“I think I'll telegraph to Mavick.”
“That wouldn't do any good now. He couldn't have stopped the panic. I tell you what, you'd better go down to your brokers and see just how matters stand.”
And the two went down to Wall Street. It was after hours, but the brokers' office was full of excitement. No one knew what was left from the storm, nor what to expect. It was some time before Jack could get speech with one of the young men of the firm.
“How is it?” he asked.
“It's been a——of a time.”
“And Henderson?”
“Oh, his estate is all right, so far as we know. He was well out of the Missouris.”
“And the Missouri?”