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Not
much
--
he
was
too
self-sufficient
,
too
resourceful
;
and
yet
he
worried
,
conjuring
up
thoughts
of
death
and
the
end
of
their
present
state
.
Then
word
came
,
after
certain
piercing
,
harrowing
cries
,
that
all
was
well
,
and
he
was
permitted
to
look
at
the
new
arrival
.
The
experience
broadened
his
conception
of
things
,
made
him
more
solid
in
his
judgment
of
life
.
That
old
conviction
of
tragedy
underlying
the
surface
of
things
,
like
wood
under
its
veneer
,
was
emphasized
.
Little
Frank
,
and
later
Lillian
,
blue-eyed
and
golden-haired
,
touched
his
imagination
for
a
while
.
There
was
a
good
deal
to
this
home
idea
,
after
all
.
That
was
the
way
life
was
organized
,
and
properly
so
--
its
cornerstone
was
the
home
.
It
would
be
impossible
to
indicate
fully
how
subtle
were
the
material
changes
which
these
years
involved
--
changes
so
gradual
that
they
were
,
like
the
lap
of
soft
waters
,
unnoticeable
.
Considerable
--
a
great
deal
,
considering
how
little
he
had
to
begin
with
--
wealth
was
added
in
the
next
five
years
.
He
came
,
in
his
financial
world
,
to
know
fairly
intimately
,
as
commercial
relationships
go
,
some
of
the
subtlest
characters
of
the
steadily
enlarging
financial
world
.
In
his
days
at
Tighe
's
and
on
the
exchange
,
many
curious
figures
had
been
pointed
out
to
him
--
State
and
city
officials
of
one
grade
and
another
who
were
"
making
something
out
of
politics
,
"
and
some
national
figures
who
came
from
Washington
to
Philadelphia
at
times
to
see
Drexel
&
Co.
,
Clark
&
Co.
,
and
even
Tighe
&
Co.
.
These
men
,
as
he
learned
,
had
tips
or
advance
news
of
legislative
or
economic
changes
which
were
sure
to
affect
certain
stocks
or
trade
opportunities
.
A
young
clerk
had
once
pulled
his
sleeve
at
Tighe
's
.
"
See
that
man
going
in
to
see
Tighe
?
"
"
Yes
.
"
"
That
's
Murtagh
,
the
city
treasurer
.
Say
,
he
do
n't
do
anything
but
play
a
fine
game
.
All
that
money
to
invest
,
and
he
do
n't
have
to
account
for
anything
except
the
principal
.
The
interest
goes
to
him
.
"
Cowperwood
understood
.
All
these
city
and
State
officials
speculated
.
They
had
a
habit
of
depositing
city
and
State
funds
with
certain
bankers
and
brokers
as
authorized
agents
or
designated
State
depositories
.
The
banks
paid
no
interest
--
save
to
the
officials
personally
.
They
loaned
it
to
certain
brokers
on
the
officials
'
secret
order
,
and
the
latter
invested
it
in
"
sure
winners
.
"
The
bankers
got
the
free
use
of
the
money
a
part
of
the
time
,
the
brokers
another
part
:
the
officials
made
money
,
and
the
brokers
received
a
fat
commission
.
There
was
a
political
ring
in
Philadelphia
in
which
the
mayor
,
certain
members
of
the
council
,
the
treasurer
,
the
chief
of
police
,
the
commissioner
of
public
works
,
and
others
shared
.
It
was
a
case
generally
of
"
You
scratch
my
back
and
I
'll
scratch
yours
.
"
Cowperwood
thought
it
rather
shabby
work
at
first
,
but
many
men
were
rapidly
getting
rich
and
no
one
seemed
to
care
.
The
newspapers
were
always
talking
about
civic
patriotism
and
pride
but
never
a
word
about
these
things
.
And
the
men
who
did
them
were
powerful
and
respected
.
There
were
many
houses
,
a
constantly
widening
circle
,
that
found
him
a
very
trustworthy
agent
in
disposing
of
note
issues
or
note
payment
.
He
seemed
to
know
so
quickly
where
to
go
to
get
the
money
.
From
the
first
he
made
it
a
principle
to
keep
twenty
thousand
dollars
in
cash
on
hand
in
order
to
be
able
to
take
up
a
proposition
instantly
and
without
discussion
.
So
,
often
he
was
able
to
say
,
"
Why
,
certainly
,
I
can
do
that
,
"
when
otherwise
,
on
the
face
of
things
,
he
would
not
have
been
able
to
do
so
.
He
was
asked
if
he
would
not
handle
certain
stock
transactions
on
'
change
.
He
had
no
seat
,
and
he
intended
not
to
take
any
at
first
;
but
now
he
changed
his
mind
,
and
bought
one
,
not
only
in
Philadelphia
,
but
in
New
York
also
.
A
certain
Joseph
Zimmerman
,
a
dry-goods
man
for
whom
he
had
handled
various
note
issues
,
suggested
that
he
undertake
operating
in
street-railway
shares
for
him
,
and
this
was
the
beginning
of
his
return
to
the
floor
.
In
the
meanwhile
his
family
life
was
changing
--
growing
,
one
might
have
said
,
finer
and
more
secure
.
Mrs.
Cowperwood
had
,
for
instance
,
been
compelled
from
time
to
time
to
make
a
subtle
readjustment
of
her
personal
relationship
with
people
,
as
he
had
with
his
.
When
Mr.
Semple
was
alive
she
had
been
socially
connected
with
tradesmen
principally
--
retailers
and
small
wholesalers
--
a
very
few
.
Some
of
the
women
of
her
own
church
,
the
First
Presbyterian
,
were
friendly
with
her
.
There
had
been
church
teas
and
sociables
which
she
and
Mr.
