Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-05


 1 be affected by it? It is better that these strangers do moi know Of Gerald 's e& l istcucc.
 "I think wc will lei them draw ther l own conclusions. You dress in black. and ] am sure 1 feel like 1 might he raven. l If feeling disiuui crn do itor at le3st a crow. Ion are < ido~ let theni th'ak | me oue too ii wiii be frue. Let us have | tea, mo; her.
 Mrs Eleanor Sou'e iad removed fcct1 . city in tue interior of tie State to ol.a- on the State border, accompanied by hn l ughcrip-law, Aileen Soue The, brought laudatofy letters from their pas, tor ill and united with the altsa fash onable Lucy tgcnuc churci,'' Thc I.ucife.s,' as ucked Eliza beth had Bau,. ed tue Lucy Avenue church people Ths family also attended it, their fa,her and mother being charter members ss Du}!e, expressed il.
 !" The mulches have become 'l.ue:. fers, said Elizabeth as she cast ies goto-meetins hat down in chair. Yes, they bave,' said Dudley When they came into church today and the ush sr showed then to the Duncan pew, thought l should faint. Beautiful Au- mabel Lee,' Isn t she beautiful, Tone'>
 Extremely; handsomer than Thank: full. thought our respected parent deep ly smitten when he passed the frying naa and she clipped in q half dollar.'' "Wo,ks without faith,' mur,aureA Dudley.
 "What do you know about her faitha' inquired Tan rather warmly; "al.e is7r have the faith that moves mountains
 "That's so. Let s suggest her as q dca er-m0chint, to get Dodd $ quarry cut of the way of the new railroad below t!,o bluff, 80 We eap sell our laud to thc blcat- cd corYoration.'
 No one youchsaied au ansWef Eliza beth took up a paper and Tan buried hin,- self in a law magazine; the rest of the family were reading also; Dudley went ,o the piano. where he played softlyso softly it seemed to add to the silence aIn hungry; your son is about to perish; 1 anl 8 Spartan boy None of these intel lectnal beings have a sympathetic chord about 'em, Elizabeth is so immoral as to 1 T f,,1 .l. | tered her Sunday school lesson with tears in my eyes. Tan is grinding away on q railroad case. l wish l knew the names of the match boxers. v
 ".Ther name is Soule mother and daughter in law, both widows | take 1t :; Mrs. flanders introduced them today to the ladies of the Sunday school. Mrs. Soule is very lovely, but has a great grief I think; she is no older than I. and her hair is quite white.' y
 "Which? they are both Mrs. Soule ;; the daughter is the widow of the elder $ son; they both wear black, though not exactly mourning The daughter 's jet. ted silk was a marvel of beauty and cost and the mother wore black lace. /"
 Well, said Thankful, 'tliey are ar acquisition; Mrs flanders said their let tors from Mr Thomas were most compl mcntary
 The summer passed and the carly dark ness of bleak November days came.
 Lieutenant Scott Redfield came home for Thanksgiving; So did Helena. anoth CT sister. and her husband and children and all made merry after the uneas. fashion of our time The day afte Thanksgiving they sat at dinner "There is a skeleton in The Match box, y said Thankful.
 "Thank is growing more odd than ey CT: she always was as odd as Dicks hat band' it is the way of old maids, 's sai' MT. Floyd, her brother-in-iaw, who dit not get on with Thankful. "Maybe it is because the front is al plate glass; thar big single window pan makes it a cyclopeau nightmare Of
 match. box, said Tan gravely.
 s.The matches did not look yer, happy nor thankful yesterday observe Dudley. cold Miss looked most sou and miserable; had look of settle melancholy that even the dulcet strains the new tenor did not dissipate. '' "The new tenor dissipate9 You SUI prise me-" said his father, stirring hi , tea carefully
 "No sarcasms, dad; they are bad 10 our digestion, said Theo.
 "It is probable that the tenor $ note l were the cause of her melancholy; l ai sure his scmi dcmi semi quavers made n , feel very sad, said Mrs Redtield.
 "The mouths he made were, no doub entertaining to him, but trying to Ill I spectators said Theo.
 "I do think this family is more dernol