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The Planet Mars

           WhenhereachedNewYorkhefound,tohissurprise,thatthelocaloppositiontoCowperwoodhad,forsomemysteriousreason,beguntotakerootintheEast.

           "I’lltellyouhowitis,"observedJosephHaeckelheimer,towhomAddisonappliedashort,smug,pussypersonwhowastheheadofHaeckelheimer,Gotloeb&Co.,internationalbankers."WehearoddthingsconcerningMr.CowperwoodoutinChicago.Somepeoplesayheissoundsomenot.Hehassomeverygoodfranchisescoveringalargeportionofthecity,buttheyareonlytwenty-yearfranchises,andtheywillallrunoutby1903atthelatest.AsIunderstandit,hehasmanagedtostirupallthelocalelementssomeverypowerfulones,tooandheiscertaintohaveahardtimetogethisfranchisesrenewed.Idon’tliveinChicago,ofcourse.Idon’tknowmuchaboutit,butourWesterncorrespondenttellsmethisisso.Mr.Cowperwoodisaveryableman,asIunderstandit,butifalltheseinfluentialmenareopposedtohimtheycanmakehimagreatdealoftrouble.Thepublicisveryeasilyaroused."

           "Youdoaveryablemanagreatinjustice,Mr.Haeckelheimer,"Addisonretorted."Almostanyonewhostartsouttodothingssuccessfullyandintelligentlyissuretostirupagreatdealoffeeling.Theparticularmenyoumentionseemtofeelthattheyhaveasortofproprietor’sinterestinChicago.Theyreallythinktheyownit.Asamatteroffact,thecitymadethem;theydidn’tmakethecity."

           Mr.Haeckelheimerliftedhiseyebrows.

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