Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-21

OUT. WE'RE DONE UP"
during this day Of hurrying 20 and fro
Blashfield Hunnicott had been having
the exciting experiences Of a decade
crowded into : corresponding num-
ber of hours. Early in the morning
he had begun besieging the headquar-
ters wire Office for news and instruc-
tions, and, owing to Kent's good in
tentions to be on the ground In per-
son, had got little enough Of either.
At length to his unspeakable re-
lief, he had news of the coming spe-
cial; and with the conviction that help
was at hand he waited at the station
with what GOODNESS there was in him
to meet his chief. But as the time
for the hearing drew near he grew
nervous again; and all the keen pains
of utter helplessness returned with re-
newed acuteness when the operator,
who had overheard the Juniberg-Les-
terville wire talk, told him that the
special was hung up at the former sta
ton.
20 my good Lord" he groaned.
"I'm in for it with empty hands,"
None the less, he ran to the baggage
room 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
five minutes Hunnicott sat listening,
hoping against hope thar he should
hear the rush and roar Of the incom-
ing special
Promptly on the stroke Of three the
Judge tapped upon his desk with his
pencil.
Now, gentlemen, proceed with your
case; and ! must ask you to be as
brief as possible. I have an appoint
ment at four which cannot be post
poned," he said, quietly; and Hawk
threw down his 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 10 his point, as befitted man
speaking to the facts and with no jury
present to be swayed by oratorical ef-
fort. When he came to the summariZ-
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 a bricklayer building wall. The
wall ll-building simile thrust itself upon
Hunnicott 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
as he began to speak a telegram was
handed in. 1t was Kents wire from
Juniberg. beseeching him to gain time
Mt 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 scrap Of an affidavit to support it
The moment came, and still there
was no encouraging whistle shrieR
from the dun plain beyond the open
4, windows. Hawk was visibly disgust
ed. and Judge MacFarlane was growing
Justly impatient. Hunnicott began
again, and the judge reproved hin
mildly.
Much of what you are saying Is en-
tirely irrelevant, Mr.. Hunnicott. This
hearing is on the plaintiffs amended
petition"
No one knew better than the loca
attorney that he was wholly at tho
courts mercy; that he had been sc
from the moment the judge began tt
consider his purely formal defense, en-
tirely unsupported by affidavits or evil
dence Of any kind. None the less, he
strung his denials out by every ampli'
fication he could devise, and, having
fired his last shot, sat down in despair
ing breathlessness to hear the judge:
summing-up and decision.
Judge MacFarlane was mercifully
brief. On the part Of the plaintiff
there was an amended petition fully
fortified by uncontroverted affidavits
On the part Of the defendant com
pany there was nothing but forma
denial of the allegations. The duty o1