Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 15, 1917, Page 3

By H. M. EGBERT. j The little purse lay at Halliday s feet, and the girl in shabby dress who | W had dropped it was walking away in total ignorance of her loss, The man's impulse was to run after | her and restore it. But she was al- | ready half a block distant, and, in his | condition of starvation, he could not | catch up with her. And while he | meditated and fought with temptation | she was out of sight. A course of dissipation betting, drinking, had lost the young man his position. For days he had been with- out food and homeless. Yet he was not by nature bad. Temptation and the loneliness of a great city were chiefly responsible | He opened the purse, to find a ten- dolar bill, a little mirror, and a few ecards, giving the name and address of Miss Isobel Blair. Shamefacedly he took the money, thrust it into his pocket, and flung the purse away. On second thought he picked it up again. It was gangerous to do that. Some- how he connected the finding of the purse with himself. He laughed at his folly afterward, but he kept the purse. A good meal restored him wonder- fully. With four dollars in his pocket, what more natural than that he should go to the race track? He could do nothing more with his money than in- vest it on the tip he had received. Four dollars would not help him in “Hi, Want a Tip, Mister?” It would not buy him in. which to seek a any other line. clothes enough Job. He put it on “Flyover,” and ten minutes later found, to his amaze- ment, that he had eighty dollars to his credit. His brain reeled; the fever of bet-| ting ran through his veins. He placed the eighty on a rank outsider, whose name, “Tur Up,” attracted him. And at the end of that race he had nearly a thousand. “Hi, want a tip, Mister?” urged a ragged man. “Try ‘Schoolteacher. Halliday turned away abruptly. The word reminded him of the thin girl in the shabby dress. He had thought she was a schoolteacher. Summon- ing a final effort, he left the track and took the train homeward That evening, newly dressed, and looking more like a man than he had looked for months ‘past, he made his way toward the girl's home Miss Isobel Blair rose from her books under the lamp in astonish- ment at the unknown man who had called at the boarding house. She was decidedly pretty, Halliday thought. But there were ravages of illness visible upon her cheeks, and she looked thinner than in her street dress, Briefily he explained the finding of the purse. Her joy was so genuine that, before he knew it, Halliday was confessing the story of the theft. She Ustened without interrupion until the end of the story. Then she put out her hands. “Mr. Halliday, you are a good man,” she said impulsively. “I honor you for what you have told me. And I want to ask you to give up that life.” “I mean to,” answered Halliday. “I'm going West to make a new start.” ‘ A new start. The words might have been applied to her own needs. He drew her out in turn. Yes, she was & schoolteacher, and the doctor had or- dered her to a sanitarium, to eheck the incipient tuberculosis. “But what's the use, with my mother to support?” she asked. “Miss Blafr,” this money is yours. the capital,” he added. “I can’t take gambling money,” she said with horror. “But—” She was resolute in her refusal at first. Then the man became crafty. He urged her mother. “And you, who lave done so much good, ought not to—to die, for lack of this. Five hun- dred will be ample for me.” After a long time she consented. It could not be put to better use, he insisted. As he rose to go he sald: “And remember, Mise Blair, you have saved a man’s soul today. Yes, said Halliday, “half You supplied tor I—1 had forgotien that there are geod women in the world. forget again.” I shall not | She put her hands on his shoul jand looked into his eyes. REQUITAL | Sionally “Remember, I shall pray for you,” 1 she said solemnly. ; He promised to write to her occa- and she was to let him know how she got on at the Sanitarium. S were exchanged. He her address, and, of course, she did not know in what part of the est he was Halliday was true to his word. He ;Made good. He never touched liquor | agai in seven y he had made |} fortune. And ever before his eyes, urging him upward, was the figure of | the litt hoolteacher. But a man canont li upon Halliday married His best woman in the told her of his past. , @ven now, figure i med to inspire his | » and he saw her soul in the blue eyes of his wife. the ih. Halliday & Co. of Wall street is still one of the most responsible firms. Halliday had a wife and two children who adored him, and their apartment | on the Drive was a model of taste and elegance Halliday had made good. He had everything that life could offer him. But still, at the back of his mind, Persisted the vision of Isobel Blair, and he often wondered whether she were living or dead. He had no means of discovering, and the very house in which she had lived had been pulled down. At first he had been in partnership with a man named Allen, a rather flashy, though honest broker, who had quickly amassed a fortune and seemed | in danger of losing it as promptly. The deal had been a necessity for Halliday at the time, but he was glad enough when he was able to accede} to Allen’s suggestion for a separation of interests. Allen, who had been liv- ing, in large, much the same life that Halliday had lived in little, said he| was going South to take up a ranch in Texas