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What
do
you
think
?
Do
you
really
think
that
he
had
purchased
sixty
thousand
dollars
more
of
certificates
for
the
sinking-fund
,
and
that
he
was
entitled
to
the
money
?
If
so
,
why
did
n't
he
put
them
in
the
sinking-fund
?
They
're
not
there
now
,
and
the
sixty
thousand
dollars
is
gone
.
Who
got
it
?
The
Girard
National
Bank
,
where
he
was
overdrawn
to
the
extent
of
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
!
Did
it
get
it
and
forty
thousand
dollars
more
in
other
checks
and
certificates
?
Certainly
.
Why
?
Do
you
suppose
the
Girard
National
Bank
might
be
in
any
way
grateful
for
this
last
little
favor
before
he
closed
his
doors
?
Do
you
think
that
President
Davison
,
whom
you
saw
here
testifying
so
kindly
in
this
case
feels
at
all
friendly
,
and
that
that
may
possibly
--
I
do
n't
say
that
it
does
--
explain
his
very
kindly
interpretation
of
Mr.
Cowperwood
's
condition
?
It
might
be
.
You
can
think
as
well
along
that
line
as
I
can
.
Anyhow
,
gentlemen
,
President
Davison
says
Mr.
Cowperwood
is
an
honorable
,
honest
man
,
and
so
does
his
counsel
,
Mr.
Steger
.
You
have
heard
the
testimony
.
Now
you
think
it
over
.
If
you
want
to
turn
him
loose
--
turn
him
loose
.
[
He
waved
his
hand
wearily
.
]
You
're
the
judges
.
I
would
n't
;
but
then
I
am
merely
a
hard-working
lawyer
--
one
person
,
one
opinion
.
You
may
think
differently
--
that
's
your
business
.
[
He
waved
his
hand
suggestively
,
almost
contemptuously
.
]
However
,
I
'm
through
,
and
I
thank
you
for
your
courtesy
.
Gentlemen
,
the
decision
rests
with
you
.
"
He
turned
away
grandly
,
and
the
jury
stirred
--
so
did
the
idle
spectators
in
the
court
.
Judge
Payderson
sighed
a
sigh
of
relief
.
It
was
now
quite
dark
,
and
the
flaring
gas
forms
in
the
court
were
all
brightly
lighted
.
Outside
one
could
see
that
it
was
snowing
.
The
judge
stirred
among
his
papers
wearily
,
and
turning
to
the
jurors
solemnly
,
began
his
customary
explanation
of
the
law
,
after
which
they
filed
out
to
the
jury-room
.
Cowperwood
turned
to
his
father
who
now
came
over
across
the
fast-emptying
court
,
and
said
:
"
Well
,
we
'll
know
now
in
a
little
while
.
"
"
Yes
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
,
Sr.
,
a
little
wearily
.
"
I
hope
it
comes
out
right
.
I
saw
Butler
back
there
a
little
while
ago
.
"
"
Did
you
?
"
queried
Cowperwood
,
to
whom
this
had
a
peculiar
interest
.
"
Yes
,
"
replied
his
father
.
"
He
's
just
gone
.
"
So
,
Cowperwood
thought
,
Butler
was
curious
enough
as
to
his
fate
to
want
to
come
here
and
watch
him
tried
.
Shannon
was
his
tool
.
Judge
Payderson
was
his
emissary
,
in
a
way
.
He
,
Cowperwood
,
might
defeat
him
in
the
matter
of
his
daughter
,
but
it
was
not
so
easy
to
defeat
him
here
unless
the
jury
should
happen
to
take
a
sympathetic
attitude
.
They
might
convict
him
,
and
then
Butler
's
Judge
Payderson
would
have
the
privilege
of
sentencing
him
--
giving
him
the
maximum
sentence
.
That
would
not
be
so
nice
--
five
years
!
He
cooled
a
little
as
he
thought
of
it
,
but
there
was
no
use
worrying
about
what
had
not
yet
happened
.
Steger
came
forward
and
told
him
that
his
bail
was
now
ended
--
had
been
the
moment
the
jury
left
the
room
--
and
that
he
was
at
this
moment
actually
in
the
care
of
the
sheriff
,
of
whom
he
knew
--
Sheriff
Adlai
Jaspers
.
Unless
he
were
acquitted
by
the
jury
,
Steger
added
,
he
would
have
to
remain
in
the
sheriff
's
care
until
an
application
for
a
certificate
of
reasonable
doubt
could
be
made
and
acted
upon
.
"
It
would
take
all
of
five
days
,
Frank
,
"
Steger
said
,
"
but
Jaspers
is
n't
a
bad
sort
.
He
'd
be
reasonable
.
Of
course
if
we
're
lucky
you
wo
n't
have
to
visit
him
.
You
will
have
to
go
with
this
bailiff
now
,
though
.
Then
if
things
come
out
right
we
'll
go
home
.
Say
,
I
'd
like
to
win
this
case
,
"
he
said
.
"
I
'd
like
to
give
them
the
laugh
and
see
you
do
it
.
I
consider
you
've
been
pretty
badly
treated
,
and
I
think
I
made
that
perfectly
clear
.
I
can
reverse
this
verdict
on
a
dozen
grounds
if
they
happen
to
decide
against
you
.
"
