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"
Steger
says
the
Governor
is
sure
to
pardon
Stener
in
a
year
or
less
,
and
if
he
does
he
's
bound
to
let
Frank
out
too
.
"
Cowperwood
,
the
elder
,
had
heard
this
over
and
over
,
but
he
was
never
tired
of
hearing
it
.
It
was
like
some
simple
croon
with
which
babies
are
hushed
to
sleep
.
The
snow
on
the
ground
,
which
was
enduring
remarkably
well
for
this
time
of
year
,
the
fineness
of
the
day
,
which
had
started
out
to
be
clear
and
bright
,
the
hope
that
the
courtroom
might
not
be
full
,
all
held
the
attention
of
the
father
and
his
two
sons
.
Cowperwood
,
senior
,
even
commented
on
some
sparrows
fighting
over
a
piece
of
bread
,
marveling
how
well
they
did
in
winter
,
solely
to
ease
his
mind
.
Cowperwood
,
walking
on
ahead
with
Steger
and
Zanders
,
talked
of
approaching
court
proceedings
in
connection
with
his
business
and
what
ought
to
be
done
.
When
they
reached
the
court
the
same
little
pen
in
which
Cowperwood
had
awaited
the
verdict
of
his
jury
several
months
before
was
waiting
to
receive
him
.
Cowperwood
,
senior
,
and
his
other
sons
sought
places
in
the
courtroom
proper
.
Eddie
Zanders
remained
with
his
charge
.
Stener
and
a
deputy
by
the
name
of
Wilkerson
were
in
the
room
;
but
he
and
Cowperwood
pretended
now
not
to
see
each
other
.
Frank
had
no
objection
to
talking
to
his
former
associate
,
but
he
could
see
that
Stener
was
diffident
and
ashamed
.
So
he
let
the
situation
pass
without
look
or
word
of
any
kind
.
After
some
three-quarters
of
an
hour
of
dreary
waiting
the
door
leading
into
the
courtroom
proper
opened
and
a
bailiff
stepped
in
.
"
All
prisoners
up
for
sentence
,
"
he
called
.
There
were
six
,
all
told
,
including
Cowperwood
and
Stener
.
Two
of
them
were
confederate
housebreakers
who
had
been
caught
red-handed
at
their
midnight
task
.
Another
prisoner
was
no
more
and
no
less
than
a
plain
horse-thief
,
a
young
man
of
twenty-six
,
who
had
been
convicted
by
a
jury
of
stealing
a
grocer
's
horse
and
selling
it
.
The
last
man
was
a
negro
,
a
tall
,
shambling
,
illiterate
,
nebulous-minded
black
,
who
had
walked
off
with
an
apparently
discarded
section
of
lead
pipe
which
he
had
found
in
a
lumber-yard
.
His
idea
was
to
sell
or
trade
it
for
a
drink
.
He
really
did
not
belong
in
this
court
at
all
;
but
,
having
been
caught
by
an
undersized
American
watchman
charged
with
the
care
of
the
property
,
and
having
at
first
refused
to
plead
guilty
,
not
quite
understanding
what
was
to
be
done
with
him
,
he
had
been
perforce
bound
over
to
this
court
for
trial
.
Afterward
he
had
changed
his
mind
and
admitted
his
guilt
,
so
he
now
had
to
come
before
Judge
Payderson
for
sentence
or
dismissal
.
The
lower
court
before
which
he
had
originally
been
brought
had
lost
jurisdiction
by
binding
him
over
to
to
higher
court
for
trial
.
Eddie
Zanders
,
in
his
self-appointed
position
as
guide
and
mentor
to
Cowperwood
,
had
confided
nearly
all
of
this
data
to
him
as
he
stood
waiting
.
The
courtroom
was
crowded
.
It
was
very
humiliating
to
Cowperwood
to
have
to
file
in
this
way
along
the
side
aisle
with
these
others
,
followed
by
Stener
,
well
dressed
but
sickly
looking
and
disconsolate
.
The
negro
,
Charles
Ackerman
,
was
the
first
on
the
list
.
"
How
is
it
this
man
comes
before
me
?
"
asked
Payderson
,
peevishly
,
when
he
noted
the
value
of
the
property
Ackerman
was
supposed
to
have
stolen
.
