The Washington herald., 1921-10-23
By William Hamilton Osborne

mat woman IN. By hook and crook hs rot
his ave wefnsn through the trapdcor 70 the
roof. By hook and crook he got them down
the fre escspe-safeiy down the IRE escape
Safely. all save himself.
On his last trip down flames burst from the
third story Windows In the rear and robbed ,
him Of his hair and. temporarily, Of his good
looks as well. He dropped into the midst OF
the five women he had rescued-blubbertnE
undone.
Five minutes after Elmer ouayie had
snsked those women out flames burst from
the window where they had crouched Ten
minutes later flames burst through the attic
and the roof. The IRE escape down which
the women clambered became impossible
the instant they were safely down. Three.
quarters OF an hour later the walls OF the
Iroquois fen In The High School was un-
singed-the wind had blown the other way.
Elmer ouayis had accomplished the i'm
possible-he had saved i've human lives.
And here he was. only half mended 20 far;
and there lay his reward He still was sob
binE. ..s..
= Nobody seemed 10 knew just what to d.
Then Q thirteen year old girl did It.
"A long Life and . happy one. Professor
Elmer ouayle- she cried. starting from her
place In the depths Of the crowd. She was
q song leader and her time had come. with
q catch In her nne young voice she started
In on one Of the sentimental ditties Of the
day. She knew her budpess. In another
instant she had swung into the melody in
= full. rich tones. With long line Of singing
boys and girls behind her she slxirted the
multitude, wound her graceful way to the
place where the physical Instructor sst-snd
kissed him.
The spell was broken. An was well
few days sfterward Zelda Hndquist was
ushered into the privste once Of EIea.er
Grlndstone. one Of the wei known profess
sional men Of River City. with Zelda Lind
Quist was her huge escort Of the oity hall
steps- II you wanted TO accomplish the I'M
possible and were not particular a. to the
means to be employed you went TO Grind.
STONE. He accomplished Il. He did & legally
and got twice a. much-if not for you, then
for himself.
II am Miss Zelda Lindquist," said Grind
stones new client.
Eleaser Birthstone looked her over care
fully. He nodded toward the damaged rem.
ueman. And you he queried-
He Il my brother-hs is Joe LIndquist,"
said the lady swiftly. She leaned forward
Counselor" abe went on. have work, for
you to DO"
The old lawyer nodded a breach Of
promise case," he smiled
Zelda LindquIst szsped-she stared at him.
How did you knowf" she demanded
Grindstone smiled quiz1cally. You have
not lost much time, my fair young friend
he said.
She kept on staring. How do you mean
much timer" she echoed
Grindstone looked her In the eye
. 1t was but day or % ago they handed
him the money he reminded her. since
then you have made the rounds Of all the
lawyers In the town.
, - How can Won know that, Asrn.,Aed -.
woman.
only to be turned down. smiled Grind
stone; e. only to find out that our SNUG mem
bers Of the bar declined to enforce a wom-
ans rights against our local hero. And then
you came TO me-"
You are q wizard breathed the girl.
1t II my business to be q wizard" nodded
Grindstone- He leaned back in his chair and
placed finger tips against finger tips what
have you got7" he Queried-
Much" responded Zelda L1ndquist II
have been engaged to Elmer QuayIe for up
ward Of year. Now he has turned me
down"
Engaged unused Grtndstona How
many witnesses have you got to back you
up? What kind Of evidence can you pre-
sent?"
Zelda Lndquist shrugged her supple Shout
ders.
u
Il have this ring" She took It or-thst ring
and handed it to Grindstone. The lawyer
lifted from his desk drawer q maSnifying
glass. glanced at the inscription FIRST then
at the diamond
-Four hundred ana twenty-five dollars an
It stands" said Grindstone. Saying It, he
slipped the ring into his waistcoat pocket.
But why7" protested the lady.
81 shall retain II" smiled G<indstone, as
evidence n h. Al "A.
"oh. but you are slick" cried Zelda Lind
Quist.
That's why you are here said Grind
stone. Now, tell me thIs-what does this
ring prove, save that you bought 1t and had
an inscription cut on the inside ttn-what
else?"
Zelda Lndquist was ready for that cues
ton. She produced q packet Of letter. tied
with a highly scented pink ribbon. These
else" she returned. She passed them over.
Gripdstone read them over.
"Wen," he grinned, looks like he love,
you and wants to marry you. Why. don't
you marry hint" ~
Because of-this!" exclaimed the firl de-
nsntly. She produced another letter. Grind-
stone read 1t once. twice. thrice.
well" he said at length. these couldn't
have been better II you'd had 'em ali forged
for the purpose OF your breach Of promise
suit. I'm obliged to tell you that your case
Is clear. You win. The gentleman has
twenty-five thousand dollars in the bank
good American money. It'll split up quite
conveniently. It seems to me-"
So much for Grindstone and his new ell
ent, Zelda Lindquist. week after their pre-
sumably satisfactory interview two people
entered the once Of Sam Oliver, prosecutor
OF the pleas. Sam oliver had quit for the day.
He was lying back in his swivel chair, one
foot cooked up, his hat drawn rskishIy over
HIS left eyebroW He ready IN 49,.