The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-04

Teach in the Public schooIs-Descrip
tion of the New Bride and Groom
Smith Says It Was All sympathy Racket
and a Drill Case and That He Did MOI
Make Love to Miss Allen at All.
w. Gill Smith Of Fredonia, Kan, fol-
whom j: was claimed Miss Grace Aller
of that place tried TO poison Miss Phro'
mia Eckes at Chandler some days ago
passed through Wichita yesterday WITH
Miss Eckes, now Mrs. Smith. After the
trial of Miss Allen was over Miss Ec-ef
and Smith were married just one day Id'-
er than the day they claim 10 have mad
set for nearly four years
"She only beat US out Of one day. salo
Smith yesterday 1--WE intended 70 De
married Wednesday, July %, but had 70
mt # off a day on account of the trial
and Phronias' health, as she was not en-
tirely recovered from the effects Oh 'ne
poison"
As Smith said this Mrs. Smith sat look
ing down and picked nervously al me
fringe threads in her husbands mai pahd.
At the mention of her name by MI.
Smith" as she always spoke OF MIN, she
would look up quickly in an appreciaNlVe
half smile, but the minute some one De-
gan looking her in the eye she would
drop her head
She is apparently about % years old,
very quiet in her demeanor out Wl'hai
disposed 10 tell her story with emphasis
and the coloring Of her own feelings
When asked how Miss Alien managed
10 get into the Eckes home, she said:
..She came 10 our place on her arrival
in the neigh5orhood and asked 10 De al
lowed to stay for a few days, as she was
weary and almost out Of money and
wanted 10 find some way Of making
some money. She gave her name as
Jessie Wiles and said she was from APP
pleton. Missouri.
I'VE turned her away and she secured
another place TO stay. While there she
became acquainted with my brother ana
asked him if ne wouldn't get our folks
to let her 60 % our place as the place she
was staying al was TOO ditry and uncom-
Portable. She won him and he persuad-
ed mother 20 let her come"
AS she said this Mrs. Smiths eyes
moved up and down looking at her quer-
ist and quickly away again. She IS not
handsome but there is something attract
i've about her face and her nervous evas-
i've glance does not impress one that she
has part of the story that she does not
wish TO reveal She loves Smith and Is
glad that ne is hers 10 herself now. She
leaves you no room to doubt that. Her
eyes are big and frank, her face broad
and full of color. Her forehead is full
and round, impres~ing you with the idea
of intellectual subserviency 10 the one
controlling motive of her life-love, and
she never loved anyone but Smith. There
Is no doubling that. either. And the firm
ness and oneness. the sentimentally in
teIlectual strength and persistency of
her devotion offers no suggestion of
query as to now she maintained her
place in Smiths affections TO the exclu-
sion Of her handsome rival, Miss Allen.
Smith is probably % years of age and
Is Of a height with his wife, probably 3
feet z inches. His face is brown and
beardless save for the slightest brown
nustache that hovers close in under his
nose. To a person who can read faces
there is no doubt Of the part he played |
with Miss Allen. \ woman who admires |
mental power and requires i, as part of
her ideal 10 love would scarcely take the |
second look a. Smith, though there are |
lines on his cOuntenance indicating the |
l,.fl oh ,n,.'-
drubbery.
Il only went with Miss Allen two or |
three times he says with a nonchalant |
and spurnful air intended for the most |
per; 10 impress Mrs. Smith.
We were not engaged and not in love |
and 1 never pretended TO her that loved |
her. 1 told her all the time that l was
engaged TO Miss Eckes and intended TO
marry her. Her statements upon the
stand were false, but it's the only time
l ever knew her to misstate anything.
That was one thing l admired of her.
She always told the truth and in such a
way that you knew L was the truth. But
honesty, l never told her that l loved
her ard We were not engaged. She was
desperate" And he looked as though he
was proud of his conquest. But you
know the truth by watching his face and
y9u cannot help knowing that it was his
words and his actions that sent the
bllndly affectionate Miss Allen on two
hundred and fifty mile journey and sew
eEty miles OF it across the hot roads in
a wagon paying borrowed money and
leaving herself penniiess 20 be first with
the man she loved and who she thought
loved her.
But Smith stoutly protests that ii
was all sympathy racket and a drill case
,ase by Fitzpatrick and that tests show
FL Mss Eckes and her mother 10 have
been poisoned.
They Will live in Neodesha, where
Smith has position in the public
schools.
ALL HE SANE kLONDYKE