Louden's

Arp had suffered a "stroke," it was said, and, in Louden's opinion, was

The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907

From within the glossy old walnut bar that ran from wall to wall, the eyes of the lawyers and reporters wandered often to Ariel as she sat in the packed court-room watching Louden's fight for the life and liberty of Happy Fear.

The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907

Louden's; and the others don't have much to do with HER, neither, I can tell ye.

The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907

Louden's fight for his client has been, it must be confessed, of a most splendid and talented order, and the bottom has fallen out of the case for the State, while a verdict of Not Guilty, it is now conceded, is the general wish of those who have attended and followed the trial.

The Conquest of Canaan Booth Tarkington 1907

So that before the sitting was over, a disquieting rumor ran through the waiting crowd in the corridors, across the Square, and over the town, that the case was surely going ` ` Louden's way. ''

The Conquest of Canaan 1905

` ` It's going that young fellow Louden's way, '' said the stranger.

The Conquest of Canaan 1905

The death of Jonas Tabor and young Louden's crime and flight incited high doings in the ` ` National House '' windows; many days the sages lingered with the broken meats of morals left over from the banquet of gossip.

The Conquest of Canaan 1905

The Colonel and I got to talkin 'it over, out on his porch, last night, tryin' to rec'lect what was goin 'on about then, and we figgered it out that it was the Monday after you come back, the very day he got so upset when he saw you goin' up to Louden's law-office with your roses. ''

The Conquest of Canaan 1905

Head him off! '' until there were a dozen and more rowdyish men and youths upon the steps, their eyes blazing with fury, menacing Louden's back with frightful gestures across the marble balustrade, as they hysterically bleated the chorus, ` ` Head him off! ''

The Conquest of Canaan 1905

FROM within the glossy old walnut bar that ran from wall to wall, the eyes of the lawyers and reporters wandered often to Ariel as she sat in the packed court-room watching Louden's fight for the life and liberty of Happy Fear.

The Conquest of Canaan 1905