In the one case, as she knew it, a girl under
the urge of poverty had stolen. That thief had been promptly
arrested, finally she had been tried, had been convicted, had
been sentenced to three years in prison. In the other case, a
woman of wealth had stolen. There had been no punishment. A
euphemism of kleptomania had been offered and accepted as
sufficient excuse for her crime. A polite lie had been written
to her husband, a banker of power in the city. To her, the
proprietor of the store was even now apologizing in courteous
phrases of regret.... And Mary Turner had been sentenced to three
years in prison. Sadie shook her head in dolorous doubt, as she
again bent over the keys of her typewriter. Certainly, some
happenings in this world of ours did not seem quite fair.
CHAPTER V. THE VICTIM OF THE LAW.
It was on this same day that Sarah, on one of her numerous trips
through the store in behalf of Gilder, was accosted by a
salesgirl, whose name, Helen Morris, she chanced to know. It was
in a spot somewhere out of the crowd, so that for the moment the
two were practically alone.
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