The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-16

love for you. IIetty."
Ana now, MS things go IN fairy
stories, NO should prepare ourselves
10 sec ietty pass through Il season in
drudgery and hardship with the ultl-
mate quintessence Of JOY as the reward
for her trials ana fluctuations. Hap
PLY. this is not a fairy tale. There
arc some things moro fantastic than
fairy tales If they arc not spoiled il,
the telling. Iietiy did not go forth to
encounter drudgcry, disdain and oh
loquy. BY no manner Of meaus, She
went with wcll-hlled purse. a DEFINITE
purpose ahead and Il determined fac
tor behind.
In manner betting her station as
the intimate friend or Mrs Challie
Wrandal as the cousin Of tho Nurga-
troy,is, as tho daughter OF Colonel Cas-
Teton. Of the Indian Corps, as per
son supposed to be possessed OF indie
pendent means withal she went, with
none to question, none to cavil.
Sara had insisted on this. as much
for her own sake as for Hcttys sho
argued. and she had prevailed in tn.
end What would the world think,
what would their acQuaintanccs think.
and above all what would the high and
mighty Wrandal!s think If she wont
! with meek ana lowly micn?
! why should they make II possible
FOR any one to look askancc?
And so II was that she departed In
I state. with a dozen trunks and boxes:
an obscQulously attended scat in the
parlor-car was hers, a telegram IN her
bag assured her that rooms were be
/ ing reserved for herself and maid at
I tn. Ritz Carlton: alongside II rcposcd
+ a letter TO Mr Carroll. instructlng him
10 provide her with sufficient funds to
/ carry out the plan agreed upon. and
I Ia tho seat behind sat the lRdy's maid
I who had served her for a twelve month
ard more.
Tn" timely demisc OF The venerable
, Lord Murgatroyd Afforded tho most nat
ural excuse for her trip 70 England
Tho old nOhleman gave up the ghost
allowing for difference ia time. ut the
very moment, when Mrs Redmond
Wrandnll WAS uudoiuE a certain pack
age from London. which turned out to
lie complete history OF what his fore
hears had done In thc way Of propa-
cation since the fourteenth century.
lTctty did not find IL easy TO accom-
MEDIATE her pride to the plan which
was TO give her q fresh and rather
imposing start In the world. She was
TO have a fun year in which to deter
mine whcthc: she should accept toll
and poverty rs her lot. or emulate the
symbolic example of D!cky the can
bis bliN. ~ inc emf OF the year, Nl-
less she did AS Dicky had done, her
source or supplies would bc automati-
cally cut OF and She would be entirely
dependent upon her own wits and re-
sources. IN the interim. she was a pro-
hationary person ~ leisure. 1t had
required hours OF persuasion on the
part OF Sara Wrondau to bring her into
line with these arrangements.
"But am able and willing to work
Ia. ,Nty wi,
born rctort 10 all tho arguments
brought 10 bear upon her.
Then let me put It In another light.
II Is vital TO me. of course. that you
should keep up the show OF anluencc
for a whilc al least. ! think have
made that clear to you But here Is
another side to tho matter; the Ques
ton OF rccompeusc."
"Hecompense?" cried Hctty sharply.
Without your knowing II. have
virtually held YOU "a prisoner all these
months. condemned in my own jude
mcnt if not In the sight Of the law.
have taken the law unto myself. You
We're not convicted of murder in this
unitarian court of mine, but OF AN
other sin. For fifteen months you have
been living under the shadow of "a
crime YOU did not commit. l was re
serving complete punishment for you
In the shape OF an ignoblc marriage,
which was 10 have served two bitter
ends. We'll. have had the truth from
you. believe you TO be absolutely
innocent OF the charge | held over you
for which I condemned YOU without
bearing. Then. why should 1 not
employ my own means OF making res
titution""
You have condcsccndcd to believe
in me That is all | ask
True. that is all you ask. But is 1t
altogether the fair way out of It? To
illustrate: our criminal laws are less
Kind TO the Innocent than to the guilty
our law courts find n man guilty and
he Is sent TO prison. Later on. he is
found to he innocent--aDSolutely In
nocent. What does the State do in the
premises? II issues II formal pardon
"a mockcry, pure and simplc-and tn
man is set free. 1T all comes to n curt
belatcd apology for AN error on the
part OF justice. No substantial recon-
pensc is offered He is merely par
doned for something he didn't do. The
state. which has wronged him, condo
sends to pardon him. Think OF II. 1t
is the same az II Il man Knocked am
other down ana then said, before he
removed his foot from the victim $
neck; i pardon YOU freely My
father was opposed to the system we
IhaVc-tlIat all countries havc--of par
condemned The innocent victim is
pardoncd in the same manner as the
guilty one who comes in for clcmcncN
accept my fathers contention that am
innocent man should not be shamcd
and humiliated by n pardon. The court
which tried him should reopen the case
and honorably acquit him of the crime.
Then the state should pay TO the iuno-
cent man. dollar for dollar, all that he
might have earned during his term OF
Imprisonment. with an additional
amount for the suffering he has en-
durcd Not long ago In an adjoining
State q man, who had served seven
teen years of a life sentence for MUIR
der, was fourd - he wholly innocent.
What happened? pardon was hand
Cd To him and he walked out of prison
broken in spirit. health and purse. His
small fortune had been wiped out in
the futile effort to prove his Innocence.
} IIc gave UP seventeen years OF his