“How much? Almost the limit.”
“Oh, Jack, I feared as much! You are so enthusiastic—so reckless!”
“I’ll tell you the story and let you judge for yourself.”
And he did.
“Do you really mean that Mr. Hartz gave you that tip?”
“That’s what he did.”
“From what I have heard about him, he’s the very last man in Wall Street to do such a thing.”
“The smartest men will sometimes make strange breaks, I’ve heard,” said Jack. “I believe Hartz wanted to do me a favor for that affair of Bird in his office; but I doubt if he really would have given me such a tip nine hundred and ninety-nine times of out of a thousand, for business reasons, you know.”
“You bought seven hundred shares of D. & G. at sixty-three. What is it to-day?” she asked anxiously.
“Last quotation when the Exchange closed at noon was eighty-one.”