The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-20
CHAPTER XI.
NEMEsIs.

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~ the second day following
Flemis1er's visit to Angels
Lidgeiwood was called again
r - to Red Butte to another con
ference with the mine owners. On his
, return, early In the afternoon, his spe-
cial was slowed and stopped at a
! point few miles east of the Y spur
at Silver Switch, and upon looking out
he saw that BensOn's bridge builders
were once more at work on the wooden
trestle spanning the Gloria. Benson
himself was in command, but he turn
ed the placing of the string timbers
over to his foreman and climbed TO the
platform of the superintendent serv-
Ice car.
IL won't hold you more than n few
minutes" he began, but the superin-
tendent pointed 10 one of the camp
chairs and sat down, saying: There's
no hurry. We have time orders against
70 at Timanyoni, and we would have
to wait there anyhow. What do you
know now-more than you knew the
last time we talked?"
Benson shook his head. Nothing
that would do us any good in jury
trial." he admitted reluctantly. I'VE
are not going TO find out anything more
until you send somebody up to Flemis-
ters mine with search warrant"
"Who am / TO send, Jack? have
just come from Red Butte, and l took
occasion to make few inquiries.
Flemister is evidently prepared at all
points. From what 1 learned today
am inclined TO believe that the sheriff
Of Timanyoni county would probably
refuse to serve n warrant against him
If we could find magistrate who
would issue one. Nice state of affairs,
isn't it,"
Beautiful" Benson agreed, adding:
"But you don't want Flemister half as
bad as you want the man who Is work
ing with him. Are you still trying to
believe that it isn't Hallock?"
IL am still trying to be fair and just.
McCloskey says that the two used to
be friends-Hallock and Flemister.
don't believe they are now. HalloclS
didn't want to 20 to Flemister about
that building and loan business, and
couldn't make out whether he was
afraid or whether it was just a plain
case of dislike"
at would doubtless be HalloclS's
policy-and Flemister's, too, for that
matter-to make you believe they are
not friends. Youth have to admit they
are together great deal"
'I'll admit il If you say so, but /
didn't know it before. How did you
know it?'
''Hallock is over here every day or
two. I have seen him three or four
times since that day when he and
Flemister were walking down the new
spur together and turned back Mt sight |
of me-" said Benson. "Of course |
don't know what other business Hal |
lock may have over here, but one thing |
l do know-he has been across the |
river, digging into the inner conscious
ness Of my old prospeetor. And that |
isn't all. After he had got the story |
OF the timber stealing out OF the old |
man he tried to bribe him not to tell |
1t to any one else; tried the bride first |
and scare afterward-told him that |
something would happen to him if he
didn't keep still tongue in his head"
Lidgerwood shook his head slowly |
"That looks pretty bad. Why should
he want to silence the old MANI"
''That's just what I've been asking
myself. But right on the heels of that |
another little mystery developed. Hal
lock asked the old man If he would be
willing TO swear in court to the truth |
of his story. The old man said he
would"
"WellT' said Lidgerwood.
"A night or two later the old pros
pectors shack burned down, and the