The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-21


about In seeming ruellement. and
hooked fram one lawyer 60 another.
then a. the court. with inquiry In
her bis blue gray eyes she APP
pareutiy didn't know What had hap
penud a moment after. whcn she
was officially notified ~ the
baili0 that her case had been
thrown out of court and that she
hal been turned loose Tor good"
"a sudden smile Iii up her face. and
she Eleefutla rlapped her dainuly
slowed little hands together
Yes Whispered a gray bearded
old man IN the rear Of the court
room. yea. she Is tlekled 70 death.
She ought 10 Be she's getting OF
easy knes an old woman who
died Ia the peer house on account
OF hcr The old woman had few
hundred dollars that she carried
around In her hustle for several
years her savings against help
less old axe. That pretty creature
there. that every heay feels 10 sorry
for she got hold 81 the old woman
and wheedled away an her money.
and pretty aoou the old woman was
sick and had to 90 90 the poor
house Before she vent she went
20 Mrs Smith and asked her for
Just SO 81 her money back. but
Mrs Smith told her she didn't have
C. and began to talk Gray Gander
stock - heF AGAIN. That vas all
The old woman habhlcd out and
was sent "a the poor house. whore
she died aud Nas buried In the pot
trrs field
Outside the court room door a
crowd waa gathering n crowd ~
mcn and women Whu aay they
bought Gray Gauder oil stock from
Mrs Lloyd Smith They talked II
thelf can Affairs aud Of The meth
DDS OF tha IAw A goodly number
of tales NeFe told. and each tale
went to make up SEQ or 500 item
Ia the SUM total ag $4,000 which
PFuaseu flng Attorney Mackintosh
said be waa ready to prove the de-
fendant had secured from the Seat
de public.
Inside the court RON Mr. Mack
iutoah was making a plea 20 the
court. explaining that the delay had
been hone Of hlA The case had
come to hIm from the old admins
traitor. be said. and one 81 the rirst
things be had done vas 10 inyesti-
gate t. and Is soon a. he could do
20 be had begun TO get matters 10
shape for extfadition. and had the
case set here It was. be explained,
and the witnesses had been gath
cred from far aud aide. he would
only ask the court for a brief de-
las. and that on account ~ the az
ness Of one Of the main witnesses.
but the court uas very decided,
4 have already ruled in this mat
ter" said the court and viii hear
no more argument.
The baiiiffa voice vas upllfted
In adjournment. and the court room
began to buzz In a moment the
pretty little woman with the baby
blue eyes was surrounded b. attor-
neys. clerks. balllafa and byEtand
erB. receiving congratulations. She
appeared prettiiy dared and limo
cent o. hos It had all come about
A dainty little high heclcd boot tap
ped a Joyous tattoo on the floor.
and her daiutily manleured fingers
played With the rich fringes that
hung from the shoulders OF her ele-
CANT brown gown
am so glad it's all over" said
she 80 glad It's been such a
Worry 10 be dragged about the
country two whole years and a half
I don't know really how I have
ever stood Il"
Then she heaved a little sigh and
pouted the least bit Il don't have
10 stay here any longer now. do ~"
she queried Of her attorney. John u.
Hart The attorney. Ike everybody
else. smiled down upon the dimln-
utive bit Of dalutiuess and told her
she was quite az liberty. She Just
waited long enough 20 be introduced
% the prosecuting attorney who had
failed in his ease against her, long
enough to shake hands with him
and heafow upon him a dazzling III
tie smile and half a pOut. then she
made her way out % the court room
and even those Who we're there 10
swear that she had swindlcd them
smiled after her-all admiration.
Il knew her years ago said one
Of them. when she used 90 be Mrs.
Lud. the vocal teacher. and SANG In
I the Congregational choir. She
sings beautifully. aud plays as we'll
She f. one Of the eleverest enter
/ tanners I ever met. She married
I Lloyd Smith. a clerk IN the Dexter
Horton bank. aud when he died she
went 10 California
There she rot the oil stock
bunch. She came back and began
20 entertain all her old friends In
her elegant suite Of apartments. and
entertained them also with glowing
accounts o. the Gray Camden. Half
the story will never be told. She
sold many prominent men IN Seat
tie blocks Of the oil stock. but some
folks don't ike to 'hOllor very loud
when they buy gold bricks and so
they saw wood and say nothing