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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1931)
True Storie» Achievement Stories D tt i k w a The Advocate ft«.. t httsfl» (•»"i M ill I« Clean Fiction Human Interest Features Astonishing and Tragic Fates of the “Death Beautg’s ” Ardent Lovers ...... 4 4 »»r«U «n t M r »«* »»• !«* • IMF II.I.WSTKATKD K A T U M SECTION M M ** 1111' I H f — Itetene S l.»'| it n ‘i huvlaan.l e h i S èlle* r o r K i t . I l i — l l r l r n r S i i . (Alt, k n u w n In K t i n s . Kraul» htm velf. «. thè M AY t , îaû T P ictu res In tlir Illu s t r a t 'd fe a t u r e Itoci ton » » r * r ^ «r & • n4 do not depict p rin cip a ls unless so ca p tio n ed "Ik ith KX I K K M K I I I T , KOTTOM l l r l r n r » l a v o , k i ll n l bv f a ll in e por. h I I M I N - l l r l r n r i l i n i lov er, « h o r n t l o l in Invane avyluni K l l . i l I HI I Itvs ll r le is e’a lo v e r, k i l l n l hr hit m i .u n w s lw M IMkTTOM I tN T F K bhark in whlrh II.e low a «a. Ilvlns M s rs lirlng p l a r r d In Insane a -v lu m By JASON LOVF- The little town of Hoifi- inffton, Kansas. boasts of not so very many colored regidentii but the ones who do live in that pleasant little place arc of a decent type, peaceful homeowners and lovers of the refine ments and cultural phases o f their community life. Naturally, with slich ideas upper- moat In their desires and thoughts, IfoUliigton lias lias long been holed for Us low divorce rate and free dom from lurid scandals At least, such was the case until the Luther Martins had their terrible snd fa tal aiUumtouiaudiag which result ed In the death of Luther and the string of mysterious and unexplain able occurrences following In the wake of Luther's death. Luther was s clean-cut young fe l low. in his late twenties and a por ter on the railway, with a regular run from Hoislngton to Lake Charles, Louisiana. This run kept him away from home a good bit of the time, and was, no doubt, the cause of the catastrophe which came with startling suddenness Helene, Luther’s wife, had been reared In the city of Omaha, and rame to Hoislngton to live after her marring? to Luther. Helene was a beautiful girl, with perfection of face and figure, which boded ill for the mental peace of the unmar ried and unattached males of the sedate Kansas town to which Luther brought her shortly after thetr mar riage She was the type which uncon sciously and effortlessly attracts men. but she was also of the type which, once the men are attracted, make no efforts to dissuade them from thetr pursuit. Something about such pursuit soothed her van ity and many were the quarrels between Helen and Luther over the amorous advances of some of the bolder of Hoisington's young swains. Morton Janies was the most per sistent of all the many admirers attracted by the scorching flame of Helene's candle. Little did he know that this flame would lead him to ruin and destruction and would see Luther dead 1 -om an "unavoidable accident," and Heleue Continued on Page t