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"
The
city
is
burning
down
,
so
they
say
,
"
put
in
Owen
,
who
was
watching
the
face
of
the
distinguished
politician
with
considerable
interest
.
"
Well
,
that
is
news
.
I
must
send
out
and
get
a
paper
.
John
!
"
he
called
.
His
man-servant
appeared
.
"
See
if
you
can
get
me
a
paper
somewhere
.
"
The
servant
disappeared
.
"
What
makes
you
think
that
would
have
anything
to
do
with
us
?
"
observed
Mollenhauer
,
returning
to
Butler
.
"
Well
,
there
's
one
thing
that
goes
with
that
that
I
did
n't
know
till
a
little
while
ago
and
that
is
that
our
man
Stener
is
apt
to
be
short
in
his
accounts
,
unless
things
come
out
better
than
some
people
seem
to
think
,
"
suggested
Butler
,
calmly
.
"
That
might
not
look
so
well
before
election
,
would
it
?
"
His
shrewd
gray
Irish
eyes
looked
into
Mollenhauer
's
,
who
returned
his
gaze
.
"
Where
did
you
get
that
?
"
queried
Mr.
Mollenhauer
icily
.
"
He
has
n't
deliberately
taken
much
money
,
has
he
?
How
much
has
he
taken
--
do
you
know
?
"
"
Quite
a
bit
,
"
replied
Butler
,
quietly
.
"
Nearly
five
hundred
thousand
,
so
I
understand
.
Only
I
would
n't
say
that
it
has
been
taken
as
yet
.
It
's
in
danger
of
being
lost
.
"
"
Five
hundred
thousand
!
"
exclaimed
Mollenhauer
in
amazement
,
and
yet
preserving
his
usual
calm
.
"
You
do
n't
tell
me
!
How
long
has
this
been
going
on
?
What
has
he
been
doing
with
the
money
?
"
"
He
's
loaned
a
good
deal
--
about
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
this
young
Cowperwood
in
Third
Street
,
that
's
been
handlin
'
city
loan
.
They
've
been
investin
'
it
for
themselves
in
one
thing
and
another
--
mostly
in
buyin
'
up
street-railways
.
"
(
At
the
mention
of
street-railways
Mollenhauer
's
impassive
countenance
underwent
a
barely
perceptible
change
.
)
"
This
fire
,
accordin
'
to
Cowperwood
,
is
certain
to
produce
a
panic
in
the
mornin
'
,
and
unless
he
gets
considerable
help
he
does
n't
see
how
he
's
to
hold
out
.
If
he
does
n't
hold
out
,
there
'll
be
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
missin
'
from
the
city
treasury
which
ca
n't
be
put
back
.
Stener
's
out
of
town
and
Cowperwood
's
come
to
me
to
see
what
can
be
done
about
it
.
As
a
matter
of
fact
,
he
's
done
a
little
business
for
me
in
times
past
,
and
he
thought
maybe
I
could
help
him
now
--
that
is
,
that
I
might
get
you
and
the
Senator
to
see
the
big
bankers
with
me
and
help
support
the
market
in
the
mornin
'
.
If
we
do
n't
he
's
goin
'
to
fail
,
and
he
thought
the
scandal
would
hurt
us
in
the
election
.
He
does
n't
appear
to
me
to
be
workin
'
any
game
--
just
anxious
to
save
himself
and
do
the
square
thing
by
me
--
by
us
,
if
he
can
.
"
Butler
paused
.
Mollenhauer
,
sly
and
secretive
himself
,
was
apparently
not
at
all
moved
by
this
unexpected
development
.
At
the
same
time
,
never
having
thought
of
Stener
as
having
any
particular
executive
or
financial
ability
,
he
was
a
little
stirred
and
curious
.
So
his
treasurer
was
using
money
without
his
knowing
it
,
and
now
stood
in
danger
of
being
prosecuted
!
Cowperwood
he
knew
of
only
indirectly
,
as
one
who
had
been
engaged
to
handle
city
loan
.
He
had
profited
by
his
manipulation
of
city
loan
.
Evidently
the
banker
had
made
a
fool
of
Stener
,
and
had
used
the
money
for
street-railway
shares
!
He
and
Stener
must
have
quite
some
private
holdings
then
.
That
did
interest
Mollenhauer
greatly
.
"
Five
hundred
thousand
dollars
!
"
he
repeated
,
when
Butler
had
finished
.
"
That
is
quite
a
little
money
.
If
merely
supporting
the
market
would
save
Cowperwood
we
might
do
that
,
although
if
it
's
a
severe
panic
I
do
not
see
how
anything
we
can
do
will
be
of
very
much
assistance
to
him
.
If
he
's
in
a
very
tight
place
and
a
severe
slump
is
coming
,
it
will
take
a
great
deal
more
than
our
merely
supporting
the
market
to
save
him
.
I
've
been
through
that
before
.
You
do
n't
know
what
his
liabilities
are
?
"
