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Enter Hosmer Hand

           Handhadalwaysseemedveryattractivetohim."Idon’twonder."

           HerecalledthathisownwifehadrecentlyinsistedoninvitingCowperwoodonce.

           SimilarlyHand,meetingArneelnotsolongafterward,confidedtohimthatCowperwoodwastryingtorepudiateasacredagreement.Arneelwasgrievedandsurprised.ItwasenoughforhimtoknowthatHandhadbeenseriouslyinjured.BetweenthetwoofthemtheynowdecidedtoindicatetoAddison,aspresidentoftheLakeCityBank,thatallrelationswithCowperwoodandtheChicagoTrustCompanymustcease.Theresultofthiswas,notlongafter,thatAddison,verysuaveandgracious,agreedtogiveCowperwoodduewarningthatallhisloanswouldhavetobetakencareofandthenresigned—tobecome,sevenmonthslater,presidentoftheChicagoTrustCompany.Thisdesertioncreatedagreatstiratthetime,astonishingtheverymenwhohadsuspectedthatitmightcometopass.Thepaperswerefullofit.

           "Well,lethimgo,"observedArneeltoHand,sourly,onthedaythatAddisonnotifiedtheboardofdirectorsoftheLakeCityofhiscontemplatedresignation."Ifhewantstoseverhisconnectionwithabanklikethistogowithamanlikethat,it’shisownlookout.Hemaylivetoregretit."

           ItsohappenedthatbynowanotherelectionwaspendingChicago,andHand,alongwithSchryhartandArneel—whojoinedtheirforcesbecauseofhisfriendshipforHand—decidedtotrytofightCowperwoodthroughthismeans.

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