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"
The
American
Fire
Insurance
Company
of
Boston
announces
its
inability
to
meet
its
obligations
.
"
The
gong
sounded
again
.
Immediately
the
storm
broke
anew
,
more
voluble
than
before
,
because
,
if
after
one
hour
of
investigation
on
this
Monday
morning
one
insurance
company
had
gone
down
,
what
would
four
or
five
hours
or
a
day
or
two
bring
forth
?
It
meant
that
men
who
had
been
burned
out
in
Chicago
would
not
be
able
to
resume
business
.
It
meant
that
all
loans
connected
with
this
concern
had
been
,
or
would
be
called
now
.
And
the
cries
of
frightened
"
bulls
"
offering
thousand
and
five
thousand
lot
holdings
in
Northern
Pacific
,
Illinois
Central
,
Reading
,
Lake
Shore
,
Wabash
;
in
all
the
local
streetcar
lines
;
and
in
Cowperwood
's
city
loans
at
constantly
falling
prices
was
sufficient
to
take
the
heart
out
of
all
concerned
.
He
hurried
to
Arthur
Rivers
's
side
in
the
lull
;
but
there
was
little
he
could
say
.
"
It
looks
as
though
the
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
crowds
are
n't
doing
much
for
the
market
,
"
he
observed
,
gravely
.
"
They
've
had
advices
from
New
York
,
"
explained
Rivers
solemnly
.
"
It
ca
n't
be
supported
very
well
.
There
are
three
insurance
companies
over
there
on
the
verge
of
quitting
,
I
understand
.
I
expect
to
see
them
posted
any
minute
.
"
They
stepped
apart
from
the
pandemonium
,
to
discuss
ways
and
means
.
Under
his
agreement
with
Stener
,
Cowperwood
could
buy
up
to
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
city
loan
,
above
the
customary
wash
sales
,
or
market
manipulation
,
by
which
they
were
making
money
.
This
was
in
case
the
market
had
to
be
genuinely
supported
.
He
decided
to
buy
sixty
thousand
dollars
worth
now
,
and
use
this
to
sustain
his
loans
elsewhere
.
Stener
would
pay
him
for
this
instantly
,
giving
him
more
ready
cash
.
It
might
help
him
in
one
way
and
another
;
and
,
anyhow
,
it
might
tend
to
strengthen
the
other
securities
long
enough
at
least
to
allow
him
to
realize
a
little
something
now
at
better
than
ruinous
rates
.
If
only
he
had
the
means
"
to
go
short
"
on
this
market
!
If
only
doing
so
did
not
really
mean
ruin
to
his
present
position
.
It
was
characteristic
of
the
man
that
even
in
this
crisis
he
should
be
seeing
how
the
very
thing
that
of
necessity
,
because
of
his
present
obligations
,
might
ruin
him
,
might
also
,
under
slightly
different
conditions
,
yield
him
a
great
harvest
.
He
could
not
take
advantage
of
it
,
however
.
He
could
not
be
on
both
sides
of
this
market
.
It
was
either
"
bear
"
or
"
bull
,
"
and
of
necessity
he
was
"
bull
.
"
It
was
strange
but
true
.
His
subtlety
could
not
avail
him
here
.
He
was
about
to
turn
and
hurry
to
see
a
certain
banker
who
might
loan
him
something
on
his
house
,
when
the
gong
struck
again
.
Once
more
trading
ceased
.
Arthur
Rivers
,
from
his
position
at
the
State
securities
post
,
where
city
loan
was
sold
,
and
where
he
had
started
to
buy
for
Cowperwood
,
looked
significantly
at
him
.
Newton
Targool
hurried
to
Cowperwood
's
side
.
"
You
're
up
against
it
,
"
he
exclaimed
.
"
I
would
n't
try
to
sell
against
this
market
.
It
's
no
use
.
They
're
cutting
the
ground
from
under
you
.
The
bottom
's
out
.
Things
are
bound
to
turn
in
a
few
days
.
Ca
n't
you
hold
out
?
Here
's
more
trouble
.
"
He
raised
his
eyes
to
the
announcer
's
balcony
.
"
The
Eastern
and
Western
Fire
Insurance
Company
of
New
York
announces
that
it
can
not
meet
its
obligations
.
"
A
low
sound
something
like
"
Haw
!
"
broke
forth
.
The
announcer
's
gavel
struck
for
order
.
