Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-19
sYNorsls or rnEcEnING cnArrERs.

SYNOPSIS OF rHECEDING CHAPTERS.
49, lYine ;;i''T N"ih wien HenEy Rokeson.
son o: local politician. who is running
bis ,ee; ron HIS hl up and az Ius tI thsn M
tae policeman takes them both By the
,".taf. Henry charles Tom Win being Ia
S'ai.aE house. from which Henry is re-
yn.l. Tom is kcpt licked up ami I: tusi
n@vt morning, Ne pu,su"s MS indu.,rlou,
H. which NJ, his mother and his sister.
go. rye hanp"y lis rleac" hacks Up 70
shows tina, he retains his luminosity toward
ION. hhi an eMi!0:ce tells Mahc! he has
mo HoH"srn- grounds. on" day the little
ptPry !ran"Eed % escape TO the sidewalk.
when young H0kesoa LET'S hts bulldog loose
Gif0se.N ana tho puppy IS killed. Mean
Nh!tc Young EoHcson meets Mnbel At a
taxes her homo IN MS motor lie seizcs her
IN ms arms an. IS torrhiT h9na.ed 81, Tom.
elists the ala OF his father and on a
rH'lp"d-up charge Tom Is sent 10 the
gcn!tcutar:.
tCou' 'uued From F-idayD
Nh that is horrible goes on behind
prison bans, ana the public never learns
Of f. : victim IS AZ last released and
tells his story. His testimony is
branded rs the lie of an ex-convic,
Md mo abuses 70 mcrrily on.
Tom wus released from prison at
tic end Of his term, and was sent back
10 his native town with the knowledg G
tIl; the ruled police had in
structions 10 watch him as danger
Gus character.
His oncc-buoyant step had taken on
the prison drag" His formerly square
shoulders were bent. His tanned and
rudy complexion was sal!ow. His
e, es were lack-luster and as hopeless
as those OF n beaten dog. His heart
was dead within him. ON his flesh
We're scars that bore witness 10 name
less cruclties
Thus married, body and soul. he was
turned ont upon a worlt! that had been
forewarned 10 shun or punish him. In
Short. nc was an cX-conNict. And hun
dycds, Just like him. are sent forth from
prisons. every day, 10 take UP again
the burden of life with just the same
hidcous handicap
Another event OF local Importance
occurred on the day of Toms release.
Henry Rokcsor came home from
Vienna. His term Of service, as at
tachc there. had expired. His father
had died six months earlier. And
henry had come back 10 take into his
hands the reins OF civic and financial
power that had slipped from Hinkle
RoNeson's dead fingers.
IN tho multiplicity Of his interests
in Vienna the memory of Mabel Nor
risscy had half-faded from Henry's
mind. But as the sight of his old sur
roundings revived ancient rccollcctions.
50 the thought OF Mabel now flashed
hack upon him with an Irresistible
power.
With i, awoke the former yearning
for her lovc-for the resolve he had
once made that she should be his WIFE,
lie made inquiries at once through a
detective agency. And within two
hours he had learned the uninspiring
history OF the girl's life during the
past two years.
Toms triai-,fruitlcss as his defense
had pcOVen-had eaten deep into his
savings. ON his departure to prison
the little cottage had been given up
by his mother and sister. since they
could no longer continue paying tn"
loan asSociat! tons installmcnts upon il.
They had moved To a cheap three room
suite in poor quarter Of the town. And
Mabel had sought work in ncighhur-
ing box factory. On her wages she and
her mother had barely managed to keep
body and soul together.
And now a new complication had
arisen. Mrs. Morrissey. always deli
cate, had fallen seriously ILL., The doc
tor had said that nothing but n year
in the Adirondacks could save her.
And "a year in the Adirondacks" Is j..
paid for out OF the wages of a box
factory operative.
All this Henry Rokcson learncd--ant
smiled contentedly as he heard the