Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-10
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take my punishment IKE MAn
And like i man Blake Arnold faced
judge and jury. nor DEFIANT nor r.
sensfnl. nor grandIloQuent but with
c0ntritiCn. shame and submission ID
his face. There was little doubt that
wlsse under tia influence OF strong
drink and Iuged on By specIous tempt
ers ha had forged d check upon bis
former employers 10 pay or gaEa.
hllng debt.
1--WE years Ia the state penftentiary
ae hard labor. y was the sentence, and
the prisoner simply bowed his head
and did not lift if as he was led away.
Then Ii was TO sweep the courtroom
with one swift. probing glance His
face feil. II ne hoped to And q.
friendly Or faznillar face there he Nas
doomed to disappointment
wild, reckless spendthrift that he
was, be had reached the end Of bis
rope. A year previous. urged on ~
his rfOtOis acts. his father. man Of
wealth. had turned him out Of his
home ana dlisowned him. Six months
later the parents Oe his manCee. sor-
rowfnl, bar loyal Isettis Vivian, had.
told him that she had been sent &ygay
to distant friends where ne could not
lnd BET md thAt nil was over Detween
them.
More latferIy Leftie had accepted
the decision o9 father and betrothed.
de had plunged into new recklessnesa
They we're doubtless aware Of hin
predlcament, but no one had extend
ed helpng hand. AS common
criminal. Blake Arnold was shut ont
from the world as branded man, and
stolidly, doggedIy accepted the dull
iriSsome routine Of prison life.
And all the time poor, pining Let
tie passed her days In vain longlng
fOr d sight of the only man she had
ever loved and her nights we're tear
ful ones. She could not forget, and
she told her parents 30. Practically
exIled with an aged aunt. she faith
fully kept her promise not 10 write to
Bl0ke, and when his final downfall
was announced III the public prints
her aunt found her staring at the
dread Intelligence In d dared. stony
way is Ii final blow had Frustrated
her.
NY poor, suffering dovelD robbed
the gentIe-spir woman. Do not
become utterly heartbroken. Z
enc" answered Leftts quietly, e
shalt only wait.
SYou WIN walsf'' repeated her aunt
vaguely.
aFor his release and his redemp-
tion. Both viii come Id time. Ella
love Tor me can never die. II VIII
purify and save him. We shall meet
again sometime, somewhere.
Two years had passed By when the
United States entered the war. Let
tie found some relief from her an
guIala by contributing her services to
Red Cross home work. Ie was late in
the year when her aunt, 5pening q
morning newspaper, stared, pale0.
and Fastening 9urtlvely into another
room, thrust the newspaper Into q
blazing CRATE. She had read In the
Journal Of the escape from prison Of
BIake Arnold, an honor convict. whose
good cOnduct entitled him To d remia.
sion of his sentence and whose case
had been favorably regarded by the
pardon board
So LettIe incurred on and dreamed
on, an unaware that the man she couId
not forget was free. Her aunt fretted
and reared for many weeks, dreadfng
the possible appearance OF Blake ID
quest of Lettie. He did not come, nor
did any letter. and the months rolled
on.
Il was late Ii the year when the
boys came naarching hoAe. There was
fragrnentary contingent of regi-
rnenk which had displayed the highest
yalOr Id one 0f the most desperate bat
tIes of the war. The son OF the gov
ernor BIT the state vas ia the group.
and. the idol of the regiment wa y
soldier, Berton Arleigh, who had saved
the life of the young man and had led
forlorn hope that had turned the
tide Or the conflict. Berf0n ArleIeii
had been terribly wounded and was
On the cOnyalescent list when what
was left 0f the yal0rOus regiment
reached the home town
me people dc ths capltsG could not
DO enough to honor THESE men, and the
son Of the governor bad invited Begs
Ton Agzeigh 10 become has g1eaa ona
eay ard nEgllt TIE yonng nsarr reasaaiaaed
iii the pafatial home oT tbs 0faesals.
The next naorning he sougat q prisate
Interview With the gvvsTDO
II ehaak ii best III quietly leave yoa
without 9l1@ know LEDGE Sc your s0si, 2
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thtense ykri0ssm III haA naEnkes el1le
willingness ID reGel fz ss
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aOay lnMye NE prison
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