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1 LAWYER’S OFFICE FOR
YEARS, TELLS HER STORY
Ml >NTICBIAO, N. Y., Dec. 23.—
1 from the funeral of Melvin
■ 'Uch, former District Attorney
llivan County, Adelaide Branch,
Li wife of his heart,” told to-day
she was kept in Couch's office,
willing prisoner, for years. She
_ced piteously to be allowed to
w the body of Couch, the tacl-
,nd brilliant lawyer, whose per-
ty had held her as a love slave.
Mrs. Couch objected to Miss
. i ach’s presence at the funeral.
Why are they so cruel?” cried
M.ss Branch. “Don’t you know this
an is part of me. I loved him; he
was my life, my everything. Do you
Mink a woman would be a recluse
r years, a hermit, bitterly alone at
mes. for a man unless she loved
i.m with all the strength of her soul?
’ They tell me his wife loved him.
She may have been his wife by the
;a». but I was the wife of his heart.
si n ed for him. I lost all my friends
f< r him. Gave up the world for him.
And yet I am to be denied the poor
insolation of seeing the sod thrown
-j on his grave.”
* She told to-day for the first time
the full details of her strange ro
mance—so strange as to be without a
; Mallei even in the most imaginative
of fiction.
Heart in Abject Slavery.
She told this story dry-eyed and
. imposed, A woman of sufficient in
tellectuality to translate the works
of French authors, skilled In the mak-
a 0 of delicate and intricate embroid
er; . a competent stenographer, and
yet not scorning to bake, scrub and
*>l' for her "heart husband,” she is a
Striking personality. One forgets the
1 -fashioned, haphazard garments
she wears. Her heart slavery was too
abject even for clothes, she did not
dare venture out of Couch’s office to
shop but once. She feared the pry
ing eyes of Monticello.
I know that my story may seem
orange to you," she said, “but it
never seemed strange to me. Women
meet men every day for whom they
v ie up everything. Women always
give up things. I am a woman.
"1 loved Mr. Couch for fifteen years.
When I first met him I was seliing a
life of Admiral Dewey by Murat Hal-
sied. I went from office to office in
Monticello, and at last, I never will
forget the day, I entered the office of
Couch.
He looked at me and In that look
my heart was gone. It is a strange
'ing how. when one is proof'against
ove, or thinks she is proof against
l"ve, as I thought I was—It is strange
how the world changes with a look.
Kept Love Secret.
We kept our love a secret for
years, i came to see him at times,
but I was cautious. Mr. Couch had
a brilliant future and I used every
caution, lest I would cast the slight
est blemish on his name. There are
2,000 women in Monticello with 2,000
tongues and 4.000 ears. I was care
ful.
"About three years ago we talked
things over. I wanted to be near
him. Was I jealous of his wife and
his daughter? Tes, I was. What
woman wouldn't be. I wanted him
for myself. And I got him, I got
him by giving up what many women
hold dear, but I got him.
“We fixed up a little room in the
rear of his offices. The wooden par
tition which separated this room from
the offices did not reach the ceiling by
two feet. 1 could hear what was go
ing on. but could not see. I often
heard Mrs. Couch talking. Little did
she know who was on the other side
of the partition.
“Yes. I lived in a cell, you might
say, but it was a cell of my own
making. It was not a pretty home,
but I was happy.
“Mr. Couch had injured his ankle
at an amateur race years ago. That
was one of the reasons why I went to
live in his office. He needed care.
Mr. Couch told his wife that long hill
leading up to his home was too steep
for him and he would thereafter eat
at the office and sleep at the office
most of the time.
Begrudged Time With Wife.
‘Sometimes he went home, of
course. How I begrudged the time he
was with the woman whom the law
calls his wife!
“In the village they used to say
that old Couch was getting crabbed
and peculiar because he would stump
off to the grocery every day to get
provisions and come back with them
tucked under his arm. They won-
dered why he didn’t go to his well-
kept home. The grocery man didn't
know I was sharing those provisions.
Nobody did.
"Every Sunday Mr. Couch went to
his wife. There he dined in state.
But things I cooked tasted better He
told me so.
“One time the wife of an attorney
saw’ me lying half dressed on the bed
in my little room. She had come in
to look at some furniture and my door
had been left unlocked through some
accident. When she saw me this
woman gave a little scream and re
treated. She never told and this storv
I am telling may be no news to her. I
can remember how furious Mr. Couch
was at that. He was so angry he
seemed out of his head.
“I was made Couch's cook, his ste
nographer, his scrub woman and, yes,
his wife. I spent mv days and nights
a prisoner. Sometimes I rant out
when it was dark, but not often It
W’as too risky.”
