James Carrington, born in a country village, is a successful broker, at the zenith of his career as a speculator. He left his birthplace as a boy and has never returned so engrossed is he in the game of amassing wealth. He has neglected his parents in the hustle and bustle of the street and the story opens at a crucial time when his operations require all his time and attention in marshaling his forces in the big struggle to acquire a controlling Interest in some stocks. There are scenes of activity in his office, where he is passing through the throes of a busy day, directing his army of assistants, he is tired and weary of it all, satiated with the excitement of outwitting his competitors. He receives a letter from his old home announcing the illness of his mother. Mother, the name brings fond remembrances to his fagged brain. He has not seen her for years, longer than he cares to attempt to remember, and he reflects. He is brought back to the sordid things of the world by the announcement that his grand coup, his master stroke to amass a huge fortune, is about to be pulled off as the time is opportune. He receives the news in a matter of fact way, his mind reverting to his childhood days and his mother. He leaves the office, being reminded that the morrow will be the critical time, when he will crush his business enemies and be a power in the street, his name on every lip, as the clever financier who has succeeded. He goes to his apartments, not interested in business, his thoughts constantly reverting to his youth. He will go, although sacrificing a fortune. He sends a telegram to his mother and quickly follows. The story closes with the mother, ill in bed, anxiously awaiting the coming of her boy. He arrives and is clasped in her arms.
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