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Obstacles

           Perhapsyou’llchangeyourmindlater."

           Mr.Purdywentout,andCowperwoodcalledinhislawyersandhisengineers.OneSaturdayafternoon,aweekortwolater,whenthebuildinginquestionhadbeenvacatedfortheday,acompanyofthreehundredlaborers,withwagons,picks,shovels,anddynamitesticks,arrived.Bysundownofthenextday(which,beingSunday,wasalegalholiday,withnocourtsopenorsittingtoissueinjunctions)thiscomelystructure,theprivatepropertyofMr.RedmondPurdy,wascompletelyrazedandalargeexcavationsubstitutedinitsstead.Thegentlemanofthecelluloidcuffsandcollars,wheninformedaboutnineo’clockofthissameSundaymorningthathisbuildinghadbeenalmostcompletelyremoved,wasnaturallygreatlyperturbed.Aportionofthewallwasstillstandingwhenhearrived,hotandexcited,andthepolicewereappealedto.

           But,strangetosay,thiswasoflittleavail,fortheywereshownawritofinjunctionissuedbythecourtofhighestjurisdiction,presidedoverbytheHon.NahumDickensheets,whichrestrainedallandsundryfrominterfering.(Subsequentlyondemandofanothercourtthisremarkabledocumentwasdiscoveredtohavedisappeared;thecontentionwasthatithadneverreallyexistedorbeenproducedatall.)

           Thedemolitionanddiggingproceeded.Thenbeganascurryingoflawyerstothedoorofonefriendlyjudgeafteranother.Therewereapoplecticcheeks,blazingeyes,andgaspsforbreathwhiletheenormityoftheoffensewasbeingnoisedabroad.

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