The Forrest City times., 1914-02-27

uncle. lie was very angry and swore at me When l tried to leave the room he locked the door and would not let me go until I screamed for help Then he almost choked me. but when he heard Uncle coming be jump ed out Of the window. The next day he forged a check in my Uncle's name and tried to throw suspicion on me, but he was discovered, and my uncle dlslnherted him. Uncle had intended to educate Richard and start him well In lie, but now he would bave nothing further to do with him It seemed to work upon my uncle's health, all the disgrace to the family name. although no one ever thought of my uncle in connection with blame AS he paid Richards debts, it was not known what the boy had done, except by the banker. who was personal friend.
 We went abroad then, and every where Uncle amused himself by put ting me under the best music masters. and giving me all possible advantages in languages, literature, and art IL and after his death went back to my music studies, following his wishes in the matter, and staying with a dear old lady in Vienna who had been kind to us when we were there before
 AS soon as my uncle's death was known at home, Richard wrote the most pathetic letter to me, protesting deep contrition, and saying he could never forgive himself for having quar- reled with his dear uncle. He had a sad tale of how the business that he had started had failed and left him with debts. If he had only few hun dred dollars, he could go on with it and pay of everything He said I had inherited all that would have been his If he had done right, and he recog- nized the justice of it, but begged that l would lend him a small sum until he could get on his feet. when he would repay me
 T had little faith in his reformation, but felt as if 1 could not refuse him when I was enjoying what might have been his, so I sent him all the money l had at hand. As 1 was not yet of age, 1 could not control all the prop erty. but my allowance was liberal. Richard continued to send me volum- incus letters, telling Of his changed life, and finally asked me to marry him. I declined emphatically, but he continued to write for money, always nf ing affection. In disgust, l at last offered to send him a certain sum of money regularly if he would stop writing to me on this subject and fin ally succeeded in reducing our corre- spOndence to a check account. This has been going on for three years, ex- cept that he has been constantly ask ing for larger sums, and whenever would say that l could not spare more just then he would begin telling me how much he cared for me, and how hard it was for him to be separat- about him, and made up my mind that when I received the inheritance should ask the lawyers to make some arrangement with him by which should no longer be annoyed.
 Tt was necessary for me to return to America when I came of age, in order to sign certain papers and take full charge of the property. Richard knew this. He seems to have had some way of finding out everything my Uncle did
 He wrote telling me of a dear friend of his mother. who was soon to pass through Vienna. and who by some misfortune had been deprived of a position as companion and chaperon to a young girl who was travelling He said 1t had occurred to him that per haps he could serve us both by sug- gesting to me that sine be my travelling companion on the voyage.
 "I really did need a travelling com panion. of course, having failed to get my dear old lady to undertake the voyage, so l thought it could do no harm I went to see her, and found her pretty and frail and sad She made a piteous appeal to me. and though 1 was not greatly taken with her, I de- cided she would do as well as any one for a companion.
 She did not bother me during the voyage, but futtered about and was quite popular on board, especially with a tall disagreeable man with cruel jaw and small eyes. who always made me feel as if he would gloat over any one in his power found out that he was a physician specialist in mental diseases, so Mrs Chambray told me. and she talked a great deal about his skill and insight into such maladies.
 At New York my cousin Richard met us and literally took possession of us. Without my knowledge. the cruellooking doctor was included in the party l did not discover it until we were on the train bound as l sup posed for my old home just beyond Buffalo It was some time since had been in New York, and naturally did not notice much which way we were going. The fact was, every plan was anticipated, and l was told that all arrangements had been made.
 We had been sitting on the ob- servation platform. and it was late in I, ,Ff vph I cold Vnir O