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CHAPTER XII.A New Retainer
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Cowperwood, who had rebuffed Schryhart so courteously1 but firmly, was to learn that he who takes the sword may well perish by the sword. His own watchful2 attorney, on guard at the state capitol, where certificates of incorporation3 were issued in the city and village councils, in the courts and so forth4, was not long in learning that a counter-movement of significance was under way. Old General Van Sickle5 was the first to report that something was in the wind in connection with the North Side company. He came in late one afternoon, his dusty greatcoat thrown loosely about his shoulders, his small, soft hat low over his shaggy eyes, and in response to Cowperwood’s “Evening, General, what can I do for you?” seated himself portentously6.
“I think you’ll have to prepare for real rough weather in the future, Captain,” he remarked, addressing the financier with a courtesy title that he had fallen in the habit of using.
“What’s the trouble now?” asked Cowperwood.
“No real trouble as yet, but there may be. Some one—I don’t know who—is getting these three old companies together in one. There’s a certificate of incorporation been applied7 for at Springfield for the United Gas and Fuel Company of Chicago, and there are some directors’ meetings now going on at the Douglas Trust Company. I got this from Duniway, who seems to have friends somewhere that know.”
Cowperwood put the ends of his fingers together in his customary way and began to tap them lightly and rhythmically8.
“Let me see—the Douglas Trust Company. Mr. Simms is president of that. He isn’t shrewd enough to organize a thing of that kind. Who are the incorporators?”
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