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Calhoun

is

once

more

called

to

the

stand

;

and

by

some

additional

perjury

,

strengthens

the

antipathy

already

felt

for

the

accused

.

Every

word

is

a

lie

;

but

his

statements

appear

too

plausible

to

be

fabrications

.

Again

breaks

forth

the

clamour

of

the

crowd

.

Again

is

heard

the

cry

,

"

Hang

!

"

--

this

time

more

vociferous

,

more

earnest

,

than

ever

.

This

time

,

too

,

the

action

is

more

violent

.

Men

strip

off

their

coats

,

and

fling

their

hats

into

the

air

.

The

women

in

the

waggons

--

and

even

those

of

gentle

strain

in

the

carriages

--

seem

,

to

share

the

frenzied

spite

against

the

prisoner

--

all

save

that

one

,

who

sits

screened

behind

the

curtain

.

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She

too

shows

indignation

;

but

from

a

different

cause

.

If

she

trembles

at

the

commotion

,

it

is

not

through

fear

;

but

from

the

bitter

consciousness

that

she

has

herself

assisted

in

stirring

it

up

.

In

this

dark

hour

she

remembers

the

significant

speech

of

Calhoun

:

that

from

her

own

lips

were

to

come

the

words

that

would

prove

Maurice

Gerald

a

murderer

!

The

clamour

continues

,

increasing

in

earnestness

.

There

are

things

said

aloud

--

insinuations

against

the

accused

--

designed

to

inflame

the

passions

of

the

assembly

;

and

each

moment

the

outcry

grows

fiercer

and

more

virulent

.

Judge

Roberts

--

the

name

of

him

who

presides

--

is

in

peril

of

being

deposed

;

to

be

succeeded

by

the

lawless

Lynch

!

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And

then

what

must

follow

?

For

Maurice

Gerald

no

more

trial

;

no

condemnation

:

for

that

has

been

done

already

.

No

shrift

neither

;

but

a

quick

execution

,

occupying

only

the

time

it

will

take

half

a

score

of

expert

rope-men

to

throw

a

noose

around

his

neck

,

and

jerk

him

up

to

the

limb

of

the

live-oak

stretching

horizontally

over

his

head

!

This

is

the

thought

of

almost

everybody

on

the

ground

,

as

they

stand

waiting

for

some

one

to

say

the

word

--

some

bad

,

bold

borderer

daring

enough

to

take

the

initiative

.

Thanks

be

to

God

,

the

spectators

are

not

all

of

this

mind

.

A

few

have

determined

on

bringing

the

affair

to

a

different

finale

.

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