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"I tell you, sir, I will not give my sanction unless by the 1st of next month you can Bhow me a balance at your banker's of 5,000 or securities in your own name to that value." "But, Mr. Saymour, where do you think I am to get 5,000 from in less than a month? Nellie and I are both young and can afford to wait for better times. I am confidential clerk to one of the best firms of stockbrokers, and have every reason to believe I shall one day become a partner. My salary from them is 250, and my old uncle allowB me 100 a year and looks upon me as his heir. What more can you want?" "It is of no use prolonging the dis cussion, Mr. Bartley. It is for your own sakes I do this. When my daughter mar ries I shall settle 10,000 upon her, and I think her husband ought to have at least 5,000. If, as I said before, vou have that sum by the 1st of April next, I will sanction your engagement. If not, I shall use every means in my power to bring about her marriage with Cap tain Tredegar, and in the meantime shall send her off to my sister in Scot land out of your way." With these words he touched the bell, thus intimatinar that the interview was at an end. Mr. Saymour was chief partner in the firm of Saymour, Giveless & Co. , stock But how was I, alone and unaided, to affect the market? What I wanted was some startling in formation, damaging to the prospects of the mine, to Le communicated to the London financial papers. Any one who knows anything about Stock exchange business knows that in some etoekk the I most trivial telegram will immediately ! cause a rise or fall of several points. I j hud fixed uion the great Cumberland I company because I knew tlio shares were ; held principally by dealers and specu lators and not by the outside public. ' My conscience thus was easier. After breakfast 1 settled to go off at once to Eltham and see my uncle, and ' if, as I expected, he would not give me I the money I would write to my friend, George Whymark, in Cape Town, tell him how I was situated and ask for his help. I knew that George would do j anything in his jiower to help me. We ; had been schoolfellows and always firm , friends, and a year previously he had ; gone out to South Africa, partly on ac ; count of his health and partly to make his fortune if he could. We had no , 6ecrets and had sworn always to help each other whenever the help was asked for, even at our own personal inconven ience and loss. I went down to my uncle's place, put the wnole matter before him, and asked him to lend me the 5,000. As I ex pected, he was very angry at first and tried to persuade me to let the whole af fair drop. lie said if I didn't get the money Mr. Saymour would withhold his consent. This wouldn't be my fault, and I could thus withdraw honorably. Of course, I scornfully rejected such ad vice. "Well, Harold," he said, "I am very grieved to think that after all my advice you have made a fool of yourself at twenty-six years of age. But it shall make no difference in the future, my boy. I shall leave you all my money. But at present, even if I would, I couldn't realize 5,000 without great loss, as all my capital is locked up in various specu lative undertakings, and I must say that ; for your own sake I am glad that you i can't get the money." i I thanked him for his kindness and went back to town. That evening I wrote a long letter to George Whymark and told him every thing and asked for his help. I told him I wanted a telegram dispatched to some leading paper in London, saying that things were decidedly wrong with the Great Cumberland Diamond mines, or something to that effect. This seemed brokers, and was reported to be worth a million, but there were city men who vor r111 T -i'f AiBrmtB t V - 1,1 il . t 111 "7 ,AAMU1V JL VA AVA. AA l UlOii Uli?C 11LT1JA whispered that he was in rather a shaky ! fi'0 nt ,f WQET1. auJ?w nn . , -m - v-t n w v u-j-i a ua. lvV I A- V A ill CV suiie jus. now owini? to ueavv specula tions on his own account, and that he would probably be in want of a few thousands before the next settling day. When I left Mr. Saymour's office in Victoria street I wandered about for two hours, hardly knowing where I was going. I was unable to concentrate my thoughts upon anything definite. All I could think about was 5,000. Every thing around me seemed to say the same thing. The very sound of the wheels of the omnibuses and cabs seemed to sug gest, "5.000, or lellie is lost." I felt that I must have the money if I commit ted a crime to obtain it. At last I called a cab and drove to mv chambers. When I was i seated in an easv chair bv the side of a bright fire, with my pipe in full swing, I tried to think the matter over calmly. The only hope I could think of was my Uncle John, but it was like depending on a broken reed, indeed. He had always cautioned me against getting married nt all, and pointed to himself