text:  One more knowing than the rest sneaks down to Westminster Bridge finds a steamer just starting makes his way by water to the Exchange; and five minutes before the earliest cab obstructed by a covey of coal-carts in the Strand can fetch its agitated inmate to his broker his speedier rival has sold several thousand Dreep-dailys to unwitting and unfortunate purchasers and has become the coveted possessor of every Powhead scrip then negotiable in the London market