Evening star., 1909-05-30

TO marry him and was accepted. Again
d secret marriage was performed anu lhe
boy came 10 Washington after few
weeks to look for work he was met
with rebuffs at every turn until finally
he decided to spend his last dollar for
Il revolver and end 1t all.
The story was not easily told. ana
AT first II sounded strange even 10 my
ears l investigated it and confirmed
every word the boy had spoken. he
refused to communicate with MS fathei
and | respected his wish. L secured 4
communication of his workhouse sentence
at the end Of three months and tried to
get him Il position. In the meantime ne
Was staying at my hous, and severai
VIC KS after his release he received ii
letter from his second wife. The boy was
nearly distracted and trie' again to com
nit suicide. He was frustrated IN ms
attempt and made to see lnat the ohiS
thing fo- him to do would be 10 reJoin
his second wife and under another name
attempt to live down his past memories.
The first wife had in the meantime
agreed TO destroy all traces of her mar
riage to him. The letter he had received
from his second wife had been fun OF re-
prcaches and uphraiding for the treat.
ment she had received and he seemed
doubtful that she would meet him at
an Ohio city and go west with him.
He at last wrote, setting "A day Tor the
meeting. The next morning when L lett
him at the station he said: Mr.. Mass ie
YOU have done more for me than any one
on earth and you know that if my wife
meets me I will be the happiest and most
grateful man earth. You will hear
from me within two days If she is there.
IL she is not never think of me-, for you'll
never hear from me again.
Mr.. Mass;e's voice broke as he conclud-
ed. Prom that day TO this L have
never received word or sign from that
boy
But there are also. and to the credit
of the society, b. it said. more Gratfy-
ing incidents in the routine of the
.prisoners' friend One in point is
found i'm the recent arrest of western
man who came into Washington heel
ed without knowing that he was vio-
lating the police regulations by carrying
q small cannon in his hip pocket. The
visitor was injured in collision on
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and when taken to
the hospital could not properly account
for the pistol which he carried. He was
not badly injured. and was tried in the
Police Court the following morning. He
refused to give his right name to the
Judge. but said that he had imbibed too
freely in the evening, and claimed that
he had lost all his money. Mr.. Masse
learned his real name. advanced him
money To pay his fine and return to the
wests and as final chapter to the story,
receives weekly letter from one Of the
richest ranch owners in Arizona The
ranch owner a0d cowboy are the same
During the meeting spoken of, which
was held at the bishops residence Mr..
Massie related, as a sample OF the work
done and for the benefit of several new
members, the story of his helping a young
man who came to Washington to attend
the wedding of a relative here On his
arrival the young man was picked up
by thugs. who took him to lone spot on
the upper banks of the Potomac. robbed
him of his money and vauab bles, made
him change his expensive clothes for
their rags, and concluded their treatment
by rubbing grease and oil into his face
and hands. Under the influence of a drug
he was taken into custody by police