recollection of the many fights in which we had stood shoulder to
shoulder with the young District Attorney came over him.

A moment later Carton had us each by the hand.

"Thank you," he cried. "I knew you fellows would be with me."




III

THE SAFE ROBBERY


It was late that night that Kennedy and I left Carton after laying
out a campaign and setting in motion various forces, official and
unofficial, which might serve to keep us in touch with what Dorgan
and the organization were doing.

Not until the following morning, however, did anything new develop
in such a way that we could work on it.

Kennedy had picked up the morning papers which had been left at
the door of our apartment and was hastily running his eye over the
headlines on the first page, as was his custom.

"By Jove, Walter," I heard him exclaim. "What do you think of
that--a robbery below the deadline--and in Langhorne's office,
too."