A New York Mansion

           ThefailureofAmericanMatchthenextmorningwasoneofthoseeventsthatstirredthecityandthenationandlingeredinthemindsofmenforyears.AtthelastmomentitwasdecidedthatinlieuofcallingCowperwood’sloansHull&Stackpolehadbestbesacrificed,thestock-exchangeclosed,andalltradingended.Thisprotectedstocksfromatleastaquotabledeclineandleftthebanksfreeforseveraldays(tenalltold)inwhichtorepairtheirdisruptedfinancesandbuttressthemselvesagainsttheeventualfacts.Naturally,theminorspeculatorsthroughoutthecitythosewhohadexpectedtomakeafortuneoutofthiscrashragedandcomplained,but,beingfacedbyanadamantineexchangedirectorate,asubservientpress,andthealliancebetweenthebigbankersandtheheavyquadrumvirate,therewasnothingtobedone.Therespectivebankpresidentstalkedsolemnlyof"ameretemporaryflurry,"Hand,Schryhart,Merrill,andArneelwentstillfurtherintotheirpocketstoprotecttheirinterests,andCowperwood,triumphant,wasroundlydenouncedbythesmallerfryasa"bucaneer,"a"pirate,"a"wolf"—indeed,anyopprobrioustermthatcameintotheirminds.Thelargermenfacedsquarelythefactthatherewasanenemyworthyoftheirsteel.

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