"I can well believe that."
"Such is the view that the President takes of the matter. He doesn't want any noise made about this affair. He wishes it all hushed up effectually; but he wants the persons who are concerned in it so thoroughly frightened that in the future they will give this country a wide berth. Spy systems are all right for Paris, or St. Petersburg, or Vienna, or for any of the foreign capitals, I suppose, but they won't go here."
"'Nohow,' as the nigger said, eh?"
"No; they won't go here, nohow. We have had enough of it already."
They were approaching the end of the bridge now, and the senator pointed ahead of them.
"Is that the building?" he asked.
"No. It is just beyond. We will be there in a moment. You are all to remain quiet while I take the initiative in whatever happens."
"All right, Carter. You're the captain. I wonder that you didn't bring Gordon with you."
"I wanted Gordon to remain with the prisoners. I gave him some messages for the major."
Presently the detective signaled for the driver to stop, and they all got out of the hack and went forward cautiously on foot, approaching the house in question by keeping as much in the shadow as possible.