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Chicago Gas

           IfIshouldgetupacompanyofthiskind,withconsiderablebacking,doyouthinkyoumightbewillingtotakethemanagementofit?"

           "Oh,Iknowallaboutthisgasfield,"Mr.Sippenswasabouttosay."Itcan’tbedone."Buthechangedhismindbeforeopeninghislips."IfIwerepaidenough,"hesaid,cautiously."Isupposeyouknowwhatyouhavetocontendwith?"

           "Ohyes,"Cowperwoodreplied,smiling."Whatwouldyouconsider‘paidenough’tomean?"

           "Oh,ifIweregivensixthousandayearandasufficientinterestinthecompanysay,ahalf,orsomethinglikethatImightconsiderit,"repliedSippens,determined,ashethought,tofrightenCowperwoodoffbyhisexorbitantdemands.Hewasmakingalmostsixthousanddollarsayearoutofhispresentbusiness.

           "Youwouldn’tthinkthatfourthousandinseveralcompaniessayuptofifteenthousanddollarsandaninterestofaboutatenthineachwouldbebetter?"

           Mr.Sippensmeditatedcarefullyonthis.Plainly,themanbeforehimwasnotriflingbeginner.HelookedatCowperwoodshrewdlyandsawatonce,withoutanyadditionalexplanationofanykind,thatthelatterwaspreparingabigfightofsomesort.TenyearsbeforeSippenshadsensedtheimmensepossibilitiesofthegasbusiness.Hehadtriedto"getinonit,"buthadbeensued,waylaid,enjoined,financiallyblockaded,andfinallyblownup.

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