Pleasure Reading ( Theodore Dreiser - The Financier ) 130 - 268

Frank's future business life was in bright colors , transactions at the interest in the affairs of the promotional investment of Philadelphia light transport lines ( trolley and tram ), loans from the state treasury ,that should be deposited with the future of payments and good benefits -all these business elements made Frank Frank Cowperwood one of the best brokers,  businessman,  players for a fall and stock speculators, developing transport systems of Philadelphia. He also understood, that his new growing social status and requests should be deservedly rewarded and decided to decor his house in a new way. Internally, he was a bit startled, shocked of his own thought that recently, "the Art" became his special own pleasant shelter for his rare free hours of personal life, of course, except his children, he wanted to surround himself with different items of art exquisite vases of Florentine masters, decorative columns, imitating Greek pillars halls - his soul was involved in this run for the material beauty of the world, his house began to look some like incredibly elegant, but at the same time a powerful - of course, as its owner.
     The seed of love to young Aileen Butler was still getting more and more shoots, and they finally had a long conversation during annual evening reception devoted to all major financial bosses of the city and their families. Frank and Aileen opened their hearts to each other and vowed to more than just a sympathy, in relation to each other, but decided to keep their words in secret ( because  the truth about their relationship could bring a great deal of  evil noise in the circles of Philadelphia that would hurt  Frank's business progression  and Eileen's family stable positive reputation. They organized a play, which was consisted of some strict rules - not to show their relationship in public, and to escape, to avoid frequent meetings outside Aileen's  home, try to retire away from the word of mouth. And in addition to this plan, Frank decided to buy two room apartment in another part of the town, furnish it as a real housing of a wealthy stockbroker and use it as a "base" for their rare meetings and hours of giving hearts and minds to each other.
   Some news about some fire in Chicago made Frank Cowperwood think very persistently and carefully about future consequence in the world of US economy , and of course, about its influence on his business plans ( The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from Sunday, October 8, to early Tuesday, October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying about 3.3 square miles (9 km2) in Chicago, Illinois, but such information was delicious enough for that time to transmit   rapidly) . After weighing all the possible effects of the fire, Frank horrified his position. Shares of all companies in which he was personally invested amount by a percentage borrowed  by a loan from various banks (including his father), but more he was afraid of his inability to repay the loans and the payment rates of these loans of such lenders as Treasury of  Philadelphia.  All these redounds had a mission to  stock market crash, prompting him to be bankrupt and exposed. Although he attempted to browbeat his way out of being sentenced to jail by intimidating Mr Stener, politicians from the Republican Party use their influence to use him as a scapegoat for their own corrupt practices. The only way out for Frank was getting even larger loan to pay off credit to put and sell the shares of transport branches.