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"
Yes
,
I
can
confirm
that
,
"
said
Mollenhauer
,
quietly
,
seeing
his
own
little
private
plan
of
browbeating
Cowperwood
out
of
his
street-railway
shares
going
glimmering
.
"
I
had
a
talk
with
Stener
the
other
day
about
this
very
matter
,
and
he
told
me
that
Cowperwood
had
been
trying
to
force
him
to
give
him
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
,
and
that
when
he
refused
Cowperwood
managed
to
get
sixty
thousand
dollars
further
without
his
knowledge
or
consent
.
"
"
How
could
he
do
that
?
"
asked
Senator
Simpson
,
incredulously
.
Mollenhauer
explained
the
transaction
.
Oh
,
"
said
the
Senator
,
when
Mollenhauer
had
finished
,
"
that
indicates
a
rather
sharp
person
,
does
n't
it
?
And
the
certificates
are
not
in
the
sinking-fund
,
eh
?
"
"
They
're
not
,
"
chimed
in
Butler
,
with
considerable
enthusiasm
.
"
Well
,
I
must
say
,
"
said
Simpson
,
rather
relieved
in
his
manner
,
"
this
looks
like
a
rather
good
thing
than
not
to
me
.
A
scapegoat
possibly
.
We
need
something
like
this
.
I
see
no
reason
under
the
circumstances
for
trying
to
protect
Mr.
Cowperwood
.
We
might
as
well
try
to
make
a
point
of
that
,
if
we
have
to
.
The
newspapers
might
just
as
well
talk
loud
about
that
as
anything
else
.
They
are
bound
to
talk
;
and
if
we
give
them
the
right
angle
,
I
think
that
the
election
might
well
come
and
go
before
the
matter
could
be
reasonably
cleared
up
,
even
though
Mr.
Wheat
does
interfere
.
I
will
be
glad
to
undertake
to
see
what
can
be
done
with
the
papers
.
"
"
Well
,
that
bein
'
the
case
,
"
said
Butler
,
"
I
do
n't
see
that
there
's
so
much
more
we
can
do
now
;
but
I
do
think
it
will
be
a
mistake
if
Cowperwood
is
n't
punished
with
the
other
one
.
He
's
equally
guilty
with
Stener
,
if
not
more
so
,
and
I
for
one
want
to
see
him
get
what
he
deserves
.
He
belongs
in
the
penitentiary
,
and
that
's
where
he
'll
go
if
I
have
my
say
.
"
Both
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
turned
a
reserved
and
inquiring
eye
on
their
usually
genial
associate
.
What
could
be
the
reason
for
his
sudden
determination
to
have
Cowperwood
punished
?
Cowperwood
,
as
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
saw
it
,
and
as
Butler
would
ordinarily
have
seen
it
,
was
well
within
his
human
,
if
not
his
strictly
legal
rights
.
They
did
not
blame
him
half
as
much
for
trying
to
do
what
he
had
done
as
they
blamed
Stener
for
letting
him
do
it
But
,
since
Butler
felt
as
he
did
,
and
there
was
an
actual
technical
crime
here
,
they
were
perfectly
willing
that
the
party
should
have
the
advantage
of
it
,
even
if
Cowperwood
went
to
the
penitentiary
.
"
You
may
be
right
,
"
said
Senator
Simpson
,
cautiously
.
"
You
might
have
those
letters
prepared
,
Henry
;
and
if
we
have
to
bring
any
action
at
all
against
anybody
before
election
,
it
would
,
perhaps
,
be
advisable
to
bring
it
against
Cowperwood
.
Include
Stener
if
you
have
to
but
not
unless
you
have
to
.
I
leave
it
to
you
two
,
as
I
am
compelled
to
start
for
Pittsburg
next
Friday
;
but
I
know
you
will
not
overlook
any
point
.
"
The
Senator
arose
.
His
time
was
always
valuable
.
Butler
was
highly
gratified
by
what
he
had
accomplished
.
He
had
succeeded
in
putting
the
triumvirate
on
record
against
Cowperwood
as
the
first
victim
,
in
case
of
any
public
disturbance
or
demonstration
against
the
party
.
All
that
was
now
necessary
was
for
that
disturbance
to
manifest
itself
;
and
,
from
what
he
could
see
of
local
conditions
,
it
was
not
far
off
.
There
was
now
the
matter
of
Cowperwood
's
disgruntled
creditors
to
look
into
;
and
if
by
buying
in
these
he
should
succeed
in
preventing
the
financier
from
resuming
business
,
he
would
have
him
in
a
very
precarious
condition
indeed
.
It
was
a
sad
day
for
Cowperwood
,
Butler
thought
--
the
day
he
had
first
tried
to
lead
Aileen
astray
--
and
the
time
was
not
far
off
when
he
could
prove
it
to
him
.
In
the
meantime
Cowperwood
,
from
what
he
could
see
and
hear
,
was
becoming
more
and
more
certain
that
the
politicians
would
try
to
make
a
scapegoat
of
him
,
and
that
shortly
.
For
one
thing
,
Stires
had
called
only
a
few
days
after
he
closed
his
doors
and
imparted
a
significant
bit
of
information
.
Albert
was
still
connected
with
the
city
treasury
,
as
was
Stener
,
and
engaged
with
Sengstack
and
another
personal
appointee
of
Mollenhauer
's
in
going
over
the
treasurer
's
books
and
explaining
their
financial
significance
.
Stires
had
come
to
Cowperwood
primarily
to
get
additional
advice
in
regard
to
the
sixty-thousand-dollar
check
and
his
personal
connection
with
it
.
Stener
,
it
seemed
,
was
now
threatening
to
have
his
chief
clerk
prosecuted
,
saying
that
he
was
responsible
for
the
loss
of
the
money
and
that
his
bondsmen
could
be
held
responsible
.
Cowperwood
had
merely
laughed
and
assured
Stires
that
there
was
nothing
to
this
.
