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Capital and Public Rights

           Idon’tsubbosedotvillmakeyouveepany.Itallhintgesnowonvetheryoucangetdotfifty-year-franchiseordinancetroodecitycouncilornot.Haeckelheimersessheprefersyoutoallutterstorunt’ings.Hevillleefeverytinkpositifelyinyourhands.Frankhausersessdesame.VotHaeckelheimersesshedoess.Nowdereyouare.It’suptoyou.Ivishyoumuchchoy.Itisnosmallchopyouhaff,beatingdenewspapers,untyoustillhaffHantuntSchryhartagainstyou.Mr.Haeckelheimerasktmetopayhiscomplimendstoyouunttosayvillyoudinevithimnextveek,ormayhedinevityouvichefferissmostconveniend.So."

           Inthemayor’schairofChicagoatthistimesatamannamedWaldenH.Lucas.Agedthirty-eight,hewaspoliticallyambitious.Hehadtheelementsofpopularitytheknackorluckoffixingpublicattention.Afine,upstanding,healthyyoungbuckhewas,subtle,vigorous,acool,direct,practicalthinkerandspeaker,aneagerenigmaticdreamerofgreatpoliticalhonorstocome,anxioustoplayhiscardsjustright,tomakefriends,tobetheprideoftherighteous,andyetthenottoouncompromisingfoeofthewicked.Inshort,ayouthful,hopefulWesternMachiavelli,andonewhocould,ifhechose,servethecauseoftheanti-Cowperwoodstruggleexceedinglywellindeed.

           Cowperwood,disturbed,visitsthemayorinhisoffice.

           "Mr.Lucas,whatisityoupersonallywant?WhatcanIdoforyou?Isitfuturepoliticalprefermentyouareafter?"

           "Mr.

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