He went away interested, and a day or two later--even the next morning--had formulated a scheme.

Not unlike Cowperwood, he was a shrewd, hard, cold man.

He believed in Chicago implicitly and in all that related to its future.

This gas situation, now that Cowperwood had seen the point, was very clear to him.

Even yet it might not be impossible for a third party to step in and by intricate manipulation secure the much coveted rewards.