The San Francisco call., 1896-02-29

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council l would have made a statement oi
the facts through the newspapers. | was
telling last night of my returning home
one day about a quarter past noon and
fndlng Mrs. Davidson there with her bon
net and gloves on. She said that she was
going out for q little walk. She said: i
will tell you, my dear; [ will be candid
with you. | was on my knees praying
and the Lord spoke to me and said that |
should go out and see DR.. Brown
Il thought that it was a remarkable
thing that the Lord should speak to her.
The Lord had never spoken to me. She
had spent good deal of time in prayer.
[ said, L don't think you will find DR..
Brown in his Office at this hour Then
she appeared to be confused, and again
she said, Il really didn't think of that.
We will wait little while
$50 we chatted about different things
until near / o'clock, and then went back
to school. l returned in the afternoon,
and she told me that she had had a very
pleasant visit in his Office with DIR. Brown,
and had met Deacon Morris when she was
there. There was great burden on her
heart in regard to the closer uniting OF the
members of the Temple League with the
church. There was kind of separation
between them and she proposed to pray
for DR.. Brown until the Temple League
and he were reconciled.
''She seemed to be perfectly sincere in
her repentance, and l never doubted 1t.
She talked to me considerably about join
ing the church and / concluded that
would do SO. for / had a desire to lead a
Christian life. Mrs. Davidson said that
she would prefer for me TO wait and go into
the church the same time that she did. l
replied that probably would do so. l be-
lieve that was on a Tuesday.
"On my return from school that day
observed that she was regarding me very
closeIy-in studied manner-and | said !:
Mrs. Davidson, what is the matter? You
seem to nave something on your mind
She sat down by me and took my hands in
hers, and said: Il feel very much grieved
at heart for your sake at something which
DIR. Brown said to-day. Well, my dear,
he told ME that ever since you returned to
this City you have annoyed him with your
attentions.
81 said: You know that is not true;
that | have always been with you, and
that it cannot be true. You know that I
have not seen DR.. Brown unless in your
COMPANY.
Mrs Davidson then said 4 feel quite
insulted about it, and | said that l also
felt insulted and that l would demand an
explanation from him. She said that it
would not do for me to see DR.. Brown, but
that it would be better 20 ignore the insult
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that would see him, and she appeared to
be very much concerned about my resolve
and she made me promise that | would
not see DR.. Brown i'll relation to the
matter.
"'Yes,' added Mrs. Davidson, 'he is very
queer at times and great many people
think that he is not right in his mind and
is not altogether responsible for many
things that he does and says. OF course,
you can reconsider your intention of join
ing the church, if you want to-
WELL said l, L hope you told him
that it was not true and that you didn't
believe him.
When 1 returned from school the next
afternoon the door was locked and I
raped hastily on it. She opened it and |
was coming right In when she closed the
door in my face and said, Wait minute
As she opened the door | caught brief
glimpse OF DR.. Brown inside. When she
appeared again she told me in the hall
that she was having a private talk with
Dr. Brown and requested me 10 go out and
take walk for a while. She seemed to
be confused. went out and visited lady
friend for about an hour. | was very
much offended because she had closed the
door in my face and l didn't know what
she could have to say to DR.. Brown that
should not hear. She said she had been
talking with the doctor with a view of
effecting q reconciliation between him and
the church and that she felt that DR..
Brown was not at all times in his right
mind.
'On Thursday night at o'clock she put
on her bonnet and said she was going out.
didn't have suspicion in my mind that
there was anything wrong until she said
that she was going to DR.. Brown to see
him at his Office, and | said l hoped that
the Lord would change his heart so that
he would apologize and take back what he
had said about me.
"On that occasion she was gone about
an hour, and when she returned she ap-
peared to be very much excited. Her
breath was short, and she said that Dr.
Brown had just raved around his office
and SAID that the Temple League should
never come into has office. | asked her
why she did not take off her bonnet. and
she replied that she must get little fresh
air by walking around the block before
she retired. She went out and was gene
ten or fifteen minutes, at the end OF which
time she returned ana said that she felt all
right. l stayed home from school the
next morning to hear what she had to say,
and she told me that she pleaded with her
hands clasped before DR.. Brown that the
church and its pastor might be united.
''On Tuesday we went to Deacon Dexter 5
office, and [ was there introduced 20 Cap
tain Cook, who stepped in. l was angry
with Captain Cook because he put his
hand forcibly on the table and said that
DIR. Brown had to go. l asked him if he
was member of the church, and he said
no, but that he had influence, and that
DIR. Brown would have to go. / tell this
incident for purpose
Miss Overman proceeded to relate how
Mrs. Davidson became more attached to
the Bible. She said that instead of losing
time for the breakfast to be served she
would read the Bible. Miss Overman did
not approve OF this innovation, because
although she liked to read the Bible she
also liked to read the morning papers for
the news. That was between Novem Der
% and December 19.
DR.. Brown interrupted the witness at
this moment to ask whether Mrs. David
sons visit to his office about the Temple
League matter was before or after she re-
ceived the $500 from him, and Miss Over
man replied that it was after that event.
The witness next related how Mrs.
Davidson had talked on the street with
Mrs. Mason, one Sunday morning for
about an hour, on religious matters, but
the witness had not uttered dozen words
herself on that occasion. Mrs. Davidson
said: 81 have proof that DR.. Brown has