The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
ROMANCEOFAPH0T0GRAPH
mon mi MAN or EfRERIENCE
HAS MISTAKEN ron 4 iHIEF.

This story ESplnfns, 100, Wby lie has n
Mortal GrudRc Against a Certain Young
womnn-Quc~r Middle Tint Resulted
From III. Volunteer Efforts Of an Anna
tour Detective t. Clear w u Robbery.
There's ono woman stopping At a hotel in
this town now whom / have a mortal grudgs
against and III give a months salary to any
body who can devise some plan for getting oven
with her. " said tho man Of experience.
whats she DONE" asked the young man who
smokes. Il hope sho isn't another disappointed
candidate for honors"
Heaven forbid" returned the man OF eIper.
ience, iery ontly, -ro DO sure shc was a pretty,
interesting creature when first knew her and
| confess / was fascinated by her charms. but
when It comos 20 serious intentions In her direo-
don | reyer entertained them for a moment But
notwithstanding the absence OF expressed sen
timent on my part she held me In her tolls as
tightly as II she had been married. TO me fourteen
times over The fact Is. 50 strong was her grip
on mo that she kept nc landed in jail for a day
and a night and | WAS ss helpless in her hands
as n piece Of putty. made her acquaintance
six years ago this winter My friend PaILinson
was really tho cause of the trouble Parkin-
son was a iewcllcr located at Syracuse. lie and
| were very close friends and although wo met
bu, seldom. we maintained = desultory CORES
~pondence. One day | received a letter from
him tho very superscription Of which indicated
thai no had been in a state OF high excitement
when 1, was written and ! assure you that be-
fore | had finished reading II l WAS In = similar
frame Of mind.
Parkinson, according 10 tho letter. had been
robbed. The this., under prctenso Of desiring
70 msks a purchase, had boldly run away with
a double handful NJ valuable jewels from under
the clerks nose. Tho local police wero hard at
work on the case. but IL promised q be adIiicuit
matter to fud the fellow and in order TO facilitate
the work Of tracking him down they desired his
photograph. which they believed ought to 10
easily secured, considering he was In the Ian
guaso Of the clerk, The dead Image N your friend.
Mr. jackson. Mr. Parkinson Impressed by this
extraordinary resemblance Mr. Parkinson had
SO far presumed upon our friendship as 10 request
me 70 send him my photograph for Use in the detcc'
ton OF the rascal. Naturally Parkinson's letter
prccipitated me into a most distressing quandary.
IL was ar extraordinary request he had made
and II was difficult o. decide how | ought TO reply
20 IL Indeed as matters stood then il was i'm.
possible 70 grant the favor for | had never sat
90 a photographer in my lite and had not a scrap
Of a picture 70 oi'eri in evidence againstthe doughty
thief. A second reading Of the letter gave ne n
keener appreciation Of poor parkinson's situation.
however aud being DESTROYS 10 help hin recover
his lost property. II such assistance lay.in my
power, | promptly informed hin that | would
gledly add my contribution T. the rcgUes' gallery.
and would, therefore, give \ photog rapher a sitting
as once and would forward n pas'eboard copy
Of m myself 10 him a. soon as possible.
IN accordance with thst decision | called on
Giles. a Sixth avenue photographer. that after
noon and gave him o rush order for 8 dozen pic
lures At the end o,the week heard from Paraln-
son again. NO trace Of the thief yet he wrote.
Hurry your picture along so I can put II in the
hands Of III. detective ] have Engaged. You
need not be afraid, he added. 'that by trusting
your photograph 10 nc In this delicate mission
you will be running any rsk Of exposure to pain
ful D LEFTY. assure you your picture will NOT
become an exhibit In the rogucs' gallery TO which
you alluded, but will be the properly OF my detco-
tive alons who will respect my wishes and sub
isct you 10 no inconvenience.
Il felt no, a little relieved at this assurance that
nv face would BE- ,ealously guarded from the
police fore at large. and RS evidence Of my ap-
prsci alton Of hi, delicate manner Of handling the
matter I mailed 10 Parkinson that evening one Of
tlo ~ IL VAAaNA wa NffAN't 49, fADN
had JUS, finished. did not expect to receive any
further news from Parkinson for several day, in
reg ard TO the theft Neither did ! bu, in li-u Of
information from that source ! had a ~mystiying
letter from Mr.. Giles tire. days later. This COM
munication was short, and was couched in ex-
esediu4ly apologize terms
MY dear NJ Jackson Giles said, I regret 10
have TO inform you that this morning during my
k,-,.. fx,,, ,ba et,t1in . NM vans n cau,e in
and begged so earnestly for your Photograph,
which ws had placed in TIE window for exhibition,
tina, my boys symps,hi.s were finally worked
upon 10 such an 81 tent thathe relented and allowed
her to take It away with her. bellows that you
will experience no Inconvenience from this indts-
cretion. bu, I thought, best u let you know Of tho
blunder al once. This il an Infringement Of the
rules Of all photographers. and should IL disagree
ably affect you In any way ! will gladly mako
Whatever ~ paration you may desire
This startling revelation fairly undld me.
It WAS evident tina, a h,teful muddls WAS forming
round me. and ! decided TO probe 70 the bottom
Of 4, a, once It then lacked a few minutes Of 4
o'clock, bu, notwithstanding the e~arl,ness Of tho
hour. | put away my ledger nnd nccoun, books,
stuck my skullCap into the stamp drawer and set
on, for CHESS studio post-haste, Mr. Giles was
expecting me. and scarcely had | put foot over his
III reshold when he summoned his s,ndy-hairod
Office boy from the room beyond the once and
hoisted him mercilessly on tho tnqu'sitortal stake,
Hillary said Mr. Giles, steTuly. this Is tho
gentleman whose photograph you 20 foolishly
gave way this morning
Hillary WAS vis,bly ayitated, butho managed 10
stamner, 'Lor, yes, sir | could see that 10 once,'
Then he leaned against the table to give support
To his trembling limbs She left p~articlar word
that you wasn't to ham. me, sir, he ADDED, SEEING
] was about u fay HIM with question marks Of my
own. She said you wouldn'G caro- when I tod
you II Was her that gottt'
This cold blooisi announcement puzzled me
more than ever She" ! said Who is she Who
is this remarkable woman who goes around pur-
lotning honest mems Photographs 10 sub-trve
her own pCrntCpuS ends " no Il she, | saw
HILLARY began To cry In earnest at that I'M
bri dicd attack, 'log sir. he whtmpercd, how
Sad know She didnt teiI me no name, an
dldn'i think 10 hSk her
regular addlepate' Isnarlcd, angrily.
"'N cS, SIR admitted HILLARY, with surprising
meeknesS. ! am liut | can't help H. he added
a moment later ApOlOgetiCaliy, she Just &hrc-
died me- so. SIR, an got ME 80 Mustered. that young
lady dld, that didn't know nuthlnS, an CuuSr-
qu@nuy ] can't explain npthink She came IA
here about two minuUs after you left the office
this morning, sr you remember you stopped
in on your way down town taCt Is, she saw
you go out. an then she cane popping In. She
stood there antHu the picture In The easel
$1,000 L 49,.