A Trip to Louisville

           ThemostseriousdifficultyconfrontingCowperwoodfromnowonwasreallynotsomuchpoliticalasfinancial.InbuildingupandfinancinghisChicagostreet-railwayenterpriseshehad,inthosedayswhenAddisonwaspresidentoftheLakeCityNational,usedthatbankashischiefsourceofsupply.Afterward,whenAddisonhadbeenforcedtoretirefromtheLakeCitytoassumechargeoftheChicagoTrustCompany,Cowperwoodhadsucceededinhavingthelatterdesignatedasacentralreserveandininducinganumberofruralbankstokeeptheirspecialdepositsinitsvaults.However,sincethewaronhimandhisinterestshadbeguntostrengthenthroughtheeffortsofHandandArneel—menmostinfluentialinthecontroloftheothercentral-reservebanksofChicago,andinclosetouchwiththemoneybaronsofNewYork—thereweresignsnotwantingthatsomeofthecountrybanksdepositingwiththeChicagoTrustCompanyhadbeeninducedtowithdrawbecauseofpressurefromoutsideinimicalforces,andthatmoreweretofollow.ItwassometimebeforeCowperwoodfullyrealizedtowhatanextentthisfinancialoppositionmightbedirectedagainsthimself.InitsverybeginningitnecessitatedspeedyhurryingstoNewYork,Philadelphia,Cincinnati,Baltimore,Boston—evenLondonattimes—onthechancethattherewouldbelooseandreadycashinsomeone’spossession.Itwasononeoftheseperegrinationsthatheencounteredacuriouspersonalitywhichledtovariouscomplicationsinhislife,sentimentalandotherwise,whichhehadnothithertocontemplated.

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