Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1911-02-03
Ole GIRL IN
THE CASE
Leads to. the Finding of
a Wife
BY STACY e. BAKER
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

W. a w. engraved thereon.
Naturally Rawlins was surprised.
He returned the watch to his pocket. 4
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 wheezing fat man. uncomfortably
heavily as he noted the observant eye
of his fellow passenger.
These street cars are crowded sun
thin awful. hain't they?"
Rawlins agreed. He couldn't accus-
tom himself to the thought Of this
mans pudgy fingers deftly inserting
themselves In his waistcoat pocket on
a 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
keener inspection to this gift the gods
had thrust upon him.
Heavy lines corrugated the brow or
the young attorney, and he pushed his
thick black hair back into an i'm
promptu pompadour as his mind Crap
pied with the problem. The slim I'm
gers Of the youth touched the stem.
and the case snapped suddenly open.
disclosing the pictured face of ra-
dlant girl.
Rawlins-John p. Rawlins. Esq.-was
young-young enough, in fact, to be-
lieye In the ideal woman. and this
likeness correspondent exactly with the
dream In his heart. The great blue
eyes. the fawiess contour Of the face.
with its piquant. retrousse nose and
determined little chin; the wave In
the heavy hair. the peerless neck and
-stnUufutrs-rverythi 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
mlnd-the man who had come into
such peculiar possession OF the watch
had decided to turn 1t over TO the po-
lice. but now
Now the united efforts Of the entire
constabulary Of the town could not
have dragged 1t from him.
And yet-paradox-the youth wished
to find the owner. IL possible. more
than ever. The riddle OF how the lit
tie timepiece happened to be in his
pocket had gripped him with an In
satiabe curiosity at first: now. strange
" enough, his sole thoughts were or
the maid In the case. He longed to
meet her. He wanted to become ac-
quainted with her.
The attorney was bothered with no
clients that day. and In the afternoon
with the fair pictured face OF the mys-
terious damsel propped before him. be
morning papers:
Found. under peculiar circumstances.
valuable watch. Owner can have same
by calling at - Broadway and proving
property. Rawiins. fourth floor.
good city connections. He had grad
uated from Harvard the year before
and was now awakened to the fact
that New York is overcrowded with
attorneys. Clients, from a pecuniary
standpoint, he didn't need, but the
ennui Of listless life was boring him.
stiuing his ambition. This little adj
venture, with the flavor Of romance
so strong upon 1t, babe fair to give
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 the
morning.
The lawyer entertained the sly ad
venturers with tentative questions on
their lips. keen searchers after infor
nation that. in turn. was 70 be given
over TO shrewd confederntes, who
would follow up with better chances
of landing the prize. and coarse Wo
men who attempted TO wheedle the al
vertised article away from its holder
and. failing in this. fell into vocabu
larry OF vehement and impolite protest
The attorneys faith in human ma
ture was sadly Jared.
The keen youth gave absolutely NJ
information to the cleaners along tue
paths Of chance, and thus II CANE
about that none was able TO come
later with sufficient information q
draw down the trophy. Rawlins breath
ed his relief Ut the end Of the day an'