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Chapter XXX. The Kingdom Of Greatness: The Pilgrim Adream

           Hethenhadalittleplate,bearingthenameG.W.Wheeler,made,whichheplacedonhisletter-boxinthehall.ItsoundedexceedinglyoddtoCarrietobecalledMrs.Wheelerbythejanitor,butintimeshebecameusedtoitandlookeduponthenameasherown.

           Thesehousedetailssettled,Hurstwoodvisitedsomeoftheadvertisedopportunitiestopurchaseaninterestinsomeflourishingdown-townbar.AfterthepalatialresortinAdamsStreet,hecouldnotstomachthecommonplacesaloonswhichhefoundadvertised.Helostanumberofdayslookinguptheseandfindingthemdisagreeable.Hedid,however,gainconsiderableknowledgebytalking,forhediscoveredtheinfluenceofTammanyHallandthevalueofstandinginwiththepolice.Themostprofitableandflourishingplaceshefoundtobethosewhichconductedanythingbutalegitimatebusiness,suchasthatcontrolledbyFitzgeraldandMoy.Elegantbackroomsandprivatedrinkingboothsonthesecondfloorwereusuallyadjunctsofveryprofitableplaces.Hesawbyportlykeepers,whoseshirtfrontsshonewithlargediamonds,andwhoseclotheswereproperlycut,thattheliquorbusinesshere,aselsewhere,yieldedthesamegoldenprofit.AtlasthefoundanindividualwhohadaresortinWarrenStreet,whichseemedanexcellentventure.Itwasfairlywell-appearingandsusceptibleofimprovement.Theownerclaimedthebusinesstobeexcellent,anditcertainlylookedso.

           “Wedealwithaverygoodclassofpeople,”hetoldHurstwood.“Merchants,salesmen,andprofessionals.It’sawell-dressedclass.Nobums.Wedon’tallow’emintheplace.

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