Финансист

Chapter XXVII

           JosephZimmermanwouldonlyrisktwenty-fivethousanddollars.Hecouldseewhere,alltold,hemightraiseseventy-fivethousanddollarsbyhypothecatingdoubletheamountinshares;butthiswasridiculouslyinsufficient.Hehadfiguredagain,toadollar,andhemusthaveatleasttwohundredandfiftythousanddollarsaboveallhispresentholdings,orhemustclosehisdoors.To-morrowattwoo’clockhewouldknow.Ifhedidn’thewouldbewrittendownas"failed"onascoreofledgersinPhiladelphia.

           Whataprettypassforonetocometowhosehopeshadsorecentlyrunsohigh!TherewasaloanofonehundredthousanddollarsfromtheGirardNationalBankwhichhewasparticularlyanxioustoclearoff.Thisbankwasthemostimportantinthecity,andifheretaineditsgoodwillbymeetingthisloanpromptlyhemighthopeforfavorsinthefuturewhateverhappened.Yet,atthemoment,hedidnotseehowhecoulddoit.Hedecided,however,aftersomereflection,thathewoulddeliverthestockswhichJudgeKitchen,Zimmerman,andothershadagreedtotakeandgettheirchecksorcashyetthisnight.ThenhewouldpersuadeStenertolethimhaveacheckforthesixtythousanddollars’worthofcityloanhehadpurchasedthismorningon‘change.Outofithecouldtaketwenty-fivethousanddollarstomakeupthebalanceduethebank,andstillhavethirty-fivethousandforhimself.

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