Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-05

home to make peace with my father, became q dilapidated gentleman. and here l am.
 How strange. How wonderful How queer" exclaimed the widow as she hitched around. If any one hac told me that this would have evel come to pass I should have called hin crazy It was ali q terrible mistake Arthur The "heavy' man claimed tC have seen noticc of your death ill the papers, and as he was in love witt me at the same time 1 decided to mar " him. We did not elope, as was toit you but the company busted and we headed for New York over the raiirodC ties X thousand times have l thought of you and always as sleeping in youl grave. Yes, I am the willowy Gwen dolin of a score of years ago. l al the leading lady of the play of "CooI HolloW."'
 ..Murmurs of astonishment from my self.
 "Exclamations from the widows daughter.
 Melting looks from the widow her self
 "Murderous glances from the hired man.
 "I was telling fictitious anecdote of course Nothing of the sort or kind had ever happened me, and to this day I believe the widow was also in the kidding business Perhaps she wanted to make the hired man jealous. At any rate, she said I must stay there for al least I month. and she pronounced my name in tender accents. The hired il}1;l got the @saan eye Fl ri:sht T. was an- notinced that 1 va to have the parioi bedroom. but jtsSt tafore ratirin. he iif vitejl He to % to t..e l,;lra With hiin t. ene tha t,i'a .n:.ss ..:szt th;:se. Il2 N:a' it Vixen we got out thnra i.e called i.2e ai' kinds of lil"s aM3 n. s5-s.; ;t..li z 70 EiG such d W0iopn:s that l took 10 the road ail nnfnr S;t 39aNf: fe:' tA" ,laX' five miles. 15aW H., rs..1. .ii.!tsd ,2a s,.'s to my wi.,os9y t,~enG ,,in l nevcl heard
 "The other coincidrnce I have i, mind was pulled off in Connect cut. was hoeing corn for q farmer for il col lar day and my board. and had work ed for three days. when he said wee stop and rest our backs if I'd toll him 2 story. I agreed, and we dropped oul hoes and sat down. The tramp who tells farmer any story at all should make it murder story to benefit by it On this occasion claimed to have mur dered an old couple in Arkansas fol l their money, but was disappointed il laying hand OH any cash. 1 described how I used aX, crowbar and knife an( how 1 hid in swamp for four day! afterward, and he enjoyed the particu lars like boiled dinner I put him ol his oath not to give me away, and i seemed to me, after the story had beer told, that he looked up to me with aw' and reverence.
 Say, now, that was curious thing When we went to the house to suppe the farmer showed me an old newspa l crime in it. It had occurred in th same state, the victims were an ol( couple, and the murderer had made | good his escape. l read it, but did no worry. After I had gone to bed thu farmer drove six miles and got the sheriff and two constables, and thes' officers were within a quarter of a mile of the house when the good wife wok' me up and warned me to flee Sh, said she always did have sneakin: sympathy for murderers, and sh' hoped would get away. "Get away did, but I was followed | for hundred miles and had to do /; heap of dodging. don't know whethe the farmer felt sure that I was th' right party or not. You can't alway' tell about those Nutmeg farmers. H. saved $3 by obliging me to take ; skate, and think that had heap t do with his officiousness." M OIIAD