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During all the long day the Vigilantes lay in hiding, impatient at their idleness and wondering at the lack of effort made towards their discovery, not dreaming that McNamara had more cleverly hidden plans behind. When Cherry's note of warning came they gathered in the back room and gave voice to their opinions. "There's only one way to clear the atmosphere," said the chairman.
The politician flung him out into the room so that he fell limply upon his face, then stood watching him. Finally, McNamara passed out of the watcher's vision, returning with a water-bucket. With his foot he rolled the unconscious wretch upon his back, then drenched him. Replacing the pail, he seated himself, lit a cigar, and watched the return of life into his victim.
Fears of suicide led his friends to watch him closely; and he was known to go and lie on the grave of the maid, whose name he said would dwell ever with him, while his heart was buried with her. The rival, McNamara, returned too late to redeem his vow, but lived in the same State many years, "a prosperous gentleman." The ways of the petitioner are deep and mysterious.
Whenever there has been no national bankruptcy law in existence, the States have been held to be free to pass such insolvent laws as they might think proper. Saunders, 12 Wheaton's Reports, 213; Tua v. Carriere, 117 U. S. Reports, 201; Ketcham v. McNamara, 72 Conn. Most of the States have on their statute-books provisions for a permanent system of insolvency proceedings.
"I have just said that this is a remarkable state of affairs and unusual action had to be taken," McNamara replied, but the young miner grew excited. "Look here this gold won't get away. It's safe in the ground. We'll knock off work and let the claim lie idle till the thing is settled. You can't really expect us to surrender possession of our mine on the mere allegation of some unknown man.
Now, tell me all about it." "Oh, it's too long! I've just learned that the girl is in, hand and glove, with the Judge and McNamara that's all. She's an advance agent their lookout. She brought in their instructions to Struve and persuaded Dex and me to let them jump our claim. She got us to trust in the law and in her uncle.
One would think that a great, clean, fresh, vigorous country like this would broaden the women as it broadens the men but it doesn't." "I'll tell McNamara to call for you at nine o'clock," said the Judge as he arose. So, later in the day she prepared her long unused finery to such good purpose that when her escort called for her that evening he believed her the loveliest of women.
It was evident that he had slipped from the rear door of his office and beaten them to the judicial ear. "I don't like that," said Glenister. "He's up to something." So it appeared, for they were fifteen minutes in gaining access to the magistrate and then found McNamara with him. Both men were astounded at the change in Stillman's appearance.
A moment later some one mounted the front steps below and knocked sharply. Truly this was a night of alarms. Would people never cease coming? She was worn out, but at the thought of the tragedy abroad and the sick old man sleeping near by, she lit a candle and slipped down-stairs to avoid disturbing him. Doubtless it was some message from McNamara, she thought, as she unchained the door.
Neither he nor McNamara spoke, but their eyes were busy and each instinctively knew that here was a foe. "What do you want?" McNamara inquired, finally. "I just dropped in to get acquainted. My name is Dextry Joe Dextry from everywhere west of the Missouri an' your name is McNamara, ain't it? This here, I reckon, is your little French poodle eh?" indicating Stillman.
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