Финансист

Chapter XXV

           Ihavefivehundredthousandofthecity’smoneyinvestedforyoupartlyforme,andpartlyforyou,butmoreforyouthanforme"—which,bytheway,wasnottrue—"andhereyouarehesitatinginanhourlikethisastowhetheryouwillprotectyourinterestornot.Ican’tunderstandit.Thisisacrisis,George.Stocksaretumblingoneverysideeverybody’sstocks.You’renotaloneinthisneitheramI.Thisisapanic,broughtonbyafire,andyoucan’texpecttocomeoutofapanicaliveunlessyoudosomethingtoprotectyourself.YousayyouoweyourplacetoMollenhauerandthatyou’reafraidofwhathe’lldo.Ifyoulookatyourownsituationandmine,you’llseethatitdoesn’tmakemuchdifferencewhathedoes,solongasIdon’tfail.IfIfail,whereareyou?Who’sgoingtosaveyoufromprosecution?WillMollenhaueroranyoneelsecomeforwardandputfivehundredthousanddollarsinthetreasuryforyou?Hewillnot.IfMollenhauerandtheothershaveyourinterestsatheart,whyaren’ttheyhelpingmeon‘changetoday?I’lltellyouwhy.Theywantyourstreet-railwayholdingsandmine,andtheydon’tcarewhetheryougotojailafterwardornot.Nowifyou’rewiseyouwilllistentome.I’vebeenloyaltoyou,haven’tI?You’vemademoneythroughmelotsofit.Ifyou’rewise,George,you’llgotoyourofficeandwritemeyourcheckforthreehundredthousanddollars,anyhow,beforeyoudoasingleotherthing.Don’tseeanybodyanddon’tdoanythingtillyou’vedonethat.

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