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Chapter VI

           MyGod,therumorsofthestockexchange!Theybeatthedevil.Ifthey’regoingdowninordinarytimessomeoneisunloading,orthey’reriggingthemarket.Ifthey’regoingupGodknowstimesmustbegoodorsomebodymustbebuyingthat’ssure.Beyondthatwell,askRiverstoshowyoutheropes.Don’tyoueverloseforme,though.That’sthecardinalsininthisoffice."Hegrinnedmaliciously,evenifkindly,atthat.

           Cowperwoodunderstoodnonebetter.Thissubtleworldappealedtohim.Itansweredtohistemperament.

           Therewererumors,rumors,rumorsofgreatrailwayandstreet-carundertakings,landdevelopments,governmentrevisionofthetariff,warbetweenFranceandTurkey,famineinRussiaorIreland,andsoon.ThefirstAtlanticcablehadnotbeenlaidasyet,andnewsofanykindfromabroadwasslowandmeager.Stillthereweregreatfinancialfiguresintheheld,menwho,likeCyrusField,orWilliamH.Vanderbilt,orF.X.Drexel,weredoingmarvelousthings,andtheiractivitiesandtherumorsconcerningthemcountedformuch.

           Franksoonpickedupallofthetechnicalitiesofthesituation.A"bull,"helearned,wasonewhoboughtinanticipationofahigherpricetocome;andifhewas"loadedup"witha"line"ofstockshewassaidtobe"long."Hesoldto"realize"hisprofit,orifhismarginswereexhaustedhewas"wipedout.

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