Финансист

Chapter XXV

           

           "I’llhavethatonehundredthousanddollarsinthemornin’,"saidButler,"andneverfear."

           "Ithink,"saidSimpson,"ifanythingcomesofthismatterthatwewillhavetodoourbesttohushitupuntilaftertheelection.Thenewspaperscanjustaswellkeepsilentonthatscoreasnot.There’sonethingIwouldsuggest"andhewasnowthinkingofthestreet-railwaypropertieswhichCowperwoodhadsojudiciouslycollected"andthatisthatthecitytreasurerbecautionedagainstadvancinganymoremoneyinasituationofthiskind.Hemightreadilybecompromisedintoadvancingmuchmore.Isupposeawordfromyou,Henry,wouldpreventthat."

           "Yes;Icandothat,"saidMollenhauer,solemnly.

           "Myjudgementwouldbe,"saidButler,inaratherobscuremanner,thinkingofCowperwood’smistakeinappealingtothesenobleprotectorsofthepublic,"thatit’sbesttoletsleepin’dogsrunbethimselves."

           ThusendedFrankCowperwood’sdreamsofwhatButlerandhispoliticalassociatesmightdoforhiminhishourofdistress.

           TheenergiesofCowperwoodafterleavingButlerweredevotedtothetaskofseeingotherswhomightbeofsomeassistancetohim.HehadleftwordwithMrs.Stenerthatifanymessagecamefromherhusbandhewastobenotifiedatonce.HehuntedupWalterLeigh,ofDrexel&Co.,AveryStoneofJayCooke&Co.,andPresidentDavisonoftheGirardNationalBank.

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