CHAPTER XXXVI.

“YOUNG CORNEEL.”

The Eccentricities of Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, 375

and his Marvellous Power for Borrowing Money.—He

Exercises Wonderful Influence over Greeley and

Colfax.—A Dinner at the Club with Young “Corneel” and

the Famous “Smiler.”-“Corneel” tries to make himself

Solid with Jay Cooke.—The Commodore Refuses to Pay

Greeley.-“Who the Devil Asked You?” retorted

Greeley.-“Corneel’s” marriage to a Charming and

Devoted Woman.—How She Softened the Obdurate Heart of

her Father-in-Law

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