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"
Well
,
"
Butler
meditated
,
half
to
himself
,
half
to
Cowperwood
,
"
there
are
a
number
of
things
that
a
bright
young
man
could
do
for
me
in
the
street
if
he
were
so
minded
.
I
have
two
bright
boys
of
my
own
,
but
I
do
n't
want
them
to
become
stock-gamblers
,
and
I
do
n't
know
that
they
would
or
could
if
I
wanted
them
to
.
But
this
is
n't
a
matter
of
stock-gambling
.
I
'm
pretty
busy
as
it
is
,
and
,
as
I
said
awhile
ago
,
I
'm
getting
along
.
I
'm
not
as
light
on
my
toes
as
I
once
was
.
But
if
I
had
the
right
sort
of
a
young
man
--
I
've
been
looking
into
your
record
,
by
the
way
,
never
fear
--
he
might
handle
a
number
of
little
things
--
investments
and
loans
--
which
might
bring
us
each
a
little
somethin'
.
Sometimes
the
young
men
around
town
ask
advice
of
me
in
one
way
and
another
--
they
have
a
little
somethin'
to
invest
,
and
so
--
"
He
paused
and
looked
tantalizingly
out
of
the
window
,
knowing
full
well
Cowperwood
was
greatly
interested
,
and
that
this
talk
of
political
influence
and
connections
could
only
whet
his
appetite
.
Butler
wanted
him
to
see
clearly
that
fidelity
was
the
point
in
this
case
--
fidelity
,
tact
,
subtlety
,
and
concealment
.
"
Well
,
if
you
have
been
looking
into
my
record
,
"
observed
Cowperwood
,
with
his
own
elusive
smile
,
leaving
the
thought
suspended
.
Butler
felt
the
force
of
the
temperament
and
the
argument
.
He
liked
the
young
man
's
poise
and
balance
.
A
number
of
people
had
spoken
of
Cowperwood
to
him
.
(
It
was
now
Cowperwood
&
Co.
.
The
company
was
fiction
purely
.
)
He
asked
him
something
about
the
street
;
how
the
market
was
running
;
what
he
knew
about
street-railways
.
Finally
he
outlined
his
plan
of
buying
all
he
could
of
the
stock
of
two
given
lines
--
the
Ninth
and
Tenth
and
the
Fifteenth
and
Sixteenth
--
without
attracting
any
attention
,
if
possible
.
It
was
to
be
done
slowly
,
part
on
'
change
,
part
from
individual
holders
.
He
did
not
tell
him
that
there
was
a
certain
amount
of
legislative
pressure
he
hoped
to
bring
to
bear
to
get
him
franchises
for
extensions
in
the
regions
beyond
where
the
lines
now
ended
,
in
order
that
when
the
time
came
for
them
to
extend
their
facilities
they
would
have
to
see
him
or
his
sons
,
who
might
be
large
minority
stockholders
in
these
very
concerns
.
It
was
a
far-sighted
plan
,
and
meant
that
the
lines
would
eventually
drop
into
his
or
his
sons
'
basket
.
"
I
'll
be
delighted
to
work
with
you
,
Mr.
Butler
,
in
any
way
that
you
may
suggest
,
"
observed
Cowperwood
.
"
I
ca
n't
say
that
I
have
so
much
of
a
business
as
yet
--
merely
prospects
.
But
my
connections
are
good
.
I
am
now
a
member
of
the
New
York
and
Philadelphia
exchanges
.
Those
who
have
dealt
with
me
seem
to
like
the
results
I
get
.
"
"
I
know
a
little
something
about
your
work
already
,
"
reiterated
Butler
,
wisely
.
"
Very
well
,
then
;
whenever
you
have
a
commission
you
can
call
at
my
office
,
or
write
,
or
I
will
call
here
.
I
will
give
you
my
secret
operating
code
,
so
that
anything
you
say
will
be
strictly
confidential
.
"
"
Well
,
we
'll
not
say
anything
more
now
.
In
a
few
days
I
'll
have
somethin'
for
you
.
When
I
do
,
you
can
draw
on
my
bank
for
what
you
need
,
up
to
a
certain
amount
.
"
He
got
up
and
looked
out
into
the
street
,
and
Cowperwood
also
arose
.
"
It
's
a
fine
day
now
,
is
n't
it
?
"
"
It
surely
is
.
"
