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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1914-12-17, Page 7THE gli:NAL : CIODERICH : ONTARIO r_ TactlrzAT. Oa tasaaga I;, 11114 7 TWITIIIN TH{ LAW) CHAPTER 111. The Victim of the Law. Gilder did know. The men- tion of the name was like a spell In the effect It wrought , on the attitude of the Irritated Hoer of the store instantly his ex p ato° changed. How extremely awkward!" be cried. sad there wta a very real concern In W voice. He regarded Smithson Lind h. *hereat that rattler puling gentle ma sun :ua;t arsumcd Ids martial bearing "Yon were quite right In tvuing 1, u,e." For a womeut be was ,ieut. plat:el its rheorgbt. Fatally he ,;.eke with the decisivenexa character Yee ..f bine "Of c•oerse there's noth Jr; ee can 41n Just pet the staff buck w the roomer and let ber go." Kit $mltbtou trod ant ,ret wholly uu- ior•b!ed bin.*elf Ho again cheered to. •nroat rirl .*aaec. -'bra's ren angry. Mr. Gilder." be some:nerd tinndly. "She-er- she de - wand. res -er-au apok>gs " The •,++tier .A the store halt rose from he.hair• then Gine- dimwit back with as . t, to in a t ion of disgust •-e,d W.-.... w)soul:- he cried. Attain Or f.li *thaw. considering the situation each Sn,lrh,on bad presented .\t hist - Mae* to. tie mastered his Irritation to me d•:n•." and spoke his command Stent "t%.II. Smitbron, apologize to ter It ,an't Ire'se'pe,l." When Smithson bad left tete °Mer Gilder named to tik secretary. 'fake Ili!.," he directM, and be forth ens dictated the following letter: directness habitual to ber, "why are you w auzlous shout It? This is the third Uwe you have asked me about Mary Turner. What's it to you. I'd like to knows The sake. rt starte1 violently. and a deep duets drove tbe accustomed pal- lor from her cheeks She was ubef- ourly much dlstiirled by the question. "What la It to me?" she repeated 1n au effort to gain time. "Why, uothing -nothing at all, outy-she's a friend of twine. a great friend of mine. Oh, Yes"' There was a monotone M desolation as .ht' went oh speaking In ■ whisper meant for the ears of no other. "It's awful -three veers! Oh. 1 didn't un- • der itend: It's art tul-awful'." With the dial word she hurried off. her at- titude one of wondering grief. Sarah was thinking intently of Mary Turner after ber return to sbe omee. As she glanced rep at the opeuing of the door she dad not of first recognize the dgurc untliued there. She remembered Mary Turner as n vitl, slender girl, who showed an underlying vitality In every movement a girl with a face of regular features. In which was ■ com- plexion of blended milk and roses. with n radiant Joy of life shirting through all beer nrduout and vulgar conditions. Instead of this. now she saw a fell forth that stood awayhig in the door - a ay. that bent In as sinister fashion which told of bodily Impotence. wblle the face was quite bloodt,...t \ wan *timed lieslde her. urle of his bands clasped around the girl . wrist It was Ca+'idy, from headquarters. who *poke It a rough. Indifferent voice. "Tire district nttoruey told me to bring this girl here on my way to the Grand Central station with ber " "Mr. Glider will be right tack Cutue in end wait" The two went forward very slowly. the ngleear. carelessly corm -Iona or bit t duty. walking with awkward steps to soft the feeble movements er the girl. Sarah at Inst found ber coke for an expre-slou of *ympathy. "I'm sorry, Mary," ate said besitat- ingly, "I'm terribly sorry. terribly sorry r The girl did not look up. She stood still. swaying a Tittle. as If from weak- ener. "Are your' she said -1 did not know Nobody has been near me the whole time 1 bare been to the Tumb.." "Why." Sarah exclaimed. "there was Belt° Morris today: She has been •akin_ about you again and again. :Ahab all broken up over your trouble." "Wbn is Helen Morris?' the lifeless ve,ke demanded. There was no inter- est in rite gne*tion. ' Gilder