And yet he was coming to feel that, no matter how complete his financial victory might ultimately be, the chances were that he and Aileen would never be socially accepted here in Chicago.

He had done too many boisterous things--alienated too many people.

He was as determined as ever to retain a firm grip on the Chicago street-railway situation.

But he was disturbed for a second time in his life by the thought that, owing to the complexities of his own temperament, he had married unhappily and would find the situation difficult of adjustment.

Aileen, whatever might be said of her deficiencies, was by no means as tractable or acquiescent as his first wife.