"Will the governor be—murdered?"
"No; Regulas Rothsay has not an enemy in the world!"
"Will he be killed on the railroad, or kidnapped?"
"No!"
"Will he be taken suddenly ill?"
"No!"
"What then in the fiend's name is to prevent his taking his seat to-morrow?" impatiently demanded the manager.
"An evil so dire, so awful, so mysterious, that its like never happened on this earth!"
"Arrest her, Mr. Ryland! She ought to be locked up until she could be sent to the asylum!" exclaimed old Marwig.
"I have no power to do so, my friend," replied the manager.