The Cairo bulletin., 1914-01-24
Repentent, But Silent When Love
for Stepfather, Slayer of Her
Mother is Mentioned.
SHE ARTFULLY CONCEALS
HER INNERMOST FEELING
Il Wish Could Undo Things l Have
Done" Sobs Child for Whom
Man Killed His Wife.

Aledo, H., Jan. 23.-Julia FLAKE
is a sDnynx. She repeats over and
over that what she said about her
self and Robert Higgins, her step.
father, is true. She says he voices
untruths in all of his denials And
she adds that she is sorry it all hap
pened.
Until today Julia Flake had seem
ed made of stone. She was calr,
through the stress Of her mothers
death, through her stepfather's az.
rest, charged with his wifes mur-
der, and through the public scandal
about Higgins and herself. But to-
day har silent inscrutability cracked
straight through.
This girl who hasn't spoken z
dozen words day s!nse she has
been in tho home of Mrs. w. A. Lori
mer, Aledos probation officer, talked
volubly.
II lid it, yes she walled. eve
did it-both Of us, Dob and |, but
! don't know why. We did wrong.
| planned with him to kill mother.
| knew he was going to do it. | wish
it hadn't happened. | wish ! could
undo it.
Cries as She Talks.
Her tears fell rapidly. She sat
in Mrs Lorimer's back parlor. Now
Mrs. Lorimer's back parlor is 4
pleasant, sunshiny place, filed with
good books and quaint old-fashioned
pictures. 1t is room in which to
exchange cake recipes or cross
stitch patterns, or to give out sweet
love condolences, but not the sordi1
details Of an unspeakablc crime
But that is what the walls of Mcs.
Lorimer's parlors have been hearin :
of late.
The girl pcrebcd herself THk
fashion on the foot of a low couca
covered with bright red brussels
carpet She is a cl ildish little thing,
her fawn colored cloth skirt and
well laundered white shirt waist
were gloriously simple. She held
her arms aWkwardly, yOuthfully con-
scious Of her too short sleeves. There
was long gold chain with a heart
shaped locket around her neck AMI
on her light shoulder was gold
chateiaine watch.
Julia Flake is of the gangling va
riety Of girls. She has a smooth,
clear skin, intensely blue eyes and a
great quantity of fine brown hair
the prettipess of which is spoiled by
the stiff way in which she twists it.
She wears nose glasses and has
pretty dimples when she smiles,
which is rarely enough.
Julia Still a Child.
She impresses one with the idea of
a rabbit a bit afraid to come out of
its cover, and she gives her hand
with a strange reticence. She is 4
great deal of a child. A baby in the
eyes of the law, she is more childish
than many girls of her age. The
law, through States Attorney john
NJ. Wilson, is stepping in now ami
trying to play parent.
Julia, did you love your mothcr?"
she was asked.
"Of course" The blue eyes open
ed wider.
We'll, did you get along well?"
About like all mothers AMI
daughters"
Story Unprintable.
why didn't you tell your mother
OF your troubles at the start?"
Mother found it out soon enough.
I don't know why | did it: it is all
true, but l wish | could undo it,"
There is much of Julia Flakes pit
liable story that nobody could bear to
read--a story of shame and beastli-
ness. Soon jealousy came into l..
the strange antagonism of mother
against daughter. The older woman,
i'll and tortured. was her own self:
.he younger was rushing to destrut-
tion ard destroying her mothers
happiness and her own.
Queries as to that time the girl
refuses TO answer.
Julia Flake reads the newspapers
when they are brought to her. The
lCQncluded on HiYfh PaKal