with pride as one who had had next to nothing to do with women all his life; but before 1 went to bed I had made up niy mind to run down to Eltham on the morrow and see him. I wrote a note to the office saying that I felt rather indisposed that evening (which was quite true) and should prob ably not be in the city in the morning. Next morning, after a restless night, the chance of my uncle acceding to my request seemed smaller than ever, but there was no other hope, and I must face him and make the best of it. At break fast I took up the paper as was my wont, and glanced down the money arti cle. Suddenly an idea flashed across my mind. Being on the Stock exchange I knew that fortunes were made and lost every month; why shouldn't I try and make '5,000 by speculating in some stock? The more I thought of it the bet ter I liked it. Of course I knew it was risky; I couldn't do it in my own name wiTTiont it coming to the knowledge of my firm, and they wouldn't tolerate that sort of thing for a moment, and whatever plan I adopted I knew if things didn't go as I wished I should be ruined. But life without Nellie wasn't worth living, and I must have her at any cost. The first thing to decide was the best stock in which to speculate. The mar kets were very quiet just now, with the exception of the South African Mining market, in which there had been lately quite a "boom." One company in particular had caused a great sensation. This was the Great Cumberland Diamond mines, whose ten pound shares were quoted at twenty-five pounds. The company was supposed to have a most valuable property in south Africa, and although only started six months previously had already paid a dividend of 20 per cent. , and the future dividends were expected to be as high as 30 or 35 ier cent. That they had paid the 20 per cent, dividend was quite true, as I had received that on the few shares I held myself; but whether it was paid out of the profits or otherwise I did not know. What I did know was that if any ad verse report of the mine came over the Mia - T A. T . 1 price or me snares wouia meviiauiy drop quicker than it had risen. I there fore determined to confine my opera tions to Great Cumberland. Of course it would be sheer speculation, and there are people who saj this is no better than robbery, and although I can t say I quite agree with them, I don't in any degree uphold the practice. It is one of the greatest evils of the age, but in my case I felt the end would justify the means. cordance with the law, altliough I be lieve things like it are done very often in the world of speculation. I told George that I left the matter in his hands, but asked him for the sake of our great friendship to help me if he con scientiously could. It would take three weeks for the let ter to reach George. It was now the 2d of the month, and the last settling day was on the 30th, so if George did as I asked him as soon as he got my letter it would leave about five days for the op erations. I lived in a state of feverish excitement for the next fortnight or so, I knew that if George was unable to help me, or if the market did not go as I wished, I should be ruined for life, and have to relinquish all hope of Nellie. I had not 6een her since the evening of the interview with her father, but re ceived a note from her three days after, saying she was that day starting for Scotland and would be away about six weeks. She told me to cheer up, as she knew all would come right in the end. I wished I could have felt as sanguine. On the morning of the 17th the senior partner of my firm came to me with an open letter in his hand. "Here is a letter from a Mr. Duncan, of Eltham, asking us to sell 1,000 shares in the Great Cumberland mine for next account. He mentions your name as a reference. Do you know anything about him?" I knew all about the letter, as it was one I had written myself and posted from Eltham. "Oh! yes," I said, "that is all right. He is a friend of my uncle's. He men tioned the other evening that he wanted to deal in Great Cumberlands, and I ad vised him to do business through us." "Well, you had better see to it, as I have to attend two meeting this morn ing." During the day I managed to dispose of 1,000 shares at prices ranging from 21 10s. to 25 10s. per share, and had the contract notes made out and posted to W. Duncan, Esq., Castle hotel, El tham, the proprietor of which I knew very well, and with whom I had ar ranged to have any letters so addressed forwarded to ruyself. On Wednesday the 23d, I received a telegram from George with the two words "On Fri day." Words cannot express how re lieved I felt. I knew George would do nothing by halves, and I felt almost sure of success. That afternoon I left the office early and went hown to Eltham and dined at the Castle hotel. After dinner I wrote a letter, which I addressed to my firm, Messrs. Pritchard & Co., and arranged with the