"Guilty! "

Yes, of course — it was all over — ^what else
could have been expected? — Tom asked
himself. He looked about the court-room
in a dazed way, and again his eyes fell upon
the familiar, yet unfamiliar, face he had seen
before in the crowd. The man was looking
directly at him, with a sort of friendly grin,
and in this moment of emotion it flashed
across Tom that it was Snide — Snide with
his beard shaved off, and in store clothes,
yet unmistakably Snide none the less. He
looked toward Nelson in a meaning way,
and Tom followed his eyes. He looked
back and Snide nodded, then fixed his eyes
on someone far front in the crowd, and
again Tom followed only to see Button.
3i8 YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE

The same process was gone through once
more, and this time it was Gully's red head,
now close-cropped, by which our hero's eyes
were refreshed. Snide had apparently other
human facts to communicate, but some one
nudged the prisoner, and he found that the
clerk was addressing him, and asking him
if he had anything to say before receiving
sentence.
