Финансист

Chapter LIX

           

           Whenthetimeforclosingcame,hiscoattorn,hiscollartwistedloose,hisnecktieripped,hishatlost,heemergedsane,quiet,steady-mannered.

           "Well,Ed,"heinquired,meetinghisbrother,"how’dyoumakeout?"Thelatterwasequallytorn,scratched,exhausted.

           "Christ,"hereplied,tuggingathissleeves,"Ineversawsuchaplaceasthis.Theyalmosttoremyclothesoff."

           "Buyanylocalstreet-railways?"

           "Aboutfivethousandshares."

           "We’dbettergodowntoGreen’s,"Frankobserved,referringtothelobbyoftheprincipalhotel."We’renotthroughyet.There’llbemoretradingthere."

           HeledthewaytofindWingateandhisbrotherJoe,andtogethertheywereoff,figuringupsomeofthelargerphasesoftheirpurchasesandsalesastheywent.

           And,ashepredicted,theexcitementdidnotendwiththecomingofthenight.ThecrowdlingeredinfrontofJayCooke&Co.‘sonThirdStreetandinfrontofotherinstitutions,waitingapparentlyforsomedevelopmentwhichwouldbefavorabletothem.FortheinitiatedthecenterofdebateandagitationwasGreen’sHotel,whereontheeveningoftheeighteenththelobbyandcorridorswerecrowdedwithbankers,brokers,andspeculators.Thestockexchangehadpracticallyadjournedtothathotelenmasse.Whatofthemorrow?Whowouldbethenexttofail?Fromwhencewouldmoneybeforthcoming?Thesewerethetopicsfromeachmindanduponeachtongue.

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