"Yes sir?"
The financier slowly drew the big cigar from his mouth and spoke in low tones:
"A meeting of the Allied Bankers here in 30 minutes. No telephone messages. A personal summons to each. They enter one at a time that no one on the outside sees them come. You understand?"
"I understand."
Bivens raised his finger in warning. "Your life on the issue."
Trembling with excitement the secretary turned and quickly left the room.
CHAPTER V
GATHERING CLOUDS
The sensation which the District Attorney sprang in the sudden indictment of the president of the Iroquois Company was profound and far-reaching. The day before the indictment was presented to the Grand Jury stocks began to tumble without any apparent cause. The "big interests" who had hitherto counted on exhaustless funds to sustain them in any market they might choose to make were paralyzed by the suddenness of the attack on stocks and the daring of its hidden leader.