. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. , that lent acharm to their expression, and her long browntresses well completed this charming picture. Andshe possessed a symmetry of form and a graceful-ness of carriage which might well attract the admira-tion of those who knew her. But there came a time when a shadow fell athwarther pathway, and eclipsed this star in the socialfirmament. Annies father had been ardent in hisattachment to the Southern cause, and all who hadcontended in behalf of that cause were everwelcome to th
. Illustrated lives and adventures of Frank and Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers : the noted Western outlaws. , that lent acharm to their expression, and her long browntresses well completed this charming picture. Andshe possessed a symmetry of form and a graceful-ness of carriage which might well attract the admira-tion of those who knew her. But there came a time when a shadow fell athwarther pathway, and eclipsed this star in the socialfirmament. Annies father had been ardent in hisattachment to the Southern cause, and all who hadcontended in behalf of that cause were everwelcome to the hospitality of his home. He hadsuffered much from the consequences of the war,and perhaps more from the genial convivialities inwhich he indulged, and which had extended beyondthe bounds of propriety. Frank and Jesse James,with their confederates, became frequent visitors FAIR ANNIE EALSTON, THE OUTLAWS BRIDE. 243 at the Kalstou home. People saw them thereoften, and it was whispered softly at first, butshouted aloud later, that pretty Annie Ealston wasan attraction for the outlaws, and received from f^?^3. The Home and Girlhood of Annie Ralston,the Wife of Frank James. who became them, without rebuke, their openly-expressed admira-tion, and then her social star paled, and finally wentout. Frank James became to her a hero worthy ofher love—nay, her hearts deep adoration. She 244 FRANK AND JESSE JAMES. waited with impatience his coming, and when he wasnwiiy, and she thought of the hazards which hemight make, and the destruction which might over-take iiim, she grew faint through apprehension. Toher, he was assidous and gentle and kind, whatevermight be his disposition toward others, and she gaveher heart to him long before an opportunity was pre-sented to her to yield to him her hand. One bright day, in 1875, some friends who hadknown pretty Annie Kalston from the days of herchildhood, met her at the Union Depot, KansasCity, mth many valises and traveling bags incharge. *Would
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