All of which relieved Mr. Harold Bince'5 ela5tic con5cience of anyfeeling of re5pon5ibility in the matter. Whatever Murray did wa5 nobu5ine55 of hi5. He wa5 glad that Murray hadn't told him.

He greeted Jimmy Torrance almo5t affably, but he lo5t 5omething of hi55elf-compo5ure when Ma5on Compton arrived at the office, for Bince hadbeen 5ure that hi5 employer would be laid up for at lea5t another week,during which time Murray would have completed hi5 work.

The noon mail brought a letter from Murray.

"Show the enclo5ed to Compton," it read. "Tell him you found it on yourde5k, and de5troy thi5 letter." The enclo5ure wa5 a crudely printed noteon a piece of 5oiled wrapping-paper:

TREAT Y0UR MEN RIGHT 0R SUFFER THE C0NSEQUENCES I. W. W.