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Arneel
,
stung
to
the
quick
by
this
amazing
effrontery
,
and
yet
made
cautious
by
the
blazing
wrath
of
Cowperwood
,
"
it
is
useless
to
debate
this
question
in
anger
.
Mr.
Cowperwood
evidently
refers
to
loans
which
can
be
controlled
in
his
favor
,
and
of
which
I
for
one
know
nothing
.
I
do
not
see
what
can
be
done
until
we
do
know
.
Perhaps
some
of
you
can
tell
us
what
they
are
.
But
no
one
could
,
and
after
due
calculation
advice
was
borrowed
of
caution
.
The
loans
of
Frank
Algernon
Cowperwood
were
not
called
.
The
failure
of
American
Match
the
next
morning
was
one
of
those
events
that
stirred
the
city
and
the
nation
and
lingered
in
the
minds
of
men
for
years
.
At
the
last
moment
it
was
decided
that
in
lieu
of
calling
Cowperwood
's
loans
Hull
&
Stackpole
had
best
be
sacrificed
,
the
stock-exchange
closed
,
and
all
trading
ended
.
This
protected
stocks
from
at
least
a
quotable
decline
and
left
the
banks
free
for
several
days
(
ten
all
told
)
in
which
to
repair
their
disrupted
finances
and
buttress
themselves
against
the
eventual
facts
.
Naturally
,
the
minor
speculators
throughout
the
city
--
those
who
had
expected
to
make
a
fortune
out
of
this
crash
--
raged
and
complained
,
but
,
being
faced
by
an
adamantine
exchange
directorate
,
a
subservient
press
,
and
the
alliance
between
the
big
bankers
and
the
heavy
quadrumvirate
,
there
was
nothing
to
be
done
.
The
respective
bank
presidents
talked
solemnly
of
"
a
mere
temporary
flurry
,
"
Hand
,
Schryhart
,
Merrill
,
and
Arneel
went
still
further
into
their
pockets
to
protect
their
interests
,
and
Cowperwood
,
triumphant
,
was
roundly
denounced
by
the
smaller
fry
as
a
"
bucaneer
,
"
a
"
pirate
,
"
a
"
wolf
"
--
indeed
,
any
opprobrious
term
that
came
into
their
minds
.
The
larger
men
faced
squarely
the
fact
that
here
was
an
enemy
worthy
of
their
steel
.
Would
he
master
them
?
Was
he
already
the
dominant
money
power
in
Chicago
?
Could
he
thus
flaunt
their
helplessness
and
his
superiority
in
their
eyes
and
before
their
underlings
and
go
unwhipped
?
"
I
must
give
in
!
"
Hosmer
Hand
had
declared
to
Arneel
and
Schryhart
,
at
the
close
of
the
Arneel
house
conference
and
as
they
stood
in
consultation
after
the
others
had
departed
.
"
We
seem
to
be
beaten
to-night
,
but
I
,
for
one
,
am
not
through
yet
.
He
has
won
to-night
,
but
he
wo
n't
win
always
.
This
is
a
fight
to
a
finish
between
me
and
him
.
The
rest
of
you
can
stay
in
or
drop
out
,
just
as
you
wish
.
"
"
Hear
,
hear
!
"
exclaimed
Schryhart
,
laying
a
fervently
sympathetic
hand
on
his
shoulder
.
"
Every
dollar
that
I
have
is
at
your
service
,
Hosmer
.
This
fellow
ca
n't
win
eventually
.
I
'm
with
you
to
the
end
.
"
Arneel
,
walking
with
Merrill
and
the
others
to
the
door
,
was
silent
and
dour
.
He
had
been
cavalierly
affronted
by
a
man
who
,
but
a
few
short
years
before
,
he
would
have
considered
a
mere
underling
.
Here
was
Cowperwood
bearding
the
lion
in
his
den
,
dictating
terms
to
the
principal
financial
figures
of
the
city
,
standing
up
trig
and
resolute
,
smiling
in
their
faces
and
telling
them
in
so
many
words
to
go
to
the
devil
.
Mr.
Arneel
glowered
under
lowering
brows
,
but
what
could
he
do
?
"
We
must
see
,
"
he
said
to
the
others
,
"
what
time
will
bring
.
Just
now
there
is
nothing
much
to
do
.
This
crisis
has
been
too
sudden
.
You
say
you
are
not
through
with
him
,
Hosmer
,
and
neither
am
I
.
But
we
must
wait
.
We
shall
have
to
break
him
politically
in
this
city
,
and
I
am
confident
that
in
the
end
we
can
do
it
.
"
The
others
were
grateful
for
his
courage
even
though
to-morrow
he
and
they
must
part
with
millions
to
protect
themselves
and
the
banks
.
For
the
first
time
Merrill
concluded
that
he
would
have
to
fight
Cowperwood
openly
from
now
on
,
though
even
yet
he
admired
his
courage
.
"
But
he
is
too
defiant
,
too
cavalier
!
A
very
lion
of
a
man
,
"
he
said
to
himself
.
"
A
man
with
the
heart
of
a
Numidian
lion
.
"
It
was
true
.
From
this
day
on
for
a
little
while
,
and
because
there
was
no
immediate
political
contest
in
sight
,
there
was
comparative
peace
in
Chicago
,
although
it
more
resembled
an
armed
camp
operating
under
the
terms
of
some
agreed
neutrality
than
it
did
anything
else
.
Schryhart
,
Hand
,
Arneel
,
and
Merrill
were
quietly
watchful
.
Cowperwood
's
chief
concern
was
lest
his
enemies
might
succeed
in
their
project
of
worsting
him
politically
in
one
or
all
three
of
the
succeeding
elections
which
were
due
to
occur
every
two
years
between
now
and
1903
,
at
which
time
his
franchises
would
have
to
be
renewed
.
As
in
the
past
they
had
made
it
necessary
for
him
to
work
against
them
through
bribery
and
perjury
,
so
in
ensuing
struggles
they
might
render
it
more
and
more
difficult
for
him
or
his
agents
to
suborn
the
men
elected
to
office
.
The
subservient
and
venal
councilmen
whom
he
now
controlled
might
be
replaced
by
men
who
,
if
no
more
honest
,
would
be
more
loyal
to
the
enemy
,
thus
blocking
the
extension
of
his
franchises
.
