The Press., 1915-06-02

no more. Whoever takes more than this does it for love. l suppose l must admit that love was my incen- tive. My energies were bent upon proving that Haywood had bought the drug that killed him, and had I not fallen in love with the woman who had been convicted of killing him l would not have entered upon the mat ter at all
 Haywood having been a hypochon- driac, I did not believe that he would get on without medicines. But, grant find the person who had sold them to him was like looking for needle in a haystack. After inquiring of all the druggists in town 1 took in a circuit of the neighboring towns. l learned noth- ing for my pains.
 1t occurred to me that possible rea- son for mans concealing the place where he bought his medicines was that he was taking some nerve drug and desired to conceal his habit. In this case he would buy it secretly and might buy any other drug he wished in the same place. Haywood would have likely sent to the nearest large city for his dope, and that was place of a million people, with a proportionate number of wholesale and retail drug gists.
 I went to the city myself, spending a week there, inquiring of every drug gist whether he had ever sent Hay wood any drug No concern had done so. I was about to give up the matter when it occurred to me that one who would take pains to conceal his habit would not be likely to have the dope sent to his address direct. So l went the rounds again and asked every drug gist if he had record of sending drugs to any one in the place where Hay wood had lived.
 I found a number of druggists who had sent dope in very small quantities to A. R. Ingersoll at the general deliv- cry of the postofice. One of these druggists had sent MT. Ingerson at times tonic of arsenic. l was struck with the fact that some of this tonic had been sent the person not very long before his death.
 Eager to find whether MT. Ingersoll and Mr. Haywood were one and the same man, 1 returned home at once and began an investigation. No such person as A. R. Ingersoll was or had been a citizen of the place.
 On inquiry at the postoffice 1 finally found a general delivery clerk who had delivered small packages to MT. 1nger- soil. He described MT. Haywood.
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 I now went to the attorney who had defended Mrs. Haywood and gave him an account of my investigations, pro- pounding a theory that Haywood had had a drug habit and had bought ar senic for a tonic. He communicated what had learned to the prisoner, and a new trial was applied for.
 It pleased me to turn over the evi- dence had elicited to Mrs. Haywood's $ attorney and keep in the dark myself. During the new trial I sat in the court room among the spectators and watch ed the prisoner as she eagerly drank in the evidence I had been at so much pains to hunt up without knowing that looking at her.
 When the evidence had all been plac- ed before the court the prosecuting at torney made a motion that the judge instruct the jury to acquit the prisoner. The judge assented and the jury ac- quilted her without leaving. their seats. I longed to go to the released woman and take her in my arms, but if did this I preferred that it should not be in public.
 The next day Mrs. Haywood's attor- ney told me that she had begged of him to explain how her case had been ferreted out and who had taken so much interest in her as to do the work. permitted him to make an appoint ment for me to meet the young widow at his office the next morning.
 At the hour named was taken into the attorneys private office and was formally introduced to the woman I had been instrumental in releasing from life Imprisonment.
 I have given my story up to this point in full, and I doubt not that the reader is interested in knowing what occurred between me and Mrs. Hay wood after being left alone together. Bhould I give an account of it the story might be spoiled for some who would fail to appreciate the tremendous of the work I had done for the lady and her action to stranger in consequence. I will only say that when I had told her my story she asked me why I had taken so much trouble fer her. Any one who has read the story will be able to judge of my reply. and some may correctly name it's effect upon the widow.