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w- "--W" I. ' ' i $ ? p if. M rfi V III Si f N:i t ?, i ' n h I HI' i m W ( , " 3 If. if i m 1 i ' i' f Ml '8 li i i mj m t i x-x:-: : v-'":":":x-X"X"::" ! The City of Purple Dreams T Bg EDWIN BAIRD : Copyright by P. 0. Browne & Co. CHAPTER XII. Continued. 16 Tho crisis wns reached the following summer. They met nftorwards In a cafe. Hunt wns haggard, unkempt. Ho jliml fallen olT In weight, ami his sunken fare, bloodshot eyes, trembling Jflngors, wcro Blgns of the tcrrlllc mtralu he lmtl undergone. Fltzliugh, In marked contrast, never appeared more fresh or moro self-contained. They had ordered champagne, and when they clinked their glasses he smiled reassuringly at his white-faced com panion. It was only the bare flicker of .a Hinlln that vanished as suddenly as rlt (Kime. Fltzliugh did not often smile ln those days. "How much did you say wo hnd net ted, Hunt? Tell mo again. It's music Ito my enr." "Three millions and over, Dan. Three mlllons and over. Dan" Hunt leaned Impulsively across the table, seized his friend's hand, wrung It with fervor ""Dun, If ever I try to advise you again, I Dan, I'll never try to ihold you back again as long us I Hvol" I CHAPTER XIII. Selling his long line of spring nnd Hummer wheat, Fltzliugh bought three (million bushels of tho September op tion. Ho was now become known as Itho greatest of tho bulls. Every big itiuylng order was laid to him. Ills hppenrances In the pit grew more In frequent. Ho distributed bis com mands among six or seven different brokers. Crops wero universally bad. .The United States had noi yet felt the European demand, but It would como soon, and ho knew It would bo llicuvy. Ho knew wheat would rise Htlll higher, nnd he gradually Increased his holdings In September to six mil jllon bushels. I Then cutno tho cry from Europe nn Insistent cry tho cry for bread. He received u code-cable from bis ngent an Liverpool : "Can negotiate tlvo mil tllnn wheat. Namo price." Ho sold his six millions at nn ad franco of twenty cents a bushel, nnd In jone vast swoop bought In eight mil lion bushels of July. And Hunt so fur (forgot his pledgo as to remonstrate. "Aren't you forcing your luck, Dun? 'It seems to me" "And It Reems to me," cut In tho "plunger," looking up from tho work on his desk, "that I know Just what I'm doing. That wheat cost seventy illvo cents. It'll go up to a dollar bc ifore July." ' "Hut what If It doesn't?" 1 "But It will. It'll go to a dollar If I send It to n dollar. Anil I'll send It to n dollar. And then 1" "Huh!" Hunt started. "You don't mean " I "Never mind. I'll tell you later." , Ho told hlin then, however; had so intended doing when he entered his olllce that morning. It was quite the Iblggest thing thus far In his career, und of late he had worked on It, .quietly, Indefatlgably, vouchsiiflng Hunt, because he was not for u while mire of it, hardly more than n hint of what ho was planning. He had sta tioned correspondents ih all the Euro pean markets, lie had held many se cret conferences with two Tucking town millionaires, big gamblers both, who played a hidden game. And now, this moaning, tho thing which hud been building these months past was no longer nebulous to his vision. It stood forth vividly, nakedly, complete und beautiful In every detail. iouny," said he, leaning across tho Hut-topped desk and regarding his nudUor fixedly, "you and I own, and I control, approximately eight million .bushels of July wheat. Within two months I shall control fifteen million bushels. Hy July I expect to control over forty million bushels." "But, Dan ! How the dickens" "Marsh und Allport are In the pool." Hunt subsided, nodding understund Ingly. "You'vo seen tho harvesting returns, Iluut? You know America's crops are goliJB to be small. Same In Europe. French crops nro poor; Germany's worse, Argentine's will bo the small est for tho lust ten years. Europe will jliuvo to look to America for her wheat. 