The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 20, 1907, Image 7
?k CONQUEST
| | OF CANAAN
f Sp By BOOTH TARKINCTON.
?* | lAirtlMf of "CKcrry." "Monsieur Be%.ucnire."
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|| <'oj>rrtet?t. l**K\ by Harper & Brothers J
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Pike, aua our think'.u of biui is wuere
he begins to git what's comiu* to him! i
What d'ye stand there pickia' straws
fer? What's the matter with ye?" he
demanded angrily, his violence tenfold
Increased by the long repression he had |
put upon himself during the brewer's j
deliberate utterauces. "If Louie Far- i
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bacb and bis crowd says they're fer ye. i
I guess ye've got a chanst. haven't t
ye?"
"Wait," said Joe. "I think you un- ;
derestiinate Pike's influence"?
"Underestimate the devil!" shouted
Mr. Sbeehan. uncontrollably excited.
"Ynn talk about intluence! He's been
the worst intluenee this town's ever
had?and Ills tracks covered up in the I
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dark wk^.e.e. Le so: his ugly toot ,
down! 7k.\?c r:c:: P. r.rji yr>\: ,
I know some but <t :!:.* v.\ ,-st of it.
because none >; ve !. as deep down
iu it as I do: Ye v.atu i ? make a i
dean town of -it. ye want t ? make a
little heaven of the Beach"?
"And In the eyes of Judge Bike." Joe <
cut him o.T. "and of all who take their
opinions from hltu. 1 represent Beaver
Beach!"
.Mike Sbeehau pave a wild shout.
"Whooroo! It's come! I kuowed it
would! The day I couldn't hold my
f tongue, though I passed my word I
would when the coward showed the
deed he didn't dare to git recorded! j
Waugb!" He shouted again, with bit- j
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"Martin Pike ovmt Beaver Beach!" I
* ter laughter. "Ye do! Iu the eyes o*
I them as follow Martin Pike ye stand
fer the Beach and all Its wickedness,
do ye? NYhooroo! It's come! Ye're an
offense in the eyes o' Martin Pike and
all bis kind because ye stand fer the
Beach, are ye?"
"V If* Jnp nnsncrwl sham
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ly. "If they could wipe the Beach off
fhe map and me with it"?
"Martin Pike would?" shouted Mr.
8beeban, while the others, opeu mouth- :
ed, stared at him. "Martin Pike 1
"I sjon't need to tell you that," said
Joe.
Mr. Sheehan's big fist rose high over
the table and descended crashing upon
It "It's a lie!" he roared. "Xarw
tin Pike owus Beaver Beach!"
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CHAPTER XXIII.
FROM within the glossy old walnut
bar that ran from wall to
wall the eyes of the lawyers
and reporters wandered often
to Ariel as site sat In the packed courtroom
watching Louden's fight for the
life and liberty of Happy Fear. She
had always three escorts, and, though
she did not miss a session and the
^ game three never failed to attend her,
no whisper of scandal arose. But not
upon them did the glances of the members
of the bar and the journalists
with tender frequency linger, nor were
the younger members of these two professions
all who gazed that way. Joe
had fought out the selection of the
Jury with the prosecutor at great
length and with infinite pains. It was
not a young jury, and it stared at her.
The "court" wore a gray l>eard w.th
which a flock of sparrows might have
villaged a grove, and yet in spite of
the vital necessity for watchfulness
over this fighting case, it once needed
to h? stirred from a traucelike gaze In
? Miss Tabor's direction and aroused to ;
the realization that it was there to
I "ait" and uot to dream.
The August air was warm outside
rtho windows, inviting to the open
country, to swimtnin* hole, to orchard
reveries or shaded pool wherein to
drop a meditative line You would
'a bave thought no <>:?- could williugly
f coop himself in this h ?t room for three
P. i 4. hours twice ji day while lawyers
wiWgled, often unintelligibly, over
the life of a dingy little creature like
? Happy Fear, yet the struggle to swelter
there was almost like a riot, and
1 the bailiffs were busy men.
It was a fighting case throughout,
fought to a finish on each tiny point
as It came up. dragging, in the mere
matter of time, interminably, yet the
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I people or Lanaan <not only those woo i
succeeded in penetrating to the court '
room, but the others, who hung about i
the corridors or outside the building.;
and the great mass of stay at homes. !
