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"
Why
,
hello
,
Frank
,
"
his
friends
would
call
,
on
seeing
him
.
"
How
are
you
getting
on
?
"
"
Fine
!
Fine
!
"
he
would
reply
,
cheerfully
.
"
Never
better
,
"
and
he
would
explain
in
a
general
way
how
his
affairs
were
being
handled
.
He
conveyed
much
of
his
own
optimism
to
all
those
who
knew
him
and
were
interested
in
his
welfare
,
but
of
course
there
were
many
who
were
not
.
In
these
days
also
,
he
and
Steger
were
constantly
to
be
met
with
in
courts
of
law
,
for
he
was
constantly
being
reexamined
in
some
petition
in
bankruptcy
.
They
were
heartbreaking
days
,
but
he
did
not
flinch
.
He
wanted
to
stay
in
Philadelphia
and
fight
the
thing
to
a
finish
--
putting
himself
where
he
had
been
before
the
fire
;
rehabilitating
himself
in
the
eyes
of
the
public
.
He
felt
that
he
could
do
it
,
too
,
if
he
were
not
actually
sent
to
prison
for
a
long
term
;
and
even
then
,
so
naturally
optimistic
was
his
mood
,
when
he
got
out
again
.
But
,
in
so
far
as
Philadelphia
was
concerned
,
distinctly
he
was
dreaming
vain
dreams
.
One
of
the
things
militating
against
him
was
the
continued
opposition
of
Butler
and
the
politicians
.
Somehow
--
no
one
could
have
said
exactly
why
--
the
general
political
feeling
was
that
the
financier
and
the
former
city
treasurer
would
lose
their
appeals
and
eventually
be
sentenced
together
.
Stener
,
in
spite
of
his
original
intention
to
plead
guilty
and
take
his
punishment
without
comment
,
had
been
persuaded
by
some
of
his
political
friends
that
it
would
be
better
for
his
future
's
sake
to
plead
not
guilty
and
claim
that
his
offense
had
been
due
to
custom
,
rather
than
to
admit
his
guilt
outright
and
so
seem
not
to
have
had
any
justification
whatsoever
.
This
he
did
,
but
he
was
convicted
nevertheless
.
For
the
sake
of
appearances
,
a
trumped-up
appeal
was
made
which
was
now
before
the
State
Supreme
Court
.
Then
,
too
,
due
to
one
whisper
and
another
,
and
these
originating
with
the
girl
who
had
written
Butler
and
Cowperwood
's
wife
,
there
was
at
this
time
a
growing
volume
of
gossip
relating
to
the
alleged
relations
of
Cowperwood
with
Butler
's
daughter
,
Aileen
.
There
had
been
a
house
in
Tenth
Street
.
It
had
been
maintained
by
Cowperwood
for
her
.
No
wonder
Butler
was
so
vindictive
.
This
,
indeed
,
explained
much
.
And
even
in
the
practical
,
financial
world
,
criticism
was
now
rather
against
Cowperwood
than
his
enemies
.
For
,
was
it
not
a
fact
,
that
at
the
inception
of
his
career
,
he
had
been
befriended
by
Butler
?
And
what
a
way
to
reward
that
friendship
!
His
oldest
and
firmest
admirers
wagged
their
heads
.
For
they
sensed
clearly
that
this
was
another
illustration
of
that
innate
"
I
satisfy
myself
"
attitude
which
so
regulated
Cowperwood
's
conduct
.
He
was
a
strong
man
,
surely
--
and
a
brilliant
one
.
Never
had
Third
Street
seen
a
more
pyrotechnic
,
and
yet
fascinating
and
financially
aggressive
,
and
at
the
same
time
,
conservative
person
.
Yet
might
one
not
fairly
tempt
Nemesis
by
a
too
great
daring
and
egotism
?
Like
Death
,
it
loves
a
shining
mark
.
He
should
not
,
perhaps
,
have
seduced
Butler
's
daughter
;
unquestionably
he
should
not
have
so
boldly
taken
that
check
,
especially
after
his
quarrel
and
break
with
Stener
.
He
was
a
little
too
aggressive
.
Was
it
not
questionable
whether
--
with
such
a
record
--
he
could
be
restored
to
his
former
place
here
?
The
bankers
and
business
men
who
were
closest
to
him
were
decidedly
dubious
.
But
in
so
far
as
Cowperwood
and
his
own
attitude
toward
life
was
concerned
,
at
this
time
--
the
feeling
he
had
--
"
to
satisfy
myself
"
--
when
combined
with
his
love
of
beauty
and
love
and
women
,
still
made
him
ruthless
and
thoughtless
.
Even
now
,
the
beauty
and
delight
of
a
girl
like
Aileen
Butler
were
far
more
important
to
him
than
the
good-will
of
fifty
million
people
,
if
he
could
evade
the
necessity
of
having
their
good-will
.
Previous
to
the
Chicago
fire
and
the
panic
,
his
star
had
been
so
rapidly
ascending
that
in
the
helter-skelter
of
great
and
favorable
events
he
had
scarcely
taken
thought
of
the
social
significance
of
the
thing
he
was
doing
.
Youth
and
the
joy
of
life
were
in
his
blood
.
He
felt
so
young
,
so
vigorous
,
so
like
new
grass
looks
and
feels
.
The
freshness
of
spring
evenings
was
in
him
,
and
he
did
not
care
.
After
the
crash
,
when
one
might
have
imagined
he
would
have
seen
the
wisdom
of
relinquishing
Aileen
for
the
time
being
,
anyhow
,
he
did
not
care
to
.
She
represented
the
best
of
the
wonderful
days
that
had
gone
before
.
She
was
a
link
between
him
and
the
past
and
a
still-to-be
triumphant
future
.
His
worst
anxiety
was
that
if
he
were
sent
to
the
penitentiary
,
or
adjudged
a
bankrupt
,
or
both
,
he
would
probably
lose
the
privilege
of
a
seat
on
'
change
,
and
that
would
close
to
him
the
most
distinguished
avenue
of
his
prosperity
here
in
Philadelphia
for
some
time
,
if
not
forever
.
At
present
,
because
of
his
complications
,
his
seat
had
been
attached
as
an
asset
,
and
he
could
not
act
.
Edward
and
Joseph
,
almost
the
only
employees
he
could
afford
,
were
still
acting
for
him
in
a
small
way
;
but
the
other
members
on
'
change
naturally
suspected
his
brothers
as
his
agents
,
and
any
talk
that
they
might
raise
of
going
into
business
for
themselves
merely
indicated
to
other
brokers
and
bankers
that
Cowperwood
was
contemplating
some
concealed
move
which
would
not
necessarily
be
advantageous
to
his
creditors
,
and
against
the
law
anyhow
.
Yet
he
must
remain
on
'
change
,
whatever
happened
,
potentially
if
not
actively
;
and
so
in
his
quick
mental
searchings
he
hit
upon
the
idea
that
in
order
to
forfend
against
the
event
of
his
being
put
into
prison
or
thrown
into
bankruptcy
,
or
both
,
he
ought
to
form
a
subsidiary
silent
partnership
with
some
man
who
was
or
would
be
well
liked
on
'
change
,
and
whom
he
could
use
as
a
cat
's
-
paw
and
a
dummy
.
