The San Francisco call., 1896-03-13

| he had already consented to Deacon
Vasconcelos remaining to represent
the deacons. Deacon Morse made q
touching plea, that is, it would
have been touching if 1T had touched
the right spot He said: ''The young
lady who is to appear on this stand IS as
dear to me as my own daughter. She is
Sunday-school, and God knows l don't
wish TO intimi1ate- her by my presence,
and rather than have any discussion about
the matter will retire.
Having thus metaphorically attired the
prosecuting witness in bloomers, Deacon
Morse, with very dignified air, walked
forth into the outer darkness.
Then the judge-advocate remarked that
the person bringing the charges objected
to Lawyer Nagle remaining in the room.
Mr.. Nagle rose, blushing with surprise
''If you are willing" he remarked, more in
sarcasm than in sorrow,'"that | should go
out and deprive DR.. Brown of the advice of
his counsel in this investigation, shall do
So / wish you had told me this three
days ago, and you could have run this
thing yourself"
was showing up fine front as he almost
stumbled over Valley Brown, who was sit
ting under the piano, with his feet occupy
ing the path leading to the door.
Moderator Mclean with 3 good-humored
smile remarked: I'm that event the council
would have been happier"
Perhaps they would,' retorted Mr..
Nagle, detiantly, land good many more
people would have been happier"
With this doxology Mr.. Nagle melted
away into the unknown, but he did not
slam the door as Deacon Morse did.
The episode seemed to have put DR..
Brown in good humor. He actually smiled
as his attorney went. leaving him that
most helpless of beings in the eye of the
law-an orphan ad litem.
The young woman who had the griev-
ance against DR.. Brown was sworn, and
read her statement from manuscript. Her
story was to the effect that on Sunday
afternoon, February 8, of this year, she
arrived at the church shortly before the
opening OF her Sunday-school class. DR..
Brown asked her for private converse
ton, and called his wife to be witness to
it. DR.. Brown began by asking the young
woman whether she remembered coming
out of the big organ of the church
on certain afternoon with the
!organ-repairer year and half
before that time. The statement at this
point went on to explain that on Saturday
afternoon, eighteen months before. while
Sexton Stevenson was in the church,
and while she was waiting for the
coming, OF several young ladies
engaged in decorating the church,
she inspected the interior of the
big organ with the organ repairer. While
SO engaged DR.. Brown came in, and she
waved her hand at him between the pipes
and asked him if he could see her. He
replied yes. She remained in the organ
inspecting its various parts about fifteen
minutes, and that was all that happened
at that time.
Returning to the conversation with DR..
and Mrs. Brown, the statement went on to
say that DR.. Brown recalled this circum-
stance TO the witness and announced that
he was in his study while she and the organ
repalrer, man of middle age and
ABOVE reproach, were examining the organ.
He, DR.. Brown heard them talking for five
minutes, and that then there was silence
Tor about ten minutes. He said: II have
told nobody but Mrs. Brown. Now, if
it would ruin you.'p He then went on to
tell her that he had never been
seen coming from any lodging house
with any woman, and that the witness mad
no right to accuse him. The witness
asked, In surprise, as to what way she had
accused him, and he said that she had
done SO by her action in voting against
him. He said II shall not give this to
the press, but should it come out your
character would never be clear"
She repeated this conversation to her
mother and to several of her friends and
jotted down on the same day her recollec-
tion OF it.. A young gentleman friend of
hers called upon the doctor for al explana-
ton. but the doctor brushed him off with
the remark that it was not any of the
young mans affair.
On the Monday morning following she
and her mother called upon the doctor at
his residence for an explanation, and the
doctor repeated his observations, and
added that he did not even suspect that
the young lady harbored thought of
wrong. When the mother Of witness asked