"I want to see you privately if you feel like doing any business with me."
Bryant was quite astonished, and asked:
"Is there any money in it?"
"I think there is."
"Then I am at your service."
Fred had a confidential talk with him, during which the broker admitted that Bowles had ruined him financially by getting a technical grip on him.
"Well, I have got a grip on him, I think," Fred explained, "and if you want your revenge, you can have it."
CHAPTER XV.–Conclusion.
Fred sold him five hundred shares to give him a starter, the shares being for himself. In two hours the price went up to 70, and Fred saw old Bowles growing fidgety. The next day Fred sold five hundred shares more at 72, they going to himself. Then the brokers began to hustle for the stock, and found they could not get it. It went up to 82 before the day closed. Bowles was desperate.