Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-11
ON THE WAY
 TO THE BLOCK.

turies ago the Lady Arabel!a Boyls; horne il, her "chair" by a couple of menials on the Strand in London. was stopped at Temple Bar, the way belns narrow. by a small party on foot The lady put her head out of the chair win dow 10 learn the cause of the delay She saw prisoner in charge of guards.
 A sudden thought struck the Lady Arabella.
 "Whther are you goins?' she asked of the officer of the guard.
 "ro Tyburn. may it please yocr l"dy ship
 "What to t1o?.'
 "ro cnt eff this mans head"
 And supposng t pIeases me to mar- ry him:'
 "You'i! have husband without a head
 That's just the kind of husband l want, and Hone other
 She bade her iackeys set down th" chair and sent one of them to fetch clergyman. In few minutes he re- turned with one, and. the prisoner con- senting, the knot was tied. Then the procession moved on to Tyburn. and the Lady Arabella proceeded on her way much pleased with the adventure. Though but twenty-two years old she was heels over head in debt. and at that time there was law in England ho% hnv, 2r.IaI Shn absolved from all she owed. In the course of half an hour she would be widow, having got rid of both bus band and debt.
 But fate decreed that the delay of the marriage should save the prison CTS life. When he was kneeling bc- fore the block at Tyburn and the ex ecutioner was about to raise his aX d horse,l.an was seen coming like the wind holding aloft a paper. The aX was stayed til the messenger arrived. and he paper proved to he an order to suspend the execution and commit the prtsoncr to tho Tower.
 4 week later London was in ecstasy over the rr:a"i of King Charles H.. and all persons iEpriso4eG oa account of loyalty tc him were released Alcy- anticr Icaman. the sen uf |: country squire. walked ont of the Tower with DO yoke upon his >h!nit'"rs eXeent tht yoke of matr,ncny. which lie had n" desire ito throw o1. Ihe vision ot beauty that had come down from heaven. it seemed. while he was on the way to Tyburn was not forgotten by him. For political reasoEs his re- prieve was not published. His wife immediately after her wedding and supposed widowhood sought solacc in Paris, where she proceeded to plunge again into debt in the gaycties of the French capital She returned some time after the accession of the new king and entirely ignorant of the fact that she was married woman
 One evening at a ball at the palace the king sought her and said: II de sire to present 10 you one of my gen tlemen in waiting. He is more< to you than any other man, for he has given you dissolution, though you have given him life Can you guess who he is:''
 "Absolution comes only from heaven your majesty, and if l have given him life must be his mother"
 The king laughed and directed Alex ander Yeoman to be brought to him. When he arrived he stood before the beautiful ArabelIa a young man scarcely older than herself.
 this. ic o,h. T <<, king, "I must have borne him in my babyhood.'
 You have met before'' said the king. Do you not remember his face?"
 The lady looked at Yeoman curious ly. "No," she said at last "I do not remember ever to have seen him be- fore"
 That may be because when we met l had suffered from a long distemper," said Yeoman, land was sore dis tresscd"
 And what distressed you?"
 Faith" said the king, "he was near ing corruption.''
 Your majesty is speaking in rid dles," said Arabella.
 Rather put it," said Yeoman, that l was granted a glimpse of heaven before was to become food for worms
 "A truce to this talk" said the lady, and tell me where we have met" Never mind that" said the king. "at least for the present. The gentleman. having been stanch supporter of his rightful king, deserves his reward. Alexander YeOman, kneel. Now arise, Sir Alexander Yeoman," and the king. drawing his sword, rested it on the young mans shoulder. II have an es- tate for you in Surrey" he continued, taken from notorious ROundhead, an estate valued at I200,OOO. would pro- vide you with wife, but the Lady Arabella has forestalled ne in that. Lady Arabella Yeoman, this is your husband, whom you married on his | way to Tyburn, condemned to be exc cuted for fidelity to his king He was reprieved and at our restoration to the throne set free"
 Lady Arabella was not long in re-