Rind, . a TRITRET 107 REG It was not Jim Wilson's fault that he was born with a game leg. But ft was Jim's fault that the game leg roved his undoing. Reared in all the uxury of southern affluence before the war, he had squandered first his In- heritance, then a competence earned by shrewd speculation, and, finally, a snug ten thousand dollars wrung from its rightful owners by a series of tricks that form in themselves a story of human perversity, but are without importance in this account. | These tricks were the third degree in| his career, however, for they landed | him behind the bars; and when “Lim- | y" Wilson returned to his old haunts e fell to the lowest plane. He de-| veloped into a first-class sneak thief, | expert in “lifting” costly wraps and | furs from unoccupied carriages, from theatre boxes and hotel parlors. How he accomplished these slick abstrac- tions was more than the average in- dividual could understand. It was his beautiful assurance, his unobtrusive approach and departure, his suavity and grace ,that made him for a time the foremost exponent of his art. But he went down hill steadily, and when New York became too hot, Chicago, wealthy and wide open, welcomed him to the ranks of the pickpocket and the purse snatcher, Jim had two passions: first, his un- | sontrollable mania for theft; second, and dominating much of his life, lit. tle Alice, daughter by his second wife, who kept for him the tiny apartment! D TO HIS FEET on the West Side, in the Polish quarter During her ten ears of life Alice had never wavered | % absolute adoration of her father, | aod Jim returned her affection to the’ limit of his nature They say that criminals are born, sot made. It is a true saying, In Jim's case, at least. As a boy he was in no way abnormal, adhering in all re spects to the proud traditions of his stiff necked father, who owned broad acres In Mississippl and ruled his hun- dreds of well-kept slaves with firm perosity. There was no mother, She fed during Jim's infancy. But at fif- teen came a sudden passion for money, His monthly allowance was too slen- der for his expensive tastes. He must have more. He thought about it night | and day. And them cropped out a strain of low cunning that had shown at intervals in his paternal ancestry for generations uncounted. He formed his plans elaborately, and one night during his father's absence he entered the library, broke open the little fron safe, and decamped with upwards of a thousand dollars in cash. Ten years later Jim returned to the plantation. Here he found strangers, from the North, to whom his father bad sold the family home. To his eredit be It sald that he wept over the old man's ve, and again when the Connty Judge turned over to him, In secarities and eash, all his father's roperty, for there was no will and im wus the only heir. He had left home a boy; he returned a man, ex. pgrienced in the ways of the sea and in the paths of erime. But his sud denly-acquired wealth, his recollee. tions of his father, and contact with oid and forgiving friends, seemed to wipe out the past. He threw aside his degenerate habits. He became a gen- tieman, and took up his abode in the pity of New York It is a far ery from the plantation to Chicago, and the little room in the Polish quarter. Thirty years lay be. tween—three decades of steady degm dation. Very bitter were Jim's recol lections this December night, as he limped along State street beneath the glare of the electric lights , evelng sharply every carriage waiting by the curb. A raw wind blew In from the lake. His hands were numb His whole body ached with the cold, His Jains leg, which had been doctored uring his term In Sing Bing, was bee ginning to bother him again. It had a way of stiffening In the hip Joint, #0 that his toe dragged a little at every step. And as though the situation were not sad enough already, fate threw another burden on his shoulders. He bad made a mise to Nettle Alles, and It must kept, regardioss of consequences or effort, Khe had slip ped Into his bed early that morning and enddled down beside him, “Pa JS whe sald, “do jm know what day morrow will be “Not Sunday, surely,” he pela He could attach no special im p the very heart of O60 ¥ | that great to any day in the week but Sunday, when they always went for a walk on the Lake Shore, “Why no, Papa, it's the 6th day of December—my birthday. * Don't you remember?’ She wanted a turkey dinner, and be- fore he left the house she had planned a royal spread, with cranberries, and celery, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a pie for dessert, Old Mrs, Jans chowskl, the Polish widow, of whom | they rented their two little rooms, had offered to prepare the dinner on her big stove, All Jim had to do was to bring home the turkey and the trim. mings. He promised solemnly, | though he had not a cent in his pock- | eta, And Alice had hugged him In de- | light, saying, “You are my very dear | est bestest papa.” Jim stopped at a corner and looked | up and down the street wondering | how he might raise the price of that! turkey. A soft-footed policeman aps | proached. An oaken night stick prod- | ded him In the back. “Move on. Get] to cover,” sald a gruff voice, He| started In sudden fear and slouched | into the darkness of a nearby alley, It| was the same old story. For weeks | luck had been against him. It seemed as though the whole police force of city had suddenly opened its eyes to his existence. Wherever he went there appeared the brass but tons, the badge the club, It was get ting on his nerves, and he feared to attempt schemes that a few years ago WITH STARI : | story, papa.” And Jim began slowly-— | were still in York.” lected it very carefully from the whole stock. The man guaranteed it, and If it isn't tender I'll take it back." Mrs, Janschowskil knew little of Jim, seeing him only In the mornings. But her motherly heart went out to Alice, so different from her own dirty- faced, sturdy-legged brood; and it was for Alice's sake that she had agreed to cook the dinner. Alice gave valiant assistance, and promptly at one o'clock the beautifully-browned bird was brought to their little table. If Jim had any premonitions of his rapidly-appronch.ng finish, he was wo | happy to give them mole th na pass- | ing thought. He was in Lis gayest] mood. He told Alice stories of the sea, and described royal dinners in foreign lands, When they had eaten all they could, Allee slipped down from her chair and climbed up in hus lap, saying, “Now, tell me a really fairy “Once upon a time there was a great big glant——" Heavy footsteps sounded in the hall, The door opened suddenly, and a broad-shouldered man wearing a black hat and overcoat, entered the room. With a cry of alarm, the pleture of | the giant fresh in her childish imagi- nation, Alice slid to tue floor and took refuge behind her father. But Jim leaped to his feet, with staring eyes, | and face as white as a sheel. visitor looked at him curiously. “Hello, Limpy. It's you, is it?™ Jim had but one thought—that Allee must not know. Into this crisis of his life came his old-time, splendid nerve, He extended his band, and the color swept back Into his thin face. “Glad to see you, Cap. You're just in time for dinner. Too late for the blessing, but there's plenty of turkey. Sit down and have a bite. Thought you There was a mute appeal in Jim's eyes that went to the detective's heart. He took off his hat and sat down by the table, “Oh, I've been here for a year or he sald carelessly, smiling at { The | hi “I'm on the force—plain-clothes CX De to Boe n, witli ev } "nr I Li DURIDess, key pay, 1 door, calculating “Who's the kid?" he went » of one | I r wife's hea s hurry Yes, the Jig knew him like a ran him into Sing This man was his book Sing Nemesis, They understood and for the time rn end. The captain made himself agreeable. He had a pleasant face, with deep-set, twinkling eyes, and the heartiest laugh Alice had ever heard She thought him almost as nice as her papa. He sampled the turkey and the eranberries, and tipping back his chair crunched a long stick of celery in his strong, white teeth, talking briefly to Jim in words Alice not understand, “Fine turk, Jim, but an plneh. Just happened I was in the store getting one myself. Piped | your lay, and would have landed if 1 | hadn't slipped on the fee, Never thought of old Limpy Wilson till 1 saw that trail in the snow. Gond cov er you've got, but the old lady wise Unlucky leg, that J Presently the Cag in ros we'd better get Jit briefly. Jim turned “I've Fw : A] has « 1 each other now, unlucky for mn. t “2 uoRe H awong, ne his cont i Ww put on to Al to rt * » $ EO ou His + for : 4 ® e oO 1 He t on the ne rect opposite a vated Wit ing the Instr him to his q } stairs, passing on tiptoe chopper dozing in his w stylishly-dressed young nu platform, waiting for a tra Cold as It was, he carried |} cont on his arm, swinging it carele Jim stood directly In the m at the head of the stairs, a until the cont brushed ag I Then giving It a quick twist with both hands he tossed It lightly over the rail The man gave a cry ment, but of what avall? pone to hear. He was alone brilliantly-lighted platform For In one bound Jim was down the first flight of stairs, and In another was on the street. Ten minutes later, after a mile of quick and devious traveling he descended into a foul-smelling Came « y¥ sial Ons t that La ArTY, had er ( TY 8 % ns pat 1 ited : Ww o of EN were sh wer the | basement and handed the coat over to “Mother Isaacs™ for Inspection. It was a beautiful broadeloth silk lined, with fur collar and cuffs. It was worth ten dollars, at least. But the Jewess sneered In his face, and he was glad to take the six silver dollars she flung upon the counter It was little enough, but it would help. Three dollars must go for rent, and two more for conl and oll. He was deter mined that Allee should be vm fort able, That left =a dolinr-hardly enough for an chicken key. about it for some time. There wis only one thing to do-swipe the tur key from a store Like all eriminals Jim was superst! tious, and In the past few wes bad encountered many bad omens Caution was a part of his very fibre