Show T L MRION E f OAM aaa HEATON decided it wua was high time lie did something so something big hag hero lie wits was on oil the far side of forty no money no social position for were little it nio than servant hen mils 4 lie till and no wife or finlly finally ile he was even lu lit more desperate straits ile he wua was of the young widow i ivonian til eliout out thirty six for whom lie he ans wits corking ile he avas va alternately inken willi 11 alli its fits of despair find and chopo lot about mrs mis allan more frequently it MIS haq dem despair pair homeer ho weer for lie he t imagine anyone nil one si so charming mul and so 0 ii ildi if us as mrs allan curing caring middling mido for liliu blin nut but there were timea thues when cirii sin bhe sullied tit at him with special KI graciousness and tallied talked to litile for a longer tinie time than was actually necessary for tile the transaction of the business busl lit in ilan hand und and lils its hope lose after ill al many domet had married their chauffeurs lie ile wits not bad looking in fact lie had always lind had a reputation ir for being some soine filing of a beau benu it 11 it c u in e I 1 he colli fol ted blin elf f hl ill tile lie thought ehilt there were worse men certainly wits approaching and lie racked ills brain to know cow nw lie ile bould buy sirs mrs allan something that allut would really be worthy wirl liv of tier lier ile he caa fully gat eatherd herd te tn ther enery vent cent lie he lind hail lit in the world sixty dolliro dol lira und and bou u net little watch lie he had not noticed leed in it n bearby jewelers wire Jow christmas eve he be called at the jewelers Jen elers for ills hla purchase put tile the little package safety safely in ills hla pocket ka I 1 started olt off into the crowded street at t tile lie orner corner some une one wits vas making ft a slie iel ech there wn wa till an ent linious null nu riler ber of people gathered alid it WH wai difficult dini cult to pass finally ile aton te cepl the other alle of tile lie treet street and ills his walk lie he put his ilan into ills pocket to warm warin it a little and was shocked to find could it he be possible the letle little lize golle cone wildly he ran back through the lie bowd crowd looking on tile tie s street reet for it mid find akI asking nr people it if they had ill seen it of course it was all useless it wits ft us fine merely rely the usual case of the christmas christinas time pickpocket lie he was insanely insane angry lie ile roust must have it it meant everything eier thing to film ordinarily the mot most honest man in tile lie world lie he was completely overcome with the leslic to get back in any wnm the equivalent of what lie lind had lost os someone had robbed him he would rob somebody else A little ahead of him film he saw aw a well dressed woman her arms full of packages without thinking lie went straight towards her to slip one of 0 them simultaneously another roan man was seized with the sam mea ilon their hands met tile woman turned sharp harp ty ly the other man had the package gt in ahki hl hand vealon heaton struck him in the tel t el nil nd a fight tol ol owed a fight in which houton pursued the other lying liying to lle flee ll e the woman panicky was ana screaming for tile the police soon several poli policeman cenan appear appealed cd and the lie man was caught aleaton forgot that lie he too loo hail had been to trying ing to rot roll tile the to everyone even een to him se if ills his case was clearly that of tile righteous man pursuing the evil cil at the police station tat ion heaton for the first time caul carne e face dice to face with the robbed I 1 woman they both registered surprise mrs allan oil oh mr air ilea ton it was you ou then who so helped roe me im su so grateful lie he wits weak from the excite merit of the adventure find and leaned comfort comfortably bibly on oil Ilea tons arin the thief was given a preliminary hearing examination showed he had a whole pocketful of articles he be had taken in the crowd among the things i found was the little ittle watch heaton had bought for sirs all allan an 1 7 I shall have the Je jeweler who sold me shift prove it Is mine aid heaton when he saw it or rather yours he lidded added i turning to mrs mra allan it was to have been beeri your christmas gift el oh how wonderful of you exclaimed mrs mrs allan tier eyes showing clearly how much site she thought of the 9 gift ift and more of the giver they say tile the gossips talked quite a little whirl some weeks week later hiter alwy alliy teamed that hat mrs mr allan hail had married her chauffeur but they say too that tile the couple were so completely hippy they mind the lie talking a bit Q 0 kt 1916 western newspaper union |