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A New Retainer

           HisroomyhouseontheWestSide,atHarrisonStreetandAshlandAvenue,wasvisitedatsundrytimesbyfinanciers,businessmen,office-holders,priests,saloon-keepersinshort,thewholerangeandgamutofactive,subtle,politicallife.FromMcKentytheycouldobtainthatcounsel,wisdom,surety,solutionwhichallofthemonoccasionwereanxioustohave,andwhichinonedeftwayandanotheroftenbynomorethangratitudeandanacknowledgmentofhisleadershiptheywerewillingtopayfor.Topolicecaptainsandofficerswhoseplacesheoccasionallysaved,whentheyshouldjustlyhavebeendischarged;tomotherswhoseerringboysorgirlshetookoutofprisonandsenthomeagain;tokeepersofbawdyhouseswhomheprotectedfromatooharshinvasionofthegraftingpropensitiesofthelocalpolice;topoliticiansandsaloon-keeperswhowereindangerofbeingdestroyedbypublicupheavalsofonekindandanother,heseemed,inhoursofstress,whenhissmooth,genial,almostartisticfacebeamedonthem,likeaheaven-sentsonoflight,akindofWesterngod,all-powerful,all-merciful,perfect.Ontheotherhand,therewereingrates,uncompromisingorpharasaicalreligionistsandreformers,plotting,schemingrivals,whofoundhimdeadlytocontendwith.Thereweremanyhenchmenrunnersfromanalmostimperialthronetodohisbidding.Hewassimpleindressandtaste,marriedand(apparently)veryhappy,aprofessingthoughvirtuallynon-practisingCatholic,asuave,genialBuddha-likeman,powerfulandenigmatic.

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