KEENE’S CAREER.
He Starts in Speculation as a “Curbstone” Broker.—A 229
Lucky Hit in a Mining Stock Puts Him on the Road to
be a Millionaire.—His Speculative Encounter with the
Bonanza Kings.—He Makes Four Millions, and Major
Selover brings him to Wall Street, where they Form an
Alliance with Gould, Who “Euchres” Both of
Them.—Selover Drops Gould in an Area Way.—Keene Goes
Alone and Adds Nine Millions More to His Fortune.—He
Then Speculates Recklessly in Everything.—Suffers a
Sudden Reversal and Gets Swamped.—Overwhelming
Disaster in a Bear Campaign, Led by Gould and
Cammack, in which Keene Loses Seven Millions.—His
Desperate Attempts to Recover a Part Entail Further
Losses, and He Approaches the End of His Thirteen
Millions.—His Princely Liberality and Social
Relations with Sam Ward and Others