Show adventure by the th editor Chrle taia was froin fram visiting three friends that lived on oa loett bret now york city few people aoa wa fl on the tha street at that time a ati 5 U wn was a very quite part of the city in choto days just justko me I 1 turned the corner of one ot of the cross cron streets baeb I 1 bow bawa a lidy or a cormon I 1 though I 1 was a 1 lady by the dim light of the treed street lamp lamps running with ail al lier her might up the abe street I 1 was waa jut just about to oroa cross lei la a few moments she ba wa by bf toy my side elde and without even saying a word the she mo by the arro arm anti nal nfl tu kurnol ril me back the way I 1 As a 6 ar the he turned the a orner atthe of the street she lot idl to go of my arm and in B very avory short abort space apace of time bad arranged her apparel a BO you would not have known her berlo to be the tha same women woman that d rat met we when she he had bad changed bar clothing she be took me by the arm agala mad led n a back to the corner of cr the ills etreal irea W we a hd just lefto left and led me down the tree t I 1 aw fuw her run up theo then for the first t laetzo iwo uke spoke and said to we tn in a very low whisper wb laper my dear air I 1 throw myself tolton on your morays sad whatever may tra to night wear swear you yott are in any r hue bu I 1 head baad I 1 will explain all to yu yea wore before we part 11 bi bf this time I 1 could see ea the abe dim outlines outline of t what I 1 were two men coming comics our way and they deemed to be coming to wards us at a daiy vei y rapid walk Isa la moment the woman had bad changed she assumed the stop evering gait of a drum k person and talked and jabbered jabberer jabb ered just juit as a a drunken bomis would so natural did ob ah a act abot the that I 1 began to think th ih lady waa really drunk by 27 this alra i the ibe two mcak bell bai eme came up i to us ua I 1 edw a policeman pol loeman to in full un ua loi 1101 m the other was tuan wr was la in civilians civilian dress akef mado a motion mollon for as a to stop atop old did ft ake donaa man p bayou ayou a few moments mon ago I 1 d th 0 pelican on an GO to boston ill I 1 said ray bay drunken rjae tali sald neighbor with swagger that made her r nearly arly fall from tny my arm we sheat A oa back up the str for no BO polia poll eibin soman will diet re a be 0 staggered up against pe ins I 1 was wa aure I 1 felt the smell mil of I 1 licor from her bar bratth I 1 but it was wa only to i willoper tor forme B t 0 I 1 ti r boyosi say Boy en ouI 1 I told the policemen wart was wa indeed the truth that on lad passed us ua A As 13 he two tw left leftwo als to lo continue their rapid jour iner aji I 1 ties poli policeman coman ro remark waric to his ks MP As A soon a aatlo the two searl got out of bight bt my y female friend turned the corner of atae ties next street that led off to the left i let us ui hurry burry 11 ae saldo I 1 and get auto butof the way one hour now will save eare we be ten years tit prison life ill and as a she ahe said soa 80 a shudder ran through her bar i bole holy boly that brought her bar to M S stead on the side walk for ft a moment the ah Is ai it if she would fals she he might keys hare doue done I 1 I had aad not raced grasped her ber arm with both my Iti hybsa ahe acad herself she he said la in a very matter matt or of fact way 1 I hiva have just juat enisher lorring a two years term arm about dealt ao and it makes maici mashuda ma audler er to have hare to te go c back to prison life too tea years yeara more as c I 1 am ac sure ure that would da be MV by fate it 11 I 1 was caught ocilla D diat a I 1 teak to hard of via sirl I 1 was waa only hot bait guilty thy tempted less mete to try my aaby aad la 10 so an moment I 1 fall fail 1 I plowed up one of r the trinkets they thaw thecla al y way slid aud put it in say ny trunk truck sad aad then than they bad me arrested ant aai put pat la in prison hy by the time abe told old I 1 had