Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-06-05
The Elton Case.

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Here's Il little sister for YOU, Ralph
Her name is Gladys. Now, don't let
me hear any more grumblng about not
having playinates like other children"
rs she my sister," said Ralph look
ing at the girl admiringy. 'Why
haven't | seen her before
Don't ask questions or III send her
away
SO Ralph and Gladys proceeded to
enjoy each others company in the
amuSements of childhood AS they
grew older they wondered why they
had been separated till their first meet
ing and had been kept together ever
since. Since no one seemed disposed
to inform them they spent much time
building UP hypothesis, Gladys prefer
ring those which accounted for her ali
sence from her brother, she having
been stolen by Il fairy when she va.
baby, But she had very little re
membrancc Of her early life.
They had 10 playmates except each
other No one interfercd with their
growing up together in any way their
began TO talk about Gladys being his
wife, to which she responded that She
didn't believe brothers and sisters ever
married. Md SO as they passed
through different stages Of develop
ment there came different kinds OF
feeling till at last they We're nearly
grown.
u Jay
years old obey discovered Mrs. Raw
sen packing Gladys belongings. When
asked what She was going to do she
told them that Gladys Was to be taken
away. The color vanished from the
face of each. Nature had met for them
its first conflict with civilization. and
nature always makes a desperate fight;
These two had been left to mate like
the birds. \ separation now could
not he endured. Something must be
done. Several days elapsed before
there We're any signs Of Gladys in
mediate removal, which time they
spent in talking the matter over. What
was there for two children brought UP
as they had been to do except to
flee:
enc morning they got together all the
money they had money was never de
lled them-and counted IS, some shil-
lings and a lot Of pennies. Taking CHS,
they Went off on such a ramble a.
they had often taken together before.
They had been kept so aloof from
the world that there is q possibility
they did not know what marriage
meant. especially between brother and
sister. Be that as it may, they deter
mined to be married. After much diff
ficulty they found clergyman, who
consented 10 marry them for all the
money they had, and the Knot was tied.
After the ceremony they stroiled aim
lesS!y about till they came to Il littte
park into which they entered and for
got everything else in the enjoyment of
Il stream on the bank Of which they
sat throwing stones into the water.
They We're thus amusing themselves
whom a policeman went to them and
arrested them Their flight had been
discovered and the police notified.
The next morning Sir Michael Frame,
a retired harriSter, read in morning
paper Of the flight Of the young Earl
of Elton and his sister and their mar
ria ga. at which all En- gland was
shocked Sir Michael had been a close
friend Of the last Earl Of Elton He
know that a minor was heir to tho
tide Int for his life couldn't remen
Der chat there was Il girl He finally
recalled The fact that sister of the
last earl. The Hon. Mrs. brewer, had
loft little girl and that Mrs. DWyer
and the earl's brother, Tweed Spencer,
had hucn left in clarse Of the estate
and the two children, who were or
phans. This Spencer, on assuming this
responsibility, had discharged Sir Mi
charl as solicitor for the estate ana
employed another man. 1t occurred to
Sir Michael that since his old friends
10y was in trouble he would need the
\acrNiccs Of some one who would be in
taroS ted in him. He took the train the
same day for the town where the chill
tlren were detained and before they
slept had passed some time in hearing
their story.
When the trial came up the next
morning the children's guardian,
Tweed Spencer, was there to claim
their return. What was his surprise
to see Sir Michael step forward and
announce himself as their solicitor. In
deed. Spencer turned white. He was
playing q game that would have been
very easy had not the children over
stopped all supposed bonds by falling
in love As it WAS, his defeat was GER
tain. He made Il clean breast of it and
admitted that there was no intention
to make the children believe they were
brother and sister. but Sir Michael in
troduced evidence proving that the
guardian had intended to marry the
earl to his own daughter. The will
showed that provision had been made
for the union OF two properties in the
marriage of the cousins, to defeat
which Spencer had brought them up