The Mena weekly star., 1907-04-11

actions, WHSH, III f0i8o VI lrVof Sh' told him her story, how he walked the floor biting his nailH and sobhing
 He also read that portion of her testimony in which she said she had refused Thaw's offer of marriage be- cause she loved him SO much that she would not drag him down.
 sublime renunclaficn, says the sneering district attoruey in an effort to make you believe tAa this story is not true; that it Is impossible" went on MT. Delmas. But 1 small prove to you that Il is true; shall prove to you beyond the slightest doubt that she did refuse him and refused him for that reason alone. Man, 1t may be, has not thst greaS power of re. nunciation, but i'll the aentler bre, st of woman do we find tAat great gift of God, and in the breast of this little girl existed this great strength that enabled her to put aside her one love when she knew 1t was fer the good Of the one she loved''
 Arguing along thTs line to further demonstrate Evelyn's sublime re. nunciation.' MT. Dellnas referred to and read abstracts from the letter which Thaw wrote thai be had pro posed marriage to Evelyn. but she had refused point blank bec use she saia 1t would shut me out from my rela tives.''
 Did that venerable gray-aaired mother come here to perjure herself? Did she invent this story which she says her son told hen Or did he tell an untruth when he confided to his loved mother and told her that he loved this girl and wanted to de vote his life to her: and that all this time that little girl was going along using the talents God had given her to make living for herself. refusing to marry the wealthy rian who loved her and whom she lovci. because she thought 1t was for the best of him
 "Oh, Stanford White exclaimed Mr Delinas. had that man kept out of the way with his smooth tongue, professional tricks and devices. poor little Evelyn would not have turned from her the man who loved her at the behest of those professional de ceivers.
 "'If you don't believe in me as Il gentleman. wrote Harry Thaw there is nothing to do. Being hon. est and faithful has finished me. The pages neither of poetry nor oratory contain simpler sadder or more melancholy story of desolation than that which came as desert waste on the mind of this young man when he saw the girl he loved go back to the man from whose clutches he had rescued her. In this condition of mind, Harry Thaw left New York and Hent to his mothers b~Me in Pitts burg tp to this tispe Harry 1haw had been man of cheerful tempera- ment. but the mothers eyes saw how the change had come.'
 MT. Delmas then read from Mrs William Thaw's testimony regarding the actions of her son at that time. how he was moody and quiet. how he did not sleep. how he often went to the piano.
 He struck the chords of the in- strument," went on MT. Delmas. "un- til they resounded like a wall, until they shuddered like groan of a soul in agony. until the storm passed from him and the music grew softer and finally died away The loving moth CT heard his sobs. she saw him awake until the gray of dawn. He told that mother that the story was one he could not repeat to her, but soon. by ; mothers art she won her way into her son's sonl and little by little he told the story.
 Then, gentlemen. you remember that awful scene in the church. You remember the organ was rolling and inc voices were appealing to the Lofl God of Hosts. the God of armies and If navies. Re with Us yet, lest we forget, lest we forget
 Forget. the voices rang; forget. the poet had written; but in Harry '1haw's heart rang voice. You can ! ever forget, you can never forget that that innocent little one is gone from you for forever and has re tuprned to the clutches of those who ruined her
 This, then, was Harry Thaw's mental condition. Must he give her up? He could not, he would not. Brave. courageous. indomitable man that he was, he conceived that he had a mission to perfom