South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-10-22

just as she thought his face looked 4
little more familiar when he took his hat
on. He do not say anything for Z
minute or two after she had finished. but
stood there looking down at the trains.
twisting and untNisting the little red
ribbon IN his fingers Then he reached
over and put his hand m hers gently
and tenderly Ike the touch OF an old
friend
Dent you do it. my dear girl. It's a
very Ingenious scheme. but = won't work.
You would DO your part all right 7 know.
and he may have ;he nerve 20 Try his. bIt
don't think De could get away so eas-
lily. In the first place. be might be seen
from the wall and shot at. and in these
days or telephones your hack would not
20 two blocks before il would be stopped,
even II your man reached liz in safety II
he was caught and taken back. he would
lose all his good conduct time, have his
lights taken from him for SIX months
ana probably get two or three good fog
gugs into the bargain.
You seem to know a good deal about
prison matters"
Yes. well. fact is err have been
there several times on visitors days.
But you take my advice. NY dear girl,
and don't risk IL. OF you viii only make
matters worse Even If be got away. you
both would be fugtives from Justice f1r
the rest OF your lives. and YOU would not
nave moments peace Anyone who rec
ognized you would either blackmail you
or denounce you 10 the police. and you
would live in a perpetual nightmare OF
suspicion and distrust. Ten years is
long time 10 wait. but there is a year or
more off for good conduct and he might
get a pardon before that II he behaves
we'll In fact don't see why you shouldn't
do something in that line now. n your
story is true about his business. IL your
man really made a start. I think that
should count for something With a girl
Ike you at his elbow 10 push him along,
he might do great things"
do you think IL would be OF any use
for me TO see ne Governor"
without some political pull to help
you. no. he wOul5 not believe your
story about reform They all say that.
You are fine girl TO stick 70 a man
like that, but YOU take my advice anf
drop that escape business. OF you VIII
get into trouble yourself and do your
man no good Well" pulling out his
watch. 81 must b off now
But you won't say anything. will von7
and II We should try Do YOU won't Civ.
us away?' She seemed half sorry that size
had been so cOnfding and held him .-
seechingly by the coat sleeve
You said you could trust me, trust nv
judgment as we'll and don't risk it, Whel
people really try TO do right they must
be consistent. You are planning a fell
ony, intending TO be good anerward r
you are not caught. Stick TO what is
right like a good girl, and YOU viii com
out all right in the end. The day VIII
come when YOU will see that 7 am right
Good night" He took off his hat as 10
stuffed the little piece OF ribbon absent
mindedly into his pocket, and walked
away.
Two days after that. some men cam,
and put a new grating In the prison yaf De
II was loaded solidly into the stone. Cole
man saw il he passed 10 dinner aHd
knew that was the end OF his Ions
cherished dream. and that the only hope
TOW was TO go over the wall That same
afternoon be noticed thai there was no
stamp on the envelope hat fellow
prisoner received. and the gummed pa"L
OF the flap had also been Cut away. Thee
was something uncanny about the coin-
cidence. Next day he slipped another
note into the drivers hands. telling - D.
tie that by some means they had been
discovered or betrayed ard that she must
not write any more notes under stamps
When Katie got that letter she could
do nothing but sir down and cry o.
T course IL was all her fault. just as it had
been in the first place before the trial.
She realized instantly tina; he man on
the bridge had betrayed her and she va
furious with herself 10 think she hal
been such a fool as 70 TRUST him Just
because he had a winning voice and was
good looking. And he had taken her rib
bon too, What a mercy that he had
not used il as a trap and put IL on the
grating so a 10 catch Tom in the act.
Who on earth could that man be? She
thought OF all the people she had had
anything to do with for the past year.
She thought OF her first meeting with
Tom, OF Corbett. OF Toms arrest, and the
trial
The trial, Why did she not think OF
that before? Now she knew where she
had heard: that voice. The recollection
seemed 20 overwhelm her and take her
breath like wave OF the sea. Her chance
acquaintance was the prosecuting at
tOrney. the man who had secured her
lovers conviction.
At first she could do nothing but walk
up and down the floor wringiug her
hands and crying Fool FOOL Fool"
Then she thought OF putting or her "a ngs
and going 70 Melin's house 10 see him.
She went around 10 the drug store 10 look
up his address in the directory. There
was no such name The clerk told her
the prosecuting attorneys name vas
GoGard, not Melin. s. he had given her
a false name and played her false be-
sides She would not go near him. He
was too contemplate for her 20 speak 10
aim even II was maddening 10 think OF
the perfdy of men and the silly folly OF
a cOnhding woman.
A few days afterward Coleman was or
dered TO the warden's private Office. out
front He had been expecting something
OF the kind every day FOR a week. bur
he had determined 10 put a bold face on
the matter and tell the whole truth u
he was asked about H. The CHEZ war
den received him With a very CHEEKY
good morning
Got news for you. Coleman he said.
"Can you guess2"
Coleman turned his convicts cap round
and round nervously inrhis fingers. The
warden's manner was reassurinE. but his
own conscience made him tremble. He
did not know what 10 say
You have been very kind. sir" he
started out with
oh. had nothing 70 do with e. 7
believe u vas the prosecuting attorney
no Fixed IL M. e mafa some Inquiries
about that little Business YOU had uD the
country. and found you were respected By
the people you dealt with and they sort
OF liked You and were sorry YOU cot into