Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-31

4 Dut tileu J say YOU CHll nc SO mean
AZ that, and besides you told mo you
would come and you have never dis
appointed me when you said you
would not"
| Chester, there isn't girl In the
world as miserable MS am tonight"
| she wrote In her next letter" and you
| have made me feel so. Chester,
/ don't mean that dear: you have al
ways been awfully good to me and /
know you will always be- You lust
won't be a coward know. You must
write moro often, please, and, dear,
when You read MY letters, IL you
think | am unreasonable. please do
moi mind 1t, but do think | am about
crazy with grief and that don't
know just what to do
Wanted to Die For Him.
In her next letter she told of re-
ceiving n letter, from Il girl friend.
This girl wrote me" she said THAT
You seemed to,,ie having an awfully
good time. AND sho guessed that my
coming homo had done you good MS
you had not seemed so cheerful in
weeks. | should have known Chester,
that YOU did not caro- for me. But
somehow | have trusted You more
than anyone else. Perhaps you don't
think or you can't help making mo
grievo. but Wish things werc differ
emit You may say you do too, hut
you can't possibly Wish SO more than
l.. L have been very brave since I
came home but tonight l am very dis
couragcd. Chester, IL could only
die. l know how you feel about this
affair and | wish for your sake yoi
need not be troubled. II | die hopo
you can then be happy" ~
The GOODNESS of GilIette's replies to
tho girls fervcnt pleadings caused hor
TO say in her next letter: - ~
Il was glad to hear from you and
surprised as we'll | thought YOU
would rather have my letters aifcc-
Tomato. but yours was so busincss-
like that have como to tho conclu-
sion that YOU Wish mine to be that
way. may tell you though, that
am not business woman and % pre-
sumo that these letters will not salts
~ you any moro than tho others did.
thing. pardon me- that / understand
my position. and that II is rather I'M
ecessary for YOU to he so frghtfully
frank in making me see It, can see
my position as Keen as anyone
think. You say you werc surprised,
but You thought i would be discour-
aged. ! don't SEQ why Il should not
be discouraged. What words have |
had from You since / came homo 10
encourage me?"
Thought Only Of the Man.
Then further along In the same lot
ter the girls spirit of self -sacrlfico
asserted itself and she wrote s#
Ghester. don't supposo YOU will
ever know how regret being nil this
trouble to yOu. know you hate mo
and can't Ldame You one bit. pof
| course. It's worse for me than for
you, but the world and YOU too, may
think | am the one to blame. but
| somehow j cant, just simply cam.
think that / am, Chester.
My little sister came up just n
| minute ago with her hands full Of
daisies and asked me9lf I didn't want
my fortune told told her i guessed
| Ii was pretty we'll told now ,Niyf
Plans were arranged by letter for n
meeting at DcRuytcr and Gillette se-
| cured leave OF absence from tho fac
tory He arrived at DeRuyter on tho
| evening of July s, and registered ut
| a hotel as Charles George me ,iexl
| day Grace Brown left South Otsclic
ostensibIy for Cortland but changed
cars for Utica AT DeRuyter where shc
was Joined by Gillette. On the jour-
ney to Utica Gillette did not share the
| seat with "Billy' but chatted with
other girls on the train from Cortland
and made an appointment to meet
them later in the week at Eagle bay.
At Utica Gillette registered Grace
Brown and himself MS Charles Gordon
and wife. New York They,Ief the
next morning Gillette did not pay
his bill but directed that some laun-
dry which he had left behind be sent
by express to Eagle Bay ~ lsss
| The couple went to Tupper Lake
registering at a boarding house there
as Charles George and wife, New
York. While at Topper Lake inquir-
cd for quiet lake and Grace Brown
threw herself into the arms of a maid
who had brought her a. glass of wa
ter and burst into tears gs3G'
Last Tilte Girl Was Seen Alivcag
On the morning of JulysiIlthcl cot
pie retraced their journey to Biz
Moose where Gillette registered Mt
the Glcnmore as Charlcs Graham, Al
bany, and on the next line OH the
register wrote the girls correct mans
and address. Gillette inquired for
good places TO take pictures and Sc
curing q boat rowed away over the
blue waters of the lake. Gillette tmr-
ricd suit case. camera and tennis;
racquet. Tho girls Luggage had been
checked to Old Forge and she left
some of her wraps and hat at tho no
Itel. w a"t eli
Late that night Gillette appeared at
the Arrowhead on Eagle Bay twelve
Imilcs'frbm Big Moose. He had walk
ed through the woods. carrying tue