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For
days
the
face
of
Lincoln
haunted
him
,
and
very
often
during
the
war
his
mind
reverted
to
that
singular
figure
.
It
seemed
to
him
unquestionable
that
fortuitously
he
had
been
permitted
to
look
upon
one
of
the
world
's
really
great
men
.
War
and
statesmanship
were
not
for
him
;
but
he
knew
how
important
those
things
were
--
at
times
.
It
was
while
the
war
was
on
,
and
after
it
was
perfectly
plain
that
it
was
not
to
be
of
a
few
days
'
duration
,
that
Cowperwood
's
first
great
financial
opportunity
came
to
him
.
There
was
a
strong
demand
for
money
at
the
time
on
the
part
of
the
nation
,
the
State
,
and
the
city
.
In
July
,
1861
,
Congress
had
authorized
a
loan
of
fifty
million
dollars
,
to
be
secured
by
twenty-year
bonds
with
interest
not
to
exceed
seven
per
cent.
,
and
the
State
authorized
a
loan
of
three
millions
on
much
the
same
security
,
the
first
being
handled
by
financiers
of
Boston
,
New
York
,
and
Philadelphia
,
the
second
by
Philadelphia
financiers
alone
.
Cowperwood
had
no
hand
in
this
.
He
was
not
big
enough
.
He
read
in
the
papers
of
gatherings
of
men
whom
he
knew
personally
or
by
reputation
,
"
to
consider
the
best
way
to
aid
the
nation
or
the
State
"
;
but
he
was
not
included
.
And
yet
his
soul
yearned
to
be
of
them
.
He
noticed
how
often
a
rich
man
's
word
sufficed
--
no
money
,
no
certificates
,
no
collateral
,
no
anything
--
just
his
word
.
If
Drexel
&
Co.
,
or
Jay
Cooke
&
Co.
,
or
Gould
&
Fiske
were
rumored
to
be
behind
anything
,
how
secure
it
was
!
Jay
Cooke
,
a
young
man
in
Philadelphia
,
had
made
a
great
strike
taking
this
State
loan
in
company
with
Drexel
&
Co.
,
and
selling
it
at
par
.
The
general
opinion
was
that
it
ought
to
be
and
could
only
be
sold
at
ninety
.
Cooke
did
not
believe
this
.
He
believed
that
State
pride
and
State
patriotism
would
warrant
offering
the
loan
to
small
banks
and
private
citizens
,
and
that
they
would
subscribe
it
fully
and
more
.
Events
justified
Cooke
magnificently
,
and
his
public
reputation
was
assured
.
Cowperwood
wished
he
could
make
some
such
strike
;
but
he
was
too
practical
to
worry
over
anything
save
the
facts
and
conditions
that
were
before
him
.
His
chance
came
about
six
months
later
,
when
it
was
found
that
the
State
would
have
to
have
much
more
money
.
Its
quota
of
troops
would
have
to
be
equipped
and
paid
.
There
were
measures
of
defense
to
be
taken
,
the
treasury
to
be
replenished
.
A
call
for
a
loan
of
twenty-three
million
dollars
was
finally
authorized
by
the
legislature
and
issued
.
There
was
great
talk
in
the
street
as
to
who
was
to
handle
it
--
Drexel
&
Co.
and
Jay
Cooke
&
Co.
,
of
course
.
Cowperwood
pondered
over
this
.
If
he
could
handle
a
fraction
of
this
great
loan
now
--
he
could
not
possibly
handle
the
whole
of
it
,
for
he
had
not
the
necessary
connections
--
he
could
add
considerably
to
his
reputation
as
a
broker
while
making
a
tidy
sum
.
How
much
could
he
handle
?
That
was
the
question
.
Who
would
take
portions
of
it
?
His
father
's
bank
?
Probably
.
Waterman
&
Co.
?
A
little
.
Judge
Kitchen
?
A
small
fraction
.
The
Mills
--
David
Company
?
Yes
.
He
thought
of
different
individuals
and
concerns
who
,
for
one
reason
and
another
--
personal
friendship
,
good-nature
,
gratitude
for
past
favors
,
and
so
on
--
would
take
a
percentage
of
the
seven-percent
.
bonds
through
him
.
