The herald., 1915-12-09
A Siingula,
Viindiicab;,
By DONALD cHAx,,,.

be considered a SINAI, -" Nj
man stood on a dock in T a.
wal, waning for the arrival -
. .na' wa was coming up til. s,'.Y
G [ng sn, .I, arrived, wa, doet.
T T"@Ian PASSENGERS that bad ~
gansplank the young ma, 'e''
s,Fu'ln'zins each person, aa, @'''
to a woman with a patch o'.l
eye and called upon a con.,' s'
ing beside him to arrest b., :
, u,t to the headquarters q ~,
where she proved to be , -.
a young woman who stot
her arms about the man vS,S
ed the arrest and SILENT,
Of relief with her head on ~ 20
Ten years before, at ,er y y
had married Abel William, !. I
her senior a clerk in the cor,,.
OF Edward Hooper, a china -
They were very happy, and p !,
was born to them. One .v.,,.
the 70, young husband was psT,.
his little daughter several I ~.
and arrested him on a eb,,.,
Oezzlins money from bis enS', ~
For some time Williams ~. Y
TO understand why be, cOpsri''.
ing perfectly innocent, ht ~,
ed with crime. Then, renenss.
tain suspicious circumstance =
ed Win a fellow clerk naus ..
he came to the conclusion that !.
was the defaulter and had hi, :
uiations at Williams dOO,
books were brought into cOus
trial and showed cOuclu,l,.,
some one had been GOVERN, n,
OF about $4,000. He was not =
pert accountant and HouOd,.,
lessly in his defense. he was N.
Ell and sentenced to FIVE yess III
onment.
During his incarceration 4, j
stood by him, and when 4, III
from prison she took him han.
the two began to plan for hs ~
ton. Unfortunately an InVsso,
would cost money. Besides. IN. |,
no clew, nor were there IN tbOu n
detectives. as there are nov Al
considering the matter for son. n
they gave up hope Of renovm \
stigma. Abel, having been a a.
could not secure a position M i
obliged to make living By vrul
at home. He was very handy va
knife and carved out trinkes On
wife sold for him.
One difficulty in the way Of hsr'
dication was that Skinner bad ktk
York. and no one knew whers h !.
gone. His disappearance suui-(
Abers suspicion that he wa d, \
criminal and had covered up ND
defalcation through the book ID I
Abel. A criminal In one ease b h p
to be a criminal In other casa !.
had Skinner remained IN yss 4
he might have ga mo J
BILE that would have explained "
ruin. But Abel was not sure thxk
ner was guilty.
While In prison one Of tie ssaI /
whose cell was directly over Akil
pealed to him to assist him h ID |
IN escape. The man cut hokt,
floor and let himself down Into n
,ell. Abel permitted him 10 Nj
Ter his cot Abel, who was srpF
IN the prison books and aGurdk 2
,ial privileges, also consented lhr
nan should take advantage d N
de thus escaped, and Abel lmh
IN the books and was reles,iA |
ell.
One day when Abel was q y
making a toy ship a man walkasn
TODD looking at him.
you don't remember me- ~
I'm the man you helped % sI
rom prison. I've come to pay w
What you did and suffered To- .
Ion't know whether you ere . ~
+ a good un and don't esS ~
now that I'm bad. A pal y u
yho has got some valuable tsa
e and l took together on Ne y
ide of the big water Is soin psl
le out O. my share. | can u
hat he'll have to divide with yM
Abel told the man that be vo1
eceive stolen goods. III
"Well. then" continued the ~.
| can fix 1t this way: There's
yard offered for the properu' W
yelcome to It" al
Abel readily assented to 'nH ~
ian Informed him that the pap u
ringing the jewels from Psr1 '.
ley had been stolen, to dsm
lem in America. BE was o.
ian and readily identified DC ..
rive on a certain day and A1
i'm him over to the auth0nS
,cure the reward. ..,J
To return to the party Wn' - -
Iscovered that the person
as a man. Mrs. Williams - =
kinner. He was much chsnss
hat he had been and bad
re. The fact that Abel WE
, yindicated by the arrest ~. y.
# to the poor woman vnle, J. 4
complete relaxation. fol -
.ents she wept on her - -.
BOULDER, then, turning to t0e
i'd:
skinner" .xi|