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"
Now
you
know
,
"
observed
Butler
,
thickly
and
solemnly
,
"
I
always
thought
that
young
felly
was
clever
,
but
I
hardly
thought
he
was
as
clever
as
all
that
.
So
that
's
his
game
.
You
're
pretty
shrewd
yourself
,
are
n't
you
?
Well
,
we
can
fix
that
,
if
we
think
well
of
it
.
But
there
's
more
than
that
to
all
this
.
You
do
n't
want
to
forget
the
Republican
party
.
Our
success
goes
with
the
success
of
that
,
you
know
"
--
and
he
paused
and
looked
at
his
son
.
"
If
Cowperwood
should
fail
and
that
money
could
n't
be
put
back
--
"
He
broke
off
abstractedly
.
"
The
thing
that
's
troublin
'
me
is
this
matter
of
Stener
and
the
city
treasury
.
If
somethin'
ai
n't
done
about
that
,
it
may
go
hard
with
the
party
this
fall
,
and
with
some
of
our
contracts
.
You
do
n't
want
to
forget
that
an
election
is
comin
'
along
in
November
.
I
'm
wonderin
'
if
I
ought
to
call
in
that
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
.
It
's
goin
'
to
take
considerable
money
to
meet
my
loans
in
the
mornin
'
.
"
It
is
a
curious
matter
of
psychology
,
but
it
was
only
now
that
the
real
difficulties
of
the
situation
were
beginning
to
dawn
on
Butler
.
In
the
presence
of
Cowperwood
he
was
so
influenced
by
that
young
man
's
personality
and
his
magnetic
presentation
of
his
need
and
his
own
liking
for
him
that
he
had
not
stopped
to
consider
all
the
phases
of
his
own
relationship
to
the
situation
.
Out
here
in
the
cool
night
air
,
talking
to
Owen
,
who
was
ambitious
on
his
own
account
and
anything
but
sentimentally
considerate
of
Cowperwood
,
he
was
beginning
to
sober
down
and
see
things
in
their
true
light
.
He
had
to
admit
that
Cowperwood
had
seriously
compromised
the
city
treasury
and
the
Republican
party
,
and
incidentally
Butler
's
own
private
interests
.
Nevertheless
,
he
liked
Cowperwood
.
He
was
in
no
way
prepared
to
desert
him
.
He
was
now
going
to
see
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
as
much
to
save
Cowperwood
really
as
the
party
and
his
own
affairs
.
And
yet
a
scandal
.
He
did
not
like
that
--
resented
it
.
This
young
scalawag
!
To
think
he
should
be
so
sly
.
None
the
less
he
still
liked
him
,
even
here
and
now
,
and
was
feeling
that
he
ought
to
do
something
to
help
the
young
man
,
if
anything
could
help
him
.
He
might
even
leave
his
hundred-thousand-dollar
loan
with
him
until
the
last
hour
,
as
Cowperwood
had
requested
,
if
the
others
were
friendly
.
"
Well
,
father
,
"
said
Owen
,
after
a
time
,
"
I
do
n't
see
why
you
need
to
worry
any
more
than
Mollenhauer
or
Simpson
.
If
you
three
want
to
help
him
out
,
you
can
;
but
for
the
life
of
me
I
do
n't
see
why
you
should
.
I
know
this
thing
will
have
a
bad
effect
on
the
election
,
if
it
comes
out
before
then
;
but
it
could
be
hushed
up
until
then
,
could
n't
it
?
Anyhow
,
your
street-railway
holdings
are
more
important
than
this
election
,
and
if
you
can
see
your
way
clear
to
getting
the
street-railway
lines
in
your
hands
you
wo
n't
need
to
worry
about
any
elections
.
My
advice
to
you
is
to
call
that
one-hundred-thousand-dollar
loan
of
yours
in
the
morning
,
and
meet
the
drop
in
your
stocks
that
way
.
It
may
make
Cowperwood
fail
,
but
that
wo
n't
hurt
you
any
.
You
can
go
into
the
market
and
buy
his
stocks
.
