was with you when you figured the scheme out and he met some of
your friends in Washington and New York. If he says it's all
right, that settles it. But say, suppose anything went wrong with
the company and it leaked out who those stockholders are?"

"There's no danger. I have the books where they will be burned at
the first sign. We'd have had our own land laws passed but for
Sturtevant of Nevada, damn him. He blocked us in the Senate.
However, my plan is this." He rapidly outlined his proposition to
the listeners, while a light of admiration grew and shone in the
reckless face of Struve.

"By heavens! you're a wonder!" he cried, at the close, "and I'm
with you body and soul. It's dangerous--that's why I like it."

"Dangerous?" McNamara shrugged his shoulders. "Bah! Where is the
danger? We've got the law--or rather, we ARE the law. Now, let's
get to work."

It seemed that the Boss of North Dakota was no sluggard. He
discarded coat and waistcoat and tackled the documents which
Struve laid before him, going through them like a whirlwind.
Gradually he infected the others with his energy, and soon behind
the locked doors of Dunham & Struve there were only haste and
fever and plot and intrigue.

As Helen Chester led the Judge towards the flamboyant, three-
storied hotel she prattled to him light-heartedly. The fascination
of a new land already held her fast, and now she felt, in
addition, security and relief. Glenister saw them from a distance