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Chapter XI

           Somanyofhisbookkeepers,superintendents,time-keepershadgraduatedintocouncilmenandstatelegislators.Hisnomineessuggestedtopoliticalconferencesweresooftenknowntomakegood.Firsthecametohaveinfluenceinhiscouncilman’sward,theninhislegislativedistrict,theninthecitycouncilsofhispartyWhig,ofcourseandthenhewassupposedtohaveanorganization.

           Mysteriousforcesworkedforhimincouncil.Hewasawardedsignificantcontracts,andhealwaysbid.Thegarbagebusinesswasnowathingofthepast.Hiseldestboy,Owen,wasamemberoftheStatelegislatureandapartnerinhisbusinessaffairs.Hissecondson,Callum,wasaclerkinthecitywaterdepartmentandanassistanttohisfatheralso.Aileen,hiseldestdaughter,fifteenyearsofage,wasstillinSt.Agatha’s,aconventschoolinGermantown.Norah,hisseconddaughterandyoungestchild,thirteenyearsold,wasinattendanceatalocalprivateschoolconductedbyaCatholicsisterhood.TheButlerfamilyhadmovedawayfromSouthPhiladelphiaintoGirardAvenue,nearthetwelvehundreds,whereanewandratherinterestingsociallifewasbeginning.Theywerenotofit,butEdwardButler,contractor,nowfifty-fiveyearsofage,worth,say,fivehundredthousanddollars,hadmanypoliticalandfinancialfriends.Nolongera"roughneck,"butasolid,reddish-facedman,slightlytanned,withbroadshouldersandasolidchest,grayeyes,grayhair,atypicallyIrishfacemadewiseandcalmandundecipherablebymuchexperience.

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