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"
Oh
,
do
n't
talk
nonsense
,
Harper
,
"
replied
Cowperwood
.
"
I
do
n't
know
of
anybody
that
could
have
done
better
with
my
case
.
Certainly
there
is
n't
anybody
that
I
would
have
trusted
as
much
.
I
do
n't
like
lawyers
you
know
.
"
"
Yes
--
well
,
"
said
Steger
,
"
they
've
got
nothing
on
financiers
,
so
we
'll
call
it
even
.
"
And
they
shook
hands
.
So
when
it
was
finally
decided
to
pardon
Stener
,
which
was
in
the
early
part
of
March
,
1873
--
Cowperwood
's
pardon
was
necessarily
but
gingerly
included
.
A
delegation
,
consisting
of
Strobik
,
Harmon
,
and
Winpenny
,
representing
,
as
it
was
intended
to
appear
,
the
unanimous
wishes
of
the
council
and
the
city
administration
,
and
speaking
for
Mollenhauer
and
Simpson
,
who
had
given
their
consent
,
visited
the
Governor
at
Harrisburg
and
made
the
necessary
formal
representations
which
were
intended
to
impress
the
public
.
At
the
same
time
,
through
the
agency
of
Steger
,
Davison
,
and
Walter
Leigh
,
the
appeal
in
behalf
of
Cowperwood
was
made
.
The
Governor
,
who
had
had
instructions
beforehand
from
sources
quite
superior
to
this
committee
,
was
very
solemn
about
the
whole
procedure
.
He
would
take
the
matter
under
advisement
.
He
would
look
into
the
history
of
the
crimes
and
the
records
of
the
two
men
.
He
could
make
no
promises
--
he
would
see
.
But
in
ten
days
,
after
allowing
the
petitions
to
gather
considerable
dust
in
one
of
his
pigeonholes
and
doing
absolutely
nothing
toward
investigating
anything
,
he
issued
two
separate
pardons
in
writing
.
One
,
as
a
matter
of
courtesy
,
he
gave
into
the
hands
of
Messrs.
Strobik
,
Harmon
,
and
Winpenny
,
to
bear
personally
to
Mr.
Stener
,
as
they
desired
that
he
should
.
The
other
,
on
Steger
's
request
,
he
gave
to
him
The
two
committees
which
had
called
to
receive
them
then
departed
;
and
the
afternoon
of
that
same
day
saw
Strobik
,
Harmon
,
and
Winpenny
arrive
in
one
group
,
and
Steger
,
Wingate
,
and
Walter
Leigh
in
another
,
at
the
prison
gate
,
but
at
different
hours
.
This
matter
of
the
pardon
of
Cowperwood
,
the
exact
time
of
it
,
was
kept
a
secret
from
him
,
though
the
fact
that
he
was
to
be
pardoned
soon
,
or
that
he
had
a
very
excellent
chance
of
being
,
had
not
been
denied
--
rather
had
been
made
much
of
from
time
to
time
.
Wingate
had
kept
him
accurately
informed
as
to
the
progress
being
made
,
as
had
Steger
;
but
when
it
was
actually
ascertained
,
from
the
Governor
's
private
secretary
,
that
a
certain
day
would
see
the
pardon
handed
over
to
them
,
Steger
,
Wingate
,
and
Walter
Leigh
had
agreed
between
themselves
that
they
would
say
nothing
,
taking
Cowperwood
by
surprise
.
They
even
went
so
far
--
that
is
,
Steger
and
Wingate
did
--
as
to
indicate
to
Cowperwood
that
there
was
some
hitch
to
the
proceedings
and
that
he
might
not
now
get
out
so
soon
.
Cowperwood
was
somewhat
depressed
,
but
properly
stoical
;
he
assured
himself
that
he
could
wait
,
and
that
he
would
be
all
right
sometime
.
He
was
rather
surprised
therefore
,
one
Friday
afternoon
,
to
see
Wingate
,
Steger
,
and
Leigh
appear
at
his
cell
door
,
accompanied
by
Warden
Desmas
.
The
warden
was
quite
pleased
to
think
that
Cowperwood
should
finally
be
going
out
--
he
admired
him
so
much
--
and
decided
to
come
along
to
the
cell
,
to
see
how
he
would
take
his
liberation
.
On
the
way
Desmas
commented
on
the
fact
that
he
had
always
been
a
model
prisoner
.
"
He
kept
a
little
garden
out
there
in
that
yard
of
his
,
"
he
confided
to
Walter
Leigh
.
"
He
had
violets
and
pansies
and
geraniums
out
there
,
and
they
did
very
well
,
too
.
"
Leigh
smiled
.
It
was
like
Cowperwood
to
be
industrious
and
tasteful
,
even
in
prison
.
Such
a
man
could
not
be
conquered
.
"
A
very
remarkable
man
,
that
,
"
he
remarked
to
Desmas
.
"
Very
,
"
replied
the
warden
.
"
You
can
tell
that
by
looking
at
him
.
"
