The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-06

Will ulQOuDCeuly pTONS luaL he oHu hNN your husband was guilty of that other stealing which he managed to fix on your husband. If be can be induced to confess to that we can get pardon from the governor" r...
 Mrs. Walker looked disappointed.
 "I will see Vail" continued the law yer and learn what may be expected from him. Since defended your huS- band l may have some weight in the matter by promising to use my infu- ence in making Vairs 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 aud "dOctoring' the books.
 It now rested with the governor of the state to pardon Walker, which was the only way his release could be et- 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- uey had q great many cases to look into aud must take them up in turn.
 
 making preparations for Christmas celebration to be finer than any Christ mas they had ever spent. The gifts for papa occaSiOned the most cOnsid- eration, 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.
 But Christmas was drawing near, and there were no signs of action On the part of the governor in the matter of the pardon. Mrs. Walker made ire Qucnt applications 10 Mir. Spencer, who did what he could to hasten the mat ter, but was unable to get any satiS- faction as to the date the pardon would be granted.
 One day Spencer called on Mrs. Walker to report progress. Gcorgie 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- ble that Walker should be released be- fore Christmas because there was not time to remove the legal obstacles in the way.
 The overhearing of this statement quite broke Georgie's heart. He was naturally q 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 not write to this Governor Brown to let his papa come home in time for Christmas: So be 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 Crismas present l would thank you ever so mutch, Yours trooly.
 GEORGE WALKER.
 Georgie addressed bis letter, Gov ernOr Brown, the Capital" which prac- tically was as good an address as could have been used. GeOrgie 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 1t could not be taken Rp before next week" Il have d letter." replied the goyer- nor, from Walkers little boy. asking me to lei his father come home for ! Christmas. This one gift propose to make this year. and if you ever expect anothcr favor from me you'll have to remove all legal obstacles in the way of my doing so.
 All right. governor" was the reply. I'll attend 10 the matter Immediately
 The state attorney got busy at once, l for politically he was nothing without the governor, and in very quick time he presented to the governor papers that enabled him to issue pardon to Evan Walker which enabled the ward en of the penitentlary to set him free. ! On the afternoon of the day before Christmas Mrs. Walker was at the pen itentiary to accompany her husband to his home. Walkers vindication, taken with his freedom, was cause of ex- ouisite relief and happiness both for him and his wife As for the children, they only knew that after a long, long absence they had their father with them for Christmas. .... | The parents were received with shouts of merriment by the children. who climbed all over their father. The first gift bestowed on that happy Christ mas was silver watch sent through his mother to Georgie as his "other' Christmas gift from the governor.
 So passed ;. the first really merry Christmas the family had spent and the first they had spent together in a --. T. hn