The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-12

the land, but by means of ignorance on
his part. or rascality of some ono else, it
was not duly recorded.
Now, the shark had started out for It.
wear out the old man. also that the old
man could show no title.
Schwartz told the lawyer that he could
show undisturbed possession of the land
for twenty five years anyhow, and also told
the whole history of their simples live up
there on the sandy shores of the lake.
'The lawyer got the whole case, set up
boundaries supported with legal survey.
Tho surveyor came back with the same
outlines substantially, with locality of
house, barn, meadow, and in one corner
facing the lake the word grave
1.-THE case camo on for trial, and the
plaintiff put In his evidence. 1t was pretty
strong. He had secured the place, and
there was no record to show to tho con-
traIy. He was quiet, we'll dressed man,
with not too loud manners and not too
much jewelry-a humble man who simply
wanted his rights
'.Mr. Schwartz was rudy in the face.
He was clean. His face had jus: been
shaved. He was excited. but he vas not
studying to make hit. He acted - he
would have done at home if he had been
told that his house was on fire. He would
have tried to put it out.
"When the plaintiff had piled up all his
great volume of evidence and tried to
knock down that Of Schwartx he rested,
and the lawyer introduced such docu-
Schwartz. He went on the stand with .
sigh. for he knew what was coming.
HE told his simple story in his own
's'I bin here now long time ON my Ian.
lii here since der 18th Of Augoost, II. I
come to fish on der lax and sell him 70 Sec
cago. We live here plain, but goot. MY
barnby she get the sew mas'een.
We never 90 way from dat blaice. We
gil Mr.. Blitz de money to buy dc probity
Of Ooncle Sam, and he do 20. But now
some says he don't do It de ride way. So
you zee We lin on our own Ian and kess
our Gym. Own fi:: an b. happy.
.a. Nov: dat r man you sss dar he say;
voomans and go away" One day he say
to me. go vest, young man; 70 vest"
He say dat, and den he laf. live dere
from ven / been young init no viskers on
till now I've the pail head and do Santa
Glass viskers, nichf'
~ see there i, on the plot . spot
marked ''Grave." Il that merely an In
State If You know whose grave It is
"Veli, ven W come on that blaice W
half little chile, Mr.. Choodge. You know
dot some dime 70 hear Of dose rainpow
chasers dot make q chackass off himself.
but she-she-iittle Kaddrena-she was q
rainpow maker. Ven she gone on de SAINT
peech she vas altogether the sweetest shild
to me, choodge. vat eber seen. She climb
on me like q nice new morninglOry and
giss my hard viskers like . violet.
I've hail no more shildren; dat vas all,
choodge.
".She vas sick. We half no doctor. She
il Diet. cannot say much. am Dootz-
man, but loft my chile. We perry her py
der pig plue lake in der CLEAN, cool SAINT.
and We 60. my wife and me. in der spring
and der summer dime and put der Wild
vlowers, der little vioiets and der susans
NIT der plack eyes and der abble blossoms
and der ferns on dot little qwiet crate of
our beautiful chile.
"'Do you tink, choodge, dat man reelize
dat he shall rob me and my poor sat wife
of dat home and dat little qwiet CRATE ven
he tell me to 60 vestf No, no. He dry to
have . choak init poor ole Teller, isn't 1t
He will not dake away my home and the
grave on my chile
s.Ths plaintiff looked down. He swal-
lowed hard. He dropped his eyeglasses
on the floor, aud q he rose to leave the
courtroom he stepped on them and
crunched them under his heel. He kept
on bareheaded to the depot and rode away
on the first tram. 1t went the wrong way,
but it took him to another place.
"Mr. Schwartz also went by the first
train, but it went toward Monochrome
with title to lt-home where they might
see the big breakers come In and watch
that little quiet grave"