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Obstacles

           SylvesterToomeywasfinallyathiswit’send,andcomplainedtoCowperwood,whoatoncesentforthosenoblebeaconsofdarkandstormywaters,GeneralVanSickleandtheHon.KentBarrowsMcKibben.TheGeneralwasnowbecomingalittledolty,andCowperwoodwasthinkingofpensioninghim;butMcKibbenwasinhisprime—smug,handsome,deadly,smooth.AftertalkingitoverwithMr.ToomeytheyreturnedtoCowperwood’sofficewithapromisingscheme.TheHon.NahumDickensheets,oneofthejudgesoftheStateCourtofAppeals,andamanlongsinceattached,bymethodswhichneednotherebedescribed,toCowperwood’sstar,hadbeenpersuadedtobringhisextensivetechnicalknowledgetobearontheemergency.Athissuggestiontheworkofdiggingthetunnelwasatoncebegun—firstattheeastorFranklinStreetend;then,aftereightmonths’digging,atthewestorCanalStreetend.AshaftwasactuallysunksomethirtyfeetbackofMr.Purdy’sbuilding—betweenitandtheriver—whilethatgentlemanwatchedwithaquizzicalgleaminhiseyethisdefiantprocedure.HewassurethatwhenitcametothenecessityofannexinghispropertytheNorthandWestChicagoStreetRailwayswouldbeobligedtopaythroughthenose.

           "Well,I’llbecussed,"befrequentlyobservedtohimself,forhecouldnotseehowhisexactionofapoundoffleshwastobeevaded,andyethefeltstrangelyrestlessattimes.

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