But the shares
fell, sir, in consequence of the panic. I hope they will rally. I trust
and believe they will rally. For our good Colonel's sake and that of his
friends, for the sake of the innocent children sporting by the Serpentine
yonder.
"I had my suspicions when they gave that testimonial," said F. B. "In my
experience of life, sir, I always feel rather shy about testimonials, and
when a party gets one, somehow look out to hear of his smashing the next
month. Absit omen! I will say again. I like not the going down of yonder
little yacht."
The Globe sure enough contained a paragraph that evening announcing the
occurrence which Mr. Bayham had described, and the temporary panic which
it had occasioned, and containing an advertisement stating that Messrs.
Baines and Jolly would henceforth act as agents of the Indian Company.
Legal proceedings were presently threatened by the solicitors of the
Company against the banking firm which had caused so much mischief. Mr.
Hobson Newcome was absent abroad when the circumstance took place, and it
was known that the protest of the bills was solely attributable to his
nephew and partner.
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