Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-11-24

Hardly. Besides It's too late. Not
even Gormly himself could keep the
stun 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. I suppose 50. 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.
~ with that. I don't know what ef-
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. 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
il anything went wrong" answered
Rutherford with cynical Indifference.
Now. as It happened. Colonel Bill
Hamilton was not so guileless as he
looked. After the first exclamation
and the erst few condolences over the
drinks which he gave to the plain
clothes man who had 30 adroitly
sought to get his story on that event
full 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 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 az 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
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
Gormly with Fordyce. the affair at
once engaged his keenest attention.
Since the day he had left Kill Devil
Camp, he had never heard one word
Of either the man or the woman. He
had supposed. as everyone else had.
TINT fhov hoI vor{chod fu tho c%orv,,
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 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 1t.
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 a 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
filled him with JOY and satisfaction.
The demonstration Of the alliance
between the Gotham Freight Traction
company and the Sachem society, the
publication Of the membership Of Hal.
dane and his friends in the traction
company, the exhibition Of its iniquit.
GUS processes, came OF according to
schedule. Such a storm of wrath and
Indignation rose in the public breast
after the disclosure as had never
been equaled in any political campaign
in New York.
The stocks of the Gotham Freight
Traction company had fallen off terri
fically, and every other interest fur.
thered by the syndicate of which Hal.
dane was the head had suffered &C.
cordingly. The city was on the verge
of a tremendous panic. Unrest, ex.
element, uncertainty, were in the air.
The people had been aroused as never
before.
ITO BE CONTINUED.)