Then came his change. At his father's death, when
Manderson was thirty years old, some new revelation
of the power and the glory of the god he served seemed
to have come upon him. With the sudden, elastic
adaptability of his nation he turned to steady labor
in his father's banking business, closing his ears to
the sound of the battles of the Street. In a few years
he came to control all the activity of the great firm
whose unimpeached conservatism, safety and financial
weight lifted it like a cliff above the angry sea of the
markets. All mistrust founded on the performances
of his youth had vanished. He was quite plainly a
different man. How the change came about none
could with aiithority say, but there was a story of
certain last words spoken by his father, whom alone
he had respected and perhaps loved.
He began to tower above the financial situation.
Soon his name was current in the bourses of the world.
