Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-12-09
Mary Hicks, Sob
Expert
By JAMES P. meGRATH
g, 1879. Western Newspaper Czia1J


tation. Don't divide a husband from
his loving wife. 1t was his first Of
euse o.
Tie beautiful girl who arose IN the
court with hagzard face and appraised
arms aroused the pity Ct alL Even
the hardened prosecuting etrouey felt
his heart touched Clothed shabbuy.
white, van, the picture Of despair, the
. prisoners wife appeared 10 be appeal
ing 10 something higher than man
made law.
The judge g-umbled under his
breath. A sort Of steam had gathered
OF his glasses, and Ire wiped them fur
/ lively before pr0loluu1g sentence.
+ Graham, the offe1~e Of which you
{ have Just been found guilty carries
WITH il z maximum sentence Of seven
/ years in the peli-elriary. In c0uSe-
( quence Of the plea q ycur devoted
1 wife. and 10 the belief that this expert
+ ence will be & Eesson To you. sentence
. will De suspended pending your good
+ behavior"
a sigh II relief rang through the
+ court The beautiful girl cried out her
. thanks Historically Two ladies came
up 10 minister TO her. S055i1g. she
vas LED away
Outside the courtroom z little crowd
had gathered 10 see her greet her hus-
band. With iuterlluked arms. the hap
py couple walked away. until. out #
sight OF those who had seen them. they
stopped.
Say. that sure was al right" said
the ex-prisoner. I'd have got three
years in the pen but for you"
Forget f." answered the beautiful
girl in q buSiness-Iike way. 5 all in
the days work. So long, and don't
get into trouble again.
Next afternoon q grey haired woman
E1eeled al the feet Of AloySius 2. Phil
ipson. the Wall street maEnate. How
she had ever managed 10 gain admit
lance to that carefully guarded sane
tum Is something Of mystery; but,
then. even clerks and Office boys have
mothers If their own. and this little,
apple-cheeEed, white-haired lady was
irresistible
Il must see him. l must. I must,
Is there any man here who will deny
the plea q q mother:7
Into Aloysius P. Philipson's Office the
little old lady passed. to fling herself
upon the floor in front Of him.
You had a mother once. VIII you
not listen 10 mothers PRAYER: For
give my boy. my Harry. He will re-
store every penny that he has left. and
he wiII work all his life 10 pay back
the remainder"
In sorry. madam, but your son oc-
cupied q confidential position in this
office. and repaid the trust that was
shown him with grave ingratitude. He
has embezzled nine thousand dol
lars
Have mercyl Oh. have mercy.
You cannot have = heart of stone. /
should never survive the disgrace Of
seeing my son % 10 the penicentisry.
I have four hundred dollars. the saw
ings Of years. They are all yours. if"
We'll, how much can he repay" de-
maDded the maEnate impatieutly.
Nearly seven thousand. And he
viii work for you 50 faithfully"
For me? Do you think, madam. |
that I would have your son back IN my
Office
Give him a chance! Give my poor |
Harry q chancei Il was 2 worthless
woman who tempted him. She has
gone out Of his life forever. If your
own mother were living she would ap-
peal to you as I do
Aloysius P Philipson swallowed !
hard and wiped the corner Of his eye. |
He took down the telephone receiver. |
Hello. Simpkins, Call up Bruce |
& Briggs and tell them we've decided !
not to prosecute young Engelmann," !
he said. He turned 10 the old lady.
Now, does that satisfy you. MADAME
You'll take him back. Think Of |
your own mother"
Aloysius P. Philipson sank back In !
HIS chair. Tell your son his jobs /
open TO him on Monday morning" he |
said YEARLY. of course. he'll have
TO repay"
Every penny. Thank you. and !
heaven bless you!" exclaimed the lit !
tie old woman, raising the fnancier's
pudgy hand 10 her lips.
As she went cut Of the Office there
was hardly & dry eye in the place
Every heart was touched az the
thought Of q mothers influence. Even
old Simms the chief bookkeeper. deter
mined TO let Polly have that new frock
that she had been bothering him about.
Mary Hicks sat in her comfortable
apartment. The table was laid with
silver and cut glass. the cat was pur- !
ring by the radiator. A man came in. /
Mary ran forward and they embraced.
Hello, old girl, How's business 20
Ing:"
"Oh. I had two cases today. Tom.
Not so bad" said Mary. 1.-TWO hun
dred iron men for the court case. and
FIVE hundred for the other. Dirt cheap
at that. too. I got one Of old Philip
sons men of q prosecution and his job
back. Had to see the old boy himself
to work the trick. But its not a bad
business, Tom. once you begin to get
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