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by side, a long-bolted door was thrown open and 

 the intimacy that was established seemed to 

 pleasure him and w T as often of service to me. 

 For more than once he said: 



"If you want money draw on me at four 

 months for fifty thousand, I'll accept it and the 

 Bank of New York will discount it for you." 



He was the one other innocent signer of the 

 Atlantic Mail Pool paper, although not a victim 

 for he refused to pay the calls and defied the 

 pool manager to collect. He was a good friend 

 but a bitter enemy. Twice he was at sword's 

 points with Vanderbilt. One was a steamship 

 war which continued for eleven months at a cost 

 to Garrison of a hundred thousand dollars a 

 month, all of which was made up in a few months 

 after the war had been settled. The other was a 

 personal difficulty in which Vanderbilt was given 

 the alternative of receding or being shot down in 

 his tracks. Often I pushed open the door that 

 separated me from the Commodore to ask him 

 about his steamboat experiences on the Missis- 



