Финансист

Chapter LIX

           Itwasinaccessible,andwouldremainsoforyearstocome.Nodoubtthousandshadsubscribedtobuildthisroad;but,too,thousandswouldnowfailifithadfailed.Nowthecrashhadcome.Thegriefandtherageofthepublicwouldbeintense.Fordaysanddaysandweeksandmonths,normalconfidenceandcouragewouldbegone.Thiswashishour.Thiswashisgreatmoment.Likeawolfprowlingunderglittering,bitterstarsinthenight,hewaslookingdownintothehumblefoldsofsimplemenandseeingwhattheirignoranceandtheirunsophisticationwouldcostthem.

           Hehurriedbacktotheexchange,theverysameroominwhichonlytwoyearsbeforehehadfoughthislosingfight,and,findingthathispartnerandhisbrotherhadnotyetcome,begantoselleverythinginsight.Pandemoniumhadbrokenloose.Boysandmenwerefairlytearinginfromallsectionswithordersfrompanic-struckbrokerstosell,sell,sell,andlaterwithorderstobuy;thevarioustrading-postswerereeling,swirlingmassesofbrokersandtheiragents.OutsideinthestreetinfrontofJayCooke&Co.,Clark&Co.,theGirardNationalBank,andotherinstitutions,immensecrowdswerebeginningtoform.Theywerehurryingheretolearnthetrouble,towithdrawtheirdeposits,toprotecttheirinterestsgenerally.ApolicemanarrestedaboyforcallingoutthefailureofJayCooke&Co.,butneverthelessthenewsofthegreatdisasterwasspreadinglikewild-fire.

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