entered the (Mice with the quick. hustling activity that was ordi- narily ezpreesed In tele every move ment lie p•urfed as be beheld the two J w Gaskell, Esq., Central taatlottal iL•,. New Tort a. Dear fir. Gaskell -I feel that 1 e'^f.id lir Autet I. than my duty as a roan It I did not let you know at on.w teat fin Gaskelt Is In urgent need of se4••a1 intention. She cameo foto our n ow today, sod - He !fused for a moment No. pat kith way." he saki tinnily: Witten -4 Mr wondering about our store to y in a tory nervous condition. In her a.itetr-rr.t she carried away about ttIdt eons of rare lace Not recognizing her. e•• •into detective detained h.r for • aeon Lme Portunat.Iy for us alt. Yrs Guido .lir ahl• to explain m'.n r`:• was. and eke vas tt:rt gone to her tom. Hop - 'n+' for arra Ge•kelt'a speedy recovery. sad TWO all good owning. I am your* very 4::1►henn amain entered the ;vales, erre Wore perttlt'twd than before. "abet on earth 1s the matter sowr Gilder spluttered suepkMusiy. `It's Mrs. Gaskell still." tl;aitbauu replied In great trepidatlotr. 11br .rail Dao pee.onntly. Sirs Glider. to stokelxe to bee She says tbnt the vtN I taken against ber 14 nn ootrsge. tad sbe 1a bot satisfied with the epol tree* of all the rest of u* She any* lea 'nog make one. too, and that the 'Pore detective mitt be discharged for 1at••tetwl.le Insolence" Spd.t !warlord up ill nor dlteliirge McCracken." he ''$?Mnteal• gierlleg en Smithson. who Ariel %held,. -Pot ;tart the apology. Mr (Hider.'. ane n•m!ird,d. spooking very d•fereo ant). fro with Insltteuce ""h 1'11 aft.Nnglse," he mid with s vr1 emu.. ret demomfitsre -1'1( make 111 =• errs up a bit when 1 get an sorry form Ga.k.11 I shrewdly "'Net that that tattitaalde gentleman :mac to enc bumble pie. of my Irk +1. f7/,n hbt wail swipe And bM • *ea bo, .rt speise7'. on** •4.11' *tort Attd he left the FORM' k woe on them meet they test tow Mt Oa one of tint 'movement tripe %••:'b the Wore u) behnlf nf Hilder "'rooted by • MM•.trlrl. wts..s. noire 11ervI. si. .•tc.n• +t t.' Won nen teeth de eon w"nt • tt, ono. *WINO enefiptehty 'VW del rteey do to Mary tenser' f ey seat her to prison for three Oars- "lime tars""111ree yea rs r The salesgirl bad re - Pelted the words 11 a tote that rime lo- 44°a1'k• yet a loan rebore/et to Its is- j.(71`s;ogs Q0 4' eg"r 'uns yammer r:•ld a;non. etre as e Iowa tvtthslag to be- ` /es, burro years" "%sal God! There wag no Irvever• to the exclamation that broke the girt• Ups Ia•tesd only a ie berme that tgeched to the mete "k !arab dereaattld with the from lila chair • 1Ts d..er,st lott.tw.y WWI etre t. arise Otis out hoer.' visit 0411. thee b• spot. curtly to the aecrw*ry. "Yee tray go. Ranh. 1 w/0 ring who 1 wish yea grain" There fullowed so,soterosl of silence while the secretary was leaving the of - tics and the girl with her warder stood salting on his pleasure. Gilder cleared lila throat twice to au embarrassment r .rv?gu to bins betore nnally be spoke 'o Ulla girt. "My girl," Gilder said --fitly-his ural tolce 5111 'softened by an booest r.tgret--^my girl, 1 aw sorry about it1s." Yon should her moue the Instant unwer. "Curve. cotuer Gilder exclaimed tent,. ,v that's uo tour to take with tee:" "1% by? IYhat sort of tone do you ex- -41 Yat me to aIleeY' as the retort in the 'I less. t'.eko. "I esp.•.•led a decent ,at'otlit of ten illi} frau one is your pun�ttun." LI/e oats k.