bad got quite in my now found briand imsho was a criminal she ke scorned at least hast honest with me nod aad the part she ike had acted I 1 had met her but half an hour houe before showed she wad to me bie she w wa a wom woman as of oace no mean talent aud and la in spite of at I 1 had bail to ta admire her ber smartness we vt vcr er nov aa golza at a 11 food speed ped an ana i load 1 bad to do my beat to kep keep up etla the tha lady how far we trailed I 1 do not know as 1 w wa not wit wilt that part or be city i but we come coma to a street where tibe tee tara were rutial running a C let letus ua take the down car sh nhe laid ia you will have bare to ta pay the air for I 1 am without money sad and la in fact starving I 1 11 have eve not lot t eted any fool for two days daya this thi astonished we me but I 1 had ni haason to doubt what tile the wo woman an said we too C lh the arat dowa car whon when we bat at down dawn I 1 hail had th fit fint at chance to I 1 at my friend face the first took look ti LI had of ker her I 1 felt sure aure she rhe could not apt be over twenty lave five years yeara of aie bille seemed tf to do deplae yin tny my moaning and nd in IB a most meat confidential whis pr said as there were ware other leovis in the ahe eirl renty ORO one pa past I 1 may look prison life did that I 1 was born is lagl amill and up on a farm until I 1 W L tsen father died and an then than I 1 eama to thin country alone alene had bad 4 1 el I some ioui years booro belore As A she ahe was wa etring roe me this thia a P nod had a good food show to look at her ber face he be wall WA not what you would hae ha e willed milled handsome atti but ak 60 was bif a fairish luls domant botter I 1 looking hund huntrods rods of ef wommac J had aftena uses 1 and not t a olin alxa of r ariva was waa la in il heir er fae face but a loek of andreae that sion talt aiji J film dim the kalf half anell that clayel around h b r I 1 ipe at obie ab spoke to n ilow blow for far do you alb to P I 1 asked to ake ead of abe track anak she eke replied M hen the ear car had topped stopped at the rid of its if nn and we bad left the ike car with tie the othe r pas angers she ak said take the sigh elgh ato ra arec rd RO to the end of the track tit tit oar car will 13 k crowded attl aio we win will IM a ir tre in the me crowd k I 1 we ite have supper bat butare flar would not listen to any delay la IQ a lw lew wd wa were la ia the ibo car she b bad macar amp 1 I were ware aoa soon on oa our wv way up tow a an ai she oad said the ear car sas u crowded 91 aad ld there we yes no na ciance for any conTort ln together log ellier 4 up to this hi time I 1 had no ao doubts 1 but bat that the wo wat was ell all obi abi t ed herself tibel U be bull be hasna ka to have serious doubts about th the wisdom of the course I 1 tad bad penu ei la in allowing myself myel to be bd tho the tool iol of a woman that was wan a cal minal na as obe bad freely con ten jod herself to be and aid once nce I 1 bad ocol to step from the cr car md and lem leathis leatH a the bs woman to bar total fate but tio 10 sooner I 1 ad I 1 done dona so BO than I 1 thought what a trick that woul 1 be on my fait and I 1 concluded to see e ibe be cod bod of 0 it hut but few persons jo joardar ardad oard iid the tha car as we 9 oali mado our way ay up the avenue but an a we rol got ulo a mils mile or so BO the passengers began to lea a us and before wo we got cot to the be end of the track we were the only two passengers pit Manger la in the car but my laid bald abe b seemed to be ba la ia doop deep thought with wilt tjerk iha thili cant carat lat last topped stopped aid 1 we saw a man kuckly unhitch the tb am aul a ion and nd I 1 knew we wre were al a the end of the tk track when we left tile tha lady took rry ny n y arm arid and lead in a my froma from the ugh of the station and mablea tablea it was wa now niter midnight and the night was waa bitter colt the been frosty air teemed seemed to penetrate my whole system until roy my limbs schiverea shi vereA aca my teeth chattered I 1 remarked to the lady about the bitter cold night bight yes ye said abe fa I 1 but it would be b a more bitter night forme tor me it if I 1 was wai not here hero I 1 am an free red I 1 now feel I 1 am eared cared I 1 know you would not betray me I 1 and as a becala on 0 o she bhe grasped my iny arm with a tighter trip rip as aa if the abe was wai sure cure of w abit h at she ba said aid 1 I aoa am a the blackest bao keat dye she he continued tonight I 1 commuted commit ed a great teat robbery I 1 had ll it planned for three dy days I 1 would have hare done tho robbery last abight but twe wre to many people around tonight I 1 saw aw my chance sad ad rot got away with more then than i bad planed placed to tray of beautiful lul jewel jewelry I 1 never ot at this tb danger I 1 ran raa until I 1 board beard tho the cry of f stop atop theet 11 that cry brought we me to my ore I 1 the danger I 1 was waa in ID and that ten tea i ears ear of prison life wait w baota a me the castre to escape wa wan above and ray my whole lifes energy urged mo 4 olin for hour and nd I 1 would have bare beoo arroa arrested arr eted tedi but me be air arl I 1 you yoi apo aipel P what helosie of tho the plunder pl I 1 asked here la in a sack gack under ny my clock you can dav I 1 all for the freadom you have bara glyen me cne I 1 told her ruy my hands hand would ROL not touch it anil and advised her to return it sit all to the owner aoi and forever leal lead an henet life it alwa was the stern hand of the law that thai made ado me disho il hoor inest and aad then them she he steeped as if ribs was ory caryln butini soon goon recovered reo everad herself yes te roy my first crime was wa a mistake when I 1 had aliett in prison alx month there was waa so 0 o more apo rop at lidor than I 1 wc wail A thousand aad times I 1 bad wore swore to te be good and honest sad die rather than dan do a wrong even up to 90 a yea of prison life those thoo thoughts were still 1111 supreme but jutca to I 1 continued la in prison the evil one whispered la iti my ear car and malice mad aad revenge began to spring up in toy bay heart mod aad I 1 came out oat of prison a greater bloser that thai when I 1 wont went in they kerod we uio to long loaf rue khe punishment bad pyor aver its mark but this is say last lad crime tonight experience la in enough I 1 will do what you say aay I 1 will reform and botu rotu return ra the tolen stolen property to its lt owner 11 all this ihla claie ll 11 ims we had keepe t nj to te kopp keep ours our ives 1 vos warm I 1 wui charmed above measure with her ber talk her olean cut words showed her bar to be ba a perso of more mere than average late into 13 gencel and whoa she he talked or of reform anil and returning the tolon stolen prop property pro orty porty I 1 encouraged in her g tatt res reo Q may I 1 alili and see aea you yon sir air when I 1 am abood a good girl carlt I 1 she ahe asked I 1 answered I 1 would hav on loas and 9 ive ber bar m V name and abress 1 I will bo be sure to remember our name and it if you yea only knew the gratl Ludo that Is lain in my heart apar it voiad at least pay boj for some ome or 0 ibe trouble yo you hare baye been at to tight night IP As A abe sid this she stopped lopped me and grasped groi ped my by tand rand A thousand thanks dear sir air for your kinda east I 1 as ai jbv b sid so ii she abe lifted iny band to her bar lips and it a fervent devoti out ana before I 1 was wae aware soo lre bell bad left me and ad gone into the darkness aar kaaa I 1 woon warn I 1 found she he had bad gone I 1 called her to te comeback come back i but abe did aid not no or would net dat hear my call I 1 know it was wae useless to follow llew her la Is thal abe darkness nod returned and iho ike d cr r on my HIT way down town I 1 bal I 1 atao ra home bobie daylight 1114 bern beita 1 g l how ebow faint streaks of gray bry ithe of eit st jott ea ai and tor for a month after