Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-05
"When a Girl TfQrrieS"
New, Romantic Serial Dealing With the Absorbing
Problem of Girl Wife

Mrs. Harrison. won't you take me into
your room and search me yourself?
Honest, didn't touch the ring l
didn't even know there was a ring IT
couldn't have been in the box when
you sent me for it."
How did it get out?" asked Jim ju.
dicially.
Wait a minute" interrupted.
There are two things we must clear
up at once. You did know there was a
ring, Bertha, for when you asked me
to come into the hall l was wearing it.
and you watched me while 1 put IL in
the box. But until we sent you for il
just now you weren't alone with the
box-and other people were. Come
with me and I'll search you. if you pre-.
fer that to the detectives supicions."
Bertha insisted on n minute exami.
nation of everything she was wearing.
She even pulled down her long. fair
hair and made me tap the heels of her
shoes and feel my way around the hem
of her dress The search revealed moth.
ing. Suddenly she flung herself at my
feet.
"Oh. Mrs. Harrison. they'll pin it TO
me sure !" she sobbed. The reason !
was leaving and wouldn't tell is like
this l am married-and my mans a
crook. He's served two years for n
second.story job and he gets back to-
night from the river. I was leaving you
because l like you so we'll I didn't
want to stay here and let him come to
me for fear he'd gone onto the place
like he did my last one and-and take
things. That's why I was going. Now
do you see why the police will fasten
this to me? oh. Mrs. Harrison, l love
my man even if he is crook But /
amt one. Help me. please, If you love
your husband help me-"
put my hand out and helped Bertha
to her feet. I was impressed by her
wild sincerity. l felt rather than be-
lieved that she had nothing to do with
the theft-if theft it was-of my ring.
Yet what else could 1 think?
I myself had replaced the ring in its
box an hour before During the time
that interviewed, the box remained on
my livingroom table. Besides Bertha,
two other persons had been alone with
box and its contents-Daisy and Carl.
Unthinkable to suspect Carl. my dear
old pal Then If Bertha was innocent,
as indeed 1 felt and believed. whom, ex-
cept Daisy, was there to connect with
the disappearance of my ring!
Through my mind there flashed
Daisy's envious expression when first
she saw the ring. Again in my ears
rang her bitter words:
"Everything's for you. An adoring
husband. Jewels Hou-you
matter to every one. Can't you leave
Carl alone?"
I remembered Daisy's mad rush to
get out of my apartment. But then
Carl, too. had rushed away-out of
town. My brain whirled. Bertha's eyes
were fixed pleadingly on my face and l
had to say something. So pulled my
self together and answered her plea
for help.
Bertha. I do believe you are inno-
cent. I'll tell that to the police"
Don't let them hold me! Don't let
them hold me. If I don't go to our
meeting place tonight, my husband
will come here and then I won't have
A chance in the world. And he'll go up
the river again-or worse. For / think
he'd kill anyone who laid hands on
me-" cried the girl wildly.
Then there was knock at the door.
THE police" shrieked Bertha and
flung herself wildly at my feet. II never
touched the ring. Don't let them take
me. If l don't go to meet my man to-
night 1 can't answer for him-or for
what'll happen"
(To Be Continued.)
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