Section 24Peter went to see Andrews, the lawyer, and asked for a job; hewanted to be active in the case, he said, so he was set to work inthe offices of the Defense Committee, wherehe heard people talkingabout the case all day, and he could pick up no end of valuabletips. He made himself agreeable and gained friends; before long hewas intimate with one of the best witnesses of the defense, anddiscovered that this man had once been named as co-respondent in adivorce case. Peter found out the name of the woman, and Guffey setto work to bring her to American City. The job was to be donecleverly, without the woman’s even knowing that she was beingused. She would have a little holiday, and the spell of old lovewould reassert itself, and Guffey would have a half dozen men tospring the trap—and t
