90 They withdrew to Rail, which they had already
extensively fortified. Here, they had stored plenty of provisions, and
their caravans now receiving word of the happenings north, had changed
their route.
91 In Northern, as the paper boys ran through the streets screaming the
news of each victory, Bold Fox's mood began to rise. He didn't like, though, some of the
other things the papers were saying. Almost all of them screamed for
Trusting Fox's removal. Almost every article began with "The Traitor
Should Be Gone! Bold Fox Should Be Speaker!"
92 Bold Fox called the Editors and Owners of the papers together.
"There is to be no more of this talk," he insisted, "of me being First
Speaker. I would not, under any circumstances, and it is wrong to call
Trusting Fox a traitor. He made a mistake in judgment. That is not
treasonous. These words you are printing are breaking his heart, and
destroying the people's mood. You MUST STOP!"
93 "We have a right," cried one of the Editors, rising, "to let the
people know what is happening and who is to blame. If it had not been
for you, we would now be ruled by The Oneness. We have a right to speak the truth."
94 "You have every right to say that Trusting Fox made mistakes,"
snapped Bold Fox, "but you have no right to call him traitor. That is
not the truth. There is such a thing as pity. What you are doing is
hurting the moral of the people in the cities and our fighting people
in the fields.
95 We have not the time now, for a new election. Let these things go
until the trouble is over. Then, there will be time to say who is to
blame for what. But NOW is not the time.
96 I cannot control what you print. I can only