The herald., 1894-03-30


TO have said all she cared to-"
There was an exquisite minor key OF
Retrospective pathos as the colonel aunk
his voice through these passages.
"The conversation drifted away" he
repeated, refsctively, lingering the
Bible at hand. "As stood there with
my hat in my hand she said: i have
set my heart on becoming an authoress.'
| said: L do not see why you can't do
that. You must remember this double
life'-here he resumed the tone OF q NOR
aist, a man stainless, above reproach. re-
producing the paternal, advisory manner
of the counsel he said he gave 10 the
young woman-may come against you
at any time. He has you in his power
A young girl cannot afford that. You
should marry him as soon as you can.'
She said: I won't do that now, any
way; no danger of his giving me up
Then she spoke of an entertainment
at Vine street. She said there was to
be cOrnetist play. l have been going
to Cincinnati ever since was boy, but
l never knew which one OF the hills
Vine street was on. She said in an en-
tirely proper-perfectly proper [Colonel
Breckenridge seemed anxious to make
assurance doubly sure on this point
way that we might ride. asked if
they would let her GO. She said she
was summer boarder and she knew no
rule against it. Then a young man
came into the room whom recognized
as Mr.. Brown, although did not know
he was connected with the school; he
had represented Jessamine county in
the legislature. We shook hands, and
he said it would be perfectly proper ior
US to go. Then l took dinner at the
Burnet house, and after dinner walked
up to a stable and selected a carriage
without any particular thought about
what kind it vas. 1t was q warm Au-
gust evening. There was quite little
group on the portico. Nothing was said
about closed carriage or about my
having a sore throat. No allusion what
ever; no excuse, nor any reason for any
excuse"
In mild, deprecatory gesture, with
which the colonel brushed away the
breath of O suspicion OF impropriety
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, "sny excuse would
have been wholly out of place, nor was
any reason asked"
For the first time the flow of silvery
depreciation was harshly torn by the
matter.oi-fact query of Major Butter
worth: "How long were you at the col
lege that afternoon ?''
"Oh, about an hour or an hour and a
half. There was a light conversation
wiIicfI Geopene6 iutO tense, grave con-
veraation and afterward became light
again."
ibid you speak of going to Lexington
the next dRy2"
Nothing was said about going to
Lexington that day. and the next day
when l started to Lexington I was sur
prised to find her on the train"
"What do you know about any bogus
telegrams?"
81 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 Of her going to
to the Sayre institute in Lexington?"
81 knew nothing of it whatever until
afterward-nothing whatever in any
way"
"How long were you driving that
evening?"
II can't say, Mr.. Butterworth. We
got back before the school was closed
just about 10 O'clock"
"Did you have any conversation about
your fret wife2"
None whatever. NY first wife was
not alluded to. My dead little boy was
not mentioned. There WAS no alIusion
to my family surroundings in any way"
Ibid you make protestations of love
for this woman ~
~ did not"
Ibid you go to any concert that
night7"
I'VE did not"
What was there in the conversation,
bearing or dress or appearance of the
plaintiff to indicate that she was not q
girl of mature years?"
"She seemed to be a young woman OF
20 or %. She might haYe been 10. She
was fully grown young woman of per-
iectly proper manner" Glancing for
the fret time at the plaintiff: "Very
deferentisl, very"
Anything to indicate that she was
not proper young woman ?" asked Mr..
Butterworth.
Colonel Breckinridge wanted none of
his hearers to cherish suspicion that
he would have v6ntured forth with an
improper person. His disclaimers were
repeated and in his softest tones. Not
the slightest" he replied, mot the
slightest. Her conduct was entirely
correct. Nothing was said about her
peculiar relations to Mr.. Rhodes"
There was a marked infection upon
the word PECULIAR" as if Mr.. Breckin-
ridge did not wish to speak outright of
such things aa those relations.
Returning to the drive, he continued !:
"We left the left-hand road at the top
of the hill, because she said the right
hand road through the park was mad 3
uncomfortable and hot by the gas
lights. So told the driver to turn to
the Left"
"Were the windows OF the carriage
open or shut2"
They were open," replied the
colonel, and then without prompting,
he came to the interesting part of his
narrative.
After we had driven quite a dis
tsnce," he said, "she was talking at
some length about her desire to 20 into
journalism, to be an authoresH, and we
had spoken of George Elliott; she took
off her hat and put in on the from. seat.
put my arm around her. There WAS
20 protestation on my part; no offer of
love. What occurred, occurred in a
natural way. put my arm around her
and drew her to me. | was man with