Финансист

Chapter XVI

           Itwouldnotdoforhimtoappear,however,bothasashareholderandpresidentofthecouncil.ButwithCowperwoodactingprivatelyforSteneritwouldbeanotherthing.

           TheinterestingthingaboutthispropositionasfinallypresentedbyStenerforStrobiktoCowperwood,wasthatitraised,withoutappearingtodoso,thewholequestionofCowperwood’sattitudetowardthecityadministration.AlthoughhewasdealingprivatelyforEdwardButlerasanagent,andwiththissameplaninmind,andalthoughhehadnevermeteitherMollenhauerorSimpson,heneverthelessfeltthatinsofarasthemanipulationofthecityloanwasconcernedhewasactingforthem.Ontheotherhand,inthismatteroftheprivatestreet-railwaypurchasewhichStenernowbroughttohim,herealizedfromtheverybeginning,byStener’sattitude,thattherewassomethinguntowardinit,thatStenerfelthewasdoingsomethingwhichheoughtnottodo.

           "Cowperwood,"hesaidtohimthefirstmorningheeverbroachedthismatteritwasinStener’soffice,attheoldcityhallatSixthandChestnut,andStener,inviewofhisoncomingprosperity,wasfeelingverygoodindeed—"isn’ttheresomestreet-railwaypropertyaroundtownherethatamancouldbuyinonandgetcontrolofifhehadsufficientmoney?"

           Cowperwoodknewthatthereweresuchproperties.Hisveryalertmindhadlongsincesensedthegeneralopportunitieshere.Theomnibuseswereslowlydisappearing.Thebestrouteswerealreadypreempted.

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