Putnam patriot., 1908-07-03
By LULU IoHSsoa.

prison yard II vas her nTH Nlshf 10 renlteuffary. snd. though she found il not half so forbiddIng as she had an- tlclpafed. the atmosphere sent chill through her whole giriisb fignre.
 Instead Of rock piles. @itb conyicfs monof0notisIy breaking The stone. here were flower bordered walks and swaras Of ssffest green. But for the high walls and the barred windows she might well have imagined herself in a municipal park or on million dollar estate
 When she reached the office her bas. ket of deiicacies was consigned wlth oilers drought by ioyal friends for the deieciatlon of other copvlcts. but the keeper looked earioiIsly from tine tag on her basket to Betty's face.
 NO. II .sa hasn't had visitor since he came hefe ase weeks ago" rom mented ibe man significantly. Are you a felntls"F'
 eSo'. snl1 the girl simply "fie was Just good to me wllen needed help
 He was good 10 lois of folks. graniea ihe warden. .buf somehow tiieg s4efD t8 hdye forgotten it. He's In the basflial
 The Nard,.ii inade sign to triIsiy. ana wHh fast beating tsart Betty fol. leserd thp HHu tB the direction of tbe great gray hnHding in one wing of which sas i6eafei the bpspitat
 M9fcfaa. n b,,ss of the -th district. was pfgaBfHl up in Led, and at sight of E4safe Kfami he smiled fadiapfly
 Faee week. hp hafl i4iH there lighting et.afs faf ihr iife thai he baa bfgaa ta ftI9k uas haalff wprfh the Sasiag. faf Nneet4n bad iHdeel heen ll8feusA ess. xafr5 of paiiiiaai humiliation Taaz llI i eWo years tefore Il had fe- q.lecl f9.p hns Ky men ta gaHl 'he daae of hHs headquarters aai Keep "a < fla ts7sd af ial 9elanaie eaisefs Wh5 med Hhaueidi beip. inilaeaiia' vual ar peebas Iust the ehaaee te laNn uf8H tae powerful political leaae
 N8fet8a tffd hren the boss Of hi' distriet. tallng with ii rod of iron He hal controlled the machine through tttsfRi iHftf tt V Asi itf9Rtt His raemiez bah without and with in the party had fought doReeelly to break hs sway. hat the boss had grltied hs teeth the barti,r at each fresh attack and beaten the nialcon tents into submission.
 But there hnd roue an end to his riile. as 10 almost all pne mau control The opposing party had secured the services of Il pDlitieal reViHalist. Tn the interest of gond government, they had explained eitt the @hele etty knew that il vus ruse to ftd tile dis trlet of ifs dnnnafins boss II meant turning the dlsifiet oses 10 an9thef clique ns ba1 hut tess experienced il munletpal sllai4y
 Aud ihe pauflHal world had sat hack al1 Wst#5 bed the waftarr wita nfia smiies Periar aflFf aii= tae kas. W1nd win nEsin la4 ID this thes were sa3ae FiX I ueea uHiP of faff the Wteel spun tlte other Neg.
 The taH iasf. md a5ier luss ef pewei came sean1als and lawsuits The lut ter toak II 5t ef the fartgns he had aleheI ff1m the city musA ef whiet he had spent ep ihe carr ef those wha needed Il more desperately ttan ths taxpayers from whom he had Hlehed Il so remefselessly ln reality The h8s4 when the blow felt could buve eountea his fortune oalt la ihanSinds shef his enemies ran II up te trns of thou sands
 When he left the eivi court room al most countless h. found himself face to facc with criminal charges Steic ally he had aeeenled his sentence eI five years in the penlteuiay Stole. ally he had accepted his desertlop bH those who had tawned upon him iu prosRerlt. a9A f4eNer \ child of the streets who bal started carrying the water hncket fnf the marching club he tad hreome 4 ward heeler, II lien3 tenant and tiaally the eoss without the aid of faniiy teS or faWtly intNenee Sfoltally he had aectpi,d The de,isieu of the hasplial stau lI,, had an incur able alsease He probably would not live out hls sentence
 Net at sishi of netty Nynue's face his stoielsa vanished, aud after the radiant smile of welcome came n ten derness almost pathetic
 What are soa doing here, childF" he asked as he straked thc hand That elasned his 'Slng Sings good way for girl to come who's only makigsg her eight week.
 The girl laughed. bat her voice was shaky.
 "Jusf listen to the mar, And I'm get ting ten right in this town l read fin the paper ahont~al,ont your bring So lonesome"- The man smiled grimls So the papers were commenting on the fact that he was tieseSsesi as well as deposed leader Of men. And saw the al of a lawyer ap here who want ed a steaographer and came snd got the place, Ike it much better here than In town, And l can come to see you once week"
 Moretoa. depnssj boss, leaned over and looked into her face.
 "You-come- hereto bs near ney'
 The girl nodded her head.
 And Eve got the nicest boarding place with a widow. and you ought ta see her flower beds
 Just then a physician In white unl. form came toward thetn.
 "Aen can stay aais tive minutes" ne saia withon; waiting for the formaiity ef an introduction cannot have my patients uns;aiis exelted ln few weeks Me sball hare hlR ln aae trim. I sNlae but Ws deng waus our treat. nees upset Dy tua asacA company
 Aevtan'S liaS sst in grim tines The yeuug aacier evidently dld aes kfow