The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-04

| spite Of an the gross irregularities OF
her life she remained chaste.
The girl saw In Mary Turner the
possibilities Of q lsdyIike personality
that might mean much financial profit
In the devious ways OF which she was
a mistress With the franknesE char
| acteristic OF her. she proceeded To paint
! glowing pictures Of a future slTAred 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 1t 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 mp
against an awful frost" Aggie would
declare brutally.
Mary found the prophecy true. Back
in New York she experienced d pow
erty more rsvaging than any she bad
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 gnawtng
hours. when she found employment in
a milliner's shop. Followed blessed
interval I'm which she worked content
eddy. happy over the menger stipend.
since II served to give her shelter and
food honestly earned.
The police Informed Mary's employer
concerning her record as convict.
and ahe was at once ischarged. The
unfortunate victim Of the law came
periiously close to despair then. Yet.
her spirit triumrhed. 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 q little. she told her en-
ployer. q candy manufacturer In
small way. the truth as to her having
been In prison. The man had a kindly
heart and be ran little risk. 80 he al
lowed her to remain. When the police
called his attention to the girls Grim
inal record lie paid no heed To their ad-
vice against retaining her servtces-
The police brought pressure TO bear ON
the man. They even called in the as
s!stance 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.
It was then that despair did come
upon the girl. She had tried with ali
the strength OF her to tive straight.
Yet. despite her innocence. the world
would not let her live according to her
own conscience. Il demanded that she
be the criminal Il had branded her II
she were to i've at ali. She still walk
ed the streets faiterinGly. seeking some
place. but her heart was gone from
the quest Came an honr 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 q pier. over which she
hurried to the far end where Ii pro-
jected out to the fercer currents OF the
Hudson. There. without giving her
self a moments pause for reflection or
hesita don. she leaped out as far as
her strength permitted into the coil OF
waters. But In that fnal second nat
urai terror In the face of death over
came the Iethargy of despair-a shrek
burst from her lips.
On the side OF the pier a man had
just tied up motOrboat. He stood mp
in alarm at the cry and was just In
time to gain a glimpse of white face
under the dim moonlight as II swept
down with the tide. two rods beyond
him. He threw of his coat and sprang
far out after the drifting body. He
came to 1t in a few furious strokes and
caught Il
Then began the sava &c struggle TO
save her and himself. The currents
tore at him wrathfulIy, but he fought
gainSt them with all the iercPne$< az
his nature. What saved the two Of
them was the violent temper Of the
man. Always II had been the demon
to set him alta me. His rage mounted
and gave him new power in the battle.
Under the urge Of 1t he conquered and
1t last brought himself an his charge
70 the shore
Mary revived to clear consciousness.
which was ut first inclined toward
1ysteria. but This phase yielded soon
1nder the sympathetic miniStrattons
IF the man. His rather low voice was
soothing to her tired soul, and his
whole air was at once masterful and