The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-27

Love against duty! The problem is as
old as the hills. It IS presented daily
10 hundreds Of people whose martyrdom
is not even suspected.
Occasionally an avalanche Of evidence
startling, cruel. overwhelming, brings 10
light the suffering of some man or wo-
man, the d)ubts Of a true heart the ter
rible temptation to one who is merely
human
Which should cOnquer-love or duty?
The question is one that may be de-
cided offhand, says the New York jour
nal Like the laws of a country or a
household. there are those who hold the
sacifice of either subject to the emer-
gency of the moment. Their are those
who defend the nun who breathed a
prayer to her God even while she lied TO
save a human life.
AS the story set forth here relates.
the problem Of a choice between love
and duty has been tragically presented
TO a young southern girl. The tale of
her temptation VIII be dragged into pub
lcity in the court house at Windsor, in
the state Of Virginia, where her lover IS
on trial for his life.
He is held to answer TO the charge of
murder BY mis- hand fell the father of
the girl who had sworn to be his wife
BY her testimony she may save or imperil
the life OF her lover
Today in sunny Virginia a girl not yet
20 is racked with this ordeal. Already
she has grown wan and pale in the
throes Of the frightful struggle.
Throughout the county Isabelle Turner.
the beautiful and accomplished daugh-
ter Of the murdered c. Beverly Turner,
Is looked upon as a martyr.
Everyone there knows her and the his
tory Of her courtship. They know that
10 her father. who loved her devotedly.
she never failed in her duty. They know
that to her bethrothed. Andrew Career
Gilligan, she had given her heart and
hand
Under southern skies their wooing be-
gan and grew. isabelle Turner cannot
remember the time when Andrew GnIigan
was not her playfeIlow AS children they
played together about the old colonial
house which the wealthy lumber mer-
chant kept up spiendidly-a lit setting
for his beautiful young daughter
The late Beverly Turner was a south
ern aristocrat of the old school The lines
OF caste in his eyes were sharply and
strongly drawn. Andrew Gilligan was
the son Of his trusted overseer. man
who had served his masters interests
well and faithfully for many years. As
a boy Gilligan was welcome 10 roam
about the great old place. with its for
est of trees and its rambling house at
will. II there were nuts to gather he
was free TO share them: when the ap-
pies Redeemed he divided them with the
Turner heirs quite as though he were
later in life TO have the same privileges
that they enjoyed.
He grew from a small boy TO be a
splendidly built. athletic fellow, with
clear cut features and a charm OF man
ner peculiarly his own.
One may not say that il had been cul- I
tivated by any extraordinary advantages /
of education- While Isabelle Turner had I
everything that her fathers wealth per- 1
mittcd. everything ~ further the grace I
OF her mind and bearing. young GuHgan's 1
attentions were sensibIy turned bv his 1
father 20 the mysteries Of ploughing. !
He was destined from early DAYS TO be a /
farmer
Frequently during the days Of his youth /
kincly Mr.. Turner would question the
boy as 10 his thoughts and ambitions
He would promise him that he would al
ways be his friend: that some day. when
both he and his father were old and tot
terms, the boy himself would become
superintendent in chief As possible
s'Iitor for his daughters hand. however.
tho southern aristocrat never considered
him for moment The big lumber me--
chant. who controlled his own line %
Ehips and q vast Number Of interests in