Evening star., 1924-01-18
The Lighter of Flames,
By William S. Hart
A Story Filled With Romance and Adven,r.
Copyright 1923. by T. csev,u a

sunlight. an epitome of the open,
spun square cut and cotton shirt.
open at the neck, he was another
| man-gaunt, ungainly. i'll at ease.
BUT even In his uncouthness there
Sn,sr was q vague sugsestion of power a
winch had hushed the laughter.
The people settled themselves to
listen. and the trial opened.
Ihe mum of a multitude ouieting
knowledge that he was held in ridi-
cuie by most of it was in his heart
and, most disconcerting Of all, there
sat In the chair of the presiding mag
istrate none other than his own
BUT there was something in. the
man, something waiting latent. q
| force, power, which no one"in that
room except himself-and one other
| suspected.
So he sat in awkward silence while
ms opponent opened the cause and
stated confidently why and upon
; what point OF law the clergy de-
manded damages. He listened while
the worthy and eloquent Mr.. Lyons
: iauoed MS clients to the skies, en-
! larging upon their benevoleuce, their
| chastity and their unseiflsh services
! 40 mankind.
Twenty ciergymen, the ablest. most
learned ana critical men in the coil
| ony. packed behind their Spokesman.
smi led In tolerant and kindly an,use-
ment when Mr.. Lyons finished with a
flourish and rested.
That smile became broader as Pat
; rick Henry. raw In llis new estate,
FoSe W aWsWaraiE - VAR. and began to speak.
was IL that pleasant YailIery which
made him falter and tumble a. mo-
, ment with his speech? Was IL the
uneasy ana anxious faces Of his con-
stituents. the flushed embarrassment
OF the elder Henry who WAS seen
ialrly 10 shrink and wither in his
chair?
Or was il the face of q girl, half
hid in the crowd. whose spirited dark
eyes and lovely face blazed out like
hight In darkness-Doxey Fair
weather come from her fathers inn
to hear him fail: These things have
due erect upon the human will. and
for little time the new barrister fell
nirefully under them-but not for
long.
AS a good ship, slipped from its
ways, rocks and quivers with its frst
impact with the water and finally
nnos itself, to become steady on an
even keel, master of its eiement-so
waters of adversely,
For the frst time the eloquence OF
thought and vision which had been
mute within him found expression.
Inc aWkwardness dropped away from
MN as garment. His shoulders
back, his blue eyes began to shine
and sparkle as none who knew him
had ever seen them sparkle-and he
caught up his audience with swift
ana headlong genius,
What he said mono could afterwa rd
state with accuracy.
They only knew that from the very
oesinning, when he first flung up his
head and shook the stammering from
ms silver tongue, they were his as
founded capttves, that here and there
they found themselves leaning for
Wardevas In a trance, listening with
emotions that ran to his sharp bid
ding like slaves. That they were In
nant-thriiled-and reduced to
Quivering sympathy by turns.
And for what? The price of TO-
bacco, "
Arterward when men of sane men
talfty and Judicious character dis
cussed the thing they were at loss to
comprehend It. bit chagrined at
memory OF their stirred emotions In
such trivial cause.
but In that enchanted hour. when
this man spoke, Penelope Dunmore
sat with tight-shut hands and saw q
sxiis'on-whtle xi Mr.: Jefferson gazed at
COL DANNY gaped IN his white bArd
TOO astonished to observe the nfceties
noted. was
Patrick Henry swep. on like a tor
The tension became strained. tb.
silence deathlike- The complacence
OF the clergy vanished, fright took ira
pIace. and even a seeming of gull
Ieil upon these good men who con
sldered their ground right and well
!aken-of such persuasive power was
tn1S Omely oratorl
AS the pitch of his invee.ive ROSE
Is Is tne whip OF his scorn cut vtpenS
ishiy In the stiffness. they rose in q
pody and Ned the courtroom,
The hushed mass drew breath tn,,
whistled with the tension. The mss..
lstrate on his bench looked st nj,
stranger VINO was his son and t,srs
ran down his cheeks.
,o- rne ,s, jury. shaken to it's foundatio ns,
hled cut and Immediately retur,sdi
penny, one
And the case was won. Patr,ek
n ry > sun had risen-and it was
one COURTYARD was vague but vehenent
here and there one laid hold nr
some fragment OF that speech wh,ch
nag nag swung from tobacco to the lins-
failed it bitterly, for there wera ara
among his listeners that day men
VINO were to become his eaemies
As Patrick Henry came ont upon
Sne courthouse steps Mp. JEFFERSON.
doVn upon the pave below stonna5;
ana looked back at him, moved nn
ana again stopped to turn his ksnn,
ewes backward. He, too, was seeina
VISIONS of the future.
pot IN a group Of younger m.,
nheard you that about TnresJa
marry! The mans a whiEr'
ana Timothy. too, turned cur;n,.
Eyes toward the tall figure on the
steps.
Mr. Payton, along with Mr.. JeA,er.
son; approached Patrick Henry.
From this day, SIR said tha for
nSr' shall no more upbraid nv
seII ror giving you n license at the
aW: am astounded."
ray me nay wager Henry" said
Mistress Penelope a few days later
TO MIR. Corton, "What think Won now
IT my insishtT' Ao"
iathiRk more than I saw returned
ne discomffted ;: loser darkly. though
1ad whispered in his honor's ear or
'ver the trial began"
Word of the trial went swiftly
lbout tho country and Patrick Henry,
who had disappeared to his rivers
,lanter's table. ~ '' every
But there were those who spoke
II him and his achievement with |
gravity and none so pleased q front. |
Among these was Gov. Dalnmore, him
'elf, and that handsome stranger, Won
from London Town.
II lilue not this fiddhfnx wastrePs |
lbility," said the governor to a cir |
lie of his friends, while the stifrup-
veg went around. CIT Is ever a bad !
ign when a commoner gets himself
a1ked about with praise. It hath a,
endency to aspirations and flight !
It fancy"
"F'or which same many a good nrs n
has lost his head" said DR.. Janway.
And many another will" suppl e.