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I appealed to another member of the pool to 

 bear some part of his share of the burden. He 

 lamented that it was impossible for him to put 

 up any money himself, but that he could borrow 

 $50,000 on 1,000 shares of Atlantic Mail for me 

 if that would help me. He brought me the cash 

 and I gave him the stock as security and within 

 forty-eight hours had bought back through the 

 market the identical certificates, paying for them 

 $119,000. It was long before I found the pool 

 member to charge him with his treachery for 

 business had suddenly called him out of town, and 

 when I did find him and he attempted to throw 

 the blame on another I was too heart-sick to more 

 than comment on a single act of treachery. 



Dread of the disaster which a delayed train 

 might precipitate induced me to take up my resi- 

 dence at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. From here 

 I sent word to the merchant member of the pool, 

 demanding that he come to my relief. He came 

 to see me and we paced the sidewalk in front of 

 the hotel until dawn, while he protested his in- 

 ability to help. He said the losses of the pool 



