Show oS S 'S r V jj II wv 1 4 w y i v. v i r. r iri i 2 M t N r t i r It Tuf AWl J-AWl t r n 11 t or k r BH Bu MARVIN DANA I l FROM THE PLAY FLAY OF BAYARD BR ARD I i Copyright 1313 i lux by liy IJ the he IL li K Fly company compan J. J v PROLOGUE PROLOGUE o k This a is a ory story of o oa a bravo brave I who suffered a great wrong She Sh J. J went to prison for three years for fora a crime that she sho did not commit and nd when she left prison her record record rec roe ord stood between be her and a liv liv- I inz n earned honestly hones She gained r. r r more more than a living and she got ut it u t legally She met bad Lad men and good men and she pitted her wits r t- t gains against those hose of men trained inthe in inthe I the intricacies of the law and in inT T sure the plans of criminals I I Mary Turner urner is good or bad according to the way you look at I C her h r. r The police pollee and the J of law and order that I had condemned her to a felons felon's s cell ell called her bad One young man man believed her to be good and I he stood by her through storm I and stress through circumstances that Plat tried his Ills soul sout I f This This' story gives givs an accurate if fleeting view of the methods of 0 work of the police and the criminals criminals crimi crimi- nals pals and it shows the finish of a brave crook who 7 J followed undeviatingly unde unde- j via the he had tingly course mapped map- map r ped pod out L f CHAPTER I. I J f j J Tho Panel anol of Light HIE IE E H lids of or the r s girls girl's cJ i r. r y I slowly she stared huell II ut t the JL panel of or light Iu lu th the wall witH Just Justat t J t J at ut tl the tho o outset OUIMet th the act of of seeing til i. i mn made e not the least I Impression lo oil on vu 1 her er 1 numbed brain In Kor hor u a long time thus tI ue she be J. J CC continued to regard the th dim Illumination tion lu the wall with the same passive p j fixity of or haze gaze Apathy still lay Iny upon Ji r crushed spirit I In to u a u un n vague u WilY tray sho shu realized her own inertness and rest rest- resta a cf d dIn In iu It gratefully I subtly fearful lest Jest she n again arouse to the full horror of ot her plight ht In n a u curious subconscious fashion she was to hold on to this deadness of sensation thus thus Motet to wina win wina a little respite from the tor torture uro that r hull had her liar soul r Y Of Ota a sudden her tier eyes noted the Ibe black lack l t t lines that may lay across the panel of light fi and In that hat Instant her ber spirit wasu was r quickened once again Tb The clouds lifted lift u ed- ed from her brain Vision was clear now nosy Understanding seized the full tun import of ot this hideous thing on which tr f she looked For the panel of ot JI light ht was urns a n set high within a 11 wall wan of ot K t tone The rigid lines of black ck that th 11 r l' l crossed It were bars prison bars prison bars hll'S It was thus ns still sUII true then She was In a n cell of ot the tho Tomb Tombs Crouching miserably on ou the narrow W bid bed d she maintained her fixed watching t of Ct the window window that that window which W. W tv was za n a symbol of ot her utter despair t k i e Again agony wrenched within her ls i. i The girl was appalled 11 by uio llie mere merci merci- Ii t l of ot a n destiny that had so outraged out f raged right She wn tuns wholly Innocent 1 done She had of ot having nn any wrong struggled through h years of ot privation to keep herself herselt clean clenn and wholesome work worthy wor wor- k thy of ot those gentlefolk from whom she drew tire her blood And Ind earnest vurnest effort y 4 tind ended at last under till on overwhelmIng overwhelm overwhelm- Ing accusation tal false yet none W the J less s h fatal to her This accusation utter after IOU soul r lrI 1 delays had culminated t ta today a i in conviction l CO Th The sentence of the l X court had been imposed upon her that for three yours t she should ll h lx l F ont 1 Where There bero had hero been h n nothing In tb the life tift ir v a of of Mary Turner r before the lf lt i r cams came to It from front many at an- an l oUi other w. w r It Its JI most t 81 were ur oP uP si a sordid kind kin familiar to poverty M to JIM JIM- father had been nu ou ull unsuccessful i man mail as liS e M la U esteemed by hy this gen gen- J cation of ot worshipers worshiper n lie WIt was n It but bill tb the trivial fact i 1 Is I. of gt f small i. i vail all to today y He Ue wan WUI of ot good bl birth i. i mid sud l-e l WH titi ue l KNOr or of ot an nu Inherited competence He Ur h hid Ind l n. n as well Int l hut but ul It was ue J Of r A olal em I sort to ij t So little b by nt M MSo his bin fortune be b be became sotto came shrunken t 11 T.