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Chapter XXV

           SupportingthemarketwouldbeallverywellifthatwouldsaveCowperwood,andtheRepublicanpartyandhistreasurer.AtthesametimeStenercouldthenbecompelledtorestorethefivehundredthousanddollarstothecitytreasury,andreleasehisholdingstosomeone—preferablytohim—Mollenhauer.ButherewasButleralsotobeconsideredinthismatter.Whatmighthenotwant?HeconsultedwithButlerandlearnedthatCowperwoodhadagreedtoreturnthefivehundredthousandincasehecouldgetittogether.Thevariousstreet-carholdingswerenotaskedafter.ButwhatassurancehadanyonethatCowperwoodcouldbesosaved?Andcould,orwouldgetthemoneytogether?AndifheweresavedwouldhegivethemoneybacktoStener?Ifherequiredactualmoney,whowouldloanittohiminatimelikethis—incaseasharppanicwasimminent?Whatsecuritycouldhegive?Ontheotherhand,underpressurefromtherightpartieshemightbemadetosurrenderallhisstreet-railwayholdingsforasong—hisandStener’s.Ifhe(Mollenhauer)couldgetthemhewouldnotparticularlycarewhethertheelectionwaslostthisfallornot,althoughhefeltsatisfied,ashadOwen,thatitwouldnotbelost.Itcouldbebought,asusual.Thedefalcation—ifCowperwood’sfailuremadeStener’sloanintoone—couldbeconcealedlongenough,Mollenhauerthought,towin.

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