Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 241, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1914 — HOW HOPP LOST HIS MONEY [ARTICLE]

HOW HOPP LOST HIS MONEY

Thrills and Joys Experienced by Amateur Stock Gambler Are Related by Railroad Man. Stuart C. Leake, the railroad man, who spends much of his time traveling between Richmond, Va., and New York, has all sorts of friends and acquaintances. One of these is a man named Hopp. “Hopp,” said Leake, one day in Philadelphia, “what have you been doing with yourself?” “The biggest thing I’ve done,” explained Hopp, “was to experience the joys of stock gambling. Take it from me, I’m some gambler to stocks.” Leake asked him to tell the merry story. “I had saved up $1,000,” Hopp narrated, “and I decided to take a shot at the market. I picked out the stock on which f knew I could make a lot of money. I decided to buy, and I took ten shares. “Over in the corner of the bucket shop was a telegraph operator, and I could hear the instrument saying, ’Hopp’s got a thousand! Hopp’s got a thousand!' That sounded good to me. It was an omen of victory. Pretty soon a cold shiver ran down my spine, and then ran up again. The instrument began to say, ‘Take It away from Hopp! Take It awa/from Hopp!’ Talk about thrills ahd excitement! I was beginning with ’em right away. “To make & long story short —do you get me? —that stock dropped eleven points in about fifty minutes. They took it away from Hopp.”—Popular Magazine.