"
"They are moving heaven and earth to do it," said the superintendent.
"The Honorable David is lying low, as he usually does, but I more than
half believe he's getting ready to give us the double-cross. That is the
explanation of this safe-blowing scrape, as I put it up."
Again the vice-president failed to comment further on the burglary.
"What I am most afraid of, now, is that our young man may be, as you
say, Kittredge, a trifle over-zealous," he said musingly. "We have
discovered that he is something of a fanatic."
"He's more than that," Kittredge cut in quickly. "One of the men I've
had following him--Farnsworth--is as good as any Pinkerton that ever
walked. He says Blount isn't half so innocent as he looks and acts. The
speech-making has taken him into every corner of the State, and
Farnsworth says he has been doing a lot of quiet prying around and
investigating on the side."
"I've been thinking," Gantry added, "what a beautiful mix-up we should
have if the senator and his son should both conclude to pull out and get
together at the last moment."
The master plotter shook his head. "You have no sense of perspective,
Gantry. Young Blount is with us solely because he is too straightforward
to countenance his father's political methods. On the other hand, if the
Honorable Dave should turn upon us now, he would be obliged to do it at
the expense of his son's reputation.
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