Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-03
"And the proceeds OF that haul, do

"And the proceeos OF that haul, do
| understand that they were divided
among the seven councillors?" asked
| Councillor Number Seven, with glitter
| ing eyes.
Precisely. 1t was benefit perform
ance. You are still desirous of ass,im-
| ing the-shall we say-responsibili,ie
of councillorship?"
Need you ask?"
And when would you like to COM
mence the duties?"
This minute"
Good. Well, as have told you, we
do not, when we elect a new member
to the council, exact any solemn oath
| of secrecy from him. The rule-the
| invariable rule-which we have adopt
| ed in place of any such meaningless
exaction is this. Whenever a new
member is elected, that member has
to qualify himself, so to speak, by
carrying out personally the first re.
movar which may be decreed by the
council. We do this as E1uch for ON
own protection as for any other reason.
The fact that member is equally
committed with ourselves and has
rendered himself liable to the same
legal penalties, is the best guarantee
of his loyalty that we could possibly
have. Do you follow?"
Il follow" replied the new council
lor. dogsedly.
well, this is the situation. We re-
Gently elected to place on the council
to the very place you now fila
new member. He had taken life on
moro than one occasion, and We
thought we were sure of our man, or
we should not have invited him to
join us. But we have since discovered
| lit Is the one and Only mistake of the
sort we have made-that we have been
miyled in him. Not that he is not fully
az eager to accept responsibility-eve
the most dangerous responsi bility-
as any of us. On that ground we have
no cause for complaint. But the fact
is that when he Joined us he was under
the impression that our motives were
entirely disinterested and patriotic
The discovery that we were not al
together uninfluenced by personal
considerations was sh ock to him,
and produced so great a revulsion Of
feeling that-as we have ascertained
he is in communication with the po-
lice, in order that he may serve the
cause about which he is so infatuated
by ridding it of the men-ouIselves-
who in his opinion are its betrayers
and enemies. He is at this moment
alone on board the little yacht which
lies in straight line a couple Of
| hundred yards further out at sea than
this vessel. At present the police
know nothing of what he has to tell
| them. The matter has not gone far
enough for tiiat. All that he has done
is to send word to a certain detective
that he has an important communica-
ton to make. He has asked that de-
tective-Detuctive Marten-to join him
at II O'clock tonight on board the
yacht to receive the communication.
His reason for SO doing is as follows:
The council was to meet on board this
yacht not tonight, but tomorrow
night. The Ynan who intends betraying
us does not know that we are aware
of his intended treachery and that We
| have altered our date of meeting. He
thinks it Is tomorrow that we are to
assemble, and after he has made known
our plans to the detective he will pro-
pose that our meeting be allowed to
take place, and that then, when we
are gathered together here like rats
in trap, the police shall surround
the yacht and make the whole of us
prisoners. 1t is prettily enough
arranged programme, but the poor fool
has underrated our abilities and our
resources for obtaining information"
! ITO Be Continued