Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-01-04
Mr.. NELSON'S WILL.
By a. RIDER HAG6ARD.

At last he ceased, and amid a little buzz
of applause, for the speech had really been
a very fine one, sat down. As he did SO he
glanced at the clock. He had been on his
legs for nearly two hours, and yet it seemed
10 him but very little while. II another
moment lac was up again, and had called
bis first witness-Euetace Meeson.
Eustace's evidence was Of a rather form
al order, ana was necessarily limited TO an
account Of tie relations between his uncle
and himself. and between himself and Au-
gusta Such as il was, however, he gave
it very well. and with a complete openness
that appeared To produce q favorable i'm
preston on the Court.
Then Fiddlcstick. q. C., rose to cross-ex-
anime, deyoting his efforts to trying TO
make Eustace admit that his behavior had
been Of q nature TO amply Justify his I'M
cc's behavior But there was not very
much to be made out Of it. Eustace de
tailed ali that had passed freely enough,
ana it simply amounted to the fact that
there had been angry words between the
t%o as regards the treatment that Angus
Ia had met s. ith az the hands Of the firm.
In short. Iiddlcstick could not do any
thing with him, and, after ten minutes of
It, sat down without having advanced his
case to any apprcCGblc extent. Then sew
cral OF the other counsel asked question
or two apiece, after which Eus ace was
told 10 stand down, and Lady HOlmhurst
was called. Lady Hoimhurst's evidence
was very short, merely amounting to the
fact that she had seen Augusta shoulders
on board the Kangaroo and that there
was not then II sign Of tattoo marks upon
them, and when she saw them again in
London they were tartooed No attempt
was made 10 cross examine her, and on the
termination Of her el drnce the court adj
iourned for lunch. When it rc-.tsseinbIed
.Ianes Short cilicd Augusta. and muir
muir Of expectation arose from the dcnsely
crowded audience as fcrI.u" very sici, ut
heart, bat looking more beautiful than
ever Che stepped toward the box.
Az she did 80, the Attorney General
rose.
"Imu+l object, my Lord" he said, con
behalf Of IT," cf.ndants, to this witness
being allowed to enter the box"
=" Upon what grounds" Mr.. Attorney"
said his Lorlahip.
Upon the ground that her mouth is.
tJjSO fattp, closed. If we are to believe the
plau;in'a story this young lady is herself
the viii Of Jonathan Mc,'son, and, being
So is certainly, submit, not competent to
give evidence There is no precedent for
ndocumrut giving evidence, aud presume
that the witness must he looked upon rs
document
'hui, MI Attorney" SAID The Judge, "a
document IS evidence, and evidence OF the
best sort
Ihd"u'led'S. my i'"rd' ana we nave
no objection to the document being eNhib-
liei i"r Inc our l." ara" us o"" conclu,
sion from, but we deny that it is entitled
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So. 10 say J." IT, WI snort
All eyes We're now turned upon James.
Tor IL was I'ij ihat II the p"lht was uecldeo
against hlm the case was lost.
The p"lnLt which wish you TO adj
dress Yourself Mt short, went on the
learned judge, rs Is the personality OF
MISS HlhI So Totally lost ana merged
IL Mh1r '"f want ol better term, must
call her documentary capn"iN, aS to take
AWAY jinNl her Ia" RIGHT To- appear before
TINS court lh>r any other SINE human be
ing, and give evidence OF events connected
with its cNcculinaI'
II your hordShip pcasca," said James,
/ maintain that this is not SO. | main
tain that the document remains the d0cu-
inent; and that for all purposes, including
the giving of evidence concerning its exc
cutiun, Miss Smthcrs still remains Miss
Smiihrrt. Il would surely he absurd to
argue that because a person had a deed
executed upon her skin she was, fpso
fuato, iucnpartatcd from giving evidence
concerning il. on the mere ground that
she was IT, Further. such a decision would
be contrary To equity and rood p,Iicv for
persons could not SO Iirhtlv be ,lrnriyrI or
their natural rights Also. in this case
the plaintiffs action woulI he absolutely
pnl I'm end Ia bvanv surh drcisiou scning
thlt th.. gi.rputur. nr .I,r,tI,,r Nto,s,n