The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-01-22

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There was. for example. Aggie
Lynch, fellow convict. with whom
she had slight degree of acquaintance.
nothing more. This young woman. a
criminal by training. offered allure
ments Of Legitimate employment In
the outer world when they should be
free. Mary endured the companions
ship with this prisoner because a sixth
sense proclaimed the fact that here
was one immoral rather than immoral.
and the difference is mighty.
For that reason Aggie Lynch was
not actively offensive. as were most Of
the others. She was dainty little
blond. with baby face. In which were
widen often in demure wonder over
most things In surprising and naugh
ty world. She had been convicted Of
blackmail, and she made no pretense
even Of innocence. Instead. she was
inclined to boast over her ability to
bamboozle men at her will. She was
natural actress of the ingenue role.
and in that pose she could unfailingly
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 her
father. Her mother she had never
known. Her one relation was n broth.
err of high standing as n pickpocket
One principal reason of her success In
leading on men to make fools Of them.
selves over her. to their everlasting re-
greet afterward. lay I'm 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 n ladylike personality
that might mean much financial profit
I'm 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 ana fntuous
SWANS. Mary Turner listened with
curiosity, but she was in no wise
moved to follow such life. even
though 1t did not neceSsitate 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 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 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 convict,
and shs was at once discharged. The
unfortunate victim Of the law came
perilously close to despair then. Yet
her spirit tIiumphed. and again she
pe1severed 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 little. she told her EN-.
ployer. candy manufacturer in a
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
1nal 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 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
Yet despite her innocence, the world
would not let her live according TO her
own conscience 1t demanded that she
pe the criminal II had branded her-if
she We're TO live mt all She still walk
ed the streets falterlngly, 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
or III lighted streets. crossed some rail.
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