The Last Ledger of Augustus Hartwell
The ticker tape machine in the corner of Augustus Hartwell's study had been silent for eleven days. This was, in the autumn of 1887, a matter of some concern. The machine was an Edison Universal Stock Ticker, gilt-lettered and steam-pressed, and it had not stopped chattering since the day Augustus had it installed in 1879. Through the Panic of '84 it had clattered. Through the death of his son...
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