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 *terlocked with the immense logging interests of the Penobscot and the Androscoggin. President of the Millbank National Bank, he was also on the Board of leading banks in Augusta, Bangor, and Portland, and as a member of the Governor's staff he had attained the rank of colonel—that warlike title which so many exceedingly peaceful gentlemen parade with pride. In fact, his operations had touched all interests save politics, for his title had more of a social than a political significance.

"Undoubtedly," he said, "Trafford is entitled to make a show for the money he's getting, and we can understand his giving us some horse-play; but it's going too far when he endangers an innocent man, to say nothing of the good name of the town. The episode of the revolver found twenty-four hours after the murder is mere child's play. I shouldn't have thought it would have taken for a moment."

"You think Trafford put it there?"

"I think he knew when to look for it and when not to. He looked for it at the right time, at any rate."