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The Die is Cast

           SamuelBlackman,presidentoftheSouthSideGasCompany,alittle,wispymanwithshoe-brushwhiskers,declaredemphatically:

           "Thisisascoundrellypieceofbusiness.Ifthemayorsignsthatheshouldbeimpeached.Thereisnotavoteinthereto-nightthathasnotbeenpurchasednotone.ThisisafineelementofbrigandagetointroduceintoChicago;why,peoplewhohaveworkedyearsandyearstobuildupabusinessarenotsafe!"

           "It’strue,everywordofit,"complainedMr.JordanJules,presidentoftheNorthSidecompany,ashort,stoutmanwithaheadlikeanegglyinglengthwise,amerefringeofhair,andhard,blueeyes.HewaswithMr.HudsonBaker,tallandambling,whowaspresidentoftheWestChicagocompany.Allofthesehadcometoprotest.

           "It’sthatscoundrelfromPhiladelphia.He’sthecauseofallourtroubles.It’shightimetherespectablebusinesselementofChicagorealizedjustwhatsortofamantheyhavetodealwithinhim.Heoughttobedrivenoutofhere.LookathisPhiladelphiarecord.Theysenthimtothepenitentiarydownthere,andtheyoughttodoithere."

           Mr.Baker,veryrecentlytheguestofSchryhart,andhishenchman,too,wasalsoproperlychagrined."Themanisacharlatan,"heprotestedtoBlackman."Hedoesn’tplayfair.Itisplainthathedoesn’tbelonginrespectablesociety."

           Nevertheless,andinspiteofthis,theordinancewaspassed.ItwasabitterlessonforMr.NormanSchryhart,Mr.

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