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The Fruits of Daring

           

           Cowperwoodhimselfwassolicitedforaninterview,buthisanswerwasthathewasmerelyafinancialagentforthethreenewcompanies,notaninvestor;andthatthecharges,insofarashewasconcerned,wereuntrue,merelegalfol-de-roltrumpeduptomakethesituationasannoyingaspossible.Hethreatenedtosueforlibel.Nevertheless,althoughthesesuitseventuallydidcometonothing(forhehadfixeditsothathecouldnotbetracedsaveasafinancialagentineachcase),yetthechargeshadbeenmade,andhewasnowrevealedasashrewd,manipulativefactor,witharecordthatwascertainlyspectacular.

           "Isee,"saidAnsonMerrilltohiswife,onemorningatbreakfast,"thatthismanCowperwoodisbeginningtogethisnameinthepapers."HehadtheTimesonthetablebeforehim,andwaslookingataheadlinewhich,aftertheold-fashionedpyramidstheninvogue,read:"ConspiracychargedagainstvariousChicagocitizens.FrankAlgernonCowperwood,JudsonP.VanSickle,HenryDeSotoSippens,andothersnamedinCircuitCourtcomplaint."Itwentontospecifyotherfacts."Isupposedhewasjustabroker."

           "Idon’tknowmuchaboutthem,"repliedhiswife,"exceptwhatBellaSimmstellsme.Whatdoesitsay?"

           Hehandedherthepaper.

           "Ihavealwaysthoughttheyweremerelyclimbers,"continuedMrs.Merrill."FromwhatIhearsheisimpossible.Ineversawher."

           "HebeginswellforaPhiladelphian,"smiledMerrill."I’veseenhimattheCalumet.

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