Then came a voice louder than the others.
“There's Breen talking to Minott and Biffy. He's in the Street; he'll know.... Say, Breen!”
Jack rose to his feet and met the speaker half way.
“What do you know, Breen, about that scoop in gold stock? Heard anything about it? Who engineered it? Charley Gilbert's cleaned out, I hear.”
“I don't know anything,” said Jack. “I left the office at noon and came up town. Who did you say was cleaned out?”
“Why, Charley Gilbert. You must know him.”
“Yes, I know him. What's happened to him?”
“Flat broke—that's what happened to him. Got caught in that gold swindle. The stock dropped out of sight this afternoon, I hear—went down forty points.”
Garry crowded his way into the group: “Which Mr. Gilbert?—not Charley M., the—”
“Yes; Sam's just left him. What did he tell you, Sam?”