OLD SANTA SPREADS
CHEER IN MILL HOMES
Mrs. Irving
Thomas, who
led the mill
Xmas tree work
Turnverein Plans
Big Christmas Tree
Kris {Cringle i.*» the same port "of jolly
old soul as Santa Claus, and the
members of the Atlanta Turnve
rein, organized In 1878, will introduce
to their children under 15 years of (
age a regular Kris Krlngle and a
loaded chariot of toys at 8 o’clock
Christmar Eve in the auditorium of
the Turners, on South Pryor street.
There will be a great tree there,
and Wedemeyer’s Band, and gifts for
the children—and then an evening of
dancing for the older people. New- j
man Lasser and C. C. GiUett have |
prepared the program.
Cardinal Aglardi for
Holy See Leadership
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 23.—Cardinal Aglardi i«
|to be appointed camerlengo, or master of
ceremonies of the Holy See. at the
Easter consistory in the Vatican, ac
cording to a well-founded report to
day.
This office, considered next in impor
tance to the pontificate itself, was made
vacant by the death of Cardinal Oreglla.
Mrs. Thomas is
here shown with
two of the little
mill children
who were vis
ited by Santa
Claus Monday.
Christmas Schooner Masons of Hapeville
Is Sunk: 35 Are Saved Elect New Officers
NEW 'YORK, Dec. 28.—-Carrying a
happy crowd to sea for a Christmas
fishing trip, the schooner Seneca was
rammed and sunk by the railroad tug
Daniel E. Willard in the North River,
off Hoboken, to-day. On board the
schooner, were 26 passengers and a
crew of ten. The majority of these
were picked up by the tug while the
others swam to shore. It is believed
all were saved.
Lecture Pays Church
Debt to Dr. Mac Arthur
l»r. Lincoln McConnell’s lecture on
■colored Polks.” delivered Monday
' Tht at the Tabernacle to defray a
‘ " of unpaid salary to the former
> r, Dr. Robert MacArthur, real-
>‘'l $900 from the ticket sale, practi-
covering the church's indebted
ness. N
T u lecture, one of Dr. McConnell’s
r> Lular lyceum addresses, proved
fchly entertaining and extremely in
structive.
E
Thomas Lewis, as worshipful mas
ter, is to head the Hapeville Masonic
Lodge, No. 590, following the regular
election of officers Monday night.
Other officers chosen were S. Du
rand Adams, senior warden; H. D:
Heery, junior warden; J. A. Wise,
treasurer; H. A. Coleman, secretary;
D. B. Evans, tyier; W. S. Wells, senior
deacon; W. T. Akin, junior deacon:
L. T. Carter, seniot • steward: W. C
Carter, junior steward: Dr. Samuel
Hape, chaplain, and L. E. Mann, as
sistant chaiplain.
A handsome Masonic jeweled em
blem was presented to Past Master D.
B. Evans.
Burglars Pass Up
Christmas Presents
The Christmas spirit has got into
the porch climbers’ association.
At a. morning burglary, perpetrated
in broad daylight Monday at the home
of J. H. Hall, Np. 820 Hill street, about
5500 worth of clothing and valuable
articles were taken, but special care
evidently had. been used by the thief
lo leave an assortment of Christitias
gifts. For example, a cut glass punch
bowl had been moved about the house
as if in contemplation of its standing,
and when the burglar decided It was
a Christmas gift he left It.
0r Yellow B|ister s. Itched So Could Believes $100,000
Not Sleep, Head Solid Sore. -p. TK7 T
Every Hair Came Off Head. Used I lfG WclS lDCGDQlEry
Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Hoar! U/aI! SAVANNAH, Deo. 22. The charge
nead boon well, from Captain W. R. Joyner, State Fire
" • Marshal that, the recent fire in the
Wallace, Ala. — ‘‘My little girl was six Lippman Building in Savannah, at a
months old when her head broke out In *k>ss of more than $100,000. was of in-
ittle pimples or yeUow blisters that itched cendiarv origin, has created a genuine
so badly she could not sensation here.
i rnu wu * v Captain Joyner, who took two days to
sleep. The busters broke i ns p ec t the ruins, following the pub-
and her head soon became lished statement of S. Bernstein, one of
a solid sore. Her hair the occupants, that the fire did not orig
inate in Ills store, as had been stated
by Fire Chief Monroe, is inclined to
agree with Chief Monroe.
Thinks Jackets Wouldn’t Stand
Under Eggler Hose—’Prep'
Racers Are Blamed.
came out by handfuls;
every hair came off her
head.
"I tried several treat
ments but they failed to
give any relief. A friend
me about Cuticura Soap and Ointment
’ ‘ i I began using them and they gave relief
onre. Her head was soon well and now
| f ‘ ^ as a beautiful head of hair.” (Signed)
Mrs - Hattie Chavers, Dec. 14, 1912.
