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"
Now
,
"
resumed
Mr.
Arneel
,
seriously
,
"
I
want
to
say
here
that
Mr.
Stackpole
,
Mr.
Merrill
,
Mr.
Hand
,
and
myself
have
been
to
a
certain
extent
investors
in
this
stock
,
and
up
to
this
afternoon
we
felt
it
to
be
our
duty
,
not
so
much
to
ourselves
as
to
the
various
banks
which
have
accepted
this
stock
as
collateral
and
to
the
city
at
large
,
to
sustain
it
as
much
as
possible
.
We
believed
in
Mr.
Hull
and
Mr.
Stackpole
.
We
might
have
gone
still
further
if
there
had
been
any
hope
that
a
number
of
others
could
carry
the
stock
without
seriously
injuring
themselves
;
but
in
view
of
recent
developments
we
know
that
this
ca
n't
be
done
.
For
some
time
Mr.
Hull
and
Mr.
Stackpole
and
the
various
bank
officers
have
had
reason
to
think
that
some
one
has
been
cutting
the
ground
from
under
them
,
and
now
they
know
it
.
It
is
because
of
this
,
and
because
only
concerted
action
on
the
part
of
banks
and
individuals
can
save
the
financial
credit
of
the
city
at
this
time
,
that
this
meeting
is
called
.
Stocks
are
going
to
continue
to
be
thrown
on
the
market
.
It
is
possible
that
Hull
&
Stackpole
may
have
to
liquidate
in
some
way
.
One
thing
is
certain
:
unless
a
large
sum
of
money
is
gathered
to
meet
the
claim
against
them
in
the
morning
,
they
will
fail
.
The
trouble
is
due
indirectly
,
of
course
,
to
this
silver
agitation
;
but
it
is
due
a
great
deal
more
,
we
believe
,
to
a
piece
of
local
sharp
dealing
which
has
just
come
to
light
,
and
which
has
really
been
the
cause
of
putting
the
financial
community
in
the
tight
place
where
it
stands
to-night
.
I
might
as
well
speak
plainly
as
to
this
matter
.
It
is
the
work
of
one
man
--
Mr.
Cowperwood
.
American
Match
might
have
pulled
through
and
the
city
been
have
spared
the
danger
which
now
confronts
it
if
Mr.
Hull
and
Mr.
Stackpole
had
not
made
the
mistake
of
going
to
this
man
.
"
Mr.
Arneel
paused
,
and
Mr.
Norrie
Simms
,
more
excitable
than
most
by
temperament
,
chose
to
exclaim
,
bitterly
:
"
The
wrecker
!
"
A
stir
of
interest
passed
over
the
others
accompanied
by
murmurs
of
disapproval
.
"
The
moment
he
got
the
stock
in
his
hands
as
collateral
,
"
continued
Mr.
Arneel
,
solemnly
,
"
and
in
the
face
of
an
agreement
not
to
throw
a
share
on
the
market
,
he
has
been
unloading
steadily
.
That
is
what
has
been
happening
yesterday
and
to-day
.
Over
fifteen
thousand
shares
of
this
stock
,
which
can
not
very
well
be
traced
to
outside
sources
,
have
been
thrown
on
the
market
,
and
we
have
every
reason
to
believe
that
all
of
it
comes
from
the
same
place
.
The
result
is
that
American
Match
,
and
Mr.
Hull
and
Mr.
Stackpole
,
are
on
the
verge
of
collapse
.
"
"
The
scoundrel
!
"
repeated
Mr.
Norrie
Simms
,
bitterly
,
almost
rising
to
his
feet
.
The
Douglas
Trust
Company
was
heavily
interested
in
American
Match
.
"
What
an
outrage
!
"
commented
Mr.
Lawrence
,
of
the
Prairie
National
,
which
stood
to
lose
at
least
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
shrinkage
of
values
on
hypothecated
stock
alone
.
To
this
bank
that
Cowperwood
owed
at
least
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
on
call
.
"
Depend
on
it
to
find
his
devil
's
hoof
in
it
somewhere
,
"
observed
Jordan
Jules
,
who
had
never
been
able
to
make
any
satisfactory
progress
in
his
fight
on
Cowperwood
in
connection
with
the
city
council
and
the
development
of
the
Chicago
General
Company
.
The
Chicago
Central
,
of
which
he
was
now
a
director
,
was
one
of
the
banks
from
which
Cowperwood
had
judiciously
borrowed
.
"
It
's
a
pity
he
should
be
allowed
to
go
on
bedeviling
the
town
in
this
fashion
,
"
observed
Mr.
Sunderland
Sledd
to
his
neighbor
,
Mr.
Duane
Kingsland
,
who
was
a
director
in
a
bank
controlled
by
Mr.
Hand
.
The
latter
,
as
well
as
Schryhart
,
observed
with
satisfaction
the
effect
of
Mr.
Arneel
's
words
on
the
company
.
