The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-26

were only broken down old men. Sure
ly one would think that LachesiS' stern
face would soften as she looked at the
slender threads in her hands and she
would forget her rue. But the price
had not been paid. In walk they took
the first day they came out of prison
the two brothers. accompanied by
little group of kindly people paused to
look at an electric car that went whiz-
zing down the main street Of the viii
lage of Saltwater.
Where does it go?" asked Jim, and
somebody answer, st. Paul"
Il will take that car tomorrow and go
over to see the little girl" he said sim
ply. sas
Jin's First Visit.
And the next dayzthe paroled prison
er found his way to the home of his
little girl-an imposing home of white
stone filled with comforts and luxuries
that the convict had never known. But
the little girls hands were stretched
out gladly to him and in that first
meeting outside of prison walls both
forgot the contrast of their lives and
were happy in their love.
But Miss Mueller's relatives were not
willing that she should plight her troth
with bandit, although many of these
relatives had been instrumental in
SGiiliS s-tIlslC pdUQlt 3 pstIOlS.S= @5IlISy
brought all their eloquence to bear on
the girl, pointing out to her the dis
comfort, the unpleasant notoriety and
the hardships she must endure should
she persist in her determination to
wed Jim Younger. Their eloquence had
no effect on the girl, but voice more
arbitrary than that of relative and
friend said distinctly that Jim and his
sweetheart were not to wed. That voice
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Jim Younger" it said, "is legally a
dead man. He could enter into no
contracts of any kind"
Their Dreams D;speIIed.
So the dreams of a quiet and hap
Ply home among friends in sunny Mis-
souri, which the lovers had been COM
forting themselves with faded and the
disappointed woman in her luxurious
home and the heart-broken man in his
one dreamy room began to realize the
inexorableness Of fate. Contrary to
the usual order Of things it was the
| mans condition that was most forlorn
| Disappointed in his love, with helm
web Juggling fiercely at his heart, his
/ sensitive nature daily tormented by
| the stare of idle curiosity ill health
came finally as eliminating sorrow:
He was unable because of his health
to hold the positions obtained by him
and he passed most Of his time in a
forlorn lodging house gazing moodhy
| before him One day he sat down and
penned heartbroken letter to the gov
ernor of Minnesota. He was a weary
| old man, the letter read, would not the
| state allow him to go home to his be-
loved Missouri where he might end his
| days in peace? But the governor had
| no power to act and the board of par
donS decided that the time was not yet
ripe for the bandits pardon. jim
Younger received the verdict with de-
| spair in his heart It.needed but one
| more drop to overflow his brim1ning
cup of misery.
Then They Parted.
That came when his sweetheart
| and the ceaseless upbraiding of rela-
tives babe her. lover a. broken hearted
| adieu and left for the Far West. Then
| the paroled convict sat down in. his
bare room and steadily ). surveyed the
gray future. He saw the continued
exile, the agony of hope deferred, the
sickness and the loneliness. There
| seemed to be but one way out of the
difficulty and Jim Younger took it. Last
| Sunday a pistol shot rang out in one
of st. Pauls lodging houses that
aroused city full of people to a sud-
| den pity.
Ills punishment was greater than
his SINS" declared the people Withaim-
pulsive generosity. Fate has been
very hard on him.
Perhaps they are right. Who can
| tell? Lachesis, who might, only gazes
| with inscrutable eyes at the rue en-
| twined thread that her sister fate has
| severed.