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"
Now
that
sounds
like
very
good
sense
to
me
,
"
said
Butler
,
sinking
a
little
lower
in
his
chair
for
comfort
's
sake
,
and
concealing
his
true
mood
in
regard
to
all
this
.
"
The
boys
could
easily
make
that
investigation
last
three
weeks
,
I
should
think
.
They
're
slow
enough
with
everything
else
,
if
me
memory
does
n't
fail
me
.
"
At
the
same
time
he
was
cogitating
as
to
how
to
inject
the
personality
of
Cowperwood
and
his
speedy
prosecution
without
appearing
to
be
neglecting
the
general
welfare
of
the
local
party
too
much
.
"
Yes
,
that
is
n't
a
bad
idea
,
"
said
Mollenhauer
,
solemnly
,
blowing
a
ring
of
smoke
,
and
thinking
how
to
keep
Cowperwood
's
especial
offense
from
coming
up
at
this
conference
and
until
after
he
had
seen
him
.
"
We
ought
to
map
out
our
program
very
carefully
,
"
continued
Senator
Simpson
,
"
so
that
if
we
are
compelled
to
act
we
can
do
so
very
quickly
.
I
believe
myself
that
this
thing
is
certain
to
come
to
an
issue
within
a
week
,
if
not
sooner
,
and
we
have
no
time
to
lose
.
If
my
advice
were
followed
now
,
I
should
have
the
mayor
write
the
treasurer
a
letter
asking
for
information
,
and
the
treasurer
write
the
mayor
his
answer
,
and
also
have
the
mayor
,
with
the
authority
of
the
common
council
,
suspend
the
treasurer
for
the
time
being
--
I
think
we
have
the
authority
to
do
that
--
or
,
at
least
,
take
over
his
principal
duties
but
without
for
the
time
being
,
anyhow
,
making
any
of
these
transactions
public
--
until
we
have
to
,
of
course
.
We
ought
to
be
ready
with
these
letters
to
show
to
the
newspapers
at
once
,
in
case
this
action
is
forced
upon
us
.
"
"
I
could
have
those
letters
prepared
,
if
you
gentlemen
have
no
objection
,
"
put
in
Mollenhauer
,
quietly
,
but
quickly
.
"
Well
,
that
strikes
me
as
sinsible
,
"
said
Butler
,
easily
.
"
It
's
about
the
only
thing
we
can
do
under
the
circumstances
,
unless
we
could
find
some
one
else
to
blame
it
on
,
and
I
have
a
suggestion
to
make
in
that
direction
.
Maybe
we
're
not
as
helpless
as
we
might
be
,
all
things
considered
.
"
There
was
a
slight
gleam
of
triumph
in
his
eye
as
he
said
this
,
at
the
same
time
that
there
was
a
slight
shadow
of
disappointment
in
Mollenhauer
's
.
So
Butler
knew
,
and
probably
Simpson
,
too
.
"
Just
what
do
you
mean
?
"
asked
the
Senator
,
looking
at
Butler
interestedly
.
He
knew
nothing
of
the
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
transaction
.
He
had
not
followed
the
local
treasury
dealings
very
closely
,
nor
had
he
talked
to
either
of
his
confreres
since
the
original
conference
between
them
.
"
There
have
n't
been
any
outside
parties
mixed
up
with
this
,
have
there
?
"
His
own
shrewd
,
political
mind
was
working
.
"
No-o
.
I
would
n't
call
him
an
outside
party
,
exactly
,
Senator
,
"
went
on
Butler
suavely
.
"
It
's
Cowperwood
himself
I
'm
thinkin
'
of
.
There
's
somethin'
that
has
come
up
since
I
saw
you
gentlemen
last
that
makes
me
think
that
perhaps
that
young
man
is
n't
as
innocent
as
he
might
be
.
It
looks
to
me
as
though
he
was
the
ringleader
in
this
business
,
as
though
he
had
been
leadin
'
Stener
on
against
his
will
.
I
've
been
lookin
'
into
the
matter
on
me
own
account
,
and
as
far
as
I
can
make
out
this
man
Stener
is
n't
as
much
to
blame
as
I
thought
.
From
all
I
can
learn
,
Cowperwood
's
been
threatenin
'
Stener
with
one
thing
and
another
if
he
did
n't
give
him
more
money
,
and
only
the
other
day
he
got
a
big
sum
on
false
pretinses
,
which
might
make
him
equally
guilty
with
Stener
.
There
's
sixty-thousand
dollars
of
city
loan
certificates
that
has
been
paid
for
that
are
n't
in
the
sinking-fund
.
And
since
the
reputation
of
the
party
's
in
danger
this
fall
,
I
do
n't
see
that
we
need
to
have
any
particular
consideration
for
him
.
"
He
paused
,
strong
in
the
conviction
that
he
had
sent
a
most
dangerous
arrow
flying
in
the
direction
of
Cowperwood
,
as
indeed
he
had
.
Yet
at
this
moment
,
both
the
Senator
and
Mollenhauer
were
not
a
little
surprised
,
seeing
at
their
last
meeting
he
had
appeared
rather
friendly
to
the
young
banker
,
and
this
recent
discovery
seemed
scarcely
any
occasion
for
a
vicious
attitude
on
his
part
.
Mollenhauer
in
particular
was
surprised
,
for
he
had
been
looking
on
Butler
's
friendship
for
Cowperwood
as
a
possible
stumbling
block
.
"
Um-m
,
you
do
n't
tell
me
,
"
observed
Senator
Simpson
,
thoughtfully
,
stroking
his
mouth
with
his
pale
hand
.
