The Red Cloud chief., 1911-10-12

why ISH Su6 WIlneSS enCukf
them" asked the district attorney. :
We'll, she's mixed up in II In rather
nasty way She's afraid she'll suffeI
II her part Of It is made public"
IL can fix that" said Rutherford
coolly enough. "A promise Of immun
ity, and"
"She won't do It." returned the
chief. "You can drive these women
just SO far. and there you stop. Be
sides. 1t amt never goin' to come into
court"
What do you mean! asked Ben
Il mean." said Connell emphaticaliy.
that Gormly is goin' to give up the
game"
Give up the game!" repeated Hal
dane.
That's what said. It's goin' to be
put up to him as to whether he wants
this told or whether he withdraws
from the field"
You might back your put up to
him with warrant for murder, I be.
lieve." said the district attorney. "If
the evidence Is what you say, I'll havo
charges preferred against him"
"All right" answered -<he chief.
"Mr. Rutherford and will fix that up.
Now. gentlemen. you leave this to me.
! am accustomed to deal with Grim.
inals. and I'll fix Gormly. / ought to
have all the reports In my hands the
day after tomorrow"
wouldn't 1t be we'll to spring II to
night?"
Hardly. Besides It's too late. Not
even Gormly himself could keep the
stuff out Of the papers now.
Il 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 bribe did not work"
Yes, suppose so. ! don't know"
answered Haldane brokenly. ~ had
heard some intimations of this. moth.
Ing definitely. Connell has been vsry
close mouthed. tried to blum Corn
Iy with that. l don't know what ef
feet the disclosure is going to have
/ don't know how true It is. It seems
rather suspicious"
"Connell had better be careful wha,
he does" returned Rutherford. He'd
better be very sure Of his facts"
why did you leave the handling Of
the affair to him?"
well. he'd make q good scapeRoat
II anything went wrong" answered
Rutherford with cynical Indifference.
Now. as It happened. Colonel Bill
Hamilton was not so guileless as hs
looked. After the first exclamation
and the frst few condolences over ths
drinks which he gave to the plain
CLONES man who had 80 adroitly
sought to get his story on that event.
ful night. Colonel Bill shut up like q
clam. The interest Of the stranger in
the story was suspicious. Colonel BIZ
knew a great many things that he had
not told, and did not intend to tell un.
less 1t was necessary. Therefore. hs
soon got rid Of his new friend and
went to his room to think It over.
He was morally certain that Gormly
and the man whom he had known a. q
boy as George Fordyce were one and
the same. Fortunately he had always
liked Fordyce. and 'he was not dis.
posed to do anything that would in.
1ure him.
or course he had heard. as had ev.
eryone else In the United States. Of
the remarkable campaign OF George
Gormly for the mayoralty of New
York. He had not had great amount
OF personal interest in the matter,
however. But when he identified
iormly 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 or the woman. He
had supposed. as everyone else had,
that they had perished In the storm,
Ind although their bodies had never
been recovered there were plenty Of
reasons to account for that.
What was he to do? Was he to see
Gormly. or Fordyce as he called him.
and put him on his guard? Or was
he to wait. and be governed by cir.
This was not an easy
problem to decide: but Colonel Bill
finally came to the conclu.
sion that his best game was the wait.
Ing one. Besides he liked to play Q
lone hand. and he felt every conn.
dence that he could do It.
Meanwhile he determined to fortify
himself with such evidence a. he
could secure. and at the proper time.
II the story was ferreted out and an
attempt was made to make use OF It,
he would. as he phrased 1t. butt into
the camel" He set the telegraph to
work. therefore. and presently receiv'
ed from his partner in Butte by ex.
press tin box full Of very private
offic!ai documents. Thereafter he
amused himself by following the prog
ress of the campaign and doing some
highly profitable local investigating ON
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