The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-03-21


sirous TO revenge himself upon the liv-
Ing.
The worst were of that mystifying.
embryonic semi-rowdy type, the Amer
lean voyou, in the production of which
Canaan and her sister towns every
where over the country are prolific
the young man, youth, boy perhaps,
creature of nameless age. whose
clothes are like those of brakeman
out of work, but who is not a brake
man in or out of work; wearing the
black soft hat tilted forward to shelter
AS counter does the contempt of a
clerk-that expression which the face
does not dare wear quite in the open,
| asserting the possession of supreme ca
pacity in wit strength, dexterity and
amours; the dirty handkerchief under
the collar, the short black coat, al
ways double breasted; the eyelidS
sooty, one cheek always bulged, the
forehead speckled the lips cracked.
horrible teeth and the affectation or
/ possessing secret information upon all
matters Of the universe, above all, the
| instinct of finding the shortest way to
any scene of official interest to the
| policeman, fireman or ambulance sur
| Seon-a singular being, not profession
ally criminal, tough hiStrionically
rather than really, full Of its own
argot OF brag, hysterical when crossed,
timid through great ignorance and
therefore dangerous. 1t furnishes not
the leaders, but the mass of mobs, and
1t springs up at times of crisis from
heaven knows where. You might have
driven through all the streets of Ca
naan week before the trial and have
seen four or five such fellows, but
from the day of its beginning the
square was full OF them. dingy shuttle
cocks batted up into view by the Toe
sin
They kept the air whirring with their
noise. The news of that sitting which
had caused the squire, Flitcroft and
Peter Bradbury to risk the courts dis
pleasure was greeted outside with loud
and vehement disfavor, and when, at
noon, the jurymen were marshaled
out TO cross the yard to the National
House for dinner a large crowd fol-
lowed and surrounded them until they
reached the doors of the hotel. Don't
let Lawyer Louden bamboozle your"
| Hang himv' ''Tar and feathers fer
We eff We don't hang him." These were
the mildest threats, and Joe Louden,
watching from On upper window OF
the courthouse, observed with a trou-
bled eye how certain of the jury shrank
from the pressure of the throng, how
the cheeks of others showed sudden
pallor. Sometimes public sentiment"
has done evil things to those who have
not shared it, and Joe knew how rare a
thing is a jury which dares to stand
square against a town like Canaan
aroused.
The end OF that afternoons session
saw another point marked for the de
Tense. Joe had put the defendant on
the stand and the little man had prov
ed an excellent witness. During his
life he had been many things-many
things disreputable; high standards
were not brightly illumined for him in
the beginning of the night march
which his life had been. He had beer
a tramp, afterward a petty gambler
but his great motive had finally come
to be the intention to do what Joe told
him to do-that, and to keep Claudint
as straight as he could. In a measure
these were the two things that hat
brought him to the pass in which ht
now stood, his loyalty to Joe and hi:
/ 10, ~
CIaudne's straightness. He was sub
missive to the consequences; he wa.
still loyal. And now Joe asked hin
to tell ''just what happened" ant
: Happy obeyed with crystal clearness
Throughout the long, tricky cross ex
animation he continued to tell '.jus
: what happened" with plaintive truth
l fulness not to be initiated, and through
!, out it Joe guarded him from pitfaIl
for lawyers in their search after trutl
}, are compelled by the exigencies 0
2 their profession to make pitfalls eve
3 for the honesty and gave him, by var
e Gus devices, time to remember, thong
] not to think, and made the word
4 'come right in his mouth, so that bt
/ fore the sitting was over a disquietin
/, rumor ran through the waiting crowd |
i the corridors, across the square an
D over the town that the case was SURE
9 ~ going "Louden's way" This wa
Il also the opinion of a looker-on
n Canaan-a ferret faced counselor {
n corporations who, called to consult;
4 ton with the eminent Buckalew (nepl
h ew of the squire). had afterward speI
, an hour in his company at the tria
= Its going that young fellow Louden
! way" said the stranger. You 50
: he's shyster, but
'Well," admitted Buckalew, wit
: some reluctance. Il don't mean tn;
: exactly. I've got an old uncle WI
= seems lately to think he's a gre;
man"
= I'll take your uncle's word for it
: returned the other, smiling. 81 thiT
I he'll go pretty far"
They had come to the fight Of stel