Финансист

Chapter LIX

           

           "FivethousandofNewYorkCentralatninety-nine,ninety-eight,ninety-seven,ninety-six,ninety-five,ninety-four,ninety-three,ninety-two,ninety-one,ninety,eighty-nine,"youmighthaveheardhimcall;andwhenhissaleswerenotsufficientlybriskhewouldturntosomethingelseRockIsland,Panama,CentralPacific,WesternUnion,Northwestern,UnionPacific.HesawhisbrotherandWingatehurryingin,andstoppedinhisworklongenoughtoinstructthem."Selleverythingyoucan,"hecautionedthemquietly,"atfifteenpointsoffifyouhavetonolowerthanthatnowandbuyallyoucanbelowit.Ed,youseeifyoucannotbuyupsomelocalstreet-railwaysatfifteenoff.Joe,youstaynearmeandbuywhenItellyou."

           Thesecretaryoftheboardappearedonhislittleplatform.

           "E.W.Clark&Company,"heannounced,atone-thirty,"havejustclosedtheirdoors."

           "Tighe&Company,"hecalledatone-forty-five,"announcethattheyarecompelledtosuspend."

           "TheFirstNationalBankofPhiladelphia,"hecalled,attwoo’clock,"begstostatethatitcannotatpresentmeetitsobligations."

           Aftereachannouncement,always,asinthepast,whenthegonghadcompelledsilence,thecrowdbrokeintoanominous"Aw,aw,aw."

           "Tighe&Company,"thoughtCowperwood,forasinglesecond,whenheheardit."There’sanendofhim."Andthenhereturnedtohistask.

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