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He
went
away
thinking
how
surprised
Drexel
&
Co.
and
Cooke
&
Co.
would
be
to
see
him
appearing
in
the
field
as
a
competitor
.
In
his
home
,
in
a
little
room
on
the
second
floor
next
his
bedroom
,
which
he
had
fixed
up
as
an
office
with
a
desk
,
a
safe
,
and
a
leather
chair
,
he
consulted
his
resources
.
There
were
so
many
things
to
think
of
.
He
went
over
again
the
list
of
people
whom
he
had
seen
and
whom
he
could
count
on
to
subscribe
,
and
in
so
far
as
that
was
concerned
--
the
award
of
one
million
dollars
--
he
was
safe
.
He
figured
to
make
two
per
cent
.
on
the
total
transaction
,
or
twenty
thousand
dollars
.
If
he
did
he
was
going
to
buy
a
house
out
on
Girard
Avenue
beyond
the
Butlers
'
,
or
,
better
yet
,
buy
a
piece
of
ground
and
erect
one
;
mortgaging
house
and
property
so
to
do
.
His
father
was
prospering
nicely
.
He
might
want
to
build
a
house
next
to
him
,
and
they
could
live
side
by
side
.
His
own
business
,
aside
from
this
deal
,
would
yield
him
ten
thousand
dollars
this
year
.
His
street-car
investments
,
aggregating
fifty
thousand
,
were
paying
six
per
cent
.
His
wife
's
property
,
represented
by
this
house
,
some
government
bonds
,
and
some
real
estate
in
West
Philadelphia
amounted
to
forty
thousand
more
.
Between
them
they
were
rich
;
but
he
expected
to
be
much
richer
.
All
he
needed
now
was
to
keep
cool
.
If
he
succeeded
in
this
bond-issue
matter
,
he
could
do
it
again
and
on
a
larger
scale
.
There
would
be
more
issues
.
He
turned
out
the
light
after
a
while
and
went
into
his
wife
's
boudoir
,
where
she
was
sleeping
.
The
nurse
and
the
children
were
in
a
room
beyond
.
"
Well
,
Lillian
,
"
he
observed
,
when
she
awoke
and
turned
over
toward
him
,
"
I
think
I
have
that
bond
matter
that
I
was
telling
you
about
arranged
at
last
.
I
think
I
'll
get
a
million
of
it
,
anyhow
.
That
'll
mean
twenty
thousand
.
If
I
do
we
'll
build
out
on
Girard
Avenue
.
That
's
going
to
be
the
street
.
The
college
is
making
that
neighborhood
.
"
"
That
'll
be
fine
,
wo
n't
it
,
Frank
!
"
she
observed
,
and
rubbed
his
arm
as
he
sat
on
the
side
of
the
bed
.
Her
remark
was
vaguely
speculative
.
"
We
'll
have
to
show
the
Butlers
some
attention
from
now
on
.
He
's
been
very
nice
to
me
and
he
's
going
to
be
useful
--
I
can
see
that
.
He
asked
me
to
bring
you
over
some
time
.
We
must
go
.
Be
nice
to
his
wife
.
He
can
do
a
lot
for
me
if
he
wants
to
.
He
has
two
daughters
,
too
.
We
'll
have
to
have
them
over
here
.
"
"
I
'll
have
them
to
dinner
sometime
,
"
she
agreed
cheerfully
and
helpfully
,
"
and
I
'll
stop
and
take
Mrs.
Butler
driving
if
she
'll
go
,
or
she
can
take
me
.
"
She
had
already
learned
that
the
Butlers
were
rather
showy
--
the
younger
generation
--
that
they
were
sensitive
as
to
their
lineage
,
and
that
money
in
their
estimation
was
supposed
to
make
up
for
any
deficiency
in
any
other
respect
.
"
Butler
himself
is
a
very
presentable
man
,
"
Cowperwood
had
once
remarked
to
her
,
"
but
Mrs.
Butler
--
well
,
she
's
all
right
,
but
she
's
a
little
commonplace
.
She
's
a
fine
woman
,
though
,
I
think
,
good-natured
and
good-hearted
.
"
He
cautioned
her
not
to
overlook
Aileen
and
Norah
,
because
the
Butlers
,
mother
and
father
,
were
very
proud
of
them
.
Mrs.
Cowperwood
at
this
time
was
thirty-two
years
old
;
Cowperwood
twenty-seven
.
The
birth
and
care
of
two
children
had
made
some
difference
in
her
looks
.
She
was
no
longer
as
softly
pleasing
,
more
angular
.
Her
face
was
hollow-cheeked
,
like
so
many
of
Rossetti
's
and
Burne
--
Jones
's
women
.
Her
health
was
really
not
as
good
as
it
had
been
--
the
care
of
two
children
and
a
late
undiagnosed
tendency
toward
gastritis
having
reduced
her
.
In
short
she
was
a
little
run
down
nervously
and
suffered
from
fits
of
depression
.
Cowperwood
had
noticed
this
.
He
tried
to
be
gentle
and
considerate
,
but
he
was
too
much
of
a
utilitarian
and
practical-minded
observer
not
to
realize
that
he
was
likely
to
have
a
sickly
wife
on
his
hands
later
.
Sympathy
and
affection
were
great
things
,
but
desire
and
charm
must
endure
or
one
was
compelled
to
be
sadly
conscious
of
their
loss
.
So
often
now
he
saw
young
girls
who
were
quite
in
his
mood
,
and
who
were
exceedingly
robust
and
joyous
.
It
was
fine
,
advisable
,
practical
,
to
adhere
to
the
virtues
as
laid
down
in
the
current
social
lexicon
,
but
if
you
had
a
sickly
wife
--
And
anyhow
,
was
a
man
entitled
to
only
one
wife
?
Must
he
never
look
at
another
woman
?
Supposing
he
found
some
one
?
He
pondered
those
things
between
hours
of
labor
,
and
concluded
that
it
did
not
make
so
much
difference
.
If
a
man
could
,
and
not
be
exposed
,
it
was
all
right
.
He
had
to
be
careful
,
though
.
Tonight
,
as
he
sat
on
the
side
of
his
wife
's
bed
,
he
was
thinking
somewhat
of
this
,
for
he
had
seen
Aileen
Butler
again
,
playing
and
singing
at
her
piano
as
he
passed
the
parlor
door
.
She
was
like
a
bright
bird
radiating
health
and
enthusiasm
--
a
reminder
of
youth
in
general
.