Figure Juggling Is
Charged on Contract
SAVANNAH, Dec. 23.—A. Bailey, rep
resentative of Balley-Reeder Company,
contractors of Mobile, made the open
charge to-day that the Drainage Com
mission had Juggled the figures and
awarded the contract for tne $500,000
p nr falling hair, remove crusts and sewer project to l*. Sigretto, who, it is
harged, was not the lowest bidder.
TO REMOVE DANDRUFF
and allay itching and irritation of
< alp. frequent shampoos with Cuticura
> assisted by occasional dressings with
' ira Ointment, afford the speediest and
0s - economical treatment. They assist In
"omoting the growth and beauty of the
by removing those conditions which
; f o make it dry. thin, and lifeless, often
Ag to premature grayness and loss of
Cuticura .Soap and Ointment sold
• where. Liberal sample of each mailed
*' f h 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-
l ~ ,] Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston.”
^Men w ho shave and shampoo with Cu-
1 “ a *ili and it best for skin and scalp-
Mouse Rears Young
On 500-Mile Air Trip
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON Dec. 23.—While a me
chanic was overhauling an army aero
plane to-day after a 500-mlle flight
from Aldershot to Montrose, he found
... the corner of om of the wings a
mouse's nest made of shreds of canvas.
A number of young mice and the
mother darted from the need
Woman's Club Tree for Poor
Factory Children Makes 150
Youngsters Happy.
Sometimes, and frequently these
days', the idea takes hold that the
world is getting better pretty fast.
When the Christmas spirit goes
out into the highways and byway*,
and especially into the mill district),
and brings in the children to a feast
and a grand, big treat and a real
Santa Claus—children who never had
seen anything like it before, except in
pictures-—it begins to look as if Old
Friend Millennium is rapping at he
Outer Gate.
That's what the Atlanta Woman's
Club did Monday afternoon, at the
clubhouse auditorium on Baker
street.
The child welfare committee, head
ed by Mrs. Irving Thomas, didn’t stop j
at inviting the children to be there.
The members went out and collected
them, using a special car and lots of
automobiles for the purpose.
Amazed by Great Tree.
And the kids !
Say, they tumbled out of the cars,
and their little knees fairly trembled
as they trotted into fairyland and the
beautiful Christmas Country, on their
first excursion.
And when the great tree, blazing
with colored .lights and hung thick
with mysterious boxes ( and parcels
and bulging stockings, burst upon
their sight, they didn’t at ail know
what to do about it.
Clearly, it was something to whoop
with joy about. And yet It isn’t re
markable that there were little boys
and girls in that crowd who sat there
with big eyes full of tears, ami
throats w r orking hard t
big old lump it was ail
and new and strange.
There were 150 little
and one very, very old one
years old. And he w*fs in
same fix as the younger
maybe more so than
never had received a.
wallow a
beautiful
baps there,
man 80
just the
hiidren;
some, for he
hristmas gift
in all his three-score-and-ten, and a
decade for good measure.
There seems to be no age and no
youth at Yuletide, for everybody's
a child, for i’ne season.
Santa Just Like His Pictures.
Then there was a wonderful Santa
Claus, just like his pictures, and if
those kids were going to read this It
might not he wise to publish the fact
that he was Philip L’Engle. Rut the
youngsters thought old Santa must
be tremendously witty and entertain
ing. and frankly envied Mrs. Santa
Claus and the little Santa GJauses-
if any. The Rev. W. W. Memminger,
of All Saints’ Church, told a. happy
little Christmas story, and after the
stockinars all had been distributed the
hall was turned over to the children,
who promptly turned it over, sure
enough, and had the time of their
lives, pnd a time that wHl he a happj
memory in the years to come.
Forty little fellows who. couldn’i
pome to the tree were remembered
with gifts sent to them, and the
names of 50 more were taken and
listed for remembrances the next day.
Alice Carey, I he negro worker, is
preparing a list of children of her
people, and they will have a big >
Christmas, too, and all due to the
big-hearted women of the club.
The young athletes who shocked so
ciety women of the North Side by the
brevity of their running attire ami
brought a vigorous protest from J. A
Eggler, of No. 262 West Fourteenth
street, were not Tech boys, according
to K. G. Matheson. president of Tech,
Not that the Tech boys’ costumes
might not be regarded As somewn.it
abbreviated, but the Tech racers do
not train on West Fourteenth street,
from whence (he complaints ema
nated.
Hemphill avenue and the stretch of
woods between the Tech campus and
the waterworks station is the train
ing ground of the Yellow Jackets’
speed representatives. And during
the years in which Tech .has been in
existence no complaint has ever been
made by the residents of this thor
oughfare as to the immodest appear
ance of the young men.
The runners who have so scan
dalized the Eggler neighborhood are
prep students. At least, circumstan
tial evidence points that way.
