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"
I
might
as
well
make
a
clean
breast
of
this
,
Mr.
Butler
,
"
he
said
,
throwing
himself
on
the
old
man
's
sympathies
and
looking
at
him
with
that
brisk
assurance
which
Butler
so
greatly
admired
.
He
felt
as
proud
of
Cowperwood
at
times
as
he
did
of
his
own
sons
.
He
felt
that
he
had
helped
to
put
him
where
he
was
.
"
The
fact
is
that
I
have
been
buying
street-railway
stocks
,
but
not
for
myself
exactly
.
I
am
going
to
do
something
now
which
I
think
I
ought
not
to
do
,
but
I
can
not
help
myself
.
If
I
do
n't
do
it
,
it
will
injure
you
and
a
lot
of
people
whom
I
do
not
wish
to
injure
.
I
know
you
are
naturally
interested
in
the
outcome
of
the
fall
election
.
The
truth
is
I
have
been
carrying
a
lot
of
stocks
for
Mr.
Stener
and
some
of
his
friends
.
I
do
not
know
that
all
the
money
has
come
from
the
city
treasury
,
but
I
think
that
most
of
it
has
.
I
know
what
that
means
to
Mr.
Stener
and
the
Republican
party
and
your
interests
in
case
I
fail
.
I
do
n't
think
Mr.
Stener
started
this
of
his
own
accord
in
the
first
place
--
I
think
I
am
as
much
to
blame
as
anybody
--
but
it
grew
out
of
other
things
.
As
you
know
,
I
handled
that
matter
of
city
loan
for
him
and
then
some
of
his
friends
wanted
me
to
invest
in
street-railways
for
them
.
I
have
been
doing
that
ever
since
.
Personally
I
have
borrowed
considerable
money
from
Mr.
Stener
at
two
per
cent
.
In
fact
,
originally
the
transactions
were
covered
in
that
way
.
Now
I
do
n't
want
to
shift
the
blame
on
any
one
.
It
comes
back
to
me
and
I
am
willing
to
let
it
stay
there
,
except
that
if
I
fail
Mr.
Stener
will
be
blamed
and
that
will
reflect
on
the
administration
.
Naturally
,
I
do
n't
want
to
fail
.
There
is
no
excuse
for
my
doing
so
.
Aside
from
this
panic
I
have
never
been
in
a
better
position
in
my
life
.
But
I
can
not
weather
this
storm
without
assistance
,
and
I
want
to
know
if
you
wo
n't
help
me
.
If
I
pull
through
I
will
give
you
my
word
that
I
will
see
that
the
money
which
has
been
taken
from
the
treasury
is
put
back
there
.
Mr.
Stener
is
out
of
town
or
I
would
have
brought
him
here
with
me
.
"
Cowperwood
was
lying
out
of
the
whole
cloth
in
regard
to
bringing
Stener
with
him
,
and
he
had
no
intention
of
putting
the
money
back
in
the
city
treasury
except
by
degrees
and
in
such
manner
as
suited
his
convenience
;
but
what
he
had
said
sounded
well
and
created
a
great
seeming
of
fairness
.
"
How
much
money
is
it
Stener
has
invested
with
you
?
"
asked
Butler
.
He
was
a
little
confused
by
this
curious
development
.
It
put
Cowperwood
and
Stener
in
an
odd
light
.
"
About
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
.
The
old
man
straightened
up
.
"
Is
it
as
much
as
that
?
"
he
said
.
"
Just
about
--
a
little
more
or
a
little
less
;
I
'm
not
sure
which
.
"
The
old
contractor
listened
solemnly
to
all
Cowperwood
had
to
say
on
this
score
,
thinking
of
the
effect
on
the
Republican
party
and
his
own
contracting
interests
.
He
liked
Cowperwood
,
but
this
was
a
rough
thing
the
latter
was
telling
him
--
rough
,
and
a
great
deal
to
ask
.
He
was
a
slow-thinking
and
a
slow-moving
man
,
but
he
did
well
enough
when
he
did
think
.
He
had
considerable
money
invested
in
Philadelphia
street-railway
stocks
--
perhaps
as
much
as
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
.
Mollenhauer
had
perhaps
as
much
more
.
Whether
Senator
Simpson
had
much
or
little
he
could
not
tell
.
Cowperwood
had
told
him
in
the
past
that
he
thought
the
Senator
had
a
good
deal
.
Most
of
their
holdings
,
as
in
the
case
of
Cowperwood
's
,
were
hypothecated
at
the
various
banks
for
loans
and
these
loans
invested
in
other
ways
.
It
was
not
advisable
or
comfortable
to
have
these
loans
called
,
though
the
condition
of
no
one
of
the
triumvirate
was
anything
like
as
bad
as
that
of
Cowperwood
.
They
could
see
themselves
through
without
much
trouble
,
though
not
without
probable
loss
unless
they
took
hurried
action
to
protect
themselves
.
He
would
not
have
thought
so
much
of
it
if
Cowperwood
had
told
him
that
Stener
was
involved
,
say
,
to
the
extent
of
seventy-five
or
a
hundred
thousand
dollars
.
That
might
be
adjusted
.
But
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
!
