Финансист

Chapter XLI

           

           "Objectionsustained,"declaredJudgePayderson,"theprosecutionwillpleasebemoreexplicit";andShannonwentonwithhiscase.

           Stener’stestimony,inonerespect,wasmostimportant,foritmadeplainwhatCowperwooddidnotwantbroughtoutnamely,thatheandStenerhadhadadisputebeforethis;thatStenerhaddistinctlytoldCowperwoodthathewouldnotloanhimanymoremoney;thatCowperwoodhadtoldStener,onthedaybeforehesecuredthischeck,andagainonthatveryday,thathewasinaverydesperatesituationfinancially,andthatifhewerenotassistedtotheextentofthreehundredthousanddollarshewouldfail,andthatthenbothheandStenerwouldberuined.Onthemorningofthisday,accordingtoStener,hehadsentCowperwoodaletterorderinghimtoceasepurchasingcityloancertificatesforthesinking-fund.ItwasaftertheirconversationonthesameafternoonthatCowperwoodsurreptitiouslysecuredthecheckforsixtythousanddollarsfromAlbertStireswithouthis(Stener’s)knowledge;anditwassubsequenttothislatteragainthatStener,sendingAlberttodemandthereturnofthecheck,wasrefused,thoughthenextdayatfiveo’clockintheafternoonCowperwoodmadeanassignment.Andthecertificatesforwhichthecheckhadbeenpurloinedwerenotinthesinking-fundastheyshouldhavebeen.ThiswasdarktestimonyforCowperwood.

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