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Stener
's
scheme
of
loaning
him
money
wherewith
to
manipulate
the
North
Pennsylvania
line
deal
put
this
Seventeenth
and
Nineteenth
Street
dream
in
a
more
favorable
light
.
As
it
was
he
was
constantly
watching
the
certificates
of
loan
issue
,
for
the
city
treasury
,
--
buying
large
quantities
when
the
market
was
falling
to
protect
it
and
selling
heavily
,
though
cautiously
,
when
he
saw
it
rising
and
to
do
this
he
had
to
have
a
great
deal
of
free
money
to
permit
him
to
do
it
.
He
was
constantly
fearful
of
some
break
in
the
market
which
would
affect
the
value
of
all
his
securities
and
result
in
the
calling
of
his
loans
.
There
was
no
storm
in
sight
.
He
did
not
see
that
anything
could
happen
in
reason
;
but
he
did
not
want
to
spread
himself
out
too
thin
.
As
he
saw
it
now
,
therefore
if
he
took
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
this
city
money
and
went
after
this
Seventeenth
and
Nineteenth
Street
matter
it
would
not
mean
that
he
was
spreading
himself
out
too
thin
,
for
because
of
this
new
proposition
could
he
not
call
on
Stener
for
more
as
a
loan
in
connection
with
these
other
ventures
?
But
if
anything
should
happen
--
well
--
"
Frank
,
"
said
Stener
,
strolling
into
his
office
one
afternoon
after
four
o'clock
when
the
main
rush
of
the
day
's
work
was
over
--
the
relationship
between
Cowperwood
and
Stener
had
long
since
reached
the
"
Frank
"
and
"
George
"
period
--
"
Strobik
thinks
he
has
that
North
Pennsylvania
deal
arranged
so
that
we
can
take
it
up
if
we
want
to
.
The
principal
stockholder
,
we
find
,
is
a
man
by
the
name
of
Coltan
--
not
Ike
Colton
,
but
Ferdinand
.
How
's
that
for
a
name
?
"
Stener
beamed
fatly
and
genially
.
Things
had
changed
considerably
for
him
since
the
days
when
he
had
been
fortuitously
and
almost
indifferently
made
city
treasurer
.
His
method
of
dressing
had
so
much
improved
since
he
had
been
inducted
into
office
,
and
his
manner
expressed
so
much
more
good
feeling
,
confidence
,
aplomb
,
that
he
would
not
have
recognized
himself
if
he
had
been
permitted
to
see
himself
as
had
those
who
had
known
him
before
.
An
old
,
nervous
shifting
of
the
eyes
had
almost
ceased
,
and
a
feeling
of
restfulness
,
which
had
previously
been
restlessness
,
and
had
sprung
from
a
sense
of
necessity
,
had
taken
its
place
.
His
large
feet
were
incased
in
good
,
square-toed
,
soft-leather
shoes
;
his
stocky
chest
and
fat
legs
were
made
somewhat
agreeable
to
the
eye
by
a
well-cut
suit
of
brownish-gray
cloth
;
and
his
neck
was
now
surrounded
by
a
low
,
wing-point
white
collar
and
brown-silk
tie
.
His
ample
chest
,
which
spread
out
a
little
lower
in
around
and
constantly
enlarging
stomach
,
was
ornamented
by
a
heavy-link
gold
chain
,
and
his
white
cuffs
had
large
gold
cuff-buttons
set
with
rubies
of
a
very
notable
size
.
He
was
rosy
and
decidedly
well
fed
.
In
fact
,
he
was
doing
very
well
indeed
.
He
had
moved
his
family
from
a
shabby
two-story
frame
house
in
South
Ninth
Street
to
a
very
comfortable
brick
one
three
stories
in
height
,
and
three
times
as
large
,
on
Spring
Garden
Street
.
His
wife
had
a
few
acquaintances
--
the
wives
of
other
politicians
.
His
children
were
attending
the
high
school
,
a
thing
he
had
hardly
hoped
for
in
earlier
days
.
He
was
now
the
owner
of
fourteen
or
fifteen
pieces
of
cheap
real
estate
in
different
portions
of
the
city
,
which
might
eventually
become
very
valuable
,
and
he
was
a
silent
partner
in
the
South
Philadelphia
Foundry
Company
and
the
American
Beef
and
Pork
Company
,
two
corporations
on
paper
whose
principal
business
was
subletting
contracts
secured
from
the
city
to
the
humble
butchers
and
foundrymen
who
would
carry
out
orders
as
given
and
not
talk
too
much
or
ask
questions
.
"
Well
,
that
is
an
odd
name
,
"
said
Cowperwood
,
blandly
.
"
So
he
has
it
?
I
never
thought
that
road
would
pay
,
as
it
was
laid
out
.
It
's
too
short
.
It
ought
to
run
about
three
miles
farther
out
into
the
Kensington
section
.
"
"
You
're
right
,
"
said
Stener
,
dully
.
"
Did
Strobik
say
what
Colton
wants
for
his
shares
?
"
