The Washington times., 1922-10-22
P|TIFUL MAN
:T0SEE, CLAIMS
FORMERFR|END
Mrs. De Bouchelle Describes
Last Visit With Coca
Cola Magnate.
WISHED He WAS DEAD
Gave Her No Satisfaction
When Urged to Name
Her Defamer.

. IN the preceding chapters, Mrs.
Dc Bouchelie, one of the South's
most prominent and beautiful
Oomen, told of her early social life
and training at NeW Orleans, her
unfortunate marriage, and hoso,
toheH, her interests turned to social
welfare, she met, aOhile chaperone
general of the Confederate Vet
erans' Reunion, the aged maltimil-
tionaire founder of the Coca Cola
fortune, Asa G. Gambler, aoh0n,
she charges With Wrecking her
Happiness. She terms him the
dupe Of relatives a0ho circula ted
false reports about her, and she
IS nos0 bent on clearing her name
aud making Gambler pay a large
sum to charity.
- Cosmopolitan News Service.
Onezima de Bouchelle's own story
Of her broken romance with Asa
g. Candler, wealthiest man Of the
South, as told to Martha Randolph,
Of the Atlanta Georgian.
Copyrighted. 1922. by Cosmopolitan
News Service and the Georgian Com
pany. All rights reservedJ
CHAPTER VIII.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 21.-When
Asa c. Gambler came into the Wine
coff Hotel in Atlanta to see me. l
could mot help from comparing that
Asa Candler with the man who had
so exbberantly greeted me when
was the guest of his city during
the Confederate reunion.
Then Mr.. Gambler was quick. sg.
gressive, certain of himself, eyes
twinkling, lips smiling: now he was
pitifully old. his hands were trenib
ling, his shoulders were stopped
his voice was halting. He was
timerous and almost abject.
His son. his personal bodyguard
was Immediately recognized as a
purse.proud. red-faced. self-impor.
tant little man. He revealed COM
monality in every feature and In
every word. explained to them
at once that ] had come to Atlanta
for but one thing and that thing
was to learn the name OF my ira
ducer.
Trembling and In Tears.
1t was pitiful to see the man
had thought strong. outstanding
man OF character, with hands trem-
bling and tears pouNng down his
face as spoke. He would give
me no satisfaction, though. "Oh,"
he gasped, "I wish I was dead. My
house is no longer my home.
love you. my darling, and would
marry you this minute II ] could:
But I'm up against a stone wall.
When he said this I thought his
puffy little son would explode. And
time after time during that inter-
view, MIR. Gambler would forget his
80 fefa arfA
would call me Darling" check him.
self. and say "Mrs De BouChelle,
and then look in az frightened.
sbeepish sort OF way at his son,
who would glare at him and then
glare at me. and then glare at the
ceiling. and the floor. and anything
else that I've could glare at. again
demanded the name OF my SIAN
derers. :,
II would like to tell you who
told us that story" he finally said.
but 7 can't. have pledged my
word Of honor that won't. You
nre dead to me-iust as though you
were I'm your coffin"
A Lively Corpse.
"I think" I replied, that you'll
find that I am not as dead ~ you
think ITa am. You may think !
am in my coffin, but the dead will
arise and stay risen until find
out who told that foul I'ie about
Then he wept afrcsh.
.a he. asked me. shall
do with all this furniture OF yours
that Is at my home" had pre-
yiousIy shipped tho famous De
Bouchelle antiques to his home.
II have : even not thought OF
that" said. 1T seems to me that
there is something more important
than furniture at stake. Who told
YOU that story about me?" In
sisted.
II can't tell you" he fairly moan.
cd. and then clenching his teeth,
he declared: "If I were your father
or YOUR brother or your son, 1
wo,,ld take a pistol and go out and
.hoot the man who did IT,"
"Are you suggesting to me that l
ro out and shoot somebody l
asked. "when you will not even let
me know the person who told these
bcastly lies"
Against Stone WALL"
ooh. I don't know what to do"
n. cried. "I am up against stone
wall"
He had previously told ME what
this stonewall was. The members
of his family. who he had enriched,
had threatened to slap him In
priyate sanitarium under a lunacy
warrant II he insisted on going
through with his marriage contract.
when / found out that there WAS
no hope OF making him reveal any
Information, I summarily dismissed
hin, and his son. The son seemed
delighted 10 leave, but Mr.. Gambler
look my hand at parting and even
attempted to fondle IT,.
That Is the last I saw and possibly
ever will see OF Asa q. Gambler. but
ma he left me. ! was determined
more than ever that should learn
his secret.
My Immediate plans arc TO go to
some quiet sanitarium where l will
rest untR my attorneys decide on the
method 81 loyal procedure to inaugu.
rate 10 force the Gambler secret from
his unwilling lips. Then may have
70 face him again. But there IL no
light too glaring for me to shun. "
that light will bring out the secret I
.,,,,.t hnyp I nm awaiting nv time