'Hut America won't be ublo to give It to ber. There'll be mighty little wheat In Chicago by July ; and thnt little will bo locked tight in my pool. Do you begin to understand?" Tha way Hunt chewed nnd puffed at hla cigar proved that he understood. lYet ho dared not utter what ho al ready knew. "Symington Otis Is bearing the mar ket," ho said, his hands gripped tight ly round tho arms of his chair. "Ho Mows you're long on July wheat, too, nnd'' Ho checked himself, struck by a sudden thought: "I'm hanged if you're not doing this to beat him 1" Fltzhugh's Iron Jaw tensed. "i; thinks I'm doing It nlone. Ho'll fight me for nil he's worth. So mu:h the 'worse for him," Hunt gav ful ont to hts oxi'itc mrjit ; "Where's ho going to get his wheat? That's what I want to know." lie shoved back his chnlr, tinnblo longer to restrain himself, unable longer to keep unvoiced tho thing up permost In both their minds. "We can do It, Pan, we can do It! We'll comer the market I" Daniel shook his bend. "I will cor ner the market." Hunt pounded hi fist Into his open palm. "And smash Otis I" ho cried, exultantly. "You owe him one, Dan. Smash Otis I" ".Smash Otis?" Daniel laughed. There wns no mirth In the luughter. ".'Mtiash Otis, you say? If Symington Otis gels In my way I'll crush hlml" And with a spasmodic movement his lingers contracted, and from wrist to shoulder beneath their tweed covering the rippling muscles of his arms stood out In cords. Otis was planning nnother of bis celebrated hear raids. He was re solved ft should be the mightiest ho hnd ever led. He gathered In money from every available source. Henllz lug the market dlsfilvnred him, he was determined to conquer It by sheer force of capital. Ills first onslaught, stnrted In April, made little If any Impression, nnd he redoubled his attack. Still the enemy showed no sign of weakening. Again and ngaln he charged, but every rush was met and repulsed. He was over whelmed with buying orders. They swamped him from every side. Ho stopped, puzxled. He hnd not ac counted his opponent half so power ful. Otis, however, was not tho hesi tant sort of general. Mnrshallng, his heavy artillery, ho dashed upon the battlefield, fighting with tho Implaca bility that from the beginning had characterized his long career In finan cial warfare: This charge, too, was easily buffeted. Hut no white flag was hown. Heating n retreat, the grim old warrior gathered his forces to gether for n fresh onset. The next clash, he decided, would be tho decis ive one. By the middle of June Fltzliugh wns all but czar of the pit. When FltKhugh formulated the pool to corner July wheat It was understood that, no matter what might urlse, he wns to bo free to follow the dlctntes of his own Judgment. For this and other reasons the names of tho Packlngtown millionaires were never disclosed, nnd few knew the main fount of his mam moth resources. Ills marvelous vitality gnvo contin ual wonder to his nssoclutes. He wns made of Iron. lie would work eighteen hours a day, dispatching with surencss and speed the thousand pressing duties "IfJ'Symlngton Otis Gets In My Way I'll Crush Hlml" that crowded upon him, taking his meals on tho wing, and requiring of the twenty-four but four or five hours for sleep. Most nmnzlng of all, be displayed never nn 111 sign of the red hot, tension under which he worked, but seemed to thrive on It. Ho was al ways fresh and eager for each day's tasks. Ills last battle with Symington Otis wns the most spectnculnr of the final trilogy. It began on the morning of July first nnd lasted for throe- terrific days. As the gong sounded on that first morning Fltzliugh appeared In tho pit, girded for tho. fray. With tho stroke of tho opening gong Otis lieutenants began to sell wheat. There wero three of them, with orders to sell half a million each. Then camo an unfathomable surprise: Fltzliugh sold wheat I Hushcl for bushel, he sold as fast us his adversaries? Thcs price reeled and dropped diz zily. The preceding dny It had closed strong at one dollar; by eleven that morning It was unsteady nt ninety-six and a half. At tho height of tho furious conflict, Fltzliugh, who was the core of It, be came aware of some one tearing at his arm and yelling In bi cur: "Dan I Dan! Huve'ou gono crnzy?" Heholdlng Hunt screaming ut the top of his voice, he wrenched looso from tlio mob' surrounding him nnd. seizing his subordinate under tho arm pits, lifted him clear outside tho pit. At tho close of tho day's session wheat had dropped to ninety-four und nn eighth, whero It Bwuyed uncertain ly. Otis had sold two million bushels. Fltzliugh hud sold a like amount. When ho reached his office Fltzliugh found his thrco coadjutors waiting hi ni, In ominous silence. "Good-day, gentlemen l" There was no answer beyond nn un easy cough from Hunt. Fltzliugh looked at the three stony faces silent ly condemning him. "In good truth," ho laughed, "a Dan iel cnine to luilL'inent I" iY-i!