'This man has made frequent trips from Prospect to Discovery, but no arms have been discovered on him, though his outfit, clothing, etc., have always been closely searched.
'I have the honour to be, sir,'
And so to Dunsmuir's scrawling signature and a conclusion.
The Lieutenant-Governor's report, Kellett's report, Cranbrook's, Dunsmuir's—and still he searched for light in the darkness.
IV
Three weeks later the Lieutenant-Governor came again to Hector with a long catalogue of crookedness recently detected.
"It's too bad," Hector sympathized, when Lancaster had finished. "The temptations in this Territory are tremendous."
"Yes. But that doesn't matter. And this fellow Molyneux——"
"What about him?" asked Hector quickly.
"I don't like his presence here, Adair. He says nothing, does nothing. But suppose he carries word of all this back to Ottawa before I clean it up. That will mean ruin—to me."