"You continue to sell!"
"Oh-oh," said Wes. "Kingman is wild. He wants to know what's the matter with the market."
"Tell him that your end is all right, and that V. E. Preferred is still going down, but steady."
"O.K.," said Walt.
The hours went by, and Kingman became more and more frantic. V. E. Preferred would be reported at five hundred, but the Northern Landing Exchange said two-ten. Meanwhile, Terran Electric—
"Oh, lovely!" said Don. "Beautiful. We've got us a reciprocating market now, better than Kingman's. When she's up at Terra, they're down at Canalopsis and Northern Landing—and vice versa. Keep it pumping, boys, and we'll get enough money to buy Kingman out."
The vacillating market went on, and Don's gang continued to rock the Terran Electric stock. Then as the market was about to close for the day, Don said: "Sell 'em short!"
Terran Electric stock appeared on the market in great quantities. Its value dropped down and down and down, and Kingman, appraised of the fall by Walt, who magnified it by not less than two to one, apparently got frantic again, for he said:
"We're running short. Drop your Terran stock to bolster the V. E. job!"
"Oh, lovely!" said Don.