“It will not be necessary. I will issue an order at once that the prisoners be admitted to bail. In fact, I had intended to do so in a few days, anyhow.”
The Senator looked politely acquiescent.
“But I am very glad to do it at once, at your request. You see, we are obliged to rely on the reports of our agents down there; and they report things to be in a very bad way.”
The Senator looked grimly amused.
“No doubt they are.”
“I will send you a copy of the order to-morrow. I hope you will take it as a proof that we really are not quite as bad as you appear to think us.” He began to write again.
The two men parted ceremoniously, and the Senator, after sending a telegram South, returned to his home.
As he entered, he found his wife anxiously awaiting him.
“I won,” he said, and she threw herself into his arms.
The effect of this interview was immediately felt in the old County, and after a short time Dr. Cary and the other prisoners confined with him were admitted to bail, and eventually the prosecutions were dismissed. But this was not until after the event about to be recorded.