2/23 And yet his soul yearned to be of them. He noticed how often a rich man's word sufficed--no money, no certificates, no collateral, no anything--just his word. If Drexel & Co., or Jay Cooke & Co., or Gould & Fiske were rumored to be behind anything, how secure it was! Jay Cooke, a young man in Philadelphia, had made a great strike taking this State loan in company with Drexel & Co., and selling it at par. The general opinion was that it ought to be and could only be sold at ninety. |