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He managed in one way or
another to increase her holdings and soon was in a position to dictate
to those officially above him. He dictated so effectually in the case
of the first and second vice-president that they preferred to resign
rather than to continue the struggle to keep him in his place. Before
he had been in the bank a year, he was its first vice-president.
It was generally conceded that the president himself would have been
in jeopardy but for the fact that he was the father of Mrs. Force and
therefore exempt. In order to clarify the situation, it is necessary
to state that the bride inherited her extensive holdings from a former
husband, who, it appears, died of old age when she was but twenty-six.
It would also appear that her father owed his position as president to
the influence of Mr. Force's predecessor, or rather to the influence
that his daughter exercised over an old gentleman in his dotage. Be
that as it may, the present chief executive of the bank was immune for
life. To quote the directorate, he couldn't be FORCED out of office.


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