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An Hour of Defeat

           TheirplanasfirstoutlinedwastobuildanelevatedroadontheSouthSidesouthoftheproposedfair-groundsandoncethatwaspopularhavingpreviouslysecuredfranchiseswhichwouldcovertheentirefield,West,South,andNorthtoconstructtheothersattheirleisure,andsotobidMr.Cowperwoodasweetandsmilingadieu.

           Cowperwood,awaitingtheassemblingofthenewcitycouncilonemonthafterelection,didnotproposetowaitinpeaceandquietuntiltheenemyshouldstrikeathimunprepared.Callingthosefamiliaragents,hiscorporationattorneys,aroundhim,hewasshortlyinformedofthenewelevated-roadidea,anditgavehimarealshock.ObviouslyHandandSchryhartwerenowindeadlyearnest.AtoncehedictatedalettertoMr.Gilganaskinghimtocallathisoffice.Atthesametimehehurriedlyadjuredhisadviserstouseduediligenceindiscoveringwhatinfluencescouldbebroughttobearonthenewmayor,thehonorableChaffeeThayerSluss,tocausehimtovetotheordinancesincasetheycamebeforehimtoeffectinhim,indeed,atotalchangeofheart.

           TheHon.ChaffeeThayerSluss,whoseattitudeinthisinstancewastoprovecrucial,wasatall,shapely,somewhatgrandiloquentpersonwhotookhimselfandhissocialandcommercialopportunitiesanddoingsinthemostseriousand,asitwere,elevatedlight.

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