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           "Dependonittofindhisdevil’shoofinitsomewhere,"observedJordanJules,whohadneverbeenabletomakeanysatisfactoryprogressinhisfightonCowperwoodinconnectionwiththecitycouncilandthedevelopmentoftheChicagoGeneralCompany.TheChicagoCentral,ofwhichhewasnowadirector,wasoneofthebanksfromwhichCowperwoodhadjudiciouslyborrowed.

           "It’sapityheshouldbeallowedtogoonbedevilingthetowninthisfashion,"observedMr.SunderlandSleddtohisneighbor,Mr.DuaneKingsland,whowasadirectorinabankcontrolledbyMr.Hand.

           Thelatter,aswellasSchryhart,observedwithsatisfactiontheeffectofMr.Arneel’swordsonthecompany.

           Mr.Arneelnowagainfishedinhispocketlaboriously,anddrewforthasecondslipofpaperwhichhespreadoutbeforehim."Thisisatimewhenfranknessmustprevail,"hewenton,solemnly,"ifanythingistobedone,andIaminhopesthatwecandosomething.IhavehereamemorandumofsomeoftheloanswhichthelocalbankshavemadetoMr.Cowperwoodandwhicharestillstandingontheirbooks.Iwanttoknowifthereareanyfurtherloansofwhichanyofyouhappentoknowandwhichyouarewillingtomentionatthistime."

           Helookedsolemnlyaround.

           ImmediatelyseveralloanswerementionedbyMr.CottonandMr.Osgoodwhichhadnotbeenheardofpreviously.Thecompanywasnowverywellaware,inageneralway,ofwhatwascoming.

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