Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-07-11
two over his eyes, he rose, and thus

two over his eyes, he rose, and thus
begang
"May it please your honors, have
lived long enough to note many results
of human actions done in secret whose
discovery seemed to me the ordering of
the Divine Being, who wills not that
certain among the special objects of
his care shall long be outraged with
impunity. Your honors, some OF whom,
I khow-perhaps all-are more familiar
than am with texts of Holy Scripture,
may recall some in which widows and
orphans are mentioned in terms Of pc
culiarly tender commiseration. Some
times, not very often, yet sometimes,
in the strivings of this lower life, when
men are in conflict with men, equals
with EQUALS, one more slkillful or more
enduring or more fortunate in acci-
dental circumstances seems to be al
lowed to prevail without justice, while
the other is left to his hopes of bet
ter dav. But when the battle is be-
tween the strong and the weak who
are fitted to WELD no sort of weapon
OF warfare, and who can only stand
and be smitten, oftentimes interference
comes from sources unforeseen, so sud
denly unexpected and SO abundantly
ef4cacious that we think we can refer
them only to the omnipotent God"
His words in solemnest tones, and
bis look, as he lifted it with reverent
inquiry towards Heaven, inspired
everybody with awe. After moments
pause he continued:
''On this day, trust, a signal mani
festation of such interposition will ap-
pear, one which possibly may be as sur
prising to the propounder Of this al
legged will as to anyone else here pres
ent. 4 few minutes ago q proposal
was submitted to that person for set
Element upon terms which promptly,
and apparently with angry disdain, he
declined. 1t therefore becomes the
duty of the counsel for Mrs Hannah
Amerson to present such showing as
may serve to convince him for the bal
ance of his life that it comes not with
in the limits of his powers to oppress,
nor within that of his wariness to de-
fraud grossly, those whom the Creator
In specialist fondness styles his little
ones. May 1t please your honors, !
knew Pearce Amerson right well. AL
though firm, perhaps rather willful
man, had never suspected him of be-
ing unnatural in such affections as the
Creator, for purposes of protection to
the dependent young, has implanted in
the being of parents of every sort and
degree, nor, as ! believe, had any
among his acquaintance regarded him
as capable of adding to gross injus-
tice to one of his own offspring gross
er duplicity. I was much surprised,
therefore, after his decease, when /
heard that in his last will and testa-
ment he had bequeathed well nigh all
his large estate to that one of his chill
dren who stood least in need of such
partially. But when I was told of
some of his expressions uttered more
than once upon his bed of death, while
yet his understanding was clear to com
prehend their meaning, | said to my
self: No, Pearce Amerson, whatever in
firmities he had in common with all
humanity, was not man to die with
lie upon his lips; and then / thought
that even If he had done so, there is
many q son who in a case SO monstrouS
would have been quick, like the sons
of the drunken Noah, to cover up the
shameless nakedness of such u father.
TO my associate counsel, who has pre-
pared this case with cons ummate pru-
depce and skill, as soon as he was re-
tanned as counsel, came a suspicion Of
fraud Together we have been search
ing for its hiding place, and it has been
Ir;aF t,,,a that h,r {hn
help of God, we have found it."
He slowly turned his great brown
eyes upon Amerson, who, pale as a
dead man; instantly averted his own,
and said to his counsel:
81 haven't the remotest idea what
the man means"
"Hush.'' said Watson. II want to
listen, and want you to listen, to what
he is saying"
81 have abundant proof" continued
Torrance, that after making a will
which was witnessed by my old friend