The Deluge and Wall Street’s Wild Week
A first‑person chapter recalls Langdon’s scheme to control the Textile Trust, the subsequent stock market battles, and Anita’s shifting loyalties. The narrator exposes the “Seven” press power, the looming crash, and Roebuck’s death as Wall Street teeters. The piece ends with a reflection on a cataclysmic week and the need to rebuild credit chains.
The Waiting of Miss Molly on Barclay Street
A 15 year old narrator recalls moving to the city with her father. She grows close to Miss Molly, a charitable benefactor, who reveals a sorrowful past centered on her brother Robert. Robert’s fall into dissipation ends with a murder, prison, and a 13 year waiting period for Molly as she prays for his release and their reunion. On the first day of June, after Molly’s long wait, Robert returns to find Molly dying and they share a final, poignant moment before she passes and he mourns.
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Langdon
Textile Trust
Votapck
Conclu Pt
Rxest
Walter Edmunds
Chicago
Planau
Edmunds
Joe
Edmonds
National Department of Comgiette
Alva
West Side
Anita
Billy
Wiliam
Blacklock
Worle
Tangdon
Tay Made
Wall Street
New York
Je Io
Barclay Street
Father
Cheerty
Miss Molly
Mick Molly
Molly
Robert
Robbie
Margaret
Jon B
Bowlen
Cate
Slater
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Rome
Down Town
Updegratt
United States
Telegraph
Roebuck
Heaven
Richter