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"
Good
day
"
Cowperwood
,
warm
with
this
enhancing
of
his
financial
prospects
,
went
down
the
steps
;
but
incidentally
he
spared
a
passing
thought
for
the
gay
spirit
of
youth
that
had
manifested
itself
in
this
red-cheeked
maiden
.
What
a
bright
,
healthy
,
bounding
girl
!
Her
voice
had
the
subtle
,
vigorous
ring
of
fifteen
or
sixteen
.
She
was
all
vitality
.
What
a
fine
catch
for
some
young
fellow
some
day
,
and
her
father
would
make
him
rich
,
no
doubt
,
or
help
to
.
It
was
to
Edward
Malia
Butler
that
Cowperwood
turned
now
,
some
nineteen
months
later
when
he
was
thinking
of
the
influence
that
might
bring
him
an
award
of
a
portion
of
the
State
issue
of
bonds
.
Butler
could
probably
be
interested
to
take
some
of
them
himself
,
or
could
help
him
place
some
.
He
had
come
to
like
Cowperwood
very
much
and
was
now
being
carried
on
the
latter
's
books
as
a
prospective
purchaser
of
large
blocks
of
stocks
.
And
Cowperwood
liked
this
great
solid
Irishman
.
He
liked
his
history
.
He
had
met
Mrs.
Butler
,
a
rather
fat
and
phlegmatic
Irish
woman
with
a
world
of
hard
sense
who
cared
nothing
at
all
for
show
and
who
still
liked
to
go
into
the
kitchen
and
superintend
the
cooking
.
He
had
met
Owen
and
Callum
Butler
,
the
boys
,
and
Aileen
and
Norah
,
the
girls
.
Aileen
was
the
one
who
had
bounded
up
the
steps
the
first
day
he
had
called
at
the
Butler
house
several
seasons
before
.
There
was
a
cozy
grate-fire
burning
in
Butler
's
improvised
private
office
when
Cowperwood
called
.
Spring
was
coming
on
,
but
the
evenings
were
cool
.
The
older
man
invited
Cowperwood
to
make
himself
comfortable
in
one
of
the
large
leather
chairs
before
the
fire
and
then
proceeded
to
listen
to
his
recital
of
what
he
hoped
to
accomplish
.
"
Well
,
now
,
that
is
n't
so
easy
,
"
he
commented
at
the
end
.
"
You
ought
to
know
more
about
that
than
I
do
.
I
'm
not
a
financier
,
as
you
well
know
.
"
And
he
grinned
apologetically
.
"
It
's
a
matter
of
influence
,
"
went
on
Cowperwood
.
"
And
favoritism
.
That
I
know
.
Drexel
&
Company
and
Cooke
&
Company
have
connections
at
Harrisburg
.
They
have
men
of
their
own
looking
after
their
interests
.
The
attorney-general
and
the
State
treasurer
are
hand
in
glove
with
them
.
Even
if
I
put
in
a
bid
,
and
can
demonstrate
that
I
can
handle
the
loan
,
it
wo
n't
help
me
to
get
it
.
Other
people
have
done
that
.
I
have
to
have
friends
--
influence
.
You
know
how
it
is
.
"
"
Them
things
,
"
Butler
said
,
"
is
easy
enough
if
you
know
the
right
parties
to
approach
.
Now
there
's
Jimmy
Oliver
--
he
ought
to
know
something
about
that
.
"
Jimmy
Oliver
was
the
whilom
district
attorney
serving
at
this
time
,
and
incidentally
free
adviser
to
Mr.
Butler
in
many
ways
.
He
was
also
,
accidentally
,
a
warm
personal
friend
of
the
State
treasurer
.
"
How
much
of
the
loan
do
you
want
?
"
"
Five
million
.
"
