Финансист

Chapter II

           Grundknewofthis,andalsoofthefactthatsomeofthisdebt,owingtothepeculiarconditionsofissue,wastobepaidinfull,whileotherportionsweretobescaleddown,andtherewastobeafalseorpre-arrangedfailuretopassthebillatonesessioninordertofrightenofftheoutsiderswhomighthaveheardandbeguntobuytheoldcertificatesforprofit.HeacquaintedtheThirdNationalBankwiththisfact,andofcoursetheinformationcametoCowperwoodasteller.Hetoldhiswifeaboutit,andsohisson,inthisroundaboutway,heardit,andhisclear,bigeyesglistened.HewonderedwhyhisfatherdidnottakeadvantageofthesituationandbuysomeTexascertificatesforhimself.Grund,sohisfathersaid,andpossiblythreeorfourothers,hadmadeoverahundredthousanddollarsapiece.Itwasn’texactlylegitimate,heseemedtothink,andyetitwas,too.Whyshouldn’tsuchinsideinformationberewarded?Somehow,Frankrealizedthathisfatherwastoohonest,toocautious,butwhenhegrewup,hetoldhimself,hewasgoingtobeabroker,orafinancier,orabanker,anddosomeofthesethings.

           JustatthistimetherecametotheCowperwoodsanunclewhohadnotpreviouslyappearedinthelifeofthefamily.HewasabrotherofMrs.Cowperwood’sSenecaDavisbynamesolid,unctuous,fivefeetteninheight,withabig,roundbody,around,smoothheadratherbald,aclear,ruddycomplexion,blueeyes,andwhatlittlehairhehadofasandyhue.

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