The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-07-19


some preliminary ,sisirrnishing, Tor.
rance said to his associatc:
.'Win You open the case, Dabney2''
''Dy no means. Cir. Torrance You
orc the one to do that"
Passing his hands for a moment o.
two over his eyes, he rose, and thus
began:
May it please your honors, have
| lived long enough to note many results
| OF human actions done in secret whose
| discovery seemed to me the ordering OF
| the Divine Being, who wills not that
certain among the special objects Of
his care shall long be outraged with
| impunity. Your hcnors, some Of whom,
| perhaps all-are more familiar
| than l am with texts of Holy Scri pture,
| may recall some in which widows and
| orphans arc mentioned in terms Of Pc
culiarly tender commiseration. Some
| times, not very often, yet sometimes,
| in the strivings of this lower life. when
| men are in conflict with men, equals
! with equals, one more skillful or more
| enduring or more fortunate in acct
! dental circumstances seems to be al
| lowed to prevail without Justice, while
| the other is left to his hopes of bet
| ter day. But when the battle is be-
| tween the strong and the weak who
| are fitted to WELD no sort Of weapon
of warfare, and who can only stand
and be smitten, oftcntimes interference
/ comes from sources unforeseen, so sud
! denly unexpected and so abundantly
efficacious that we think we can refer
. them only to the omnipotent Cod"
| His words in solemuest tones, and
i his look, as he lifted it with reverent
! inquiry towards Heaven. inspired
f.! everybody with awe After q moments
: pause he continued:
| lon this day, trust, signal mani
: festation of such interposition will APP
pear, one which possibly may be as sur
prising to the propounier of this al
/ legged will as to anyone else here pres
ent- A few minutes ago a proposal
| was submitted TO that person for a set
Element upon terms which promptly,
, and apparently with angry disdain, he
! declined. 1t therefore becomes tho
! duty of the counsel for Mrs. Hannah
Anderson to present such showing as
| may serve to convince him for the bal
ance of his life that it comes not with
! IN the limits Of his powers to Cypress.
nor within that Of his wariness to de-
| fraud grossly, those whom the Creator
| in specialist fondness styles his little
/ ones. Aiay it please your honors, /
knew Pcarce Anderson right well. Al
| though firm, perhaps rather willful
man, had never suspected him of be-
! ing unnatural in such affections as the
| Creator, for purposes of protection to
| the dependent young, has iInplantedi in
| the being of parents OF every sort and
| degree, nor, as | believe, had any
! among his acquaintance regarded him
| 1S capable of adding to q gross in US
tice to one of his own offspring gross
err duplicity. l was much surprised,
| therefore, after his deccase. when 1
heard that in mis- last will and tesla
ment he had bequeathed well nigh all
| his large estate to that one of his chill
| dren who stood least in need of such
partially. But when l was told Of
some of his expressions uttered more
than once upon his bed OF death, while
| yet his understanding was clear to com
prehend their meaning, l said to my
| self: No, Pearce Anderson, whatever in
| Grmities he had IN common with all
| humanity, was not a man to die with a
lie upon his lips; and then / thought
that even il he had done SO, there Is
| many q son who in a case 50 monstrous
| would have been quick. like the sons
| Of the drunken Noah, to cover up the
| shameless nal1edness of such father.
| To my associate counsel who has pre-
pared this case with cons unmate pru-
| dence and skill, rs soon as he was re-
tanned as counsel, came n suspicion of
fraud Together we have been search
ing for its hiding place, and it has been
only within brief time that, by the
| help of God, we have found it"
! He slowly turned his great brown
eyes upon Anderson, who, pale as
| dead man, instantly avertcd his own,
! and said to his counsel:
| Il haven't the remotest idea what
| the man means"
| "Hush,'' said Watson. 81 want to
listen, end want you to listen. to what
he Is saying"
| Il have abundant proof" continued
| Torrance, that after making q win
| which was witnessed by my old friend