The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-12-22

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II her part of 1t 10 made public"
Il a tx that" said Rutherford
coolly enough. "A promise of inDunr
ity. and"
She won't do It," returned the
chief. You can drive these women
just 30 far, and there you stop. BE.
sides. 1t amt eve goin' to come into
court"
What do you ?" asked Bsn-
son..
Il mean said Cornell emphaticaIly,
that Gormly 10 goin' to give up tho
game"
Give UP tho camel" repeated Hak
dane.
That's what I said. It's goin' to b.
put up to him as to whether he wants
this told or whether he withdraws
from the dsld."
You might back your put up TO
him with a warrant for murder, I be-
lieve." said the district attorney. III
the evidence IL what you say, I'll have
charges preferred against him."
All right" answered the chief,
MI. Rutherford and l will fix that up.
Now. gentlemen, you leave this to me-.
l am accustomed to deal with Grim.
inals. and I'll Ak Gormly. I ought %
have all the reports In my hands the
day after tomorrow"
Wouldn't 1t be well to spring Il %.
niGhtr"
Hardly. Besides it's too late. Not
even Cormly himself could keep the
stun out OF the papers now.
II guess now. Mr.. Haldane," said
Rutherford, as the assembly dissolved
and the two found themselves alone
together. the others being gone. that
you are rather glad than otherwise
that your bride did not work"
Yes. I suppose SO. l don't know"
answered Haldane brokenly. Il had
heard some limitations OF this, moth.
ing definitely. Cornell has been very
close mouthed. I tried to bluff Corn.
ly with that. l don't know what 81.
feet the disclosure is going to have.
| don't know how true it is. 1t seems
rather suspicious"
Cornell had better be careful what
he does" returned Rutherford. "IIs'd
better be very sure of his facts
why did you leave the handling Of
the affair to him?"
We'll, led make a good s~capegoat
If anything went wrong" answered
Rutherford with cynical indifference.
Now. as 1t happened. Colonel lhll
Hamilton was 10 SO ~guileless as hs
looked. After the first exclamation
"a the crst few condolences over the
drinks which be gave to the plain
clothes man who had SO adroitly
sought to get his story on that event
ful night, Colonel Bill shut up like a
clam. The interest of the stranger in
the story was suspicious. Colonel Bill
knew a great many things that he had
not told. and did not intend to tell I'm.
less 1t was necessary. Therefore. he
soon got rid OF his new friend and
went to his room to think 1t over.
He was morally certain that Gormly
and the man whom he had known as a
boy as George Fordyce were one and
the sane. Fortunately he had always
mixed Fordyce, and he was not dis
posed to do anything that would in.
jure hin.
OF course he had heard, as had ev.
eryone else in the United States, OF
tho remarkable campaign Of George
Gormly for the mayoralty of New
York. He had not had a great amount
OF personal interest in the matter.
however. But when he identified
Gormly with Fordyce, the affair at
once engaged his keenest attention.
Since the day he had left XIII Devil
Camp. he had never heard one word
of either the man OF the m He
had supposed. as everyone else had,
that thsy had persisted in the storm,
and although their bodies had never
been recovered there were plenty Of
reasons 10 account for that.
What was he to do! Was he to see
Gormly. or Fordyce a. he called him,
and put him on his guard? Or was
he to wait and be governed By cir
cumstanceS? This was 10 IN easy
problem to decide: but Colonel Bill
Hamilton finally came to the conciu-
sion that his best game was tho wait.
ing one. BsNtdes he liked to play q
lone hand, and he felt every conf
dence that he could do It.
Meanwhile he determined to fortify
himself with such evidence ~ he
could secure. and at the proper time.
II the story wal ferret4d out and an
attempt was made to make use OF it
no would, as he phrassd It. butt into
the same!" He set the telegraph tc
work. therefore, and presently receiv.
ed from his partner in Butte by ex'
press a tin box full of very private
Official documents. Thereafter hs
amused himself by following the prog
ress Of the campaign and doing some
highly profitable local investigating on
his own account. the result OF which
filled him with Joy and satisfaction.
The demonstration Of the alliance
bstw cen the Gotham Freight Traction
company and the 6achem society, tho
publication OF the membership of Hal
dana and his friends in the traction