The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25

made her light brown hair seem iike
gold and showed the shaking OF her
shoulder. ias the sobs cofyuised he,
II wa not an ordinary interview and
MFR. Poindexter probably VIII rencn,-
ter II 10 the END Of his life. He sat
opposite Mrs. Gregory, looking across
the table at her face and asking mes
tons In the most gentle and cousId-
crate way possible. Phillips. In shirt
sleeves and minus collar and cuffs sat
beside Mrs Gregory, saving little but
nodding slightly In corroboration of
what she said.
Has $4,000 Life Insurance,
Mr.. PoiBde x.er told then, OF the re-
suit OF the examination If Crego,-v'z
personal ,e.ggo1s In the safe az the rnI
road office in the safe were found
two life Insurance yaiicles. eacn Tor
$4,000 ano paid VI, Tor a year. These
nohcies were made out In favor of Mrs
gregory and MI Poindexter told her
that IN the event Gregory Is dead she
Propabiy viii have little difficulty In
obtaining the $4,000.
Ihat monty % yours II your hus-
ar IS no longer among the living.
- -. ro'iioeAter. ana no one can
iioiil you. Inc lawyer dld not
he 40 , issuance companies nor dld
a,tc,a, " s,.'i the poiieies contain
i..,r
n00 u,t,h $3.50 iias an account OF 81,
alsc t,'ia t nv IVhlIlos wealth sank. He
tornava ID D. ,ou t,is.l uc'eo NE at
Tavlor 10 atta,h ~ ne anu d. w.
Mr. po;n.i.se,
would do an ,,-h;. -, -.
her ana will ad,,tsa ~. ,,,,,,, - -
bles come TO an ord tta 80 -, 80,
see that detectiyss .nd athar rars's.,a
stop annoying her and praduaIlv &c
Stunning a cheerful tone Which sor -
time made Mrs. Gregory forge, her
suffering. She smiled and shaved mat
as a conversationalist on current tonics
she is interesting and clever.
when the interview was terminated
the folding doors between the dining
room and parlor were opened and
the three entered the parlor. where
captain SkIpwith and Secretary Buch-
anan were waiting At this moment
negro girl entered the front door.
carrying baby girl of about two
years in her arms and leading an
other girl of about tour years by the
hand
Picture of Maternity.
These are my babies" said Mrs
Gregory, taking the youngest one
In her arms and ,Iding ,ha o,har
against her Ia this position. look-
the beautiful smile OF motherhood on
her face, Mrs. Gregory appeared a.
woman. and the beauty in her face
was reproduced In miniature in the
face Of the baby she held.
The men looked on in silence az
the mother crooned to the baby. and
then pressed the little face close 10
her own. kissing the bright round
eyes. little red. rosebud mouth and
pink cheeks. Both children were
prettily dressed In freshly stsrched
white summer dresses OF fine mate
rial They are beautiful and both
bear striking resembiances 10 the
mother. The youngest child won the
hearts OF the callers with a sing}e
sentence. spoken with the pretty lisp
of babyhood; I'm Casey Jones"
AT this moment Captain SkIpwfth
took Casey Jones' in his arms The
child laughed in slee and showed mot
the least evidence. OF fear of a stran-
ger. Mr. pofnd.xter took the other
girl from the floor and held her In
his arms, laughing and amusing her
while the mother. her pain and sor-
row forgotten for the moment, look
ed on in pride and motherly happf-
ness
The pretty scene finally ended. the
children were kissed good bye. Phil
lips shook hands all around and Mrs
Gregory said goodbye in a tone that
showed she was CORY to see three
men who had spoken a word of kind
ness and hope leave the house. Poin-
dexter. SkIpwtth and Buchanan walk
ed d long time In silence along the
dusty road dark and still. before the
silence was broken. Then Poindex-
ter stopped and faced his compan-
ions He said:
lis it possible that there Is alive
in this world A man who is brute
enough to treat a woman OF that
kind as she has been trated? ptd
either of you ever see mere refine
u1ent, more gentility In woman
lie replaced his straw hat and mon
ping his face with handkerchief
started again to the car line. Skip
with than spoke. Il have heard these
things rumored about Mrs. Gregory
and / intend to resent any insiuuation
against her good na,ae. I have only
this much more TO say. Mrs. Gregory
Is either the best. most faithful loy-
ing and true woman that her husband
ever met or the most perfect and
clever actress that | have ever seen
and / don't hlieve she is An actress"
Joy Ride.
To-day a detective learned of a 10y
ride taken by Louis Gregory on Thurs
day night which reveals some facts
which illuminate the character of the
alleged embezzler. 1t seems GREGORY
and party OF friends, all Vel known
business men, made a lying trip 10