I who read the story in the Tocsin) ;
; found ench moment of it enthralling j
; enough. The state's attorney, fearful j
j of losing so notorious a case and not i
' underestimating his opponent, had j
; modestly summoned others to his aid. j
, and the attorney for the defense sln!
gle handed faced "an array of legal
! talent such as seldom indeed had hoi- i
lered at this bar." faced It good natnredly,
an eyebrow crooked up and '
1 his head on one side most of the time. |
yet faced it indomitably. He had a
! certain careless and disarming smile i
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when he lost a point, which carried |
off the defeat as of only humorous j
account and not at all part of the se- j
rious business iu hand, and in his J
treatment of witnesses he was piausi- |
l?le kindlv. knowing that in this case i
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he had no Intending perjurer to entrap:
brought into play the rare nnd
delicate art of which he was a master,
emptying in his questions subtle suggestions
and shadings of tone and j
manner and avoiding words of debat-1
able and dangerous meanings?a fine j
craft, often attempted by blunderers I
to their own undoing, but which, practiced
by Joseph Louden, made inartie-!
ulate witnesses articulate to the pre- j
cl-e effects which he desired. This he '
accomplished as much by the help of1
the continuous fire of objections from j
the other side as in spite of them. ,
He was infinitely careful, asking never j
an ill advised question for the other
side to use to hi> hurt and. though ex- !
hibiting only a pleasant easiness of
manner, was electrically alert.
A hundred things had shown Ariel
that the feeling of the place, influenced j
by "public sentiment" without, was ;
subtly and profoundly hostile to Joe 1
and his client. She read this in the J
spectators, in the jury, even in the ;
judge, but it seemed to her that day !
by day the inimical spirit gradually j
fall ?d inside the railing and also in
those spectators who. like herself, were
enabled by special favor to be present
tl>rrm<?tiniif trlnl unit tlint nnw nnd
then a kiudlier sentiment began to be
manifested. She was unaware how
strongly she contributed to effect this
herself not only through the glow of
visible sympathy which radiated from
her. but by a particular action. Claud
"ine was called by the state and told as
much of her story as the law permitted
her to tell. Interlarding her replies with
ferveut protestations, too quick to be
prevented, that she "never meant to
bring uo trouble to Mr. Fear" and that
she "did hate to have gen'lemeu starting
things ou her account." When the
defense took this perturbed witness
her Interpolations became less frequent.
and she described straightforwardly
bow she had fouDd the pistol
on the floor near the prostrate figure
of Cory and hidden It In her own dress.
The attorneys for the state listened
with a somewhat cynical amusement
to this portion of her testimony, believing
It of no account uncorroborated.
and that If necessary, the state
could impeach the witness on the
ground that It had been indispensable
to produce her. She caine down weep
lug from the stand, and, the next wit- j
uess not being immediately called, the j
eyes of tue Jurymen naturally followed
her as she passed to her seat, and they
saw Ariel *abor bow gravely to her
across the railing. Now, a thousand
things not set forth by legislatures,
law men and judges affect u Jury, and
the slight salutation caused the members
of this one to glance at one another.
for it seemed to imply that the
exquisite lady in white not only kuew
Claudine, but knew that she had sj>ok- j
en the truth. It was after this that a
feeling favorable to the defense uow
aud then noticeably manifested Itself
in the courtroom. Still, when the evidence
for the stute was all in the life
of Happy Fear seemed to rest in a
balance precarious indeed, and the little
mau. swa lip wing pitifully, looked !
at his attorney with the eyes of a sick |
uog.
Tben Joe gave tbe prosecutors au illuminating
uud stuuuing surprise and, !
having offered in evidence tbe revolver
found upon Claudlue. produced as bis j
first witness a pawnbroker of Denver, I
who Identified tbe weapon as one be !
bad sold to Cory, whom be had kuown J
very well. Tbe second witness, also a i
stranger, bad been even more intimate* j
ly acquainted with tbe dead man, and
there began to be an uneasy comprehension
of what Joe had accomplished i
during that prolouged absence of bis j
which had so uearly cost the life of tbe ,
little mongrel, who was at present i
(most blissful Respectability!) a lively !
convalescent in Ariel's back yard. The :
second witness also Ideutitied the re- j
volver, testifying that he had borrowed !
It from Cory in St. Louis to settle a
question of marksmanship and that on '
his returning it to the owner the latter, j
then working his way eastward, had ;
j confided to him his Intention of stop- 1
ping In Canaan for the purpose of ex- !
erclsing its melancholy functions upon
a man who had once "done him good"
In that city.
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rsy lue nine me wuucss uuu rtrat-utru j
this poiDt the prosecutor and bis assistants
wwe on their feet, excitedly
shouting objections, which were
promptly overruled. Taken unawares,
they fought for time. Thunder was i
loosed?forensic bellowlngs. Everybody :
lost his temper?except Joe. And the i
examination of the witness proceeded. !
