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"Look, look," he shouted in my ear; "a falling market!
The bears have had it all their own way since
yesterday."
"It can't matter," I replied, making him hear with
difficulty, for I was unused to speak in such a babel,
"since it is all fun."
"True," said he; "and you must always bear in mind that
the real profit is in the book-keeping. I trust, Dodd,
to be able to congratulate you upon your books. You
are to start in with ten thousand dollars of college
paper, a very liberal figure, which should see you
through the whole curriculum, if you keep to a safe,
conservative business.... Why, what's that?" he broke
off, once more attracted by the changing figures on the
board. "Seven, four, three! Dodd, you are in luck:
this is the most spirited rally we have had this term.
And to think that the same scene is now transpiring in
New York, Chicago, St. Louis, and rival business
centres! For two cents, I would try a flutter with the
boys myself," he cried, rubbing his hands; "only it's
against the regulations."
"What would you do, sir?" I asked.


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