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"
Not
long
after
this
Cowperwood
had
a
short
talk
with
Kaffrath
,
in
which
he
promised
the
latter
not
only
six
hundred
dollars
a
share
for
all
the
stock
he
possessed
or
would
part
with
on
lease
,
but
a
bonus
of
new
company
stock
for
his
influence
.
Kaffrath
returned
to
the
North
Side
jubilant
for
himself
and
for
his
company
.
He
decided
after
due
thought
that
a
roundabout
way
would
best
serve
Cowperwood
's
ends
,
a
line
of
subtle
suggestion
from
some
seemingly
disinterested
party
.
Consequently
he
caused
William
Johnson
,
the
directing
engineer
,
to
approach
Albert
Thorsen
,
one
of
the
most
vulnerable
of
the
directors
,
declaring
he
had
heard
privately
that
Isaac
White
,
Arnold
C.
Benjamin
,
and
Otto
Matjes
,
three
other
directors
and
the
heaviest
owners
,
had
been
offered
a
very
remarkable
price
for
their
stock
,
and
that
they
were
going
to
sell
,
leaving
the
others
out
in
the
cold
.
Thorsen
was
beside
himself
with
grief
.
"
When
did
you
hear
that
?
"
he
asked
.
Johnson
told
him
,
but
for
the
time
being
kept
the
source
of
his
information
secret
.
Thorsen
at
once
hurried
to
his
friend
,
Solon
Kaempfaert
,
who
in
turn
went
to
Kaffrath
for
information
.
"
I
have
heard
something
to
that
effect
,
"
was
Kaffrath
's
only
comment
,
"
but
really
I
do
not
know
.
"
Thereupon
Thorsen
and
Kaempfaert
imagined
that
Kaffrath
was
in
the
conspiracy
to
sell
out
and
leave
them
with
no
particularly
valuable
pickings
.
It
was
very
sad
.
Meanwhile
,
Cowperwood
,
on
the
advice
of
Kaffrath
,
was
approaching
Isaac
White
,
Arnold
C.
Benjamin
,
and
Otto
Matjes
direct
--
talking
with
them
as
if
they
were
the
only
three
he
desired
to
deal
with
.
A
little
later
Thorsen
and
Kaempfaert
were
visited
in
the
same
spirit
,
and
agreed
in
secret
fear
to
sell
out
,
or
rather
lease
at
the
very
advantageous
terms
Cowperwood
offered
,
providing
he
could
get
the
others
to
do
likewise
.
This
gave
the
latter
a
strong
backing
of
sentiment
on
the
board
.
Finally
Isaac
White
stated
at
one
of
the
meetings
that
he
had
been
approached
with
an
interesting
proposition
,
which
he
then
and
there
outlined
.
He
was
not
sure
what
to
think
,
he
said
,
but
the
board
might
like
to
consider
it
.
At
once
Thorsen
and
Kaempfaert
were
convinced
that
all
Johnson
had
suggested
was
true
.
It
was
decided
to
have
Cowperwood
come
and
explain
to
the
full
board
just
what
his
plan
was
,
and
this
he
did
in
a
long
,
bland
,
smiling
talk
.
It
was
made
plain
that
the
road
would
have
to
be
put
in
shape
in
the
near
future
,
and
that
this
proposed
plan
relieved
all
of
them
of
work
,
worry
,
and
care
.
Moreover
,
they
were
guaranteed
more
interest
at
once
than
they
had
expected
to
earn
in
the
next
twenty
or
thirty
years
.
Thereupon
it
was
agreed
that
Cowperwood
and
his
plan
should
be
given
a
trial
.
Seeing
that
if
he
did
not
succeed
in
paying
the
proposed
interest
promptly
the
property
once
more
became
theirs
,
so
they
thought
,
and
that
he
assumed
all
obligations
--
taxes
,
water
rents
,
old
claims
,
a
few
pensions
--
it
appeared
in
the
light
of
a
rather
idyllic
scheme
.
"
Well
,
boys
,
I
think
this
is
a
pretty
good
day
's
work
myself
,
"
observed
Anthony
Ewer
,
laying
a
friendly
hand
on
the
shoulder
of
Mr.
Albert
Thorsen
.
"
I
'm
sure
we
can
all
unite
in
wishing
Mr.
Cowperwood
luck
with
his
adventure
.
"
Mr.
Ewer
's
seven
hundred
and
fifteen
shares
,
worth
seventy-one
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
,
having
risen
to
a
valuation
of
four
hundred
and
twenty-nine
thousand
dollars
,
he
was
naturally
jubilant
.
"
You
're
right
,
"
replied
Thorsen
,
who
was
parting
with
four
hundred
and
eighty
shares
out
of
a
total
of
seven
hundred
and
ninety
,
and
seeing
them
all
bounce
in
value
from
two
hundred
to
six
hundred
dollars
.
"
He
's
an
interesting
man
.
I
hope
he
succeeds
.
"
Cowperwood
,
waking
the
next
morning
in
Aileen
's
room
--
he
had
been
out
late
the
night
before
with
McKenty
,
Addison
,
Videra
,
and
others
--
turned
and
,
patting
her
neck
where
she
was
dozing
,
said
:
"
Well
,
pet
,
yesterday
afternoon
I
wound
up
that
North
Chicago
Street
Railway
deal
.
I
'm
president
of
the
new
North
Side
company
just
as
soon
as
I
get
my
board
of
directors
organized
.
We
're
going
to
be
of
some
real
consequence
in
this
village
,
after
all
,
in
a
year
or
two
.
"
