Chapter XXIX

           Buttimewasnotathingtobehadinthisemergency.Withtheseventy-fivethousanddollarshisfriendshadextendedtohim,andsixtythousanddollarssecuredfromStires,CowperwoodmettheGirardcallandplacedthebalance,thirty-fivethousanddollars,inaprivatesafeinhisownhome.Hethenmadeafinalappealtothebankersandfinanciers,buttheyrefusedtohelphim.Hedidnot,however,commiseratehimselfinthishour.Helookedoutofhisofficewindowintothelittlecourt,andsighed.Whatmorecouldhedo?Hesentanotetohisfather,askinghimtocallforlunch.Hesentanotetohislawyer,HarperSteger,amanofhisownagewhomhelikedverymuch,andaskedhimtocallalso.Heevolvedinhisownmindvariousplansofdelay,addressestocreditorsandthelike,butalas!hewasgoingtofail.Andtheworstofitwasthatthismatterofthecitytreasurer’sloanswasboundtobecomeapublic,andmorethanapublic,apolitical,scandal.Andthechargeofconniving,ifnotillegally,atleastmorally,atthemisuseofthecity’smoneywastheonethingthatwouldhurthimmost.

           Howindustriouslyhisrivalswouldadvertisethisfact!Hemightgetonhisfeetagainifhefailed;butitwouldbeuphillwork.Andhisfather!Hisfatherwouldbepulleddownwithhim.Itwasprobablethathewouldbeforcedoutofthepresidencyofhisbank.WiththesethoughtsCowperwoodsattherewaiting.AshedidsoAileenButlerwasannouncedbyhisoffice-boy,andatthesametimeAlbertStires.

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