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Chapter VI

           Fromahallonthethirdflooradoorgaveentrancetoavisitor’sgallery,smallandpoorlyfurnished;andonthewestwallalargeblackboardcarriedcurrentquotationsinstocksastelegraphedfromNewYorkandBoston.Awicket-likefenceinthecenteroftheroomsurroundedthedeskandchairoftheofficialrecorder;andaverysmallgalleryopeningfromthethirdflooronthewestgaveplaceforthesecretaryoftheboard,whenhehadanyspecialannouncementtomake.Therewasaroomoffthesouthwestcorner,wherereportsandannualcompendiumsofchairswereremovedandatdifferentsignsindicatingwherecertainstocksofvariouskindswerekeptandwereavailablefortheuseofmembers.

           YoungCowperwoodwouldnothavebeenadmittedatall,aseitherabrokerorbroker’sagentorassistant,exceptthatTighe,feelingthatheneededhimandbelievingthathewouldbeveryuseful,boughthimaseaton‘changechargingthetwothousanddollarsitcostasadebtandthenostensiblytakinghimintopartnership.Itwasagainsttherulesoftheexchangetoshamapartnershipinthiswayinordertoputamanonthefloor,butbrokersdidit.Thesemenwhowereknowntobeminorpartnersandfloorassistantswerederisivelycalled"eighthchasers"and"two-dollarbrokers,"becausetheywerealwaysseekingsmallordersandwerewillingtobuyorsellforanybodyontheircommission,accounting,ofcourse,totheirfirmsfortheirwork.

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