The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-11-01

they found those letters on hel
had all the confidence and faith
IN the world IN Eleanor and in Mr..
HallS too. They could have gone on
trip together and stayed away all
night and it would never have oc-
Cured to me that 1t wasn't just
church business that had kept them.
Maybe, in those days of divorces
and scandals AMI what not, you
can't understand how anyone could
be over sixteen years old and be
SO stupid But It's the truth. ]
Eever for minute suspected either
one.
Why. 1 used to be ticlxled to
death whenever I saw Mr.. Hal
come into the house. III always
seemed to make my wife so. happy
take her right out Of her blue
spells so i, came to look forward
to Ms coming.
OF course. Eleanor was sc
wrapped up in her church work that
she was over to the Halls place all
times of the day and night and ]
.iidn't see anything unnatural about
that She seemed to want to do
things for Mrs Hall just as much
as for the minister and many's the
time when / came home from work
dog-t red. she would say: Jim, will
YOU fix up some flower boxes Tor
Mrs. Hall?" or tsWill you see what
YOU can do with this picture frame
its for Mrs. Hall, and I'd dig
right in and take care of it.
When Mr.. Hall came over to the
house he'd play around with the
children or perhaps sit at the piano
he was a mighty fine piano player
and he and my ife would sing to.
pether. They made q nice looking
Lair at he piano and their voices
together SCUM ed fine. never got
tired listening to them. Or else,
they'd sit around talking about
books and Things and I'd just read
my newspaper and smoke my pipe
or 20 downstairs ard sit with the
neighbcrs.
: I was never afraid to leave them
alone together. Sometimes, when !
went over to the church in the
evening, I'd find Eleanor and Mr..
Hall and they might have their
heads pretty close together and
she'd be all smiles and radiant. 1t
made me feel good to see her that
way instead OF sad and discomfort
ed. / never thought 1t was any
thing but good fellowship between
them.
IL / had had the least suspicion,
I'd have felt mighty broken up
about it but still wouldn't have
felt harshIy toward either one OF
them. All Eleanor would have had
to do was to tell me outright and
would have said, "All right, !
won't stand in your way. re you
want q, divorce, Eleanor. I'm salts
fled. 1 want you to be happy.
But she always acted natural at
home. OF course, we had our little
scraps but they were petty SQUAD
bles over money matter and the diff
ferences in our tastes. And then
too she was q nervous woman.
That she would find consolation
by falling in love with another man
and above all with someone in
the high end mighty Stevens clan
well, that was the last thing ever
thought of.
Went Out Much Together
MY wife and Mr.. Hall went out
good deal together but that was
natural. He was her pastor and
she did secretarial work for him
and sang in his choir so It was
reasonable to suppose that they had
good many things to discuss. Be
sides, their tastes in everything was
so much alike, I could easily see
why they'd make good company
for each other. But / never sus-
picioned anything out of the way.
During the first trial four years
ago some folks said that Mr.. Hall
and my wife used to carry on shame
fully when they were alone. Well. all