The San Francisco call., 1907-01-06

lulHiiE IL 10 the OMneTs the ldlLeI, luSH
working his way eastward, had con-
f1ded to him his intention of stopping
in Canaan for the purpose of exercising
its melancholy functions upon man
who had once done him good in that
city.
BY the time the witness had reached
this point, the Prosecutor and his as
sistants were on their feet, eXcitedly
shouting objections, which were
promptly overruled. Taken unawaTes,
they fought for time: thunder was
loosed, forensic bellowings; everybody
lost his temper--except Joe: and the ex
animation OF the witness proceeded.
Cory. with that singular inspiration to
confide in some one, which is the char
acteristic 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 declared,
to incite an attack upon himself by
playing upon the jealousy of his victim,
having already made a tentative effort
in that direction. Failing in this. he
would fall back upon one of dozen
schemes (for he was ready in such
matters. he bragged), the most likely
OF which would be to play the peace
maker; he would talk of his good in
tentions 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
leave open for himself the kind gate
of self-defense. In brief here was the
whole tally OF what had actually oc-
Cured. with the exception OF the last
account in the sequence which had
proved that demise for which Cory had
not arranged: and it fell from the lips
of witness whom the prosecution had
no means of impeaching. When he left
the stand, unshaken and undiscredited,
- FrAt - ~ 20 e1Nfr, of fnf,
turning to resume his seat let his hand
fall lightly for second upon his eli
ent's shoulder.
That was the occasion of a demon
stration which indicated a sentiment
favorable to the defense Con the part
of at least three of the spectators); and
Ii was in the nature of such ham,
mering OF canes upon the bare wooden
floor as effectually stopped all other
proceedings instantly The indignant
Judge fixed the colonel. Peter Brad
bury, and Squire Buckalew with his
glittering eve. yet the hammering con-
tinued unabated and the offenders
surely would have been conducted forth
in ignominy, had not gallantry pre-
vailed. even in that formal place. The
Judge, reluctantly realizing that some
latitude must be 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, where
upon the loyal survivors of Eskew re-
lapsed into unabashed silence.
1t was now, as. Joe had said clear
enough case. Only the case Itself. how
ever. was clear. for. as he and his
friends feared. the verdict Nigh pos
sibly be neither in accordance with
the law, the facts, nor the convictions
of the Jury. Eugene's detection had
not altered the tone Of the Tocsin.
All day long crowd of men and
boys hung about the corridors OF the
courthouse. about the square and the
neighboring streets. and from these
rose somber murmurs. more and more
ominous. The public sentiment of a
community like Canaan can make it
self felt inside a courtroom; and II was
strongly exerted against Happy Fear
The Tocsin had always been a power
full agent; Judge Pike had increased
it's strength with a staff, which was
thoroughly efficient. alert and always
able to strike center with the papers
readers; and in town and country it
had absorbed the circulation of the
other local journals, which resisted
feebly at times, but in the matter of
the Cory murder had not dared to do
anything except follow the Toscins
lead. The Tocsin, having lit the fire,
now Martin Pike was lighting lard.
The farmers and people of the less
urban parts Of the country we're ac-
customed to found their opinions upon
the Tocsin. They regarded 1t as the
single immutable rock of journalistic
righteousness and wisdom in the world.
Consequently, stirred by the outbursts
OF tho paper. they came into Canaan
in great numbers. and though the pres
sure from the town itself was so strong
that only q few Of them managed to
crowd into the courtroom the others
joined their voices in those somber
murmurs outdoors, which Increased in
loudness as the trial went on.
The Tocsin. however. was not having
everything It's own way; the volume of
outcry against Happy Fear and his
lawyer had diminished, 1t was noticed.
in very respectable quarters The
information impaired by Mike Sheehan
to the politicians at Mr.. Farbach's had
been slowly seeping through the vari-
Gus social strata of the town. and
though at first incredulously rejected.
ii began to find acceptance; Upper
Main street cooling appreciably in it's