The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-02-02
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CHAPTER VI.

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CHAPTER vi.
"HE weeks dragged slowly on
for Jimmy Valentine after the
momentous day when Rose
L Lane and Lieutenant Governor
1ay visited the prison-weeks of won
Or, weeks of hope, weeks Of despair.
He concluded that the girl had for
DDtten him; that her interest in him
I'D been but the evanescent NANTES
0ntion Of a feeting impulse. Probabl;
~" eaeddea was right aftee III.
~, 1oing q bit of four for bur
oary, seemed to know q great deal
about women, and he had assured
Valentine that "a girl don't know
what It means to keep her word, not
hat she don't mean to, but she Just
materially talks so much that she
can't remember half what she says"
The lieutenant governor, too, had
apparently forgotten about the ex-
)Dtence Of No. 1889, and Valentine be-
gan deeply to wish that his hopes had
0ever been aroused. Far better never
- have risen to the heights of ex-
D0ctancy at all than on attaining them
- be thus rudeiy cast from them.
But Valentine had not realized how
slowly move the executive wheels Of
he government of a great and busy
0eate. A governor is held to a strict
accountability for his official actions,
and in the important matter Of the
Dardon of a man convicted to state
0rison for a felony haste Is entirely
cut OF the question. And it was one
Gay when Jimmy Valentine had lost
every vestige of confidence in Rose
lane and her uncle and in the lawyer
whom he had retained that hurried
1Dotsteps resounded down the cell cor
sldoe. A paper, a glorious paper bear.
0g the seal of the Empire State, was
0nshed before his eyes.
sYou are pardoned!' came the wei
VDne announcement THE governor
~ released your
In one OF the parlorS or the Ten
04ck hotel, in Albany, within two
mort blocks of the capitol, Mrs. Web
ster and Mrs. Moore sat patiently
waiting
"You don't suppose Mr.. Valentine
would feel uncomfortable in coming
o meet our party in nice respecta-
BE place like this, do your asked
grim little Mrs. Moore Of her cowork-
q in the Gate Of Hope society.
NO" was the positive response.
THAT young man wouldn't feel un-
comfortable or embarrassed any
where in the world. This is the first
victory for the Gate Of Hope, Mrs.
Moore, and l trust your report will be
such as to encourage others to join
-"
TT will be exact, Mn. Webster, Of
dat you may rest assured. BY the
way. do you not think we should have
nd . few reporters here to give pub
uc notice Of our first triumph"
your report, my dear-we viii send
dat TO all papers," and Mn. Webster
0ai,sd proudly ~ she spoke.
A messenger boy came In With
este from Valentine, who had come to
Albany to thank the governor for his
0e3ease and to meet the people who
bad worked to secure him his pardon.
The note. written from the governors
executive chamber, notified the ladies
tAat he would be with them in fifteen
minutes.
Rose Lane and her father. William
Lane, an illinois banker. came into the
parior and greeted the two ladies, who
Informed the newcomers that Mr..
Valentine would shortly arrive. De-
Ginning the invitation Of Mrs. Moore
end Mrs. Webster to join in light re-
Ireshments in the tea room on the mez-
0anine door, Rose and her father re-
nained in the parlor, while the two
indies departed.
Rose had not seen her father for
oonths, and on his arrival In the east
- persuaded him to accompany her
o Albany to assure the governor that
4 he pardoned Valentine he would
guarantee him a good business posi-
Ton. 1t is more than probable that
this attitude on the part Of man of
Mr. Lanes standing In the financial
world had something to do with the
anal determination Of the executive to
Glgn the release papers. 1t tended to
sunnrm in the governor his belief in
~ prisoners innocence. Mr.. Lane
and his daughter had waited overnight
a Albany after the granting of the
pardon to meet the released prisoner.
who was coming to the capital for the
Durpose already mentioned.
Rose, absolutely positive Of her one
dine rescuer's innocence, had made /,
proposal to her father regarding the
future Of Jimmy Valentine. Her ia
Their, tall, well built. with beard ali.
lrown hair streaked with outcroppings
Of gray, smiled lndulgently upon her.