I 1 eagerly scaled wha the didy daly papers paper to see ae if thora there w an all any genus t oath of aba robbery that my friend confessed she bhe had bad com commilles milled I 1 lost hall I 1 found no account of 0 anything lika title tie robbery some soma time abon the midd 0 of Felpi I 1 did road a mr jacob ton ad co nearly all the jewerly that had bad been stolen from their place pla on an christmas I 1 ottea often wo wondered addred it that baa to da with the my ay ismal frioni tr leal bad I 1 it was waa after midsummer some time in the when I 1 reccea a letter mr sand od la in the most ciot dainty written ll 11 I 1 bal peen been la in many a day I 1 knew it nas alai to hand and I 1 began to think oyer of I 1 my cay female wrote baich as a that was lout but the th more mora I 1 thought who it could be to the more I 1 ras puzzled over the problem at lt lost I 1 tore the iha letter pen t to led out who t the riter wand was and liera here Is 1 a opy of f the leiter latter my dear dar J nt frield fr iQ I 1 think thick ot of yu you every day ai though you yon m may by lever ever think thick of ma when wo we parted last christmas night I 1 board beard y you au colt call me e b a cr but I 1 had intruded to much upon yar time and patience for a str asger I 1 wandered wander cd about all al night I 1 know knew I 1 dro dar no fora for a moment orabe or the verdict Teril lot wt id have been bean I 1 fou found ad fi coiet io ozes iet to catl death I 1 next morning I 1 found a shelter in ft a shanty beio belonging nging to an irish family what a I 1 two iwo days daya from there i I 1 kiad D oi way efty to A bany sad and by disposing of f an ail art title Kloot of delry I 1 had in fit my possession p I 1 I 1 bought a lif rt for Ch chicado icaco there them I 1 ex aras pras je I 1 the ronia remal inder of 0 the jewelry to t the aloo owne through the police depart department mant of new naw york I 1 dare dara not treat myself 4 N u ChIc und and took passage for a point 0 u the hilse turl river too ten miles BU inland I 1 found employment school I 1 taught school cekot three months they do noi 06 I 1 oath school tiers la in sow tinnier iner but I 1 wn am hi red to rex dext t winter my six year se bool imir rt pit honto bamme comes come la Is good god place navy DOH for far with a very little ste ralton I 1 oat it keek ice ti a hend head of ray my pupils la the to sail it al I 1 live ive with one of the tk school it hired girl at eight dollars dollar per I 1 I 1 hav ad one offeror afar of mairre cuu a hero bu but I 1 no an car of ira roa strai liget bounds ver very tame ee irU vy brhen hen you bro are trying to win via the affection af another JU A the son of we tt people I 1 live lira with to I 1 oa sea i motto follow full fall of kindness nd alon I 1 love hla Us ha comes the lh you of my ay idea of a noble man that I 1 sous win him and it if a comans womans love lov oan n wj barn bo will b aln his HI parents tn nit the sItu tation bat abey throw no id is the way they got get more mor kind to toufi ft every day and treat me nice like child oki oh I 1 if absy only knew W h b inner I 1 have hava would dispi TI but my up lips ar are a boa led alad for ever oa my pai pa life no body knows know too me here bero andi as var tell what a wicked girt I 1 ha ILM havo vo be beati W walh th all my by I 1 cn give I 1 ditl b baud 04 ya 11 nal 11 a ham 01 aj y TT I 1 KM am a changed woma a rr r in mJ ed woman I 1 thanks to your ma manly aa irate co I 1 I 1 kiss als tho the pen that writes write this chills to you becomes it had bad written your as aim we iti the ba ottha latter fare well wall noble one I 1 11 I 1 way may never ever writ to goyu you again but I 1 will never ver for got fet you an anil it ouight with love IOTO land and devotion I 1 remain mary I 1 finished reading the letter latter witla with 0 tooling ot of regret and aad sadness adae 1 did 10 desire to answer such a frie and ad epistle I 1 but 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