Tom did
not want him to suspect that the man with the big feet had any
possible part in the mystery. Had Koku suspected this, and had he
got his hands on the spy, the latter could never have been
successfully used in that sort of work again. In all probability
he would have said that he had had enough.
Meanwhile Tom made a point of considering each step he took
alone thereafter with particular care. He had a bodyguard--
usually the giant after the latter had recovered--between the
works and the house. He did not bring home any more the schedules
or drawings connected with the electric locomotive that he
proposed to have built and to test inside the stockade of the
Swift Construction Company.
He even put a private detective to work on the matter of
finding a man named Andy O'Malley who might be lurking around
Shopton. He had a pretty clear description of the fellow, for he
had not only seen him once, face to face by daylight, but Tom had
written to the president of the H. & P. A. and had got from that
gentleman a clear picture in words of the spy whom Mr.
Bartholomew believed was working in the interests of Montagne
Lewis.
"If O'Malley appears in Shopton, look out. He is a bad
character. He is not only a notorious gunman, with several
warrants out for him in these parts, but he is a cruel and
desperate man in any event. The minute you mark him, have him
arrested and telegraph me.
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