The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1913-11-07

in the devious ways of which she was
mistress With the frankness char
acteristic of her. she proceeded to paint
glowing pictures of a future shared to
the undoing Of ardent and fatuous
SWANS Mary Turner listened with
curiosity. but she was in no wise
moved to follow such life, even
though it did not necessitate anything
worse than a fraudulent playing at
love. So. she steadfastly continued her
refusals She would live straight.
"You will find that you-are up
against an awful frost" Aggie would
declare brutally.
Mary found the prophecy true Back
in New York she experienced pow
erty more ravaging than any she had
known in those five 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 i'll which she worked content
| eddy. happy over the meager stipend.
since it served to give her shelter and
| food honestly earned
The police informed Mary's employer
concerning her record as a 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
| small way. the truth as to her having
| been in prison. The man had 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 adj
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 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
Yet, despite her innocence. the world
would not let her live according to her
| own conscience 1t demanded that she
! be the criminal 1t 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 Ill lighted streets. crossed some rail-
road tracks to pier, over which she
hurried to the far end. where it 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
ural terror In the face Of death over
came the lethargy Of despair--a shrek
burst from her lips.
| On the side Of the pier a man had
| just tied up motorbOat. He stood up
in alarm at the cry and was just in
time to gain glimpse Of white face
under the dim moonlight as it swept
down with the tide. two rods beyond
him. He threw off his coat and sprang
far ont after the drifting body. He
| came to it in few furious strokes and
caught it.
Then began the savage struggle to
save her and himself. The currents
| tore at him wrathfully. but he fought
against them with all the ferceness of
his nature. What saved the two of
them was the violent temper Of the
| man. Always it had been the demon
| to set him aflame. His rage mounted
| and gave him new power in the battle.
| Under the urge Of it he conquered and
at last brought himself and his charge
! to the shore.
Mary revived to clear consciousness.
| which was at first inclined toward
| hysteria. but this phase yielded soon
| under the sympathetic ministrations
of the man His rather low voice was
soothing to her tired soul. and his
whole air was at once masterful and
gently tender. When finally she was
able to stand and to walk with the
| support of his arm yhe went forward