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And down came his fist in a weak-violent gesture . I leaned forward and laid my hand strongly on his arm . `` In addition to the stock of this concern that I hold in my own name , '' said I , `` I hold five shares in the name of a man whom nobody knows that I even know . If you do n't let me have the money , that man goes to the district attorney with information that lands you in the penitentiary , that puts your company out of business and into bankruptcy before to-morrow noon . I saved you three years ago , and got you this job against just such an emergency as this , Bob Corey . And , by God , you 'll toe the mark ! '' `` But we have n't done anything that every bank in town does n't do every day -- does n't have to do .