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It
was
useless
,
as
Frank
soon
found
,
to
try
to
figure
out
exactly
why
stocks
rose
and
fell
.
Some
general
reasons
there
were
,
of
course
,
as
he
was
told
by
Tighe
,
but
they
could
not
always
be
depended
on
.
"
Sure
,
anything
can
make
or
break
a
market
"
--
Tighe
explained
in
his
delicate
brogue
--
"
from
the
failure
of
a
bank
to
the
rumor
that
your
second
cousin
's
grandmother
has
a
cold
.
It
's
a
most
unusual
world
,
Cowperwood
.
No
man
can
explain
it
.
I
've
seen
breaks
in
stocks
that
you
could
never
explain
at
all
--
no
one
could
.
It
would
n't
be
possible
to
find
out
why
they
broke
.
I
've
seen
rises
the
same
way
.
My
God
,
the
rumors
of
the
stock
exchange
!
They
beat
the
devil
.
If
they
're
going
down
in
ordinary
times
some
one
is
unloading
,
or
they
're
rigging
the
market
.
If
they
're
going
up
--
God
knows
times
must
be
good
or
somebody
must
be
buying
--
that
's
sure
.
Beyond
that
--
well
,
ask
Rivers
to
show
you
the
ropes
.
Do
n't
you
ever
lose
for
me
,
though
.
That
's
the
cardinal
sin
in
this
office
.
"
He
grinned
maliciously
,
even
if
kindly
,
at
that
.
Cowperwood
understood
--
none
better
.
This
subtle
world
appealed
to
him
.
It
answered
to
his
temperament
.
There
were
rumors
,
rumors
,
rumors
--
of
great
railway
and
street-car
undertakings
,
land
developments
,
government
revision
of
the
tariff
,
war
between
France
and
Turkey
,
famine
in
Russia
or
Ireland
,
and
so
on
.
The
first
Atlantic
cable
had
not
been
laid
as
yet
,
and
news
of
any
kind
from
abroad
was
slow
and
meager
.
Still
there
were
great
financial
figures
in
the
held
,
men
who
,
like
Cyrus
Field
,
or
William
H.
Vanderbilt
,
or
F.
X.
Drexel
,
were
doing
marvelous
things
,
and
their
activities
and
the
rumors
concerning
them
counted
for
much
.
Frank
soon
picked
up
all
of
the
technicalities
of
the
situation
.
A
"
bull
,
"
he
learned
,
was
one
who
bought
in
anticipation
of
a
higher
price
to
come
;
and
if
he
was
"
loaded
up
"
with
a
"
line
"
of
stocks
he
was
said
to
be
"
long
.
"
He
sold
to
"
realize
"
his
profit
,
or
if
his
margins
were
exhausted
he
was
"
wiped
out
.
"
A
"
bear
"
was
one
who
sold
stocks
which
most
frequently
he
did
not
have
,
in
anticipation
of
a
lower
price
,
at
which
he
could
buy
and
satisfy
his
previous
sales
.
He
was
"
short
"
when
he
had
sold
what
he
did
not
own
,
and
he
"
covered
"
when
he
bought
to
satisfy
his
sales
and
to
realize
his
profits
or
to
protect
himself
against
further
loss
in
case
prices
advanced
instead
of
declining
.
He
was
in
a
"
corner
"
when
he
found
that
he
could
not
buy
in
order
to
make
good
the
stock
he
had
borrowed
for
delivery
and
the
return
of
which
had
been
demanded
.
He
was
then
obliged
to
settle
practically
at
a
price
fixed
by
those
to
whom
he
and
other
"
shorts
"
had
sold
.
He
smiled
at
first
at
the
air
of
great
secrecy
and
wisdom
on
the
part
of
the
younger
men
.
They
were
so
heartily
and
foolishly
suspicious
.
The
older
men
,
as
a
rule
,
were
inscrutable
.
They
pretended
indifference
,
uncertainty
.
They
were
like
certain
fish
after
a
certain
kind
of
bait
,
however
.
Snap
!
and
the
opportunity
was
gone
.
Somebody
else
had
picked
up
what
you
wanted
.
All
had
their
little
note-books
.
All
had
their
peculiar
squint
of
eye
or
position
or
motion
which
meant
"
Done
!
I
take
you
!
"
Sometimes
they
seemed
scarcely
to
confirm
their
sales
or
purchases
--
they
knew
each
other
so
well
--
but
they
did
.
If
the
market
was
for
any
reason
active
,
the
brokers
and
their
agents
were
apt
to
be
more
numerous
than
if
it
were
dull
and
the
trading
indifferent
.
A
gong
sounded
the
call
to
trading
at
ten
o'clock
,
and
if
there
was
a
noticeable
rise
or
decline
in
a
stock
or
a
group
of
stocks
,
you
were
apt
to
witness
quite
a
spirited
scene
.
Fifty
to
a
hundred
men
would
shout
,
gesticulate
,
shove
here
and
there
in
an
apparently
aimless
marmer
;
endeavoring
to
take
advantage
of
the
stock
offered
or
called
for
.
"
Five-eighths
for
five
hundred
P.
and
W.
,
"
some
one
would
call
--
Rivers
or
Cowperwood
,
or
any
other
broker
.