-HIi' KfIi RED OLOUD, Hut when he snt nt his d.sk tne , tlcal lines wero between Ma brow He took a deliberately long time n light a cigar, then, extinguishing the match and depositing It carefully In nri ash tray, he settled himself com fortably in his chnlr and said: "You all remember it was agreed In the beginning I was to run this thing, and I shnll run It In my own wuy or not at ull." , "nut confound It, mnn," exploded Marsh, who had been holding his tongue with difficulty, "whut In tho name of common sense do you mean by selling?" Glad that one of the tribunal hnd shown some life, Fltzliugh swung bin chnlr round briskly so that he faced the speaker. "Who owns tho most wheat Sym ington Otis or us? How long will his crowd last If they try to outsell u7 Don't you see?" "Not for a minute!" broke In All port, reddening under his collnr. "I'll make It clearer. Suppose Otis' crowd knocks July w.heat off fifteen or twenty points. Very well. Immedi ately they stop selling perhaps be foreI'll begin buying. Then, as nn elustlc band that has been stretched to Its utmost, July wheabwlll spring bnck. It'll go to n dollar. It'll go be yond n dollar. I'll see to that!" "It does sound plausible," hesitated Hunt, desirous of supporting his lead er, yet still somewhat doubtful. "I don't like It," said Marsh sourly. ".Mr. Otis," continued Dnnlel. nnd there was a hard ring In bis voice that caused Hunt und Allport to exchange meaning glances, "thinks he bus me on the run. He's boasting how he licked mo In today's skirmish, of how I turned tall at tho first fire. Hut wait till ho springs my pitfall. Walt! I've got him!" The discussion lasted until nearly nightfall. Hy grace of his power of persuasion no less than by his doml nnnt personality and strength of pur pose, Fltzliugh finally Induced the oth ers to admit that his course was tho best one. When they went out through tho quiet, brightly lighted offices, the four were on very amicable terms ; and the hot words of discussion that hud frequently passed between them were quite forgotten. "There's one thing," Fltzliugh said In parting, "I want to impress upon you three. When we have defeated Otis, I want to denl with him In my own way. Remember that" looking keenly Into each face. "I want to deal with Symington Otis In my own way." Promptly next morning Otis re newed the combat It occupied every minute of that day's session, nnd, as on the preceding day, raged with a tit-for-tat uproar. When tho closing gong sounded he had sold, altogether, over four million bushels of July wheat: wheat of which he owned not a grain, but which he expected to buy later and deliver ns promised at a lower price than he had sold It for. And, the snme as yesterday, his opponent had sold with him, bushel for bushel. Otis was flushed with the elation of his obvious victory. "It's all over," he confided to a friend that evening, as he snt down smilingly ton well-ordered dinner. Otis was living at his club these days, his wife and daughter hnvlng gone abroad for the summer. "All over but the shouting. Tomorrow Til finish him. He'll be snapped out of the Chicago wheat pit like a gnnt Just us I mice told him a long time ago." Simultaneously with the dawning of the third day of battle Otis took the aggressive. And simultaneously there (,'uini! a surprise. His promises of wheat were gobbled up as fast as they wore.offered. Huylng orders poured in from ull sides, deluging his traders. Ho Increased his selling. The buying like wise Increased. He began to fight des perately, flooding the pit with his sell ing commands. Hut It was as though he poured saifd In the ocean. Fltzliugh hnd not nppcured on tho "floor" since the first day. From his private office he sent orders to n dozen or more brokers. AH these orders. were, "Huy July wheat." All wero to take effect this morning. He cabled his representatives In, Liverpool and Paris. These cablegrams also read, "Huy July wheat." Thoy, too, became effective this morning. In all, he Is sued Instructions to purchase twelve million bushels, or approximately,, double the amount he had sold on tho prior two days., The mnrket that morning wns like n kite JIn n windstorm. It zigzagged crazlly. Shortly, however, It steadied, hung stationary an Instant, the bounded upward. Up, tugging deter mlncdly, It climbed with u rapidity that outstripped Its falling the Uu,. be fore. Otis gave orders to cease all sell ing. Like a released spring, tho price leaped higher still. At the close of tho day's session It stood at a dollar nnd twenty-five cents, with a'lcudciicy to, mount beyond. Tho next duy was Sunday,, .Mon day's trading Increased In "frenzy. The price ascended moro and more stlllty. Otis did nothing. He dared not cover his promises by buying. By so doing ho would put up the price on himself. Ho dared not sell, for every bushel lie sold would bo sold at a loss, Word passed 6wiftly from mouth to mouth thnt Symington Otis, the big bear, had fought his final fight and wu down ut last. