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Joe
and
Ed
might
marry
well
,
since
they
were
not
destined
to
set
the
world
on
fire
in
commerce
.
At
least
it
would
not
hurt
them
to
try
.
"
Do
n't
you
think
you
will
like
that
?
"
he
asked
his
wife
,
referring
to
his
plans
for
entertaining
.
She
smiled
wanly
.
"
I
suppose
so
,
"
she
said
.
It
was
not
long
after
the
arrangement
between
Treasurer
Stener
and
Cowperwood
had
been
made
that
the
machinery
for
the
carrying
out
of
that
political-financial
relationship
was
put
in
motion
.
The
sum
of
two
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
in
six
per
cent
.
interest-bearing
certificates
,
payable
in
ten
years
,
was
set
over
to
the
credit
of
Cowperwood
&
Co.
on
the
books
of
the
city
,
subject
to
his
order
.
Then
,
with
proper
listing
,
he
began
to
offer
it
in
small
amounts
at
more
than
ninety
,
at
the
same
time
creating
the
impression
that
it
was
going
to
be
a
prosperous
investment
.
The
certificates
gradually
rose
and
were
unloaded
in
rising
amounts
until
one
hundred
was
reached
,
when
all
the
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
'
worth
--
two
thousand
certificates
in
all
--
was
fed
out
in
small
lots
.
Stener
was
satisfied
.
Two
hundred
shares
had
been
carried
for
him
and
sold
at
one
hundred
,
which
netted
him
two
thousand
dollars
.
It
was
illegitimate
gain
,
unethical
;
but
his
conscience
was
not
very
much
troubled
by
that
.
He
had
none
,
truly
.
He
saw
visions
of
a
halcyon
future
.
It
is
difficult
to
make
perfectly
clear
what
a
subtle
and
significant
power
this
suddenly
placed
in
the
hands
of
Cowperwood
.
Consider
that
he
was
only
twenty-eight
--
nearing
twenty-nine
.
Imagine
yourself
by
nature
versed
in
the
arts
of
finance
,
capable
of
playing
with
sums
of
money
in
the
forms
of
stocks
,
certificates
,
bonds
,
and
cash
,
as
the
ordinary
man
plays
with
checkers
or
chess
.
Or
,
better
yet
,
imagine
yourself
one
of
those
subtle
masters
of
the
mysteries
of
the
higher
forms
of
chess
--
the
type
of
mind
so
well
illustrated
by
the
famous
and
historic
chess-players
,
who
could
sit
with
their
backs
to
a
group
of
rivals
playing
fourteen
men
at
once
,
calling
out
all
the
moves
in
turn
,
remembering
all
the
positions
of
all
the
men
on
all
the
boards
,
and
winning
.
This
,
of
course
,
would
be
an
overstatement
of
the
subtlety
of
Cowperwood
at
this
time
,
and
yet
it
would
not
be
wholly
out
of
bounds
.
He
knew
instinctively
what
could
be
done
with
a
given
sum
of
money
--
how
as
cash
it
could
be
deposited
in
one
place
,
and
yet
as
credit
and
the
basis
of
moving
checks
,
used
in
not
one
but
many
other
places
at
the
same
time
.
When
properly
watched
and
followed
this
manipulation
gave
him
the
constructive
and
purchasing
power
of
ten
and
a
dozen
times
as
much
as
his
original
sum
might
have
represented
.
He
knew
instinctively
the
principles
of
"
pyramiding
"
and
"
kiting
.
"
He
could
see
exactly
not
only
how
he
could
raise
and
lower
the
value
of
these
certificates
of
loan
,
day
after
day
and
year
after
year
--
if
he
were
so
fortunate
as
to
retain
his
hold
on
the
city
treasurer
--
but
also
how
this
would
give
him
a
credit
with
the
banks
hitherto
beyond
his
wildest
dreams
.
His
father
's
bank
was
one
of
the
first
to
profit
by
this
and
to
extend
him
loans
.
The
various
local
politicians
and
bosses
--
Mollenhauer
,
Butler
,
Simpson
,
and
others
--
seeing
the
success
of
his
efforts
in
this
direction
,
speculated
in
city
loan
.
He
became
known
to
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
,
by
reputation
,
if
not
personally
,
as
the
man
who
was
carrying
this
city
loan
proposition
to
a
successful
issue
.
Stener
was
supposed
to
have
done
a
clever
thing
in
finding
him
.
The
stock
exchange
stipulated
that
all
trades
were
to
be
compared
the
same
day
and
settled
before
the
close
of
the
next
;
but
this
working
arrangement
with
the
new
city
treasurer
gave
Cowperwood
much
more
latitude
,
and
now
he
had
always
until
the
first
of
the
month
,
or
practically
thirty
days
at
times
,
in
which
to
render
an
accounting
for
all
deals
connected
with
the
loan
issue
.
And
,
moreover
,
this
was
really
not
an
accounting
in
the
sense
of
removing
anything
from
his
hands
.
Since
the
issue
was
to
be
so
large
,
the
sum
at
his
disposal
would
always
be
large
,
and
so-called
transfers
and
balancing
at
the
end
of
the
month
would
be
a
mere
matter
of
bookkeeping
.
He
could
use
these
city
loan
certificates
deposited
with
him
for
manipulative
purposes
,
deposit
them
at
any
bank
as
collateral
for
a
loan
,
quite
as
if
they
were
his
own
,
thus
raising
seventy
per
cent
.
of
their
actual
value
in
cash
,
and
he
did
not
hesitate
to
do
so
.
He
could
take
this
cash
,
which
need
not
be
accounted
for
until
the
end
of
the
month
,
and
cover
other
stock
transactions
,
on
which
he
could
borrow
again
.
There
was
no
limit
to
the
resources
of
which
he
now
found
himself
possessed
,
except
the
resources
of
his
own
energy
,
ingenuity
,
and
the
limits
of
time
in
which
he
had
to
work
.
The
politicians
did
not
realize
what
a
bonanza
he
was
making
of
it
all
for
himself
,
because
they
were
as
yet
unaware
of
the
subtlety
of
his
mind
.
When
Stener
told
him
,
after
talking
the
matter
over
with
the
mayor
,
Strobik
,
and
others
that
he
would
formally
,
during
the
course
of
the
year
,
set
over
on
the
city
's
books
all
of
the
two
millions
in
city
loan
,
Cowperwood
was
silent
--
but
with
delight
.
Two
millions
!
His
to
play
with
!
He
had
been
called
in
as
a
financial
adviser
,
and
he
had
given
his
advice
and
it
had
been
taken
!
Well
.
He
was
not
a
man
who
inherently
was
troubled
with
conscientious
scruples
.
At
the
same
time
he
still
believed
himself
financially
honest
.
He
was
no
sharper
or
shrewder
than
any
other
financier
--
certainly
no
sharper
than
any
other
would
be
if
he
could
.
It
should
be
noted
here
that
this
proposition
of
Stener
's
in
regard
to
city
money
had
no
connection
with
the
attitude
of
the
principal
leaders
in
local
politics
in
regard
to
street-railway
control
,
which
was
a
new
and
intriguing
phase
of
the
city
's
financial
life
.
Many
of
the
leading
financiers
and
financier-politicians
were
interested
in
that
.
For
instance
,
Messrs.
Mollenhauer
,
Butler
,
and
Simpson
were
interested
in
street-railways
separately
on
their
own
account
.
There
was
no
understanding
between
them
on
this
score
.
If
they
had
thought
at
all
on
the
matter
they
would
have
decided
that
they
did
not
want
any
outsider
to
interfere
.
