The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-01-20


difficulty" He picked up pencil.
pulled pad Of blank paper convenient
to his hand and looked at the girl ex-
pectantly. with aggressive inquiry in
his gaze. Tell me now" he conclud
ed, "who were your pals?'
81 have no pals" she calculated flu
riously. 81 never stole anything In
my life Must go on telling you over
and over again?" Her voice rose In
wall of misery "Oh. why won't any
one believe me?''
"Unless you can control yourself.
you must GO" Glider pushed away the
pad of paper and tossed the pencil
aside in physical expression of his dis
pleasure. why did you send that
message If you have nothing to say?"
he demanded, with increasing choler
~ have something to tell you. Mr..
Glider" she cried quietly. "Only IL
sort Of lost my grip on the way here,
with this man by my side"
"WellT" Glider insisted ENORMOUSLY,
as the, girl hesitated.
when you sit In a cell for three
months waiting for your trial, as did,
you think lot. And so got the idea
that If could talk to you / might be
able to make you understand what's
really wrong. And II l could do that
and so help out the other girls, what
has happened to me would not, after
all, be quite so awful-so useless, some
how" Her voice lowered to quick
pleading, and she bent toward the man
at the desk. "Mr. Glider" she ques-
toned, do you really want to stop
the girls from stealing?"
Most certainly do" came the for
chile reply
The girl spoke with great earnest
ness deliberately.
'Then give them n fair chance"
The magnate stared in sincere aston
ishment over this absurd, this futile
suggestion for his guidance.
"What do you mean| he vociferat.
ed, with rising indignation.
"Why," she said very gently, ~
mean just this: Give them living
cnance 10 DE honest.
"a living chance!" The two words
were exploded with dynamic violence.
Glider found himself unable to eX-
press the rage that famed within him.
The girl showed herself undismayed
by his anger.
"Yes," she went on quietly, that's
all there Is to 1t. Give them living
chance to get enough food to eat and
decent room to sleep In and shoes
that will keep their feet Off the pave
ment winter mornings. Do you think
that any girl wants to steal? Do you
think that any girl wants to risk
BY this time, however, Glider had
regained his power Of speech, and he
interrupted stormily:
"And Is this what you have taken
up my time fort You want to make q
maudlin plea for guilty, dishonest
girls, when l thought you really meant
to bring me factsr'
1--WE work nine hours a day." the
girls quiet voice went on. a curious
pathos In the rich timbre OF II. ''nipe
hours a day for six days In the week.
That's fact, isn't It? And the trou-
BILE is an honest girl can't live on SO a
week. She can't do 1t and buy food
and clothes and pay room rent and
carfare. That's another fact, isn't I'll"
Mary regarded the owner Of the store
with grave questioning In her violet
eyes.
81 don't care to discuss these things"
he declared peremptorily as the girl
remained silent for moment
"And l have no wish to discuss any
thing" Mary returned evenly. II only
want to give you what you asked for
facts. When they first locked me up
| used to sit and hate you"
"Oh, of course"
And then | thought that perhaps
you did not understand-that. If [ were
to tell you how things really are. it
might be you would change them
somehow"
IL" he cried incredulously. 81
change my business policy because
you ask me to"
There was something imDerturbable
In the quality Of the voice as the girl
went resolutely forward with her ex.
PLANTATION.
"po you know how we girls liver
But, OF course. you don't. Three Of us
IN one room, doing our own cooking
over the two burner gas stove and our
own washing and ironing evenings,
after being on our feet for nine hours"
u have provided chairs behind the
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