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Street-railways at Last

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           NotlongafterthisCowperwoodhadashorttalkwithKaffrath,inwhichhepromisedthelatternotonlysixhundreddollarsashareforallthestockhepossessedorwouldpartwithonlease,butabonusofnewcompanystockforhisinfluence.KaffrathreturnedtotheNorthSidejubilantforhimselfandforhiscompany.HedecidedafterduethoughtthataroundaboutwaywouldbestserveCowperwood’sends,alineofsubtlesuggestionfromsomeseeminglydisinterestedparty.ConsequentlyhecausedWilliamJohnson,thedirectingengineer,toapproachAlbertThorsen,oneofthemostvulnerableofthedirectors,declaringhehadheardprivatelythatIsaacWhite,ArnoldC.Benjamin,andOttoMatjes,threeotherdirectorsandtheheaviestowners,hadbeenofferedaveryremarkablepricefortheirstock,andthattheyweregoingtosell,leavingtheothersoutinthecold.

           Thorsenwasbesidehimselfwithgrief."Whendidyouhearthat?"heasked.

           Johnsontoldhim,butforthetimebeingkeptthesourceofhisinformationsecret.Thorsenatoncehurriedtohisfriend,SolonKaempfaert,whointurnwenttoKaffrathforinformation.

           "Ihaveheardsomethingtothateffect,"wasKaffrath’sonlycomment,"butreallyIdonotknow."

           ThereuponThorsenandKaempfaertimaginedthatKaffrathwasintheconspiracytoselloutandleavethemwithnoparticularlyvaluablepickings.Itwasverysad.

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