Best not allude to that.
Ralph Ardsley.
I think so too.
(He reads the paper. The Bishop stands listening to the indistinct noises that come from the crowd outside)
Ralph Ardsley.
And yet you can't blame Jergens very much.
Something has got to happen pretty soon.
Amalgamated's off again, I see.
Bishop Hardbrooke.
Who is this Harvey Anderson?
Ralph Ardsley.
He's the rough
That kept the men from going back that day.
Drew his revolver. Big man here now. You see
He'd been out on the mountains with a cast,
One of the men the Company had out.
So it's quite possible, as Jergens claims,
That Anderson found the mine. For gold these days—
To get possession of a mine like that—
Men have been killed for less.