A Trip to Louisville

           ThemostseriousdifficultyconfrontingCowperwoodfromnowonwasreallynotsomuchpoliticalasfinancial.InbuildingupandfinancinghisChicagostreet-railwayenterpriseshehad,inthosedayswhenAddisonwaspresidentoftheLakeCityNational,usedthatbankashischiefsourceofsupply.Afterward,whenAddisonhadbeenforcedtoretirefromtheLakeCitytoassumechargeoftheChicagoTrustCompany,Cowperwoodhadsucceededinhavingthelatterdesignatedasacentralreserveandininducinganumberofruralbankstokeeptheirspecialdepositsinitsvaults.However,sincethewaronhimandhisinterestshadbeguntostrengthenthroughtheeffortsofHandandArneelmenmostinfluentialinthecontroloftheothercentral-reservebanksofChicago,andinclosetouchwiththemoneybaronsofNewYorkthereweresignsnotwantingthatsomeofthecountrybanksdepositingwiththeChicagoTrustCompanyhadbeeninducedtowithdrawbecauseofpressurefromoutsideinimicalforces,andthatmoreweretofollow.ItwassometimebeforeCowperwoodfullyrealizedtowhatanextentthisfinancialoppositionmightbedirectedagainsthimself.InitsverybeginningitnecessitatedspeedyhurryingstoNewYork,Philadelphia,Cincinnati,Baltimore,BostonevenLondonattimesonthechancethattherewouldbelooseandreadycashinsomeone’spossession.Itwasononeoftheseperegrinationsthatheencounteredacuriouspersonalitywhichledtovariouscomplicationsinhislife,sentimentalandotherwise,whichhehadnothithertocontemplated.

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