Cory, with that Riugular inspiration to
confide in some one which is the characteristic
and the undoing of his kind,
had outlined his plan of operations to
the witness with perfect clarity. He |
would first attempt, so he had de- !
| clared, to Incite au attack upon himself j
by playing upon the Jealousy of his j
victim, having already made a tenta- j
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ttve effort in that direction. Falltng tn
this, be would fall back upon one of a
dozen schemes (for be was ready In
such natters, he bragged), the most
likely of which would be to play the
peacemaker. He would talk of his
good inteutions toward his enemy,
speaking publicly of him In friendly
and gentle ways. then, getting at him
secretly, destroy him in such a fashion
as to ':eave oi>en for himself the kind
gate cf self defense. In brief, here
was the whole tally of what liai^actually
occurred, with the exception of
roe last account m tne sequence wnicn
had proved that demise for which Cory
had not arranged. and It fell from the
lips of a witness whom the prosecution
had no means of impeaching. When
he left the stand, uusbaken and undlscredited
after a frantic cross examination.
Joe. turning to resume his seat,
let hlsi hand fall lightly for a second
upon his client's shoulder.
That was the occasion of a demonstration
which indicated a sentiment
favorable to the defense (on the part
of at least ihree of the spectators), and
it was in the nature of such a hammering
of canes upou the hare wooden
floor as efTeetualiy stopped ail other
proc?H dings instantly. The indignant
judge fixed the col>noI. I'etor Bradbury
and Squire Buckalew with his
glittering eye. yet the hammering continue!
unahated. and the offenders
surely would have been conducted
forth in ignominy had not gallantry j
prevailed, even in that formal place. ,
The judge, reluctantly realizing that
some Intitm'e'must he allowed to these
aged enthusiasts, since they somehow
seemed to belong to Miss Tabor, made
his remarks general, with the time
worn threat to clear the room, whereupon
the loyal survivors of Eskew relapsed
iuto unabashed silence.
It was now. as Joe had said, u clear
n?.inch rifiea ftnlr tlio Cflse itself.
however, was clear, for. as he anil his
friends feared, the verdict might possibly
he neither in accordance with
tiie law. the facts nor the convictions '
of the jury. Kugeue's defection had
uot altered the tone of fhe Tocsin.
All day long a crowd of men and
!>oys hung about the corridors of the
courthouse, alnjut the square aud the
neighboring streets, and from these
rose somber murmurs, more and more
ominous. The public seutiment of a
community like Canaau cau make itself
felt inside a courtroom, aud It was
strongly exerted against Happy Fear.
The Tocsin bad always been a powerful
agent*, Judge Pike had iucreased its
strength with a staff which was thoroughly
efficient, alert aud always able
to strike center with the paper's readers.
aud in towu and couutry It had
absorl>ed the circulation of the other
local journals, which resisted feebly at
times, but in the matter of the Cory
murder bad not dared to do anything
except follow the Tocsin's lead. The
Tocsin, having lit the Are. red It? fed
it saltpeter and sulphur?for now Martin
Pike was fighting hard.
TIia orwl nAAnla a# tho loaa
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urban parts of the country were accustomed
to found tbeir opinions upon
the Tocsin. They regarded It as the
single Immutable rock of Journalistic
righteousness and wisdom In the
, world. Consequently, stirred by the
outbursts of the paper, they came into
Canaan In great numbers, and. though
the pressure from the towu itself was
so strong that only a few of them
managed to crowd Into the courtroom,
the others Joined their voices to those
somber murmurs outdoors, which Increased
In loudness as the trial went
on.
The Tocsin, however, was not having
everything Its own way. The volume
of outcry agaiust Happy Fear and
his lawyer had diminished, it was noticed.
in "very respectable quarters."
The Information imparted by Mike
Sheehau to the politicians at Mr. Farbacb's
had been slowly seeping through
the various social strata of the town,
and. though at first incredulously re
jected, It began to find acceptance.
Upper Main street cooling appreciably
In Its acceptance of the Tocsin as the
law and the prophets. There were
even a few who dared to wonder In
their hearts If there had not been a
mistake about Joe Louden, and, although
Mrs. Flltrroft weakened not,
the relatives of Squire Buckalew and
of Peter Bradbury began to bold up
their heads a little after'having made
home horrible for those geutlemen and
reproached them with their conversion
as the last word of senile shame. In
addition, the colonel's grandson and
Mr. Bradbury's grandson had both
mystifyingiy lent countenance to Joe,
consorting with him openly, the former
for his own purposes, the latter because
he had cunningly discovered that
it was a way to Miss Tabor's regard,
which since her gentle rejection of him
he had grown to believe, good youth,
might be the pleasantest thing that
could ever come to him. In short, the
question had begun to thrive. Was It
possible that Eskew Arp had not been
lnsaue after all?
The best of those who gathered ominously
about the courthouse and ibi
purlieus were the young farmers and
field hands, artisans and clerks, one of
the latter being a pimply faced young
man (lately from the doctor's hands),
who limped and would limp for the
rest of his life, be who, of ail men.
held .the memory of Eskew Arp In
least respect and was burniugly delirous
to revenge himself upon the living.
