Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-15

stolen money ever coming to me or
mine" he said and stuck to it.
But Beckwith urged 1.-The estate is
1ar more In amount than the money
stolen from the syndicate. If they get
That money was the foundation of the
whole thing" answered Calden. at shall
draw no line between the two"
so Beckwith was back, feeling that the
only part Of the affair that approached
his ideal was the dismissal of the inSict.
ments. the reversal Of the order OF tnsan.
lty, and a record of the court that would
stand forever as a vindication Of Calden
the syndicate.
I'm not saying" explained Beckwith.
VINO felt a little pride in the sweepane
character OF the court record he had se.
cured. that all this isn't worth far more
t tllan money. but 1T wasn't an election be-
tween the two. These things you should
have had. and this other YOU should NOT
have gone without
We are satisfied" said Calden.
but I'm not! declared Beckwith. IT
suppose. now you don't need me anv
more. that don't matter"
Calden smiled at the irritation Of the
lawyer, which was all on behalf of his
clients, from whom he had refused to
take cent beyond the retainers.
It's the first time I've kissed NV wife
for nearly eleven years." said Calden-
with the feeling that did so as an alb.
solute!y free man. and he stopped and
gave her kiss that brought a flush Of
new life to her cheek. which had AL
ready grown rounder and younger in the
weeks that had passed since Trafford
came back from Canada with the yindi-
catory papers.
gFasped his fathers hand
;, Its all right; he said. II shall never
live long enough to wish that we had res
tanned dollar of that money"
Nor l." said Judith. Nothing less
would have been right, and you, Mr..
Grumbler." she said. turning to Beckwith.
know 1t as well as we do I half he.
lieve you're ill-humored because YOU
Thought you had to advise us otherwise.
You're a set of obstinate. opinionated
idealists!" he exclaimed IF the world
were made up on these lines the LAWYERS
would simply starve. And as for you"
he declared. accepting Horace as a means
of getting out of his position, I'm going
client a lawyer ever had. If they were
release"
"Oh." said Horace, "you must remem.
Der 1t was my first experience with the
tribe. I'll know better next time"
by the way" said Beckwith. i've sent
word to Trafford that I'm back. and that
we want this thing closed up and polished
on. He'd no business to have that other
case on hand when he came back from
Canada, so that he couldn't find time to
satisfy our laudable curiosity as to how
he Numbered on to his solution. Still.
forgive him on the score Of his not hay-
ing time while I was away. He's in town
and has got Grmbleshaw, whom he'll
bring round after dinner. Oh. here they
are now. 1 guess. Awful sorry if I've in
commoded the doctor in asking him to
come here he added, with a most scam
dalously familiar wink to Judith.
Really said Trafford. after greetings
had been exchanged. II don't think it
was quite necessary for ME to come, for
I don't believe there's a thing that Mr..
Beckwith couldn't explain to you better
than I'm able to-"
Possibly. possibly" admitted Beckwith.
but. at the same time. therell be a Pc
culiar interest in hearing at first hand
some account of your processes, and
shall be glad to submit them to an analy-
sis such as only lawyer can be expected
to give them"
ITO be continued tomorrowl