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S3H S3E • HE ATLANTA GEORCJ AN AND NEWS. 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. 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