Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-25

None the less, he ran to the baggage
SOON end of the building and, capturing
an express wagon, had himself trun-
died out to the courthouse.
The judge was at his desk when
Hunnicott entered, and Hawk was on
hand, calmly reading the morning pa
per. The hands of the clock on the
wall opposite the judges desk pointed
to five minutes of the hour, and for
I'VE minutes Hunnicott sat listening,
hoping against hope that he should
hear the rush and roar of the incom-
Ing special.
Promptly on the stroke of three the
fudge tapped upon his desk with his
pencil.
"Now, gentlemen, proceed with your
case; and I must ask you to be as
brief as possible. have an appoint
ment at four which cannot be post
poned," he said, quietly: and Hawk
threw down mis- paper and began at
once
Hunnicott heard his opponents ar
gument mechanically, having his ear
attuned for whistle signals and wheel
drummings. Hawk spoke rapidly and
straight to lis point, as befitted man
speaking to the facts and with no jury
present to be swayed by oratorica1 eff
fort. When he came to the summarize
ing Of the allegations in the amended
petition, he did it wholly without
heat, piling up the accusations one
upon another with the careful method
Of bricklayer building a wall. The
wall-building smile thrust itself upon
Hnnnicott with irresistible force as he
listened. II the special engine should
not dash up in time to batter down
the wall
Hawk closed as dispassionately as
he had begun, and the judge bowed
gravely in Hunnicott's direction. The
local attorney got upon his feet, and
az he began to speak telegram was
handed in.> It was Kent's wire from
Juniberg, beseeching him to gain time
at all hazards, and he settled himself
to the task. For 80 dragging minutes
he rang the changes on the various
steps in the suits, knowing well that
the fatal moment was approaching
when-Kent still failing him-he would
be compelled to submit his case with
out a scrap of an affidavit to support it.
The moment came, and still there
was no encouraging whistle shrek
from the dun plain beyond the open
windows. Hawk was visibly disgust
ed, and Judge MacFarlane was growing
Justly impatient. Hunnicott began
again, and the Judge reproved him
mildly. ~ - :. r
Much of what you are saying is en-
tirely irrelevant, Mr.. Hunnicott. This
hearing is on the plaintiffs amended
petition" 81. 5s>-..t& ri,
No one knew better than the local
attorney that he was wholly at the
courts mercy; that he had been so
from the moment the Judge began to
consider his purely formal defense, en-
tirely unsupported by aflidavits or evil
dence of any kind. None the less, he
rtrung his denials out by every ampli-
acation he could devise, and, having
4 Tired his last shot, sat down in despair
Ing breathlessness to hear the judges
summing up and decision. ~
$# Judge MacFarlane was mercifully
brief. On the part Of the plaintiff
there was an amended petition fully
fortified by uncontroverted afidavits.
On the part of the defendant com
pany there was nothing but q formal
& denial Of the allegations. The duty Of
the court In the premises was clear.
The prayer Of the plaintiff was grant
ed, the temporary relief asked for was
given and the order Of the court would
issue accordingly. . .s Il 4 d. MINI =..ssz
The Judge was rising when the still,
hot air Of the room began to vibrate
with the tremulous thunder Of the
sound for which Hunnicott had been
! 20 long straining his ears. He was the
1lrst OF the three to hear 1t, and he
hurried out ahead Of the others. At
the loot az the stair he IN blindly