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He
had
stopped
in
his
plowing
many
a
day
to
stand
under
a
tree
and
write
a
poem
--
such
as
it
was
--
or
to
watch
the
birds
or
to
wish
he
could
go
to
college
or
to
Chicago
.
She
looked
at
him
with
dreamy
eyes
,
her
dark
skin
turned
a
copper
bronze
in
the
moonlight
,
her
black
hair
irradiated
with
a
strange
,
luminous
grayish
blue
.
Forbes
Gurney
,
alive
to
beauty
in
all
its
forms
,
ventured
finally
to
touch
her
hand
--
she
of
Knowles
,
Cross
,
and
Cowperwood
--
and
she
thrilled
from
head
to
toe
.
This
boy
was
so
sweet
.
His
curly
brown
hair
gave
him
a
kind
of
Greek
innocence
and
aspect
.
She
did
not
move
,
but
waited
,
hoping
he
would
do
more
.
"
I
wish
I
might
talk
to
you
as
I
feel
,
"
he
finally
said
,
hoarsely
,
a
catch
in
his
throat
.
She
laid
one
hand
on
his
.
"
You
dear
!
"
she
said
.
He
realized
now
that
he
might
.
A
great
ecstasy
fell
upon
him
.
He
smoothed
her
hand
,
then
slipped
his
arm
about
her
waist
,
then
ventured
to
kiss
the
dark
cheek
turned
dreamily
from
him
.
Artfully
her
head
sunk
to
his
shoulder
,
and
he
murmured
wild
nothings
--
how
divine
she
was
,
how
artistic
,
how
wonderful
!
With
her
view
of
things
,
it
could
only
end
one
way
.
She
manoeuvered
him
into
calling
on
her
at
her
home
,
into
studying
her
books
and
plays
on
the
top-floor
sitting-room
,
into
hearing
her
sing
.
Once
fully
in
his
arms
,
the
rest
was
easy
by
suggestion
.
He
learned
she
was
no
longer
innocent
,
and
then
--
In
the
mean
time
Cowperwood
mingled
his
speculations
concerning
large
power-houses
,
immense
reciprocating
engines
,
the
problem
of
a
wage
scale
for
his
now
two
thousand
employees
,
some
of
whom
were
threatening
to
strike
,
the
problem
of
securing
,
bonding
,
and
equipping
the
La
Salle
Street
tunnel
and
a
down-town
loop
in
La
Salle
,
Munroe
,
Dearborn
,
and
Randolph
streets
,
with
mental
inquiries
and
pictures
as
to
what
possibly
Stephanie
Platow
might
be
doing
.
He
could
only
make
appointments
with
her
from
time
to
time
.
He
did
not
fail
to
note
that
,
after
he
began
to
make
use
of
information
she
let
drop
as
to
her
whereabouts
from
day
to
day
and
her
free
companionship
,
he
heard
less
of
Gardner
Knowles
,
Lane
Cross
,
and
Forbes
Gurney
,
and
more
of
Georgia
Timberlake
and
Ethel
Tuckerman
.
Why
this
sudden
reticence
?
On
one
occasion
she
did
say
of
Forbes
Gurney
"
that
he
was
having
such
a
hard
time
,
and
that
his
clothes
were
n't
as
nice
as
they
should
be
,
poor
dear
!
"
Stephanie
herself
,
owing
to
gifts
made
to
her
by
Cowperwood
,
was
resplendent
these
days
.
She
took
just
enough
to
complete
her
wardrobe
according
to
her
taste
.
"
Why
not
send
him
to
me
?
"
Cowperwood
asked
.
"
I
might
find
something
to
do
for
him
.
"
He
would
have
been
perfectly
willing
to
put
him
in
some
position
where
he
could
keep
track
of
his
time
.
However
,
Mr.
Gurney
never
sought
him
for
a
position
,
and
Stephanie
ceased
to
speak
of
his
poverty
.
A
gift
of
two
hundred
dollars
,
which
Cowperwood
made
her
in
June
,
was
followed
by
an
accidental
meeting
with
her
and
Gurney
in
Washington
Street
.
Mr.
Gurney
,
pale
and
pleasant
,
was
very
well
dressed
indeed
.
He
wore
a
pin
which
Cowperwood
knew
had
once
belonged
to
Stephanie
.
She
was
in
no
way
confused
.
Finally
Stephanie
let
it
out
that
Lane
Cross
,
who
had
gone
to
New
Hampshire
for
the
summer
,
had
left
his
studio
in
her
charge
.
Cowperwood
decided
to
have
this
studio
watched
.
There
was
in
Cowperwood
's
employ
at
this
time
a
young
newspaper
man
,
an
ambitious
spark
aged
twenty-six
,
by
the
name
of
Francis
Kennedy
.
He
had
written
a
very
intelligent
article
for
the
Sunday
Inquirer
,
describing
Cowperwood
and
his
plans
,
and
pointing
out
what
a
remarkable
man
he
was
.
This
pleased
Cowperwood
.
When
Kennedy
called
one
day
,
announcing
smartly
that
he
was
anxious
to
get
out
of
reportorial
work
,
and
inquiring
whether
be
could
n't
find
something
to
do
in
the
street-railway
world
,
Cowperwood
saw
in
him
a
possibly
useful
tool
.
"
I
'll
try
you
out
as
secretary
for
a
while
,
"
he
said
,
pleasantly
.
"
There
are
a
few
special
things
I
want
done
.
If
you
succeed
in
those
,
I
may
find
something
else
for
you
later
.
"
