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And
in
her
room
Lillian
Cowperwood
turned
and
tossed
in
the
face
of
this
new
calamity
.
For
it
had
suddenly
appeared
from
news
from
her
father
and
Frank
and
Anna
and
her
mother-in-law
that
Frank
was
about
to
fail
,
or
would
,
or
had
--
it
was
almost
impossible
to
say
just
how
it
was
.
Frank
was
too
busy
to
explain
.
The
Chicago
fire
was
to
blame
.
There
was
no
mention
as
yet
of
the
city
treasurership
.
Frank
was
caught
in
a
trap
,
and
was
fighting
for
his
life
.
In
this
crisis
,
for
the
moment
,
she
forgot
about
the
note
as
to
his
infidelity
,
or
rather
ignored
it
.
She
was
astonished
,
frightened
,
dumbfounded
,
confused
.
Her
little
,
placid
,
beautiful
world
was
going
around
in
a
dizzy
ring
.
The
charming
,
ornate
ship
of
their
fortune
was
being
blown
most
ruthlessly
here
and
there
.
She
felt
it
a
sort
of
duty
to
stay
in
bed
and
try
to
sleep
;
but
her
eyes
were
quite
wide
,
and
her
brain
hurt
her
.
Hours
before
Frank
had
insisted
that
she
should
not
bother
about
him
,
that
she
could
do
nothing
;
and
she
had
left
him
,
wondering
more
than
ever
what
and
where
was
the
line
of
her
duty
.
To
stick
by
her
husband
,
convention
told
her
;
and
so
she
decided
.
Yes
,
religion
dictated
that
,
also
custom
.
There
were
the
children
.
They
must
not
be
injured
.
Frank
must
be
reclaimed
,
if
possible
.
He
would
get
over
this
.
But
what
a
blow
!
The
suspension
of
the
banking
house
of
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
&
Co.
created
a
great
stir
on
'
change
and
in
Philadelphia
generally
.
It
was
so
unexpected
,
and
the
amount
involved
was
comparatively
so
large
.
Actually
he
failed
for
one
million
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
;
and
his
assets
,
under
the
depressed
condition
of
stock
values
,
barely
totaled
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
.
There
had
been
considerable
work
done
on
the
matter
of
his
balance-sheet
before
it
was
finally
given
to
the
public
;
but
when
it
was
,
stocks
dropped
an
additional
three
points
generally
,
and
the
papers
the
next
day
devoted
notable
headlines
to
it
.
Cowperwood
had
no
idea
of
failing
permanently
;
he
merely
wished
to
suspend
temporarily
,
and
later
,
if
possible
,
to
persuade
his
creditors
to
allow
him
to
resume
.
There
were
only
two
things
which
stood
in
the
way
of
this
:
the
matter
of
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
borrowed
from
the
city
treasury
at
a
ridiculously
low
rate
of
interest
,
which
showed
plainer
than
words
what
had
been
going
on
,
and
the
other
,
the
matter
of
the
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
.
His
financial
wit
had
told
him
there
were
ways
to
assign
his
holdings
in
favor
of
his
largest
creditors
,
which
would
tend
to
help
him
later
to
resume
;
and
he
had
been
swift
to
act
.
Indeed
,
Harper
Steger
had
drawn
up
documents
which
named
Jay
Cooke
&
Co.
,
Edward
Clark
&
Co.
,
Drexel
&
Co.
,
and
others
as
preferred
.
He
knew
that
even
though
dissatisfied
holders
of
smaller
shares
in
his
company
brought
suit
and
compelled
readjustment
or
bankruptcy
later
,
the
intention
shown
to
prefer
some
of
his
most
influential
aids
was
important
.
They
would
like
it
,
and
might
help
him
later
when
all
this
was
over
.
Besides
,
suits
in
plenty
are
an
excellent
way
of
tiding
over
a
crisis
of
this
kind
until
stocks
and
common
sense
are
restored
,
and
he
was
for
many
suits
.
Harper
Steger
smiled
once
rather
grimly
,
even
in
the
whirl
of
the
financial
chaos
where
smiles
were
few
,
as
they
were
figuring
it
out
.
"
Frank
,
"
he
said
,
"
you
're
a
wonder
.
You
'll
have
a
network
of
suits
spread
here
shortly
,
which
no
one
can
break
through
.
They
'll
all
be
suing
each
other
.
"
Cowperwood
smiled
.
"
I
only
want
a
little
time
,
that
's
all
,
"
he
replied
.
Nevertheless
,
for
the
first
time
in
his
life
he
was
a
little
depressed
;
for
now
this
business
,
to
which
he
had
devoted
years
of
active
work
and
thought
,
was
ended
.
The
thing
that
was
troubling
him
most
in
all
of
this
was
not
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
which
was
owing
the
city
treasury
,
and
which
he
knew
would
stir
political
and
social
life
to
the
center
once
it
was
generally
known
--
that
was
a
legal
or
semi-legal
transaction
,
at
least
--
but
rather
the
matter
of
the
sixty
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
unrestored
city
loan
certificates
which
he
had
not
been
able
to
replace
in
the
sinking-fund
and
could
not
now
even
though
the
necessary
money
should
fall
from
heaven
.
The
fact
of
their
absence
was
a
matter
of
source
.
He
pondered
over
the
situation
a
good
deal
.
The
thing
to
do
,
he
thought
,
if
he
went
to
Mollenhauer
or
Simpson
,
or
both
(
he
had
never
met
either
of
them
,
but
in
view
of
Butler
's
desertion
they
were
his
only
recourse
)
,
was
to
say
that
,
although
he
could
not
at
present
return
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
,
if
no
action
were
taken
against
him
now
,
which
would
prevent
his
resuming
his
business
on
a
normal
scale
a
little
later
,
he
would
pledge
his
word
that
every
dollar
of
the
involved
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
would
eventually
be
returned
to
the
treasury
.
If
they
refused
,
and
injury
was
done
him
,
he
proposed
to
let
them
wait
until
he
was
"
good
and
ready
,
"
which
in
all
probability
would
be
never
.
But
,
really
,
it
was
not
quite
clear
how
action
against
him
was
to
be
prevented
--
even
by
them
.
The
money
was
down
on
his
books
as
owing
the
city
treasury
,
and
it
was
down
on
the
city
treasury
's
books
as
owing
from
him
.
Besides
,
there
was
a
local
organization
known
as
the
Citizens
'
Municipal
Reform
Association
which
occasionally
conducted
investigations
in
connection
with
public
affairs
.
His
defalcation
would
be
sure
to
come
to
the
ears
of
this
body
and
a
public
investigation
might
well
follow
.
Various
private
individuals
knew
of
it
already
.
His
creditors
,
for
instance
,
who
were
now
examining
his
books
.
This
matter
of
seeing
Mollenhauer
or
Simpson
,
or
both
,
was
important
,
anyhow
,
he
thought
;
but
before
doing
so
he
decided
to
talk
it
all
over
with
Harper
Steger
.
