to confess.
He declared that he had nothing to confess. The raiders thereupon
threw a rope around his neck and drew him up in such a way that his
feet just touched the ground. The victim continued to proclaim his
innocence and the vigilantes finally released him, but not until he
was unconscious. When he came to, the raiders were gone, but nearby he
found a paper possibly dropped not altogether inadvertently. It bore
the names of fifteen men along the Little Missouri whom Granville
Stuart's committee had marked for punishment.

What Bolan did with the list, to whom he showed the list, in what way
he reached the men whose names were on the list--all that is lost to
history. All that we know is that there was a great scattering during
the succeeding days, and certain men who were thought most reputable
discovered suddenly that they had pressing business in California or
New York.

"I never saw a full list of the names on that paper," said Fisher
years afterward, "and knew nothing of what was going on until two of
them came to me about the matter. They found that I was really
ignorant and then asked what I would do if in their place. I advised
hiding out for a while until matters had cooled off, which they did."

Who the men were whose names were on that list is a secret which those
who held it never revealed and inquisitive minds along the Little
Missouri could never definitely solve. Rumor suggested this man and
that whose ways had been devious, but only one name was ever mentioned
with certainty. That name was Maunders. No one seemed to question
that if any one was going to be hanged, Maunders was the most likely
candidate.

That gentleman, meanwhile, was fully aware that he had been marked for
slaughter, but he kept his head, and, trusting no doubt to the
protection of the Marquis, calmly remained in Medora, refusing by
flight to present his enemies with evidence of an uneasy conscience.
To his friends he declared that Fisher alone was responsible for
having his name placed on the list, and breathed dire threats against
the manager of the Marquis's Refrigerator Company.

Fisher was not greatly disturbed by the rumors that reached him of
Maunders's determination to kill him at the first opportunity. He even
went hunting alone with the outwardly affable "bad man."

Some of the "boys" thought he was taking unnecessary risks, and told
him so. "You're taking a big chance in going out alone with Maunders.
He's got i