-d T. od d i s D by i ilium ui jf Jt f li IM s I i He lie married a II bar i t r t C who after a n tit brt f t period vr lH happl n ne w. w a. a gnu gave Jm er or life lit M te t toe for hI h of ot the t- t single child pf Ib the u n Mary A As le it tb S rg it b KnI I rr X t r toward maturity In an experience of ever increasing penury Th The girl was in the high school when her father finally gave over hIs hla rather feeble effort ef of- fort tort of ot living At his death the father left her tier n a character well Instructed In Inthe inthe the excellent principles that lint had Md been his own Of worldly goods not hot tb the value of ot I nue a pin Yet measured according to tho stern j I standards of ot adversity Mary Iary was vas for for- Almost at once she procured i in n a humble employment in the Emporium um the great grent department store owned owned owned own own- ed by Edward Gilder Glider To be sure the wn wage e was while the toll I was bod body breaking Mary Iury nevertheless ne avoided the worst perils of ot her ber lot She did ld not flinch under tinder privation but went vent b her r way through it It if It not serenely at least I I f sh shIt c h It Waa True Wac True She W Was In a Cell In the v Tombs without ever a 11 thought of df t yielding to those temptations that beset et a n girl who is IR at once poor and charming her hel fellows were some mc like herself others unlike Of Ot her bel own sort In this t single particular were t tie e etwo two girls with whom she ho shared red a cheap room Their common decency In attitude toward the other sex Nex was the unique bond of ot union In lit their tbell as- as she found round no real compan complin- complin Xe Nevertheless less they hey were cle whole some enough Otherwise they were Illiterate 11 1001 altogether her uncongenial In such wise through h live dreary years curs Mary Turner lived lI Nine hours bours dally daily she sill stood behind n a counter She spent her other waking hours bours in Iu obligatory obligatory II atory tor menial labors cooking her tier setup scant meals meal over oer the gus taus washing and Iud ironing for the sake nuke of or that neat nent appearance appearance ap ap- which was required re of ot berby her ber herby herby by those in authority at tit the I Emporium yet et more elpe especially ully necessary for tor her own self respect With a n mind keen len und mid earnest she ahe contrived d some solace from reading and since sittee the free rree II library bra rJ gave o her this opportunity By n candid comparison of or herself with others other about her she realized the tbt fact that she HIie IO Ilot possessed un an Intelligence beyond tb the I J The Tbt training b by tier her fa- fa ther too had been bell of nf n 11 ir kind There rt was as II well at ut till the vaguely vague ly I the tilt feeling r of ot particular P self re respect to- to that belongs Inevitably hll to tu the tha possessor of or Rood blood 11 Finally nil she demurely 11 muth molest t at appreciation Ia- Ia lion tion o of her hr own physical advantages In short she had bad bounty beauty bruins bolus and Inverting three things of ur chief Importance tance to any woman There had lud thefts theft In III the store tOft They Y had I II eventually to tu a J certain certin department that In which Ml I r z- z worked TIlt The detective was Will III rt Some onie valuable silks Ilk were fOrt miss miss- ml rd d. d Search followed It The she were t found In ht nr Mary I looter locker M lr That t wits wax h Sh Rh w was IA with the theft She Rbt protested protected inno- inno renew rone ON only to 1 IK- IK Inu hll at nt in III der derf shin n by bJ her ber bt accusers Every Avery thief declaim de der elates claim Innocent Innocence euN Mr r. r Thaler himself tr win was emphatic n against I her hlf Tho rbt thieving thle lag ing hud had he been heen n Ion long An AD er- er ample oust tie be made The Th girl rl was wan 01 nr ar rested r The of f t t tit the ruurt lr ft th thres a In i. i u the Tombs awaiting trial She waa was quite friendless To ro the world she was only ollif a as thief In lu duress At t the last the till trial was WIlS very fry short Her IIer lawyer was wasa a a rely an nn unfledged L' L l practitioner as- as nud l to tier her defense us sas a u formality of If the till court ourt At the end cud twelve goo goodmen good goodmen men and amid true tendered d K Po verdict of or guilty against the shuddering girl in inthe inthe the tit prisoners prisoner's dock That which was the supreme tragedy to the broken girl In In Inthe the cell merely afforded rather agreeable ble entertainment entertain entertain- ment to her former fellows of ot the time department de de- part store Diary ilary Iary Turner rumer throughout through out lilt tier bur term of service there ther had been without real Intimates so that now none was way rea ready y to mourn over o her fafe Even en the two roommates J had bad felt relt some Home slight offense since shire they of or her though sensed d the Ule superiority vaguely Now they found a smug satisfaction In the fact of 1 tier lWI r disaster as emphasizing very verJ pleasurably their own vu continuance In respectability On the day of ot Mary Turners Turner's trial there was a n subtle gayety of nr to and l fro through h the store The girls girl's plight was like liken n a shuttlecock driven hither and yon you h by the battledores battle dores of ot many tongues It was the first t time In many maims years that one of the employees s had been thus accused of ot theft Shoplifters were welt tin s1 commonas common as os to tn be he a II stale topic There IC was a refreshing re re- tr freshing hID novelty in this thi-e ease case where r one of themselves was the be culprit Her lIer fellow tellow workers chatted desultorily of ot tier her as liS they had ball opportunity and complacently com corn thanked their