Shannon was not a financier, neither was
Steger. They had to believe in a way, though they doubted it,
partly--particularly Shannon.) He was not responsible for the custom
prevailing in the office of the city treasurer, he said. He was a banker
and broker.
The jury looked at him, and believed all except this matter of the
sixty-thousand-dollar check. When it came to that he explained it all
plausibly enough. When he had gone to see Stener those several last
days, he had not fancied that he was really going to fail. He had
asked Stener for some money, it is true--not so very much, all things
considered--one hundred and fifty thousand dollars; but, as Stener
should have testified, he (Cowperwood) was not disturbed in his manner.
Stener had merely been one resource of his. He was satisfied at that
time that he had many others. He had not used the forceful language or
made the urgent appeal which Stener said he had, although he had pointed
out to Stener that it was a mistake to become panic-stricken, also to
withhold further credit. It was true that Stener was his easiest, his
quickest resource, but not his only one.
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