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Chapter XXII

           Hisfather’sbankhadmadeoneloantooneoftheprincipalstockholders,andthatwaspromptlycalled,ofcourse.Then,throughanagent,theseveralheaviestshareholderswereapproachedandanofferwasmadetohelpthemout.Thestockswouldbetakenofftheirhandsatforty.Theyhadnotreallybeenabletodiscoverthesourceofalltheirwoes;andtheyimaginedthattheroadwasinbadcondition,whichitwasnot.Betterletitgo.Themoneywasimmediatelyforthcoming,andCowperwoodandStenerjointlycontrolledfifty-onepercent.But,asinthecaseoftheNorthPennsylvanialine,Cowperwoodhadbeenquietlybuyingallofthesmallminorityholdings,sothathehadinrealityfifty-onepercent.ofthestock,andStenertwenty-fivepercent.more.

           Thisintoxicatedhim,forimmediatelyhesawtheopportunityoffulfillinghislong-contemplateddreamthatofreorganizingthecompanyinconjunctionwiththeNorthPennsylvanialine,issuingthreeshareswhereonehadbeenbeforeandafterunloadingallbutacontrolonthegeneralpublic,usingthemoneysecuredtobuyintootherlineswhichweretobeboomedandsoldinthesameway.Inshort,hewasoneofthoseearly,daringmanipulatorswholaterweretoseizeuponotherandeverlargerphasesofAmericannaturaldevelopmentfortheirownaggrandizement.

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