"It is a matter of honour with me that I can give no further particulars about the letter, nor put it into your hands; but I assure you that there is nothing else in it which can affect the interests of the lodge.

I put the case before you as it has reached me." "Let me say, Mr.Chairman," said one of the older brethren, "that I have heard of Birdy Edwards, and that he has the name of being the best man in the Pinkerton service." "Does anyone know him by sight ?" asked McGinty.
"Yes," said McMurdo, "I do." There was a murmur of astonishment through the hall.
"I believe we hold him in the hollow of our hands," he continued with an exulting smile upon his face.

"If we act quickly and wisely, we can cut this thing short.

If I have your confidence and your help, it is little that we have to fear." "What have we to fear, anyhow?
What can he know of our affairs ?" "You might say so if all were as stanch as you, Councillor.

But this man has all the millions of the capitalists at his back.