•n.r1 ewlftlr Ir. the droop - t•, et[I ane -i,.sl .t,.ldt•o • .. .. •if : .,•, ,-1 it. 1,1,•akn.»e looked straight Into those of the mar, t ho had employed ber. "Would you be bumble," *be demand et1, and DOW her voice war become Soft- ly musical, yet forbidding, too, with a dote of passion, "would you be bumble ;f you were going to prison for three years for something you didn't dor' "Don't mind ber, air," Castel, said. Ile meant to male his mauner eery re- aseuriug. They all say that. They are iunocent, of course: Yep. they all say it It don't do 'em any good, but Just the same they all swear tbey're innoceut. They keep 1t up to the very lust, no matter bow right tbey"ve been pot' The voice of the girl rang clear. There was a note of loslsteoee tbat •el t.11 yea 1 didn't de kis -arrled a curious dignity of Its owns The rery simplicity alt her statement might have bed a power to coovtoce nee wbo listened without enindlee..1- tbnugh the words themselves were of the trite sort (hat any protesting crim Mai ntlgbt utter. "1 tell sou 1 didn't do H!" Giblet himself felt the surge of own tion that swnog throegh these lois menta. Mit ire wool() not yield to 11. "What's the bee of all thir pr. - teener M dessoded sharply. "Yon were given • fair Mot end there's an end of It" '"Ob, no. 1 wasnt: Why. If the trio, Md been fair I shouldn't 1.e hen. Lou yore call It fair whet the lawyer 1 had waw only a buy-oo• whom the court toki rue to tike. a bay trying lila nest rise, my ear. that menet the rldn of wy life/ My lawyer! Why. be was genii getting msperl•ne--getting 1t a1 wy elpewe"f There folkrwed • few *.rouge of *1 lence. Tben Glider made an effort to shake off the reeling that had *a pia seemed him. and to a certain degree be *nereeded 'The Jury f 4d you guftty." la• as *pried. with an attempt to make his rolem magisterial to Its severity "Tea the Jury found me guilty Do you koww wby? 1 ran tell yea. Mr. Glider 1 1 was here era• they had been 001 for three Moon without resettles • da'hdnet The evidence dida't eosin to be quite euoagh for some et thank after all Well the lodge thimbles/ to lock them ftp all eight The me wasted to get hoose The easy thing to do was to god me guilty, sad let go at that Was that telt, do Mink? And that's not all either. 1t fair of you, Mr. Glider/ Was ce telt of you to come to the rt this morning and tell the lodge that should be seat to prism as a w*rnlag to others r "You know!" he exclaimed to mo- mentary consternation. th "I beard you In e couth rtroom," e said. -The dock Isn't very far tro 'the bench where you spoke to the Judge about cam. caYee, 1 kern you. 1t wasn't. Did I do it? or, DWI't I do It/ No. It was only that I most be made a warning to others." Again silence fell for a tense 1nts trsl Tbeu Beatty the girl spoke: "Mr. Gilder," *be said simply. " God is my judge, 1 aw going to prise for three years for sgid omething 1 s do. Why did you ask tit• judge t seud me to privet'?" "The thieving that has been goln on in this store for over a year ha got to atop." Gilder answered em Na phaticully. with all bis OMNI energy o manlier restored. "Sending ins to prison won't stop 1t Mary Turner said drearily. " wit," it," Glider sternly retort ed "But the diseovery and punlsb *neat of the utter guilty ones WUL Has member changed to a buaineralik own washing •ud Imams evenings, Wag ag oa our feet ter dao boors." it "i have provided chain bottled the yen counters." he stated. Was "But tray* you -ever twee • girl sa- lt ting In one of them?" rhe qu.stiuoed coldly. "Please answer me. Have 1 you? Ot course not," she card, after a little pause during which the owner had to enataed silent Sbe shook her head 1n emphatic negation. "Aad do you understand why? it's simply heraus• every girl knows that the m manager of ber department would Gant he could get along witty** has If he were to see her sitting 4g s - Inaeng. you know! Bo .he would be discharged. AU 0 amounts to 1s that after being on her feet for nine boars r- the girl usually walks borne in order to save car farm Yew. ■be walks, wbeth- •• er sick or welt Auybow. you •re goo- n erally so tired, it don't make much dlirereoce which you ars" o "What has all this to do with tb• question of theft to (he store? Tbat g was the excuse for your coming her. o And Instead of telling me something you not about gas stoves and syr fare." The doh story is losing none of its pristine vitality. A catfish was caught in Kentucky wearing a pair of specta- ries whacb an estimable citizen some " cline before bad lost overboard. • alertness. "You sent word to me flu you could tell me hoW to stop th thefts In the store. Well, my girl, this sod. while 1 eau teaks no detlnit promise. 