Финансист

Chapter LVII

           "Andtheyshookhands.

           SowhenitwasfinallydecidedtopardonStener,whichwasintheearlypartofMarch,1873Cowperwood’spardonwasnecessarilybutgingerlyincluded.Adelegation,consistingofStrobik,Harmon,andWinpenny,representing,asitwasintendedtoappear,theunanimouswishesofthecouncilandthecityadministration,andspeakingforMollenhauerandSimpson,whohadgiventheirconsent,visitedtheGovernoratHarrisburgandmadethenecessaryformalrepresentationswhichwereintendedtoimpressthepublic.Atthesametime,throughtheagencyofSteger,Davison,andWalterLeigh,theappealinbehalfofCowperwoodwasmade.TheGovernor,whohadhadinstructionsbeforehandfromsourcesquitesuperiortothiscommittee,wasverysolemnaboutthewholeprocedure.Hewouldtakethematterunderadvisement.Hewouldlookintothehistoryofthecrimesandtherecordsofthetwomen.Hecouldmakenopromiseshewouldsee.Butintendays,afterallowingthepetitionstogatherconsiderabledustinoneofhispigeonholesanddoingabsolutelynothingtowardinvestigatinganything,heissuedtwoseparatepardonsinwriting.One,asamatterofcourtesy,hegaveintothehandsofMessrs.Strobik,Harmon,andWinpenny,tobearpersonallytoMr.Stener,astheydesiredthatheshould.Theother,onSteger’srequest,hegavetohim

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