The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-11-15
Ole GIRL IN
THE CASE
Leads to the Finding of
a Wife
By STACY z. BAKER
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.
By STACY E. BAKER

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 his pocket,
carefully folded his paper and glanced
about in 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 suspiciously.
A wheeling fat man, uncomfortably
crowded, sat at his left and grinned
heavily as he noted the observant eye
of his fellow passenger.
"These street cars are crowded sum
thin awful, hain't theyT
Rawlins agreed. He couldn't accus-
tom himself to the thought of this
mans pudgy fingers deftly inserting
themselves in his waistcoat pocket on
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 he pushed his
thick black hair back into an i'm
promptu pompadour as his mind grap-
pied with the problem. The slim fin
gers of the youth touched the stem.
and the case snapped suddenly open.
disclosing the pictured face of ra-
diant girl
Rawlins-John P. Rawlins, Esq.-was
young-young enough. in fact, to be-
lieve in the ideal woman. and this
likeness correspondent exactly with the
dream in his heart. The great blue
eyes. the f1awless contour Of the face,
with its piquant, retrousse nose and
determined little chin; the wave in
the heavy hair, the peerless neck and
houlders-everything about the maid
summed up soul dear to the youth.
The sudden advent Of that rara avis
client, compelled him to forego the
pleasure of lingering longer in admir-
ing contemplation of the picture. Be
fore finding the likeness of the prob
able owner-Rawlins had an active
mind-the man who had come into
such peculiar possession of the watch
had decided to turn it over to the po
lice, but now
Now the united efforts of the entire
constabulary Of the town could moi
have dragged 1t from him.
And -paradox-the youth wished
to find the owner. If possible, more
than ever The riddle of how the lit
tie timepiece happened to be in hi:
pocket had gripped him with an in
satiable curiosity at first; now. strange
| ly enough. his sole thoughts were Of
the maid in the case He longed Il
meet her. He wanted to become ac
| quainted with her
The attorney was bothered with NJ
clients that day, and in the afternoon
with the fair pictured face of the mys
terious damsel propped before him, BIZ
compiled an advertisement for the
morning papers:
Found. under peculiar circumstances
valuable watch. Owner can have same
| by calling at - Broadway and proving
| property. Rawlins, fourth floor.
Rawlins was a wealthy youth o.
| good city connections. He had grad
uated from Harvard the year before
| and was now awakened to the fac
that New York is overcrowded will
/ attorneys. Clients, from a pecuniary
standpoint, he didn't need. but tn,
ennui of listless life was boring him
stilling his ambition This little ad
venture, with the flavor of romano,
so strong upon it. babe fair to Civ,
life back its relish.
The advertisement brought results
Every faker in the city seemed to have
bought paper and picked the Raw
Inns found" as the easy money of tn,
morning.
The lawyer entertained the sly ad
venturers with tentative questions OF
their lips. keen searchers after infor
nation that. in turn, was to be giveI
over to shrewd confederates, wht
would follow up with better chances
OF landing the prize. and coarse wo
men who attempted to wheedle the ad
vertised article away from its holder
and. failing in this. fell into a vocabu
larry of vehement and impolite protest
The attorneys faith in human ma
| ture was sadly Jared.
The keen youth gave absolutely n,
information to the cleaners along tn
| paths of chance. and thus 1t cam
about that none was able to com
later with sufficient information +
| draw down the trophy Rawlins breath
ed his relief at the end of the day an,
again drew the watch from his poke
and studied the photograph. One long
doubly for the unattainable. Tn
youth was in a perfect frenzy to NEE
the girl.
Time passed Several months wen
by and still the young man was vainl,
striving to meet the fair one of tn
photograph. 1t became a habit wit
him to stand before the window of hi
Office and stare down into the street
In this way there was chance tina
his knowing eyes would find the owne
Of the watch.
One day as he stood at his nsua
point of vantage, his contemplative
eyes on a lazy cab, the latter came
to a stop In front of one of the large
stores, and-oh, the sudden shock of 1t
she stepped out.
In a moment the long legs of the
youth were fairly flying down the
stairs-he wouldn't wait for the ele-
vator-and he was across the street
and into the store in another fast fol
lowing sixty seconds.
1t took the attorney some time to
find the girl. The wonder of it Is that
he found her at all in that huge bee
hive of struggling patrons and clerks.
i She was on the first floor and at the
handkerchief counter He patiently
waited until she had finished her pur
chases.
II beg your pardon? he commenced
approaching, hat in hand.
The girl stared at him coldly. She
was a revelation In beauty-all and
more than the photograph had prom
ised.
i 81 have here" said the lawyer
something that / believe belongs t.
you" He smiled In what he evidently
believed to be courteous manner, bu
which left an entirely different impress
sion on the lady.
II do not know you. sir" she an
swered in a well bred voice, the ca
dence Of which thrilled her susceptible
admirer to the full Of his rapidly beat
ing heart. you have probably mis-