The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-16
Never. ShsB Efad enough 10 M
him alone, I guess"

Why isn't she witness enough
them" asked the district attorney.
Well, she's mixed up in 1T In rather
a nasty way. She's afraid she'll suffer
II her part of 1t In 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 inta
court"
What do you ?" asked Ben
son.
Il mean" said Connell emphatically.
that Gormly is goin' to give up tho
game"
Give up the camel" repeated Hal
dane.
That's what I said. It's goIn' to BIS
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 q warrant for murder. / be-
~lieve," said the district attorney. "If
the evidence is what you say, I'll have
charges preferred against him."
"Al right" answered the chief,
Mr.. Rutherford and / will fix that IN
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 well to spring It to-
nisht?"
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 bride did not work"
Yes, | suppose so. ! don't know"
answered Haldane brokenly. Il had
heard some limitations of this, moth
ing definitely. Connell has been very
close mouthed. / tried to bluff CORN.
ly with that. / don't know what ef.
feet the disclosure 10 going to have.
| don't know how true 1t is. 1t seems
rather suspicious"
cornell had better be careful what
he does" returned Rutherford. Esd
better be very sure of his facts"
why did you leave the handling OF
the affair to him?"
We'll, he'd make a good scapeeeat
If anything went wrong" answered
Rutherford with cynical indifference.
Now, as 1t happened, Colonel nilI
Hamilton was not so guileless az he
looked. After the first exclamation
and the frst few condolences over the
drinks which he gave to the plain
clothes man who had so adr0ftIy
sought to get his story on that event
full night, Colonel Bill shut up like q
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 un
less 1t was necessary. Therefore, he
soon got rid of his new friend and
vent to his room to think it over.
He was morally certain that Gormly
and the man whom he had known as a
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
tho remarkable campaign of George
Gormly for the mayoralty of Naw
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 Kill Devil
Camp, he had heard one word
OF either the mar or the woman. He
had supposed, as everyone else had,
that they had persisted 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 as he called him,
and put him on his guard? Or was
he to wait and be governed by cir,
cumstances? This was not an cas-
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 q
lone hand, and he felt every coEn.
dence that he could do 1t.
Meanwhile he determined to fortify
himself with such evidence as Ia
could secure, and st the proper time,
II the story WIS ferreted out and an
attempt was made to make use Of II,
he would, as he phrased it, butt into
the game!" He set the telegraph to
work, therefore, and presently receiv
ed from his partner in Butte By eI
press a tin box full Of very privats
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
filed him with Joy and satisfaction.
The demonstration of the ALLIANCES
hetw cen the Gotham Freight Traction
company and the Sachem society, the
publication of the membership of Hal
dane and his friends in the traction