River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-02-14

look that the mistake. whatever it was,
had been righted, and she met him half
| way as he advanced.
/ Helen. my Helen" he said, aud his voice
| had never sounded so sweet, so manly 10
| her before
! The horrors OF the unhappy past were
| all forgotten as for few happy moments
they were claspe1 in a close embrace. anu
i then Harvey said,roguisEly: For my part
/ of the explanation, dearest, will say that
/ my sister June is anxious to exchange val
| cutines with you. for she fears you do not
! properly appreciate the one | selected for
/ her. not with the best OF taste, I'll admit
| l think you will like the one supposed
had sent you the best" and he drew the
/ valentine which June had enjoyed so much
| from his breast pocket.
| She took il with trembling hands, look
/ ing at it through mist Of happy tears.
/ How much unhappiness l might have
saved had stopped TO consiier, " she said,
regretfully. Ibid you receive my pict-
urei'
Your picturer' 1t was Harvey's turn
to be surprised. rs it possible you sent
me your picture''
Very possible, Harvey" she repie ed,
archly. "a cabinet photograph taken ex-
pressly for You and IN answer TO your
4
valentine / could send you would be my
self"
A grave look Swallowed Harvey's happy
face Then you did not send Harris Miller
your photograph
''Harris Miller! What could have put
such "A strange idea into your head, deari"
She blushei as the caressiug word, never
before used except in the privacy OF her
own room, escaped her lips.
He showed il TO me- claiming that it
came from you as a valentine"
She looked up at him in panied sur
prise. And you believed hing
"How could do otherwise. II was only
the morning after ! had received your
package, and l had no other clew TO
your reasons. and knew your exclusive
ideas in regard TO your picture On Helen,
| if you knew what have suffered"
She was looking at him seriously. ''Har.
vey how do you suppose Harris Miller came
by that picturel It was securely wrapped
/ and sealed and know there is but the one
copy, foc I brought home the negative,
and the artist positively assured me he
| printed no duplicates, and Harrison is a
man of his word"
- / fear" and Harvey shook his head,
'thGt he came by it far from honestly
Tie conviction had been growing upon him
that Harris Miller was the man whom the
detectives were looking for, and that lie
would be in duty bound to tell what he
! knew.
He knows my handwriting even better
/ than YOU do "Helen rcioined, "for we once
attended writing school together. and he
! was always laughing at my queer Us and
HIS, aud he could pick out my valentine to
! YOU from all others. To think that he had
the audacity to ask me again to marry
him after doing such underh md work
Il am afraid, Helen, that he has done
even worse work than that" replied Har-
vey, gravely, and he related his interview
with his detective friend, "ani if he is
proven to be tie thief he will have ample
time to mediate on his misdeeds, for there
will be no mercy shown him"
Harvey, can not we get that picture
out OF his possessioni" said Helen, look
ing earnestly in her lovers face, "the
thought Of my photograph in the hands of
such a man IS perfect torture
Since | have the original, / can afford
to be generogs" said Harvey teasipgly
''let the poor fellow have il, since it is all Of
YOU lie can ever claim. Seriously, dear, !
fear we can not without the pa n Of per-
I soual interview. and even then hi malici-
Gus satisfaction in annoying you would
prompt him to keepit Possession is nine
| points OF the law in his case"
II was as Harvey hal suspected, and
I Helcn's photograph was the means Of un-
earthing an adroit mail robber whose sue
cess had made him bold and careless, or
he would never have ventured to show
( the sp0ils OF his unlawful skill, even for
loves sake, and Harvey and Helen were
married on the very day that Harris Mil
Ter put on his prison garb in the peniteh-
/ tiary Mrs. F. NJ. Howard.