CHAPTER XXXVI.

“YOUNG CORNEEL.” THE ECCENTRICITIES OF CORNELIUS JEREMIAH VANDERBILT, 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. Cor…