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Chapter XXXIII

           Thechieffactshadalreadybeeninthehandsofthevariouseditorsandpublishersforaweekandmore,butwordhadgonearoundfromMollenhauer,Simpson,andButlertousethesoftpedalforthepresent.ItwasnotgoodforPhiladelphia,forlocalcommerce,etc.,tomakearow.Thefairnameofthecitywouldbesmirched.Itwastheoldstory.

           Atoncethequestionwasraisedastowhowasreallyguilty,thecitytreasurerorthebroker,orboth.Howmuchmoneyhadactuallybeenlost?Wherehaditgone?WhowasFrankAlgernonCowperwood,anyway?Whywashenotarrested?Howdidhecometobeidentifiedsocloselywiththefinancialadministrationofthecity?Andthoughthedayofwhatlaterwastermed"yellowjournalism"hadnotarrived,andthelocalpaperswerenotgiventosuchvitalpersonalcommentasfollowedlater,itwasnotpossible,evenboundastheywere,handandfoot,bythelocalpoliticalandsocialmagnates,toavoidcommentofsomesort.Editorialshadtobewritten.Somesolemn,conservativereferencestotheshameanddisgracewhichonesingleindividualcouldbringtoagreatcityandanoblepoliticalpartyhadtobeventuredupon.

           ThatdesperateschemetocasttheblameonCowperwoodtemporarily,whichhadbeenconcoctedbyMollenhauer,Butler,andSimpson,togettheodiumofthecrimeoutsidethepartylinesforthetimebeing,wasnowluggedforthandputinoperation.

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