[
 {"chunk": 256, "story": 22, "summary": "The young farmer throws himself into the work; in the city the swindler skips the polished broker offices as too much like his own stage settings and chooses a shabby, placid old firm.", "predicament": "A schemer who distrusts any showy front chooses a shabby, placid old firm to trust with his money instead."},
 {"chunk": 257, "story": 22, "summary": "Shown thirty years of books, he gives the placid broker fifty thousand with instructions for five weekly gambles, needing only one win in five.", "predicament": "A schemer hands a quiet, respectable-seeming firm a large sum to gamble on his instructions, trusting its long record."},
 {"chunk": 258, "story": 22, "summary": "The first gamble wins fifteen thousand; he lets the young farmer see the check, and rumour inflates the sum across two counties.", "predicament": "A schemer lets one small win be seen by an honest employee, knowing the story will grow each time it is retold."},
 {"chunk": 259, "story": 22, "summary": "At a country debating society the farmers carry the motion that the farmer is a failure as a businessman; the swindler asks to speak.", "predicament": "A rich newcomer rises to address a room of small producers who have just agreed they are always cheated."},
 {"chunk": 260, "story": 22, "summary": "He tells them they alone have no say over their prices and must combine, like the great trusts, to demand a dollar and a half for wheat.", "predicament": "A persuasive outsider tells a group of struggling producers that if they band together they can name their own price."},
 {"chunk": 261, "story": 22, "summary": "The farmers cheer and form an association with no fees or dues, since he alone will pay for everything.", "predicament": "Small producers join a new association eagerly because the rich organiser promises that he alone will pay for everything."},
 {"chunk": 262, "story": 22, "summary": "He is made president; members need only send chain letters recruiting three more growers each.", "predicament": "Members of a free association are asked only to recruit three friends each, which seems to cost them nothing at all."},
 {"chunk": 263, "story": 22, "summary": "Plied with cider and liquor, the farmers go home convinced he is their Moses; letters spread across the wheat belt and names pour in.", "predicament": "A crowd of producers, fed and flattered, goes home convinced the stranger among them is the leader who will deliver them."},
 {"chunk": 264, "story": 22, "summary": "All winter he tours a dozen states addressing sceptical farmers, who leave enthusiastic.", "predicament": "A promoter travels from gathering to gathering, turning roomfuls of sceptics into eager believers with his presence alone."},
 {"chunk": 265, "story": 22, "summary": "At a lavish Christmas feast for members he announces the association has spread to every wheat-growing community.", "predicament": "A promoter throws a lavish feast for his followers and tells them their movement is about to deliver them."},
 {"chunk": 266, "story": 22, "summary": "The secretary circulates reports of his winning deals, hiding the few losses; the young farmer says he tripled his own small savings on the swindler's tips.", "predicament": "An honest young employee tells a crowd how he tripled his small savings on his employer's tips, fuelling everyone's hopes."},
 {"chunk": 267, "story": 22, "summary": "He vows to use the million members to break the grain exchange and would give his fortune, even die a pauper, for the farmers' cause.", "predicament": "A promoter vows before his followers that he would spend his whole fortune for their cause and die poor if need be."},
 {"chunk": 268, "story": 22, "summary": "The farmers cheer him as a martyr and go home with his gifts, dreaming of wheat at a dollar and a half, while his wife watches pale and his confederate grins.", "predicament": "A crowd of hopeful producers goes home laden with a promoter's gifts, sure that wealth is theirs, while his own partner watches pale."}
]