Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-06-04

There WAS. For y~>3us'c. Aggrc
l.lulh, a tvauA yauNirt Wljh whom
SIZE lud a ~li@nt degree ot arQwtuoaurc
nothing mora This Young woluHu Il
crjw.ua) Ivy t~aintu& offered allure
wvut> Of ~j|eGitimatr employment in
tie outer world when they should he
tree Mary endured the c~ompanion-
ship with this prisoner because a sixth
sense proclaimed the tart that here
WAS n Immoral rather than Immoral,
and the difference is mighty.
For that reason AEgic Lynch was
Rot actively Offensive. as were most Ot
The others. She was Il dainty little
blond. with y baby face, in which were
set two light blue eyes Of 4 sort to
widen often in dcmurc wonder over
most things in 4 surprising and uauGh
~ world She had boon convicted of
hllekmail, aud she made no p~rrtruSr
even OF Innocence Instead, She VAS
Inclined to boast over her ability to
hamhoozlc men At her will. She was
4 natural actress OF the inGruue role,
and in that pose she could uutailiugly
hrguilc the heart Of the wiscst ot
worldly men.
She had been reared in Il 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
or Of high standing MS Il pickpoCkrt
Nv, Api,,aIn.1 y,o..,, 10 bn. n.,,x ~,
leading on men TO make fools Of them
selves over her. to their everlasting re.
gret afterward, lay in the fact THAT In
spite of all the gross irregularities Of
her life she remained ChaStr.
The girl saw in Mary Turner the
possibilities Of a ladylkr personality
that might mean much financial profit
in the devious ways Of which she was
4 mistress. With the f~raukuesS char
aeteriStic OF her, she proceeded to paint
glowing pictures Of n future shared to
the uudoiuG of ardent aud fatuouS
SwainS. Mary Turner listened with
curiosity. but she was III no wise
moved to follow such n life, even
though ii did not ncCcsSjtatc anything
worse than Il fraudulent playing at
love. So. she stCadfastly continued her
refuSalS. She would live straight
You will find that YOU are up
against an awful FROST Aggie would
declare brutality.
Mary found the prophecy Il Back
in New York she experienced II .poN-
crty moro raVaginS than amy she had
known in those five lean years Of her
working in the store. She had been
absolutely pcnniless for two days, and
without food through the gnaWing
hours, when she found employment In
a millincr's shop. Followed a blessed
interval in which she worked content
eddy, happy over the mcagcr stipend.
since il served to give her shelter and
food honestly earned.
The police informed Mary's employer
concerning her record rs Il convict,
and she was at once discharged. The
unfortunate victim of the law came
~perilously close to despair then Yet,
her spirit triumphed, and again she
~pcrScvcred in that resolve to i've
straight She found Il cheap position
in n 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 n little, she told her en-
ploycr. a candy manufacturer in n
small way. the truth as to her having
beer in prison The man had Il kindly
heart and he ran little risk, so he Al
lowed her to remain. When the police
called his attention to the girls Grim
inal record he paid no heed TO their al.
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 o~bligingIy wrote a 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. h world
would not let her live according to her
| w conscience II utIIlll'lth Nlh' Wv
be the criminal it had branded her If
she were to live mt all. She still walk
ed the streets fa%lteringly. 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
Of III lighted streets. crossed some rail
road tracks to a pier, over which she
hurried to the far end. where IT pre-"
jected out To the fiercCr currents OF tn"
Hudson. There, without giving her
self a moments pause for reflection or
hesitation. she lcapcd out as far MS
her strength permitted into the coil OF
waters. But In that nnal second nat
ural terror in the face Of death over
came the lethargy Of dcspair-a shriek
burst from her lips.
On the side Of the pier Il man had