He
totaled
up
his
possibilities
,
and
discovered
that
in
all
likelihood
,
with
a
little
preliminary
missionary
work
,
he
could
dispose
of
one
million
dollars
if
personal
influence
,
through
local
political
figures
,
could
bring
this
much
of
the
loan
his
way
.
One
man
in
particular
had
grown
strong
in
his
estimation
as
having
some
subtle
political
connection
not
visible
on
the
surface
,
and
this
was
Edward
Malia
Butler
.
Butler
was
a
contractor
,
undertaking
the
construction
of
sewers
,
water-mains
,
foundations
for
buildings
,
street-paving
,
and
the
like
.
In
the
early
days
,
long
before
Cowperwood
had
known
him
,
he
had
been
a
garbage-contractor
on
his
own
account
.
The
city
at
that
time
had
no
extended
street-cleaning
service
,
particularly
in
its
outlying
sections
and
some
of
the
older
,
poorer
regions
.
Edward
Butler
,
then
a
poor
young
Irishman
,
had
begun
by
collecting
and
hauling
away
the
garbage
free
of
charge
,
and
feeding
it
to
his
pigs
and
cattle
.
Later
he
discovered
that
some
people
were
willing
to
pay
a
small
charge
for
this
service
.
Then
a
local
political
character
,
a
councilman
friend
of
his
--
they
were
both
Catholics
--
saw
a
new
point
in
the
whole
thing
.
Butler
could
be
made
official
garbage-collector
.
The
council
could
vote
an
annual
appropriation
for
this
service
.
Butler
could
employ
more
wagons
than
he
did
now
--
dozens
of
them
,
scores
.
Not
only
that
,
but
no
other
garbage-collector
would
be
allowed
.
There
were
others
,
but
the
official
contract
awarded
him
would
also
,
officially
,
be
the
end
of
the
life
of
any
and
every
disturbing
rival
.
A
certain
amount
of
the
profitable
proceeds
would
have
to
be
set
aside
to
assuage
the
feelings
of
those
who
were
not
contractors
.
Funds
would
have
to
be
loaned
at
election
time
to
certain
individuals
and
organizations
--
but
no
matter
.
The
amount
would
be
small
.
So
Butler
and
Patrick
Gavin
Comiskey
,
the
councilman
(
the
latter
silently
)
entered
into
business
relations
.
Butler
gave
up
driving
a
wagon
himself
.
He
hired
a
young
man
,
a
smart
Irish
boy
of
his
neighborhood
,
Jimmy
Sheehan
,
to
be
his
assistant
,
superintendent
,
stableman
,
bookkeeper
,
and
what
not
.
Since
he
soon
began
to
make
between
four
and
five
thousand
a
year
,
where
before
he
made
two
thousand
,
he
moved
into
a
brick
house
in
an
outlying
section
of
the
south
side
,
and
sent
his
children
to
school
.
Mrs.
Butler
gave
up
making
soap
and
feeding
pigs
.
And
since
then
times
had
been
exceedingly
good
with
Edward
Butler
.
He
could
neither
read
nor
write
at
first
;
but
now
he
knew
how
,
of
course
.
He
had
learned
from
association
with
Mr.
Comiskey
that
there
were
other
forms
of
contracting
--
sewers
,
water-mains
,
gas-mains
,
street-paving
,
and
the
like
.
Who
better
than
Edward
Butler
to
do
it
?
He
knew
the
councilmen
,
many
of
them
.
Het
met
them
in
the
back
rooms
of
saloons
,
on
Sundays
and
Saturdays
at
political
picnics
,
at
election
councils
and
conferences
,
for
as
a
beneficiary
of
the
city
's
largess
he
was
expected
to
contribute
not
only
money
,
but
advice
.
Curiously
he
had
developed
a
strange
political
wisdom
.
He
knew
a
successful
man
or
a
coming
man
when
he
saw
one
.
So
many
of
his
bookkeepers
,
superintendents
,
time-keepers
had
graduated
into
councilmen
and
state
legislators
.
His
nominees
--
suggested
to
political
conferences
--
were
so
often
known
to
make
good
.
First
he
came
to
have
influence
in
his
councilman
's
ward
,
then
in
his
legislative
district
,
then
in
the
city
councils
of
his
party
--
Whig
,
of
course
--
and
then
he
was
supposed
to
have
an
organization
.
