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Chapter XXI

           Hedidnotthinkitwaswiseforanyonetostealanythingfromanybodywheretheactoftakingorprofitingwasdirectlyandplainlyconsideredstealing.Thatwasunwisedangeroushencewrong.Thereweresomanysituationswhereinwhatonemightdointhewayoftakingorprofitingwasopentodiscussionanddoubt.Moralityvaried,inhismindatleast,withconditions,ifnotclimates.Here,inPhiladelphia,thetradition(politically,mindyounotgenerally)wasthatthecitytreasurermightusethemoneyofthecitywithoutinterestsolongashereturnedtheprincipalintact.Thecitytreasuryandthecitytreasurerwerelikeahoney-ladenhiveandaqueenbeearoundwhichthedronesthepoliticiansswarmedinthehopeofprofit.TheonedisagreeablethinginconnectionwiththistransactionwithStenerwasthatneitherButler,MollenhauernorSimpson,whoweretheactualsuperiorsofStenerandStrobik,knewanythingaboutit.Stenerandthosebehindhimwere,throughhim,actingforthemselves.Ifthelargerpowersheardofthis,itmightalienatethem.Hehadtothinkofthis.Still,ifherefusedtomakeadvantageousdealswithSteneroranyothermaninfluentialinlocalaffairs,hewascuttingoffhisnosetospitehisface,forotherbankersandbrokerswould,andgladly.AndbesidesitwasnotatallcertainthatButler,Mollenhauer,andSimpsonwouldeverhear.

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