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American Match

           Iamwillingtoprotectmyinterestsinthisthinguptoacertainpoint.AsItoldyou,IagreenottothrowasingleshareonthemarketofallthatInowhave.ButmorethanthatIcannotdo.Theothergentlemeninthisagreementwillhavetoprotectthemselvesasbesttheycan.Ihaveotherthingstolookoutforthatarejustasimportanttome,andmoreso,thanAmericanMatch."

           ItwasthesamewithMr.Schryhart,who,strokingacrisp,blackmustache,waswonderingwhetherhehadnotbetterthrowoverwhatholdingshehadandclearout;however,hefearedtherageofHandandArneelforbreakingthemarketandthusbringingonalocalpanic.Itwasriskybusiness.ArneelandMerrillfinallyagreedtoholdfirmtowhattheyhad;but,astheytoldMr.Hull,nothingcouldinducethemto"protect"anothershare,comewhatmight.

           InthiscrisisnaturallyMessrs.HullandStackpoleestimablegentlemenbothweregreatlydepressed.Bynomeanssowealthyastheirloftypatrons,theirprivatefortuneswereinmuchgreaterjeopardy.Theywereeagertomakeanyportinsoblackastorm.Witness,then,thearrivalofBenoniStackpoleattheofficeofFrankAlgernonCowperwood.Hewasattheendofhistether,andCowperwoodwastheonlyreallyrichmaninthecitynotyetinvolvedinthisspeculation.

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