Mr. Riever's self-inflicted death renders the acquittal of Counsell merely a matter of form. It is said that the District-Attorney will now make no effort to refute the testimony tending to show that Collis Dongan was shot by an agent acting under Riever's instructions. The jury is expected to bring in a verdict without leaving their seats.
CHAPTER XV
POSTSCRIPT
"Don't drive so fast Don! It makes my hair rise the way you take these curves!"
"I'll try to remember ... Lord! but it's good to have an accelerator under your big toe again! ... This lil' ole bus is about all I own, Pen!"
"You'll soon get a fresh start, now ... You're driving just as fast as ever!"
"Sorry! I feel as if that mob was still behind us. Wasn't it ghastly!"
"But they were friendly!"
"Oh, friendly! Three days ago they would just as lief have strung me up to a lamp-post. I could feel it in the court-room."
"Well, don't you suppose it was a feeling that they had been unjust to you that made them cheer so to-day when you appeared?"