Финансист

Chapter X

           Notmuch—hewastooself-sufficient,tooresourceful;andyetheworried,conjuringupthoughtsofdeathandtheendoftheirpresentstate.Thenwordcame,aftercertainpiercing,harrowingcries,thatallwaswell,andhewaspermittedtolookatthenewarrival.Theexperiencebroadenedhisconceptionofthings,madehimmoresolidinhisjudgmentoflife.Thatoldconvictionoftragedyunderlyingthesurfaceofthings,likewoodunderitsveneer,wasemphasized.LittleFrank,andlaterLillian,blue-eyedandgolden-haired,touchedhisimaginationforawhile.Therewasagooddealtothishomeidea,afterall.Thatwasthewaylifewasorganized,andproperlyso—itscornerstonewasthehome.

           Itwouldbeimpossibletoindicatefullyhowsubtlewerethematerialchangeswhichtheseyearsinvolved—changessogradualthattheywere,likethelapofsoftwaters,unnoticeable.Considerable—agreatdeal,consideringhowlittlehehadtobeginwith—wealthwasaddedinthenextfiveyears.Hecame,inhisfinancialworld,toknowfairlyintimately,ascommercialrelationshipsgo,someofthesubtlestcharactersofthesteadilyenlargingfinancialworld.InhisdaysatTighe’sandontheexchange,manycuriousfigureshadbeenpointedouttohim—Stateandcityofficialsofonegradeandanotherwhowere"makingsomethingoutofpolitics,"andsomenationalfigureswhocamefromWashingtontoPhiladelphiaattimestoseeDrexel&Co.,Clark&Co.,andevenTighe&Co.

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