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"Tell him trust him." said Mar
geret trying to look brave.

"Tell him I trust him." said Mar
geret trying to look brave.
l saw Jack but he could give me no
light on the mystery. L returned to
Margeret and told her of my interview
with him and that we both must bend
every energy to clear Jack. Taking
both her hands in mine looked into
her eyes full of sadness and said, 'you
have no doubt of his innocence ?" She
looked at me fully minute and then
said quietly: II love him and trust
him; he never did it," I bent and
kissed her. "Thank God for such
women" 1 said bidding her good-by.
L will not go over the trial. Jack
was found guilty on circumstantial
evidence as had feared he would be.
Jack had hated the dead man intensely
as he claimed he had spoken disre-
spectful of Margeret after her engage
ment to him and had been heard to
threaten him if it was repeated.
L accompanied Margeret to the court
room every day of the trial. When the
verdict was brought in and read she
tainted away in my arms and was
carried from the room. l could not
picture Jacks or my suffering at this
time If would. took Margeret home
and when she regained consciousness
the first words she said were: "The
sentence?" "Life Imprisonment" 1
said, "there is still hope; we have our
work to do" [ knew we'll that this
was the best tonic 1 could give.
L took Margeret to her last inter-
view with Jack before he was removed
to prison. l never knew what passed
at that interview, but when went to
him afterward his face had hopeful
look. "Take care of Margeret," he said
grasping my hand. "God bless her, she
is little less than divine" 1 fully
agreed with him and promised to
watch over and protect her as far as I
could. And so we said good-by. My
heart was heavy, and if l had not had
the thought that 1 must free Jack
hardly know what would have done.
Of course Margeret had many friends
who thought it their duty to advise her
to break the engagement which she
still acknowledged. They held their
holy hands up in horror at the bare
thought of her being in any way con-
nected with convicted murderer. I
remember one of these, a very pious
lady, who was calling on Margeret once
when l called to see her. "You must
consider your position" she said, "you
are not bound to him; fortunately you
did not marry him."
Margeret's eyes flashed. "Not bound
to him ?" she said; 81 love him, L trust
him and would marry him today if 1
could" felt like cheering.
The task we had undertaken, that of
clearing Jack, was not easy. We had
nothing to work on and the time went
by. Margeret never lost hope although
sometimes L was nearly in despair.
Her letters to Jack were full of hope,
full of loving tenderness and su-
preme trust. l have seen them since
and not word of all the worry and
trouble that she had to bear was to be
found.
Three years had rolled away since
jacks conviction and we seemed no
nearer to the solution of the murder
when one night about eight o'clock a
message came summoning me to the
city hospital. A dying man wished to
see me. fastened to his side and at
last my work was done. He had killed
the man for running his sister and
could not die while an innocent man
was suffering for his crime. 1t was a
tardy repRratiOn, but 1 was so happy
that did not consider his cowardice
in keeping silent so long. Late as it
was | fastened to Margeret and told
her the good news. She did a very
characteristic thing: threw her arms
about my neck and burst out crying.
Jack was released as soon as the
necessary conditions were complied
with, and what meeting it was be-
tween Margeret and him. They were
married shortly after and not long
since received letter saying that /
had a namesake. Do you wonder that
Jack adOres his wife or that I, cyni-
cal old bachelor, think her an ideal
woman? KIsMIT.