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"
How
do
you
do
,
Mr.
Stener
?
"
he
said
in
his
soft
,
ingratiating
voice
,
as
the
latter
held
out
his
hand
.
"
I
am
glad
to
meet
you
.
I
have
heard
of
you
before
,
of
course
.
"
Stener
was
long
in
explaining
to
Cowperwood
just
what
his
difficulty
was
.
He
went
at
it
in
a
clumsy
fashion
,
stumbling
through
the
difficulties
of
the
situation
he
was
suffered
to
meet
.
"
The
main
thing
,
as
I
see
it
,
is
to
make
these
certificates
sell
at
par
.
I
can
issue
them
in
any
sized
lots
you
like
,
and
as
often
as
you
like
.
I
want
to
get
enough
now
to
clear
away
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
'
worth
of
the
outstanding
warrants
,
and
as
much
more
as
I
can
get
later
.
"
Cowperwood
felt
like
a
physician
feeling
a
patient
's
pulse
--
a
patient
who
is
really
not
sick
at
all
but
the
reassurance
of
whom
means
a
fat
fee
.
The
abstrusities
of
the
stock
exchange
were
as
his
A
B
C
's
to
him
.
He
knew
if
he
could
have
this
loan
put
in
his
hands
--
all
of
it
,
if
he
could
have
the
fact
kept
dark
that
he
was
acting
for
the
city
,
and
that
if
Stener
would
allow
him
to
buy
as
a
"
bull
"
for
the
sinking-fund
while
selling
judiciously
for
a
rise
,
he
could
do
wonders
even
with
a
big
issue
.
He
had
to
have
all
of
it
,
though
,
in
order
that
he
might
have
agents
under
him
.
Looming
up
in
his
mind
was
a
scheme
whereby
he
could
make
a
lot
of
the
unwary
speculators
about
'
change
go
short
of
this
stock
or
loan
under
the
impression
,
of
course
,
that
it
was
scattered
freely
in
various
persons
'
hands
,
and
that
they
could
buy
as
much
of
it
as
they
wanted
.
Then
they
would
wake
to
find
that
they
could
not
get
it
;
that
he
had
it
all
.
Only
he
would
not
risk
his
secret
that
far
.
Not
he
,
oh
,
no
.
But
he
would
drive
the
city
loan
to
par
and
then
sell
.
And
what
a
fat
thing
for
himself
among
others
in
so
doing
.
Wisely
enough
he
sensed
that
there
was
politics
in
all
this
--
shrewder
and
bigger
men
above
and
behind
Stener
.
But
what
of
that
?
And
how
slyly
and
shrewdly
they
were
sending
Stener
to
him
.
It
might
be
that
his
name
was
becoming
very
potent
in
their
political
world
here
.
And
what
might
that
not
mean
!
"
I
tell
you
what
I
'd
like
to
do
,
Mr.
Stener
,
"
he
said
,
after
he
had
listened
to
his
explanation
and
asked
how
much
of
the
city
loan
he
would
like
to
sell
during
the
coming
year
.
"
I
'll
be
glad
to
undertake
it
.
But
I
'd
like
to
have
a
day
or
two
in
which
to
think
it
over
.
"
"
Why
,
certainly
,
certainly
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
replied
Stener
,
genially
.
"
That
's
all
right
.
Take
your
time
.
If
you
know
how
it
can
be
done
,
just
show
me
when
you
're
ready
.
By
the
way
,
what
do
you
charge
?
"
"
Well
,
the
stock
exchange
has
a
regular
scale
of
charges
which
we
brokers
are
compelled
to
observe
.
It
's
one-fourth
of
one
per
cent
on
the
par
value
of
bonds
and
loans
.
Of
course
,
I
may
hav
to
add
a
lot
of
fictitious
selling
--
I
'll
explain
that
to
you
later
--
but
I
wo
n't
charge
you
anything
for
that
so
long
as
it
is
a
secret
between
us
.
I
'll
give
you
the
best
service
I
can
,
Mr.
Stener
.
You
can
depend
on
that
.
Let
me
have
a
day
or
two
to
think
it
over
,
though
.
"
He
shook
hands
with
Stener
,
and
they
parted
.
Cowperwood
was
satisfied
that
he
was
on
the
verge
of
a
significant
combination
,
and
Stener
that
he
had
found
someone
on
whom
he
could
lean
.
