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Cowperwood
's
father
,
on
hearing
this
,
bowed
his
head
to
hide
his
tears
.
Aileen
bit
her
lower
lip
and
clenched
her
hands
to
keep
down
her
rage
and
disappointment
and
tears
.
Four
years
and
three
months
!
That
would
make
a
terrible
gap
in
his
life
and
hers
.
Still
,
she
could
wait
.
It
was
better
than
eight
or
ten
years
,
as
she
had
feared
it
might
be
.
Perhaps
now
,
once
this
was
really
over
and
he
was
in
prison
,
the
Governor
would
pardon
him
.
The
judge
now
moved
to
pick
up
the
papers
in
connection
with
Stener
's
case
,
satisfied
that
he
had
given
the
financiers
no
chance
to
say
he
had
not
given
due
heed
to
their
plea
in
Cowperwood
's
behalf
and
yet
certain
that
the
politicians
would
be
pleased
that
he
had
so
nearly
given
Cowperwood
the
maximum
while
appearing
to
have
heeded
the
pleas
for
mercy
.
Cowperwood
saw
through
the
trick
at
once
,
but
it
did
not
disturb
him
.
It
struck
him
as
rather
weak
and
contemptible
.
A
bailiff
came
forward
and
started
to
hurry
him
away
.
"
Allow
the
prisoner
to
remain
for
a
moment
,
"
called
the
judge
.
The
name
,
of
George
W.
Stener
had
been
called
by
the
clerk
and
Cowperwood
did
not
quite
understand
why
he
was
being
detained
,
but
he
soon
learned
.
It
was
that
he
might
hear
the
opinion
of
the
court
in
connection
with
his
copartner
in
crime
.
The
latter
's
record
was
taken
.
Roger
O'Mara
,
the
Irish
political
lawyer
who
had
been
his
counsel
all
through
his
troubles
,
stood
near
him
,
but
had
nothing
to
say
beyond
asking
the
judge
to
consider
Stener
's
previously
honorable
career
.
"
George
W.
Stener
,
"
said
his
honor
,
while
the
audience
,
including
Cowperwood
,
listened
attentively
.
"
The
motion
for
a
new
trial
as
well
as
an
arrest
of
judgment
in
your
case
having
been
overruled
,
it
remains
for
the
court
to
impose
such
sentence
as
the
nature
of
your
offense
requires
.
I
do
not
desire
to
add
to
the
pain
of
your
position
by
any
extended
remarks
of
my
own
;
but
I
can
not
let
the
occasion
pass
without
expressing
my
emphatic
condemnation
of
your
offense
.
The
misapplication
of
public
money
has
become
the
great
crime
of
the
age
.
If
not
promptly
and
firmly
checked
,
it
will
ultimately
destroy
our
institutions
.
When
a
republic
becomes
honeycombed
with
corruption
its
vitality
is
gone
.
It
must
crumble
upon
the
first
pressure
.
"
In
my
opinion
,
the
public
is
much
to
blame
for
your
offense
and
others
of
a
similar
character
.
Heretofore
,
official
fraud
has
been
regarded
with
too
much
indifference
.
What
we
need
is
a
higher
and
purer
political
morality
--
a
state
of
public
opinion
which
would
make
the
improper
use
of
public
money
a
thing
to
be
execrated
.
It
was
the
lack
of
this
which
made
your
offense
possible
.
Beyond
that
I
see
nothing
of
extenuation
in
your
case
.
"
Judge
Payderson
paused
for
emphasis
.
He
was
coming
to
his
finest
flight
,
and
he
wanted
it
to
sink
in
.
"
The
people
had
confided
to
you
the
care
of
their
money
,
"
he
went
on
,
solemnly
.
"
It
was
a
high
,
a
sacred
trust
.
You
should
have
guarded
the
door
of
the
treasury
even
as
the
cherubim
protected
the
Garden
of
Eden
,
and
should
have
turned
the
flaming
sword
of
impeccable
honesty
against
every
one
who
approached
it
improperly
.
Your
position
as
the
representative
of
a
great
community
warranted
that
.
"
In
view
of
all
the
facts
in
your
case
the
court
can
do
no
less
than
impose
a
major
penalty
.
The
seventy-fourth
section
of
the
Criminal
Procedure
Act
provides
that
no
convict
shall
be
sentenced
by
the
court
of
this
commonwealth
to
either
of
the
penitentiaries
thereof
,
for
any
term
which
shall
expire
between
the
fifteenth
of
November
and
the
fifteenth
day
of
February
of
any
year
,
and
this
provision
requires
me
to
abate
three
months
from
the
maximum
of
time
which
I
would
affix
in
your
case
--
namely
,
five
years
The
sentence
of
the
court
is
,
therefore
,
that
you
pay
a
fine
of
five
thousand
dollars
to
the
commonwealth
for
the
use
of
the
county
"
--
Payderson
knew
well
enough
that
Stener
could
never
pay
that
sum
--
"
and
that
you
undergo
imprisonment
in
the
State
Penitentiary
for
the
Eastern
District
,
by
separate
and
solitary
confinement
at
labor
,
for
the
period
of
four
years
and
nine
months
,
and
that
you
stand
committed
until
this
sentence
is
complied
with
.
"
He
laid
down
the
briefs
and
rubbed
his
chin
reflectively
while
both
Cowperwood
and
Stener
were
hurried
out
.
Butler
was
the
first
to
leave
after
the
sentence
--
quite
satisfied
.
Seeing
that
all
was
over
so
far
as
she
was
concerned
,
Aileen
stole
quickly
out
;
and
after
her
,
in
a
few
moments
,
Cowperwood
's
father
and
brothers
.
They
were
to
await
him
outside
and
go
with
him
to
the
penitentiary
.
The
remaining
members
of
the
family
were
at
home
eagerly
awaiting
intelligence
of
the
morning
's
work
,
and
Joseph
Cowperwood
was
at
once
despatched
to
tell
them
.
