The Deluge of Wall Street and a Lovers Parting
A narrator recounts Langdon’s failed bid to regain control of the Textile Trust, the fight with Walter Edmunds, and a dramatic week of market collapse. Amid upheaval I confront Anita and Langdon’s manipulation, while The Seven press controls crumble and the financial system teeters toward cataclysm.
Wild Week in Chapter XXXII of The Seven
The excerpt describes The Seven making a fatal move inspired by Updegraff's advice. It suggests their act matched their temper of arrogance tyranny and contempt for the people who annually offered themselves for punishment while bleating enthusiasm.
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Updegraff
Life is Like Sea Water Quote by Richter
A brief quotation notes life as akin to sea water, never sweet until rising to heaven, attributed to Richter.
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Heaven
Richter
Decoration Day Stirs a Veteran in a Boomer Tale
Timothy Sullivan arrives in Boomer Oklahoma with Water Glen roots and an arm lost in war. He leads a makeshift Decoration day procession hoping to honor the fallen by decorating his own arm, but the crowd is unfamiliar and the memory fades as he faces a town of newcomers.
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Langdon
Textile Trust
Walter G. Edmunds
Chicago
Edmunds
Joe
National Department of Commerce
Alva
West Side
White Elephant
Anita
Billy
William
Blacklock
Wall Street
New York
United States
Roebuck
Timothy Sullivan
Water Glen
Minn
Boomer
Okla
G. A. R. Post
Kiowa
Foley
Sullivan
Express Company
Tim
Larry Casey
Mike Foley
Missus Schwartz
Mike
Schwartz
Chaykas
Rooshun Schmernoffs
Ole Olson
Schmernoff
Tim Sullivan
Goomer
Chayka
Ole Oleson
Mary Chayka
Union
Timothy
Republic