"She is the type you thought I was before you snatched me from the burning--I mean from Bender. Let me see if I can quote you correctly: 'One of the many young city girls who go wrong because they have no chance; bred in slums, ill-treated, ill-fed.' Poor Bobbie had no chance until--you'll be skeptical when I tell you how she first received her moral uplift--she had some nice clothes. Stealing was her only vice! At that, she only took enough to meet her needs; but one day she _found_ some money; quite a lot, it seemed to her. Down in her little fluttering fancy she had always had longings for a white dress--a _nice_ white dress. She had the inherent instinct for judging rightly 'what she should wear.' So, for the first time in her life she was able to be correctly and elegantly clad. The white dress she bought was simple, one of the plain but effective and expensive kind. With the wearing of this new gown there naturally came the feminine desire to be seen and admired. She didn't know where to go. She had never been a frequenter of dance halls. She knew, of course, there were few open sesames for her. She went to one where no questions are asked before admittance. Things didn't look good to her at this Hurricane Hall, and she thought her doll was filled with sawdust until the inevitable man appeared and changed her angle of vision. He was that most unusual apparition, a nice, honest man. He saw her; she saw him; after that there were no others visible in their little world. "Within twenty-four hours he had told her of his love and asked her to marry him. Then--I tried to convince you thieves could be honest--she was brave enough to tell him what she was. He was a true knight and lover. Her confession didn't alter his feelings or his intentions; in fact, his determination to marry her was strengthened. Because she loved him very much, she ran away from him, leaving him in a strange city without even her name for a clue. But now she had a hope, a real incentive--the biggest one there is. She pawned all the coveted clothes she had bought and went to a place far away where she could begin a new life--the life of an honest working-girl. "In her little game with destiny, she lost out, and was apprehended for a theft of which she was entirely innocent, but her past record barred acquittal. A man was instrumental in gaining a reprieve for her, however, and she was sent away to new environment where she found friends, health and, best of all, a job.