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into the melting-pot of the stereotyper to appear to-morrow with new
announcements.

During the weeks that followed the _Recorder's_ sensation routine
resumed its sway and only among those directly concerned did memory
linger. There was a very lively meeting of irate shareholders in the
offices of the Interprovincial Loan & Savings Company and a unanimous
demand for the return of Nathaniel Lawson to the government of its
affairs. Upon Old Nat's recommendation the new secretary appointed was
a reliable and loyal young man by the name of James Stiles.

Nickleby's attempt to secure bail was unsuccessful, and while awaiting
trial upon several charges he had plenty of time to philosophize.
Thanks to the work of Bob Cranston, Chief of the Special Service
Department of the Canadian Lake Shores Railway, Nickleby's past record
stood revealed and there was talk of extradition.

After a conference between Wade and the Honorable Milton Waring it was
decided to prefer no charges against Harrington Rives, who pleaded to
be allowed to carry out his plan of going to Mexico to look after his
interests there. He departed for the south, where he could bestride a
burro and lose himself among the Mexican hills.

Ben Wade had nodded his approval. Rives had learned his lesson and was
not fool enough to come back. Knowing the calibre of the man, he had
regarded Rives as a dangerous breeder of mischief and when Mrs. Waring
had confided her fears that the Honorable Milton was in difficulties,
Wade had been afraid that Rives would seek some revenge on his old-time
enemy through Aunt Dolly. That he was preparing for something of the
kind in sending Weiler to Sparrow Lake was apparent. Placing
McCorquodale at the summer resort had seemed a Quixotic thing to do;
but Benjamin Wade was not given to over-looking bets. He was glad to
see the last of Rives.

And McCorquodale? The "Iron Man" had scored official notice when he
brought the notorious "Red" McIvor to trial. He had had several
flattering offers as a result of it; but all of these he had refused at
the request of President Wade. Bob Cranston had decided to accept a
place with another railroad, and McCorquodale took over his duties as
Chief of the Special Service Department for the C. L. S.

Another promotion that took place about the same time affected a "gude
smart mans," named Svenson, who became foreman of an important section
of the line, with a shanty of his own