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The Planet Mars

           Aftersomepreliminaries,duringwhichCowperwoodpaidaflyingvisittoThreadneedleStreetinLondon,andtoWallStreetinNewYork,anarrangementwasmadewithanEnglish–AmericanbankingcompanybywhichthemajorityofthebondsforhisproposedroadsweretakenoverbythemforsaleinEuropeandelsewhere,andhewasgivenamplemeanswherewithtoproceed.Instantlythestocksofhissurfacelinesboundedinprice,andthosewhohadbeenschemingtobringaboutCowperwood’sdownfallgnashedimpotentteeth.EvenHaeckelheimer&Co.wereinterested.

           AnsonMerrill,whohadonlyafewweeksbeforegivenalargefieldforathleticpurposestotheUniversity,pulledawryfaceoverthissuddeneclipseofhisglory.HosmerHand,whohadgivenachemicallaboratory,andSchryhart,whohadpresentedadormitory,weredepressedtothinkthatabenefactionlesscostlythantheirsshouldcreate,becauseofthedistinctionoftheidea,somuchmorenotablecomment.Itwasmerelyanotherexampleofthebrilliantfortunewhichseemedtopursuetheman,thestarthatsetalltheirplansatdefiance.

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