"We've been friendly enemies in this thing right from the start, Evan,"
he began, "and that's as it had to be. But blood--even the blood of a
college brotherhood--is thicker than water. I know now what you're in
for, and I'm going to stand by you, if it costs me my job. First, let's
clear the way a bit. If I say that I haven't had anything to do, even by
implication, with this jolt you've just been given, will you believe
me?"
Blount lifted a pair of heavy-lidded eyes and let them rest for an
instant upon the face of the traffic manager. "If you say so, Dick, I'll
believe it," he returned.
"Good. Now we can dive into the thick of it. I won't insult you by
doubting the premising fact. You had the evidence once?"
"I did--enough of it to keep a grand jury busy for a month. It came to
me in the shape of unsolicited letters from the men who are benefiting
by the railroad company's evasion of the law, and who are, of course,
equally criminal with the railroad officials. Why these letters were
written to me I don't know, Gantry. I merely know that they were wholly
unsolicited."
"They were written to you because you are supposed to be the doctor in
the present crisis."
"But good God, Dick! Haven't I been shouting from every platform in the
State that we were out for a clean campaign?"
Gantry shook his head and his smile was commiserative.
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