The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-11-26

AAN Woo LANh ana DIS answer
was 20 encouraging that I put sons
Advertisements iu tho local papers
Offering 20 pay Q cents On The dollar
Tor an proved claims against ne de-
fsuluug German and Austrian nrs
Insurance companies doing business
In san Francisco in 1905. n would
surprise you. gentlemen. % know tho
number % people who hesitate 10
part with old and apparently worth
lrns documents I bought nearly "a
million dollars worth Of claims. 30,
Guiding those n several members ~
Tho HllFrWatrr club
you uHholy old man. cried J.
Augustus EsdslL = sold your repre-
sentative miue,
You did-for { cents on the
dollar. Augustus. my con-. Cappy
glanced w~rimHcaily around iht
table strange the luck some folks
have De jrsrsd Comes o. doing
d httls thinking and taking d
chance
YouU have 10 pay income taS
on ~ Eddie Smith warned him
hopefully.
4 Ehail BE- 70 grateful 20 my phil,
nnthropic country that tho payment
OF tho tar viii b. dellHoun Joy com.
pared with what you birds feel right
now because you didn't DO what ]
did, Cappy rctorted. lie glanced
around the company, II don't sup.
pose there's anybody present" M
continued. who isn't carrying an
uunatisded Judgment against som,
horse thief that's fwludlcd him out
Of n just account"
All present nodded.
Then Cappy continued take d
leaf out OF the book Of Amo,
rriHEle'a life Amos came 90 Wori
Tor tho Kicks Logging & LAUNDERING
Co when hc wua 10 years old. al
tho munineent salary Of s. a week
when no drew his first wesk'-
salary be Eot % In The shape Of d
s. gold piece. no be took 81 10 The
mill machluist and had the latter
drll a neat little hole IN IN,
coin.
Ever after Amos wore that s.
piece as a watch charm. and aa Tar
MS anybody could ever learn Il was
The FIRST, last and only s. ne ever
wasted.
I'm his ed ycnr Amos had an
a|licrcaiion with tho ron % a mar
who owned and operated a small
GENTS furnishing goods store in N,
town where VIC had a nawmiIl al
tho time They quhrrcled over a
pair OF suspendcrE
Amos declared tho haberdashei
was trying 10 rcll him a two-bll
pair OF s~uEpcndcra for 80 cents.
ono word borrowed another and the
hahcrdushcrs son not only hit Amo.
early and often on tho jaw. nut he
also hung a nous on tho Pringls
eye.
lie then threw Amos Prinrls
out Of tho store just in time 10 bs
struck by a bicyclist who was going
By at full speed.
Wei. Amos wasn't very badly
hurt, but ho said ho was and STAYED
In bed a month TO prove Il. lie
did have n rib broken 30 he claim.
cd internal injuries. and az We had
no N-raya IN those days, no 20,
away with II
when no could get out and
around he sued tho haberdasher,
son for damages. and aitho public
opinion was In favor OF the dc.
PENDENT. the Judge had n strong
sense or equity. tho lawyer Amos
hired put up a wonderful fight and
Amos received a judgment for
$4,000.
His lawyer had worked on a
percentage Of the gate RECEIPTS. 80
when at the end OF five lyenra ,be
Judgment remained unsatIsacd bs
wrote the experience off TO prof,
and loss, while Amos hired n new
lawyer who kept the Judgment aliy,
but was careful 70 say nothing
about IT, Thirty years Amos waited
renewing the Judgment every fiy,
years but keeping the news to him.
self.
Meanwhile the haberdasher's sou
had developed into the rich r
prietor OF n department store and
last year Amos attached 10 his old
Judgment and collected with cost,
and z per cent interest for 30 yenrs
which proves that the watched moi
occasionally boils."
The lawyer, Of course. nevoy
got his SHARE. Ulysses Grub sur-
gcsted.
u Unfortunately he did not
Ulysses Cappy smiled after tho
fashion Of a cat that has Jus,
swallowed n canary.
What did you get out OF it,
Mr. Redell asked ~susplciously.
u got n laugh and 80 per cent
OF the Judgment" Cappy replied.
Il knew Amos and I knew the
judge OF the local court. who told
me of the old judgment Amos Ind
Just renewed, So hunted up the
lawyer and bought his claim for
$50, and my lawyer interviewed
in time TO make Amos come
across with 80 per cent OF the
winnings, wiicreat Amos had
heart failure and died with no
heirs, and the state got the wad
he'd shaved n lifetime TO accumu.
late"