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Chapter 26

           Hewasterribly,terriblyalone.Andhemustsendhersomewordquickly.Hemust.Hemust.AndthenaskingJephsonforapieceofpaperandapencil,hewrote:"Mrs.AsaGriffiths,careofStarofHopeMission,Denver,Colorado.DearmotherIamconvictedClyde."AndthenhandingthattoJephson,heaskedhim,nervouslyandweakly,ifhewouldseethatitwassentrightaway."Rightaway,son,sure,"repliedJephson,touchedbyhislooks,andwavingtoapressboywhowasneargaveittohimtogetherwiththemoney.

           Andthen,whilethiswasgoingon,allthepublicexitsbeinglockeduntilClyde,accompaniedbySisselandKraut,hadbeenusheredthroughthefamiliarsideentrancethroughwhichhehadhopedtoescape.Andwhileallthepressandthepublicandthestill-remainingjurygazing,forevenyettheyhadnotseenenoughofClydebutmuststareintohisfacetoseehowhewastakingit.Andbecauseofthelocalfeelingagainsthim,JusticeOberwaltzer,atSlack’srequest,holdingcourtun-adjourneduntilwordwasbroughtthatClydewasoncemorelockedinhiscell,whereuponthedoorswerere-opened.Andthenthecrowdsurgingoutbutonlytowaitatthecourtroomdoorinordertoglimpse,ashepassedout,Mason,whonow,ofallthefiguresinthiscase,wasthetrueherothenemesisofClydetheavengerofRoberta.ThathenotappearingatfirstbutinsteadJephsonandBelknaptogether,andnotsomuchdepressedassolemn,defiantJephsoninparticular,lookingunconquerablycontemptuous.

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