The Washington times., 1894-03-30
Wood, ,Har1non&CO.
No. SIS 18th St. N. w.

have sent any bogus telegram This is entirely
new to me-"
What do you know about her going to sayre
Institute in lexington"
II knew nothing Of it whatever until after
ward; nothing whatever III any way"
''How long were you driving that evening""
II can't say. We got back before the school
was closed just about 10 o'clock"
first wife?"
..None whatever My first wife was not alluded
to. My dead little boy was not mentioned There
was no allusion to my family surroundings in
any way"
woman
Il did notn
Ibid you go to any concert that nighr?'
1--WE did not"
'What was there in the conversation, bearing,
dress, or appearance of the plaintiff TO Indicate
that she was not girl of mature years."
"She seemed to be a young woman of 20 or p
She might have been 10 She was a fully grown
young woman, of perfectly proper manner"
glancng for the first time at the plaintiff; very
Anything TO indicate that she was not a
proper young womanf asked Mr.. Butterworfh
Col Breckinridge wanted none of his hearers
to cherish a suspicion that he would have ven-
tured forth with an improper person. His dis
Chalmers were repeated and in his softest tones.
Not the slightest" he replied; mot the slight
est Her conduct was entirely correct Nothing
was said about her peculiar relations to Mr..
Rhodes"
There was marked infection upon the word
peculiar" as if Mr.. Breckinridge did not wish
TO speak outright Of such things as those rcla-
tions Returning to the drive, he continued:
I'VE took the left-hand road at the top of the
hill, because she said the righthand road through
the park was made uncomfortably hot by the
gaslights. So l told the driver TO turn to the
left"
.were the windows of the carriage open or
SHUT"
They were open,- replied the colonel. and
then, without prompting, he came to the heart
Of his narrative
after we had driven some distance" he said,
land she was talking at some length about her
desire TO go into journalism, to be authoress,
and We had spoken of George Elliot, she took of
her hat and put il on the front seat put my
arm around her There were no protestations
on my part, offer of love. What occurred
occurred in the natural way. / put my arm
around her and drew her to me. / was man
with passion; ste was a woman with passion q
That was all There was no outcry by her; no
resistance. Ia man as was-I took liberties
with her person"
"Just case of Illicit loye:" broke in Mr. But
terworth
THAT was it, Butterworth. /, a man; she, a
woman; human both of US"
Continuing THAT was going out Going
back there was hardly word spoken until We
got close 10 the city. Under the gaslight took
out of my pocket an unstanped envelope. She
was on my left-hand side. put my hand in my
pocket and put something into the envelope
She refused TO accept it l said: There q
great many little things you need"
what was in that envelope" Mr.. Butterworth
interrupted but the Congressman ignored the
interruption, continuing: LAS We got out put il
into her hand, closed her hand on it, and bid her
good night"
what was it," repeated Attorney Butter.
worth.
at was bill; think ten-dollar bill"
"Adiourn the COURT" shouted Judge Bradley,
averted and his eyes closed, and the court ad-
iourned-