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Chapter 5 THE OUTRAGE AT THE 'MEGAPHONE'THE editor of the Megaphone, returning from dinner, met the super-chief on the stairs. The super-chief, boyish of face, withdrew his mind from the mental contemplation of a new project (Megaphone House is the home of new projects) and inquired after the Four Just Men. "The excitement is keeping up," replied the editor. "People are talking of nothing else but the coming debate on the Extradition Bill, and the Government is taking every precaution against an attack upon Ramon." "What is the feeling?" The editor shrugged his shoulders. "Nobody really believes that anything will happen in spite of the bomb." The super-chief thought for a moment, and then quickly: "What do you think?" The editor laughed. "I think the threat will never be