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Enter Hosmer Hand

           HeistryingtoventaprivategrudgethroughtheLakeNational.Thatisnotthewaynorthistheplacetodoit."

           BothHandandArneel,sobermenboth,agreedwiththisadmiringAddisonandsothecasestood.Schryhart,however,frequentlyintimatedtothemboththatCowperwoodwasmerelybuildinguptheChicagoTrustCompanyattheexpenseoftheLakeCityNational,inordertomaketheformerstrongenoughtodowithoutanyaid,atwhichtimeAddisonwouldresignandtheLakeCitywouldbeallowedtoshiftforitself.Handhadneveractedonthissuggestionbuthehadthought.

           ItwasnotuntiltheincidentsrelatingtoCowperwoodandMrs.Handhadcometolightthatthingsfinancialandotherwisebegantodarkenup.Hand,beinggreatlyhurtinhispride,contemplatedonlyseverereprisal.MeetingSchryhartatadirectors’meetingonedaynotlongafterhisdifficultyhadcomeuponhim,heremarked:

           "Ithoughtafewyearsago,Norman,whenyoutalkedtomeaboutthismanCowperwoodthatyouweremerelyjealousadissatisfiedbusinessrival.Recentlyafewthingshavecometomynoticewhichcausemetothinkdifferently.Itisveryplaintomenowthatthemanisthoroughlybadfromthecrownofhisheadtothesolesofhisfeet.It’sapitythecityhastoendurehim."

           "Soyou’rejustbeginningtofindthatout,areyou,Hosmer?"answeredSchryhart."Well,I’llnotsayItoldyouso.

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