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A New Retainer

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           CowperwoodwentoutwhileAddisonspeculatedastothisnewestmove.TrustCowperwoodtodigapitintowhichtheenemymightfall.Hemarveledsometimesattheman’sresourcefulness.HeneverquarreledwiththedirectnessandincisivenessofCowperwood’saction.

           Theman,McKenty,whomCowperwoodhadinmindinthisratherdisturbinghour,wasasinterestingandforcefulanindividualasonewouldcaretomeetanywhere,atypicalfigureofChicagoandtheWestatthetime.Hewasapleasant,smiling,bland,affableperson,notunlikeCowperwoodinmagnetismandsubtlety,butdifferentbyadegreeofanimalcoarseness(notvisibleonthesurface)whichCowperwoodwouldscarcelyhaveunderstood,andinakindoftemperamentalpulldrawingtohimthatvastpatheticlifeoftheunderworldinwhichhissoulfounditssolution.Thereisakindofnature,notartistic,notspiritual,innowayemotional,noryetundulyphilosophical,thatisneverthelessaspheredcontentoflife;notcrystalline,perhaps,andyetnotutterlydarkanagatetemperament,cloudyandstrange.Asathree-year-oldchildMcKentyhadbeenbroughtfromIrelandbyhisemigrantparentsduringaperiodoffamine.HehadbeenraisedonthefarSouthSideinashantywhichstoodnearamazeofrailroad-tracks,andasanakedbabyhehadcrawledonitsearthenfloor.

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