The Forrest City times., 1914-07-10

'e'' tuiOWlng ont her hands to the Wrandalls, only in he met by gesture of repugnance fro,s the grim old man. '~
 Your story, Miss Castletor D , said hoarsely. He
 From the beginning, if you please .. added the lawyer quietly. Leave on. nothing"
 Clearly, steadily and with the n. most sincerity in her voice and ra. ner, the girl began the story of ha. life. She passed hastily over the oar Her periods, frankly exposing the m happy conditions attending her homo life, her subsequent activities as performer \on the London staga .,..~ Colonel Castleton's defection. inc sa~ months devoted to posing for Havs right. the painter, and later on bo, engagement as governess in tho wealthy Budlong family. She devotoa some time and defniteness to har ero. encounter with Challis Wrandau o, board the west-bound steamer, an in. c1dent that came to pass in a nerfectlv natural way. Her deck chair stooa next to his, and he was not slow in making himself agreeable. It did m, occur to her till long afterwards tbo, he deliberately had traded positions with an elderly gentleman who occn. pied the chair on the first day mt Before the end of the voyage tbev were very good friends.
 When we landed in New York ba assisted me in many ways. After wards, on learning that was not tn go to California. I called him up m the telephone to explain my predca. ment. He urged me to stay in New York; he guaranteed that there womb be no difficulty in securing a splendid position in the east. l had no means of knowing that he was married accepted him for what I thought him to be: genuine American gentleman They are supposed to be particularly conslderate with women. His conduct toward me was beyond reproach. have never known man who was 80 courteous, so gentle. To me, he was the most fascinating man in the world No woman could have resisted him. am sure of that"
 She shot a quick. appealing glance at Booths hard-set face. Her lip trembled for d second.
 T fell madly in love with him." she went on resolutely q dreamed of hi I to come when l was to see him. He never came to the wretched little lodg. ing house l have told you about. I-I met him outside. One night he told me that he loved me, loved me pas sionately. II said that l would be his wife. Somehow it seemed to me that he regarded me very curiousy for a moment or two. He seemed to be surprised, uncertain. l remember that he laughed rather queerly. It did not occur to me to doubt him. One day he came for me, saying that he wanted me to see the little apartment he had taken, where we were to live after we were married. l went with him. He said that if liked it, could move in at once, but l would not con sent to such an arrangement. For the first time 1 began to feel that every thing was not as 1t should be. l-l remained in the apartment but few minutes. The next day he came to me, greatly excited and more demon strative than ever before, to say that he had arranged for a quiet, jolly little wedding up in the country Strangely enough, l experienced queer feeling that all was not as II should be. but his eagerness, his per sistence dispelled the small doubt that had begun even then to shape itself. l consented to go with him on the next night to an inn out Tn the country, where a college friend Who was minister of the gospel wouid meet us, driving over from his parlsn few miles away. I said that l pre- ferred to be married in a church. he laughed and said 1t could be arranged when we got to the inn and had talKeu it over with the minister. Still un' | easy, l asked why it was necessar! to employ secrecy. He told me tha' his family were in Europe and that It wanted to surprise them by glVihs them a daughter who was actually re lated to an English nobleman, ln0 family had been urging him to marr! a stupid but rich New York girl anu he-oh, well he uttered great oeai of nonsense about my beauty ny charm and all that sort of thing
 She paused for a moment. No one spoke. Her audience of judges, WILT the exception of the elder Mrs. Wrai | dall, watched her as if fasclnaleu' | Their faces were almost expression less. With a perceptible effort sne resumed her story, narrating eVen's that carried 1t up to the hour "nen she walked into the little upstan' room at Burton's inn with the inaD who was to be her husband.