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that she did not like her own of 1alerie,.

SO she had often signed Vivian.
Owen Robinson and anotIIey young man
alluded TO as Henry had been stu.
dents in the Kentucky Military iDsti.
tute. and had often visited her house.
"Nas Owen Robinson suit0r of
yours?" Mir. Butterwortl asked.
WHAT do you mean by Suiter?'
Miss Pollard inquired in return. .ex-
planning: Il liked him extremely well.
There was no love affair between US;
no talk of marriage. or anything OF that
sort. We were very good friends.
Owen was the son of a pnor woman. but,
very ambitious, and his tuition was paid
10y rich friend" p
Mr.. Butterworth again referred to the
letter which Miss Pollard had ayerred
on Friday was not waitten by herself.
She asked him to show it to her again,
saying that while the expressions of
some of them seemed familiar, the
handwriting did not, and she did not
wish to claim letter which she never
had written. There was silence while
the plaintiff scanned the letter.
Il did not write that letter; L never
did; pronounce it forged letter" she
exclaimed with emphasis. --
Then you are sure you did not Write
it?"
81 never wrote such things as are in
that. and no one knows it better than
the man who sits behind you. Anex-
pert might have done it, and did"
MIR. Wilson reproved his client for
! her excitement, telling her that she
! must not forget herself.
II know, but they must not begin
| that" she replied eXcitedly. Then she
| asked to be shown the envelope 1t came
| in. but there was none in court,
Returning to the circumstances OF
| Col. Breckinridge'S first visit to her
at the seminary, Mr.. Butterworth asked
! it ne had told her that he was in town
on some railroad business, which the
! plaintiff denied, asserting "He said he
had come to see me, and he overSnad-
| owed me with glance"
She had known of Col. Breckenridge,
having often heard her uncle, who had
| fought i'll Breckinridge'S brigade, speak
of him, and, paranthetically she re-
marked, after Mr.. Butterworth had
asked whether she knew much about
| him. Il don't think anybody knew very
much about Col. Breckenridge until
lately"
Considerable time was spent in elicit
| ing from Miss Pollard the story OF the
beginning of the alleged illicit relations
with Col. Breckinridge. When Mr..
! Butterworth asked her if when she hrSt
went there she knew the character OF
the house of Sarah Goss in Lexington,
to which Col. Breckenridge took her.
Miss Pollard responded almost In
shrek:
mo, sir; no, sir; no. sir"
The trip to Lexington had been made
under the pretense on the part of Col.
| BrecKinridge that he wished to look
over the school to which he proposed
sending her.
Regarding the deposition of Rosselle,
who is SAID to have been Miss Pollard S
lover while she was at school, Miss Pol
lard said significantly that statement
would not have been made Except FOL
! internal revenue"
''What do you mean by that?" asked
Mr.. Butterworth.
You know" was Miss Pollard's re-
sponse.
Mr.. Butterworth disavOwed knowl
edge upon the point, whereupon Mis-:
Pollard said:
"Mr. Rosselle is candidate for gov
ernment Office in Breckinridge's dis
trict."
Recurring TO the incidents in the
house of Sarah GOsS, Miss Pollard said
ut was during that half hour that
agreed to give myself, soul and body
ana life to that man. and he Knows
! L.
| argument,' and continuing he asked
You agreed then to give yourself Il
him ?''
IL did. / promised. and up to the 18tl
of May, 1888, was faithful to him."
up to that time your life had beer
pure?'
sit had"
"You knew Col. Breckenridge was
married man%'
''He told me So"
"1 OH knew that he had wife ant
children"
He told me sou
'tWhat relation did you propose t
sustain to him in the future"'
Il thought nothing of it. l think
under the circumstances, people ordi
narily do not"
You concluded to give yourself u
to him entirely?"
Mr.. Wilson-That is metaphysical a!
gunent.
Mr.. Butterworth-You knew that yo
were losing your reSpectablllty an
standing?
Il did not then"
''How soon did you realize?"
Answer lweepiug)-Not until it ha
made me an outcast; until he had mad
J my life too hard to bear; he ruined me
= but | loved him then; his slightest wis
, was law TO ME then.
But you knew your course was a
wrong?'
mir. Breckenridge was man VIII
could make anything seem right wit
his arguments"
, During this passage, which seemed
affect Miss Pollard deeply and visibl
l moved the audience of men before hel
t Col. Breckenridge sat facing her. wit
( his chin resting on his hands, and z
3 traces of emotion appearing on his tac'
/ Miss Pollard, to further question:
r said that on her return to Washington
in the fall of 1892, when Mr.. Breckir
I ridge first formally proposed to MARI
: her, he had met her-''Was it in propt
place?" interrupted Mr.. ButterwOrth.
/ 1T was not. 1t was in a house I
asslgnation on A street. He said to IN
r Madeline, this is no place for US to tai
| of these things so we went out on tt
1 street together. He told me about b
children, his prospects and his intel
q tions."
Ibid you ever talk of marriage whi
v his wife was living?"
S Every rarely"
"But you did talk of it?''
1--WE did,"
:. Here the court adjourned. with ii
cross-eXamination still unfinished.