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Show SHE KNEW WALL STREET, j AND TOOK NO CHANCES j yaaaaa - ---- . "Upperton llagby i,nt In his office In Wall street In ti very pleasant fnunu of mind. His tlinc hnd come," snys Tom Masson In Alnslru's Mngnzlno. "After nintitrlnR a plan of operu-tlons operu-tlons thnt hnd taken months to perfect, per-fect, tho dny before he hnd set tho wheels moving. In these days things go fast. Twenty-four hours Inter Upperton Up-perton lingby wits n rich man. Uy his carefully planned xtroko he had made nearly a million. "And now,' said Upperton, 't must get married. I havo always Fnld I would get married, 'flut to whom? I know some nlco girls, but how shnll I bo ablo to tell whether they are after my money or not? There's tho rub.' "Ho paused a moment hi deep reflection. re-flection. Then nn Idea came to him. dotting the telephone book for ling-by ling-by was a busy man and ho hnd no tlmo to waste In personal vlslt3 ho rapidly made a list of eight young Indies, any ono of whom, ho thought, might do. Ho then proceeded to call them up, one after tho othor, and this was about the message that ho gave to each: "'Ah, how do ou do? This Is Bngby .Upporton IJngby. You remember remem-ber mo, of course What a delightful tlmo wo hnd at' "(Uagby filled in tho Individual requirements re-quirements at this point.) " 'Well, you know, something has happened In my life. I have just mndo a fortune. Honor bright. Now, you know I cannot leave tho scone of operations oper-ations Just at present, but I want you to marry mo. Will y'ou consider it? Nevor mind the answer now. But may I nsk you to break away from conventionality this onco and take luncheon to-day with mo? Como direct di-rect to my ofllco. It's all right. Lots , -- - - of ladles hero all the tlmo buying stocks Thero Is a real smart restaur ant near I shall feel that your coming com-ing glwn me hope,' etc. "Something like this message Ilagby delivered lo each olio of the eight young Indies. "At 1 o'clock, or thereabouts, they began to arrive. Some enmo In carriages, car-riages, somo In automobiles and somo In cubs. Hut they nil catno. That is, Ilaghy'8 heart sank as he thought thnt the entire eight were sitting In his nutc-room. Hut, no! "Ho breathed a sigh of relief as ho entered and faced them. There were but soven. Ono wns missing. Ho was Baved, "Ho assumed a craven nlr. " 'Ladles,' ho said, liowltig sheepishly, sheepish-ly, 'I beg a thousand pardons. Tho fact Is, that llttlu matter on which 1 telephoned Is Impossible at present. It was only a Joke of mine, don't you know.' "And ho got tint as quickly ns possible, pos-sible, leaving behind him seven of tho ninddcst girls In tho republic. "Rushing from his office Into his nutomoblle, lie consulted his notebook for the right address. "-'And now,' he chuckled, 'I fly to tho ono honest girl who didn't come who doesn't wnnt to marry mo for my money. She must bo mlnol' "His machine sped northward, until un-til ho dashed up lo his destination. "Yes, she wns at home. "'Ah!' ho exclaimed, fervently, as sho entered to meet him, 'you did not come. You got my message, you listened to it npparently with great attention, and yet you did not como to mu. Even with my new fortunu you would not como.' " 'No,' she said, calmly, 'I thought I would wait until to-morrow and see It you lost it nil.'" |