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"
Objection
overruled
.
Neither
counsel
for
the
prosecution
nor
for
the
defense
is
limited
to
a
peculiar
routine
of
expression
.
"
Steger
himself
was
ready
to
smile
,
but
he
did
not
dare
to
.
Cowperwood
fearing
the
force
of
such
testimony
and
regretting
it
,
still
looked
at
Stener
,
pityingly
.
The
feebleness
of
the
man
;
the
weakness
of
the
man
;
the
pass
to
which
his
cowardice
had
brought
them
both
!
When
Shannon
was
through
bringing
out
this
unsatisfactory
data
,
Steger
took
Stener
in
hand
;
but
he
could
not
make
as
much
out
of
him
as
he
hoped
.
In
so
far
as
this
particular
situation
was
concerned
,
Stener
was
telling
the
exact
truth
;
and
it
is
hard
to
weaken
the
effect
of
the
exact
truth
by
any
subtlety
of
interpretation
,
though
it
can
,
sometimes
,
be
done
.
With
painstaking
care
Steger
went
over
all
the
ground
of
Stener
's
long
relationship
with
Cowperwood
,
and
tried
to
make
it
appear
that
Cowperwood
was
invariably
the
disinterested
agent
--
not
the
ringleader
in
a
subtle
,
really
criminal
adventure
.
It
was
hard
to
do
,
but
he
made
a
fine
impression
.
Still
the
jury
listened
with
skeptical
minds
.
It
might
not
be
fair
to
punish
Cowperwood
for
seizing
with
avidity
upon
a
splendid
chance
to
get
rich
quick
,
they
thought
;
but
it
certainly
was
not
worth
while
to
throw
a
veil
of
innocence
over
such
palpable
human
cupidity
.
Finally
,
both
lawyers
were
through
with
Stener
for
the
time
being
,
anyhow
,
and
then
Albert
Stires
was
called
to
the
stand
.
He
was
the
same
thin
,
pleasant
,
alert
,
rather
agreeable
soul
that
he
had
been
in
the
heyday
of
his
clerkly
prosperity
--
a
little
paler
now
,
but
not
otherwise
changed
.
His
small
property
had
been
saved
for
him
by
Cowperwood
,
who
had
advised
Steger
to
inform
the
Municipal
Reform
Association
that
Stires
'
bondsmen
were
attempting
to
sequestrate
it
for
their
own
benefit
,
when
actually
it
should
go
to
the
city
if
there
were
any
real
claim
against
him
--
which
there
was
not
.
That
watchful
organization
had
issued
one
of
its
numerous
reports
covering
this
point
,
and
Albert
had
had
the
pleasure
of
seeing
Strobik
and
the
others
withdraw
in
haste
.
Naturally
he
was
grateful
to
Cowperwood
,
even
though
once
he
had
been
compelled
to
cry
in
vain
in
his
presence
He
was
anxious
now
to
do
anything
he
could
to
help
the
banker
,
but
his
naturally
truthful
disposition
prevented
him
from
telling
anything
except
the
plain
facts
,
which
were
partly
beneficial
and
partly
not
.
Stires
testified
that
he
recalled
Cowperwood
's
saying
that
he
had
purchased
the
certificates
,
that
he
was
entitled
to
the
money
,
that
Stener
was
unduly
frightened
,
and
that
no
harm
would
come
to
him
,
Albert
.
He
identified
certain
memoranda
in
the
city
treasurer
's
books
,
which
were
produced
,
as
being
accurate
,
and
others
in
Cowperwood
's
books
,
which
were
also
produced
,
as
being
corroborative
.
His
testimony
as
to
Stener
's
astonishment
on
discovering
that
his
chief
clerk
had
given
Cowperwood
a
check
was
against
the
latter
;
but
Cowperwood
hoped
to
overcome
the
effect
of
this
by
his
own
testimony
later
.
Up
to
now
both
Steger
and
Cowperwood
felt
that
they
were
doing
fairly
well
,
and
that
they
need
not
be
surprised
if
they
won
their
case
.
The
trial
moved
on
.
One
witness
for
the
prosecution
after
another
followed
until
the
State
had
built
up
an
arraignment
that
satisfied
Shannon
that
he
had
established
Cowperwood
's
guilt
,
whereupon
he
announced
that
he
rested
.
Steger
at
once
arose
and
began
a
long
argument
for
the
dismissal
of
the
case
on
the
ground
that
there
was
no
evidence
to
show
this
,
that
and
the
other
,
but
Judge
Payderson
would
have
none
of
it
.
He
knew
how
important
the
matter
was
in
the
local
political
world
.
