Naturally, the results enthralled the boy, and he told Mr.Cary about his discoveries.

This, in turn, interested Mr.
Cary; Mr.Gould's dictations were frequently given in Mr.Cary's own office, where, as his desk was not ten feet from that of his stenographer, the attorney heard them, and began to buy and sell according to the magnate's decisions.
Edward had now become tremendously interested in the stock game which he saw constantly played by the great financier; and having a little money saved up, he concluded that he would follow in the wake of Mr.
Gould's orders.

One day, he naively mentioned his desire to Mr.Gould, when the financier seemed in a particularly favorable frame of mind; but Edward did not succeed in drawing out the advice he hoped for.

"At least," reasoned Edward, "he knew of my intention; and if he considered it a violation of confidence he would have said as much." Construing the financier's silence to mean at least not a prohibition, Edward went to his Sunday-school teacher, who was a member of a Wall Street brokerage firm, laid the facts before him, and asked him if he would buy for him some Western Union stock.

Edward explained, however, that somehow he did not like the gambling idea of buying "on margin," and preferred to purchase the stock outright.