"Read that miserable lie! 'One who has won the love and respect of every person in the district!'-- 'One who has suffered for his championship of righteousness!' _Righteousness!_ Save the mark!" "What does it mean ?" "Mean! It means McCune--Rod McCune, 'who has lived under a threat for years'-- _my_ threat! I swore I would print him out of Indiana if he ever raised his head again, and he knew I could.

'Almost overborne in the fulfilment of that threat!' _Almost_! It's a black scheme, and I see it now.

This man came to Plattville and went on the 'Herald' for nothing in the world but this.

It's McCune's hand all along.

He daren't name him even now, the coward! The trick lies between McCune and young Fisbee--the old man is innocent.