The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-15


memoranda accounts. notes. etc q.
etc. back to-"Why. dear me-"
said Amy TO herself. they go back
to before we were married."
There was one date that caught
her eye. she had heard Il repeated
and repeated In the last few
weeks. she had heard Il that very
morning IN court. when Thomaa
Fleming had said In March.
1897. l.. = Smith paid me In one
check $1,000. $4,000 for a piece
OF land belonging 10 the Hammond
estate. and $4,000 which he owed
my personal account"
Tho flexible. red-coyered diary
marked 1887 drew her hand with
the fascination which comes vita
remember pain All how SHE
had suffered every time that date
fell IKE hcalding drop Of fear
upon Ter heart She shiyered as
she opened the book II occurred
To her. with vague surprise. that
this book would probably have set.
tied tho whole matter II Tom had
only remembered H. lie had shown
In court that the records OF that
year had been among certain Office
books burned In the great March
fire. when the building In which be
had an office had been destroyed.
Yes. this book might have cleared
tho whole matter up. easily and
quickly. for. RB she saw at glance.
here wero entries about the Ham
mont Trust. She forget her IA.
/ tigue. and tho nap she ought TO
[ have. she forgot the poem alto
gethor. she sat down on the floor
running the pages over eagerly. L.
occurred TO her. as climax OF the
successful day. that she would
bring this book out at dinner 90
she could only find something
about tho siA.t00'J. and show II az
her final triumph Then her eycs
fell n tho figures $1,000
Received from l. II Smith to-
day. flT.sOo for Hammond PROV.
crty. In Linden I'M Then the
comment: "A whacklng good price
hardly expected 20 get go much
B The Significance OF this brief state
mcnt did not penetrate her ioy.
She tegRn eagerly TO look again
for tho other figures and then
turned back. perplcxed. 81. 400 for
tho Hammond property Suddenly
/ her ego caugh, another familiar
sunni. 600. An. now she would
I find ~ Yes, verify. 80 she did .
borrowed $4,000 from Harmon I
Estate TO par back money borrowed
/ from tho Ropes Estate"
Suddenly II seemed 10 this poor
woman. sitting on the floor. her
whole slender body tlngling with
fatig1e-it seemed as II something
fell. shuddering. down and down.
and down. in her breast Strangely
enoIEh. this physical recognition
informed her soul She heard her.
self rpoak. Rs one falling into tho
uncousciouEness Of an Rnesthetic.
/ hears. with vague establishment.
words ALTERING unhiddcn from the
lips. mo. No Mo-" came the
bodys frightened denial
Ont In the hall the halfhour
struck. muffled and mellow. Then
silence.
God. ~ he did It. | cant live
can't i've"
Suddenly the happenings OF the
day seemed TO blur and run TO
gethc-. and there was moment.
not OF unconsciousncaa. but OF pro.
found Indifference. Her capacity
for feeling snapped. But when she
tried TO rise her whole being was
sick she stcadied herself by the
booksanlyes. and then, somehow.
got upstalrs II was the sight OF
the soft dress. with It's pretty laces.
that SUNG her awake That dress /.
was IL Terra Was she 10 put It on
Was 81. TO 20 and sit nj the head
OF that shining table down In the
dinins.room
"Bu:. you know. Cant" she
said aloud.
But she did
BY the time Fleming and his
counsel came tramping up from the
gate. NJ quarter past seven. and
stopped. hllariously. TO kick the
snow Off their boots before enter.
Ing the hail. Amy Fleming had
arisen 20 meet tho summons OF
Life.
Whom Amy Fleming. ghastly, IN
her pretty dinner dress. sought ref
uge In the kitchen (the one spot
where her husband would not be
apt to pursue her). and stood listen.
Ing TO the voices OF the two mon
going upstairs. Mary Ann. the wait.
ress, need no information that there
| 81 httae hA
she looks like she was dead,
she told Jane
Jane" her mistress said, II wish
you would open n bottle OF cham.
payne: one OF the plnts. not one OF
the big bottles: and give-me-a
glass; her voice was faint Jane
obeyod hurriedly. and as the cork
popped one man upstairs called out
gayly to tho other. "Hullol has Il
begun already"
ANY drank the wine and handed
the glass back to the anxious
woman II was feeling faint. Jane
am all right now. thank you. oh.
there's the door bell, I'll 20 into
the library" And when the two
rather early corners had taken off
their wraps and made their way
downstairs again they found their
hostess smiling whitley at them
from the hearthrug.
Thcn Thomas Fleming and his
lawyer came downstairs, and there
was more Handwriting and congrat-
ulatlons. and It was not until he
looked ut his wife at dinner that
Fleming really saw her face: It's
hagglrd pnllor struck him dumb In
the riidst of some gay story to the
pretty neighbor on his right. I'm
afraid my wife Is not well" he said,
anxiously.
"Oh, it's the reaction. Mr.. Elem.