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Dominoes



C.M. Kornbluth




Dominoes



"Money!" his wife screamed at him. "You're killing yourself, Will. Pull out of the market and let's go
some place where we can live like humanтАФ"



He slammed the apartment door on her reproaches and winced, standing in the carpeted corridor, as an
ulcer twinge went through him. The elevator door rolled open and the elevator man said, beaming: "Good
morning, Mr. Born. It's a lovely day today."



"I'm glad, Sam," W. J. Born said sourly. "I just had a lovely, lovely breakfast." Sam didn't know how to
take it, and compromised by giving him a meager smile.
 "How's the market look, Mr. Born?" he hinted as the car stopped on the first floor. "My cousin told me
to switch from Lunar Entertainment, he's studying to be a pilot, but the Journal has it listed for growth."



W. J. Born grunted: "If I knew I wouldn't tell you. You've got no business in the market. Not if you think
you can play it like a craps-table."



He fumed all through his taxi ride to the office. Sam, a million Sams, had no business in the market. But
they were in, and they had built up the Great Boom of 1975 on which W. J. Born Associates was
coasting merrily along. For how long? His ulcer twinged again at the thought.



He arrived at9:15. Already the office was a maelstrom. The clattering tickers, blinking boards and racing
mes-



sengers spelled out the latest, hottest word from markets inLondon,Paris,Milan,Vienna. SoonNew York
would chime in, thenChicago, thenSan Francisco.