Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-07-15

"I shall keep it as a souvenir" said
thankful.
81 would get Elizabeth to make a clean
opy, Thank; that is quite the most dis
equitable letter I ever saw" said bud.
ey, 81 am going out now to order a ban
uet; day after tomorrow is Thanksgiv-
ng and they will conc, and Wen fill the
vassail bowl"
They arrived. Aileen, after being hug
,ed and kissed quite as much as Eliza
,eth, by all the Redfelds, was permitted
o go home with Mrs. Soule, who was at
he Redfeld's to receive the wanderers.
"Wem tell our adventures when we are
ested and %clean," said Elizabeth. ''TOm
lust be put to bed at once, Dudley; and
ret DR.. North Immediately. He is to stay
lere, where | can take care of him. Put
i'm in my room, Dudley; IN camp with
rhank.' Clinker was suffering severely
With his wound, and was put to bed at
NEE, as Elizabeth directed.
At dinner, where they all assembled, all
;ook turns in relating their adventures,
md the tales were indeed exciting. AS
soon as dinner was concluded, Elizabeth
and Dudley retired upstairs with Tom S
dinner, and spent the evening in anus
ing the invalid.
"What a state you are all in!" said
Dudley. elizabeth comes with her dress
in rags. l wish l could have seen you
crawl through that glass door. How did
you do it, my soul?'
ct don't know; I just smashed the
glass with the soap-dish, and the next
hing I realized, l was rushing at Tom,
who was white as a ghost, with the blood
dripping down his coat, and Allen"
"What did she do?'' with lively inter
est.
ct am afraid she let Stanley kiss her.
What do you think, Tom9''
"T think she weuld have been extremely
ungrateful and prudjsh if she hadn IT, y
said that gentleman, with conviction.
"She might have been satisfied with
~exclapning, MY preserver!' and falling
upon her knees. They both look like
blessed ghosts now.
and one poor ghost was LaHcelot.
"And one was Guinevefe. ~"
"Guinevere was a married woman"
said Elizabeth.
$50 is Mrs. Soule, l think Stan is an
| awful muff. / should make love to her. -
"What shocking morals, Dudley! that
is because | left you. You will never grow
up a great and good man. like George
Washington unless I stay at home and
overlook your education"
"You will have u heavy contract, my
dearest" said Tom. "You must go to
bed and get some resi- now; kiss me.
Goodnight, my darling, my life, my
soul
"One kiss; another; oh; adieul' You
will have a soul-harrowing separation of
nine or ten hours" said Dudley, impa-
tiently.
Never mind, old fellow; we shall have
our reward when you are in love-, said
Tom.
WFrom hattie, murder and sudden
death, good Lord deliver u.s. returned
Dudley. 81 may fall a victim, yet was
Samson SO tempted, and he had an excel
lent strength; yet was Solomon so seduc'
ed, and he had a very good wit
The next two weeks flew rapidly. The
trial of The State against Soule came up
The crowd was not great this time, bu'
there were more than enough spectators
Aileen thought.
She sat near Gerald, as did his mother
Stanley saw with keen pleasure tha
Mrs. Soule looked quite as pathetic as a'
wished, without meaning it, which pleased
him more.
The indictment of Gerald Soule TO
murder in the first degree was read. Th
trial proceeded in all its tedious length
the lawyers fought inch by inch. Aileel
was amazed at the care, the study, tn
research that Stanley's work showedfh
had put upon the case; he seemed arme'
at all points; he defeated the State u
several important points; these small vic
tories did not make him forgetVhis vigil
ance, but served rather to increasetit i
that was possible.
There were not many witnesses to b
examined, so at the end of the first da
the State rested.
After a night of alternate hope an
fear, they came to the court room in'th
morning. Aileen was dressed simply in
dark brown street suit and plain hat.
She wore no jewelry except her waite
which was rather a plain one. Mr.
Soule was in black, which she AWAY
wore. There was much sympathyIexpres
ed for Aileen. She tried to SHOWING fee
ing, but her great gray eyes glowedT an
shone somberly with her suppressed fee
ing.
The case went as usual in such matter
until afternoon, when Stanley produce
two witnesses; one was a plain, hone
ships carpenter, who testified that viii
repairing a leak in Richard Soule's yacl
he had overheard him giving direction
to a man called Joe Bates, whom he re