Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-10-28
CHAPTER xVIll-CONTINUED

'IIUSm. / Vii not isiCn,' She cried
passion0tcly. 81 warned him because
you would have sacrificed him after he
had saved our lives. That Is all. lie
Is an honest man, and am grateful TO
him. That Is the only foundation for
your insult"
Mcnamara, with apparent candor,
broke In:
you thought you were doing right,
Of course. but your action will have
terrible consequences. Now well have
riot hloodshed and heaven knows
what II was to save all this that |
wanted TO break up their organization.
A weeks Imprisonment would have
done II, but now they're armed and
belligcrcnt, and wen have u battle to-
night"
NO. no." she cried. "Thcrc mustn't
be any violence"
"Thcrc Is no use trying TO check
them They are rushing to their own
destruction. | have learned that they
plan to Attack the Midas tonight. and
I u tltlNf III r'lAll'lN NulllNE t'l Nl''Il
there. It is n shame. for they are de
cent fellows blinded by ignorance and
mislcd by that young miner This will
be- the blacklist might the north has
ever gcnh."
with this Mcnamara lcrt the house
and went In search of Voorhees,. re-
marking to himself: Vow. Miss Helen.
send your warming the sooner the bet
ter. If know those vigilantcs. II will
set them crazy. and yet not crazy
enough to attack the Midas. Thcxwill
strike for me, and when they hit my
poor unguurdcd office they'll think he'll
has moved north"
"Mr. Marshal" said he to his tool
Il want you to gather forty men quiet
ly and TO arm them with Winchcstcrs.
They must be fellows who wont faint
Mt blood. You know the kind. Assem-
bic them at my office after dark. one
at Il time. by the back way. II must
he done with absolute secrecy. Now,
see IL you can do this one thing and
not get ballcd up. If you fail. I'll
make you answer to me"
why don't you get the troopsT'
vcnturcd voorhees,.
ar there's one thing | want to avoid,
it's soldiers. either here or Mt the
mines. When they step in, we step
out, and I'm not ready for that just
vet" The receiver smiled Sinistcrly.
Helen meanwhile had fed 10 her
room ana there received GlcnlstCr's
note through Cherry Mulottr's mos
scngcr. It rckindlcd her worst fears
| and bore out McNamara's prophecy
The moro she read Of It the mora
| certain she grew that the crisis was
only question of hours and that with
. darkness tragedy would walk tho
streets of Nome. The thought Of the
wrong already done was lost In the
| lonely girls terror of the crime about
| 10 happen. for It seemed TO her she had
( been the instrument 10 set these forces
In motion. that she had loOscd this
swift speeding avalanche of greed
hatred and brutality. And when the
| crash should cOmc-thc girl shuddcrcd
| II must not be. She would shrek u
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