He had known in a more or less definite way, as did nearly all the officers of the company, that this had been going on right along on nearly all the roads.

He was not in a position, owing to his place in the shops, to prove anything direct, and he had regarded it as a matter which did not concern him at all.

The papers now before him revealed the entire affair.

They had through some carelessness been addressed to him.

What business of his was it?
If he saw a man entering his neighbor's house to steal, would it not be his duty to inform the officers of the law?
Was a railroad company such a different thing?
Was it under a different rule of conduct, so that it could rob the public and defy law and be undisturbed because it was such a great organization?
What would Jesus do?
Then there was his family.