All sorts of suits to enjoin, annul, and restrain had been begun by the various old companies, but McKibben, Stimson, and old General Van Sickle were fighting these with Trojan vigor and complacency.

It was a pleasant scene.

Still no one knew very much of Cowperwood's entrance into Chicago as yet.

He was a very minor figure.

His name had not even appeared in connection with this work.