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Chapter XLIV

           Thewindwasdrivingthesnowbeforeitincurious,interestingwhirls.EddieZanders,thesheriff’sdeputyonguardatthecourtofQuarterSessions,accompaniedhimandhisfatherandSteger.Zanderswasalittleman,dark,withashort,stubbymustache,andashrewdthoughnothighlyintelligenteye.Hewasanxiousfirsttoupholdhisdignityasadeputysheriff,whichwasaveryimportantpositioninhisestimation,andnexttoturnanhonestpennyifhecould.Heknewlittlesavethedetailsofhissmallworld,whichconsistedofaccompanyingprisonerstoandfromthecourtsandthejails,andseeingthattheydidnotgetaway.Hewasnotunfriendlytoaparticulartypeofprisonerthewell-to-doormoderatelyprosperousforhehadlongsincelearnedthatitpaidtobeso.To-nightheofferedafewsociablesuggestionsviz.,thatitwasratherrough,thatthejailwasnotsofarbutthattheycouldwalk,andthatSheriffJasperswould,inalllikelihood,bearoundorcouldbearoused.Cowperwoodscarcelyheard.HewasthinkingofhismotherandhiswifeandofAileen.

           Whenthejailwasreachedhewasledtothecentralportion,asitwasherethatthesheriff,AdlaiJaspers,hadhisprivateoffice.Jaspershadrecentlybeenelectedtooffice,andwasinclinedtoconformtoalloutwardappearances,insofarastheproperconductofhisofficewasconcerned,withoutinrealityinwardlyconforming.

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