When he told Mr. Bishop what he had done, that gentleman rather frowned upon the transaction.
Finally he laughed, and told Jack to write to Denver, enclosing the numbers of the certificates, and request the secretary of the company to make the proper transfer on the books of the company.
He did so at the first chance, and went home feeling like a bloated capitalist on a limited scale.
CHAPTER X.
HOW JACK ACQUIRED INSIDE INFORMATION.
One morning Jack was sent to deliver a package of important papers at the office of a well-known millionaire capitalist.
Entering the reception-room, he found Hartz and another prominent broker standing by one of the windows, talking in a low tone together.
They did not notice him right away, and though the boy made no effort to listen to their conversation, of which he couldn’t hear much any way, a bit of valuable information came to him quite unexpectedly that set him thinking very hard as he marched inside to deliver his package to the capitalist in the private office.
He had heard Hartz and the other broker talking about a certain stock which they were going to corner.
They had called on the millionaire, expecting to interest him in the scheme with others whose names were written down on a list referred to by Hartz during his talk.