The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-29
IA 49, The Richmond Virginan essaa As
cRIMINOLO CY AND THE GIRL

! their nerve with them. He was
searched, but no purse found. III was
q taiiahIe offense, and within an
! hour he was at liberty. Miss Gia9<s
must appear in court in the morning
/ to press. the charge, She went home
elated, sure of being patted ON the
back by her father. He had often
said that IL women would appeal to
the Law oftener there would he Tar
less rascality.
The pats didn't come as expected.
The father looked at the case from
legal standpoint.
How could he take your purse
from gQur hand If sou left II on
the seat You also loft the old man
there An old woman SAYS she was
Suspicious of the young man, He
may havesh been the same of her The
parse was not found on him. lie had
not left the depot Gladys. YOU have
no case
"isut. father, he had a criminal
head, He is certainly thief" she
protested But t4r the head ] might
not have pushed the case
Bring me nay book. Now show me
| a head like his.
Here it is to a dot. she repliod.
! as she laid her finger on one. es,
/ 1t might he his very head.
was arrested fer sitting on the fence
/ and +, gazing ut the moon Gladys,
welt he stuck for $2o.o0o damages.
Rut that wasn't all The maid came
/ back from "A visit to the front door
and said that an old man wanted t0
| see the gir who lieed there. lie was
! admitted and recognized as the old
| man with the carpet bag. He slowly
removed his cap and held out the
missing purse and said.
| II followed the girl here to give II
/ back. She left 1t the bench IN
the depot and l got il. When / found
there was SIS In 1t got cut and
walked around the block to git my
breath. i thanked the Lord. ] was
/ going 10 use 1t To get nndershirts for
| me aud dresses for the old woman
and part Of it was TO go for d6bts.
/ was feeling that the Lord was a-pros-
| pering me. when [ remembered that
| ia helongd to me Baptist church
| for thirty nine years and was mighty
| can for laundering after some one
/ escs money That's ALL
] II may he that when he went away
! he carried the SIS with him, but that
didn't ease things much. In fact, the
! father said;
Gladys. that Young man has got
the prettiest case for damages | ever
met with, and he may take every
dollar I've got. Lord. Lord. bat why
did you take up criminologytA
Because you told me to make a
| fad Of it,
Father and daughter were in court
next morning, not to press the charge
| but to withdraw it, That was what
tho defendant seemed to have ex-
pected He WAS not angry when the
nudge approached him to apologize
Indeed, he shock hands and said thai
such mistakes occurred every day. AZ
fro Gladys, she kept in hte back
/ ground with ehills running over her
now and then.
II was on the way home aud after
everything had been settled. that the
father refnarked:
4 Hes an artist-poet. and his name
Is Clarence Trapers.s
Yes" was the humble reply
Hes coming down to see us som,
day soon"
'''lf he does I'll run away"
lie wants you TO TAXI closer !ooI
.. at his head"
Father"
And he thinks he may find som.
| natural scenery around here wortl
sketching. He kept looking over a
you all the time we We're talking, ane
/ shouldn't bit wonder
'You are Az mean as YOU can be.
1t wasn't six weeks later AS tn,
judge saw two heads bent over
sketch and almost touching, that HI
whispered to himself
GLADYS has him arrested for
T thief and | take him for "A son-in- law
Laws mighty strange thing wheI
you come to look into it,"