Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-11

marry Der. I>s IL is, I lehI thcTe iS hoLh ing but sorrow in the affair for him. '
 "I think he is rather in hurry tt forget Edna said Elizabeth, who Va. beginning to believe in love immortal.
 "'It is not good for man to bc alone, - said Dudley, Cit is better to marry he checked himself and went to the win dow and shouted for Clinker, who wa. looking wistfully over the fence.
 "Come out, Elizabeth; we are out ot tennis practice, having given so muck time lately to Lady Clare, and tht match comes off next week. Come on, Thank, and play with me against Eliza beth and Clinker.' !
 Aleen was alone Her mother hat gone to sleep, and aided by an opiat4, through Sine was Joking pale, bu' mt ill--lovely in q loose white dress
 "You do not look wei" she said to Stanley as she gave him her hand
 "No; I did not sleep.''
 "I will tell all our miserable stoiy, Mr. Redfield,--it has not been W;sh iss concealment that our affairs arc not mo . public than they are but we have an ir. vincible objection to being talked ove. No one will believe that Gerald is not criminal as long as the law of the l,Hi has convicted him.
 "Two years ago last October, ws married to Gerald. His grandfather ant mine were boyhood friends: they both lived near together in the same town not large one. My parents died when was small, and I was brought up by mi grandparents. It was arranged that l should marry one of MT. Soule's grand sons, who were the children of his tv, sons; I loved Gerald and disliked Ricl> ard; they both loved me. When l chos. Gerald, Richard was very violent and made dreadful threats; he told me thas my honeymoon would be short; he tired by threats and bribcs and the most ablect begging to induce me to take him instead of Gerald We had q very unpleasant scene During our engagement he prevail ed upon his grandfather to fit him out yacht, and he went away cruising about the West Indies and the Gulf; he told his grandfather that his grief at the logs ct me was too great to be borne. The ola man was rather sorry that l did not choose Richard, as he was really the ia vorite, though he dealt with them exactly equally. He was dspleased that Gerald adopted the profession of civil engin- ger and insisted upon getting his own liv. ing by it. My mother-in- law was a Northern woman, and Richards mother was Southern woman--a sweet, lovely woman, gentle and good. Sine brought with her from Georgia q slave.N o,naa. who was her nurse and then heH maid. That Mrs Soule died when Richard was ten years old. She left Deliaii, the save, to Richard; and when the slaves were emancipated, she refused to leave him, and has always loved him with the most utter devotion, and grieved much when Richard went cruising.
 "This is the general outline of our past; is it clear to you9"
 "Perfectly, said Stanley.
 "I will try and give you the details of all the misery that followed, so that you may understand our position and be able to know how best to defend Gerald in this dreadful eris S.
 "You will need more able counsel than I am Mrs. Soule, I fear''
 "I think Gerald can be trusted to the man who conducted the defense in the case of State vs. Wilson, said Aileen smiling little.
 ''I will do my best, but must beg you to allow me to call in other counsel if think it best.'
 "That is strictly at your discretion There will be money-everything; we will lavish gold on the very pavement to clear Gerald'
 Stanley did not show that he suffered
 "1 should despise her if she were not willing to suffer for her husband,' he thought; "but of course she loves him; I have been fool to think she might love me--this crisis has shown her that she still loves him best of all, v he was think ing, while she pursued her narrative.
 ''On the day before our wedding, Ger aid went to hunt for birds, about twcn- ty miles from town, with a friend of his: they were devoted to field sports; Gerald was never so happy as when tramping about with hs gun and dogs. He return- ed about seven in the evening; he gave mo few birds for my wedding breakfast, he said-Oh, my poor Gerald! v She hid her face in her hands for q moment.
 "I can stand it if she cries, Stan ley was saying to himself. She did not cry.
 t.ua I;d not stay 1onU but went home.