The worst were of that mystifying,
embryonic, semi-rowdy type, the American
voyou, in the production of which
Canaaq and her sister towns everywhere
over the country are prolific?
the young man. youth, boy |>erbnps.
creature of nameless age. whose
clothes are like those of a brakeman
out of work, but who )>< not a brakeman
in or out of work: wearing the
tjjgclc soft hat tilted forward to shelter
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?as <i counter does tne contempt or a (
clerk?that expression which the face ^
does nof dare wear quite in the open. ^
asserting the possession of supreme ca- c
pacify in wit. strength, dexterity and t
amours: the dirty handkerchief under
the collar, the short black coat, al- a
ways double breasted: the eyelids ..
sooty, one cheek always bulged, the ,
forehead speckled, the lips cracked. ^
horrible teeth and the affectation of
possessing secret Information upon all s
matters of the universe, above all. the e
instinct of finding the shortest way to s
any scene of official Interest to the r
policeman, fireman or ambulance surgeon?a
singular being, not profession- r
lJlt- /-rimiiinl tnitirh hisfrtrtnlcnllv t
rather than really, full of Its own
argot of brag. hysterical when crossed. ^
timid through great Ignorance and *
therefore dangerous. It furnishes not C
the leaders, hut the mass of mobs, nnd
it springs up at times of crisis from 11
heaven knows where. You might have *
driven through all the streets of Ca- ^
uaau a week before the trial and have *
seen four or five such fellows, hut ^
from the day of its beginning the s
square was full of them, dingy shuttlecocks
batted up into view by the Toe- 11
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sin.
They kept the air whirring with their
noise. The news of that sitting which ! a
bad caused the squire. Flitcroft and
I'eter Bradbury to risk the court's displeasure
was greeted outside with loud J
and vehement d!;fa\\>r. and when, at ,
noon, the jurymen were marshaled '
out to cross t.:e yard i > the NatioAil c
House for dinqer a large crowd fo!4 [
lowed and serruiiadod them until they
reached iIi ?lo?r> ??t' the hotel. "Don't t
let Igiwyer Louden bamboozle you!" ^
"Hang him! 1'nr and feathers fer $
ye ef ye don't hang liiui!" These were i
the mildest threats, and Joe Louden, ?
watehiug from an upper window of
the courth >.ise. observed wit!) a trou- J
bled eye how certain of the jury shrank I
from the pressure of the throng, how '
the cheeks of others showed sudden |
pallor, sometimes "punnc seuumeui i
has done evil things to those who have |
not shared it, and Joe knew how rare a j
thing is a jury which dares to stand j
square against a town like Canaan
aroused.
The end of that afternoon's session
saw another point marked for the defense.
Joe had put the defendant on
the stand, and the little man had proved
an excellent witness. During his
life he bad been many things?many 1
things disreputable; high standards
were not brightly Illumined for him In
the beginning of the night march
which his life had been. He had been
a tramp, afterward a petty gambler,
but his great motive bad finally come
to be the intention to do what Joe told
him to do?that, and to keep Claudlne
as straight as be could. In a measure i
these were the two things that had :
bronght him to the pass in which be j
now stood, his loyalty to Joe and his
resentment of whatever tampered with |
Claudine's stralghtness. He was sub- '
missive to the consequences; be was ;
still loyal. AmTlnow Joe asked him i
to tell "Just what happened," and
Happy obeyed with crystal clearness.
Throughout the long, tricky cross exnmlnollnn
ha anntlnnod tn lal) "Inst
what happened" with a plaintive truthfulness
not to l>e Imitated, and throughout
it Joe guarded him from pitfalls
(for lawyers In their search after truth
are compelled by the exigencies of I
their profession to make pitfalls even
for the honest) and gave him. by varl- |
ous devices, time to remember, though ^
not to think, and made the words
"come right" In his month, so that before
the sitting was over a disquieting
rumor ran through the waiting crowd In
the corridors, across the square and j
over the town that the case was sure- '
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y cola* "Louden's way." This was
Iso the opiaioa of a looker-on In
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orporations who, called to consultaion
with the eminent Buckalew (nephw
of the squire), had afterward spent
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It's going that young fellow Loudeo's
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Isltor,. looking down upon the angry
rowd, added, "If they don't kill him!"
Joe himself was anxious concerning
10 such matter. He shook hands with
lappy at the end of the sitting, bidling
him be of good cheer, and when
he little man had marched away unler
a strong guard began to gather and
ort his papers at a desk Inside the
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vere only three people left in the room
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i absorbing. Joe went on his way, pa*
| rusing It with profound attention, but
| as be descended the stairway to tha
} floor below a loud burst of angry shoot*
j ing outside the building caused him to
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I they had made was short, but as they
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(Continued next week.)
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