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           Mr.HandwasthinkingthatMessrs.HullandStackpolemightbeforcedtopartwithalltheirremainingholdingsatfiftycentsonthedollarorless.Thenifitcouldpossiblybetakenandcarriedbytheunitedbanksforthem(Schryhart,himself,Arneel)andsoldataprofitlater,heandhisassociatesmightrecoupsomeoftheirlosses.Thelocalbanksatthebehestofthebigquadrumviratemightbecoercedintostrainingtheirresourcesstillfurther.Buthowwasthistobedone?How,indeed?

           ItwasSchryhartwho,inpumpinganddiggingatStackpolewhenhefinallyarrivedthere,managedtoextractfromhimthetruthinregardtohisvisittoCowperwood.Asamatteroffact,SchryharthimselfhadbeenguiltythisverydayofhavingthrowntwothousandsharesofAmericanMatchonthemarketunknowntohisconfreres.Naturally,hewaseagertolearnwhetherStackpoleoranyoneelsehadtheleastsuspicionthathewasinvolved.AsaconsequencehequestionedStackpoleclosely,andthelatter,beinganxiousastotheoutcomeofhisowninterests,wasnotunwillingtomakeacleanbreast.Hehadthejustificationinhisownmindthatthequadrumviratehadbeenreadytodeserthimanyhow.

           "Whydidyougotohim?"exclaimedSchryhart,professingtobegreatlyastonishedandannoyed,as,indeed,inonesensehewas."Ithoughtwehadadistinctunderstandinginthebeginningthatundernocircumstanceswashetobeincludedinanyportionofthis.Youmightaswellgotothedevilhimselfforassistanceasgothere.

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