Show A story of oil commodore nw yes old commodore vanderbil was a money getter ami a money baver eaid an old tim Wall street operator yesterday to a select circle of youner men who were watching the taper in a downtown office he looked after the ni klei and the dimes and the dollars followed after it was la I 1 think when I 1 concluded to take a trip to europe and I 1 want to impair my capital wanted to mae ex benses you know I 1 had fiealt considerably in sir Vander bilts pet new york central and had an idea that ho would make a deal in it while I 1 was gone so I 1 drew my check fur and had it certified went to Vander bilts office and presented a put fur him to sign it raaon 1000 shares of central atthe closing price of the day bufore he hemmed and cawed hawed said he like to do busin egg that way finaly as a favor he would do it at 1 per cent below the closing I 1 agreed he was very busy his desk littered with lettera in these days the government required a war stamp of 5 cents ou a contract vanderbilt rewrote the put he wanted it his own way then took a penknife and for more than ten minutes was busy removing the 5 cent stamp on the put I 1 had prepared then with a characteristic grunt of satisfaction theres 5 cents saved he glued the stamp on the new contract took my check handed me the put saying theres money for you in this contract good morning am I 1 was gone in less than ninety days the stock had advanced eighty points but I 1 had sold long before |