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Cowperwood and the Governor

           Atthesametimethepopulace,readingthenewsitemsofhisdoingsandhearinghimspeakonvariousandsundryoccasions,conceivedagreatfancyforhim.Hewasprimarilysoft-hearted,sweet-minded,fiery,abrilliantorator,adynamicpresence.Inadditionhewaswoman-hungryaphasewhichhomely,sex-starvedintellectualstheworldoverwillunderstand,totheshameofalyingage,thatbecauseofquixoticdogmabeliesitsgreatestdesire,itsgreatestsorrow,itsgreatestjoy.Allthesefactorsturnedanultra-conservativeelementinthecommunityagainsthim,andhewasconsidereddangerous.Atthesametimehehadbycarefuleconomyandinvestmentbuiltupafairsizedfortune.Recently,however,owingtothecrazeforsky-scrapers,hehadplacedmuchofhisholdingsinasomewhatpoorlyconstructedandthereforeunprofitableofficebuilding.Becauseofthiserrorfinancialwreckwasthreateninghim.Evennowhewasknockingatthedoorsoflargebondingcompaniesforassistance.

           Thisman,incompanywiththeantagonisticfinancialelementandthenewspapers,constituted,asregardsCowperwood’spublic-service-commissionscheme,atriumvirateofdifficultiesnoteasytoovercome.Thenewspapers,induetime,catchingwindofthetruepurportoftheplan,ranscreamingtotheirreaderswiththehorribleintelligence.IntheofficesofSchryhart,Arneel,Hand,andMerrill,aswellasinothercentersoffinance,therewasconsiderablepuzzlingoverthesituation,andthenashrewd,intelligentdeductionwasmade.

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