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tho Hair That Titian Loved. Rcd-hulrcd people are genornlly sup posed to be hot tempered. They nre Inclined to bo hasty, but are never vin dictive This quickness of temper Is due to Impulsiveness and n love of speaking out what they huvo In mind. They aro usually of a sunny disposi tion and nre honest nnd truthful, but rather vuln and eager for admiration. NEBRASKA, CHIEF IHPBOVED UNirOSM MTEtmATIOHAt I simwsam Lesson tny m:v. v. n. kithwatkii, d. d., Teacher of KmkIMi Blliln In tho Moody Bible Institute of CliUao.) (Couyright, 120, WVrtcrii Now pa per Union ) LESSON FOR JULY 18 DAVID SPARES SAUL'S LIFE. LESSON TKXT-I 8am f QOLBKX TEXT Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you. Luk 0.27: ADDITIONAL MATEIUAI.-I Fain. 21 PULMAHY TOIMC-Tlu- Man Who Wus Kind tr, HIb Enemy. Jt'NtOB TOPK,-"liivlnir Bark." INTEItMEDIATE AND SENIOU TOPIC -Ovcii'iiitiliiK Evil With Clooil. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC Treatment of WrotiRdoorii I. Saul In Pursuit of David (vv. Ml). Ever since David took his departure from Jonathan (eh. 'M), when thnt crowning net of friendship win shown, Saul had been bunting him us it wild nillmal. lie now pursues him with il.tMH) chosen uu'ii. David Hoes from place to place, hiding us no out law. .Sometimes ho Is In the enemies' country doing disreputable things. This Is the period of his schooling which fitted him to be the eminent king thut he wus. It wus u bitter period In bis lite, but God sent him to Oils school und adapted the In struction to his needs. David never could have been the broad man that he was, had he not been prepared In this crucible of bitter experience. Ills wading deeply Into trouble adapted li I in to write psalms suited to ull men, In ull ages, and under ull conditions. His life swung through tho arc of human experience, touching the high est point of fame and dipping to the deptiis of sorrow nnd shame. Then, personally, he learned many lessons, umoiig which may be mentioned : 1. Ills own 'weakness. It was nec essary that' he be humbled under the sense of his Infirmities, Unless a man has learned this lesson, sudden elevu tlon to power will utterly ruin him. 2. His dependence upon Cod. David's many miraculous escapes caused him to realize that the Lord bad redeemed him out of his adver sity. Ills billing plnces In tho rocks gave him much of his imagery for the psalms. ,'J. He learned the country and peo ple over which he was to rule. Hy knowing the grievous nfillctlons which Snul bad heaped upon the people be could sympathize and remove them. 4. He learned the magnanimity of self-control. This a man must know before he can be n true king. He that ruleth bis spirit Is better than he that taketh a city (I'rov. 1::?2). II. Saul In David's Hands (vv. 4-20). 1. David sends out spies (v. 4). This ho did to find out ns to whether Saul was come In very deed. 2. Dnvld at Saul's enmp (vv. 5-11). He took with htm Ablshl und went In the night to where Saul was sleeping. Ablshl asked to be allowed1 to kill Saul, but David forbade him because Saul was the Lord's anointed. :i. David takes Saul's spear nnd cruse of wnter (vv. 12. 13). Once be fore nt Eugedl (ch. 21) David spared Saul's life. Now again ho was at his mercy. This he did that he might show tangible evidence to the king that he hud no evil Intent. 4. David taunts Aimer, the king's bodyguard (vv. 14-10). He calls to Abner nnd taunts him for his listless ness his failure to watch over the Lord's anointed, the evidence of which Is tho cruse and the spear In his hands. f. David reasons with Saul (vv. 17 20). When Saul recognized David's voice, David began to reason with him, showing that he had nothing but good intentions rownrd the king. lie asked that he would show what wrong be had done or what evil Intent was In his heart. David Is very humble nnd begs 'Saul to relent, for surely If he had any wicked purpose he would not have saved his Hfotwlce when the Lord had placed Saul wholly nt bis mercy. Dnvld had peculiar regard for the Lord's anointed. He recognized the fact that the Lord hud delivered Saul Into his hands not to kill, but tu save. III. Saul's Confession (vv. 21-2."i). 