1'11 see what can be don about getting you out of your present dldlculty." fie packed up a pencil ppulleda pad of blank paper convene= to has bead and looked' at the girt ex Itee•tantly. with aggreralve Inquiry 1 his gage. "Tell me now,' be conclud- ed, who were your pabr "I hare so pals!" she einculated fu dourly "1 never stole anything In my life Must 1 ge on telling you over and over again:•" ilex voice rose In a *all of HI eery. 'Oh. why wont an7 nr ielleev over "Unless you can control yourself, ton meet go." Gilder pushed s way the pad of paper 11)41 timwd the pencil aide It physical expression of Ills die - pleasant "Why IM you send that ntes*a; r If you hat '« nothing to say:r' be demanded, with user...Ina choler. "I here something to tell you. Mr. Gilder." she cried gttlely. "Only 1-1 • ° m °• True Christmas sort of lost my grip on the way ber*. with this man by my side." "Well?" Gilder insisted querulously, as the girl hesitated. "When you Sit In a cell for three tuoutbe waiting for your trial, as I did, you think a lot. And eo 1 got tbe idea that If 1 could talk to you 1 might be able to male you understand what's really wrong. And It 1 could do that and so help out the other girls, wbat has happened to me would not, attar a11, Ire quite so awful- neo useless. some - bow." Her voice lowered to a quick pleading. and she bent toward the man at the desk. "Mr. Gilder," she ques- tioned, "do you really want to stop the gids from stealingr "Most certainly i do," came the for- cible reply. The girl spoke with a great earnest - teas deliberately. "Then give them a fair chance." The magnate stared In aineere aston- ishment over this absurd, this futile suggestion for his guidance. "What do you wesnr he vociferat- ed. with rlaing Indignation. "Why," she said very gently, "I mean just this: Give them a living chance to be honest" "A dying chance!" The two words were exploded with dynamic violence. Gilder found blmseif enable to ex- press the rage that flamed within him. The girl showed herself undismayed by bis anger. "Yes." she went on quietly, "that's elf there Is to it. Give them a living chance to get enougb food to est and a decent room to sleep in and shoes tbat will keep their feet off the pave- ment winter mornings. Do you think tbat any girl wants to steal/ Do you think that any glri wants to risk"- liy ibis time, however. Gilder bad replued has power of speech. and he interrupted stormily: "Abd Is Gila what you have taken ap my time fur? Ton want to make a mendlln plea for guilty, dishouest girls, when 1 tboagbt you really meant to befog me facts!" "We work Mar hours a day," the girl's quiet voice went on. • curious p•tboe In the rich timbre of It "nine Donn n tine fur six days 1n the week. 7'hat'a n fact. Isn't It? And the trou- ble 1s nu honest girl eget* dv on Se a meet. She can't do It and Irby food and tint nom ao4 pay room rent sod refer,. That's •Oetber tact lsm't It?" ll try regsrded the owner of the store with grave fsoestloning da tsar violet PPOm . "1 don't tors to diorama thew* tbing^s." be de lered peremptorily es the girt remained *Herd for a moment "And 1 have no wlab to discore any- thing.