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The Power of the Press

           Tohimmuchmorethantotheothersitspelledanewanddangerousfoeinthestreet-railwayfield,althoughalltheleadingcitizensofChicagowereinterested.

           "Isupposenow,"hesaidoneeveningtotheHon.WalterMelvilleHyssop,editorandpublisheroftheTranscriptandtheEveningMail,whomhemetattheUnionLeague,"thatthisfellowCowperwoodwillattemptsomedisturbingcoupinconnectionwithstreet-railwayaffairs.Heisjustthesort.Ithink,fromaneditorialpointofview,hispoliticalconnectionswillbearwatching."AlreadytherewererumorsabroadthatMcKentymighthavesomethingtodowiththenewcompany.

           Hyssop,amedium-sized,ornate,conservativeperson,wasnotsosure."Weshallfindoutsoonenough,nodoubt,whatpropositionsMr.Cowperwoodhasinhand,"heremarked."Heisveryenergeticandcapable,asIunderstandit."

           HyssopandSchryhart,aswellasthelatterandMerrill,hadbeensocialfriendsforyearsandyears.

           AfterhiscallonMr.Haguenin,Cowperwood’snaturallyselectiveandself-protectivejudgmentledhimnexttotheofficeoftheInquirer,oldGeneralMacDonald’spaper,wherehefoundthatbecauseofrhuematismandthesevere,inclementweatherofChicago,theoldGeneralhadsailedonlyafewdaysbeforeforItaly.Hisson,anaggressive,mercantiletypeofyouthofthirty-two,andamanagingeditorbythenameofDuBoiswereactinginhisstead.

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