Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-10-09

rats I was. uneasy ct having such
N ,rticle in my possession: and I
placed the poison In q drawer In my
bureau which I always kept locked. It
remained there until the day after my
uncle's death. I remember entering my
dressing room then, and finding that in
my grief and excitement I had left that
drawer open. I have a vague recollection
Of feeling startled at the thought that some
one might have got at the poison, and l re-
solved omaks It more secure; but whether
I threw 1t into the fire as I originally in
tended, or hid it somewhere else, I cannot at
this moment remember. I shall remember all
about it soon, I feel certain; but I was SO
much confused at the time with grief and
horror that my mind was in a whirl, and I
hardly know what I was doing. I fear am
not much better yet, but perhaps by and by
I shall be all right again"
To 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-
garding the conduct of Mr.. Mauleverer after
he had learned what had passed between
Daisy and myself, n she was compelled to
say that the millionaire had betrayed very
great excitement, and had treated his niece
for a few days with extreme harshness. She,
however, Mrs. 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.
/ felt as IL I could lave embraces her on the
spot.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Belmore-"You
said that Mr.. Mauleverer showed great OK
element and treated the prisoner with harsh
ness for q few days. How long, Mrs. Cav
thorpe, was that before his deatha" "He
changed for the better about a fortnight
before his death-about the time when DR..
Branksome and Mr.. Fosdyke left the hail."
"And Just before the oath 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, I
come right between them in the end"
"And did she make any reply?" "She said
she hoped it would be so, as it would be
miserable both for her and for her uncle to
live in perpetual arrangement"
Fosdyke was the next witness. He pro-
duced Mr.. Maulevereris 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 the
month of August in London the prisoner in
herited everything. Early in October he
Ghe witness) had gone down to Great Lor-
ton Hall on business, and had there received
instructions from Mr.. Mauleverer to pre-
pare a second will, by which, in the event
Of the prisoner marrying Mr.. 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 O 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
l~eres, turned to my darling with more
kindly looks than those with which they
had hitherto regarded her. Poor foolsl
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 hat a woman who
was at this very moment the owner of mil
lions should I've a vulgar murderess!
There was ono 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.
"And what did she say in replyg" was the
question put by Hawk.
Fosdyke adjusted his pince nez, and, with
a momentary assumption of that air Of pert
dissatisfaction 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 I told her of what was
practically her disinheritance, and I was not
disappointed"
"And how comes it, sir," cried Belmore,
rising to cross-examine him, "that this will
has never yet been executed" II was leav.
ing the hall. Immediately after taking Mr..
Mauleverer's instructions, for Norway,
where l had business to ransact on his be-
half. The fair copy Of the will had to be
made by my clerks in London, and I myself
suggested that the matter might stand over
till my return.