Chapter XXXII

           ThenecessityofafinalconferenceebetweenButler,Mollenhauer,andSimpsonwasspeedilyreached,forthissituationwashourlygrowingmoreserious.RumorswerefloatingaboutinThirdStreetthatinadditiontohavingfailedforsolargeanamountastohavefurtherunsettledthealreadypanickyfinancialsituationinducedbytheChicagofire,CowperwoodandStener,orStenerworkingwithCowperwood,ortheotherwayround,hadinvolvedthecitytreasurytotheextentoffivehundredthousanddollars.Andthequestionwashowwasthemattertobekeptquietuntilafterelection,whichwasstillthreeweeksaway.BankersandbrokerswerecommunicatingoddrumorstoeachotheraboutacheckthathadbeentakenfromthecitytreasuryafterCowperwoodknewhewastofail,andwithoutStener’sconsent.AlsothattherewasdangerthatitwouldcometotheearsofthatveryuncomfortablepoliticalorganizationknownastheCitizens’MunicipalReformAssociation,ofwhichawell-knowniron-manufacturerofgreatprobityandmoralrectitude,oneSkeltonC.Wheat,waspresident.WheathadforyearsbeenfollowingonthetrailofthedominantRepublicanadministrationinavainattempttobringittoasenseofsomeofitspoliticaliniquities.Hewasaseriousandaustereman-oneofthosesolemn,self-righteoussoulswhoseelifethroughapeculiarveilofduty,andwho,undisturbedbynotableanimalpassionsofanykind,gotheirwayofupholdingthetheoryoftheTenCommandmentsovertheorderofthingsastheyare.

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