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Cowperwood
,
who
had
fallen
so
low
there
,
despite
his
immense
capacity
,
set
his
teeth
in
two
even
rows
.
His
handsome
mustache
seemed
at
this
moment
to
have
an
especially
defiant
curl
.
The
pair
he
was
driving
was
physically
perfect
,
lean
and
nervous
,
with
spoiled
,
petted
faces
.
He
could
not
endure
poor
horse-flesh
.
He
drove
as
only
a
horse-lover
can
,
his
body
bolt
upright
,
his
own
energy
and
temperament
animating
his
animals
.
Aileen
sat
beside
him
,
very
proud
,
consciously
erect
.
"
Is
n't
she
beautiful
?
"
some
of
the
women
observed
,
as
they
passed
,
going
north
.
"
What
a
stunning
young
woman
!
"
thought
or
said
the
men
.
"
Did
you
see
her
?
"
asked
a
young
brother
of
his
sister
.
"
Never
mind
,
Aileen
,
"
commented
Cowperwood
,
with
that
iron
determination
that
brooks
no
defeat
.
"
We
will
be
a
part
of
this
.
Do
n't
fret
.
You
will
have
everything
you
want
in
Chicago
,
and
more
besides
.
"
There
was
tingling
over
his
fingers
,
into
the
reins
,
into
the
horses
,
a
mysterious
vibrating
current
that
was
his
chemical
product
,
the
off-giving
of
his
spirit
battery
that
made
his
hired
horses
prance
like
children
.
They
chafed
and
tossed
their
heads
and
snorted
.
Aileen
was
fairly
bursting
with
hope
and
vanity
and
longing
.
Oh
,
to
be
Mrs
Frank
Algernon
Cowperwood
here
in
Chicago
,
to
have
a
splendid
mansion
,
to
have
her
cards
of
invitation
practically
commands
which
might
not
be
ignored
!
"
Oh
,
dear
!
"
she
sighed
to
herself
,
mentally
.
"
If
only
it
were
all
true
--
now
.
"
It
is
thus
that
life
at
its
topmost
toss
irks
and
pains
.
Beyond
is
ever
the
unattainable
,
the
lure
of
the
infinite
with
its
infinite
ache
.
"
Oh
,
life
!
oh
,
youth
!
oh
,
hope
!
oh
,
years
!
Oh
pain-winged
fancy
,
beating
forth
with
fears
.
"
The
partnership
which
Cowperwood
eventually
made
with
an
old-time
Board
of
Trade
operator
,
Peter
Laughlin
,
was
eminently
to
his
satisfaction
.
Laughlin
was
a
tall
,
gaunt
speculator
who
had
spent
most
of
his
living
days
in
Chicago
,
having
come
there
as
a
boy
from
western
Missouri
.
He
was
a
typical
Chicago
Board
of
Trade
operator
of
the
old
school
,
having
an
Andrew
Jacksonish
countenance
,
and
a
Henry
Clay
--
Davy
Crockett
--
"
Long
John
"
Wentworth
build
of
body
.
Cowperwood
from
his
youth
up
had
had
a
curious
interest
in
quaint
characters
,
and
he
was
interesting
to
them
;
they
"
took
"
to
him
.
He
could
,
if
he
chose
to
take
the
trouble
,
fit
himself
in
with
the
odd
psychology
of
almost
any
individual
.
In
his
early
peregrinations
in
La
Salle
Street
he
inquired
after
clever
traders
on
'
change
,
and
then
gave
them
one
small
commission
after
another
in
order
to
get
acquainted
.
Thus
he
stumbled
one
morning
on
old
Peter
Laughlin
,
wheat
and
corn
trader
,
who
had
an
office
in
La
Salle
Street
near
Madison
,
and
who
did
a
modest
business
gambling
for
himself
and
others
in
grain
and
Eastern
railway
shares
.
Laughlin
was
a
shrewd
,
canny
American
,
originally
,
perhaps
,
of
Scotch
extraction
,
who
had
all
the
traditional
American
blemishes
of
uncouthness
,
tobacco-chewing
,
profanity
,
and
other
small
vices
.
Cowperwood
could
tell
from
looking
at
him
that
he
must
have
a
fund
of
information
concerning
every
current
Chicagoan
of
importance
,
and
this
fact
alone
was
certain
to
be
of
value
.
