Jury ready." "Oh, I wish they would finish!" said Washington.

"This suspense is killing me by inches!" Then came another telegram: "Another hitch somewhere.

Jury want a little more time and further instructions." "Well, well, well, this is trying," said the Colonel.

And after a pause, "No dispatch from Dilworthy for two hours, now.

Even a dispatch from him would be better than nothing, just to vary this thing." They waited twenty minutes.