He longed to become a stable financier; but, now that he saw the inside of the brokerage business, he was not so sure that he wanted to stay in it.

Gambling in stocks, according to conditions produced by this panic, seemed very hazardous.

A number of brokers failed.

He saw them rush in to Tighe with anguished faces and ask that certain trades be canceled.
Their very homes were in danger, they said.

They would be wiped out, their wives and children put out on the street.
This panic, incidentally, only made Frank more certain as to what he really wanted to do--now that he had this free money, he would go into business for himself.