The news., 1884-08-12

stepped into the store to make some
small purchases and was arrested
when walking away. She protested
that she did not know how the lace
came to be found in her pocket.
81 told her that l was sorry again.
and in a minute more we were at the
station.
81 explained the case to the sergeant
and got his permission for her to sit
in chair in the Office instead of scc,t-
pying cell all night.
Il was terribly worried about that
girl. Somehow / couldn't get the sor-
rowful look of those black eyes out of
my mind; and I couldn't sleep, and
when daylight came time hung on a
peg until court time.
walked around thinking over the
case, trying to arrive at some solution
favorable to the girl.
AT nine o'clock | took her to Jel-
ferson Market Police Court.
1Of course, when we got to court
Ailnnle-tnat was her nanae-was eon-
sic'eu IN one-two-three order She
niaue no statement-lust stood dazed
like-and the judge held her for trial
~ ','o court ABOVE
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heart Is broken
uT iammed nv helmet down over nv
ewes and plunged ont into the street
| had a BIG lob on hand.
con the way to court / had anes-
toned her closely as to the appearance
of the people who had stood near al
the lace counter She could remen-
ber none save one hashiIv dressed
woman who had attracted her atten-
tion because If ! remarlxahle mutita-
tion of ono Of her ears-as If a niece
had been emf ont in 4 tr;anonlar for,n
II persuaded the captain 10 grant
mo . leave of absence fo, q connie of
davs and wont u work ovor-
bauled the nictures at the Central faf-
foe and cazad hard and earnestlv i
tbe features of every female .crools, i,
tba sI2ooues, t,a,lary /, hut eonld NOT
f,d II oro ,,,os ssas
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under the picture of remarkanly
bold handsome iace' and was knocked
all into cooked hat by me words:
Has triangular piece cut out Of the
left ear Maybe this is my woman,
said |. had a long talk with de-
tectiye friend Of mine, and after a
while he was able to place the woman,
and told me where shemost irequented,
"All that day, and nearly al the
next, | beat up and down Eighth aven-
ue, on the lookout ior tnat woman,
and was despalflhg' Wneh handsome
large woWan swept past, actually
brushing against me WIN her seat
SKIN CLOAK.
Il glanced up ana larry started ior
one Of her ears was mulllated lust as
the glrl and the note N the centrai ei-
nee mad described.
me "S.llsh s"sL1F91'' NIT lVF'
lowed one entered the very s'ore
Where l ilad ''rres'eu Miiinie' anu
went up . si'e Nery counter Mieie .iic
,a0e "''S ''0'e''' ",io Des@" n''i'i's
tne s'ocH anu 'i,en seiee'ihs u
me, pau ior " anu '.ri'ep 70 60.
was 4, lHanu"'y, Du' Was
deterhnheu 20 MAKE an eilofs ana run
the FISK q making q serious mistake.
o.eppihs Up 70 ier' : toueieu nef
shoulaef ana whispered come WIN
me- L wan. you = ihoniehe at the
same 'ilne iooAins s'ralsn' ileo her
eyes.
Every drop OF blood left the wom-
ans face. She fairly trembled for an
instant, and then she looked back de-
tiantly and went with me. We had
moved but step or two in the dlrec-
ton ofthe book-keeper's den, where
the girl had been searched three days
before, when something struck my
foot. stopped and picked up a bun
die of lace. The woman had dropped
it. ! was right. had found my
thief.
Seeing that she was caught the
shopllfter owned up that she had sto-
len the piece Of lace. The business
machine was furious. He said the
firm was being ruined by thieves.
But | had not yet found out about
the theft of the other day. So / again
looked sternly at the woman and haz-
arded: This is not what l was look
ing for you Tor, It was the theft OF the
other day, when you thrust the piece
OF lace INTO a young Womahs pocket
"For a moment the woman looked
boldly at me, and then she broke
down completely and sobbed. The
confession was complete, and the mys1
I
terry was cleared up.
"In less than half an hour had
the discharge papers in my hands,
and the girl free.
My but wasn't that grateful little
woman! She just ran and placed her