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           OldPeterLaughlin,rejuvenatedbyCowperwood’selectricideas,wasmakingmoneyforthehouse.Hebroughtmanybitsofinterestinggossipfromthefloor,andsuchshrewdguessesastowhatcertaingroupsandindividualswereupto,thatCowperwoodwasabletomakesomeverybrilliantdeductions.

           "ByGosh!Frank,IthinkIknowexactlywhatthemfellersaretryingtodo,"Laughlinwouldfrequentlyremarkofamorning,afterhehadlaininhislonelyHarrisonStreetbedmeditatingthemajorportionofthenight."ThatthereStockYardsgang"(andbyganghemeantmostofthegreatmanipulators,likeArneel,Hand,Schryhartandothers)"areaftercornagain.Wewanttogitlongo’thatnow,orImissmyguess.Whatdoyouthink,huh?"

           Cowperwood,schooledbynowinmanyWesternsubtletieswhichhehadnotpreviouslyknown,anddailybecomingwiser,wouldasarulegiveaninstantaneousdecision.

           "You’reright.Riskahundredthousandbushels.IthinkNewYorkCentralisgoingtodropapointortwoinafewdays.We’dbettergoshortapoint."

           LaughlincouldneverfigureoutquitehowitwasthatCowperwoodalwaysseemedtoknowandwasreadytoactquiteasquicklyinlocalmattersashewashimself.HeunderstoodhiswisdomconcerningEasternsharesandthingsdealtinontheEasternexchange,buttheseChicagomatters?

           "Whutmakesyouthinkthat?"heaskedCowperwood,oneday,quitecuriously.

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