The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-03-26


known. Her one relation was broth
er Of high standing as 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 in 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 a ladylike personality
that might mean much financial profit
in the devious ways Of which she was
a mistress With the frankness char
acteristic OF her. she proceeded to paint
glowing pictures Of a future shared to
the undoing of ardent and fatuous
SWANS. Mary Turner listened with
curiosity, but she was In no wise
moved to follow such a life. even
though It 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 up
against an awful frost" Aggie would
declare brutally.
Mary found the prophecy true Back
in New York she experienced a pow
erty more ravaging than any she had
known in those Eve 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 it served to give her shelter and
food honestly earned
The police informed Mary's employer
concerning her record as a CONVICT.
and she was at once discharged Inc
unfortunate victim Of the law came
perilously close to despair then. Yet
her spirit triumphed, and again she
persevered in that resolve to i've
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 ana
there. after little. she told her em'
ployer. a candy manufacturer in
small way, the truth as to her having
been in prison. The man had Kind!
heart and he ran little risk. so be al
lowed her to remain When the police
called bis attention to the girls GRIM
inal record he paid no heed to their ao-
vice against retaining her services
The police brought pressure to bear on
out
sistance 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.
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
be the criminal II had branded her-1f
she We're to live at 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 WIS glad.
So she went through the long stretch
Of Ill lighted streets. crossed some rail-
road tracks to pier. over which she
hurried to the far end. where IL pro-
iected out to the fiercer currents OF the
Hudson. There. without giving her
self moments pause for reflection or
hesitation. she leaped out as far as
her strength permitted into the coil OF
waters But In that final second nat
ura terror in the face of death over
came the lethargy Of despair-a Shrek
burst from her lips.
On the side of the pier a man had
just tied up a motorboat- He stood up
in alarm at the cry and was just in
time to gain glimpse Of white face
under the dim moonlight as it swept
down with the tide. two rods beyond
him He threw off his coat and sprang
far ont after the drifting body. He
came to it in a few furious strokes and
caught it.
Then began the savage struggle to
save her and himself. The currents
tore at him wrathfully. but he fought
his nature. What saved the two OF
them was the violent temper of the
man. Always II had been the demon
TO set him atlame His rage mounted
and gave him new power in the battle,
Under the urge Of it be conquered and
at last brought himself and his charge
to the shore.
Mary revived to clear consciousness.
which was at first inclined toward
hysteria. but this phase yielded soon
under the sympathetic ministrations
of the man His rather low voice was
sopt hing to her tired soul. and his
whole air was at once masterful end
gently tender. When finally she was
able to stand and to walk with the
support of his arm she went forward
slowly at his side without so much
even as question of whittier.
Joe Carson had performed, perhaps,
his first action with no thought of self
at the back of it. He had risked his
life TO save that of a stranger. The
sensation was at once novel and thrill
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