Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-12-13
Ge GIRL IN
THE CASE
Leads to the Finding Of
a Wife
ft 3, STACY z. BAKER
Copyright. $780, by American Press
Association.
3, STACY z. BAKER
1870 by American Press
Association.

expensive watch with three diamonds
get Ia the rear case and the initials
w. A. W. engraved thereon.
Naturally Rawlins was surprised.
He returned tie watch to his pocket,
carefully folded his paper and glanced
about 10 search Of the philanthropic
person who had Effected the exchange.
The vInegary faced female wedged
in the seat to the right OF him stared
back suspieiously.
A wheeling FAT man. uncomfortibly
crowded. sat at his left and grinned
beauty as he noted the observant eye
Of bis fellow passenger.
These street cars are crowded sun
thin awful. hain't they:"
Rawilns agreed. He couldn't accus-
tom himself to the thought OF this
mans pudsy fingers deftly inserting
themselves in his waistcoat pocket on
a delicate mission of substitution.
he stared about him sesrchingly.
but the enigma was unsolved when
the conductor called Twenty-third
street.
Id the sacred precincts OF his own
little ,iscd law otiices Rawlins gave
keener inspection to this gift the gods
hasl thrust upon him.
Heaxs lines corrugated the brow OF
the young attorney. and he pushed his
thick black hair back into an i'm
pfotnptu pompadour as his mind Crap
ljled with the problem. The slim I'm
cars, OF the youth touched the stem.
and the case snapped suddenly open.
disclosing the pictured face Of ra-
dfA1t girl
Rawlins-John p. Rawlins. Esq.-was
yodne-young enough. 10 fact, to be-
lieve In the ideal woman. and this
likeness c6rresponded exactly with the
dreaiy, In his heart. The great blue
eyes, the fiawless contour Of the face.
with its piquant. retronsse nose and
determined little chin; the wave In
tina heavy hair. the peerless neck and
Misunderstanding about the maid
SUMMED up soul dear 10 the youth.
The sudden advent n that rara avis.
A client. compelled him TO forego the
Measure OF lingering longer In admir-
iny Contemplation OF the picture. Be-
fore nndlne the likeness Of the prob
able owrer-Rawllns had an active
mind-tbe man who had come Into
such peculiar possession Of the watch
had decided to turn it over to the p0-
lice, but now
Now the united efforts Of the entire
constAbulary of the town could not
hate dragged 1t from him.
And yet-paradox-the youth wished
10 .fud the owner. il possible. more
than ever. The riddle Of how the lit
tie tiInepiece happened to be In his
pocket had gripped him with an In
sstiable curiosity at first: now. strange
" enough. his sole thoughts were OF
the maid in the case. He longed to
meet her. He wanted TO become ae-
quainted with ler.
Tue attorney was bothered with no
clients that day. and in the afternoon.
with the fair pictured face OF the nys-
FERROUS damsel propped before BIN. he
compiled an advertisement for the
morning papers:
Found. under peculiar circumstances.
valuable watch Owner can have same
by calling az - Broadway and proving
property. Rzwiins. fourth door.
Rswiins was q wealthy youth Of
good city connections he had grad
uatAd from Harvard the year before
and was now awakened to the fact
that New. York Is overcrowded with
attorneys. Clients. from pecuniary
standpoint. be didn't need. but the
cnnuI OF listiess life was boring him.
sitting bis ambition. This little adj
venture. With the davor Of romance
90 strong upon 1t. babe fair to give
life back its relish.
The advertisement brought results.
Every fsker in the city seemed TO have
bought 6 paper and picked the Raw
Inns found" as the easy money OF the
morning.
The lawyer entertained the sly ad-
vcnturers with tentative questions on
their lips. keen searchers after infor-
nation that. in turn. was to be given
over 10 sbrewd confcderates. who
would follow up with better chances
81 landing the prize and coarse wo-
men who attempted 10 wheedie the I'D
vestfsed article away from its holder.
and. failing in this. Fell in;o vocabr-
lsry Of vehement and ifnroliie protest
ne attorneys faith IN bumsn ma
ture vss sadly Jared.
The keen youth gave absolutely no
information to the CLEANERS sious the
paths % chance. and thus " came
about tha: nooe was able ~ come
later with sufbcient information TO
draw down the froshy. Rawiius breath
"a his relief at the end Of the day and
srsir drew ire watch from his pocket
asa studied the photograph Que longs
dcu,,f~ FOR The unsffsinstic. The