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Chapter XXV

           Heatoncewroteacheckagainstfiftythousanddollarsofhisdepositsinthatbank,tooktwenty-fivethousandofhisavailableofficefunds,calledaloanoffiftythousandagainstTighe&Co.,andsoldsixtythousandGreen&Coates,alinehehadbeententativelydabblingin,forone-thirdtheirvalueand,combiningthegeneralresults,sentthemalltotheThirdNational.Hisfatherwasimmenselyrelievedfromonepointofview,butsadlydepressedfromanother.Hehurriedoutatthenoon-hourtoseewhathisownholdingswouldbring.Hewascompromisinghimselfinawaybydoingit,buthisparentalheart,aswellasisownfinancialinterests,wereinvolved.Bymortgaginghishouseandsecuringloansonhisfurniture,carriages,lots,andstocks,hemanagedtoraiseonehundredthousandincash,anddepositeditinhisownbanktoFrank’scredit;butitwasaverylightanchortowindwardinthisswirlingstorm,atthat.Frankhadbeencountingongettingallofhisloansextendedthreeorfourdaysatleast.Reviewinghissituationattwoo’clockofthisMondayafternoon,hesaidtohimselfthoughtfullybutgrimly:"Well,Stenerhastoloanmethreehundredthousandthat’sallthereistoit.AndI’llhavetoseeButlernow,orhe’llbecallinghisloanbeforethree."

           Hehurriedout,andwasofftoButler’shouse,drivinglikemad.

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