Halliday had once seen and pitied Allen's wife, a worn little woman, childless, and, as he divined, suffering from her husband's neglect He was glad when the evening was over. He and his wife gradually dropped out of Allen's list of friends. The partner-| ship itself was coming to an end with| the month The month ended and it | solved. There was the customary farewell dinner. Allen was to leave} with Mrs train It was odd, but at eleven o'clock. coming out of his club, Halliday was was dis- | | obsessed with the idea of seeing the Allens off, and accordingly made his way to the Grand Central. The train started at midnight. Half an hour before that time Halliday, strolling through the waiting room, saw Allen bending over a woman who was un mistakably not his wife. “Wait here a moment, dear, while 1!) see about the trunks,” he heard Allen say. And, as he hesitated, not wishing| to give rein to his suspicions, Allen | departed, and he saw before him— Isobel Blair | The recognition was mutual. The) woman flushed, leaped to her feet, and stood omting him with heaving breast “Tt co is you, then. What do you, want?” she stammered | Halliday took her by the hands. “I came to see Mr. Allen and his wife off,’ he said, emphasizing the proper word | “You have come to spy!" she said,| bereft of all reserve. “Yes! Well,| look at me, then. Iam going to Texaa} with him, not his wife.” Halliday turned cold “I didn’t know, or guess, he an swered gently. “But I am glad to have seen you again. Do you remember what you said to me, that you would pray for me? Do you remember how} I told you that you had saved a man’s| soul? I have always remembered. That's all.” He turned to go, but she caught at) his arm “Listen to me!" she cried. “I have} remembered, too. I was cured at the sanitarium. I suppose you lost my address, and I never had yours. 1! always thought of you. Three years ago I married—a man who was un- kind to me. We separated. Then Jack Allen came into my life. He told me he loved me, and I—I hungered so for love, I wanted a man’s arms about me, and his love. I didn't care if he had a wife. I wanted love, and he wanted me.” “Yes.” answered Halliday. And in his heart he was thinking, “how can I reproach this woman who has saved me?” “If you had written it might have been different. You taught me that there are good men. You meant more to me than you ever imagined. And you are married. Jack Allen told me all about you. Now do you under- | stand why I didn’t care for anything? I loved you.” Halliday smiled gently. “I love you, too,” he answered, “but it is not @ love incompatible with my love for my wife. It is because you, who saved me, always stood for something holy in my eyes. Tonight an illusion is me, but—" ett is not gone.” she cried. And, as he looked at her inquiring- ly, she added, “you, too, have saved a soul tonight. Will you find me a cab, Mr. Halliday? I shall not go with Mr, Allen now—not for my sake, but because of his wife, and because I— | remember.” i More than 500 women are serving in | the Russian army.: j Allen for Texas on the night |© | FOR THE REJECTED VOLUNTEER UNITED STATES NAVY RECRUITING STATION 34 EAST Z3ep STREET NEW YORK. K. Y. (eETWLEN ome ume RADON AveR) TELEPWOWE GRAMERCY 1229 Dear Sir:e- I am sorry that the rigid physical requiree ents make it impossible for you to serve your country in the Navy in time of war. There is good reason for such rigid re- quirements, so you should not worry about not passing. I feel that since you have deen patriotic enough to volunteer, you should have something to show for it, so that no one will have the rignt to call you a "Slacker.*® letter is a button for your coat. have the right to. Therefore, with this Wear it. It is an honor to If, a3 a result of wearing this button, and showing this pestere you influence some other man to come etd | you asi in tha way, help your country, possibly as much as "done your bit® in the Navy. Now, just a word of caution, for you to permit any one else to wear this button. f you actually It would be highly dishonorable It would * give him a chance to pretend to do what you have actually done.; If you do not care to wear it, and treasure it, put it in an envelope and mail it to any Navy Recruiting Officer right thing to do is to wear it and be proud of it. one sho country. tc) subjected to the charge of being “slackers, them letters and buttons like those Illustrated. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS Pursuant to a petition of the hold- Res, Phone 434-J ers of the majority of the shares of |Daily the capital stock of Casper Mutual Building and Loan Association, sued and outstanding, a meeting of | the stockholders of said association er questions your patriotism, show him this letter. that you have honestly tried to do your duty by your Sema Te eAL Sie fb s | | is hereby called to meet on Monday, | the 25th day of June, 1917, at 8 p. m., in the court room of the Natrona County Court House, for the purpose of considering the question of in- creasing the capital stock of said as- sociation from One Million Dollars, Jivided into 5,000 shares of the par value of Two Hundred Dollars, to Two Million Dollars, divided into 10,- 600 shares of the par value of Two Hundred Dollars, and for the consid- eration of other business of the asso- ciation that may be transacted at the ennual meeting of stockholders. P. C. NICOLAYSEN, President. First pub. May 15, 1917. 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