The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-21
TILTON AND BEECHER.
Continuation OF Henry w. Beecher's
Testimony.
CROSS-EXAMINATIOS.

We take up the testimony where our
telegraphic report left off on Tuesday morn
ing:
/ made Mrs. Tilton a present of pic
ture of Il trailing arbutus some time in 1866
or 1867 think subsequently to the writ
ing of this story; do not remember liken-
ing the scent of trailing arbutus to the
odor of love it was after read her the
chapter about the trailing arbutus that
gave her the picture, but not Immediately
after / do not remember in that book as
serting the song of the bird with love
call, as it is named.
Fullerton read the passage named from
the novel, but the witness said he did not
remember it was beautiful whoever wrote
it. Witness continued do not think
Mrs. Tilton borrowed her terms from this
book / never read the works of Hannah
More am ashamed to say am not ia
miliar with them do not remember that
Hannah More used the expression, ''Does
your heart bound towards all as 1t used
to 2" thought when Mrs. Tilton used
this expression in her letter that she was
glad the difficulty in her family was made
up; l do not know what the term, "Spring
has come" referred to 4; l do not know
Wlldt StC luChul WnCn but bdlu, w utu i
go to old Plymouth again will thank the
dear father; in the letter of May Sd, 1871,
| do not remember what my Interpretation
of it was at the time: understand it now,
that she felt that she had done me wrong,
and in all the sad complications of her
household she said that was Tot to be an
noyed at it some of her difficulties were
then made known to me did not believe
that the difficulty she labored under was in
telling her husband, and in getting him not
to tell me there was great deal of diff
Guilty subsequent to the receipt of this let
ter, which was not made known to me ;
do not remember the impression made
on me by this letter at time l received
it ; | did not recall that Tilton said
had made improper proposals to his
wife, and that he had evidences of it,
since the July previous the sentence
her weapons were love, an untiring gener-
osity and nest hiding, can explain. do
not understand what the words nest-hiding
was meant to convey. (Handed letter. }
] think wrote this in the latter part of
January, 1879. 1t was written in reply to
an answer from Mrs. Tilton. l do not
know why the ordinary salutaton was
omitted. or the signature was omitted, but
| it could have been for no reason. Up to
this time | thought that Mrs. Iilton had
transferred her affections to me. In Feb
ruary and May, prior to writing this letter
| saw Mrs. Tilton on one occasion, when
she came in carriage to Moulton's, |
think also, met her in the fall of 1871
at her home this interview lasted about
half an hour Mrs. Titon did not avow
then that had alieniated her affections /
do not remember that anything was said
about charges of improper proposals to her
or the retraction letter, or its recalling no
word of admorition, no word of rebuke
passed between us, but there was scrip
tural admonltion the party outside who
was to be consoled by Mrs. Tilton was,
presume, myself and this was to be done
by her own well being in her household,
and in no other way; ] did not expect to be
cheered by the letters of true inwardness
which asked her to send me. l am un.
able to explain those terms, unless am al.
lowed to go ON and do 80. said 1t would
be safe, because she requested these letters
with regard to her inwardnesss should moi
be allowed to fall into Moulton's hands ;
she understood that some Of her letters lmd