The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-05-19

He slowly turned his great brown
eyes upon Amerson, who. pale as q
dead man. Instantly averted his own,
and said to his counsel:
81 haven't the remotest idea what
the man means"
''.sHush!' said Watson. II want to
listen, and want you to listen, to what
he is saying"
ST have abundant proof continued
Torrance, ssthat after making q will
which was Witnessed by my old friend
Mr.. Flint, whom see in this court
room, and two others, convinced that
at the time of it's execution he was be-
set by influences leading him to
thoughts and feelings unjust to one
member of his family, he determined
to destroy it. have proof quite as
substantial that he declared upon his
deathbed that he had destroyed it,
and that he died fully believing that
what he said was the truth. 1t was
here that appeared that mysterious
Providence who delivers from the hand
of the destroyer such as these two, this
husbandless woman and this fatherless
child
AS he turned toward his clients,
tears, seldom shed by him, were in
his eyes. Wiping them away with
his vast silk handkerchief, continued:
':God, indeed, is past finding out;
how tenderly loving, how aboundingly
merciful, how natchlessly just, how
terribly vengefu1! Pearce ANDERSON,
misled by falsehood and domestic
treachery, did execute will in the
terms of the paper which this court
has allowed as such to go to probate
In time, dissatisfied with it, he re-
solved to revoke it, and he solemnly
fs sS5issd il. hiAz Ana f." s tns* t sid
the TRUTH Lifting his voice until it,
Jared the timbers of the room, he
cried: s'Pearce ANDERSON died interstate!
God rest his SOUL"
Anderson rose shuddering and took
steps toward Carruthers.
.'Mr. Cgrruthers," said Torrance,
twill you please take the stand, STRIP
Anderson then passed to where Mr..
Flint was still seated with Rainer.
Don't say anything to me, Vile. I
amt in no fix to talk to nobody. I
amt quite cert'n in my mind whether
I'm Twin person or dead one. Look
like ought to be dead one. You'll
have to take keer o yourself, Vile.
Look like it a-goin' to be showed 1
can't take keer O. nobody, not even
myself, let alone O. t'other people. Go
long and tend to your own case best
you can"
When Anderson Withdrew, he said,
piteously: ~.
'sstand by me. Jeems, till they put
me in the pen; tenchary. I never"
''Do hush, Uncle Lishy. There isn't
a particle of danger for you of any
Sort ...-
The penitent groaned, but otherwise
held his peace. <....
Without once looking at Anderson,
Carruthers answered the questions.
When the clerk at the call of Torrance
handed to him the paper, Anderson
again rose and advanced two or three
steps, looking eagerly at it, Torrance,
smiling, said:
'sTheres hardly g. doubt, Mr.. Amer
son, that this is the paper referred to.
If it be not, the mistake can be cor
rected hereafter
''Sit down! Do sit down, Amerson,"
whispered. Watson. He obeyed and
watched the witness with anxiety
painful to be seen. a
s'Mr. Carruthers," began Torrance,
twill you be good enoughSto state to
this court whether or not you were
present at the execution of will by
Pearce ANDERSON? If So, then please
say at about what time, in what capac-
ity you acted, and mention any others
who were there"
eyes, sir, + was present, 1t was III
the summer, July, | think, in 1890 I
had been acting as clerk for some time
il Mr. Wiley Amerson's Office. Mr..
Pearce Anderson came there with Mr..
Lishy Flint and Mr.. William Lilly, and
told his son that he was ready to sign
that will. Mr.. Wiley ANDERSON got it
from his desk in the back room and
handed it to his father. He, after
looking it over, called on us to witness
1t. We did so after he signed it him
self. AS soon as it was done, he and
the other two witnesses went away"
''Did he, the old man, ever again
make any a1lusion to the matter in
your hearing?"
Eyes, sir. About the same time the
next year. when was again doing
some work for his son, he came to the
Office and said to him that he wanted
back his will, and that he intended to
burn it up, because, he said
May itplease the court" said Wat
son, rising quickly.
''Stop, Mr.. Carruthers," said Tor
rance. ''If my brother Watson will al
low me to anticipate his objection to
answering the question, will say that
my intention in Offering proof OF
Pearce Amerson's words was to show
his purpose to destroy the will, with
which reflection had made him dissat~
isfed, even to disgust. / am frank to
admit that mere intention to destroy,
however positive the words in which
such intention is declared, cannot
amount in law to an annulment or
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