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A Trip to Louisville

           "Apersonage,"wasCowperwood’scommenttohimself,andhewalkedintothephotographer’sofficetoseewhatcouldbedoneaboutitsremovalandthedestructionoftheplates.Ahalf-hundreddollars,hefound,wouldarrangeitallplates,prints,everything.Sincebythisrusehesecuredapictureforhimself,hepromptlyhaditframedandhunginhisChicagorooms,wheresometimesofanafternoonwhenhewashurryingtochangehisclotheshestoppedtolookatit.Witheachsucceedingexaminationhisadmirationandcuriositygrew.Herewasperhaps,hethought,thetruesocietywoman,thehigh-bornlady,therealizationofthatidealwhichMrs.Merrillandmanyanothergrandedamehadsuggested.

           Itwasnotsolongafterthisagainthat,chancingtobeinLouisville,hediscoveredMrs.Carterinaverytroubledsocialcondition.Heraffairshadreceivedaseveresetback.AcertainMajorHagenback,acitizenofconsiderableprominence,haddiedinherhomeunderpeculiarcircumstances.Hewasamanofwealth,married,andnominallylivingwithhiswifeinLexington.Asamatteroffact,hespentverylittletimethere,andatthetimeofhisdeathofheartfailurewasleadingapleasurableexistencewithaMissTrent,anactress,whomhehadintroducedtoMrs.Carterashisfriend.Thepolice,throughatalkativedeputycoroner,weremadeawareofallthefacts.PicturesofMissTrent,Mrs.Carter,MajorHagenback,hiswife,andmanycuriousdetailsconcerningMrs.

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