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Chapter 86

           Therearelawyersamongthemattorneys,andcounsellors,therecalledwithnodifferenceeitherinsocialorlegalstatus;thesheriffandhis"deputy";themilitarycommandantofthefort;thechaplain;thedoctor;severalofficers;withoneortwomenofundeclaredoccupations.

           Alittleapartaretwelveindividualsgroupedtogether;abouthalfofthemseatedonaroughslabbench,theotherhalf"squatted"orrecliningalongthegrass.

           Itisthejuryan"institution"asgermanetoTexasastoEngland;andinTexastentimesmoretruetoitstrust;scorningtosubmittothedictationofthejudgeinEnglandbuttoofreelyadmitted.

           AroundtheTexanjudgeandjuryclosepressingupontheprecinctsoftheCourtisacrowdthatmaywellbecallednondescript.Buckskinhunting-shirts;blanket-coatsevenundertheoppressiveheat;frocksof"copperasstripe"andKentuckyjeans;blousesofwhitelinen,orsky-bluecottonade;shirtsofredflannelorunbleached"domestic";dragoon,rifle,infantry,andartilleryuniforms,blendandmingleinthatmotleyassemblage.

           HereandthereisseenamoreregularcostumeonemorenativetothecountrythejaquetaandcalzonerosoftheMexican,withthebroadsombreroshadinghisswarthyfaceofpicaresqueexpression.

           Timewasandthatnotverylongagowhenmenassembledinthissamespotwouldallhavebeensoattired.

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