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Show j.r The Lady With A Margin. Ijt ,M A lady with a business air and most important i H look, ' I Walked in a broker's office, in her hand a little fJJM ' iH book. ii H "How d' do, sir; your'ro a broker yes, I want to i if ' ' speculate ' jj i ' H In some stock upon a margin, will you kindly state f - ' ' 'H your rate? 'H My husband told me not to, but I know that T j I v!fl will win. , ', H I rely upon your judgment for the best thing to , tH get in. t My John is, oh, so cautious that he'll never make I f ' H a cent, H And I had to think of something, for they mean f f f H to raise our rent." H f H !,' I The broker bought a hundred shares of stock, Hot Hi H Air, preferred. til ' H He said it was a "winner," and the property l H "a bird." j . The stock went up a dollar, two, another, four, j ! ,jl then five. I ' - ', . H The lady said " 'Twill make me rich as sure as ' U H I'm alive. $' J You dear, sweet, darling broker,' tell me what you If I ' S would advise. i? r 'H Would you sell the stock, you angel, or else h-Jid it H for a rise?" ' H "Dear Madame," said the broker, "you will fina m !" " H you're always right Lft tH If you aim to take your profits when the profits $Wi are h. sight." '? But she heeded not his pleading, and she held and mi l.H held and held. ffll'l. ' And she laughed a laugh sarcastic as her Hot Air W jg M holdings swelled. IS if ifl 'Till one morning she was startled in a day dredfti W i 1 reverie U M By a note the broker sent her by a panting Or A. D. T. L S Just a line in it transferred her 'from the sunshine m "i M to the woods. , m Tt IS It said: "Madame, come down town at once and m& ' 'jM margin up your goods." Iif 1 A hundred thoughts went through her mind and if 4ifl hurriedly she ran B fjJ To call the broker to account, the horrid scheming w ' ,M man. & t With awful thud the stock had dropped a dollar J every sale. nlL' "1 The mine was just a minnow; not the well-re- fl ported whale jlf ; ,M It was quoted in the column of the dear departed ifl M dead, 81 M And loud the maledictions poured upon the Ifr1 M brokers' head. 11 J And between her sobs of anguish were some words S !M about a thief, nlH Who preyed upon the women never mindful of H?m their grief; M'V H While now and then she asked the Lord to send iPL J the broker where B l fl They have a reputation for the best brand of hot m& 1 ' flfl air If V I L'ENVOI S jLH Ho has changed the famous adage, but you all will IImjHI understand , iHyBilH That two margins in the mind are not as good as MwHill one in hand. . l9 A sign now hangs upon his door and all of brokers' I, lPnH row concurs: ! SvflH "Take notice! All who enter here; we want no j HSH lady customers." 1 HHI TOD GOODWIN. fiNH |
