The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1911-12-14

hin alone. ! sueas."
Why isn't she vttness eaouGh
tAsn! asked the district attorney.
We'll. she's mixed up In II in rather
. aasty way. She's afraid she'll suRsr
II M part-et 1t is made public"
Il can NJ that" said RutherfoeA
eoolly enough. "A promise Of immun-
ity, aAA-"
she won't Do IT," returned the
chief. You can drtvo these women
Just - far. and there you stop. Be-
stess. amt never goi.' to come inao
esurt"
What Do you nsan." asksd Ben.
go
Il 0ean." said Con1ell emphatically.
"tAat Gormly 70 gots' to give up the
ssns."
Give up The same!- repeated Hal
dane.
That's what said It's goin' to b
put up to him - to whether be wants
this told or whether he witbdrsvs
from the Aeld."
You might back your put up to
him With a warrant for murder. l BE-
lieve." said the district attorney. IF
the evidence is what you say. I'll have
charges preferred against him"
"Ail right" answered the chief.
"Mr. Rutherford and I will M that up
Now. gentlemen. you leave this to me
] am accustomed to deal with GRIM
inals. and I'll AZ Gormly. l ought to
have all the reports in my hands the
day after tomorrow"
wouldn't It be well to spring II to
night!''
Hardly. Besides it's too late. Not
even Gormly himself could keep the
stu6 out of the papers now.
Il guess now. Mr.. Haldane," said
Rutherford. a. 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. I don't know" :"
answered Haldane brokenly. II haa
heard some intfmations of this. moth.
Ing definitely. Connell has been very
close mouthed. tried to blun CORN.
Iy with that l don't know what Of.
feet the disclosure Is going to have.
l don't know how true 1t 10. It seems
rather suspicious"
"Connell had better be careful what
hs 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 a good scapegoat
II anything went wrong" answered
Rutherford with cynical Indifference.
| Now. as 1t happened, Colonel Bill
Hamilton was not SO guileless as he
looked. After the hrst exclamation
and the erst few condolences over the
drinks which he 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 great many things that he had
not told, and did not intend to tell un-
less 1t was necessary. Therefore, he
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 as 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
jure him.
OF 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 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 or the woman. He
had supposed, as everyone else had,
that they had perished in the storm,
and 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 aslhe called him.
and put him on his guard? Or was
he to wait and be governed by cir
cumstances? This was not an easy
problem to decide; but Colonel Bill
Hamilton finally came to the conclu-
sion that his best game was the wait.
ing one. Besides he liked to play a
lone hand. and he felt every conf
dence that he could do it.
Meanwhile he determined to fortify
himself with such evidence as he
could secure. and at the proper time.
il 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
official documents. Thereafter he
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
| 6llnd h{,,, or1 Of