eight
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`` On a grand scale , one might put it . '' So thought a horseman who approached and halted almost at the same spot where the car had rested . This was Madden who with a warrant for Weir 's arrest in his pocket had arrived opposite the house a moment after the automobile 's departure . He had secured the warrant at eight o'clock according to the county attorney 's request , but he had taken his own time about setting off to serve it . For a quarter of a mile he had been interested in the evidences of unwonted hilarity at the usually untenanted structure . Now he sat in his saddle , silent and motionless , observing the distant scene . He easily guessed the men were from the construction camp and that liquor was running .