be watched, but we
could manage somehow. I must take the fellow where nobody would
find him and keep him there. If he ever were brought back and
convicted he would turn on us like a snake. Only while he still
hoped to escape prison could we count on his co-operation. Meanwhile
my partner would remain in the city and try to upset the indictment.
Anyhow, some one must stand guard over Dillingham; for, if he lost
his nerve and endeavored to save himself by confessing his part in
the affair, we would be lost!

Gloomily we ate a few pieces of toast and swallowed our coffee.
Then I hastily changed my clothes and accompanied Gottlieb to the
Tombs, to which Hawkins had been transferred the night before. He
was brought down to us in the counsel-room, looking like a scared
and sickly ghost. What little spirit he had before had already
vanished. I have never seen a more wretched human creature. His
one dread was of going to prison; and together we hastened to
convince him that his only avenue of escape lay through us. We
pointed out to him that so long as he stuck to the story we should
prepare for him he had nothing to fear; and, as evidence of our
power to protect him, we instanced the fact that we had already
secured fifty thousand dollars' cash bail for him. At this he took
much heart, and even whistled a bit and begged us for a drink, but
we slapped him on the back and told him that he could have anything
he wanted once he was outside the Tombs--not before; so he gave us
a cold, slimy hand and promised to do precisely as we wished.

Ten-thirty came and we both walked across to Part One of the General
Sessions, where for so many years we had been monarchs of all we
surveyed. A great throng filled the room and many reporters
clustered around the tables by the rail, while at the head of a
long line of waiting prisoners stood the bedraggled Hawkins.
Presently the judge came in and took his seat and the spectators
surged forward so that the officers had difficulty in preserving
order. Somehow, it seemed almost as if we were being arraigned
ourselves--not appearing as counsel for another; but Gottlieb
preserved his composure admirably and, when Hawkins's name was
called, stepped forward, entered a plea of not guilty for him and
gave bail. We had already deposited the money with the city
chamberlain and Hawkins was immediately discharged, pending his
trial for perjury; but the tremendous sum demanded as security and