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American Match

           InthebeginninghehadheardbothHandandSchryhartsaythattheydidnotcaretobecomeinvolvedifCowperwoodwasinanyway,shape,ormannertobeincluded,butthathadbeenoverayearago,andSchryhartandHandwerenow,asitwere,leavingbothhimandhispartnertotheirfates.TheycouldhavenoobjectiontohisdealingwithCowperwoodinthiscrisisifhecouldmakesurethatthemagnatewouldnotsellhimout.Mr.Stackpolewassixfeetoneinhissocksandweighedtwohundredandthirtypounds.Cladinabrownlinensuitandstrawhat(foritwaslateJuly),hecarriedapalm-leaffanaswellashistroublesomestocksinasmallyellowleatherbag.Hewaswetwithperspirationandinagloomystateofmind.Failurewasstaringhiminthefacegiantfailure.IfAmericanMatchfellbelowtwohundredhewouldhavetoclosehisdoorsasbankerandbrokerand,inviewofwhathewascarrying,heandHullwouldfailforapproximatelytwentymilliondollars.Messrs.Hand,Schryhart,Arneel,andMerrillwouldloseintheneighborhoodofsixoreightmillionsbetweenthem.Thelocalbankswouldsufferinproportion,thoughnotnearlysoseverely,for,loaningatone-fifty,theywouldonlysacrificethedifferencebetweenthatandthelowestpointtowhichthestockmightfall.

           Cowperwoodeyedthenew-comer,whenheentered,withanequivocaleye,forheknewwellnowwhatwascoming.OnlyafewdaysbeforehehadpredictedaneventualsmashtoAddison.

           "Mr.

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