Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 8, 2025
But his eventual conclusion was that Cowperwood's plan, as he had outlined it, was the most feasible for political purposes, largely because the Schryhart faction, not being in a position where they needed to ask the city council for anything at present, were so obtuse as to forget to make overtures of any kind to the bucaneering forces at the City Hall.
Hand sat on this hot August afternoon, ensconced in a large carved mahogany chair in the inner recesses of his inner offices, and brooded. Only this morning, in the face of a falling market, he would have sold out openly had he not been deterred by telephone messages from Arneel and Schryhart suggesting the advisability of a pool conference before any action was taken.
Only Schryhart felt personally that his score with Cowperwood was not settled. He would meet him on some other ground later. The next time he would try to fight fire with fire. But for the present, shrewd man that he was, he was prepared to compromise.
I want a decent return for investments I have made, and I am going to have it. I cannot speak for the others behind me, but as long as they deal through me that is what they will expect." Mr. Schryhart went angrily away. He was exceedingly wroth. This proposition as Cowperwood now outlined it was bucaneering at its best.
Thereafter, dissembling his chagrin as best he could, he kept on the lookout for Cowperwood at both of the clubs of which he was a member; but Cowperwood had avoided them during this period of excitement, and Mahomet would have to go to the mountain. So one drowsy June afternoon Mr. Schryhart called at Cowperwood's office. He had on a bright, new, steel-gray suit and a straw hat.
Although Schryhart, Hand, and Arneel did not know it, their plans even as they planned were being thus undermined, and, try as they would, the coveted ordinance for a blanket franchise persistently eluded them.
"No," replied Merrill, "I didn't." "Well, it's this way, so I hear." And Schryhart leaned over and confidentially communicated considerable information into Mr. Merrill's left ear. The latter raised his eyebrows. "Indeed!" he said. "And the way he came to meet her," added Schryhart, contemptuously, "was this.
I think a general union of all the companies is desirable, but it will have to be on a basis of one, two, three, or four shares whatever is decided at par for all stock involved." Mr. Schryhart pulled a long face. "Don't you think that's rather steep?" he said, solemnly. "Not at all, not at all!" replied Cowperwood. "You know these new expenditures were not undertaken voluntarily."
When no one ventured, Hand, who was hoping this would prove a ripping blow to Cowperwood, remarked, viciously: "He might as well be told if we can reach him. It's sufficient notice, in my judgment. He might as well understand that this is the united action of the leading financial forces of the city." "Quite so," added Mr. Schryhart.
The new legislature, unless I'm greatly mistaken, will be afraid to touch anything in connection with him. It's hardly likely that any of the Springfield politicians will want to draw the fire of the newspapers again." Schryhart felt very powerful, imposing sleek, indeed now that his theory of newspaper publicity as a cure was apparently beginning to work.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking