New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-01-07
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Adtuef. Tier mOCner she had never
known. Her one relation was a broth
err of high standing as a pickp0cket.
One principal reason of her success in
lending on men to make fools of them
selves over 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 ladyike personality
that might mean much financial profit
In the devious ways Of which she was
q 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 q life. even
though it.d:d not necpSSitate anything
worse than 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 brl1tally
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 Il blessed
interval in which she worked content
ed1y. 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 :. convict.
and she was at once discharged. Tie
unfortunate victim of the law t,tIlae
perilously close to despair Tapn. is.t.
her spirit triumphed. and again she
persevered in that resolve to live
straight She found :, cheap position
in cheap shop. only to be again per-
secuted by the police. so that size
speedily lost the place.
A third time she obtained work and
there. after a little. she told her esa,-
p!oyer. a candy manufacturer III "A
small way. the truth as to her iha wing
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 Giri.S GRIM
inli record he paid no heed to their adj
vice agaiaast retaining her services
The police brought pressure to bear an
the. man. They even called ia the as
Sistance Of Edward Glider sinSelf.
who obliginsly wrote Il very severe let
ter to the girls employer. In the end.
though unUSzllingly enough. he dismiss
ed Mary from his service.
It was then THAI despair did come
upon the girl. She had tried with I'LL
the strength of her to Eve straight.
Yet. despite her innocence. the world
would not let her live according to- her
own conscience. 1t demanded that she
be the criminal it had branded her if
she We're to live ut ali. She still wssik-
ed the streets falterinf.ly, seeking Sosile
place. but her heart was gone frtin
the quest. Came an hour When she
thought of the river aud was glad.
So she went through the Ions. stretcf
of ill lighted streets. crossed Sesme rail
road tracks to pier. oger which she
hurried to the far end. where :,ro-
jected out to the fercer currents 10
Hudson. There without giving Ct
self a moments pause for reflection or
hesitation. she leaped out as far as
her strength permitted into the ceiI of
NY Pnt IL, hat xip.,l Snfnn6 - f.
ural terror in the face Of death oSer-
came the lethargy Of despair-a shrek
burst from her lips.
On the side of the pier man hao
just tied up motorhoat. He stood up
in alarm at the cry and was just iD
time to gain glimpse of a 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. a few furious strokes and
caught it.
Then began the savage struggle to
save her and himself The currents
tore at him wrathfnlly. but he fought
against them with all the fierceness 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 atiame. 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. l
Mary revived TO clear. consciousness.
which was ut first inclined towul4l
4 hysteria. but this phase yielded soon.
under the. sympathetic ministrations
of the man Ills rather low voice was
soothing to her tired soul, and his
whole air was Mt once masterful and