The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-02-25
CHAPTER Liz.

Mrs. UnderclifT. having read tho re-
ports, avoided Helen's eve (Rnother bad
sign.) She turned to Mr.. Underclif,
and, probably because the perusal of
the reports had disappointed her, said,
almost angrilY, Edward, what did you
say to make them laugh at that trial?
Both these papers say that an Expert
was called, whose Ingenuity made the
court smile, but did not counterbalance
the evidence
sWhv, that is a ialsehood on the face
of it, said the Expert, turning red. Il
was called simply and solely to prove
PenIold did not write the forged note
l proved it to the Judges satisfaction,
and he directed the prisoner TO be &C
quilted on that count. Miss R0lleston,
the lawyers often do snrer at experts {;
but then four experts out of tive are
rank impositors,-n set OF theorists VINO .,lo
90 by arbitrary rules framed in the
closet, and not by large and laborlous
comparison with indisputable docu-
ments. These Charlatans are not aware
that five thousand cramped and tremu-
lous, but genuine, signatures are writ
ten every day by honest men, and SO
they denOunCe every cramped or tremu-
Ions writing as forgery. The varie-
ties in mans writing, caused by MS
writing with his glove on or of, with
uuill or bad steel pen, drunk or SOBER,
calm or agitated, in full daylight or
dusk, ect, ect., all this is dead letter
10 them, and they have bias towards
suspicion of forgery; and bankers
clerk, with his nero general impression
is better evidence than they are. But L
am an artist of very different stamp.
I never reason PliOTi. compare
and have no bias. l never Will nave.
The Judges know this, and the pains
and labor l take to be right, and they
treat mo with courtesy. AT Penfold's
trial the matter was easy; l showed the
court he had not written the note, ana
NV evidence crushed the indictment so
far, How could they have laughed at
my testimony? Why, they acted upon
it. Those reports are not worth straw.
What journals were they cut out OF =
Il don't know said Helen.
rs there nothing on the upper margin
to shown
NO.
What, not on either of them"
NO.
show them me, please. This is re-
20 Mr.. Underchiff, how can you
know that p
Il don't knoW it; but I think SO, be
cause the type and paper are like that
journal: the conductors are tond OF
clean type; so am /. Why, here Is
another misstatam ent; the judge never
said he aggravated his offence by try
I'il swear the judge never said syria
BILE Of the kind. What he said was
You can speak in arrest of judgment
on grounds Oflaw, but you must not
impugn the verdict with facts That
was the only time he spoke to the prls-
oner at all. These reports are not
worth button.i
Helen lifted her hands aud eyes in
despair.
she. The world is a quicksand.'
My dear young lady," said Mrs:
Underclitf, don't you be discouraged
there must be.a correct report in some
paper or other.'
i am not sure of that said Under.
cliff. Il believe the reporters trundle off
to the nearest public house toget her,
and light their pipes with their notes,
and settle something or other by mem
DRY. Indeed, they have reached a pitch
of inaccuracy that could not be attain
| ed without cooperation. Independent
liars contradict each other: but these
chaps follow one another In falsehood,
like geese toddling after one another
across common
Come, Gomez said Mrs, Undercliff,
IF you can't he'll us don't hurt us. We
| don't want a man to talk yellow jauu-
dice to us. Miss Rolleston must en-
ploy somebody 10 read all the other pa
psrs and compare the reports with
these
mi employ nobody but myself said
Helen. 'I'Il go TO the British Museum
The Museum! cried Mr.. Undercliff,
looking up with surprise. why, they
will be half an hour cropping for a copy
OF the Times. No, no; go to Peele's COf-
| fee House, He directed her where to
find that place; and she was so eager to
do something for Robert however
small, that she took up her bag direct
ly, and put up the prayer-book, and
was going to ask for her extracts, when
she observed Mr.. Underclif was scru-