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Chapter XXV

           

           TargoolandRivershadbeendelegatedtostayatthecenterofthings,JosephandEdwardtohoveraroundontheoutsideandtopickupsuchopportunitiesofsellingasmightofferareasonablereturnonthestock.The"bears"weredeterminedtojamthingsdown,anditalldependedonhowwelltheagentsofMollenhauer,Simpson,Butler,andotherssupportedthingsinthestreet-railwayworldwhetherthosestocksretainedanystrengthornot.ThelastthingButlerhadsaidthenightbeforewasthattheywoulddothebesttheycould.Theywouldbuyuptoacertainpoint.Whethertheywouldsupportthemarketindefinitelyhewouldnotsay.HecouldnotvouchforMollenhauerandSimpson.Nordidheknowtheconditionoftheiraffairs.

           WhiletheexcitementwasatitshighestCowperwoodcamein.AshestoodinthedoorlookingtocatchtheeyeofRivers,the‘changegongsounded,andtradingstopped.Allthebrokersandtradersfacedabouttothelittlebalcony,wherethesecretaryofthe‘changemadehisannouncements;andtherehestood,thedooropenbehindhim,asmall,dark,clerklymanofthirty-eightorforty,whosesparefigureandpalefacebespokethemethodicmindthatknowsnoventurousthought.Inhisrighthandheheldaslipofwhitepaper.

           "TheAmericanFireInsuranceCompanyofBostonannouncesitsinabilitytomeetitsobligations."Thegongsoundedagain.

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