Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-04-10

had been but the eyanescent NANTES.
tation Of fieeting impulse Probably
"Izzy" Snedden was right after all.
Izzy. doing a bit of four for bur
glary. seemed to know IA great deal
about women. and he had assured
Valentine that IA girl don't know
what il means 10 keep her word. no
that she don't mean to. but she Jus
materially talks so Hu that sh
can't remember half what she says.
The lieutenant governor. too. ha
apparently forgotten about the ex
istence Of No. 1880, and Valentine ba
gan deeply TO wish that his huleS ha
never been aroused. Far better neyc'
TO have risen to the heights of Cy
pectancy at all than on attaining ther
to be thus rudely cast from them.
But Valentine had net realized how
slowly move the executive wheels o.
the government Of a great and busy
state. y governor Is held TO stric'
accountability for his official actions
and in the important matter of th'
pardon of man convicted to state
prison for a felony haste is entirel,
out of the question. And 1t was one
day 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
footsteps resounded down the cell cor
ridOr. a paper. glorious paper bear
ing the seal Of the Empire State, was
flashed before his eyes.
"You are pardonedr' came the wei
come announcement. "The governor
has released you"
In one Of the parlors of the Ten
Eyck hotel. in Albany. within two
short blocks Of the capitol, Mrs. Web
ster and Mrs. Moore sat patiently
waiting.
"You don't suppose Mr.. Valentine
would feel uncomfortable in coming
to meet our party in a nice respecta-
BILE place like this, do your" asked
prim little Mrs. Moore of her cowork-
er 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 trust your report will be
such as to encourage others to join
u.s."
''It will be exact, Mrs. Webster, of
that you may rest assured. By the
way, do you not think we should have
had a few reporters here to give pub
lie notice of our first triumph?"
"Your report, my dear-we will send
that to all papers," and Mrs. Webster
smiled proudly as she spoke.
A messenger boy came in with a
note from Valentine, who had come to
Albany to thank the governor for his
release and to meet the people who
had worked to secure him his pardon.
The note, written from the governors
executive chamber, notified the ladies
that he would be with them in 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-
clining 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-
manned 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-
ton. 1t 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
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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 a
proposal to her father regarding the
future of Jimmy Valentine. Her ia.
ther, 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 a good salaried position,
but as yet he had doubts as to wheth-
er 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-plck up an ex-convict and
put him in a bank" Mr.. Lane pro-
tested.
us he an ex-convict if he was con-
yicted 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 pardcned him"
Guilty men have been pardoned."
The girl would not be EainSald.