The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-10

ed them to bring me back to Hillsboro.
That is all there is to the story.
Il do not know where my brother is
now, but / am satisfied he Is not far
away At the proper time I am certain he
Will appear and secure my release. I am
not at all alarmed at the outlook, and
even If the Worst comes 1 will be satisfied
to endure the punishment so long as Ell
bert is at liberty"
Did 1t not occur to you or to your
brother that 1t would be impossible for
you to impersonate Ebert and suffer i'm
prisonment, because your sex was certain
to be discovered by the prison authori-
ties?''
No." she replied, neither of us had
thought of that. l. believed that even If
my sex was discovered they would only
! place me In the woman's division and let
1t go a that: In TACT the only thought
we gave the matter was to SO arrange the
thing that Ebert could drop out of sight
long enough to allow him time to fix
up matters to obtain my release Gilbert
is not guilty of the charge of forgery,
and he will be able to prove 1t at the
proper time.
You have seen Miss Duke since you
were brought back from Paducah?" asked
! the reporter.
Yes, saw her In Jail before went to
| Chester she replied. al allowed her to
believe that 1 was Ebert, and she was
| unaware of the deception during the in
| terview. l had only seen her once be-
| fore in Butler, and had never spoken to
! her. My brother had told me all about
i their relations, even to the small conf
! dences exchanged between them, so that
l was able to completely deceive her 1
feel sorry for her now, but at that time
1 thought 1t for the best
ELLA DUKES STORY. -
Ella Duke. the girl whom Glenn court
ed with the full knowledge that she was
cruelty trifiing with the trusting heart
of an honest, upright girl, still retains
| deep regard for Glenn, as is evidenced
in her every word. and action. 1t is I'M
utterably sad to listen to her simple re-
c1tal of the wooing of the gentle man
nered pleasing, soft-voiced machine
agent, anc of the denouement which has
not only humiltatedk her friends and the
community, but has also involved her
father financially. OF Glenn she says:
He was an unusually entertaining
talker, though not fluent. and father and
sister thought him a. most agreeable WIS.,
itor. l believed although you must not
think me bold to confess 1t, that he real
~ seemed to enjoy my compa nionship
and We spent many of the pleasantest
evenings together that I have ever en-
joyed. We played dominos and crokinole.
VI else IL my SlSI6r ana were DuSN with
needlework heIswould assist us in the
work
He was a beautiful needleworker, and
could embroider and crochet as well as
either OF us. We often TESTED about his
skill in this particular, and told him it
was pity he had not been born a girl.
He told US he had picked up the knowl-
edge by long connection with sewing ma
chine companies. He had fine voice,
and on Sunday we would sing hymns
and simple old ballads together, his voice
blending nicely with ours
"All this time not the faintest shadow
Of suspicion that he was a woman had
ever crossed my mind. True, my father
had occasionally told sister and me Of
his doubts on that point. and asked us
to observe him closely, but If l. who
was with him continually, noting his
every movement and expression, courd
observe nothing wrong, why should I
listen to or entertain the fears of an
other? My sister and could see nothing
to justify fathers fears.
THE thought was above me. and 1t
was horrid and repugnapt to Nellie, who
worshipcd him as her own brother.
Love is blind, they say, and 1 suppose in
this instance the saying is true. AT any
rate, we never guessed the truth"