There is a private car leaving Thursday, most of them citizens of Chicago, but some Easterners.

I would be glad to have you join us.

I am going as far as Minneapolis." Cowperwood thanked him and accepted.

A long conversation followed about the Northwest, its timber, wheat, land sales, cattle, and possible manufacturing plants.
What Fargo, Minneapolis, and Duluth were to be civically and financially were the chief topics of conversation.

Naturally, Mr.
Rambaud, having under his direction vast railroad lines which penetrated this region, was confident of the future of it.