Declaring that he had nothing to
say about .VIr. Eggler's visit to police
headquarters Monday and his threats
to “souse” the runners with a garden
hose. President Matheson yielded to
a smile.
“Why, let him duck them in the res
ervoir,” said Dr. Matheson. “Before
they start the onslaught with water,
though, 1 would suggest that they ob
tain some husky men to assist them,
as the Tech runners are quite healthy
young men and might decide to re
verse conditions.”
Young men with speed ambitions
haVe never minded the weather in At-
lantand, and, no matter how cold the
wind was, have faced it In nothing
but the lightest of racing costumes.
Evidently unaware of Mr. higgler's
threats, the Tech track squad held its
regular practice run Monday after
noon. The course taken, though, was
in the direction Dr. Matheson had
stated, and east-northea9t of Mr. Eg-
gler’s home.
Soldier Drowned at
Card Came on River
SAVANNAH. Dec. 23. A friendly
game of cards on the bank of the Sa
vannah River resulted in the death of
an unidentified soldier from Fort Sere
ven and very nearly ended the life of
another.
Three troopers were playing, two sit- !
ting on one side of a huge log and one i
on the other. The man sitting alone i
reached for a card that had fallen on !
the wharf and the log with the two men i
went Into the river. One was fished
lout nearly drowned.
I Snow Blanket Over
i Middle West States
CHICAGO. Dec. 23 A heavy snow
fell in Chicago and over the Middle
West generally to-day. Traffic on *
elevated and surface car lines was j
delayed by the wet snow, which be- 1
came packed on rails and trolleys ^
In Nebraska snow has been falling
. since yesterday afternoon.
DOUGLAS COURT TO MEET.
T>()IJGLASVILLF Dec 23. -Judge
Price Edwards, of the Tallapoosa Fir
cult, will reconvene the September
term of Douglas Superior Court on Jan
uary 12 to hear cases postponed in Sep
tember on account of Illness of Colonel
J. S, James, representing some of the
litigants.
Strange Sights in Bog
Seen by Capitol Men
i he wonders of the Ukefenokee swamp
I were being recited Tuesday by 8tat<
Entymologist Lee Worsham and Gov
Lrnor Slaton's executive secretary
M lardy 11m, who have just returned
from a trip to the wild* of Georgia
iheir offices at the Capitol they told
stories of strange insects, birds and
j fish and some strange fish tales, too,
after the fashion of true nature lovers.
The two Cornell scientists who accom
panied them went on to Ithaca.
The Atlanta “nlmrods” brought back
a bear skin which they admitted under
pressure had been given them by
huntsman of the swamp district.
300 Children Help
S. C. Orphans’ Fund
A Christmas entertainment for the
benefit of the Thorn well Orphanage,
of Clinton, S. C., will be held in the
Sunday school rooms of the Central
Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 7:30
p. m.
Nearly 300 children, none of whom
were admitted above the age of 13.
are in the school this year. About 50
have been taken In during the last
few months.
Court Clerk Dies in
Motorcycle Crash
MILLEN, Dec. 23.—Cardell Parker,
"Jerk of the Superior Court of Jenkins
County, was killed and Thomas Aarons,
a nephew of former Btate Senator O. B.
Aarons, was seriously hurt In a. motor
cycle collision on the outskirts of Mll-
en late Monday. Both were riding rap
idly without lights
Mr. Parker was a son of H W. Par
ker, one of the wealthiest men and larg
est property holders of Jenkins Count y.
He leaves a wife. formerlj Miss Flor
ence Chance, and two small children.
WHITLOCK'S FATHER DIES.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 23.—The Rev
Edward D. Whitlock, father of Mayor
Brand Whitlock, of Toledo, and now
Minister to Belgium, died here to-day
of pneumonia.
FOR ILL; PRICE
There will be plenty of turkeys for
everybody .that wants tho lordly bird
for his Christmas dinner. But there
are enough people wanting turkeys to
maintain a rattling good price, right
around 30 cents r pou^d, for the said
lordly birds in Atlanta.
That is to say, th© supply is good
and the demand Is keeping step.
Big dealers said Tuesday morning
that the rush was on and was‘being
met without any great difficulty. One
produce company received Monday
morning a solid carload of turkeys
from Rogersville, Tenn.
“It was some shipment.” said the
head of the firm.
“Thirteen thousand pounds—1,306
individual turkeys One of them was
quite a bird. He weighed exactly 61
pounds ort the hoof, after his long
Journey.”
He was quite sure this monster was
not an ostrich in disguise, but he
hadn’t decided what to do with him
“I guess well have him dressed
and put on exhibition for a day or
two,” he> said.
The McMillan company was ar
ranging to deliver to the commissary
of the Seventeenth Regiment at. Fort
McPherson 3,000 pounds of dressed
turkey, purchased a week ago for (he
Christmas dinner of ‘he American
Tommy Atkins.
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