Thus the attempt to do Little was more successful than it looks.

Its object was to keep Little and Simmons apart, and sure enough those two men never met again in life.
But, on the other hand, this new crime imbittered two able men against the Union, and put Grotait in immediate peril.

Mr.Ransome conferred with Mr.Holdfast and they both visited Simmons, and urged him to make a clean breast before he left the world.
Simmons hesitated.

He said repeatedly, "Gi' me time! gi' me time!" Grotait heard of these visits, and was greatly alarmed.

He set Dan Tucker and another to watch by turns and report.
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