Show m 1 all t fm m c a novel na there are two men in this city who we are thoroughly convinced that much good may come out of the of flashy novels they have been sojo sojourn urn ing in in state prison for the last five years one in sing sing and the other in in auburn A day or two before thank div ing they returned to their respective homes 11 omes free men the governor had bad become satisfied that they weve innocent men wrongfully convicted and had pardoned them the reading jofs of a flashy novel by one of the convicts while lounging in iii the corridors of the prison led to an investigation which convinced a great many Mu influential mucentia persons persona in this thia city that two men had been railroaded to prison one for far fifteen years and the other ot herfor for eight beigh t een years simply because of lack of proper legal defense the reader of the novel was waa so eo impressed by the exuberant sentiment that trickled through the narrative that he made up his mind that the authoress for it was a wor homans womans nans story must be very soft hearted he therefore lost no time in m sending ker her a written statement of his case with an appeal to aid him in securing his bis liberty the story touched the heart of the novel writer and she supplied t the b e necessary money to have a complete investigation vesti gation of the case made by an eminent now new york lawyer the active interest of a new kew york newspaper man was also enlisted and a good deal of hard work was done dome within a few months the producer of lurid novels forgot her calling in her enthusiastic fight for justice and it is safe cafe to say that the two liberated men will never be found in the ranks of those who treat her stories with contumely new york times |