Like flint he seemed, yet I felt his intense interest.
I had no doubt then that Steele intended to make him stand out before this crowd as the real mayor of Linrock or as a man whose office was a sham.
"I've arrested a criminal," said Steele.

"Bud Snell.

I charge him with assault on Jim Hoden and attempted robbery--if not murder.

Snell had a shady past here, as the court will know if it keeps a record." Then I saw Snell hunching down on a bench, a nerveless and shaken man if there ever was one.

He had been a hanger-on round the gambling dens, the kind of sneak I never turned my back to.
Jim Hoden, the restaurant keeper, was present also, and on second glance I saw that he was pale.