I
would
n't
be
surprised
if
he
would
run
to
you
and
ask
you
to
take
them
.
You
ought
to
get
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
to
scare
Stener
so
that
he
wo
n't
loan
Cowperwood
any
more
money
.
If
you
do
n't
,
Cowperwood
will
run
there
and
get
more
.
Stener
's
in
too
far
now
.
If
Cowperwood
wo
n't
sell
out
,
well
and
good
;
the
chances
are
he
will
bust
,
anyhow
,
and
then
you
can
pick
up
as
much
on
the
market
as
any
one
else
.
I
think
he
'll
sell
You
ca
n't
afford
to
worry
about
Stener
's
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
.
No
one
told
him
to
loan
it
.
Let
him
look
out
for
himself
.
It
may
hurt
the
party
,
but
you
can
look
after
that
later
.
You
and
Mollenhauer
can
fix
the
newspapers
so
they
wo
n't
talk
about
it
till
after
election
.
"
"
Aisy
!
Aisy
!
"
was
all
the
old
contractor
would
say
.
He
was
thinking
hard
.
The
residence
of
Henry
A.
Mollenhauer
was
,
at
that
time
,
in
a
section
of
the
city
which
was
almost
as
new
as
that
in
which
Butler
was
living
.
It
was
on
South
Broad
Street
,
near
a
handsome
library
building
which
had
been
recently
erected
.
It
was
a
spacious
house
of
the
type
usually
affected
by
men
of
new
wealth
in
those
days
--
a
structure
four
stories
in
height
of
yellow
brick
and
white
stone
built
after
no
school
which
one
could
readily
identify
,
but
not
unattractive
in
its
architectural
composition
.
A
broad
flight
of
steps
leading
to
a
wide
veranda
gave
into
a
decidedly
ornate
door
,
which
was
set
on
either
side
by
narrow
windows
and
ornamented
to
the
right
and
left
with
pale-blue
jardinieres
of
considerable
charm
of
outline
.
The
interior
,
divided
into
twenty
rooms
,
was
paneled
and
parqueted
in
the
most
expensive
manner
for
homes
of
that
day
.
There
was
a
great
reception-hall
,
a
large
parlor
or
drawing-room
,
a
dining-room
at
least
thirty
feet
square
paneled
in
oak
;
and
on
the
second
floor
were
a
music-room
devoted
to
the
talents
of
Mollenhauer
's
three
ambitious
daughters
,
a
library
and
private
office
for
himself
,
a
boudoir
and
bath
for
his
wife
,
and
a
conservatory
.
Mollenhauer
was
,
and
felt
himself
to
be
,
a
very
important
man
.
His
financial
and
political
judgment
was
exceedingly
keen
.
Although
he
was
a
German
,
or
rather
an
American
of
German
parentage
,
he
was
a
man
of
a
rather
impressive
American
presence
.
He
was
tall
and
heavy
and
shrewd
and
cold
.
His
large
chest
and
wide
shoulders
supported
a
head
of
distinguished
proportions
,
both
round
and
long
when
seen
from
different
angles
.
The
frontal
bone
descended
in
a
protruding
curve
over
the
nose
,
and
projected
solemnly
over
the
eyes
,
which
burned
with
a
shrewd
,
inquiring
gaze
.
And
the
nose
and
mouth
and
chin
below
,
as
well
as
his
smooth
,
hard
cheeks
,
confirmed
the
impression
that
he
knew
very
well
what
he
wished
in
this
world
,
and
was
very
able
without
regard
to
let
or
hindrance
to
get
it
.
It
was
a
big
face
,
impressive
,
well
modeled
.
He
was
an
excellent
friend
of
Edward
Malia
Butler
's
,
as
such
friendships
go
,
and
his
regard
for
Mark
Simpson
was
as
sincere
as
that
of
one
tiger
for
another
.
He
respected
ability
;
he
was
willing
to
play
fair
when
fair
was
the
game
.
When
it
was
not
,
the
reach
of
his
cunning
was
not
easily
measured
.
