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Hyssop
,
a
medium-sized
,
ornate
,
conservative
person
,
was
not
so
sure
.
"
We
shall
find
out
soon
enough
,
no
doubt
,
what
propositions
Mr.
Cowperwood
has
in
hand
,
"
he
remarked
.
"
He
is
very
energetic
and
capable
,
as
I
understand
it
.
"
Hyssop
and
Schryhart
,
as
well
as
the
latter
and
Merrill
,
had
been
social
friends
for
years
and
years
.
After
his
call
on
Mr.
Haguenin
,
Cowperwood
's
naturally
selective
and
self-protective
judgment
led
him
next
to
the
office
of
the
Inquirer
,
old
General
MacDonald
's
paper
,
where
he
found
that
because
of
rhuematism
and
the
severe
,
inclement
weather
of
Chicago
,
the
old
General
had
sailed
only
a
few
days
before
for
Italy
.
His
son
,
an
aggressive
,
mercantile
type
of
youth
of
thirty-two
,
and
a
managing
editor
by
the
name
of
Du
Bois
were
acting
in
his
stead
.
In
the
son
,
Truman
Leslie
MacDonald
,
an
intense
,
calm
,
and
penetrating
young
man
,
Cowperwood
encountered
some
one
who
,
like
himself
,
saw
life
only
from
the
point
of
view
of
sharp
,
self-centered
,
personal
advantage
.
What
was
he
,
Truman
Leslie
MacDonald
,
to
derive
from
any
given
situation
,
and
how
was
he
to
make
the
Inquirer
an
even
greater
property
than
it
had
been
under
his
father
before
him
?
He
did
not
propose
to
be
overwhelmed
by
the
old
General
's
rather
flowery
reputation
.
At
the
same
time
he
meant
to
become
imposingly
rich
.
An
active
member
of
a
young
and
very
smart
set
which
had
been
growing
up
on
the
North
Side
,
he
rode
,
drove
,
was
instrumental
in
organizing
a
new
and
exclusive
country
club
,
and
despised
the
rank
and
file
as
unsuited
to
the
fine
atmosphere
to
which
he
aspired
.
Mr.
Clifford
Du
Bois
,
the
managing
editor
,
was
a
cool
reprobate
of
forty
,
masquerading
as
a
gentleman
,
and
using
the
Inquirer
in
subtle
ways
for
furthering
his
personal
ends
,
and
that
under
the
old
General
's
very
nose
.
He
was
osseous
,
sandy-haired
,
blue-eyed
,
with
a
keen
,
formidable
nose
and
a
solid
chin
.
Clifford
Du
Bois
was
always
careful
never
to
let
his
left
hand
know
what
his
right
hand
did
.
It
was
this
sapient
pair
that
received
Cowperwood
in
the
old
General
's
absence
,
first
in
Mr.
Du
Bois
's
room
and
then
in
that
of
Mr.
MacDonald
.
The
latter
had
already
heard
much
of
Cowperwood
's
doings
.
Men
who
had
been
connected
with
the
old
gas
war
--
Jordan
Jules
,
for
instance
,
president
of
the
old
North
Chicago
Gas
Company
,
and
Hudson
Baker
,
president
of
the
old
West
Chicago
Gas
Company
--
had
denounced
him
long
before
as
a
bucaneer
who
had
pirated
them
out
of
very
comfortable
sinecures
.
Here
he
was
now
invading
the
North
Chicago
street-railway
field
and
coming
with
startling
schemes
for
the
reorganization
of
the
down-town
business
heart
.
Why
should
n't
the
city
have
something
in
return
;
or
,
better
yet
,
those
who
helped
to
formulate
the
public
opinion
,
so
influential
in
the
success
of
Cowperwood
's
plans
?
Truman
Leslie
MacDonald
,
as
has
been
said
,
did
not
see
life
from
his
father
's
point
of
view
at
all
.
He
had
in
mind
a
sharp
bargain
,
which
he
could
drive
with
Cowperwood
during
the
old
gentleman
's
absence
.
The
General
need
never
know
.
"
I
understand
your
point
of
view
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
"
he
commented
,
loftily
,
"
but
where
does
the
city
come
in
?
I
see
very
clearly
how
important
this
is
to
the
people
of
the
North
Side
,
and
even
to
the
merchants
and
real-estate
owners
in
the
down-town
section
;
but
that
simply
means
that
it
is
ten
times
as
important
to
you
.
Undoubtedly
,
it
will
help
the
city
,
but
the
city
is
growing
,
anyhow
,
and
that
will
help
you
.
I
've
said
all
along
that
these
public
franchises
were
worth
more
than
they
used
to
be
worth
.
Nobody
seems
to
see
it
very
clearly
as
yet
,
but
it
's
true
just
the
same
.
That
tunnel
is
worth
more
now
than
the
day
it
was
built
.
Even
if
the
city
ca
n't
use
it
,
somebody
can
.
He
was
meaning
to
indicate
a
rival
car
line
.
Cowperwood
bristled
internally
.
"
That
's
all
very
well
,
"
he
said
,
preserving
his
surface
composure
,
"
but
why
make
fish
of
one
and
flesh
of
another
?
The
South
Side
company
has
a
loop
for
which
it
never
paid
a
dollar
.
So
has
the
Chicago
City
Passenger
Railway
.
The
North
Side
company
is
planning
more
extensive
improvements
than
were
ever
undertaken
by
any
single
company
before
.
I
hardly
think
it
is
fair
to
raise
the
question
of
compensation
and
a
franchise
tax
at
this
time
,
and
in
connection
with
this
one
company
only
.
"
