The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-01-28

Tie note written from the governors
executive chamber. notified the ladies
that he would be with them I'm fifteen
minutes
Rose Lane and her father. William
Lane. an Illinois banker, came into the
parlor and greeted the two ladies, who
Informed the newcomers that Mr..
Valentine would shortly arrive. De-
clning the invitation Of Mrs. Moore
and Mrs. Webster to join in light re-
freshments in the tea room on the meZ
canine floor Rose and her father re-
NAMED in the parlor while the two
ladies' departed.
Rose had not seen her father for
months. and on his arrival in the east
she persuaded him TO accompany her
TO Albany TO assure the governor that
If he pardoned Valentine he would
guarantee him good business posi-
tion. II is more than probable that
this attitude on the part of a man OF
Mr.. Lanes standing In the financial
world had something TO do with the
final determination Of the executive to
sign the release papers. 1t tended TO
confirm in the governor his belief in
the prisoners innocence. Mr. Lane
and his daughter had waited overnight
in Albany after the granting of the
pardon to meet the released prisoner,
who was coming TO the capital for the
purpose already mentioned.
Rose. absolutely positive Of her one
| time rescuer's innocence, had made n
proposal to her father regarding the
future Of Jimmy Valentine. Her IA
Their, tall. well built with beard and
brown hair streaked with outcroppings
of gray. smiled indulgently upon her.
He had agreed on her account TO place
| Valentine in n good saaried position.
but as yet he had doubts as to wheth-
or he dared to secure for the ex-convict
exactly the employment the girl de-
manded for him
"Now, sit down and listen, dad" the
girl said, crossing TO a sofa.
But, Rose, this is a most desperate
thing to do-pick up an ex-convict and
/ put him in a bank" Mr.. Lane pro-
tested.
us he an ex-convict If he was con-
victed unjustly?" argued the girl.
Didn't Uncle George say he was in
nocentT"
"Not exactly. He said there was a
chance that he might be-
But the governor pardoned him"
Guilty men have been pardoned."
The girl would not be gainsaid.
"But 1 want you to give this man
! chance, dada good chance. He risked
his life once to save me from insult"
She patted her fathers shoulder plead
ingly and affectionately.
81 know; know" declared Mr.. Lane.
"And you must see him" Rose was
| becoming fearful of the end.
"Oh. I'll see him, of course, but TO
put him to work in the bank-why.
Rose. it seems like dying in the face
of Providence"
Dad, doesn't it mean anything 10
you that / want il done?' Tears be-
gan to gather in the girls eyes.
why. of course relented the IA
Their Your mother left you 40 per
/
would make me listen did you see fit
to even ask it, but who knows about
him, and suppose it became known
who he was and what he had doneY
"I've thought of all that, and l want
you to risk it, and my 40 per cent
wants you TO risk it."
And your heart, Rose?" The IA
TIERS keen eyes searched the young
girls beautiful face.
Rose returned his glance calmly.
YES" she cried, rising and meeting
her fathers eyes upfinchingly with
her own; I've known men who
thought they were heroes all my life,
who talked Of themselves and bored
me to death. And one day from a
clear sky, when | was struggling in
the arms of a blear eyed brute who
beat me if l dared move a hand. this
man came.
There was no blare of bugles or
anything but utter courage. He made
the rufiian leave me. His voice was
low could scarcely hear what he
said, but there was n note of com
mand and threat of death in 1t, and
the brute disregarded il, and he mas
tered him. beast twice his size. He
fought silently and killed him. And
all my life that man owns me-"
Mr.. Lane was only half startled at
the open declaration of his daughter
Of her admiration and gratitude for
and sentimental interest in the eX-
convict Jimmy Valentine. His train
ed intuition had already told him that
she was more than casually concern
cd in the fate of this mystifying
young man. whose record was appar-
emily so bad and whose personality
and ambitions were certainly impress
sive in their good qualities. Truth
TO tell. Mr.. Lane was considerably
disturbed ut the situation. but he de-
termined to accept it philosophically
for the present and TO watch careful
ly the future development.
"Roser' the father exclaimed as the
girl concluded her statement While
he had realized her attraction toward
the released prisoner. he had not
guessed of the depth of her feeling for
him.