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

Sometimes abe smiled AZ Thomas
Fleming: and sometimes exchanged
word or two with Mr. Bates.
Once he leaned over and said
You make mo think OF a poem
I read somewhere. now. what was
the name Of IL can only remem.
ber two lines
have no, WINGED or eriod aloud p"
That's as far an can go. bu, ,ha,s
what you make mo think OF"
She turned. smiling. and finished
the verse. ''l,'s Hcnlcy's I sm the
captain Of my soul" she said. Il
have II somewhere. I copied II
once. because | cared 80 much for
Il. I'll read to TO you tonight. after
dinner"
Do" Bates said. heartily. and
turned away TO listen TO Fleming
who was on tho stand. rlemiug s
evidence vas As straightforward as
the man himself Yes. Smith NOV
deccaBedl had paid him In Marcn.
1857. the sum OF $1,000. OF this.
1000 was on a personal account.
400 was for n parcel % land be
longing to the Hammond estate
Tho check Was made TO HIS order.
he deposited I, In his own bank nc
count nd Immediately drew ngains'
I, check for $4,000 10 the order
OF the Trust Then followed very
clear and definite statement OF that
money Smith owed him. a debt
whica he was unable to oVrroborate
by his books. for the simple reason
that his books had been burned IN
the great fire OF that year over
and over. back and forth. round and
round. the prosecution went. gaining
not N inch
Indeed. the end was obvious from
the beginning To assert that
Thonsa Fleming was an honest
man. Was. 80 Bates told tho jury. 20
utter commonplace He was 80
cheerful and kindly. in his reference
| 10 the unfortunate Hammond. that
the jury grinned The verdict. Batca
I declared. was n forcgone conclusion
And 20. IN fact II was. being rem.
dered fifteen minutes after the jury
I had been charged.
And now" said Bates. shaking
hands with his client. lets 30 ana
get something TO eat Come. Mira
| F1emi1g, you'll so with us7 You lool;
| like an army with bnnnerAi"
But Amy. with proud eyes. said
she must go home. You will come
out piih Tom this evening"" she
said. Dinner Is at halfpast seven
you can dress at our house. and. oi
course. you must stay all night. -
Bates promised. and Fleming
silently squeezed his wifes hand
/ Amy's eyes spoke TO him.
The Joyous and beautiful day
| passed. tho afternoon was CAV with
congratulations. but the succession
OF friendly calls was fntigulng. Al
last she reflected n would be vel
to have n little nap. so that she
might be bright and rested for the
! inbilAnt evening oh that poem
/ Mr.. Bates wanted 10 see, She had
forgotten all about e; she mus.
find IL before she went upstairs.
Tho dining room was antisfac
tory. with its ton friendly chairs
drawn up about the SPARKLING
table And her best dress was up
stairs spread out on the bed. with
her slippers and gloves; her flow
ers- rom would bring her hei
flowers She thought to herself
sho would wear them. and ther
put them away with her wedding
bouquet that had BEEN lying. DIR,
and fragrant. for all these years
with her wedding dress and veil
Sighi1g with the Joy OF It all. she
climbed YEARLY half way upstairs
then remembered Mr. Bates poem
again. and went back 10 the library
with an uneasy look Mt the hal
clock. She would not get much oI
n nap And the chances OF the
nap lcssened still more, because
she could not Mt once find her Com
monplace Book. in which she had
copied the poem. So pulling oui
one Gather volume after another
her tate fell upon her
The hook looked like her owl
Commonplace Book. Tom had NOR,
than once given her blanlkbook,
just Ike his own bound in red mo
rocco. with notified edges, ant
STAN oed. DIARY, 10" There wa.
a whole row OF these books on on.
Of the bottom shelves OF the book
case and she had been looking a