gods Juds that they were wele not lIot as liS she she- with she with reason Smithson oD a member of the till executive staff did not hesitate to speak his mind though none too forcibly Yet his comment meager mener as It was Ils stood wholly iu In Marys Mary's favor tavor And he bespoke spoke with a certain authority since be he had given official attention to the thc girl Smithson stopped Sarah Edwards Mr Ir Gliders Gilders private secretary as s she was passing through on one of ot the de de- that morning to ask her b If Ir the owner had yet reached bed his his' office Been neen and gone gOlle wits was the tile secretary's answer lie went downtown to the court of or general sessions The Judge sent for him about the Mary lary Turner case Oh yes ps 8 I remember now Smith Smith- sou exclaimed I hope bope the poor girl gets off oil She was a n nice girl quite irl-quite quite the Ind lady you yon know Imo Miss Edwards Will you please let It me know when Mr Hello I Glider Gilder arrives t There ore are one or two II little tt It matters I wish to discuss ItI R with I him All right Sarah arab agreed briskly and J he hurried on toward the l private t I The secretary tRl was sweated seated at It ather ather her desk when the tbt violent nt opening of Ibe tb door startled her and as she he look look- oil NI 1111 a It Ch cheery tr voice cried out put Hello dad lad At t the same 11 moment a young man l I stater entered with an air lr r of cure erre free tre assurance assur assur- nn slice ance e. e his hi t. t face radiant nut flat as u his hIM glance went Nit to tin tin- lit aniM nt it the desk h be he halted baited abrupt and bl his bis expression chanced t. t to one ens' of disappointment sot Not borer berer be It w l. l Thin n once again the stone b n. n nij I- I V Jw ta pa s his bis hist t f fell on ou tAa tH Jl t tt v b 1 J DOW bOW ri risen rifen fl to her feet la to a flutter Sutter of ex- ex x by Mr ped U Sidle SAdie c t me the genial I sain- sain tattoo Tb The IJ nun man advanced ed and shook panda hand with her warmly Im Ten home borne again Wheres Where's dad dadY leven I veu as all he asked n 8 ked tb the question the quick sobering of his bla face fale bore witness wit wit- D ness DeI a to hi his disappointment over u not finding Anding b. b his bla fat father r In the olf office ome oe And AndIn AndIn Andin In the patent chagrin under which the son now labored was wall to tu be bt found n a certain ctr certain tain of character tI nut smut to be bt disregarded Unlike man many a 1 child be really loved h hi his father The Thc death of the tb mother y 1 n hI before bad had left him without other opi opportunity fo for affee In the home borne educe e be he had ball neither brother nor ulster sister ter I In that I simple and anti sincere Jt regard rd I which be he late hOlt for tor hi ht his father the lay lioy i rt re heart ready for love IO willing willingto to tn give ghee of Ij best tt for tb the one olle be- be I that ot ilK as yet et there was a little hinge t to be wild said of him with exactness i iIII Hi- Hi Will Was n ml child chili of ot tort fortune 11 Ill If yon wish to lose hun it rim 0 o. o Certainly br bt i wits was only 1113 a K drone In the worlds world's hive I Th s tIer far he enjoyed II time tilt good gowl thins of life without ever I doing aught to tu d t I t r IJ b by ern In lu re re- return re-I re turn save sari 11 II by his bis s sod and hi his bis genial ml lm nf ot I I In n tilt the three twenty seine years M of or hl his bis life lIre pr e every sift cUt that money could lavish Ish bad had I been bean his hi if the sum total of ur benefit was small at lit least there remained the consoling lIn furl fart that the harm was even less Luxury had riot not sapped the strength of him He lIe had bad not grown vicious as have 1111 so RO many of ot his fellows teJ among the sons of or time the rich Sarah explained 1 that Mr Ir Gilder Glider had been lulled called d to the court of general sessions sea lIes sins b by bi the Judge Hut what h Is dad doln doing in court Sarah explained Ci the matter with her ber usual conciseness One Oue of or the girls was arrested ted for tor stealing And Amid 1111 had dad went to tor court to get her herout herout herout out of or the th serape wrape Thais Thai's Just jut like the theold th theold old inn man n. n ate h was vats tried today and convicted lOn The rime Judge t. t sent for tor Mr 11 Gilder Glider to come comedown comedown ome down doC this thi rooming morning and have bave a n talk with him about the Rc sentence e. e There wn vas no ICK lessening euln of or the expression ex ex- IIrI presson of or certainty on the young maim mans man's s 's face He II loved lo his father and he trusted wh where r. r he loved lo It lt will be ht all uli right b he be de declared In Ina a tone ton of entire conviction cOD Dads I heart henrt Is as big as nR a 11 barrel hane I Hell II get Jet gether gether I her off olT Then of a n sudden sodden Dick gave J a n violent vio rho lent Jent start He II leu tied toward the sec secretary's secs dt desk I and nud spoke I with a Il new sc of Ir mn manner Sadie have Sadie han have yon on any money moncy Im I'm broke rok J 6 fy taxi has hn c been heen waiting out out- Fide clde nil all this th I tI time yes 4 the secretary I secretary sold said cheer |