The Washington herald., 1913-06-01
JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS Is FATALIS1

body would associate with him. We talket
Of the West. He counseled me to go Il
Seattle, only he called II Settle. looked
At the map. II was too far away, In my
opiH1on. compromised and wrote to q
firm OF lawyers In Denver. There wers
hints Of a personal and domestic nature
In the communication. I wanted to ex-
plain why ] was abandoning the South
Perhaps I said too much. Anyway. the
head Of the firm, John r. Shafroth. think
ing was on the borderland of discour-
agement. sent me a kindly answer. He
had Interpreted me too literally. and re-
minded me that the sun was shining back
of the clouds over my head. The letter
hurt my feelings. and insulted my pride
angrily struck Denver on the list OF my
possible places Of settlement. Mr.. Sha-
froth. let me add. is now my colleague In
the Senate. Well, I got away finally.
said farewell to Savannah"
For goodT' inquired.
"As a place of residence. yes. Years
afterward I went back. let It be known
that was returning to pay my debts.
There seemed to be a general uprising
Of the inhabitants. I liquidated until
there wasn't a waiting man left. Then I
walked out the shell road to reflect and
met a little preacher In a little church
who wanted to buy a new pulpit Bible.
and another carpet. I gave him all the
money I had and borrowed funds with
which to pay my way to New York.
Carried Coal for His Dinner.
Seattle as the Republican outcast
had advised. was to be my terminus ad
quem when I took leave of Savannah.
stopped at Tacoma II seems to me
that I had about so. But fgures are
my weakness. / know possessed
some money. I lost part of II at faro.
At variety theater. where the people
of the stage mingled with the audience
who sat in the sawdust. a weeping girl
told me about her mother lying dead In
Oregon. ! gave her all the money
had that she might attend the unreal.
Maybe she lied; doubtless she did lie.
but no matter. / got hungry the next
day about noon. Some coal was on the
in front OF an Office building.
A man stood in a doorway. Intuitively
I attached him to the coal. I raised my
hat. bowed. and told him I needed a
little money for dinner. Would he en-
ploy me to put away the coal?
81 am not interested in the coal
he said. 7 am moving back to my old
home In the East today. Go upstairs
and see my former partner
81 obtained the commission and re-
eeived half a dollar. I saw the man In
the doorway go toward the railway sta
ton with a valise in his hand. Now lis
ten. came to the House of Represent
tatfves eleven years later. I wanted a
little appropriation for Seattle. A men,
Der from Fredonia. n. Y, took the floor
against it, studied his face and then
went over to his desk and said. War
rem Brewster Hooker, you have forgot
ten. no doubt, the young fellow who car
ried a ton of coal from the street to
your office the day you left Tacoma
ION the contrary, I have always re-
membered him. Mr.. Hooker replied. be-
cause his appearance was so respect
able and his manner so agreeable
ct am that man. / said. Now vote
for my Seattle proposition
Finds Work on the Docks.
We'll, left Tacoma" Senator Lewis
continued. How? Let US keep the veil
over at least one mystery. Times were
bad in Seattle. I went to the water
front and got a place as checker on
the docks. Such work was uncertain.
however, and I Joined the longshore-
mems union and helped to unload YES