landlord to have it posted on the morrow, in order to be delivered in the city first post on Friday morning. On Friday I seized the paier and glanced hurriedly down the money arti cle. Yes! it was there sure enough. "We received a communication last evening to the effect that the Yaranga Kiver district in fcoutn Ainca was flooded and that great damage had been done to the Great Cumberland Diamond company's property. The mine was flooded and it was feared 100 workmen were drowned. The loss to the company was believed to be irretrievable." This I knew was bound to make the shares fall. You may be sure I felt in a gTeat state of excitement, but I tried to look as unconcerned as possible when I arrived at the office. About 10:30 Mr. Pritchard came to me with a letter. "Here is another letter from Mr. Dun can asking us to buy in the 1,000 '.Great Cumberlands for him. I suppose he is all right, but it looks very much like speculation. I see there is a bad report of the mine in tho pajK-r this morning, so he will get them cheap. One would think he knew something about the tolo gram. However, that has nothing to do with us. Don't be in too great a hurry to buy; the price is sure to drop." Ou my way to the Stock exchange I called at the oilice of tho Great Cumlx-r-land company and asked if they knew anything about the telegram published that morning. They said they had re ceived the same information, but thought there was some mistake. They were taking 6tejra to have it confirmed. When I arrived at the exchange I went straight to the mining market, and, as I exjiecti'd, found it in a state of the wildest excitement. Every one was asking questions alout Great Cumber- lands. All the dealers were sellers. "Great Cunilerlands!" "Great Cumber lands!" "I sell 100 at 23; I sell 200 at 22 . Any buyers?" and such like. I waited and watched closely. The price went down every minute, until presently I heard a man offer 300 at 21 I bought them. I noticed several deal ers eyed me suspiciously, and one asked me if I knew anything. I answered. "No, but we have an order from a client to buy." Presently a dealer offered parcel of 500 at 19J I took them at once. The other 200 I had no difficulty in obtaining in small lots at alxmt 19 to 19 10s. I went back to the office and reported to Mr. Pritchard that Great Cumberlands had dropped five or six points, and told him I had bought 1,000 shares for Mr. Duncan at an aver age price of about 20. I had the contract notes posted that day to Mr. Duncan. On going through the account I found that after deduct ing brokerage and all expenses there was a clear profit of 5,350. I had thus gained my end. On set tling day it would only be necessary to pass on the names from the firms I had sold to the firms I had bought from, and post a check for the ' difference to Mr, Duncan, winch or course was the same as posting it to myself. I he next morning a telegram was published by the company notifyin that the information published the day before was exaggerated. The Yaranga district was flooded, but their property had not been touched. On the strength of this the shares in a few days regamed their former quotation. I wrote to George, told him of my suc cess and thanked him for what he had done. On the 1st of April I called Mr. Say mour. He seemed rather surprised to see me, but was very polite. "Mr. Saymour," I said, "when I asked 3'ou for 3'our daughter's hand a month ago you said you would only give your sanction on condition that by today I was worth at least 5,000. I have called to inform you that the amount of my balance at my banker's is now 5,785. I therefore presume there will now be no objection to our engagement?" "Well, Mr. Bartley," he said, "I am surprised, but also pleased, because, as I said last month, I have no personal ob jection to you as a son-in-law. I will write at once and fetch Nellie back. But how did you manage to make 5,000 in a month?" "Well, you know, sir, on the Stock exchange it is very easy to make or lose 5,000." He laughed and said: "You have been lucky this time, but take my advice and don't go in for 'plunging.' " "I don't mean to, Mr. Saymour, but desperate cases requirc-f!esierato means." "I expect yon thought me very mer cenary, Harold, but I must now tell you why I made that stipulation. People suppose I am very wealth-, but latelj I have lost heavily, and am now in want of a few thousands for a week or two and haven't any available security to offer. "Will you lend me your 5,000 for a month? You shall have it back with in terest, and when you marry I will keep my promise and settle 10,000 on Nellie." "You are quite welcome to the money," I said. "All I want is Nellie." We were ensrasred six months, and have now been married three months, but I haven't yet regretted my first and only speculation. I didn't tell Tsellie all the facts of the case. 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