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"
Oh
,
"
replied
Butler
,
still
not
gathering
the
significance
of
it
.
"
It
's
burning
down
the
business
section
there
,
Mr.
Butler
,
"
went
on
Cowperwood
ominously
,
"
and
I
fancy
it
's
going
to
disturb
financial
conditions
here
to-morrow
.
That
is
what
I
have
come
to
see
you
about
.
How
are
your
investments
?
Pretty
well
drawn
in
?
"
Butler
suddenly
gathered
from
Cowperwood
's
expression
that
there
was
something
very
wrong
.
He
put
up
his
large
hand
as
he
leaned
back
in
his
big
leather
chair
,
and
covered
his
mouth
and
chin
with
it
.
Over
those
big
knuckles
,
and
bigger
nose
,
thick
and
cartilaginous
,
his
large
,
shaggy-eyebrowed
eyes
gleamed
.
His
gray
,
bristly
hair
stood
up
stiffly
in
a
short
,
even
growth
all
over
his
head
.
"
So
that
's
it
,
"
he
said
.
"
You
're
expectin
'
trouble
to-morrow
.
How
are
your
own
affairs
?
"
"
I
'm
in
pretty
good
shape
,
I
think
,
all
told
,
if
the
money
element
of
this
town
does
n't
lose
its
head
and
go
wild
.
There
has
to
be
a
lot
of
common
sense
exercised
to-morrow
,
or
to-night
,
even
.
You
know
we
are
facing
a
real
panic
.
Mr.
Butler
,
you
may
as
well
know
that
.
It
may
not
last
long
,
but
while
it
does
it
will
be
bad
.
Stocks
are
going
to
drop
to-morrow
ten
or
fifteen
points
on
the
opening
.
The
banks
are
going
to
call
their
loans
unless
some
arrangement
can
be
made
to
prevent
them
.
No
one
man
can
do
that
.
It
will
have
to
be
a
combination
of
men
.
You
and
Mr.
Simpson
and
Mr.
Mollenhauer
might
do
it
--
that
is
,
you
could
if
you
could
persuade
the
big
banking
people
to
combine
to
back
the
market
.
There
is
going
to
be
a
raid
on
local
street-railways
--
all
of
them
.
Unless
they
are
sustained
the
bottom
is
going
to
drop
out
.
I
have
always
known
that
you
were
long
on
those
.
I
thought
you
and
Mr.
Mollenhauer
and
some
of
the
others
might
want
to
act
.
If
you
do
n't
I
might
as
well
confess
that
it
is
going
to
go
rather
hard
with
me
.
I
am
not
strong
enough
to
face
this
thing
alone
.
"
He
was
meditating
on
how
he
should
tell
the
whole
truth
in
regard
to
Stener
.
"
Well
,
now
,
that
's
pretty
bad
,
"
said
Butler
,
calmly
and
meditatively
.
He
was
thinking
of
his
own
affairs
.
A
panic
was
not
good
for
him
either
,
but
he
was
not
in
a
desperate
state
.
He
could
not
fail
.
He
might
lose
some
money
,
but
not
a
vast
amount
--
before
he
could
adjust
things
.
Still
he
did
not
care
to
lose
any
money
.
"
How
is
it
you
're
so
bad
off
?
"
he
asked
,
curiously
.
He
was
wondering
how
the
fact
that
the
bottom
was
going
to
drop
out
of
local
street-railways
would
affect
Cowperwood
so
seriously
.
"
You
're
not
carryin
'
any
of
them
things
,
are
you
?
"
he
added
.
It
was
now
a
question
of
lying
or
telling
the
truth
,
and
Cowperwood
was
literally
afraid
to
risk
lying
in
this
dilemma
.
If
he
did
not
gain
Butler
's
comprehending
support
he
might
fail
,
and
if
he
failed
the
truth
would
come
out
,
anyhow
.
