Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1908-04-09

lone nothing but cry since I got here.
II you were only here I would not feel
so badly. I do try to be brave dear,
but how can i when everything goes
wrong? I can't help thinking you will
never come for me. but then l say you
can't be so mean as that. and besides
you told me you would come and you
have never disappointed me when you
said you would not"
Chester. there isn't a girl In the
world as misera BILE as l am tonight
h wrote in her next letter, land you
nave made me feel so. Chester, I don't
mean that dear; you have always been
awfully good to me and I know you
Will always be. You just won't be q
coward, I know. You must write more
often. please. and. dear, when you read
my letters, IL you think 1 am
able. please do not mind 1t, but do
think / am about crazy with grief aud
that I don't know just what to do"
In her next letter she told Of recetv-
ing q letter from a girl friend. This
scemed to be having an awfully good
time. and she guessed that my coming
home had done you good as you had
not seemed so cheerful In weeks.
l should have known, Chester. that
you did not care for me. But somehow
I have trusted you more than anyon
else. Perhaps you don't think or you
can't help making me grieve. but \
wish things were different. You may
say you do too. blu you can't possibly
wish SO more than I. have been
very brave since l came home. but to-
night 1 am discouraged. Chester. II I
could only die. I 10Y how you feel
about this affair n I wish for your
sake o need not be troubled. II I
die I hope you can then be happy
His Letters Cool.
The GOODNESS OF Gillette's replies to
the girls fervent pleadings caused her
to say IN her mex letter:
Il was glad to a from you and
surprised as we'll. I thought you would
rather have my letters affectionate. but
yours was so business-ltke that I have
come to the conclusion That you wish
mine to be hat way. I may tell you.
though, that I am not q business wom-
I'm so presume that these letters will
not satisfy you any more than the
others die. I think, pardon me, that I
understand my position n that 1t Is
rather unnecessary for you to to be al
frightfully rank in making me see 1t.
I can see my position as keen as any
one. l think. You say o were sur
prised. out you thought l would be dis
couraged. I don't see why I should not
be discouraged. What words have I
had from you since I came home to n
courage me?"
Then, further along In the same let
ter. the girls spirit of ~self-sacrihce
asserted itself and she wrote:
Chester, I don't suppose you will
ever know how I regret being all this
trouble to you. l know yOu hate me
and I can't blame you n bit. OF
course. It's worse for me than for you.
but the world and you. too. may think
I am the M to blame, but somehow
I can't. just simply can't think that I
My little sister came up just a
minute ago with her hands full OF
daisies and asked me IL I didn't want
my fortune told. I told her I guessed
Meeting Arranged.
Plans were arranged by letter for a
meeting at DeRuyter and Gillette Sc
cured leave OF absence from the fac
tory. He arrived at DeRuyter on the
evening OF July s and registered at q
hotel as Charles George. The next day
Grace Brown left South Otselic osten-
for Utica at DeRuyter. where she was
Joined by Gillette. On the journey to
Utica Gillette did not share the yea
with "Billy." but chatted with other
girls on the train from Cortland and
made an appointment to meet them
III nc WCGh ~ 0Ld8 Ddy. al
Utica Gillette registered Grace Brown
n himself as Charles Gordon and
wife. New York. They left the next
morning. Gillette did not pay his bill.
but directed that some laundry which
he had left behind be sent by express
to Eagle Bay.
The couple wen to Upper Lake reg
istering at a boarding house there as
Charles George and wife. New York.
While at Upper Lake Gillette inquired
for a quiet lake and Grace Brown threw
herself into the arms of q maid who
had brought her a glass OF water, and
burst into ears.
On the morning Of July II the couple
retraced their journey to Big Moose,
where Gillette registered at the Glen
more as Charles Graham, Albany. and
on the next line on the register wrote
the girls correct name and address.
Gillette inquired for n good place to
take pictures and securing a BOAT rowed
away over the blue waters OF the lake.
Gillette carried a suit case. camera and
tennis racquet. The girls baggage had
been checked to Old Forge and she left
some OF her wraps n hat at the hotel.
Late that night Gillette appeared at
he Arrowhead on Eagle Bay. IL miles
from Big Nose. He had walked through
the woods. carrying the suit case and
camera. but the tennis racquet was mis-
sing. His clothing and baggage were
dry. The e day he went on an ex-
cursion with the young women from
Cortland whom he had promised to
meet.
Alarm was felt In Big Moose over
the failure Of Gillette to return with
the boat he had rented and search waa
made the next day. The boat was
found floating bottom UP near shore in
q secluded part OF the lake, with 4
Woman's wrap spread over the bottom.
The lake was dragged and the body OF
Grace Brown was found about 800 feet
from the shore. Gillette subsequently
was arrested at Eagle Bay on July II.