The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-09-29


aAhl You were going to Norway, you
say; rather a stormy voyage at this time Of
the year; and you would of necessity be
leaving your client, delicate old man, for
several weeks, yet you did not think it nece :
sary to complete his will before your de-
parture" al did not"
@Now, sir, are you quite sure that Mr..
Mauleverer was in proper state of mind at
that time to execute will" II shoull GER
tainly say he was; but l am no doctor"
"Was he not under the infuen of an cx-
traord nary degree of excitement about that
periodic she was certainly very much ex-
cited"
@Would you be surprised to hear that this
excitement was such as to lead him to EN-
ploy one of his servants to abduct Mr.. Fer
ton, the gentleman towards whom he ap-
peared for some reason OF o her to entertain
SO extraordinary an antipathyP
1t YVES Daisy's turn TO start and look sur
prised at this question, as, indeed, most per-
sons In court did. / had never told Daisy
the truth about my voyage to the north, nor
should have allowed that truth to be made
known now but for the imperative demands
Of Mr.. Belmore.
Fosdyke was manifestly disconnected by
the question.
aCome, sir" cried Belmore, al must have
an answer ~ heard something of it
aHeard something of It'll Why, were you
not aboard the ship in which that gentle
man"-pointing to where sat-"was al
ductedl" ayes; know that such an ab
duction took. place by the orders of Mr.. Maui
leverer'
@Now, upon your solemn OATH did you not
4, Jnaa - to- . fakA
Of mind to manage bis own affairs! and was
not that the real reason why you never COM
pleted the execution of the willl" al ceT-
tainly thought him very much excited and
prejudiced on that particular point, and
felt that on the whole it would be BETTER to
give him time for reflection before complet-
ing the wills"
AN fact, you are prepared to swear that
when you left him, two weeks before his
death, he was so much excited that his mind
was not in its normal condition. ~
think So
Fosdyke was the last witresS of any inn
portance II was now five o'clock, and
everybody in court was exhaus.ed No one,
therefore, was surprised when the Judge an
nounced that at this point the trial would be
adjourned till the next day. Daisy was in
simultaneously spirited out Of the dock; but
before she left the waiting room below l
was allowed to have a momentary interview
with her. She was wan and worn; out her
sweet composure enabled me TO keep up my
courage in her presence, and TO assure her
that, so far as l knew all was going well
Alasl any delusions / might have enter
tanned on that point were only too quickly
dispelled / had hardly finished my simple
dinner at the Station hotel when Harding
appeared at the door of my room to tell me
that Mr.. Be.more desired to have an inn
mediate interview with me-
followed my friend to the room Of the
great advocate, who was also staying at the
hotel found Mr. Bslmore and our solicit
tor, Mr.. Bryce, in serious consultation
II sent for you, Mr. Fenton," said the
famous lawyer, "that might have a little
frank talk with you / understand that you
are really the principal friend of Miss STAN
cliffe, and have heard Of the relationship
in which you stand to each other Now /
want to tell you at once that she is an al
most desperate position We shall do our
best for her tomorrow, Of course; but
must say candidly that see no hope of
avoiding a conviction. / have only two
points to make-one is the possibility Of a
blunder on the part of the doctor in pre-
pairing Mr.. Mauleverer's medicine, and the
other the chance that Mauleverer may have
committed suicide But l do not think /
ever had stronger case to meet nor have l
ever been compelled 10 trust to more worth
less straws than these,
heard him WITH q dread that seemed TO
render me voice.ess
@Yes," he continued, eve must not deceive
ourselves. Everything is against us But
am anxious to save this poor child il / can.
do not believe her TO be guilty, and hope
that something may yet turn up to prove
her innocence. heard all that you have
told my Learned friend here, and l wish to
give you some advice. You must move
heaven and earth to find out first, what has
become of the strycnnia which Miss STAN
cliffe bought--for do not believe that it has
been aestroyed--and next where the man
Gregson, Of whom you have told Mr.. Hard
ing, is to be found. In my opinion he pos
sesses the key to this mystery. But the first
step you should take is to OBTAIN power of
attorney from Mas 5tanciffe, enabling you
to act in relation to all her affairs as fully
Is she herself could do. This must be OBJ
tanned, il possible, before her conviction, and
Mr.. Bryce, who has an order for an inter-
view with her, viii get it from her tonight
Then the great man shook me By the hand,
and, expressing his desire TO help me in
every possible way, politely bowed me from
his room.
ITO be Continued.