The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-30

JUST as she thought his face looked Il
little more familiar when he took his hat
on He did not say anything for
minute or two after she had finished, but
stood there looking down at the trains.
twisting and untwisting the little red
ribbon In his fingers. Then he reached
over and put his hand in hers, gently
and tenderly. like the touch OF an old
friend Iil ',T73
Don't you DO 1t. my dear girl. It's
very Ingenious scheme, but It won't work.
You would do your part Ill right. know.
ana ne may have the nerve to try his! bur
don't think he could get away 30 cas-
lily. In tho first place, be might be seen
from the wall and shot Mt, and In these
days of telephones your hack would not
go two blocks before It would bo stopped.
even II your man reached Il in safety IL
he was caught and taken back, lie would
lose all his good conduct time, have hid
lights taken from him for six months
and probably get two or three good fog
sings into tho bargain.
on seem to know good deal about
prison matters"
Yes. we'll. fact is. er-I have been
there several limos on visitors days.
but you take my advice, my dear girl.
and don't risk It.. or you viii only make
matters worse. Even II he got away. you
both would be fugitives from Justice for
the rest OF your lives. and you would not
have moments peace. Anyone who rec
ognizcd you would either blackmail you
or denomnce you to the police, and you
would live In perpetual nightmare OF
suspicion and distrust. Ten years Ia
LONG time TO wait. but there Is year or
more off for good conduct and he might
get pardon before that II he behaves
we'll In fact don't see why you shouldn't
do something In that line now IL your
story is true about his business. II your
man really made n start, think that
should count for something With n girl
iiKe you at his elbow to push him along.
he might do great things"
DO you think It would be OF any iuse
for mo 10 see tho Governor" -
without some political pull 10 help
you. no. He would not believe your
story about reform. They all say that
lou are n line girl 10 stick to a man
drop that escape business. or you will
| get INTO trouble yourself and do your
man no good. Well" pulling out his
wa .n. ! must be OF now"
ana II we should try 1t you won, give
us away?' She seemed half sorry that aho
mad been SO conflding and held him h.
stechingly by the coat sleeve.
foutsaid you could trust me: trust my
| judgment as we'll and don't risk It When
people really try to do right they mus
be consistent. You are planning fell
| oay. Intending to he good aftcrward IL
you are not caught Stick to what is
right, like good girl. and you will como
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come when You Will see that l am right.
Good night" He took off his Int ms no
stuffed the little piece OF ribbon absent
mindedly Into his pocket, and walked
| away.
Two days after that. some men can,o
and put a new grating In the prison yard.
II was leaded solidly into the stone. Cole
man saw II as he passed to dinner and
knew that was the end OF his long
| cherished dream, and that tho only hopo
1 n IN rvaii
| afternoon he noticed that there WAS no
stamp on the envelope that fellow
prisoner received. and the gummed part
| or the Hap had also been cut away. There
cidence. Next day he slipped another
note Into the drivers hands, telling ka.
] t!e that by some means they had been
| discovered or betrayed and that she must
not write any more notes under stamps.
| when Katie got that letter she could
do nothing but sit down and cry. OF
course 1t was all her fault, Just as 1t had
been In the first place before the trial.
She realized Instantly that the man on
the bridge had betrayed her. and she was
furious with herself to think sho had
been such fool rs 10 trust him jus,
because he had winning voice and vas
good looking. And he had taken her rib
| bon. tool What a mercy that he had
not used 1t as trap and put 1t on the
grating so MS to catch Tom In the net.
1
thought of all the people she had had
1 anything to do with for the mast yenr.
She thought OF her first meeting with
Tom. OF Corbett, OF Toms arrest, and the
trial. 3i-.
The trial! Why aid she not think oe
| that before? Now she knew where; she
had heard that voice. The recollection
| seemed to overwhelm her and take her
! breath like a wave of the sen. Her chance
acquaintance WAS the prosecuting at
| tnr atr. n H. L.
lovers conviction. 37
At first she could do nothing but walk
lup and down the floor wrlnEIng her
hands and crying Fool! Fool! Fool.".
Then she thought OF putting on her things
and going to Melins house to SEQ him.
She went around to the drug store to look
up his address in the directory. There
was no such name. Tho clerk told her
the prosecuting attorneys name was
GODDARD, not Nlclin. So he had given her
a false namc and played her false be-
sides. She would not go near him. He
was too contemplate for her to speak to
MIN even. II was maddenlng to think OF
| the perndy OF men and the silly folly of
a confiding woman.
few days afterward Coleman was or
aered to the warden's private office, out
| front. lie had been expecting somethinp
of the kind every day for week. hut
he had determined to put bold face on
the matter and tell the whole truth it
| ne was asked about 1t. The chief war
den received him with very CHEEKY
| good morning. Sl,Y3
Got news for you. Coleman he said.
| Can you guess 2"
Coleman turned his convict's cap round
and round nergously IN his fingers. ,The
warden's manner was reaEsuring. but his
own conscience made him tremble. He
did not know what to say.
You have been very kind. sir.n he
started ont with.
n.oh. had nothing to do with it. I
believe It was the prosecuting attorney
who fxed 1t up. He made some Inquiries
about that little business you had up tho
country, and found you were respected by
the people you dealt with, and they sort
OF liked you and wore sorry xnl, rct in.s