Nine o'clock
O'Dwyer had not appeared , and the chairman of the Chouteau County delegation smiled as he thought of the Irishman 's devotion to his friends , and the possible discomfiture of their common enemy . But Latimer 's absence was disquieting . He had said something about little Arthur 's having a cold , but surely that would not keep him from so important an occasion . Nine o'clock . The chairman declared the convention ready to proceed . Burroughs , hovering near the doors of the auditorium , looked anxious as he saw Danvers rise to make his nomination speech for Judge Latimer . Moore -- the invaluable Moore -- was not in the hall .