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A Matter of Tunnels

           Sotheyhadgoneonandon,addinglinesonlywheretheyweresuretheywouldmakeagoodprofitfromthestart,puttingdownthesamestyleofcheaprailthathadbeenusedinthebeginning,andemployingthesameantiquetypeofcarwhichrattledandtrembledasitran,untilthepatronswereenragedtothepointofanarchy.Onlyrecently,becauseofvarioussuitsandcomplaintsinaugurated,thecompanyhadbeengreatlyannoyed,buttheyscarcelyknewwhattodo,howtomeettheonslaught.ThoughtherewashereandthereamanofsensesuchasTerrenceMulgannon,thegeneralsuperintendent;EdwinKaffrath,adirector;WilliamJohnson,theconstructingengineerofthecompanyyetsuchothermenasOniasC.Skinner,thepresident,andWalterParker,thevice-president,werereactionariesofanelderlycharacter,conservative,meditative,stingy,and,worstofall,fearfulorwithoutcourageforgreatadventure.Itisasadcommentarythatagealmostinvariablytakesawaytheincentivetonewachievementandmakes"Letwellenoughalone"themostappealingmotto.

           Mindfulofthis,Cowperwood,withanowsplendidschemeinhismind,onedayinvitedJohnJ.McKentyovertohishousetodinneronasocialpretext.Whenthelatter,accompaniedbyhiswife,hadarrived,andAileenhadsmiledonthembothsweetly,andwasdoingherbesttobenicetoMrs.

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