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`` Well , '' continued Fenn , `` every day they wait means accumulated victory for the strikers . So after Tom refuses to release Grant , the mob will take him . '' `` Well , say -- let 's go to the Valley with this story . We can get five thousand men here by eight o'clock , '' cried Brotherton . `` And precipitate a riot , George , '' put in the Doctor softly , `` which is one of the things they desire . In the riot the murder of Grant could be easily handled and I do n't believe they will do more than try to scare him otherwise . '' `` Why ? ''