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Concerning A Wife And Family

           SheagreedtofileapleawhichStegerwoulddrawupforher,andbythatoilygentleman’smachinationsitwasfinallywormedthroughthelocalcourtinthemostsecretmannerimaginable.ThemerestiteminthreeofthePhiladelphiapaperssomesixweekslaterreportedthatadivorcehadbeengranted.WhenMrs.Cowperwoodreaditshewonderedgreatlythatsolittleattentionhadbeenattractedbyit.Shehadfearedamuchmoreextendedcomment.Shelittleknewthecat-likeprowlings,legalandjournalistic,ofherhusband’sinterestingcounsel.WhenCowperwoodreaditononeofhisvisitstoChicagoheheavedasighofrelief.Atlastitwasreallytrue.NowhecouldmakeAileenhiswife.Hetelegraphedheranenigmaticmessageofcongratulation.WhenAileenreaditshethrilledfromheadtofoot.Now,shortly,shewouldbecomethelegalbrideofFrankAlgernonCowperwood,thenewlyenfranchisedChicagofinancier,andthen

           "Oh,"shesaid,inherPhiladelphiahome,whenshereadit,"isn’tthatsplendid!NowI’llbeMrs.Cowperwood.Oh,dear!"

           Mrs.FrankAlgernonCowperwoodnumberone,thinkingoverherhusband’sliaison,failure,imprisonment,pyrotechnicoperationsatthetimeoftheJayCookefailure,andhispresentfinancialascendancy,wonderedatthemysteryoflife.TheremustbeaGod.TheBiblesaidso.Herhusband,evilthoughhewas,couldnotbeutterlybad,forhehadmadeampleprovisionforher,andthechildrenlikedhim

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