Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-12-04

10 come by Christmas without fail.
for If he did not Christmas would be
all spoiled.
That same afternoon Mrs. Walker
appeared in the office of Hawkins &
Spencer. attorneys. and vas admitted
to Mr.. Spencer's private Office.
"You have seen a notice of Wallis
arrest, Mr.. Spencer
Il have, and l congratulate you most
heartily"
''This will free my husband, I sup
poseg"
Most assuredly."
.'When?''
THAT | can't say. Vail has been ar
rested for enlightenment. This in time
will undoubtedly prove that he and not
your husband was guilty of that other
stealing which he managed to fix on
you husband. If he can be induced to
confess to that we can get a pardon
from the governor"
Mrs. Walker looked disappointed.
Il will see Vail" continued the law
yer. land learn what may be expected
from him. Since | defended your hus-
band | may have some weight in the
matter by promising to use my in1u-
ence in making Wallis sentence as light
as possible
Mrs. Walker left him and the next
day received a telephone message from
him that the cashier had confessed that
he was guilty of both deficiencies and
would so plead. He had carried the
losses in the accounts by going to the
bank In the night and "doctoring' the
books.
1t now rested with the governor OF
the state to pardon Walker. which was
the only way his release could be eff
fected. An application was at once
made to that effect, and the head of
the commonwealth promised to look
into the matter. He consulted the
state attorney. who also agreed to look
into the matter. But the state attor-
ney had a great many cases to look
into and must take them up in turn.
Meanwhile the Walker family were
making preparations for a Christmas
celebration to be finer than any Christ
mas they had ever spent. The gifts
for papa occasioned the most consid-
Grafton. for there were few articles
that would please him. However, with
the mothers assistance the list was
completed. and every child had some
thing to offer the returned father.
D..A II..ft-... l.. --o.
and there were no signs of action on
the part of the governor in the matter
of the pardon. Mrs. Walker made fire.
quent applications to Mr.. Spencer, who
did what he could to hasten the mat
ter, but was unable to get any salts.
faction as to the date the pardon would
be granted.
One day Spencer called on Mrs.
Walker to report progress. George
was in an adjoining room unknown to
his mother. and heard Spencer tell her
mother that he had been to the state
capital and seen Governor Brown. who
had told him that it would be impossi-
BILE that Walker should be released be.
fore Christmas because there was not
time to remove the legal obstacles in
the way.
The o%verhearing Of this statement
quite broke Georges heart. He was
naturally a reticent little chap and said
nothing to his brothers and sisters
about their father not being at home
for Christmas. but his little brain was
active. He had heard of children writ
ing letters for gifts. Why should he
let his papa come home in time for
Christmas? So he sat down and wrote
as follows:
Dear Govner. Brown-We expect to
have a bully Crismas. but we cant unles
papa comes home to spend it with us. ]
wish you wood give him to me for a
Crismas present. | would thank you ever
SO mulch. Yours trooly.
GEORGE WALKER.
George addressed his letter, Gov
ernor Brown, the Capital which prac-
tically was as good an address as could
have been used. George didn't know
where the capital was, but the post
Office officials did, and they also knew
all about Governor Brown. On the
morning of the governors receipt of
the letter he telephoned the state at
torney for information as to Evan
Walker. The reply came that it could
not be taken up. before next week."
Il have Il letter. replied the COVER
nor. from Walkers little boy. asking
me to let his father come home fol
Christmas. This one gift | propose to
make this year, and If o ever expect
another favor from me you'll have to
remove all legal obstacles in the way
of my doing so.s
"All right, governor was the reply.
I'll attend TO the matter Immediately
The state attorney got busy at once
for politically he was nothing without
the governor, and in very quick time
he presented to the governor paDers |