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"
Well
,
in
three
months
then
,
"
she
whispered
,
while
he
rocked
her
cozily
in
his
arms
.
Cowperwood
started
in
the
note
brokerage
business
with
a
small
office
at
No.
64
South
Third
Street
,
where
he
very
soon
had
the
pleasure
of
discovering
that
his
former
excellent
business
connections
remembered
him
.
He
would
go
to
one
house
,
where
he
suspected
ready
money
might
be
desirable
,
and
offer
to
negotiate
their
notes
or
any
paper
they
might
issue
bearing
six
per
cent
.
interest
for
a
commission
and
then
he
would
sell
the
paper
for
a
small
commission
to
some
one
who
would
welcome
a
secure
investment
.
Sometimes
his
father
,
sometimes
other
people
,
helped
him
with
suggestions
as
to
when
and
how
.
Between
the
two
ends
he
might
make
four
and
five
per
cent
.
on
the
total
transaction
.
In
the
first
year
he
cleared
six
thousand
dollars
over
and
above
all
expenses
.
That
was
n't
much
,
but
he
was
augmenting
it
in
another
way
which
he
believed
would
bring
great
profit
in
the
future
.
Before
the
first
street-car
line
,
which
was
a
shambling
affair
,
had
been
laid
on
Front
Street
,
the
streets
of
Philadelphia
had
been
crowded
with
hundreds
of
springless
omnibuses
rattling
over
rough
,
hard
,
cobblestones
.
Now
,
thanks
to
the
idea
of
John
Stephenson
,
in
New
York
,
the
double
rail
track
idea
had
come
,
and
besides
the
line
on
Fifth
and
Sixth
Streets
(
the
cars
running
out
one
street
and
back
on
another
)
which
had
paid
splendidly
from
the
start
,
there
were
many
other
lines
proposed
or
under
way
.
The
city
was
as
eager
to
see
street-cars
replace
omnibuses
as
it
was
to
see
railroads
replace
canals
.
There
was
opposition
,
of
course
.
There
always
is
in
such
cases
.
The
cry
of
probable
monopoly
was
raised
.
Disgruntled
and
defeated
omnibus
owners
and
drivers
groaned
aloud
.
Cowperwood
had
implicit
faith
in
the
future
of
the
street
railway
.
In
support
of
this
belief
he
risked
all
he
could
spare
on
new
issues
of
stock
shares
in
new
companies
.
He
wanted
to
be
on
the
inside
wherever
possible
,
always
,
though
this
was
a
little
difficult
in
the
matter
of
the
street-railways
,
he
having
been
so
young
when
they
started
and
not
having
yet
arranged
his
financial
connections
to
make
them
count
for
much
.
The
Fifth
and
Sixth
Street
line
,
which
had
been
but
recently
started
,
was
paying
six
hundred
dollars
a
day
.
A
project
for
a
West
Philadelphia
line
(
Walnut
and
Chestnut
)
was
on
foot
,
as
were
lines
to
occupy
Second
and
Third
Streets
,
Race
and
Vine
,
Spruce
and
Pine
,
Green
and
Coates
,
Tenth
and
Eleventh
,
and
so
forth
.
They
were
engineered
and
backed
by
some
powerful
capitalists
who
had
influence
with
the
State
legislature
and
could
,
in
spite
of
great
public
protest
,
obtain
franchises
.
Charges
of
corruption
were
in
the
air
.
It
was
argued
that
the
streets
were
valuable
,
and
that
the
companies
should
pay
a
road
tax
of
a
thousand
dollars
a
mile
.
Somehow
,
however
,
these
splendid
grants
were
gotten
through
,
and
the
public
,
hearing
of
the
Fifth
and
Sixth
Street
line
profits
,
was
eager
to
invest
.
Cowperwood
was
one
of
these
,
and
when
the
Second
and
Third
Street
line
was
engineered
,
he
invested
in
that
and
in
the
Walnut
and
Chestnut
Street
line
also
.
He
began
to
have
vague
dreams
of
controlling
a
line
himself
some
day
,
but
as
yet
he
did
not
see
exactly
how
it
was
to
be
done
,
since
his
business
was
far
from
being
a
bonanza
.
In
the
midst
of
this
early
work
he
married
Mrs.
Semple
.
There
was
no
vast
to-do
about
it
,
as
he
did
not
want
any
and
his
bride-to-be
was
nervous
,
fearsome
of
public
opinion
.
His
family
did
not
entirely
approve
.
She
was
too
old
,
his
mother
and
father
thought
,
and
then
Frank
,
with
his
prospects
,
could
have
done
much
better
.
His
sister
Anna
fancied
that
Mrs.
Semple
was
designing
,
which
was
,
of
course
,
not
true
.
His
brothers
,
Joseph
and
Edward
,
were
interested
,
but
not
certain
as
to
what
they
actually
thought
,
since
Mrs.
Semple
was
good-looking
and
had
some
money
.
It
was
a
warm
October
day
when
he
and
Lillian
went
to
the
altar
,
in
the
First
Presbyterian
Church
of
Callowhill
Street
.
His
bride
,
Frank
was
satisfied
,
looked
exquisite
in
a
trailing
gown
of
cream
lace
--
a
creation
that
had
cost
months
of
labor
.
His
parents
,
Mrs.
Seneca
Davis
,
the
Wiggin
family
,
brothers
and
sisters
,
and
some
friends
were
present
.
He
was
a
little
opposed
to
this
idea
,
but
Lillian
wanted
it
.
He
stood
up
straight
and
correct
in
black
broadcloth
for
the
wedding
ceremony
--
because
she
wished
it
,
but
later
changed
to
a
smart
business
suit
for
traveling
.
He
had
arranged
his
affairs
for
a
two
weeks
'
trip
to
New
York
and
Boston
.
They
took
an
afternoon
train
for
New
York
,
which
required
five
hours
to
reach
When
they
were
finally
alone
in
the
Astor
House
,
New
York
,
after
hours
of
make-believe
and
public
pretense
of
indifference
,
he
gathered
her
in
his
arms
.
"
Oh
,
it
's
delicious
,
"
he
exclaimed
,
"
to
have
you
all
to
myself
.
"
