well go to my rooms blake accepted the invitation and a after supper they drove to tho the mortis morris apartment im rather fond of t thesa heeg quarters do dont t you know said morris as ho he showed his big guest through a suite u 1 t worthy of a lucullus picked up em some 0 m 0 of f this stuff abroad and the gov governor 0 r contributed the rest of it Ham Ram mohun serve us that 1809 brandy the indian servant bowed and moved noiselessly away morris opened a writing walting desk and glanced at a umber number of unopened letters to be continued |