On the black day of the verdict and the sentence, Belle and Jim were sadly sitting at home. "Jim," she said, "I know he didn't do it; his story is so simple and sound. It's easy to get human blood if you have a friend in the hospital; he is innocent. We know that Squeaks could easily have access to a room upstairs; that bundle may have been thrown out from the window merely as a part of a plot. Everything is against Shay now because he is in wrong with the party; but, surely, there is something we can do." "His attorney asked for an appeal, but I am afraid it won't be entertained; there is no new evidence--no reason for delay that they can see or wish to see." "That attorney has behaved very suspiciously, I think. Don't you think the governor might intervene with at least a commutation?" she suggested. "The governor! His worst enemy," said Jim. "The governor's been after him for years." Hope seemed gone. They sat in silence; then she said: "Pray, Jim; maybe light will come." And together they prayed that the God of justice and mercy would send his light down among them and guide them in this awful time. It was a short and simple prayer, followed by a long silence. Belle spoke: "There is only one thing that can be done; that is find Squeaks. I know he is living somewhere yet, gloating probably over the success of his plan to get rid of Shay. I know he is alive, and we must find him. We have one month to do it, Jim. We must find him." Jim shook his head. "We've tried hard enough already. We've examined every corpse taken out of the river or exposed at the morgue." "Well; doesn't that help to prove that he is alive?" "We've advertised and notified every police station in the country," Jim continued. "They don't want to find him, Jim; they're on the other side." "I don't know what else to do." "Jim, I've read enough and seen enough of human nature to know that, if Squeaks is alive, he's not hiding in California or Florida or London; he's right here in South Ward where he can watch things. It's my belief, Jim, that he's been in the court room watching the trial." Jim shook his head; but she went on. "This much I'm sure; he would hang around his former haunts, and we should leave nothing undone to find him."