The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

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momen of weakness and 'emptation
he took of trusted funds sufficiency
to enable an ordinary woman to live 10
luxury and comfort many years. Not
so with her. Accompanying him in his
flight all life went along likes 9 song
un the usual result-srrest, disgrace,
and imprisonment. To Portsmore no
hand of friendship was extended to
mitigate his fifteen years of weary Inn
prisonment and even from the wife who
was as morally guilty as he, no word
was received in the hours of his repent
ance.
"The curtain now rises on the day of
his liberty, apparently an outoast, de-
serted by friends but with an cath to
fulfil. During the early days of his in
generation he had vowed revenge and
even while he vowed, his heart yearned
for his old love. Time softened his
feelings and with this change of desire
came also the determination to carve
out for himself a future, to make res
ltitution, and if God SO willed, he would
also save and find his wife, for he had
heard that she, still craving excitement
and riches, bad made her home with an
other who was capable of meeting her
demands. Portsmore had learnt many
a bitter lesson; had fought many des-
perate fight, and had come, purified as
by fire, from the furnace of his own
soups bitterness. He resolved, say, to
save his wife and BY LOVE WIN LOVE.
The difficulty was to locate his wife after
so macy years. The fear that he might
cross her path before his plans were
matured and fearing him, escape, he
did not consider the years of suffering
and harship, through which h had
passed, had scared his face as with q
tsword.s further disguised him.
RThe ffst move he made was to engage
1.-THE services of the most able detectives
l!butall to no purpose and when at last he
swas preparing to abandon his search
lbelieying that it was contrary to the
Twill of Providence, he found, to his JOY
land surprise, that the All Good had
Ebeen directing hIs paths right along.
II "Portsmore, at this time, was in Sar
F lFrancisco. 1t was bleak and miser
$ liable night Christmas eve and while
; [he dragged hi 8 weary footsteps to
Ewards his hotel thinking of the man.
J. fhe srts that would rejoice together OF
: 1.-The morrow, he was accosted ly on
9 Iwhose voice recalled him to things ma
! tterial quicker than anything else coul
O fdo. He turned and looked, butthe fac
O was not the one hesought, but then tn
J. voice, the actions, the eyes, could 1t b
8 possible it was her child, his child, t
,. whom he was speaking and thus ia
e len? The words, ooh God, help me
n bear even this Cross" we're inaudibl
IS uttered and yet had Portsmore know
% what the sequel would be, his praye
le would have been one of thanksgivin
st and praise.
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n at the young girl and then taking hi
If arm, with quiet authority, by a fe
g. pointed questions, drew forth the stoI
e. of her life.
IL 81 remember full WE'LL" continue
is Wallace, "the pathos of it all. Kat
is for such was her name, stated that b.
T. mother had brought her up with evel
in luxury. She had never been taught tn
r. God was anything more than my,
1g and his teachings of doubtful authe
IT. ticity. Seeing her mothers whole Ii
ee devoted to pleasure it had created
et her desire for similar excitement. II
no glamour of the footlights had seiz'
as- her but as an actress she was dism
Is failure. She stated her mother kne
!, not where she was-that she was t
lid proud to write bome-that if che d
or her rstepfather-as she then believed hi
ng to be-would intercept or ignore her i
gh ters sfor he hates me, said Kate, 9
he this because my mother often say
ell remind her of my poor, dear papa W
1er has been dead many, many years.
e's can only just remember him but
he know he loved me and oflate my mo
ars er often speaks of himsaying that Sir
1as he died she has snever known happine
tut !. e,ause she was not what she shot
all have been to him during some gr'
nal trial-of which, however, I knew
as lthing during his life. Mother says
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