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"
Not
very
long
,
maybe
,
"
replied
Gilgan
,
simply
and
contemplatively
,
"
but
the
world
is
the
world
,
and
we
have
to
take
it
as
we
find
it
.
"
"
Quite
so
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
undismayed
;
"
but
Chicago
is
Chicago
,
and
I
will
be
here
as
long
as
they
will
.
Fighting
me
in
this
fashion
--
building
elevated
roads
to
cut
into
my
profits
and
giving
franchises
to
rival
companies
--
is
n't
going
to
get
me
out
or
seriously
injure
me
,
either
.
I
'm
here
to
stay
,
and
the
political
situation
as
it
is
to-day
is
n't
going
to
remain
the
same
forever
and
ever
.
Now
,
you
are
an
ambitious
man
;
I
can
see
that
.
You
're
not
in
politics
for
your
health
--
that
I
know
.
Tell
me
exactly
what
it
is
you
want
and
whether
I
ca
n't
get
it
for
you
as
quick
if
not
quicker
than
these
other
fellows
?
What
is
it
I
can
do
for
you
that
will
make
you
see
that
my
side
is
just
as
good
as
theirs
and
better
?
I
am
playing
a
legitimate
game
in
Chicago
.
I
've
been
building
up
an
excellent
street-car
service
.
I
do
n't
want
to
be
annoyed
every
fifteen
minutes
by
a
rival
company
coming
into
the
field
.
Now
,
what
can
I
do
to
straighten
this
out
?
Is
n't
there
some
way
that
you
and
I
can
come
together
without
fighting
at
every
step
?
Ca
n't
you
suggest
some
programme
we
can
both
follow
that
will
make
things
easier
?
"
Cowperwood
paused
,
and
Gilgan
thought
for
a
long
time
.
It
was
true
,
as
Cowperwood
said
,
that
he
was
not
in
politics
for
his
health
.
The
situation
,
as
at
present
conditioned
,
was
not
inherently
favorable
for
the
brilliant
programme
he
had
originally
mapped
out
for
himself
.
Tiernan
,
Kerrigan
,
and
Edstrom
were
friendly
as
yet
;
but
they
were
already
making
extravagant
demands
;
and
the
reformers
--
those
who
had
been
led
by
the
newspapers
to
believe
that
Cowperwood
was
a
scoundrel
and
all
his
works
vile
--
were
demanding
that
a
strictly
moral
programme
be
adhered
to
in
all
the
doings
of
council
,
and
that
no
jobs
,
contracts
,
or
deals
of
any
kind
be
entered
into
without
the
full
knowledge
of
the
newspapers
and
of
the
public
.
Gilgan
,
even
after
the
first
post-election
conference
with
his
colleagues
,
had
begun
to
feel
that
he
was
between
the
devil
and
the
deep
sea
,
but
he
was
feeling
his
way
,
and
not
inclined
to
be
in
too
much
of
a
hurry
.
"
It
's
rather
a
flat
proposition
you
're
makin
'
me
,
"
he
said
softly
,
after
a
time
,
"
askin
'
me
to
throw
down
me
friends
the
moment
I
've
won
a
victory
for
'em
.
It
's
not
the
way
I
've
been
used
to
playin
'
politics
.
There
may
be
a
lot
of
truth
in
what
you
say
.
Still
,
a
man
ca
n't
be
jumpin
'
around
like
a
cat
in
a
bag
.
He
has
to
be
faithful
to
somebody
sometime
.
"
Mr.
Gilgan
paused
,
considerably
nonplussed
by
his
own
position
.
"
Well
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
sympathetically
,
"
think
it
over
.
It
's
difficult
business
,
this
business
of
politics
.
I
'm
in
it
,
for
one
,
only
because
I
have
to
be
.
If
you
see
any
way
you
can
help
me
,
or
I
can
help
you
,
let
me
know
.
In
the
mean
time
do
n't
take
in
bad
part
what
I
've
just
said
I
'm
in
the
position
of
a
man
with
his
hack
to
the
wall
.
I
'm
fighting
for
my
life
.
Naturally
,
I
'm
going
to
fight
.
But
you
and
I
need
n't
be
the
worse
friends
for
that
.
We
may
become
the
best
of
friends
yet
.
"
"
It
's
well
I
know
that
,
"
said
Gilgan
,
"
and
it
's
the
best
of
friends
I
'd
like
to
be
with
you
.
But
even
if
I
could
take
care
of
the
aldermen
,
which
I
could
n't
alone
as
yet
,
there
's
the
mayor
.
I
do
n't
know
him
at
all
except
to
say
how-do-ye-do
now
and
then
;
but
he
's
very
much
opposed
to
you
,
as
I
understand
it
.
He
'll
be
running
around
most
likely
and
talking
in
the
papers
.
A
man
like
that
can
do
a
good
deal
.
"
"
I
may
be
able
to
arrange
for
that
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
.
"
Perhaps
Mr.
Sluss
can
be
reached
.
It
may
be
that
he
is
n't
as
opposed
to
me
as
he
thinks
he
is
.
You
never
can
tell
.
"
Oliver
Marchbanks
,
the
youthful
fox
to
whom
Stimson
had
assigned
the
task
of
trapping
Mr.
Sluss
in
some
legally
unsanctioned
act
,
had
by
scurrying
about
finally
pieced
together
enough
of
a
story
to
make
it
exceedingly
unpleasant
for
the
Honorable
Chaffee
in
case
he
were
to
become
the
too
willing
tool
of
Cowperwood
's
enemies
.
The
principal
agent
in
this
affair
was
a
certain
Claudia
Carlstadt
--
adventuress
,
detective
by
disposition
,
and
a
sort
of
smiling
prostitute
and
hireling
,
who
was
at
the
same
time
a
highly
presentable
and
experienced
individual
.
Needless
to
say
,
Cowperwood
knew
nothing
of
these
minor
proceedings
,
though
a
genial
nod
from
him
in
the
beginning
had
set
in
motion
the
whole
machinery
of
trespass
in
this
respect
.
