The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-03-03
One Thousr nd I
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By SMITH ArEERs
. Associated Newspapers.
WNU Service.

AZ Hldll-Oroer Catalogues were
= really to blame for the whole
business, thought Leila, bitterly.
For had the disgusting catalogues
not tempted her so allurmely with
their brilliant array of purchaseable
may, needable things-Leila would
never have even thought of making
up the list Of things size might buy.
The dingy old kitchen where Leila
spent goodly portion Of each day
was TO receive its rehabilitation
with a portion Of that magic sum.
The broken, much-mended, warped,
Old kitchen range was TO be re-
placed with shining blte-enameled
affair, exactly duplicate in the al
hring sketch in the esi logue.
The kitchen plans sc :. Leila al
ways held her breath nth a tiny
gasp as she turned l.. the ladies'
Quitting departments. such an ar
ray OF finery! Luxurious silk un-
derthings for best; dainty hand
done Porto Rican lingerie for every
day; snfart-looking gnghams for
every day, and col plete after
noon, evening, and stree costume
as listed by the, Fifth S renue shops
and copied accurately Tor the dis
terminating customers of Searles
Gordon company!
To dream of possessf ms was one
thing, to make the dIeal come true
still another problem. So Leila
schemed and dreamed and kept on
keeping the home other beloved
father CHEEKY and immaculate.
A country minister's salary is far
from opulent, and Leila had all she
could do to keep the, cellar filed
with canned goods, the garden free
OF weeds, the chickens. veil fed and
laying and the one CIV they af-
forded producing daily,
The Rev. Lyle Dinsmore. how
ever, was utterly unlike his ener-
getic daughter. He believed that
God would provide-anc he was too
much OF. a dreamer TO aid Him in
the stupendous task
Leila was deep in a 1T of moody
rebellion as she walkel from the
market 10 the postoff ce for the
morning mail. AS she: urned away
with still another brilliantly adver-
tised catalogue from searles and
Gordon she saw posted in promi-
nent place a poster advertising
81 900 reward for the CO pture of the
man pictured. He was alleged to
be a daring train robter and had
been awaiting trial Whels he escaped
and was reputed to be heading for
the border and the Ca Iadian wilds.
Leila shuddered. a bandit-a
robber! And heading Or Sleekporti
She hurried home and Worked fever
ishly all day, the pjteture of the
youthful bandit haun. ng her and
the 1000 reward ia talizing her
equally. BY nighttinE she was in
nervous state close & hysteria.
There was no moon. and a slight
wind sighed about the house. Leila,
still worried oyer the bandit, was in
the cupboard putting away a few
last things when she saw the kitch-
en- door slide noiseles lily open. A
heavily bearded face nered at her
and shaking hand warmed her to
silence. It was the united man.
Leila never knew wheI.. the courage
came from that caus her 10 bid
him enter, but she kT W she must
have done il by the sh Of deep
gratitude in his fact as he sat
YEARLY down. And as she pre-
pared a lunch for him and watched
him eat it the thought of the 81 900
reward was almost sitting her. Her
dreams come true!
Silently the man ate. wolfshly, as
though he were fami: he'd. Leila s
heart CONSTRUCTED. He fas so young
land. somehow, he didn't look
vicious or weak. Jus poor.
Now he was speaking, and his
voice rang with truth and convic-
ton. "You won't believe me.
ma am, any more than the officials
down there will-but those yeggs
hired me ard my carr wasn't
one Of EN-. was just learning a
good nights pay and didn't know
anything about the robbery at all
till ] read the pape next day.
Then / knew they'd ired me to
drive 'em away Just al blind. And
nobody will ever bt eve that !
wasn't member of thst gang. It'll
mean twenty years. kAnd / was
going to get married nfSt year. I'D
saved enough to- buy m car and I'd
built up good trade The boys
head dropped to the table. He
wasn't crying; he wasn't the whin-
ing sort. He was just sunk in the
misery of LIES cruel st mistake,
circumstantial evidence
And suddenly Leila 4. W II all, saw
how little poverty was e ter all COM
pared to dishonor, bad ,uck and the
thousand and one other trials Of the
world, and she moved impulsively.
There's a long-distance moving
truck that goes throufh Stockport
every Saturday night. It unloads
part of the provisions at Keller's.
I'll hide you till the " come and
you can 60 to st. Alba, with them
playing hooky. You'll catch q
bumper out of there ID make the
border safely, if you're areful I'm