Second, a pair of eye-glasses fitted with a powerful microscopic lens, able to distinguish good from evil.

Third, a confederate who can steal well, such as we can doubtless find in or about Broad Street.

By these simple and feasible means we shall be enabled to whip-saw our redoubtable opponents or, to use the local term, 'give 'em the double-cross.'" He sat down amid boisterous applause.
"The Watch-dog of the Treasury!" said Steve icily.

The Watch-dog stood apologetically, twisting nervous fingers together.

"It strikes me, Mr.
Speaker," he stammered, "that my eminent colleague might aptly have quoted from the same high authority two maxims in praise of prudence.
'Discretion is the better part of valor,' he says, and also, '_He who fights and runs away Will live to fight another day._' "It appears to me the part of prudence----" Here he was howled down by disapproving groans.
"The Chair will take great pleasure in recognizing the Gentleman from New Mexico," suggested Steve, with a gracious nod.
Wildcat Thompson, cowboy, sprang to his feet; lithe, active, eager.
Swiftness, alertness, poise, certainty were in every line of his splendid body.