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deposited against it. Not all the shorts had been 

 able to cover their lines by purchase from the 

 Government and after Myers had withdrawn the 

 upward sweep was so rapid that many held back 

 from buying hoping for a reaction in the price 

 which would reduce their losses. 



I was early in the field the next morning to re- 

 new my loans as far as possible and by allowing 

 liberal interest on the currency held against it 

 I accomplished all that I could hope for. Yet 

 when the notifications of gold to be returned us 

 were all in, we were four million dollars short of 

 the day's requirements and money seemed unob- 

 tainable. I had never appealed to our banks 

 when in need of cash, although the balances we 

 kept had been very large in preparation for the 

 day when our need should be urgent. That time 

 appeared to have come and I called on the bank 

 where we kept our largest account. As I en- 

 tered the president's room he threw up his hands 

 exclaiming : 



"Don't tell me that you, too, have come for 

 money!" 



