ting them for some
time. That's why you owe me for your rooms. That's why there's
something the matter with your accounts."

"I swear to you, Doctor, my accounts are clean. My expenses have been
so big the past year, with the doctor's bills I've had to pay, I simply
couldn't live. The price of everything on earth has gone up fifty per
cent. except my wages. I've bought a few stocks. I've made a little and
lost a little. I've got the chance now I've been waiting for. I've a
real piece of information from the big insiders who are going to make
the market to-morrow."

The doctor shook his head and looked at the cashier with humourous
pity. The man was trembling from excitement he could not control.

"So you've really got it straight, this time?"

"Beyond the shadow of doubt!" he cried excitedly. "I want you to share
with me the fortune I'm going to make."

He paused and breathed heavily, his eyes widening into an unnatural
stare, as he continued:

"My God, if I only had ten thousand dollars to-morrow I could be worth
a hundred thousand before night!"

The doctor leaned forward with deepening interest.

"You really believe such rot?"

"Believe it, man, it's as certain as fate! There can't be any mistake
about it. At twelve o'clock the tide will turn and they'll begin to
leap upward in the wildest market that's been seen in a generation.
Doctor, you've been so good to me and I can trust you implicitly.
You're the only man on earth I've told. You need money. If you can
raise five hundred dollars in cash you can make five thousand in six
hours."

The older man's eyes flashed with sudden excitement, which he
suppressed with an effort.

"Adams, you're crazy," was the gruff reply.

"I've got it straight, I tell you!" he went on breathlessly. "I got it
from Bivens's private secretary. The little weasel has made millions on
this break and he has been selling the market short for two weeks.
To-morrow morning he is going to smash it for the last time and at noon
throw his millions on the bull side. The market will go down three
points on the break in the morning. It will jump five points in ten
minutes when it turns the other way. There are stocks on the list that
will recover ten points before the market closes."

"Bivens is going to do this?" the older man interrupted.

"Yes. I got it from the man who took his order."

"Then it's a trick. It's a lie. Take my advice and do just the opposite
from what you understa