Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-17

uSi LIS lltlio cuIluTeu, Al tue luluSS
which you would naturally teach your
little girl who was no higher than the
table and anxious to learn
Reading, writing, arithmetic, the
rudiments of an English education" re-
peated Mr.. Butterworth.
Il did not say that, Mr.. Butterworth.
never liked arithmetic. He never
taught me that, but fairy tales, nice
little stories, and Shakespeare, explain
ing it to me line by line. He taught
me much about the history of the
United States and Kentucky, but not so
much as Col. Breckenridge taught me
afterward." Laughter.
did you understand me to ask what
Col. Breckenridge taught you?"
'sNo, but told you that"
The line of examination seemed de-
signed to show that Miss Pollard was
older than she had testified, and in the
course of her explanations she Observed
81 was very bright little girl
Attorney Butterworth conducted his
cross examination largely from an arti-
Gle written by Miss Pollard upon her
life, for the New York World. For
some time her attorneys could not I'M
derstand his drift, until Miss Pollard
explained, "Mr. Butterworth is reading
from the New York World," in the
blandest possible tones,
The fencing between the skilled law
yer and the young woman was so keen
as to furnish unstinted amusement to
the court. When he inquired did
you understand my question ~ she re-
sponded, II think not, if that was not
an answer to it."
Miss Pollard was catechized largely
concerning her reading. She had read
selected poems of Burns, she had never
read Byron in her life studied Pope in
school, but had not read his heroic
poems until later, when Col. Breckin-
ridge presented her copies of Pope's
translations of the odyssey and the
'Iliad' The catalogue of standard lit
erature which might be presumed to
exert corrupting influence over the
mind of a young girl was dissected by
Mr.. Butterworth without any points be-
ing scored against his antagonist. Even
Judge Bradley was compelled to relax
his features into smile during the pre-,
cess.
Miss Pollard declared that the state
ment in the World that she had met
AIr. Rhodes when child was incorrect,
saying that if the original manuscript
was found it would be seen TO be an er-
ror. He had asked her to marry him
the third or fourth time he called on
her. 1t was q Sunday afternoon in
June She had played and sung to him
all the afternoon, and her aunt was pre-
sent.
"NIr. Rhodes was not very conven-
tional man." she explained.
WAS that your first offer OF mar
rage 2" :.
YES; no, beg your pardon, l had
an offer of marriage from an old gentle.
man named Woods year before, but !
had no more to do with that than you
had" Laughter.
"Was Mr. Rhodes serious when he
asked you TO marry him in 1882"
81 should think gentleman of Mr..
Rhodes's age would be,
The contract was probably to be
found among Mr.. Rhodes's papers, Miss
Pollard said, adding that possibly Col.
Breckenridge had it.
I'VE understand that Col. Breckin-
ridge has Mr. Rhodes papers, said
Mr.. Wilson. ave would like to see
this
"Col. Breckenridge is not Mr. Rhodes's
executor" responded Col. Thompson.
Col. Breckenridge remarked, I'VE have
never seen it," and Col. Thompson ad-
ded, Don't believe it exists.
II did not read the Bible as much as
l should. / was very busy girl, and |
fear l did not take the interest in it /
do now" was one OF Miss Pollards re-
marks, concerning her girlhood, re-
sponsive to question.
In January of 1854 Miss Pollard had
been engaged to Mr.. Roselle, and when
asked if Mr.. Rhodes was paying her
board at that time, she replied, 81 don't
like to phrase it that way. He was
loaning me money for my schooling"
How long did that engagement
last?n
Until the following December. Mr..
Breckenridge remembers it very well.
He was concealed in the sitting-room
and heard me break my engagement.
/ never concealed thing from Mr..
Breckenridge during those years and !
am surprised that he should sit here and
let you ask me such questions. | was
then with my first child by Col. Brock
inridge.''
Then when Mr.. Butterworth remark
ed, "You said you first, spoke 10 Mr..
Breckenridge on the train, she ex-
claimed, II can hardly overlook that,
sir, it seems so intentional. Col. Brock
inridge spoke to me first, and by the
way, do you know that is q common
thing with him?''
She had never learned of these weak
nesses of Col. Breckenridge until after
he broke the engagement with her,
when people began TO talk about him
and the truth came out. Often there
had been occurrences which she found
it hard to understand, but he had al
ways explained them away.
When Mr.. Butterworth spoke of the
arrangement with Mr.. Rhodes" she
demonstrated, evil you please call that
q contract"
Upon black-bordered letter being
shown her, she denied that it was in
her hand writing, but admitted the
authorship of other epistles placed in
evidence apparently as specimens OF
her handwriting.
During the first call of Col Breckin-
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