The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-12-05
THE B%oTTlNEAU cOURANT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER S, 1913

There was: for example. Agnle
Lynch. y. fellow con ut. "ith whom
she had a slight de- ~ Of acquaintance.
nothing more. Tbs yO,,ng woman. Il
criminal By training. offered allure
ments Of illegitinh, eMpIO ment iii
the outer world when they should III.
free. Mary endured the companions
ship with this prisoner because Il sixth
sense proclaimed ,ir fact thai here
was one immoral rather than immoral.
and the difference Is mirhty.
For that reason .Aggie Lynch waN
not actively offensive. ~ were most Of
the Others. She was Il dainty little
bond. with II baby face. In which were
set tw" light blue ewes OF Il xort to
widen often in DE- - re- wonder over
most things III n surprising and naugh-
ty world. She had been convicted Ut
blackmail. and she made no pretenxe
even Of Innocence. Instead. she was
inclined to boast over her ability to
bambOozle men ut her will. She was
a 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 q criminal
family. which must nj much.
Long ago she had lost track Of her
father. Her mother she had never
known. Her one relation was a broth.
er of high standing a = a pickpocket.
One principal reason Of her success In
leading on men to make fools Of them
selves Y her. to their everlasting re.
greet afterward. lay in the fact that In
spite Of all the gross Irregularities Of
her life she remained chaste.
The girl saw in Mary Turner the
possibilities Of a. ladylike personality
that might much financial pro1t
in the devious ways Of which she was
n mistress. With the %franknesx char.
arteristic Of her. she proceeded to paint
glowing pictures of a future shared to
the undoing Of ardent and fatuous
swains. Mary Turner listened with
curiosity. but she was In no wise
moved to follow such a life. even
though It did not necessitate anything
worse than q fraudulent playing at
love. So. she steadfastly continued her
refusals. She would live straight.
"You will find that you are mp
against an awful FROST" Agile would
declare brutaily.
Mary found the prophecy true. Back
To- Nn~v Wash oho nvnop3onNoA q no~-
erty nor ravaging than any she had
known in those Eve lean years Of her
working in the store. She had been
absolutely penniless for two days. and
without food through the gnawing
hours. when she found employment In
a milliner's shop, Followed a blessed
interval in which she worked content
eddy, happy over the meager stipend.
since 1t served to give her shelter and
food honestly earned.
The police informed Mary's employer
concerning her record as q convict.
and she was at once discharged. The
unfortunate victim Of the law came
perilously close to despair then. Yet.
her spirit triumphed. and again she
persevered in that resolve to live
straight. She found a cheap position
in a cheap shop. only to be again per-
secuted by the police. SO that she
speedily lost the place.
A third time she obtained work and
there. after a little. she told her EN-
ployer. a candy manufacturer In a
small way. the truth as to her having
been in prison. The man had a kindly
heart and he ran little risk. so he al
lowed her to remain. When the police
called his attention to the girls GRIM
inal record he paid no heed to their ad-
vice against retaining her services,
The police brought pressure to bear on
the man. They even called In the as
sistance of Edward Glider himself.
who obligingly wrote a very severe let
ter to the girls employer. In the end.
though unwillingly enough. he dismiss
ed Mary from his service.
1t was then that despair did come
upon the girl. She had tried with all
the strength Of her to live straight.
let, UcSplLc uCf tuuOCCUCCs IA1C WIN
would not let her live according to her
own conscience. It demanded that she
be the criminal it had branded her If
she were to live at all. She still walk
ed the streets falteringly, seeking some
place. but her heart was gone from
the quest. Came an hour when she
thought of the river and was glad.
So she went through the long stretch
Of i'll lighted streets. crossed some rail-
road tracks to a pier. over which she
hurried to the far end. where 1t pro-
jected out to the fiercer currents OF the
Hudson. There. without giving her.
self a moments pause for reflection or
hesitation. she leaped out as far as
her strength permitted into the coil Of
waters. But in that final second nat
uralI terror in the face Of death over
came the tethargy OF despairla shrek
burst from her lips.
On the side of the pier a man had
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