The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-10

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MEP
man before me was at least 40 years of
age, and the SHOWS of the long Siberian
winters had begun TO sprinkle his black
hair With streaks of gray.
Ana the woman-or girl What must
those terrible years mean TO her! What a
change they would bring about in her
"What was her offenseg'
''She was the sister of a man who plot
ted against the government"
Nothing more2"
Nothing more. l met her in st. Pc
tersburg and fell in love with her Sin
pularly enough, my affection was recipro-
Gated, and she had promised to become
ny wife, when without warning, the ca
lamity fell upon her. Her brother is in
tle silver mines of Nertschinks, and she
is nea. him. His sentence is for life. "
If you will pardon me the question,
how old was she when she was banished?"
Twenty three
"Then she is now 93, and in 10 years
more she will be 43 From the time you
saw her last till you see her again she will
lave changed from girl to a middle aged
woman"
He bowed. eyes, " he said sadly, "and
shall. have changed as well"
Finally, for the first time, he told me
his own name 1t was Wallace j Carter,
and he claimed to be a native of Railway
n. j. After this talk he relapsed into tact
turnity once more and | could not draw
anything from him, although often tried.
He finally grew sullen when | reverted to
the subject, which was plainly distasteful
to him, and at last | gave it up.
/ carried a detective camera with me,
and one day l obtained a fair snap shot
10 L.
of it. preserved the plate and had it de
veloped when | arrived at a place where it
was possible. This picture ] now have in
my possession, and last fall, with it tuck
ed in the breast pocket of my coat, l set
out to see if | could learn anything OF
Wallace j. Carter in Railway.
was unsuccessful. No one in the town
knew anything of the man or had ever
heard of him. AS he had limited that he
was a wealthy and influential citizen in
the United States and had fallen in love
with Helen Walden while travelling over
the world for pleasure, it was a singular
thing no one should know anything Of
him in the town he claimed to hail from
Often as / thought Of the singular tale
this ssif exiled man had told me fancied
i could detect discrepancies in it. re
membered him as he babe me goodby the
day my tarantass took me out Of Proves
ka, and was certain look of relief rest
ed on his face. II seemed as If he had
feared me, although why this should be
] could not understand.
II came about that l took fancy 10
carry his picture down TO Superintendent
Byrnes at police headquarters and ask him
what he thought of It.
"My dear sirp' cried the superintend-
ent the moment his eyes rested on the pic
ture, "that is n very good likeness Of Nip
per Mike, the slickest bank burglar who
ever slipped through the fingers of the po-
lice of this country. His last job was the
robbery Of the b bank in 1888, at
which time he accidentally killed the cash
Ter, There is still standing reward for
his capture, That beard has altered his
appearance somewhat, but should say it
is Nipper Mike, just the same. Where did
you get this2'
When had told him, he said:
1.-THE fellow is safe as long as he re-
mains in that part of Siberia, but l fancy
the time will come when he will sneak
back 10 America, and / shall get my fin
gers on him.