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"
Well
,
let
him
go
,
"
observed
Arneel
to
Hand
,
sourly
,
on
the
day
that
Addison
notified
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Lake
City
of
his
contemplated
resignation
.
"
If
he
wants
to
sever
his
connection
with
a
bank
like
this
to
go
with
a
man
like
that
,
it
's
his
own
lookout
.
He
may
live
to
regret
it
.
"
It
so
happened
that
by
now
another
election
was
pending
Chicago
,
and
Hand
,
along
with
Schryhart
and
Arneel
--
who
joined
their
forces
because
of
his
friendship
for
Hand
--
decided
to
try
to
fight
Cowperwood
through
this
means
.
Hosmer
Hand
,
feeling
that
he
had
the
burden
of
a
great
duty
upon
him
,
was
not
slow
in
acting
.
He
was
always
,
when
aroused
,
a
determined
and
able
fighter
.
Needing
an
able
lieutenant
in
the
impending
political
conflict
,
he
finally
bethought
himself
of
a
man
who
had
recently
come
to
figure
somewhat
conspicuously
in
Chicago
politics
--
one
Patrick
Gilgan
,
the
same
Patrick
Gilgan
of
Cowperwood
's
old
Hyde
Park
gas-war
days
.
Mr.
Gilgan
was
now
a
comparatively
well-to-do
man
.
Owing
to
a
genial
capacity
for
mixing
with
people
,
a
close
mouth
,
and
absolutely
no
understanding
of
,
and
consequently
no
conscience
in
matters
of
large
public
import
(
in
so
far
as
they
related
to
the
so-called
rights
of
the
mass
)
,
he
was
a
fit
individual
to
succeed
politically
.
His
saloon
was
the
finest
in
all
Wentworth
Avenue
.
It
fairly
glittered
with
the
newly
introduced
incandescent
lamp
reflected
in
a
perfect
world
of
beveled
and
faceted
mirrors
.
His
ward
,
or
district
,
was
full
of
low
,
rain-beaten
cottages
crowded
together
along
half-made
streets
;
but
Patrick
Gilgan
was
now
a
state
senator
,
slated
for
Congress
at
the
next
Congressional
election
,
and
a
possible
successor
of
the
Hon.
John
J.
McKenty
as
dictator
of
the
city
,
if
only
the
Republican
party
should
come
into
power
.
(
Hyde
Park
,
before
it
had
been
annexed
to
the
city
,
had
always
been
Republican
,
and
since
then
,
although
the
larger
city
was
normally
Democratic
,
Gilgan
could
not
conveniently
change
.
)
Hearing
from
the
political
discussion
which
preceded
the
election
that
Gilgan
was
by
far
the
most
powerful
politician
on
the
South
Side
,
Hand
sent
for
him
.
Personally
,
Hand
had
far
less
sympathy
with
the
polite
moralistic
efforts
of
men
like
Haguenin
,
Hyssop
,
and
others
,
who
were
content
to
preach
morality
and
strive
to
win
by
the
efforts
of
the
unco
good
,
than
he
had
with
the
cold
political
logic
of
a
man
like
Cowperwood
himself
.
If
Cowperwood
could
work
through
McKenty
to
such
a
powerful
end
,
he
,
Hand
,
could
find
some
one
else
who
could
be
made
as
powerful
as
McKenty
.
"
Mr.
Gilgan
,
"
said
Hand
,
when
the
Irishman
came
in
,
medium
tall
,
beefy
,
with
shrewd
,
twinkling
gray
eyes
and
hairy
hands
,
"
you
do
n't
know
me
--
"
"
I
know
of
you
well
enough
,
"
smiled
the
Irishman
,
with
a
soft
brogue
.
"
You
do
n't
need
an
introduction
to
talk
to
me
.
"
"
Very
good
,
"
replied
Hand
,
extending
his
hand
.
"
I
know
of
you
,
too
.
Then
we
can
talk
.
It
's
the
political
situation
here
in
Chicago
I
'd
like
to
discuss
with
you
.
I
'm
not
a
politician
myself
,
but
I
take
some
interest
in
what
's
going
on
.
I
want
to
know
what
you
think
will
be
the
probable
outcome
of
the
present
situation
here
in
the
city
.
"
Gilgan
,
having
no
reason
for
laying
his
private
political
convictions
bare
to
any
one
whose
motive
he
did
not
know
,
merely
replied
:
"
Oh
,
I
think
the
Republicans
may
have
a
pretty
good
show
.
They
have
all
but
one
or
two
of
the
papers
with
them
,
I
see
.
I
do
n't
know
much
outside
of
what
I
read
and
hear
people
talk
.
"
Mr.
Hand
knew
that
Gilgan
was
sparring
,
and
was
glad
to
find
his
man
canny
and
calculating
.
