Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-11-03

10 my surprise the next witness called was
Daisy's own familiar friend, Mrs. Cav
thorne Her distress, however, was evident
and her testimony did little to strengthen the
case Of the prosecution. She was asked re-
gafding the conduct of Mr.. Mauleverer after
he had learned what had passed between
Daisy and myself, and she was compelled to
say that the millionaire had betrayed very
great excitement, and had treated his niece
for few days with extreme harshness She,
however, Mra Cawthorne declared, had be-
haved through it all like an angel-and In
deed, my lord, If you knew her you would
know that she Is an angel, the best that ever
lived" cried the good woman, despite the
attempts Of Hawk to keep her to the point.
I felt as II I could have embraced her on the
spot
Cross-examined by Mr. Belmore-"You
said that Mr.. Mauleverer showed great e1-
element and treated the prisoner with harsh
ness for few days How long, Mrs. Cav
thorne, was that before his deatha" HE
changed for the better about fortnight
before his death-about the time when DR..
Branksome and Mr.. Fosdyke left the hall"
"And just before the 24th of October,
what was the nature Of his relations with
his niecel" HE was on excellent terms with
her On the very day on which he died, l
told her that felt certain that all would
come right between them in the end.
GAnd did she make any replyl" "She said
she hoped it would be 80, as it would be
miserable both for her and for her uncle to
live in perpetual estrangement."
Fosdyke was the next witness He pro-
duced Mr. Mauleverers will, and, amid a
general murmur Of excitement, gave some
details as to the amount Of his wealth. BY
the will that had been duly executed in tho
month of Agust in London the prisoner in
herited everything. Early in October he
the witness) had gone down to Great Lor-
ton Hall ON business, and had there received
instructions from Mr.. Msuleverer to pre-
pare q second will, by which in the event
Of the prisoner marrying NJ. Cyril Fenton,
the property, which under the first will was
to be vested in trustees for her benefit, was
to be applied to the erection and endow-
ment Of public hospitals in the Australian
colonies, with the exception Of sum OF
fifty thousand pounds, which was to be paid
to Miss Stancliffe on the day Of her mar
riage. When these details were given I
thought that the people in court. and es-
pecially the well-dressed women in the gal
leries, turned to my darling with more
kindly looks than those with which they
had hitherto regarded her. Poor fools!
They could look upon that sweet face, and
not read there the plain signs OF purity and
innocence. Yet no sooner did they know Of
the wealth which was now hers than they
began to doubt and hesitate, and allow the
strong conviction of her guilt which they
had previously entertained to be disturbed.
It was incredible to them that a woman who
was at this very moment the owner OF mil
lions should be & vulgar murderessl
There was one part Of Fosdyke's evidence,
however, which told heavily against US It
was that in which he related how, at the re-
quest Of Mr. Mauleverer himself, he had
made Daisy acquainted with the terms Of
the new disposition of her uncle's property.
aAnd what did she say in replya" was the
question put by Hawk.
Fosdyke adjusted his pince nez, and, with
a momentary assumption of that air Of pert
self-satisfaction which had distinguished him
in happier days, but which had undoubtedly
been missing of late, said: "Miss Stancliffe
is a lady, sir. did not expect any show Of
vulgar emotion when told her Of what was
practically her disinheritance, and was not
disappointed"
"And how comes it, SIR" cried Belmore,
rising to cross-examine him. "that this will
has never yet been e1ecutedp II was leav-
ing the hall. Immediately after taking Mr..
Mauleverers instructions, for Norway,
where had business to transact on his be-
halt. The fair copy Of the will had to be
made by my clerks in London, and myself
suggested that the matter might stand over
till my return.