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Chapter LIX

           Untilwhichtimewemustasktheirpatientconsideration.Webelieveourassetstobelargelyinexcessofourliabilities.JayCooke&Co.

           AmagnificentgleamoftriumphsprangintoCowperwood’seye.Incompanywithmanyothersheturnedandranbacktowardtheexchange,whileareporter,whohadcomeforinformationknockedatthemassivedoorsofthebankinghouse,andwastoldbyaporter,whopeeredoutofadiamond-shapedaperture,thatJayCookehadgonehomeforthedayandwasnottobeseen.

           "Now,"thoughtCowperwood,towhomthispanicspelledopportunity,notruin,"I’llgetmyinnings.I’llgoshortofthis—ofeverything."

           Before,whenthepanicfollowingtheChicagofirehadoccurred,hehadbeenlong—hadbeencompelledtostaylongofmanythingsinordertoprotecthimself.To-dayhehadnothingtospeakof—perhapsapaltryseventy-fivethousanddollarswhichhehadmanagedtoscrapetogether.ThankGod!hehadonlythereputationofWingate’soldhousetolose,ifhelost,whichwasnothing.Withitasatradingagencybehindhim—withitasanexcuseforhispresence,hisrighttobuyandsell—hehadeverythingtogain.Wheremanymenwerethinkingofruin,hewasthinkingofsuccess.HewouldhaveWingateandhistwobrothersunderhimtoexecutehisordersexactly.Hecouldpickupafourthandafifthmanifnecessary.

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