"I placed him under arrest."
"Why?"
"Well, I didn't think it was safe for him to be around--feeling that way."
"If he ain't the limit!" Marriott heard Archie exclaim, and he began his whispered curses and objurgations again. In his excitement and impotent rage, Marriott was exceedingly irritable, and again he commanded Archie to be still.
Eades paused in his examination, bit his lip, and winked rapidly as he thought. The atmosphere of the trial showed that a critical moment had come. Marriott, watching Eades out of the corner of his eye, had quietly, almost surreptitiously moved back from the table, and he sat now on the edge of the chair. The jurymen were glancing from Eades to Marriott, then at Quinn, with curious, puzzled expressions.
"Mr. Quinn," said Eades, looking up, "when did you next see Koerner--if at all?"
"On the next Tuesday after that."
"Where?"
"In the C. and M. railroad yards."
"Who was with you, if any one?"