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It
was
plain
that
these
rumors
against
Cowperwood
in
New
York
,
unless
offset
promptly
by
favorable
events
in
Chicago
,
might
mean
--
in
the
large
banking
quarters
,
anyhow
--
the
refusal
of
all
subsequent
Cowperwood
issues
.
It
might
even
close
the
doors
of
minor
banks
and
make
private
investors
nervous
.
Addison
's
report
of
all
this
annoyed
Cowperwood
no
little
.
It
made
him
angry
.
He
saw
in
it
the
work
of
Schryhart
,
Hand
,
and
others
who
were
trying
their
best
to
discredit
him
.
"
Let
them
talk
,
"
he
declared
,
crossly
.
"
I
have
the
street-railways
.
They
're
not
going
to
rout
me
out
of
here
.
I
can
sell
stocks
and
bonds
to
the
public
direct
if
need
be
!
There
are
plenty
of
private
people
who
are
glad
to
invest
in
these
properties
.
"
At
this
psychological
moment
enter
,
as
by
the
hand
of
Fate
,
the
planet
Mars
and
the
University
.
This
latter
,
from
having
been
for
years
a
humble
Baptist
college
of
the
cheapest
character
,
had
suddenly
,
through
the
beneficence
of
a
great
Standard
Oil
multimillionaire
,
flared
upward
into
a
great
university
,
and
was
causing
a
stir
throughout
the
length
and
breadth
of
the
educational
world
.
It
was
already
a
most
noteworthy
spectacle
,
one
of
the
sights
of
the
city
.
Millions
were
being
poured
into
it
;
new
and
beautiful
buildings
were
almost
monthly
erected
.
A
brilliant
,
dynamic
man
had
been
called
from
the
East
as
president
.
There
were
still
many
things
needed
--
dormitories
,
laboratories
of
one
kind
and
another
,
a
great
library
;
and
,
last
but
not
least
,
a
giant
telescope
--
one
that
would
sweep
the
heavens
with
a
hitherto
unparalleled
receptive
eye
,
and
wring
from
it
secrets
not
previously
decipherable
by
the
eye
and
the
mind
of
man
.
Cowperwood
had
always
been
interested
in
the
heavens
and
in
the
giant
mathematical
and
physical
methods
of
interpreting
them
.
It
so
happened
that
the
war-like
planet
,
with
its
sinister
aspect
,
was
just
at
this
time
to
be
seen
hanging
in
the
west
,
a
fiery
red
;
and
the
easily
aroused
public
mind
was
being
stirred
to
its
shallow
depth
by
reflections
and
speculations
regarding
the
famous
canals
of
the
luminary
.
The
mere
thought
of
the
possibility
of
a
larger
telescope
than
any
now
in
existence
,
which
might
throw
additional
light
on
this
evasive
mystery
,
was
exciting
not
only
Chicago
,
but
the
whole
world
.
Late
one
afternoon
Cowperwood
,
looking
over
some
open
fields
which
faced
his
new
power-house
in
West
Madison
Street
,
observed
the
planet
hanging
low
and
lucent
in
the
evening
sky
,
a
warm
,
radiant
bit
of
orange
in
a
sea
of
silver
.
He
paused
and
surveyed
it
.
Was
it
true
that
there
were
canals
on
it
,
and
people
?
Life
was
surely
strange
.
One
day
not
long
after
this
Alexander
Rambaud
called
him
up
on
the
'
phone
and
remarked
,
jocosely
:
"
I
say
,
Cowperwood
,
I
've
played
a
rather
shabby
trick
on
you
just
now
.
Doctor
Hooper
,
of
the
University
,
was
in
here
a
few
minutes
ago
asking
me
to
be
one
of
ten
to
guarantee
the
cost
of
a
telescope
lens
that
he
thinks
he
needs
to
run
that
one-horse
school
of
his
out
there
.
I
told
him
I
thought
you
might
possibly
be
interested
.
His
idea
is
to
find
some
one
who
will
guarantee
forty
thousand
dollars
,
or
eight
or
ten
men
who
will
guarantee
four
or
five
thousand
each
.
I
thought
of
you
,
because
I
've
heard
you
discuss
astronomy
from
time
to
time
.
"
"
Let
him
come
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
who
was
never
willing
to
be
behind
others
in
generosity
,
particularly
where
his
efforts
were
likely
to
be
appreciated
in
significant
quarters
.
