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The Fruits of Daring

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           SimmswasenviousalreadyofthefinancialshowingCowperwoodwasmakinginChicago.Besides,Cowperwood’smannerbespokesupremeintelligenceandcourage,andthatisalwaysresentedbyallsavethesuppliantsorthetriumphantmastersofotherwalksinlife.SimmswasreallyinterestedatlasttoknowsomethingmoreaboutCowperwood,somethingdefinite.

           Beforethissocialsituationhadtimetoadjustitselfonewayortheother,however,amatterarosewhichinitswaywasfarmorevital,thoughAileenmightnothavethoughtso.Thefeelingbetweenthenewandoldgascompanieswasbecomingstrained;thestockholdersoftheolderorganizationweregettinguneasy.Theywereeagertofindoutwhowasbackofthesenewgascompanieswhichwerethreateningtopoachontheirexclusivepreserves.FinallyoneofthelawyerswhohadbeenemployedbytheNorthChicagoGasIlluminatingCompanytofightthemachinationsofDeSotoSippensandoldGeneralVanSickle,findingthattheLakeViewCouncilhadfinallygrantedthefranchisetothenewcompanyandthattheAppellateCourtwasabouttosustainit,hitupontheideaofchargingconspiracyandwholesalebriberyofcouncilmen.ConsiderableevidencehadaccumulatedthatDuniway,JacobGerecht,andothersontheNorthSidehadbeeninfluencedbycash,andtobringlegalactionwoulddelayfinalapprovalofthefranchisesandgivetheoldcompanytimetothinkwhatelsetodo.

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