But he could not disappoint the Heth girl. For Allee he must run the risk After an hour's tramp he found the ince market store with a row of wooks outside, on which hung a dos en turkeys He came boldly up the street, selected the last bird In the row, and without a break in his galt passed into the darkness, the bulky wurden thrust under his coat, It was nn mw winter's night, The moon shone at intervals through scurrying clouds. Enough snow had fallen to whiten the streets, Jim Hmped toward home, chuckling with delight, In an alley he stopped to wrap the bird In a sheet of paper, begged for that purpose, It would al. vert suspicion, for had still to get the trimmings: and these he pur chased at a small store close to the house, Thus weighted, and with a Heht heart, he ellmbed the stairs and entered the dark room. Ales was but when he hind made a t : a he hor Bae rape eae | win much less a tur } And the trimmings? He thought | be 1 in 1 in n Jim's shoulder, the ¢ coat In his firm grip “Tell you what I'll do, Jim, | ean take your cho I'll give you a year to Iu up, and you can stay right be 1 keep the kid one =! : he the other. There's five thousand dollars for me when 1 deliver you over to New York head quarters. I'll take the kid and give her a home, and use the money for | her education My wife would treat | her like a daughter. We'll tell her | you've got a Job In New York, and that she's to stay with us till you | send for her. When she's old enough to bear it we'll tell her you're dead. as you will be long before you serve | all your time. Now I'll let you go, as I say, and If you turn square It'll be allright But I'll watch you like =a | hawk, and If you trip up again, so help me! you'll take your medicine { child or no child, And you know, as | well as 1 do that you're too old a dog to learn new tricks. Speak up, now. {I'm wasting good time” And Jim spoke quickly. As mueh af he loved liberty he loved Allee more, He could not hope much longer to keep from her the awful secret of bis life. Better that be should give up now, and spare her the disgrace. “1 guess you're right, Cap. I'll give giack lee Tab ar le re's in A week later Jim stood before the {mil In the familiar New York bead quarters, and heard himself sent down for trina} There were many | charges against him. He could not ex- | pect Jess than thirty years. Presently those massive fron doors would elang behind him, and the world would for ol hit forever. Well, Allee would appr. Ehe would think kind! him Ehe would not know, iy ot And under the eaptaln's watchful eare Allee never knew, i ———— Hirobam! Ito is ealled the Grand Old Man of Japan. He Is described as being to Japan what Peter the Great was to In the O atle Jon a Japan be is what to France of Louis XIII — you, | meaning empha- | i The Jig's | you know,” for Jim | with his eye the dis-| his | of wor | fairs wt al with diphtheria. | Bh rt. Sit}. traint was at an | mont | could | put ert That's | WOMAN IN POLITICS, RECENT FIGHT AGAINST BOSSES DEVELOVS HER AS A STRONG FACTOR. Campaign of Good Government Calls Out Eochusiasue Aid of Feminine Sux. “The man can do it but will not; the woman wouid do It but may not We are bound hand add foot, but for- tunately our tongues are uot tied,” suld urs. G. A. huollenverg, of Rich- mond, ludiana., A bitter fight was on for the election of Mayor of that city. ‘The present incumbent, whose private and public life is obnoxious to the better element of the town, was up for re-election, For eight years the poll- tical machine had backed the Mayor, A mere tool in the hands of unserupu- lous leaders, The forces of good gov- ernment seemed on the very verge of defeat, when the women arose in their might, twelve hundred strong, demand- ing that their little city be controlled by men of clean character—that good instead of evil, honesty instead of graft, decency instead of indecency, be the watchwords. They held a great mass meeting and mude stirring speeches, It was not a question of polities; It was the moral sentiment of the community speaking through its wives and mothers. And it was effective, The Mayor went down to defeat. Said a leading paper: | “The women of Richmond made the result possible, The tide began to turn when the women met and in be- half of womanhood and the sanctity of the home protested against the con- tinnance of the present regime. It] was not until then that the real im-| port of the fight was felt.” {tion {tinued until the | Epa Hot Stuffin New York. Not only in this Indiana town, but In larger centers, the women were ac tive in the campaigns, In New York their earnest work on behalf of Je. rome, reform candidate for re-election as D ict Attorney, has d out the ad: ] of even that op y municipal af. Herald, which says ty ! CRs Toney f . LUO nent 4 | 08 nd Vi the Bost n rlalles edit armi hot at tons | process throw! {10 tes volunt ROUM onlent { munt Rainy {folks vers fering, + and gen! wolit! al ltewer and : ia wor they Ref i IEtened 1 nent wy “hn #1 i ng : ira, Owen Wis Wf “The Vi teri Toledo ! 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