Финансист

Chapter LVIII

           

           OnSeptember18,1873,attwelve-fifteenofabrilliantautumnday,inthecityofPhiladelphia,oneofthemoststartlingfinancialtragediesthattheworldhaseverseenhaditscommencement.ThebankinghouseofJayCooke&Co.,theforemostfinancialorganizationofAmerica,doingbusinessatNumber114SouthThirdStreetinPhiladelphia,andwithbranchesinNewYork,Washington,andLondon,closeditsdoors.ThosewhoknowanythingaboutthefinancialcrisesoftheUnitedStatesknowwellthesignificanceofthepanicwhichfollowed.Itisspokenofinallhistoriesasthepanicof1873,andthewidespreadruinanddisasterwhichfollowedwaspracticallyunprecedentedinAmericanhistory.

           AtthistimeCowperwood,oncemoreabrokerostensiblyabroker’sagentwasdoingbusinessinSouthThirdStreet,andrepresentingWingate&Co.on‘change.DuringthesixmonthswhichhadelapsedsincehehademergedfromtheEasternPenitentiaryhehadbeenquietlyresumingfinancial,ifnotsocial,relationswiththosewhohadknownhimbefore.

           Furthermore,Wingate&Co.wereprospering,andhadbeenforsometime,afactwhichredoundedtohiscreditwiththosewhoknew.OstensiblyhelivedwithhiswifeinasmallhouseonNorthTwenty-firstStreet.InrealityheoccupiedabachelorapartmentonNorthFifteenthStreet,towhichAileenoccasionallyrepaired.

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