The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

- What was sworn to IN reputtal. %
you remembers"
Not much; only to Gerald s COOL
chara cter-and no one could be found
save Richard and this Bates, who knew
of his gambling, but Gerald was away
great deal; often upon long trips in sur
veyinp railroad lines and such work. His
grandfather did not care much about
what he called reasonab BILE vices. but al.
ways declared. if one of his grandsons
gambled in any way, in cards, races, or
stocks, he would cast him off forever; 8,
he was bitter prosecutor of Gerald. 1t
killed him. however; he only lived about
six months after that He left all his
money to Richard and me. 7 did not
want it. but I thought Gerald ought to
have it. I left before he died. He wrofs
Gerald letter forgiving him; at my
earnest prayer, Gerald answered, much
against the grain, forgiving his grand
father. Then we came here, mother and
I.''
"Where is this Richard nowfo
t'We do not know; of course we think,
are positive, that he forged the check AMI
wore Gerald g clothes, but our lawyer AS.
sured us that it was not SO; he had all his
crew to say he was off the coast of Tex.
as
''That was easy. think your lawyer
betrayed you. -
$50 does Gerald-now.
s'where did this old slave-woman livs
at the time and was she called as wit.
nessi"
''Dehlahi She lived in little house
of two rooms quite at the back of grand
father grounds, but she was absent all
of this time; she had asked permission to
go and see daughter living at some dis
tance, whom she had not seen since she
GANG frun Garssa With RieAaad1s moth
&C. do not know e shs ever returned at.
tor the grandfather g death. She went and
came about the plaee-no one paid any
attention to her; only when Richard was
Al homo, she waited upon him constantly; ;
ahe rather disiked Gerald, who, she con-
Sidered stood in the way of Richard
"You are very tired, Aileen; I will 60
now. want to get the next train.
think it will be best for you to go with
mo and introduce me to Mr.. Soule. Can
you bear the journey, and can you leave
your mother7'
ooh, yes; she has an excellent maid,
who will attend her till my return"
After long interview with Gerald,
Stanley returned home, only to go the
next morning to the distant city to go
over the ground of the old trial and re-
view the evidence, of which he brought
home enough to make quarto volume
he remained at his office early and late,
reading over and over the type-w written
copies of the evidence in The State VI
Soule.
Mr.. Clinker took great interest in the
case, and Stanley. contrary to his usual
custom, took Thomas much into his con-
idence
ave must get this old negro to tell
what she knows. That she is particeps
criminis am sure; through her, we
may be able to nail Richard Soule.
"Suppose we get voluntary confess
/ sion out of hers'
II don t believe we can. Aileen-Mrs.
Soule, I mean-says that she will suffer
torture rather than hetray Richard; we
must proceed carefully, as, if he takes
the alarm, he can hide or kill her. Here
! is Richard Soule picture; he looks a
good deal like Gerald, except his eyes are
pale gray, while Gerald's are dark
gray.
"They have not anything Of the same
expression; IN give odds that he has
shifty look when you meet him. be-
lieve ] met this man yesterday in cafe
where I went to lunch. / am sure of it
-he is in this city
Watching Aileen, I dare say. I won
der if she has seen him. ! don t think
so, however; she would have mentioned
it. -
In handsome room of handsome ho-
tel the original of the picture was sitting
alone, smoking; bottle and glass stood
At his elbow--not Of liquor, however, for
ne was of the most ahstemious in drink.
I 'fI have been here week and | can Y
muster courage TO go and face Aifeen,
when / am absolutely perishing for a
sight of her sweet FACET am afraid I
must be patient little longer; I could
not have managed better outcome than
for Gerald to kill Bates; he is out of my
way forever, and Gerald too-two birds
with one stone, it will certainly be hang
ing for him, and then to win her-at
last All this might have been saved if
she would have taken me instead of Ger
aid. His pale eyes seemed to glow with
lambert light.
''I told her not to marry Gerald; that
If she did, it would be the ruin if not the