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Chapter 88

           Almostatthesameinstantatroopoftwo-scoredragoons,withalikenumberofmountedriflemen,isseenfilingoutfromthestockadeenclosurethatextendsrearwardfromtheFort.

           Havingclearedthegateway,theyadvanceovertheopengroundinthedirectionofthelive-oak.

           Silently,andasthoughactingunderaninstinct,theydeployintoanalignmentformingthreesidesofasquare,thatpartiallyenclosestheCourt!

           Thecrowdhasceaseditsclamouring;andstandsgazingataspectacle,whichmightbetakenforacoupdethéâtre.

           Itproducesnotonlysilence,butsubmission:forplainlydotheyperceiveitsdesign,andthatthemovementisaprecautionarymeasureduetotheskillofthecommandingofficerofthepost.

           Equallyplainisit,thatthepresidencyofJusticeLynchisnolongerpossible;andthatthelawofthelandisoncemoreintheascendant.

           WithoutfurtheroppositionJudgeRobertsispermittedtoresumehisfunctions,sorudelyinterrupted.

           "Fellowcitizens!"hecries,withaglancetowardshisauditory,nowmorereproachfulthanappealing,"thelawisboundtotakeitscoursejustthesameinTexasasintheStates.Ineednottellyouthat,sincemostofyou,Ireckon,haveseencorngrowingontheothersideoftheMississippi.Well,takingthisforgranted,youwouldn’thangamanwithoutfirsthearingwhathe’sgottosayforhimself?Thatwouldneitherbelaw,norjustice,butdownrightmurder!"

           "Andhasn’thedonemurder?"asksoneoftherowdiesstandingnearCalhoun.

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