Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-22

fuse. Again and again the courae- eous girl renewed her efforts only to meet with defeat
 When Governor Stanley assumed the office of governor she laid siege to him, and as with McCreary again politics interVened and disappoint- ment was her portion again. Gov ernor Blacks attitude was the same. Pride and independence kept her from accepting the offers of finan- cial assistance from scores of rela- lives and friends who would have been glad to come to her aid. ] She rejected suitors for her hand She consulted q lifelonp friend of ' her father, head of life insurance company He told her that solicit ing life insurance was splendid field for girl and she took his ad- vice and began work as an agent for i his company in Central Kentucky, Here is where her former good deeds her sweet disposition and her popu- larity were to serve her well. Too Busy to Banquet.
 When it became known that she was soliciting insurance. m a V i friends did not wait for her to call on them. gut voluntarily hunted her up. Policy after policy, nearly all i for large sums, began to roll into the main office.
 A banquet was given 10 their agents in Cincinnati. and Miss Alex ander wac ur~entlv re0"e"+ed to bc present But she was not there. ! In exnlainine her absence an off cial said:
 "Mies Kate hasn't time to 90 to bannuets; right now I'll wager she | is writin" a big policy"
 He afterward sent her large hoy of cakes, candies. etc, from the ban quet.
 When the wear was un it was as- certained that Mi~e Alexander had sold more than SSo0 000 of 'ne'1ran"e and was still rapidly adding to tha+ figure.
 Then came the inevita ble result of l five years of worry and hard woek Friends and relatives noticed that her health was failing. Though she still retained that smile and cheerful erecting for every one. the bloom of health was leaving her cheecks.
 Physicians advised long rest. She spent fortnight in Florida 'n hope her health would bn restored but while there Edward P. Morrow assumed the office of Governor, and she rushed back to Kentucky to take up the fight in her fathers behalf.
 She proved to Governor Morrow'S satisfaction that her fathers health was impaired that be was past v wears of age. and according to the laws of nature, he had but few years at the most to live. She wanted him to spend the remainder of his days outside the prison walls
 Co!lapses at Prison.
 She circulated another petition, ob taining signatures of the judge who presided at the trial, the common wealth's attorney. members of the jury who brought in a verdict of guilty, and scores of the most prom inent citizens Of central Kentucky She succeeded in winnn@ over the Governor in a personal interview. f Then on Monday of last week the Governor placed in her hand the precious paper for which she had been fighting SO bravely.
 She hastened to the prison with | the pardon. Taking her father by the arm. she led him from the grim walls. As the gates swunp open and the two walked forth, the father breathing the air of freedom for the first time in five years, the girl col lansed.
 Her nerve had sustained her until her goal had been attained.
 A friend waiting in an automobile rushed them to the railroad station and father and daughter started for Cleveland, for an operation by 3 specialst-an operation of q most | serious nature.