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A Trip to Louisville

           

           InvarioussectionsofthecountryCowperwoodhadmetmanymenofwealth,somegrave,somegay,withwhomhedidbusiness,andamongtheseinLouisville,Kentucky,heencounteredacertainCol.NathanielGillis,verywealthy,ahorseman,inventor,roue,fromwhomheoccasionallyextractedloans.TheColonelwasaninterestingfigureinKentuckysociety;and,takingagreatlikingtoCowperwood,hefoundpleasure,duringthebriefperiodsinwhichtheyweretogether,inpilotinghimabout.OnoneoccasioninLouisvilleheobserved:"To-night,Frank,withyourpermission,IamgoingtointroduceyoutooneofthemostinterestingwomenIknow.Sheisn’tgood,butshe’sentertaining.Shehashadatroubledhistory.Sheistheex-wifeoftwoofmybestfriends,bothdead,andtheex-mistressofanother.IlikeherbecauseIknewherfatherandmother,andbecauseshewasacleverlittlegirlandstillisanicewoman,evenifsheisgettingalong.ShekeepsasortofhouseofconveniencehereinLouisvilleforafewofheroldfriends.Youhaven’tanythingparticulartodoto-night,haveyou?Supposewegoaroundthere?"

           Cowperwood,whowasalwaysgeniallysportivewhenamongstrongmenasortofboundingcollieandwholikedtohumorthosewhocouldbeofusetohim,agreed.

           "Itsoundsinterestingtome.CertainlyI’llgo.Tellmemoreabouther.Isshegood-looking?"

           "Rather.Butbetteryet,sheisconnectedwithanumberofwomenwhoare.

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