The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-07

ENMeMNel iN WNHt iieNti HiN nltt you saw ib8t 8d aF die
 rbeu my doom ls scaled" laughed CalkIns. "for ! can remember neither '
 Could there bc anything more ian utilizing lovely woman trying io 8nd me. ! trying to BDd hgr aud aIl our efforts avcrtcd3
 "Ob. why have not rrHi 8il ihe personals" ! cried. "iu ui One pHrors every dayT
 "Because you couldn't hr,g doBr amy jbine else" replied CaHu Hud uni having time Co make living yuu would hutc starved tu draih
 Cant you suggest someiHnEt
 Yes. forget uU auou, il woman who would advertise .'Ee lH8i r prob ably am adventures anyway
 "Jf you say that oea'H iIl slmneIe you"
 "Truh crushed lu ibc throat would ] rise agaiu.
 "She is pure as an angel Come, old mon. tcll me some way Co 1ud her
 "I give it up"
 Several weeks passed Iu misery for me. when in Philadelphia newspaper I rcrd oT Che trial of Mss Oeavi1 ] Merton which was soon to come or iu ] Chat city She was accused Of having stolen some valuable gems while one of a house party at a lady's country seat Wbat was my astouishmcnt Co sec In a description of Miss Merton ihe following words.
 Tn her corsage che wears bow of l orange or corn coiored ribbon.
 i sursnr Go my feet had found my love But. alus, CaIkIns wUs right She was an adventures Hor personal, taken together vilh 'h.s l charge. was conclusive proof oI this And yet the Item sall that she wH7 member of the house party This indicated that if she were thief she must be mdy and a lady or Che au- per classes would not be likely tu ad vcrtise for Che address or % man she had mci on ihe street
 huriedIy wrote a Uotc t0 au 9t- toncy In Philadelphia whom ! knew, asking him to keep me posted as to ! Che coming oT of the trlHl iH which ] was so deeply interested ln reply ] ] received telegram stating that 90 was down oa Jbg calendar for the next l dFy. ] went to Philadelphia chat night and tbc ueyt wurulur appeared among tFe spectators iu a h8gb saa' where ! would mot hc observed l When the accused was Irl into court ] | recognized her at once tor the girl ] | had been seeking She was very pale and appeared Co have suffered much ! | could not see if she wore Inc ribbon. . for an outside coat was huHoued over her chest
 ! listened eagerly Co 5 statement of the case made by tbC prosecuting at- ] toruey. The girl was member or a house party. thc jewels were missed, and she afterward wore one or them that the owner claimed was hers Miss ! Nrcrton's counsel clulmod thlt it had for years been his clients property He also said that on the day the jew ! els were stolen she had taken a flying trip to Washington. but since her ob- ] feet in going there was secret she had kept knowledge Of her trip from every one who knew her. Were it not for this secrecy, your honor con- cludad the attorney "we could easily have proved an 0IibL"
 Jumping from my seat | hurried down to the r8i. called for the aitor- ney and In am undertone gave him the points Of my meeting with tbe accused ln Washington. He at once put me on the stand and iu a series of questions drew out my evidence When he asked me for the date of this meeting ! was puzzled. but finally re- called lt as the day of an important meeting Co which | was going when ! I met Miss Merton
 "Did anything pass between you and ! the accusedT' he asked
 "Yes. something passed between us that will corroborate my story it she stH possesses It. gave her a bit of corn coIorcd ribbon
 With that Miss Merton threw open her coat and displayed the token
 There was suppressed applause among the spectators. The attorney put his client on the stand
 "why do you wear that ribbonF he asked
 "I have worn lt ever since ] have ] been accused, hoping that the gentle man who gave it to me might see It and by proving that I was in Washing ton on the day the jewels were stolen evouerate me. also advertised for ! his address. but received no reply ] or course there was m gCqulttal without tbe jury leaving the box. ! was taken by Miss Merton's counsel Co ! his client and introduced to her | . had been mistaken lu her object in wearing the token, but fl she had done so for the reason ! had supposed she could not have given me a warmer l pressure of the hand or a look with i more heart in it.
 'Just think" she said, had it not i Seen for you I would have been con vlctedT
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