The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-04

manner of the counsel he said he gave
to the young woman.
This double life.' said, may come
up against you anytime. He has you in
his power. A young girl can't afford
that. You should marry him as soon AS
you can She said: I won't do that
anyway; no danger of his giving me up
Then she spoke of an entertainment
at Vine-st. She said there was to be
cornetist play. / have been going TO
Cincinnati ever since | was boy, but l
never knew which of the hills Vine-st.
was on. She said, in an entirely proper
way-perfectly proper"-Col. Breckin-
ridge seemed anxious TO make assurance
double sure this point-"that we
might ride. 1 asked If they would let
her go. She said she was summer
boarder and she knew Of no rule against
it. Then a young man came into the
room whom / recognized as Mr. Brown,
for although l dio not know he was con-
nected with the school he had represent
ed Jessamine county in the legislature.
We shook hands and he said 1t would he
perfectly proper for US to go. Then
took dinner at the Burnet house After
dinner l walked UP to stable and
selected a carriage without any partic-
ular thought about what kind 1t was.
1t was a warm August evening. There
was quite little group on the portico.
Nothing was said about closed car
riage or about my having a sore throat;
no allusion whatever, no excuse, n3r
any reason for any excuse"
A Slight Accident.
In the mild deprecatory gesture with
which the colonel brushed away the
breath of suspicion of improperly from
his action at that time he knocked a
tumbler from the stand with crash
which startled the room, and men looked
around apprehensively as though they
thought of Kentucky shooting.irons.
1--WE started in an entirely proper
way" he resumed ANY excuse would
have been wholly out Of place, nor was
any reason asked
For the first time the flow of silver
depreciation was harshly torn by the
matter-of-fact query of Maj. Butter
worth.
How long were you at the college that
afternoon?"
''Oh. about an hour or an hour and
half There was a light conversation,
which deerened into tense, grave con-
versation and afterward became light
again
Did You speak of going to Lexington
the next day."
Nothing was said about going to Lex
ington that day, and the next day when
started to Lexington 1 was surprised
to find her on the train"
What do you know about any bogus
kilograms? ?"
II never heard of any such telegram
until after this suit was brought. There
was no way could have sent any bogus
telegram. This is entirely new to me-"
What do YOU know about her going to
Sayre institute in lexington"
Il knew nothing of il whatever until
afterward. Nothing whatever in any
way"
How long were you driving that even
ing?''
Il can't say. Butterworth; we got back
before the school was closed-just about
10 o'clock
Did you have any conversation about
your first wife,
None whatever NV first wife was
not alluded to. My dead little boy was
not mentioned. There was M aliusion
to my family surroundings in any way"
Did you make protestations of love t.
this woman"
II did not
night?"
1--WE did not
What was there in the COMPENSATION.
bearing. dress or appearance Of the plain
tiff TO indicate that she was not girl Of
mature years."
She seemed to be a young woman of
twenty or twenty-five. She might have
been nineteen. She was a fully grown
young woman, Of perfectly proper man
ner (glancing for the first time at the
plaintiff): very deferential, very
Anything to indicate that she was not
a proper young woman asked Mr.. But
terworth.
Col. Breckenridge wanted none of his
hearers to cherish suspicion that he
would have ventured forth with an i'm
proper person. His disclaimers were re-
peated. and in his softest tones. Not
the slightest" he replied: mot the
slightest. Her conduct was entirely cor
rect. Nothing was said about her pc
culiar relations to Mr.. Rhodes
That Fatal Drive.
There was a marked infection upon
the word peculiar" as if Mr. Breckin-
ridge did not wish to speak outright of
such things as those relations Re
turning to the drive he continued: 1--WE
took the left hand road at the top of
the hill because she said the right hand
road through the park was made I'M
comfortably hot by the gas lights. So
I told the driver to turn to the left
Were the windows of the carriage
open or shut?''
They were Open" replied the colonel.
and then without prompting he came to
the heart of his narrative.
After We had driven some distance"
he said, land she was talking at some
length about her desire to go into jour
nalism to be an authoress and we had
spoken of George Eliot she took off her
hat and put ii on the front seat. / put
my arm around her. There were no
protestations on my part, no offer of
love. What occurred, occurred in the
natural way. l put my arm around her
and drew her to me. ! was a man with
passion. She was a woman with pas
sion. That was all. There was no out
cry by her, no resistance. 1. man as
was, took liberties with her person"
Just a case of illicit love?" broke in
Mr.. Butterworth.
THAT was 1t, Butterworth. 1 am a
man, she a woman, human, both of us"
Continuing. THAT was going out
Coming back there was hardly a word
spoken until we got close to the city.
Under the gaslight | took out of my
pocket a stamped envelope. She was on
my left hand side. / put my hand i'm
my pocket and put something into the
envelope. She refused to accept it. 1
said. there are a great many little
things you need
What was in that envelope?" Mr.. But
terworth inquired. but the congressman
ignored the interruption, continuing.
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