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A Family Quarrel

           Thewretchedgossipershadwoundedherinthekeenestway.Shewashurt,angry,nonplussed.TothinkthatCowperwoodbyhisvariabilityshouldexposehertosuchgossipasthis!

           OnedaynotsolongafterherconversationwithMrs.Platow,Aileenhappenedtobestandingoutsidethedoorofherownboudoir,thelandingofwhichcommandedthelowerhall,andthereoverheardtwoofherservantsdiscussingtheCowperwoodmenageinparticularandChicagolifeingeneral.Onewasatall,angulargirlofperhapstwenty-sevenoreight,achambermaid,theotherashort,stoutwomanoffortywhoheldthepositionofassistanthousekeeper.Theywerepretendingtodust,thoughgossipconductedinawhisperwasthematterforwhichtheywereforegathered.ThetallgirlhadrecentlybeenemployedinthefamilyofAymarCochrane,theformerpresidentoftheChicagoWestDivisionRailway,andnowadirectorofthenewWestChicagoStreetRailwayCompany.

           "AndIwasthatsurprised,"Aileenheardthisgirlsaying,"tothinkIshouldbecominghere.Icudscarcelybelievemeearswhentheytoldme.Why,MissFlorencewasrunnin’outtomeethimtwoandthreetimesintheweek.Thewondertomewasthathermotherneverguessed."

           Och,"repliedtheother,"he’stheverydivilandallwhenitcomestothewimmin."(Aileendidnotseetheupwardliftofthehandthataccompaniedthis)."Therewasalittlegirlthatusedtocomehere.Herfatherlivesupthestreethere.Hagueninishisname.

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