It was the fourth of February in the year 1875. It had been a severe winter, and the snow lay deep in the gorges of the Gilmerton Mountains.
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Sunday, November 9, 2014
Chapter II.The Bodymaster
Posted by Unknown on 2:23 AM
McMurdo was a man who made his mark quickly. Wherever he was the folk around soon knew it. Within a week he had become infinitely the most important person at Shafter's.
Chapter III.Lodge 341, Vermissa
Posted by Unknown on 2:20 AM
On the day following the evening which had contained so many exciting events, McMurdo moved his lodgings from old Jacob Shafter's and took up his quarters at the Widow MacNamara's on the extreme outskirts of the town.
Chapter IV.The Valley of Fear
Posted by Unknown on 2:17 AM
When McMurdo awoke next morning he had good reason to remember his initiation into the lodge. His head ached with the effect of the drink, and his arm, where he had been branded, was hot and swollen.
Chapter V.The Darkest Hour
Posted by Unknown on 2:12 AM
If anything had been needed to give an impetus to Jack McMurdo's popularity among his fellows it would have been his arrest and acquittal. That a man on the very night of joining the lodge should have done something which brought him before the magistrate was a new record in the annals of the society.
Chapter VI.Danger
Posted by Unknown on 2:06 AM
It was the height of the reign of terror. McMurdo, who had already been appointed Inner Deacon, with every prospect of some day succeeding McGinty as Bodymaster, was now so necessary to the councils of his comrades that nothing was done without his help and advice.
Chapter VII.The Trapping of Birdy Edwards
Posted by Unknown on 2:03 AM
As McMurdo had said, the house in which he lived was a lonely one and very well suited for such a crime as they had planned. It was on the extreme fringe of the town and stood well back from the road.
Chapter VIII.Epilogue
Posted by Unknown on 2:01 AM
The police trial had passed, in which the case of John Douglas was referred to a higher court. So had the Quarter Sessions, at which he was acquitted as having acted in self-defense.
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Chapter I.The Man