The Washington times., 1919-12-07

this afternoon Just think his my rst letter to you
and doubt IN your busy life to-day you viii find time to
translate it but it is just let you know POUR little wife
just loves you every second Of the day even II
cross Mog and hem
IL you decide to stay over Friday and feel il is all
right for Beatrice and to come In let me know Al
least, don't forget call up and say goodnght il you
stay over certainly miss you tonight dear whole
heap more than you know.
Be good and take good Of yourseif. and do not
forget to go and see Dr. Peck
just worlds of love and kisses from wife and sox The
latter is resting bed talking while write
Once again. just loads Of love and bushels of ksses
HELEN
was day or two later that Mrs Stokes had to face
the shock of the shooting Of her husband by Miss Graham
But suppressng her feelings and endeavorng to comfort
her aged husband with the affection of loyal wife she
wrote Stokes in July this letter from the Jersey
Dearest Will.
Just few lines before dinner. Well, all this day /
how you found the heat in the city The piano came and
it is fine tune, and tickled to death with it.
Worlds of love and kisses same old
WIFE" =
And again in July the young wife sends him this
aectionae note without word Of scolding comment
the shooting:
You will know how awfuly disappointed was
this morning not to of for had planned ride
down with you, rhinklng you were leaving at b. How
ever understand planned TO stay but night here
Worlds of love. HELEN
In August two months after the shooting the lone
some young wife writes this appreciatve and aectionate
letternever in of these referring TO the humatng
notorety with which the newspapers or lea
busy scraps of printed from time to time
in regard to the escapade in Lillian Graham apartment
Will, Dear:
WILL you just never will know how swfuiy dissp
pointed was that you did take least few min
de with H al IN -
car with you. After left thought perhaps YOU might
think did not appreciate the beautiful car-he reason
why did not enthuse because was SO i'll j
could hardly stand up, and knew You were 80 busy
did not tell you.
"Well Will you certainly have fine car The engine
is wonderful We simply could not hear il at times
Well dear, you certainly were fine to give us this car
certainly proud Of it really feel like lady"
riding along now
Here's million kisses ! am so lonesome for YOU.
can hardly stand il at times
Same old WIFE
Unpleasant were the intrusion of notorious women
into the affairs of Mr. Stokes yet still unpleasant
were her own personal relations with her husband Moth
ing that she did seemed TO suit him she and short
y after her marriage Stokes commenced and continued
up to the time OF their separation with only occasional
interruptions deliberate and studied course of annoy
mg insulting, abusive and cruel acts conduct remarks
and behavior toward and concerning her for the purpose
of causing and did cause her mental agony and distress
and great humiliation 4"
AS time on the domestic relations grew more and
more strained Little love messages longer fitted the
situation
Here letter written by Mrs Stokes TO her husband
back in 1914 three years after their marriage and us
before the birth Of her first child IL casts an inter
estng light the many and varied and trivial things
which IN dispute between the aged millionaire and
bis young wife Some of the things solemny discussed
IN this letter would sughable IL were not that
they form part of the sad domestic picture of the young