Финансист

Chapter XXIII

           NothingcouldbedoneonSaturdayorSundayaftertheexchangeclosed,fortheopeningreportscametoolate.OnMonday,however,thefactswerepouringinthickandfast;andtheownersofrailroadsecurities,governmentsecurities,street-carsecurities,and,indeed,allotherformsofstocksandbonds,begantothrowthemonthemarketinordertoraisecash.Thebanksnaturallywerecallingtheirloans,andtheresultwasastockstampedewhichequaledtheBlackFridayofWallStreetoftwoyearsbefore.

           Cowperwoodandhisfatherwereoutoftownatthetimethefirebegan.Theyhadgonewithseveralfriendsbankerstolookataproposedrouteofextensionofalocalsteam-railroad,onwhichaloanwasdesired.Inbuggiestheyhaddrivenoveragoodportionoftheroute,andwerereturningtoPhiladelphialateSundayeveningwhenthecriesofnewsboyshawkingan"extra"reachedtheirears.

           "Ho!Extra!Extra!AllaboutthebigChicagofire!"

           "Ho!Extra!Extra!Chicagoburningdown!Extra!Extra!"

           Thecrieswerelong-drawn-out,ominous,pathetic.IntheduskofthedrearySundayafternoon,whenthecityhadapparentlyretiredtoSabbathmeditationandprayer,withthattingeofthedyingyearinthefoliageandintheair,onecaughtasenseofsomethinggrimandgloomy.

           "Hey,boy,"calledCowperwood,listening,seeingashabbilyclothedmisfitofaboywithabundleofpapersunderhisarmturningacorner.

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