On his way to his cabin Rosenblatt would fire the train and wait the explosion in his own shack, the accidental nature of which could easily be explained under the circumstances.

In order to remove suspicion from him, Rosenblatt was to appear during the early evening in a railway camp some distance away.

The plot was so conceived and the details so arranged that no suspicion could attach to the guilty parties.
"And now," said Malkarski, "rush to Wakota, where I know Mr.French and Kalman are to be to-day.

I shall go back to the mine to warn them if by any chance you should miss them." Old Portnoff was long past his best.

Not for many years had he quickened his pace beyond a slow dog trot.