1. He confessed that be had sinned. The sad feature about bis confession Is thu't It lacked conviction, for he went jrlght on sinning. This Is the great trouble with people. They ure willing to confess that they are sin ners, but still they go on sinning. . 2. He confessed that he had played tho fool and erred exceedingly. Wo see about us dally ninny using such expressions, but stjll they go on re-pentlng-- their sins. David shows his miignnnlmlty of splrlt.Miowever, In de livering' the cruse and the spear to SuulVservant. He knew that Saul's confession wns not genuine, so ho wus nfrnld to go near. He knew the cun ning of, thnt old fox. He still appeals to Saul's kindness to him, und the; part never to meet ngaln. Consider Faults of Others. No one thing does human life moro need than n kind consideration of the faults of others. Hvery one sins; every one needs forbearance. Our own Imperfections should teach us to bo merciful. t Meditation. Medltntlon Is the life of tho soul; nctlon Is tho soul of jncdltatlon ; honor is tho reward of nction; so meditate, that thou muyst do; so do, that thou tnnyst purchase honor, for which pur chase give God tho glory. Quurle. Nebraska Directory KODAKS Developing, Printing and Enlarging Lincoln Photo Supply Co. (Knutitmn Kodak Cii.) Dcpt. K, 1217 O St. Lincoln, N?b. 7 PER ANNUM TAX FREE Tho Lincoln T-li-phone & ToleKmnh Com pany, Lincoln, Nob., Is offering to investors at par. S100 per share, some of Its tax-free f stock that ha paid quarterly dividends for tho past 11 years. This h a safe and con venlunt Investment, checks for dividends be in mailed to your addres for $I.7D per $100 share In January, April. July nnd Oc tober. For Information or for sharci of stock auMres C. 1'. Hu.ell, Secy. Lincoln Tele phone & Telegraph Company, Telephone llldg., Lincoln, Neb. Omaha Crematory Sond for Illustrated booklet Address or call on Forest Lawn Cemetery Assn. 720 BrandeU Theatre Omaha, Neb. 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Well, Hank be came foreman, and I was fairly stunned when he announced that ho was to marry n girl who cooked In a boarding house In town. "However did It happen?" I asked In amazement. "Simple enough," ho made answer. "I discovered that she cooks baked beans Just like they do In Boston." Surely a Mean Employer. , "Enery," observed Bill 'Awklns, "I 'ear as yer got n Job." "Yes," answered the sad 'Enery, "1 'uve got a Job." "Yer don't appear very 'appy about It, do yer?" asked Bill. "Ain't yer foreman n decent cove, then?" "Oh! 'E's a mean, low-minded fel ler!" cried the outraged 'Enery. "'E's n dirty dorg, 'o Is. Rot 'Un-llke no tions ns 'mv gents like me should be treated. F'r liisrance, would yer be lieve It, 'e nctunlly took the legs off the wheelbarrers so ns a cove can't sit down an' rest? Oh, 'e's u mean dorg!" London Ideas. Time Ho Spoke. Nell Tomorrow Is Juck's twenty eighth birthday, Doris Aro you going to give him anything? Nell Yes, a good strong hint. Bos ton Transcript. 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Bight after our name on everything that comes to our bouse, they write, 'Collect, please. "Exchange. 9 Sure Relief 6 Bell-ans Hot wafer Sure Relief BE LL-ANS FOR INDIGESTION His Business In Post Office. The commercial traveler met Sundy, the cunny one, emerging from tho post olllce. "Ah, Sandy 1" cried tho commercial. "It Is good to see as prosperous u farmer as yourself not forgetful ol his country! You have "been In the post olllce to purchnse war bonds?" "Nay," said Sandy easily. "Oh I Then perhaps you linve put little money in the savings banks, that It may help the country?" "Nay." "Well," said the traveler ns a lnsw resort, "I suppose that you have bought n postal order to send to some poor acquaintance?" "Nay; I've been In to fill my four tain pen." London Ideas. That Egg Episode. "This egg," said Columbuk, rtlus t rates the fact that the world If round." "Yes," put In King Ferdinand cap tlously, "but bow nbotit the egg whlck dropped iiwhllo ago and mnshed?" "That Illustrates what Is liable to hnppen to tbt world If Mime of you am tocratlc rulers don't show a little inor prudence and foresight." Not a Philosopher. "What Is your philosophy in HfoT "Friend, 1 don't ki.ow a thing nboul philosophy. I ain't never studied much. All I do Is tn&c things an they come, and make the est of 'cm." v. i&r T?vwmmttL BraSpEs&f I i r : 1 ( 4