- Mary returned evenly. "1 cooly want to give you what you asked for - farts When they first locked me lip 1 need to aft and bate yon'• "Ob, of reenter "And (bee 1 tbnb*bt that perhaps pm did net ead.rstand-envoi, If I were to telt yes bow things really .re, It might be jos would ehange them somehow " "ir be MM Inerdulonelj. change my bootees" potlry berate yen ask me tor Then was something Imperturbable 1a the gnstlty of the rule* tot the girl went neeto ttely forward with bee es - planation "De Frog know bow we abets Nee? Rot. ef moms, yew Anal ?lunoo of ea In nee roma, doing noir own rootlet over the two bonier we sieve eel see , Gift Found In Every Stocking TORY 1s told by Oust of (hoes Ss roving Scuta. to wbow Ube wtaule world la a matrimony, of two old immigrants in the utgbbwde of Argentlbr wbo had left tete old world fur the new so long ago obit they bad rlmoat forgotten their usury tongue. But one Cbristmar ere. w ben this .brill wind blew about their windows and a silver veil about the moue bold a threat of anoe to coin they slipped back Into the language of t ne lend of tbelr birth and begu 0 to put baro words !Ouse endearing thoughts which to all countries are prefaced Witt "!)u you remember?" '1 tone tbey recollected tbe day wbeo nor hair was like spun dux and be was „ notable wrestler; the day warn they sere married; the days before the dr* ut tbetr children was born -the chit area who now bad sougu1 tar distant Ironies of their Owe. "And do you re member." said she. "bow in the old Inod 1 put out my shoes one Christmas eve to see wbat suck the fulriee would bring wet' • • • He remewbered rod -for (bey wen growtbg sleepy, t)rese old people -then was a wag et. Pence. 'I have the shoe* still," said sbe. And out to surto drawer sbe brought the woodrb oboes that ata* bad worn un the Christmas eve wbeo they were betrothed "Shall we put (Won out again T' she erbbpered. "What's the user said be. :'t'erbups 1t might bring back -who knower nrg.'d the old woman And so before he raked not the embers she opened the door cautiously and set the two little shoes un the thresbuld. • • • And wbeo the old people woke best morning be trent ball expectantly to the door sea presently returned ruttier ruefully "Look!' said be. "Here's all the luck we've got" • • • The shoes were filled with snow. Bet that was not forgetfulness of fortune The gift that come to the old people bad reached them the night be- fore, and presently you will ,guess what it was. Their case 1• the erose of all of lis- the young, the middle ageed, the old. Ire each of us pat out our shoes, hang up our stockings, expectant of the presents Santa Claus will bring and forgetful of the truth of experience that we are more likely to receive the gilts we deserve than the gifts we ex- pect That is not s). should not he too, with the children. Santa Claus eaten. the eyed' regulation tor them, and 1n the bn*pltals let n* hope that the Gari11 ut Christmas morn makes the dwellers In the tots forgetful for a moment or Um trouble wbicb has brought them there. rigout, K tines, and even If yard Oiled their oboes witb show they would find a welcome fcr It "It's cold and slushy outside." saki . visitor to a little girl et the bu•pltaL "You're wanner byre." • • • "Ah. but." meld sbe, '•1 eke the snow: I'd like to ere It • cem- lb' down." Nuwlrer. indeed, Is the trominjt of Saute Claris so firmly betiry .d In es It is In the children's want of the great hospitals, for there. Is sarong the poor a •lmpllclty of tomb whirl► tender as arse sees 'Mir twitter. ctn•um*taue•e wbeo the round of bap piuetr le Moro "sally attainable! ('mntrutr-p.rhapo tbat's the thing, better than the erecter surprise, bele ter than the Orin prise at (be slab, bet eootent le the bard"et gift for the tale Ino to bring. Yew beer of It in stories Even to the Wiry of tb• Prioress Clem *Dona. wbo loved the Cbee•ltet Wo. gee owl knew It woes be rerriyd ber offer the snowy stream. we •ria gives to understand thatlovers were wela,•"et In (twlr porting) became tbee porton fur duty'. auk. Rot the twin rem. era know, died le • roev.nt sed leer tree toyer died • lonely arab, few hle primuss never tome tiding tato the eft; et IM demons Rut poetises he bad eron.thing mewed of rtritemt sur.wtbina 11 Melt Ales ably with IIf. It sett 1t is that whk'h the old people Mond en the shoes. Yee will sow have s1soosod what It was, ant we Risk pee all mo better gift ter the anew wee - twee. 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