The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30

IN living on my share of tho last
)oo. he said defantly. "That will make
her take her hands down. lie thought. .
but her hands did not come down. She
only shook her head sadly
And then?"
Then what?"
when that's spent?''
That's right little girl. You've hit il
Fact is. don't believe could do II
again; not since I've known You"
Haven't YOU got any friends ?"
Thought ! had one before | came in
mere tonight. but that was the limit
uniess you count tho likes of Corbe,t."
Gorpett says You are confidence
man That's not thief. is III" Coleman
smiled family Seems TO mo Won ,ro
smart enough TO make an honest living
iou ought to be ashamed of Yourself
Tom" DC -
IN what line can I make ny living ?"
IL don't matter what line. What mar
.ers Is, ore you willing 10 try III"
On one condition. He took hold or
her wrists as II to take her hands from
his shoulders.
"Wcll?"
lhat you won't 60 back on me, Katie. .,
me words were hardly out OF his month
before ne realized how much bo was
asking M
She did not answer ut nrst. She seemed
to be thinking.
We'll see about Tint later on. Prom
lse me you vii try"
Fromise me yon will stick" The hands
we're taken gently from tho shoulders
now. Women sometimes do things which
other people think are foolish She prom-
ised she would Stick" and he nromiscd
he would try.
II was only when he was on his wav
homeward full of hope and confidence.
that he remembered his partner in the
Job on the proceeds OF which he was
now living. and he also recalled that hc
had done no time" for that particulnr
Job. but might be called upon To do so
Mt any moment. If he was going to make
an honest living. The quicker he got IL
the better. and the further he got from
his present surroundings the better also.
! But that meant leaving Katie behind him.
which was not SO easy now
/ He thought the best thing to do was
TO tell her NIL about 1t; and her adj
vice was TO get away Immediately. and
Iif he got along we'll and felt sure of
himself. She could follow him some day
He followed her advice and went lie
found 1t was not so difficult nfter all. to
start in business In small way, when
YOU have the will to work and the pa
| tiencc to plod along for the present in
the hope OF the future. He had changed
his name and shaved off his mustache.
and. SO far as he knew, he was safe from
all his old associates and secure from
police suspicion. If the police would only
| leave him alone. he would be prosper
Gus business man In year or two.
| But the ways of the police are not our
ways. q man who was acquainted with
the details of Colemnn's last exploit got
, Into the meshes OF detectives net, and,
In order to escape arrest for some trinIus
affair Of his own, he put the officer on
the track of the larger game and gave
him the names of Coleman and ,his part
ner. The partner was not to be found.
but Corbctt supplied the information nee
essary to locate Coleman by telling his
father, the police captain. to watch Katie
McCormack's mail. What did the police
care about Colemans reformation? They
said that business was only front stall
and that he was better in prison.
| The lovers had quite a number OF
meetings before the trial. 1t Is against
| he rules for remandcd prisoner to
have any conversation with q visitor ex-
ccpt in the hearing OF a warden. hut a
| good looking girl, who knows how to use
her eyes. can usually induce n warden
not 10 use his ears. Coleman made the
| hest OF these opportunities. He know he
would be convicted and he also knew the
| prison TO which he would be sent. He
J thought he knew Il way out OF it which
| did no. lead through the gale. and he
carefully plotted out his plan TO her.
4 The time had now come to see If that
plan would work He was safely landed
/ in the prison, but she had promised to
stick. and they were agreed that II he
once got clear away ii should be with
! her aud then there would be no letters
TO betray his Whereabouts.
! 1T takes time, money and friends to get
| out OF prison Coleman thought the stu
| alton over as he lay in his cell that might.
lie was willing to hide his time. and he
| had friend on The outside worth dozen
| ordinary friends, even II 1t was only IL
woman. The hitch was the money. All
The had was sunk in the little business or
had been spent in fruitless efforts 10
defend himself at the trial. III a pris-
oner does not go out through the cato
| in freedom suit. he must have clothes
to take the place OF his stripes. fast
! horses to outfoot his pursuers, and tick
! cts to take him beyond the seas Two
| hundred dollars would he mono TOO little
| II she was to go with him. and II She
| could not go with him he did not care
Ito go.
! Two hundred dollars was simply Inn
| possible to him, and as for Katie, she had
shaken her head at the mere suggestion
OF It. but at the same time she would
not say that 1t was impossible. II might
! take year, perhaps two; she might