| Show LEARNING TO SPECULATE by S J PHILLIPS miss edith Man chesters father speculated in stocks and bonds and shares and notes find almost always ninde made money MO 1 I 1 ey nt at it ever since edith was six tee teen n years old and she lind imd come to be twenty now slie ahe lidd heard tier her father talk of his builta business bess until she was fairly forced to take an interest la in it finally she became so interested that site she real read of finance in the dally daily papers she often thought she read of opportunities tn in which she might hove have invested a few hundred dollars and have made great gains miss edith got a liberal supply of pin money from her father and when he had made a lucki luck strike he presented her with a orty fifty dollar bill sho she decided to save up tip as bluch money as she could and try her luck to in the stock market tier her father would laugh at her if lie he knew her plan so she kept it a secret when tile the time came at last and she had five hundred dollars laid by she went quietly to a brokers ollace to make nn fin investment the broker wits was a fatherly looking man and being told that it was tier her first speculation lie he said lie he would pick her out something that would be sure to win out the wild goose silver mine aline had been plodding along with its stock at 0 but there was something coining ile he was not at liberty to tell just what hat but lie he was sure tile hie stock would take a long jump and she would get the benefit of it she would not make a ll 11 hatful haf III of money by only investing her tie die hundred dollars dolln rs but she would be learning how to speculate for tive hundred cd dollars doll irs lie would q soil il iler iier it a bond ancl she could take it home find tilde hide it safely ivy away binl ant say nothing to anyone until the alie jump hall had taken place it it looked try cry simple and very good to MIs s edith and slie she put flown down I 1 her er money and went vent away with the boi 1 1 two weeks thereafter she heard ta two 1 0 men in 11 subway train talking about the wild goose silver mine they said it was one of tile the biggest swindles sil nIles ever worked off on the public till and that it was on the point of a collapse that would be known through the alie papers in a few days the girls first impulse was to go to her father about it but her second was not to do so her first move was to buy a horsewhip and her next was to call on the broker again if he refused to return tier iier money slie she would lay the lash on him when aless edith made her call it was about the noon coon hour and she entered the lie brokers office to rind him busy with figures nt at a table idich which brought his buck back to the door at sight of the individual who had cajoled tier her into parting with luar rc sav savings lags a sudden wave of swept over her ber and slie she drew the horsewhip from under tier her cloak and began to lay it over its his back of course the victim was surprised lie ile rose to his feet and faced around and behold it was not the broker it was a young man a young man inan ho lind also bought a bond of tile wild goose sliver silver company lie he had also discovered that lie he had been swindled und was there to raise a fuss aug about it of course were apologies lind tile the two were wele talking very amicably together alien hen the broker arrived arrive froni from jils his hinell young mr Her lenders iderson talked straight glit from tile the shoulder ani an 1 l when lie paused for breath breatha 1 miss edath dl did some talking 11 hint lilt was wag almost as eni eln plin printle tle the alie ili broker okar 1 saw the horsewhip ond lie siw saw till young man remove ills his coat coal rind pat on his hands and he quietly said 1 very well my childr envery very well I 1 will give you both checks checks for your money I 1 assure you that you are entirely ini mistaken staken in mj me an and are doing a very foolish to olish thing but we wilt will let all that hint go it was two weeks later when mr jr henderson enderson II called ant and lits ills cull call w was 8 ud made just after the girls father ha had been asked 1 father rather what stock would you advise anyone to invest in just now why tile wild goose sliver silver mining company seems to be a good thing jur jurt t now was his reply how much of a good thing you could have seen scon by the alie papers this morning that it had bad jumped to and was as tall s soaring I 1 think I 1 shill go don and buy a big block of it I 1 mr henderson had called to break the news to miss they cou con doled and consoled each other oilier but it was too lute late the young wan ninn imd had bron been horsek horse horsewhipped hipped whipped and both together toga alier had been deprived of making a smart little profit mr son ninde a third call soot soon it hiis as partly to tell miss edith that tile the wild goose was vas flying higher and higher and partly to got gel better acquainted till tier her it seemed a good dine to tell tier her father all about it and the story was wa told tol ile he laughed and then wild said why the broker bod went to Is one of tile hie most anost honest of 0 the lot you t get ailin to cheat any of ills 1113 cu cuton lers 11 then after some more talk the speculator went on to say saya young nian I 1 suppose e I 1 have to be a ii illier i law shine day but I 1 want to siy clay to you ra right gilt here now hat my iny son lii law iv must lie be one of the sort to keep himself alvay chay from wall and to keep p 1114 hl wife uway away as well and when ihen mr henderson Hen dorson and miss bliss edith manchester a year later they had given up s speculation peculation altogether i fy by tho the mcclure nw syndicate |
