The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-20
MADELINE'S STORY.
CONTINUED from Err. Paac,l

niEcd any expressions as those BhD was
accustomed to Use. Attor Il long pause
aho handed buck tho first ono, Haying,
with u smile, II did writo that." OF
tho others sho said aho might have
written them.
Ono oil thcm contained n lock OF hair.
THE sCHooI.utCL LETTERS.
Attorneys Carlisle and Wilson occu.
pied u quarter OF an hour in reading
these school Girl letters, alter which
MI. Buttotworth read them to the jury.
The frat QUO, dated in March, 1855, be-
guns: "DGar Owen" said that she had
put his last lOttCr under her pillow and
criod herself to sleep, expressed regret
Tor Il letter written on Valentines day
as having been nDmailenly; said that
lie was tho most honorable boy sho had
ever known, and that no must consider
her the love sick maiden all forlorn;'
assured him that he must not think her
broken hearted because Roche had mar.
ried the girl OF his choice, as she had
only talked with him that Quo evening.
y also inquired "who that George Rod
dish 10 that mamma Gulo2iZes to tho
skics?" expressed borrow that he had
not sent his picture, rs she would rather
have it than anything else; invited him
to come up and stay ovor Sunday; said
she Understood that when the gentle
zcphyrs Cam0 no and some ono clse
were TO tic the knot with their tongues
they could not unite with their teeth,
with the poctlcal quotation: .
ut is best for mo to know lovo, best
for you aud D0gt for nc"
Another letter to Owen Robinson be.
gan: Friend Owen; was llowcry with
p~Ootical quotations Of that character
patronizCd by school girls and closed:
Your dearest friend, madeleine Vivian
Pollard"
The lock OF hair was enclosed in this
%lettor, but Mr.. ButtGrworth contcndod
tina. it was OF n rather light shade, in
curing whether her hair had grown
darker. Miss Pollard said that 1t might
have been hors; that shu probably
wrote tho lGttor, although she did not
remember il.
WAS Owen Robinson n sutton Of
yours2" Mr.. Butterworth asked.
VIVA do you mean by Il suitor?'
Miss Pollard inquired in return, ex.
planning, ~ liked him extremely well.
There VIVA no love affair between US no
talk Of marriage or anything OF that
sort We were very good friends. Owen
was tbs son OF n poor woman, but very
ambitious, and his tuition was paid by
u rich friOnd."
Mr.. Butterworth again referred to tho
lcttor which Misa Pollard had averred
OH Friday was not written by herself.
Sho asked him to show it to her again.
saying that while the expressions OF
some otthem seemed familiar, the hand
writing did not, but she did not wish to
dlSclnim any letter she had eve written.
There was silence while tho plaintiff
read the letter.
A FORGERY.
II did not write that letter; I never
did. l pronounce it a forged letter."
she exclaimed with emphasis.
Then you are lure you did not
write it,"
Il never wrote such things as arc in
that, and no u knows that better than
the man who sits behind you. An ex-
pert might have done 1t, and did"
Mr.. Wilson reprovcd his client for
her excitement, telling her that she
must not forgot herself.
II know, but then they must begin
that" she replied ~excitedly. Then she
asked to be shown tho envelope it
come in, but there was none in court.
Returning 10 the circumstances OF
Colonel Breckinridge's first visit to her
at the seminary, Mr.. Buttcrworth asked
II no had told her that he was in town
on some railroad business, which tho
plaintiff denled, asserting: sic said he
had come to see me and he ovcrshad-
owed me with u glance"
she had known OF Col. Breckenridge,
having often heard her nnClc, who had
fought in Breckinridge's brigade, speak
os him and paronthctiCally she remark
cd after Mr.. Butterworth had asked
whethor sho knew much about him, 81
don't think anybody knew very much
about Colonel reckinridge until lately
Considerable time was spent in elicit.
ing from Miss Pollard the story OF tho
beginning OF tho alloqed illicit relations
with Colonel Brcckinridgc. When Mr..
B~utterworth asked herif when she frs,
went there she knew the character OF
the house OF Sarah Guess, in Lexington.
to which Colonel Breckenridge took hc-
Miss Pollard, responded almost in n
shrek: no, sir! No, air! No. sir!"
The trip to Lexington had been made
under the protence on the part OF Colo
ncl breckenridge that he wished to look
over tho school to which he proposed
sending her.
THE A OUT or THE BAG.
Regarding the deposition Of Resell,
who ia said to have been Miss Pollard's
lover whilo she was ut achool, Miss Pol.
lard said siSniicai JIy, that statement
would not have been made Except for
internal revenue"
What do you mean by thatP" asked
Mr.. Buttcrworth.
You know" was Miss Pollard's res.
ponse.
Mr. Rnttprvnrtb 1;soyoypn1 onrkporl