I think, from an editorial point of view, his political connections will bear watching." Already there were rumors abroad that McKenty might have something to do with the new company.
Hyssop, a medium-sized, ornate, conservative person, was not so sure.
"We shall find out soon enough, no doubt, what propositions Mr.
Cowperwood has in hand," he remarked.

"He is very energetic and capable, as I understand it." Hyssop and Schryhart, as well as the latter and Merrill, had been social friends for years and years.
After his call on Mr.Haguenin, Cowperwood's naturally selective and self-protective judgment led him next to the office of the Inquirer, old General MacDonald's paper, where he found that because of rhuematism and the severe, inclement weather of Chicago, the old General had sailed only a few days before for Italy.

His son, an aggressive, mercantile type of youth of thirty-two, and a managing editor by the name of Du Bois were acting in his stead.

In the son, Truman Leslie MacDonald, an intense, calm, and penetrating young man, Cowperwood encountered some one who, like himself, saw life only from the point of view of sharp, self-centered, personal advantage.

What was he, Truman Leslie MacDonald, to derive from any given situation, and how was he to make the Inquirer an even greater property than it had been under his father before him?
He did not propose to be overwhelmed by the old General's rather flowery reputation.