The morning call., 1893-07-16

home was located in its bounds. AS people
frequently came from that section to Trinity
seeking the aid of the Weather classes.
Mr.. Edwards believed her and gave her
assistance. The visit was repeated, and
the rector began to take deep interest in
her before he learned through his investi-
eating committee that the Rev. Dr.. Gray,
to whom she claimed 10 belong. dis
covered her and pronounced her unworthy
to receive assistance.
believing that the old lady ought to be
in one OF the homes of the city. and know
em soaa as e "st a Sst pr1n eas
about three years before, Mr.. Edwards
tried 10 arouse the ladies Of Trinity Pas
toral Aid Society. and finally they sue
ceeded, deSpite much opposition, In placing
her as Il probationer in the Episcopal Old
Ladies' Home. Then Mr.. Edwards was
happy and felt that another unfortunate
was provided for during life. He forgot
the good bshavior clause. however, for his
protege left that institution with heavier
clouds resting upon her Had the rector
treated her as he did others. he would
have called upon Sister Alice and learned
the reasons for her rejection, but the
fates still pursued him; he listened again
to Mrs. Aliens story, and his sympathies
we're raised TO the highest tension.
For a long time Mrs. Allen had told the
people in Trinity that she had a large
estate in New York, and that she intended
making Mr.. Edwards her heir because he
had 80 kindly treated her when she had
no friends. She also said that she wanted
he should administer the las rites Of the
church to her when it sh ould be necessary.
She claimed that her presence in the home
was absolutely necessary to secure this
money, and the rector wrote her letters
commeDding her to the Bishop and other
clergy OF that diocese.
ho q hnfnrQ m
in week with gold, which she claimed
came from her $4,000 estate. She desired
him to invest this. lie told her he could
not do so on short notice. but asked if he
should not buy Baden lot. worth $500.
which he could get for $500, with first
payment of $500. She agreed. and he i'm
medately placed $500 In bank, and made
the suggested purchase.
Mrs Allen being desirous OF making her
will. called On Mr.. Edwards. He intro
duced her to lawyer told him what she
wanted, and left her in his Office. He did
not see her again until the next day, when
he learned that she had made him her sole
heir in appreciation Of his past klhdnese,
and she gave him full power of attorney
to enable him TO transact her business.
LAS the old lady had been rejected from
two homes, had no friends nor relatives,
aud had made Mr.. Edwards her sole heir,
he was in doubt what TO do with her.
From his acquaintance with the methods
of homes he proposed to give her home
with him, provide her doctor when
sick. clothe her and bury her when she
died. The Od Peoples Home charges
S1060 and does not agree to cloihe the In
mates. The amount taken by Mr. Ed
wards was only $500, and he agreed 10
clothe her. AS the State gives insttu-
tlons 500 year for aged people on GER
tain conditions, and as it costs more to
nj
did net consider that he was charging
more than the Old PEOPLES Home. He
borrowed $1,000 more of her that the In
terest might furnish her with such lux
urieS as old people crave. Mrs. Allen was
delighted with the pT0pOstion and visited
the rector off and on while his house was
building in Baden. She was dissatisfied
with the room designed for her, so Mr..
Edwards was obliged TO add rooms to his
house at cost of $1,000. Influenced by
outside people, and with whims such as
seem natural to senile people. she re-
fused to live with the rector Then
he tried to get her boarded in the
Old Peoples Home (he knew he could not
get her III as an inmate as she had already
been rejected), but the managers would not
take her at any price. AS MIR. Edwards
had put the money into his house he knew
no way To repay her except to sell the
house. but it was too nice house 10 sell
III new toWh "iioto ioui iooii cottages
were at a premium and fourteen-room
houses were at discount. His power of
attorney protected him and he could have
held the house for year or two when il
could easily Eave been sold at a good fig
nre. but be wanted to get rid of the woman
as he had already experienced some exhi
bitions of her temper and had learned that
her New York estate WAS mythical, her
money being won on two-Dit lottery
ticket The house was valued at S6OOO
with only S2S00 mortgage on it or 5000
equity. Mr.. Edwards offered this house As
it stood, but Mrs. Allen refused it because
it was mortgaged. although it was worth
500 more than the entire amount received
from her, Of which $1,000 was loan not
due for five years.
Then Mrs. Allen. assisted by others
began writing scurrilous letters. black