Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-11-04
Ole GIRL IN
THE CASE
Leads to the Finding of
a Wife
By STACY Z. BAKER
Copyright. 1s1o. BY American Pres.
Association.


rlor timepiece. found in It's place an
expensive watch With three diamonds
set In the rear case and the initials
W. A. W. engraved thereon.
Naturally Rawlins was surprised.
He returned the watch to bis pocket.
carefully folded bis paper and glanced
about IN search Of the phllanthroplc
person who had effected the exchange.
The vInegary faced female wedged
In the seat 10 the right Of him stared
back suspieiously
A wheeling fat man. uncomfortably
crowded. sat at his left and grinned
heavily as he noted the ohservant eye
OF his fellow passenger,
These street cars are crowded sun
thin awful. hain't theyg-
Rawllns agreed lie couldn't aceus-
tom himself ~ the thought OF this
mans pudgy fingers deftly Inserting
themselves Ia his waisteoat pocket on
a delicate mission Of substitution.
He stared about him searchingly.
but the enigma was unsolved when
the conductor called Twenty-third
street
In the sacred precincts Of his own
little used law Offices Rawlins gave a
keener Inspection to this gift the gods
had thrust upon him.
Heavy lines corrugated the brow Of
the young attorney. and be pushed bis
thitk black hair tack into m i'm
promptu pompadour as lis mind crap
pied with The problem The slim I'm
gers Vi the youth touched the stem.
and tie case snapped suddenly open.
disclosing the pictured face Of a ra-
diant girl
Rawlins-John +. Eawlins. Esq.-was
young enough. in fact. to be
lieve In the ideal woman. and this
likeness corresponded exactly with the
dream in his heart. The great blue
eyes. the fawless contour Of the face.
with its plquant, retrousse nose and
determined little chin; the wave in
the heavy hair the peerless neck and
shoulders everything about the maid
summed up soul dear to the youth.
The sudden advent of that rara avis,
q client. compelled him TO forego the
pleasure Of lingering longer 10 admir-
ing contemplation Of the picture. BE
fore finding the likeness Of the prob
able ouner-Rawlins had an active
| mind-the man who had come into
such peculiar possession OF the watch
/ had decided to turn 1t over to the po-
lice. but now
Now the united efforts Of the entire
eonsiahulary Of the town could not
have dragged II from him.
And yet paradox-the youth wished
to find the owner. II possible. more
than ever The riddle OF how the lit
tie timepiece happened TO be in bis
pocket I'd grippcd him with an In
satiabip curiosity AZ first; now. strange
| IL enough. bis sole thoughts were Of
the maid in the case He longed to
meet her He wanted to become &C
quainted with her.
The attorney was bothered with no
clients that day. and in the afternoon.
with the fair pictured face Of the mys-
FERROUS damsel propped before him. he
compiled an advertisement for the
morning papers:
4 Found. under peculiar circumstances.
valuable watch. Owner can have same
/ by calling at Broadway and proving
| property Rawlins. fourth floor
Rawlins was wealthy youth Of
good city connections. lie had grad
uated from Harvard the year before
and was now awakened to the fact
that New York is overcrowded with
attorneys. Clients. from pecuniary
standpoint. he didn't need. but the
ennul Of a lIstless life was boring him.
stilling bis ambition. This little ad-
venture. with the flavor OF romance
so strong upon 1t. babe fair to give
life back its relish.
The advertisement brought results.
Every faker In the city seemed to have
bought a paper and picked the Raw
Inns found" as the easy money Of the
morning.
The lawyer entertalnfd the sly ad
venturers with tentative questions On
their lips. keen searrherS after infor
nation that. In turn. was 70 he given
over to shrewd confederates. who
would follow up with better chances
Of landing the prize. and coarse wo.
men who attempted to wheede the adj.
vertised article AWAY from its holder.
and. failing In This. fell into a vocaba-
larry Of vehement and impolite protest.
The attorneys faith In human ma
/ ture was sadly iarred
The keen youth gave absolutely no
information 10 the cleaners along the
paths Of chance. and thus II came
about that nnue was able to come
later with sufficient Information TO
draw down the trophy. Rawlins breath
| ed his relief al the end Of the day and
again drew the watch from his pocket
and studied the photograph. One longs
/ douhly for the unattainable The
youth was In perfect frenzy to meet
| the girl
Time passed Several months went
by and still the young man was vainly
striving to meet the fair one OF tne
photograph II became habit with
hlia TO stand before the window Of Ills
Office and stare down into the street
In this way there was chance that
his knowing eyes would find the owner
Of the watch
One dav as he stood nj his usual
Ready With His Tongue.