The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1915-02-19
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POINTER
By JO1iI Y. LARNED

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no cast iron railway rule to prevent
a passenger froIl riding on a locomo-
! tive. about to ST art on run between
two stations. vent forward and OBJ
tanned leave Of he man at the throt-
| tie to do the distance-about twelve
miles-with him He was near fifty
| years old. but hale aud hearty.
Just before st, rting woman about
thirty years old came to the engine
and stood talking to the engineer ear
nestly for few minutes, then turned
away. AS she did so | could see by
the look she gave him that she had a
great affection for him. but whether 1t
was that of wife or sister | could not
question.
"She's not my gife," he said. She's
had two husba lds and | shouldn't
think she'd want another. Her hrst
husband was u Dad one. aud the SEC
ond didn't live long"
"There seems to be story I'm her
case" remarked. I'D like TO hear II"
He made no reply until We were well
out In the open country. Then h. said
Somehow ! feel like telling you the
story this morning. I've kept il long
but now Ii seems to want 10 come out
The young woman you refer 10 was
little more than "a Kid when | was
coming on to Idle age. She was In
love with your gster named Perkins.
little older th IN she was. but her
father wouldn't let her marry him.
Perkins went fl somewhere. and
Sallie-that's her name married man
named Thorpe. who had just come
into some money. Sallie's father
thought he knew what was best for
his daughter and made the match, Sal
lie not being willing. for she loved
Perkins. Thorpe run through the mon
ey he'd inherited-they said he gam
bled it away-ard 1t wasn't long aft
erward that he lit out. leaving his
wife to get on the best way she could.
she heard not ling from him for two
or three years; then one day she saw
a notice Of the Ceath Of man OF the
same name i'm a hospital In distant
city. 1t was toe far away for her to
go and investigate the matter, and she
didn't have the money anyway. SO she
wrote for des cription OF the man,
and the one give her tailed with her
husband exactly.
Another year passed and Perkins
came back one { ne day, and learning
that Sallie was 4 widow went to see
her. Perkins wa, a nice chap and had
made some money. Sallie would have
married him right away, but she felt
kind Of uneasy ibout Thorpe, not be-
ing certain that he was dead. She
waited year, Perkins begging her to
marry him all the while: then she
gave I'm.
"There was M other man who had
wanted Sallie from the time she was
seventeen years old. but he was then
double her age and had no show
against the youn gsters."
"That man." interrupted. lis your
self"
He turned toward me with sur
that. l made no reply, and he contin-
ued:
"Sallie was very happy with her sec
ond husband FOR about two years; then
something happe ned. had always
lived near her. and she knew that
whenever she ne ,ded any one to lean
on she could come to me. One night
about II o'clock there was rap at
my door. put On some clothes. went
down and opened II. There stood Sal
over. begged her to tell me what
was the matter, but instead Of doing
no she clutched ny wrist and led me
to the back yard OF her home. There
was a man lying there, but | couldn't
see who he was / struck a match
and saw-Thorpe. He was dead.
1T was clear hat Sallie had been
living with Perkins while she was an
other mans wife ] had 10 make up
my mind mighty quick what TO do.
"'Bring me a tablecloth or shawl
or something said to Sallie.
"She went into the house and came
back with n big shawl wrapped T.
around the body, hen took II M in my
arms.
Don't say word to any one l
said. till ! see yoli sgain
III carried the lOdy to my own yard
and put II In an clubhouse while dug
a grave: then | uried II SIX feet I'M
derground and y, back the sod over
It."
"And rlsked beng hanged for muir
derY" interrupted
"The next NOR ling | watched for
Perkins 10 leave lis house. then went
10 Sallie and told Ter what had done.
I made her believe that all would be
well if she could keep the secret.
mentioned the risk I'd taken. We've
neither OF us m, ntioned the matter
TO the other or T. any one else. and
no harm has ever come Of II. It's not
been hard on me but IL was terrible
on Sallie while Perkins lived"
when will yoi marry SallleT !
asked.
"I marry sallie: What makes you
think thntr