Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-02-17


 ! wrongs which make if more than iumau | to resist staying when ohc s enemy is be 1 fore one.
 Stanley d;d not scc Ailcon very n}u,I; i lie had surrendered her forever, and lad no " 'sh 10 do anything other thau secH the liberty of her husband that they mig be happy together. He had been cor. viucnd that A;lrcn loved himself. but n i tho late tla.ir cfeats she clttag h c.. ali with sueh devotion that he b.",lIu. tain that he was mistaken; and hclic} ,| tn <. it was easy to st.ile his own paa- ], ana dcyote his great talent ;tnfl uei ii energy to tl,e release of Gerald. He :" 5 not happy. bat he had the Peacg ., nurciajion; only at intervals did great and unhappy love wake an.i cry.
 As fer Aiicen. she kncH thai it "as . girl 5 fancy she had hal for G1-.d and TON her love and pity-gteat tiame tev pefe---~erc those of friendship Ht sistcHy love; but she was ready to go Ia i the saaH'uld and to die with him Ii $ , GDUll, SHt' tttill Sulltit StiN touit t4iN4Ni she could minister with all the suprc,sl forgctfu1nass of self that good wome1 know; but sl4e could not love with wife iove. This tatal lack caused her Co be coli to Stanley. to weep bitter tears of anguisl for Gerald S sake: she never thought f weeping for her own, for did she not d.. serve to suffer, a wife unfaithfHl in spirit2
 So the time passed; Thanksgiving W;s { t hand; more than year haI P&sse ,ince the Soulcs came to live ln Tis Matchbox. In three weeks the trial wa to come up again; all the trains were laid. Richard Soulc stad in the city; he IL; yenturcd to call upon Aileen, but 5 } would not receive him.
 He visited Stanley, and offered niol 7 or any other ass stance in lis lo@e. D clear his cousin.
 "AWful thino, his going np; ha; U. old man was down on gambling ahd 'G- gcrv to cover it was too much for him. could do nothing with him. trled 10 have him hush it up for the honor of 'ls family, but hc shrugged his should and turned out his palms expHess.Nelx =, Now he is dead.
 1" He was seen to do it by old Watsun tue janitor; he sworc to it, nltcn against his will He is dead too. I was ahse't myself of ti,e coast of South Caroina [ .l.,h I 1. .'s forgery to come home to him because was in love with Aileen. I did make fool Of myself in my disappointment Ali leen was a bit oi a coquette, and played fast and loose with both of us; i'll {; fl of pique at some fancied want of atten ! ton on my part. she chose Gerald, ant clinched the matter by marrying him il my absence
 Stanley made a mental note: "Off Carolina-Aileen said Texas, 1 must verify that.
 cold Watson and the man he h.llel ar, the only ones who actually knew anything about the forgery; of course, the fact oi the forged check speaks for itself If ) can do anything. Mir. Rediield. to aid you pray command me. 1 would do much, fol | forgery and murder supcradded make heavy load for the honor of the Soulei l to bear.
 "Thank you, sir; I shall not fail to cal , upon you when l fad you eau be of use in clearing your eous.n." said Stanley calmly.
 "Do you think you could induce Ailecr to see me? am very anxious to convince her tina, am entirely friendly to Ger aid, and of course to her and his mother; :; I can do this unless she will grant me an interview.
 1 eff Mrs Soule refuses to see you, Mir. Soule, woman s reason is sufficient until against woman . instinct, reason, eonvic. tions, or whatever, is not the part of wis dom. If you will reflect moment, you will see that you are supposed by them to be the destroyer of their ives--not merely bringing sorrow on them, but separation and disgrace in the flush of their honeymoon-and until you can rid their minds of this conviction, it is useless to try to persuade them that you can in any sense be guardian angel.
 "I believe you, too, think am guilty 1 of destroying them as you say.
 ''I have no evidence to the contrary, sir," said Stanley
 The word ot a gentleman, suh' That is sufficient among gentlemen; of co'ss not sufficient for pettifogging cur. ''