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In Search of Victory

           Sohewalkedandsaw,wonderinghowsoonhisdreamsofgrandeurweretoberealized.

           InLondonheboughtaportraitbyRaeburn;inParisaplowingscenebyMillet,asmallJanSteen,abattlepiecebyMeissonier,andaromanticcourtyardscenebyIsabey.Thusbegantherevivalofhisformerinterestinart;thenucleusofthatfuturecollectionwhichwastomeansomuchtohiminlateryears.

           Ontheirreturn,thebuildingofthenewChicagomansioncreatedthenextinterestingdiversioninthelivesofAileenandCowperwood.BecauseofsomechateauxtheysawinFrancethatform,orratheramodificationofitassuggestedbyTaylorLord,wasadopted.Mr.Lordfiguredthatitwouldtakeallofayear,perhapsayearandahalf,todeliveritinperfectorder,buttimewasofnogreatimportanceinthisconnection.InthemeanwhiletheycouldstrengthentheirsocialconnectionsandprepareforthatinterestingdaywhentheyshouldbeoftheChicagoelite.

           Therewere,atthistime,severalelementsinChicago—thosewho,havinggrownsuddenlyrichfromdullpoverty,couldnotsoeasilyforgetthevillagechurchandthevillagesocialstandards;thosewho,havinginheritedwealth,ormigratedfromtheEastwherewealthwasold,understoodmoreofthesavoirfaireofthegame;andthosewho,beingnewlybornintowealthandseeingthedrifttowardasmarterAmericanlife,werebeginningtowishtheymightshineinit—theselasttheveryyoungpeople.

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