Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-25
4 4 IT LIZ l)F TWO CITIES
{ REAL ROMANCE THAT RIVALS ANY
 WOVEN 30 FICTION.

FTibulstions of Q Fair Niece Who Sup.
 planted Her spiasfar agzt=-Drigen From
 Home oa a usiaous Charge. ner Lover
 Follows ta Fiaa and Marry Her.
 Miss Iula Fletcher. an erstwhile so. aiety belle of Cincinnati, is very much wanted young woman. Chief of Detect ives Desmond has several of hia mon searching St Louis for her. Thore is also 9 young business man from Cincin. natl of the name of George 1finturn, who has been in tha city for several days searching for the same young woman, but fer different purpose.
 Chief Desmond wants her on fnfor, nation received that . warrant for rob bery has been issued against her in the Ohio city, and If his men find her she will languish behind the bars until an officer arrives to escort her back to Gin. elnnati
 On the other hand. if she is found by bIr. Minturn, she will go baok to Gin. einnati in high honor, and. if willing. viii become Inc bride of man of wealth, who claims to be able to have the charges against her withdrawn and her name cleared pf all suspicion of Hfongaoing. Behind all this there lies & story which created quite q furore in certain aristoeratio families in Cinein. natl and caused the young woman to aarriedly leave that city.
 Miss Lulu Fletcher is very hand. saine young woman, 90 years of age, sud for the last year has made her home with Miss Annie Fletcher, spinster aunt, who is quite wealthy and who occupies high social position. 4he niece is the orphan daughter of al1s8 fletcher'g only brother and was Ter prospective heir. The aunt has aeYer married, because until sha met George MintHrn she had seen no one who had won her somewhat aged affec- tions. BnB when sha met him she decided that he was the man sbe had been wait f8g for these many years, and the feellng #as apparently mutual Everything vent along sln90thy HAtil the niece ap- peared upan tie scene, and her beauty caused tho yaung mau to gradually transfer his affection from tho amt to tho niece.
 A few months ago 4he aunt noticed tbis change on= the part Of her lover and sent tho nieco away on q visit in order to get Ter out e the way, while sho attempted by ati ihawiles known to the feminine mind to win back her reereant love. She was successful, and saa wedding day WAS set A9fer this important event the amt fele eaGare and recalled the b:nished niece.
 The aunt closely watched the pain after tha nieee'e rexuln, bat noticed nothing to arouse her suspicion until about two weeks ago, when she decided bha6 IIr. Miutnn cared entirely too a2neh for the niece as4a taxed him with t. He then declared that the niece vaa preferable to the aunt and thas the en- gagement was to be considered at ar end. \ kysterjaa1 seaneo followed, dur ing which the niece was ordered tc leave the house aea forever remain away.
 Miss Lalu Fletcher left Ter aunt's house and went to 1.-Two with friend of IfG AsOtl4GE 1 6iiO JGs4aSQ III d1t0tl45J pagt of the city. About the same time that Miss Fletcher left her aunt's house 8 diamond brooch also disappeared. 4 few days later the aunt called at the house where Miss Fletcher was stopping and accused her of breaking open her jewel box and stealing the brooch. This Miss Fletcher indignantly denied, but he aunt insisted that it was true and informed the 5oung woman that she would prosecute her If she would nof consent to give rD tue affections of 1Ir. Mintarn and leave the city.
 Knowing her aunts vindietiye dispo sition and fearEul of arrest, Miss Fletcher agreed to do this and left at once for St I Louis. After Miss H'letcher's departurs from Cincinnati 1Er Minturn refused tc bave anything to dowi6b the adnt. vino decided thae therc we5 collision be- tween hiaa aud the Hieee had had the warran6 issued.
 As goaa as Efr. MiHtErn heard of aha warrant no as onco began to search f&9 tha young woman ana ojaima that ts ia able to disproya ti.e ehargea aSainst heT and will marry ee und take her back 52 face tho epinstet aunt.--st Louis i2a ppblic.