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Stener
and
the
little
Steners
.
No
doubt
she
had
worked
hard
,
as
had
Stener
,
to
get
up
in
the
world
and
be
something
--
just
a
little
more
than
miserably
poor
;
and
now
this
unfortunate
complication
had
to
arise
to
undo
them
--
this
Chicago
fire
.
What
a
curious
thing
that
was
!
If
any
one
thing
more
than
another
made
him
doubt
the
existence
of
a
kindly
,
overruling
Providence
,
it
was
the
unheralded
storms
out
of
clear
skies
--
financial
,
social
,
anything
you
choose
--
that
so
often
brought
ruin
and
disaster
to
so
many
.
"
Get
Up
,
Stener
,
"
he
said
,
calmly
,
after
a
few
moments
.
"
You
must
n't
give
way
to
your
feelings
like
this
.
You
must
not
cry
.
These
troubles
are
never
unraveled
by
tears
.
You
must
do
a
little
thinking
for
yourself
.
Perhaps
your
situation
is
n't
so
bad
.
"
As
he
was
saying
this
Stener
was
putting
himself
back
in
his
chair
,
getting
out
his
handkerchief
,
and
sobbing
hopelessly
in
it
.
"
I
'll
do
what
I
can
,
Stener
.
I
wo
n't
promise
anything
.
I
ca
n't
tell
you
what
the
result
will
be
.
There
are
many
peculiar
political
forces
in
this
city
.
I
may
not
be
able
to
save
you
,
but
I
am
perfectly
willing
to
try
.
You
must
put
yourself
absolutely
under
my
direction
.
You
must
not
say
or
do
anything
without
first
consulting
with
me
.
I
will
send
my
secretary
to
you
from
time
to
time
.
He
will
tell
you
what
to
do
.
You
must
not
come
to
me
unless
I
send
for
you
.
Do
you
understand
that
thoroughly
?
"
"
Yes
,
Mr.
Mollenhauer
.
"
"
Well
,
now
,
dry
your
eyes
.
I
do
n't
want
you
to
go
out
of
this
office
crying
.
Go
back
to
your
office
,
and
I
will
send
Sengstack
to
see
you
.
He
will
tell
you
what
to
do
.
Follow
him
exactly
.
And
whenever
I
send
for
you
come
at
once
.
"
He
got
up
,
large
,
self-confident
,
reserved
.
Stener
,
buoyed
up
by
the
subtle
reassurance
of
his
remarks
,
recovered
to
a
degree
his
equanimity
.
Mr.
Mollenhauer
,
the
great
,
powerful
Mr.
Mollenhauer
was
going
to
help
him
out
of
his
scrape
.
He
might
not
have
to
go
to
jail
after
all
.
He
left
after
a
few
moments
,
his
face
a
little
red
from
weeping
,
but
otherwise
free
of
telltale
marks
,
and
returned
to
his
office
.
Three-quarters
of
an
hour
later
,
Sengstack
called
on
him
for
the
second
time
that
day
--
Abner
Sengstack
,
small
,
dark-faced
,
club-footed
,
a
great
sole
of
leather
three
inches
thick
under
his
short
,
withered
right
leg
,
his
slightly
Slavic
,
highly
intelligent
countenance
burning
with
a
pair
of
keen
,
piercing
,
inscrutable
black
eyes
.
Sengstack
was
a
fit
secretary
for
Mollenhauer
.
You
could
see
at
one
glance
that
he
would
make
Stener
do
exactly
what
Mollenhauer
suggested
.
His
business
was
to
induce
Stener
to
part
with
his
street-railway
holdings
at
once
through
Tighe
&
Co.
,
Butler
's
brokers
,
to
the
political
sub-agent
who
would
eventually
transfer
them
to
Mollenhauer
.
What
little
Stener
received
for
them
might
well
go
into
the
treasury
.
Tighe
&
Co.
would
manage
the
"
'
change
"
subtleties
of
this
without
giving
any
one
else
a
chance
to
bid
,
while
at
the
same
time
making
it
appear
an
open-market
transaction
At
the
same
time
Sengstack
went
carefully
into
the
state
of
the
treasurer
's
office
for
his
master
's
benefit
--
finding
out
what
it
was
that
Strobik
,
Wycroft
,
and
Harmon
had
been
doing
with
their
loans
.
Via
another
source
they
were
ordered
to
disgorge
at
once
or
face
prosecution
.
They
were
a
part
of
Mollenhauer
's
political
machine
.
Then
,
having
cautioned
Stener
not
to
set
over
the
remainder
of
his
property
to
any
one
,
and
not
to
listen
to
any
one
,
most
of
all
to
the
Machiavellian
counsel
of
Cowperwood
,
Sengstack
left
.
