[The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Arthur Train]@TWC D-Link bookThe Confessions of Artemas Quibble CHAPTER IX 41/41
The jurymen were shaking hands with the district attorney. "Adjourn court!" I heard the judge remark. With a whoop, the spectators in the court-room crowded upon our heels and surged up to the grating before the door. "There's Gottlieb!" cried one.
"The little fellow!" "And that's Quibble--the pale chap with the thin face!" said another. "Damn you! Get out of the way!" I shouted threateningly. "There go the shysters!" retorted the crowd.
"Sing Sing's the best place for them!" The keeper opened the door and motioned back the spectators.
I staggered through, shackled to my partner and dragging him along with me.
As the door clanged to I heard some one say: "There goes the last of the firm of Gottlieb & Quibble!".
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