Wallingford, at the expiration of the time
in which most of the paper bearing Judge Bigelow's name reached its
maturity. "And now for the next safe move in this difficult game,
where the odds are still against us. You must get out of this Bank."
The Judge looked gravely opposed.
"It may awaken suspicion that something is wrong, and create a run
upon the Bank, which would be ruin."
"Can you exercise a controlling influence in the position you hold?
Can you be true, as President of the Clinton Bank, to the public
interest you represent?"
"I cannot. They have made of me an automaton."
"Very well. That settles the question. You cannot honorably hold
your place a single day. There is only one safe step, and that is to
resign."
"But the loose way in which I held office will be exposed to my
successor."
"That is not the question to consider, Judge--but the right. Still,
so far as this fear is concerned, don't let it trouble you. The
choice of successor will fall upon some one quite as facile to the
wishes of Ralph Dewey & Company as you have been.
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