The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-05-14
lett with Mr.. Bowles9"

EIett with Mr.. BoWlesE"
"Of course | did; and I'll say il
[again if it will do you any good"
| ~ Never mind, once will do; how
ldid you know lit was Miss Bran
lett. when the night was so dark
how could you ee her facet"
u never said saw her face, fol
she had it hid behind a thick veil.'
"Then how did you know it was
herr" .a4,
~ knew by the blue silk dress
she wore, for lhad helped her alter
the skirts Of it one day."
h SHOW could you tell the color Of
the dress when it was so dark?"
''She passed under the lamp
posts, and when the light fell on
the dress | Gould see it very plain.
"Thch the only reason you have
for concluding it was Miss Bramlett
was the color of her dress"
"No, indeed, not by long jump"
"What other reason did you
have9"a "', ' l>aj .-f!
didn't l sea her come out o!
Mr.. Raglands house and go with
Bowles; and didn't l see her meet
him il the garden at another timep'
"Well, tell all about the other
time" a
"Haven'tI l done told you once?
Why do you want me to tell it a
dozen times overp
"Answer the question, madam"
said the Judge. ia-
every we'll, 1 will tell it a thou
sand times if you want it. About
a week before the child died l saw
Miss Bramlett meet Mr.. Bowles in
the garden, and remain with him a
long time.D
"HOw did you know it was Miss
Braml9ttp o
'EThe servant told me that Mrs.
Ragland had gone visiting, and l
saw woman go out OF the back
door and meet Bowles, consequent
ly knew it was Miss Bramlett, be.
cause Mrs. Ragland was gone Wis
iting." D..
"Did you 20 up to Miss Bran
letts room to see whether she was
in" .a ioa a91
"Wby should do that when l
saw her in the gardeh2o' ID
"You did not know it was Miss
Bramlett, and j. might have been
somebody else." !.
"lt might have been somebody
else, but it was not"
Chow can you swear it was not
some one else!" .@.
"How many times do you want
me to tellitp "9E H .l..
"Only once.''' =.
81 have told you.a dozen times
already" VI
"MiSs TadpoddIe, do you mean
to say on youl oath that you know.
it was Miss "Bramlett you saw in
the garden" ID .!'... ..4 -
"NO, l only said | thought it was /
heE." FL l"i y,saI
have on that nightS" "lniiI I'D t5gorI
SNOW l sHouAiIik t07kno% what
that IS To- y61?"b'u 'go phh ol
"'Answer the question, ,".said the
Judge. az no b9'7afa RI qlor
"WeIl, if you must know, / did
not have on any gown at all"
"What were you doing in the
streets unclad9" '''
"Who said | was unclads Cant a
body be dressed without wearing
a gown! | had on a suit Ofmy
brothers clothes" pr
Mrs. Tadpoddle was then per:
lnitted to stand aside; and as she
passed Lottie she gave her such a
look of scorn and hate as to make
me shiver. - e
"Qulllet," whispered Hog Jaw,
:you have caught a Tartar"
"Howis thats'S tr
"Miss Wallingford has got a trap
set to1catch seme Of your birds, /
infer from the shape of her ques.
hons; and if'you don't look sharp
she will give you lofty fall direct
". Your case will be blown sky
ward vet, or am deceived"
81 tell you what it is, she is a
ZEAL trump, and l would give the
world for the love Of such wo.
man."
"Yes, | would give dozen worlds
or the heart of such paragon"
"Why did you not have Bowles
lrrested as an accomplicep
"The proof against HIM is not
sufficient, though it looks rather
and then / wanted to
lse him as a witness"