CHAPTER X.

Incidents--An Old Corner Burned Down--The Lenders and Borrowers --"Twenty per Cent."--The Shylocks of the Curbstone--The Human Barometers--The Vultures of Commerce--Chubbe's Corner--The Old Commercial Bank--The _Telegraph_ Office--The Bank of New Brunswick--A Hard Worked Cashier--The Post Office--Not a Mail Lost--Quick Dispatch--The Nethery House and Orangemen --The Royal Hotel--The Custom House--The Dead of the Conflagration 114