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OSCAR IN WALTi STREET= The e*i»sittoK which the Kstheie S3- Oreftteii Among the KulJ* andis Bear*,id -------3- I N«w Y oik Tim fa.•AAir. H. K. Burras is one of the best known !• - /*-• tstoek-brofcers la Wall Sfrelt;*t, bub within a • short half-hour yesterday hr- attracted | more attention and won. iuorc glory Shaw i in a)l »hot pai year* of his life. To 3fr. \ hurras was accorded the honor of inirddm-;i; ing Oseur Wilde Ivvphe esthtic shades of11 i Wall street. Is was about two o'clock inthe. uftenioon w3»en he brought his charm- 1,t. iup; charge down town. Oscar looked Ida f I; swmrsr. I'iaest black broadcloth wrap- ji-i peel a form peasant]?- suggestive of oor-1 j sets, and a «:«'], shiny stovepipe sat with j . ' an exquisite grace just above r delicate ; ear. The flowing fresncs of the pinloso ! plu'r vn'n' fresh from she oil j. r, rod aniinbow •neckings tucked into dapper kne*.' breeeI«ea were 11 •«e on!y drawia cc% \(lt; 111* ? *■ pretty picture a a Oscar himself most de-... lights to show ii. Tv say vlat Oscar’* ap-s i prarance i u Wall at-roor urea fed a sonsnuoii .[( i: scarcely :lt; do ihe grrsii man justice, j ! Business none mddcidy ;«» n standstill, Abrass band at a country fair never wrought ..more settling effect**. About 1,C00 urcss*;, euger boysure cmnbu-ed in Wall street.ftaeh mid every mm of the thousand lor-, gut :fio urgent errand-- upon which the r ;.* bad been sent into I he street on the fly.' aTh*y crowded lt;dlt;se a i m«nd tin esthete, .} . and did him ho.ior after a fashion which.:.’ , t i :brought new h »rror to hi* sensiti.'e nature j• and ailming blushes p bis riruily check. !( Mr, Burras began to grpw unhappy and (, l ushed ins philosophic friend into the stock ^ _ Kxchuugt . Tim hoodlums follow :-d. Kx-j change rules counted for nothing, and the -h . very had litf.k hoys made the hallway* ?( .{and galleries of the exchange r'.ng with ^ , their enUnisUsm. The brokers caught t] I i sight of Burra-', and his companion was 5j recognized. Then there rose a shout-ylt; : which was a t cm peart, compared with the .j cries and hootmgs of the messenger boys, ' ( were but ;ilt; pleasing murnmrings. Mr. Wilde remarked to Mr. Burra? thru he was quil e ready to uove along, lie had seen enough and more than enough. Thecrowds grew bigger a:id the cries grew | louder. A hundred brokers stood at the ■ , loot of ihc main stairway ready tor a con- 11j cei led rush whereby to get Oscar upon the I ^ •‘floor,” an interesting, if not polite, programme had been arranged. The philosopher was io be hazed after the most approved Stock-Exchange style, and the : bulls and bears arc gloating ovei the prospect of soon sending their visitor forth to Li the world, hatiess, eoatles?-. and in a. gen- ?l: orally dilapidated eondiiion. But Burras vlt; ’ discovered rhe scheme. From experience li he well knew yvha: wax on hand, and qidckiy making a Hank movement, he l* hurried ids shapely.einirge down the back 1 0| stairway, dec rotary While and Assistant-:? Secretary Unrr.ham vcisrured into the hall,. attracted by the hubbub, and Oscar tumb- i1X , led headlong into bolh oOicors. more to!/c | their astonishment, however, than to their ’ 'vbodily hnn. lie was quite as anxion* as ’ 31 'vus Burras to malce a hftsty rot real, Out :U through a aide re.om in.ro Broad ?:rcct ihf: 1,1 • fugitive riho!. 'fiie brokers were sadly lfXdisappointed, so were the messenger boy.?., ,l-Mr. Burras hastily hired a lt;stb. and Oscar whs whirled over the cobblc-t/mo ; it off: side street uptown. '.»?M ONK S AND M A ST I STS.? ••
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The Benton Weekly Record
Fort Benton, Montana, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1882
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