Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-25

cassidy faced ABOUT. ana IN MS
movement there was tug at the wrist
Of the girl that set her moving toward
the door. Her realization of what this
meant was shown in her final speech.
Three years isn't forever" she said
in level voice when come out
you are going 10 pay for every minute
OF them, Mr. Glider There won't be
a day or an hour that l won't remem-
Der that at the last It was your word
sent me TO prison. And you are going
to pay me for that. You are going TO
pay me for the five years | have stary-
ed making money for you-tnat too.
You are going to pay me for all the
things ! am losing today, and
The girl thrust forth her left hand.
on that side where stood the officer
So vigorous was her movement that
Cassidy's clasp was thrown off the
wrist. But the bond between the two
was not broken, for from wrist 10
wrist showed taut the steel chain Of
the manacles. The girl shook the links
OF the handouts in a gesture stronger
than words
You are going 10 pay me for this.
she said. Her voice was little mora
than n whisper. but il was loud in tie
listeners heart. Yes. YOU are going
to pay-for this
They were grim years those three
years during which Mary Turner serv-
ed her sentence in BurnsinC. There
was no time of for good behavior. The
girl learned soon that the favor uf those
set IN authority over her could only la
won AT 4 cost against which her every
maidculy Instinct revolted. So she
went through the inferno OF days and
nights I'm drcariness of suffering that
was dendly. Naturally the life there
was altogether an evil thing. There
was the material III ever present in the
round Of wearisome physical toil-the
! coarse diStasteful food: the hard mar
row couch: the constant. gnawing irk-
SomenesS OF Imprisonment. away from
light and mir. away from all that
makes life worth while
The best evidence of the fact that
Mary Turner's Soul was not fatally
soiled mus be found in the fact that
/ still at the expiration Of her sentence
! she was fully resolved 10 live straight
! as the saying is which she had quoted
/ 20 Glider. This. too. in the face Of
| sure knowledge rs TO the difficulties
! that would beset the effort and in the
face n the temptations offered to fol-
/ low m easier path.
I
/ Lynch. a fellow convict with whom
she had a slight degree Of acquaintance.
nothing more. This young woman, a
: criminal by training. offered allure
ments OF illegitimate employment in
the outer world when they should be
/ free. Mary endured the companion
ship with this prisoner because a sixth
sense proclaimed the fact that here
was one immoral rather than immoral,
aud the difference is mighty.
For that reason Aggie Lynch was
not actively offensive. as we're most of
the others She was a dainty little
blond. with baby face. in which were
set two light blue eyes Of sort to
widen often in demure wonder over
most things in a surprising and naugh.
~ world. She had been convicted OF
blackmail. and she made no pretense
even Of innocence Instead. she was
inclined to boast over her ability 10
bambooZle men at her will She was
n natural actress Of the ingenue role
and in that pose she could unfailingiy
beguile the heart Of the wisest OF
worldly men.
She had been reared in a criminal
family. which must excuse much
Long ago she had lost track Of hel
father Her mother she had never
known. Her one relation was a broth
er OF high standing ms a pickpocket
One principal reason Of her success ir
leading on men 10 make fools Of them
selves over her, to their everlasting re
: gret afterward. lay in the fact that n
spite Of all the gross irregularities o.
. her Hfe she remained chaste.
The girl saw In Mary Turner III,
possibilities OF a ladylike personalit,
that might mean much financial prof
, In the devious ways OF which she wa
, mistress. With the frsnkness char
r acteristic OF her. she proceeded TO pain
, glowing pictures Of future shared L
the undoing of ardent and fatuou
, SWANS. Mary Turner listened witt
. curiosity. but she was in no wis
moved 20 follow such life. eve
though Il DID not necessitate anythin
, worse than a fraudulent playing 4
love. So. she stesdfastly continued he
refusals Shs would live straight.
/, You will find that you are n
against an awful frost" Aggie woul
declare brutally.
. Mary found the prophecy true Bac
|, in New York she experienced Poy
! erty more ravaging than any she ha
known in the, five lean years Of he