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Show OATE8 WAS NOT OCTTtNO. One Occatlon When Mighty Plunger Backed Down. The night In fore the Prick commit te presented Its rimrt lo the Ivqult-able Ivqult-able directors n ari) ot the warmtst "ports '111 Wall atreet gat In red about one of the tallies tu the Oak Doom of the Waldorf Aslorln to discuss slocks horses und nffnlra In gem ral lb fore long the liqultablc mudilli was hrouglit up A liroktr who i.rien la j "mploinl i) Mr Prick and the Pllla- I bitg alt el crowd In their slock market daala ventured the opinion thai Iho etmimltletis' report would exonerate Hyde "Not on imir North American tin-M," tin-M," said John W dates, as he tapped the boll and motioned ror the tiler lo refill Iho glnaaea "Would )ou Ilk., to bet mi) thliitc on UJ" ashed the broker 'Well," replied Mr Oatei "I read In one of tho papers tn-da) that I lost (v million In wheat I'll have to pinch my hett for n while It jtm're real modeat, however I might he In ducod to K j011 it once" "III till ou whnt I'll do" said Ihe Iroker; "I'll Just hit )ou rift) contt" "You are too sport) ror me and I II tavo to pasa It up," icplled the great pbiDgar. "You turil) must know i 'mtinilng " ' BThod)- Iniighed ror It was the Ufa' time on record that John W. Galea had refused a bet I |
