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Chapter VII

           SempleaskedhisopinionastotheadvisabilityofbuyingsomesharesintheFifthandSixthStreetline,which,havingsecuredafranchise,wascreatinggreatexcitement.Cowperwoodgavehimhisbestjudgment.Itwassuretobeprofitable.Hehimselfhadpurchasedonehundredsharesatfivedollarsashare,andurgedSempletodoso.Buthewasnotinterestedinhimpersonally.HelikedMrs.Semple,thoughhedidnotseeherveryoften.

           Aboutayearlater,Mr.Sempledied.Itwasanuntimelydeath,oneofthosefortuitousandinawayinsignificantepisodeswhichare,nevertheless,dramaticinadullwaytothosemostconcerned.HewasseizedwithacoldinthechestlateinthefalloneofthoseseizuresordinarilyattributedtowetfeetortogoingoutonadampdaywithoutanovercoatandhadinsistedongoingtobusinesswhenMrs.Sempleurgedhimtostayathomeandrecuperate.Hewasinhiswayaverydeterminedperson,notobstreperouslyso,butquietlyandunderthesurface.Businesswasagreaturge.Hesawhimselfsoontobeworthaboutfiftythousanddollars.Thenthiscoldninemoredaysofpneumoniaandhewasdead.Theshoestorewasclosedforafewdays;thehousewasfullofsympatheticfriendsandchurchpeople.Therewasafuneral,withburialserviceintheCallowhillPresbyterianChurch,towhichtheybelonged,andthenhewasburied.Mrs.Semplecriedbitterly.Theshockofdeathaffectedhergreatlyandleftherforatimeinadepressedstate.

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