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"
I
give
and
bequeath
to
my
beloved
wife
,
Norah
,
all
my
property
of
whatsoever
kind
to
be
disposed
of
as
she
may
see
fit
.
"
There
was
no
misconstruing
this
.
A
private
paper
drawn
secretly
for
her
sometime
before
by
Butler
,
explained
how
the
property
should
be
disposed
of
by
her
at
her
death
.
It
was
Butler
's
real
will
masquerading
as
hers
,
and
she
would
not
have
changed
it
for
worlds
;
but
he
wanted
her
left
in
undisturbed
possession
of
everything
until
she
should
die
.
Aileen
's
originally
assigned
portion
had
never
been
changed
.
According
to
her
father
's
will
,
which
no
power
under
the
sun
could
have
made
Mrs.
Butler
alter
,
she
was
left
$
250,000
to
be
paid
at
Mrs.
Butler
's
death
.
Neither
this
fact
nor
any
of
the
others
contained
in
the
paper
were
communicated
by
Mrs.
Butler
,
who
retained
it
to
be
left
as
her
will
.
Aileen
often
wondered
,
but
never
sought
to
know
,
what
had
been
left
her
.
Nothing
she
fancied
--
but
felt
that
she
could
not
help
this
.
Butler
's
death
led
at
once
to
a
great
change
in
the
temper
of
the
home
.
After
the
funeral
the
family
settled
down
to
a
seemingly
peaceful
continuance
of
the
old
life
;
but
it
was
a
matter
of
seeming
merely
.
The
situation
stood
with
Callum
and
Owen
manifesting
a
certain
degree
of
contempt
for
Aileen
,
which
she
,
understanding
,
reciprocated
.
She
was
very
haughty
.
Owen
had
plans
of
forcing
her
to
leave
after
Butler
's
death
,
but
he
finally
asked
himself
what
was
the
use
.
Mrs.
Butler
,
who
did
not
want
to
leave
the
old
home
,
was
very
fond
of
Aileen
,
so
therein
lay
a
reason
for
letting
her
remain
.
Besides
,
any
move
to
force
her
out
would
have
entailed
an
explanation
to
her
mother
,
which
was
not
deemed
advisable
.
Owen
himself
was
interested
in
Caroline
Mollenhauer
,
whom
he
hoped
some
day
to
marry
--
as
much
for
her
prospective
wealth
as
for
any
other
reason
,
though
he
was
quite
fond
of
her
.
In
the
January
following
Butler
's
death
,
which
occurred
in
August
,
Norah
was
married
very
quietly
,
and
the
following
spring
Callum
embarked
on
a
similar
venture
.
In
the
meanwhile
,
with
Butler
's
death
,
the
control
of
the
political
situation
had
shifted
considerably
.
A
certain
Tom
Collins
,
formerly
one
of
Butler
's
henchmen
,
but
latterly
a
power
in
the
First
,
Second
,
Third
,
and
Fourth
Wards
,
where
he
had
numerous
saloons
and
control
of
other
forms
of
vice
,
appeared
as
a
claimant
for
political
recognition
.
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
had
to
consult
him
,
as
he
could
make
very
uncertain
the
disposition
of
some
hundred
and
fifteen
thousand
votes
,
a
large
number
of
which
were
fraudulent
,
but
which
fact
did
not
modify
their
deadly
character
on
occasion
.
Butler
's
sons
disappeared
as
possible
political
factors
,
and
were
compelled
to
confine
themselves
to
the
street-railway
and
contracting
business
.
The
pardon
of
Cowperwood
and
Stener
,
which
Butler
would
have
opposed
,
because
by
keeping
Stener
in
he
kept
Cowperwood
in
,
became
a
much
easier
matter
.
The
scandal
of
the
treasury
defalcation
was
gradually
dying
down
;
the
newspapers
had
ceased
to
refer
to
it
in
any
way
.
