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The Die is Cast

           Schryhart,whowasaforcesocially,havingmetwithdefeatatthehandsofCowperwood,wasnowbitterlyopposedtohim.NorrieSimmsnaturallysidedwithhisoldassociates.ButtheworstblowcamethroughMrs.AnsonMerrill.Shortlyafterthehousewarming,andwhenthegasargumentandtheconspiracychargeswererisingtotheirheights,shehadbeentoNewYorkandhadtherechancedtoencounteranoldacquaintanceofhers,Mrs.MartynWalker,ofPhiladelphia,oneofthecirclewhichCowperwoodonceuponatimehadbeenvainlyambitioustoenter.Mrs.Merrill,awareoftheinteresttheCowperwoodshadarousedinMrs.Simmsandothers,welcomedtheopportunitytofindoutsomethingdefinite.

           "Bytheway,didyoueverchancetohearofaFrankAlgernonCowperwoodorhiswifeinPhiladelphia?"sheinquiredofMrs.Walker.

           "Why,mydearNellie,"repliedherfriend,nonplussedthatawomansosmartasMrs.Merrillshouldevenrefertothem,"havethosepeopleestablishedthemselvesinChicago?HiscareerinPhiladelphiawas,tosaytheleast,spectacular.Hewasconnectedwithacitytreasurertherewhostolefivehundredthousanddollars,andtheybothwenttothepenitentiary.Thatwasn’ttheworstofit!HebecameintimatewithsomeyounggirlaMissButler,thesisterofOwenButler,bytheway,whoisnowsuchapowerdownthere,and—"Shemerelyliftedhereyes."Whilehewasinthepenitentiaryherfatherdiedandthefamilybrokeup.Ievenhearditrumoredthattheoldgentlemankilledhimself.

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