The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-27
2oliceman did mot KNOW SnnptDin 81, ~,

the accident, and he did not know on.
Ger William Smith, and, being a prnff
fellow and tired Of the mud aud other
disagreeable things which follow n
rainy day, no added he "didn't care -
Mario was also tired, and it was INST
her dinner time, but she went on until
sho found another wearer of the star,
and to him she put the same query re-
garding Officer Smith. This time sbo
was given tho desired information. and
she boarded another chr, with heart
which held i'll it determined purpose
The next morning she went to work
as usual, but when it was time To re-
turn home she asked her employer for a
day off, F" and because of the unusual
request readily secured permission to be
away tho whole of the next day. That
night when Marie reached home she
carried somewhere next to her innocent
heart a crisp, new 81 bill, and this she
placed inside of her worn little pocket
book.
Yes, she meant to do it-she meant
to buy some flowers and some fruit and
take them to her "hero," and that
night sho did not feel so lonely as she
had done when she remembered that
her mother was lying in the grave far
from her own sunny France, for new
interest had taken possession of her, and
new purpose had been evolved in her
brain through sense of justice. She
carefully brushed tho pretty brown hair
the next morning and tackled little
fresh lace iii her collar and mended a
very small hole i'll her best gloves be-
fore putting them on, and then, when
sho was quito neat and very, very
sweet, she went forth in search of flow
ers. She bought u single pink rose and
few ferns and a half dozen white car
nations, and then she bought tiny
basket of pinkish green grapes, and she
WAS ready to find the hospital.
1t WAS jong ride, but not a very
long walk, and finally Marie, with her
heart 6attering like bird in its cage,
found herself i'll tho presence of tho
man who but yesterday was strong and
well. but who today was as helpless as
an infant. His eyes did not shrink
when Marie stood beside his narrow
cot, but looked ut her with tho same
Kindly light which they had worn when
she stood beside him ut that fatal cross
ing, and there was strange sweetness
in the thought which came to Marie
that at least he did not hate her for the
misery she had brought upon him.
She began to say in hesitating fash
ION how sorry she was for the accident,
but, as was said, she was brave in what
she considered her duty, and presently
she grew calm and, with only the en-
rouragement of the kindly eyes, went
on and confessed that she meant to do
what she could to atone for her needless
conduct, and that she chad begun by
bringing him some flowers and bit of
fruit. - The big officer held out his
hand to tho little woman, and without
any hesitancy she placed hers in it, and
u kind of compact was thus sealed.
He said in gentle way he twas glad
he saved her life" and when she had
promised to como again and had gone
the flowers were laid against the mus
tached lips, and there was feeling in
the big heart for the little woman that
was very tender and very sweet
Well, of course the littlo woman came
again, and of course the big policeman
"'e' SAhN " oCC liCl, anu us tu6 QuJS
went on the old story was again new
for these two people, who had been SO
near to death together, and when the
blessed day came that Officer William
Smith was released from the hospital
almost we'll and not so very lame, either,
it was understood that there was to be
wedding, by which Miss Marie Denton
was to become Mrs Officer William
Smith" And, sure enough, the we'd
ding came off i'll duo time and tho big
policeman's chief was present, besides
many of his brother policemen, and
among the gifts was Il gold medal,
which was bestowed on the groom in
neat speech by the chief and which
bore the inscription, For bravery"
and there is pretty little home in one
OF the quietcr streets which bears upon
its simple brass door plato the name
smith, but at which nobody thinks
of asking for the big policeman for all
that. He has rival-a pretty, pink
checked, round, rollicking baby, which
the neighhors, as we'll as the silly par
ents, call the little policeman, and
which looks enough like the big police
man to be called "a chip off tho old
block. ROSA Pearle in Chicago Trib-
une.
Japanese Looms.
According to reliable statistics. there
WorO in ,JaD0u in 1890 0JQ 1o2 loon,e,;u