Through
Steger
and
Wingate
,
a
large
petition
signed
by
all
important
financiers
and
brokers
had
been
sent
to
the
Governor
pointing
out
that
Cowperwood
's
trial
and
conviction
had
been
most
unfair
,
and
asking
that
he
be
pardoned
.
There
was
no
need
of
any
such
effort
,
so
far
as
Stener
was
concerned
;
whenever
the
time
seemed
ripe
the
politicians
were
quite
ready
to
say
to
the
Governor
that
he
ought
to
let
him
go
.
It
was
only
because
Butler
had
opposed
Cowperwood
's
release
that
they
had
hesitated
.
It
was
really
not
possible
to
let
out
the
one
and
ignore
the
other
;
and
this
petition
,
coupled
with
Butler
's
death
,
cleared
the
way
very
nicely
.
Nevertheless
,
nothing
was
done
until
the
March
following
Butler
's
death
,
when
both
Stener
and
Cowperwood
had
been
incarcerated
thirteen
months
--
a
length
of
time
which
seemed
quite
sufficient
to
appease
the
anger
of
the
public
at
large
.
In
this
period
Stener
had
undergone
a
considerable
change
physically
and
mentally
.
In
spite
of
the
fact
that
a
number
of
the
minor
aldermen
,
who
had
profited
in
various
ways
by
his
largess
,
called
to
see
him
occasionally
,
and
that
he
had
been
given
,
as
it
were
,
almost
the
liberty
of
the
place
,
and
that
his
family
had
not
been
allowed
to
suffer
,
nevertheless
he
realized
that
his
political
and
social
days
were
over
.
Somebody
might
now
occasionally
send
him
a
basket
of
fruit
and
assure
him
that
he
would
not
be
compelled
to
suffer
much
longer
;
but
when
he
did
get
out
,
he
knew
that
he
had
nothing
to
depend
on
save
his
experience
as
an
insurance
agent
and
real-estate
dealer
.
That
had
been
precarious
enough
in
the
days
when
he
was
trying
to
get
some
small
political
foothold
.
How
would
it
be
when
he
was
known
only
as
the
man
who
had
looted
the
treasury
of
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
and
been
sent
to
the
penitentiary
for
five
years
?
Who
would
lend
him
the
money
wherewith
to
get
a
little
start
,
even
so
much
as
four
or
five
thousand
dollars
?
The
people
who
were
calling
to
pay
their
respects
now
and
then
,
and
to
assure
him
that
he
had
been
badly
treated
?
Never
.
All
of
them
could
honestly
claim
that
they
had
not
so
much
to
spare
.
If
he
had
good
security
to
offer
--
yes
;
but
if
he
had
good
security
he
would
not
need
to
go
to
them
at
all
.
The
man
who
would
have
actually
helped
him
if
he
had
only
known
was
Frank
A.
Cowperwood
.
Stener
could
have
confessed
his
mistake
,
as
Cowperwood
saw
it
,
and
Cowperwood
would
have
given
him
the
money
gladly
,
without
any
thought
of
return
.
But
by
his
poor
understanding
of
human
nature
,
Stener
considered
that
Cowperwood
must
be
an
enemy
of
his
,
and
he
would
not
have
had
either
the
courage
or
the
business
judgment
to
approach
him
.
During
his
incarceration
Cowperwood
had
been
slowly
accumulating
a
little
money
through
Wingate
.
He
had
paid
Steger
considerable
sums
from
time
to
time
,
until
that
worthy
finally
decided
that
it
would
not
be
fair
to
take
any
more
.
"
If
ever
you
get
on
your
feet
,
Frank
,
"
he
said
,
"
you
can
remember
me
if
you
want
to
,
but
I
do
n't
think
you
'll
want
to
.
It
's
been
nothing
but
lose
,
lose
,
lose
for
you
through
me
.
I
'll
undertake
this
matter
of
getting
that
appeal
to
the
Governor
without
any
charge
on
my
part
.
Anything
I
can
do
for
you
from
now
on
is
free
gratis
for
nothing
.
"
