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Obstacles

           

           ButbeforehecouldtakesuitableactionagainstWoolsen,thatengagingyoungupstart,whowaspossessedofahigh-powerimaginationandagiftofgab,hadalliedhimselfwithsuchinterestedinvestorsasTrumanLeslieMacDonald,whosawhereaheaven-sentopportunityofmulctingCowperwood,andJordanJules,oncethepresidentoftheNorthChicagoGasCompany,whohadlostmoneythroughCowperwoodinthegaswar.TwobetterinstrumentsforgoadingamanwhomtheyconsideredanenemycouldnotwellbeimaginedTrumanLesliewithhisdark,waspish,mistrustful,jealouseyes,andhisslim,vitalbody;andJordanJules,short,rotund,sandy,asicklycropofthin,oily,lighthairgrowingdownoverhiscoat-collar,hisforeheadandcrownglisteninglybald,hiseyesaseeking,searching,revengefulblue.TheyinturnbroughtinSamuelBlackman,oncepresidentoftheSouthSideGasCompany;SunderlandSledd,oflocalrailroadmanagementandstock-investmentfame;andNorrieSimms,presidentoftheDouglasTrustCompany,who,however,waslittlemorethanafiscalagent.ThegeneralfeelingwasthatCowperwood’sdefensivetacticswhichconsistedinhavingthecitycouncilrefusetoactcouldbeeasilymet.

           "Well,Ithinkwecansoonfixthat,"exclaimedyoungMacDonald,onemorningatameeting."Weoughttobeabletosmokethemout.Alittlepublicitywilldoit."

           Heappealedtohisfather,theeditoroftheInquirer,butthelatterrefusedtoactforthetimebeing,seeingthathissonwasinterested.

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