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           KentMcKibbenknewHortonBiggers,theeditor,whowasaratherdesolateanddisillusionedpersonofforty-five,gray,anddepressed-lookingasortofhumanspongeorbarnaclewhowasonlygalvanizedintoseeminginterestandcheerfulnessbysheernecessity.Thosewerethedayswhenthesocietyeditorwasacceptedasamemberofsocietydefactoandtreatedmoreasaguestthanareporter,thougheventhenthetendencywastowardelimination.WorkingforCowperwood,andlikinghim,McKibbensaidtoBiggersoneevening:

           "YouknowtheCowperwoods,don’tyou,Biggers?"

           "No,"repliedthelatter,whodevotedhimselfbarnacle-wisetothemoreexclusivecircles."Whoarethey?"

           "Why,he’sabankeroverhereinLaSalleStreet.They’refromPhiladelphia.Mrs.Cowperwood’sabeautifulwomanyoungandallthat.They’rebuildingahouseouthereonMichiganAvenue.Yououghttoknowthem.They’regoingtogetin,Ithink.TheAddisonslikethem.IfyouweretobenicetothemnowIthinkthey’dappreciateitlater.He’sratherliberal,andagoodfellow."

           Biggersprickeduphisears.Thissocialjournalismwasthinpickingatbest,andhehadveryfewwaysofturninganhonestpenny.Thewouldbe’sandhalf-in’swhoexpectednicethingssaidofthemhadtosubscribe,andratherliberally,tohispaper.

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