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Simpson
fingered
his
strange
,
wide
mouth
with
his
delicate
hand
.
"
What
have
they
been
doing
with
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
?
"
he
asked
.
"
Oh
,
the
boys
must
make
a
little
somethin'
on
the
side
,
"
said
Butler
,
cheerfully
.
"
I
think
they
've
been
buyin
'
up
street-railways
,
for
one
thing
.
"
He
stuck
his
thumbs
in
the
armholes
of
his
vest
.
Both
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
smiled
wan
smiles
.
"
Quite
so
,
"
said
Mollenhauer
.
Senator
Simpson
merely
looked
the
deep
things
that
he
thought
.
He
,
too
,
was
thinking
how
useless
it
was
for
any
one
to
approach
a
group
of
politicians
with
a
proposition
like
this
,
particularly
in
a
crisis
such
as
bid
fair
to
occur
.
He
reflected
that
if
he
and
Butler
and
Mollenhauer
could
get
together
and
promise
Cowperwood
protection
in
return
for
the
surrender
of
his
street-railway
holdings
it
would
be
a
very
different
matter
.
It
would
be
very
easy
in
this
case
to
carry
the
city
treasury
loan
along
in
silence
and
even
issue
more
money
to
support
it
;
but
it
was
not
sure
,
in
the
first
place
,
that
Cowperwood
could
be
made
to
surrender
his
stocks
,
and
in
the
second
place
that
either
Butler
or
Mollenhauer
would
enter
into
any
such
deal
with
him
,
Simpson
.
Butler
had
evidently
come
here
to
say
a
good
word
for
Cowperwood
.
Mollenhauer
and
himself
were
silent
rivals
.
Although
they
worked
together
politically
it
was
toward
essentially
different
financial
ends
.
They
were
allied
in
no
one
particular
financial
proposition
,
any
more
than
Mollenhauer
and
Butler
were
.
And
besides
,
in
all
probability
Cowperwood
was
no
fool
.
He
was
not
equally
guilty
with
Stener
;
the
latter
had
loaned
him
money
.
The
Senator
reflected
on
whether
he
should
broach
some
such
subtle
solution
of
the
situation
as
had
occurred
to
him
to
his
colleagues
,
but
he
decided
not
.
Really
Mollenhauer
was
too
treacherous
a
man
to
work
with
on
a
thing
of
this
kind
.
It
was
a
splendid
chance
but
dangerous
.
He
had
better
go
it
alone
.
For
the
present
they
should
demand
of
Stener
that
he
get
Cowperwood
to
return
the
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
if
he
could
.
If
not
,
Stener
could
be
sacrificed
for
the
benefit
of
the
party
,
if
need
be
.
Cowperwood
's
stocks
,
with
this
tip
as
to
his
condition
,
would
,
Simpson
reflected
,
offer
a
good
opportunity
for
a
little
stock-exchange
work
on
the
part
of
his
own
brokers
.
They
could
spread
rumors
as
to
Cowperwood
's
condition
and
then
offer
to
take
his
shares
off
his
hands
--
for
a
song
,
of
course
.
It
was
an
evil
moment
that
led
Cowperwood
to
Butler
.
"
Well
,
now
,
"
said
the
Senator
,
after
a
prolonged
silence
,
"
I
might
sympathize
with
Mr.
Cowperwood
in
his
situation
,
and
I
certainly
do
n't
blame
him
for
buying
up
street-railways
if
he
can
;
but
I
really
do
n't
see
what
can
be
done
for
him
very
well
in
this
crisis
.
I
do
n't
know
about
you
,
gentlemen
,
but
I
am
rather
certain
that
I
am
not
in
a
position
to
pick
other
people
's
chestnuts
out
of
the
fire
if
I
wanted
to
,
just
now
.
It
all
depends
on
whether
we
feel
that
the
danger
to
the
party
is
sufficient
to
warrant
our
going
down
into
our
pockets
and
assisting
him
.
"
At
the
mention
of
real
money
to
be
loaned
Mollenhauer
pulled
a
long
face
.
"
I
ca
n't
see
that
I
will
be
able
to
do
very
much
for
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
sighed
.
"
Begad
,
"
said
Buler
,
with
a
keen
sense
of
humor
,
"
it
looks
to
me
as
if
I
'd
better
be
gettin
'
in
my
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
.
That
's
the
first
business
of
the
early
mornin
'
.
"
Neither
Simpson
nor
Mollenhauer
condescended
on
this
occasion
to
smile
even
the
wan
smile
they
had
smiled
before
.
They
merely
looked
wise
and
solemn
.
"
But
this
matter
of
the
city
treasury
,
now
,
"
said
Senator
Simpson
,
after
the
atmosphere
had
been
allowed
to
settle
a
little
,
"
is
something
to
which
we
shall
have
to
devote
a
little
thought
.
If
Mr.
Cowperwood
should
fail
,
and
the
treasury
lose
that
much
money
,
it
would
embarrass
us
no
little
.
What
lines
are
they
,
"
he
added
,
as
an
afterthought
,
"
that
this
man
has
been
particularly
interested
in
?
"
