Enright had suggested and urged the closing down of the mine
temporarily to avoid unnecessary publicity--to throw Westcott off the
trail. His argument must have been a powerful one to thus influence
Lacy--nothing less than a pledge of money could cause the latter to
forego immediate profit.
Undoubtedly the lawyer had convinced the man of the certainty of their
gaining possession of the Cavendish fortune, and had offered him a
goodly share for his assistance. Then the plan was at a head--if
Cavendish was not dead he was safely in their hands, where his death
could be easily accomplished, if other means failed.
This was to be Lacy's part of the bargain, and he was already too
deeply involved in the hellish conspiracy to withdraw. Enright, with
his lawyer-astuteness, had seen to that--had even got this Western
gambler securely into his grip and put on the screws. The miner,
realising now the full situation, or, at least, imagining that he did,
smiled grimly and waited in his covert on the hillside for the
conspirators to make their next move.
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