Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-02-02

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living; she went down 10 see Peter
lesser, and he went to see her once;
mat was in 1895; don't know what
month; she said the lana belonging 10
Lesser would go to his children: the
match didn't come off; Mrs. Harris had
| a. D"N IN tue postoliice: saw letters pass.
/ ing between Mrs. Harris and Rob
young; when she found out Young
| was the man who drove the Laundry
| wagon, she said she wanted someone
| VINO could take care of her; never heard
OF Colonel Page hearing Of this cogre-
] spondence or seeing any OF the letters;
she would lock the letters up and
guard them carefully; she asked me
TO say nothing about the matter to
Colonel Page: she had some OF Colonel
RACES notes; have heard Colonel PAGE
say she wanted to marry him, but he
/ wouldn't have the old hcll-cat: he
spoke this way several times; within
! Two or three months before Colonel
I rage was stricken down; was present
1 when Colonel Page was taken sick; he
couldn't speak, Colonel Page told her
frequently TO leave and never set foot
In the house; she would say that II he
| would pay her the money she would
| So' until the past year or two he
| would give her the money, she would
! go down town and come back again,
stay In her room week and then they
| would make up. A few weeks before
/ he died | heard Colonel Page say he
wished he sould get the n.r.ey lac
| owed her so he could get rid OF her;
she did her work, cooking and cleaning
| W; IN was no change after August
| 1880; Mr. Page slept in dining room
the past two years. while Mrs. Harris
I slept in her room on the south side.
/ with a hall and one room between
my room was nearer to Mr. Page than
/ was Mrs. Hai is; never heard OF their
sleeping in the same room; Laura slept
with Mrs. Harris part OF the time
| Laura would frequently take a chicken
/ TO bed with her; have seen her take Il
chicken 90 bed with her and Mrs Har-
ris; heard Mrs, Harris say the child
! Myrtle was not hers, but that Il was
the result Of marriage; she said she
| got the child In st, Louis, that her
| child was dead never heard her say
! that the child was Pages; never heard
any one call her Mrs. Page In Colonel
/ Pages presence; have heard her called
Mrs. Page down town. when she would
! get angry and say that she was not
| Mrs. Page. but Mrs. Harrsi ] never
had any OF my young friends visit
me; ! knew he wouldn't like II, so
! never asked them.
Cross-examlned. my parents live In
I Virginia; my mother is Mrs. I. V.
/ Miller: she IN an invalid; cnn rot
around on crutChes: has not been an
| invalid all along; has been nm Invalid
l1r thItf or -FOUR yNhrs' sHe IN W
pieu; MIS- iiarrls ttenteu me very VIII VII
she has intercedcd with Mr.. Page In
my behalf; don't know that she has
| kept Mr.. Page from driving me aw1y;
| Mrs. Harris did not demonstrate with
me on my conuuct; con reu,einner
any present tnht MI, inst lil.H I'll, .ins
! onereu TO Ieaye .Wu OF .nes 10,
pecause ne Uleu 70 aun -, ,,,i,h
nt one time, e-ter hhVihg row WIN
Mr.. Pare; got paok aIter sonle ti,n,,
| Mrs, Harris may hhVe ,hterce,itu'
don't Know VINO else coulu nav u"i ~
~ hr' IaSe 1uu hhu ,i,,
lsso' ana J qu,t nm , u. T' no, Una" Sad
| Tor uey IN o.,.pui' 80, S. -.
WIN nm ne u,,I told hin, aid NOT
| ne cursed me- anu wv nun ~ snr
nave 20 tnte ~ ~ -, ~. ,,ar-
me- hlred me AT ~ Pur mon ~ ~
wards ny Sao' c1n-u" say VII" ~
qn,t slvlhs me 20, n a.. VA M
saIary WncnoNgr ,,,i,o, 7 nioosed,
Ttgnin nm ~. p,,,e,s oharity. was
] was not on Alr; fuEss ui,a' ~, ,,,i,s
not n hired hanu' csIiis 70 tuIIn w. w..
| him and bought srocerlss. M w..
wards dld tine wqrk, WIFE "r, III
was herd unl WI fage NV tnp 'p mo,no5
| wnen Mrs' InI ~, po,o ,no,fe coffce
MN; nave seen M' uar,Is, roo,,
and take II into MI ha ,a,,,sa Win
when she was SICK. have ,n1hen VIII aa
! Mr. Furman an1mt my m"Ht uu
me from MI ~ r,e, Mr. Fur
could make MIN pay me- mr. ~.
| man advised me 70 60 o"SS ~
md become reconclled knew VI
| the lots IN the page auu',nn E YIn
| to Laura Johnsnhi pptwseh mrs' w..
ris' room and Mr.; rages popra I'M
was room and nan, w. pnsr r,,s Wv,
| have gone TO Mrs, Harris room W.. W.
my hearing u, but she could not nave
gone to his room without my knowing
( It, Mr.. Page silent In the dining room ~.I.
/ for two years; dld nnt &c Die BE- naver
and Laura 20 to bed; Mr. pNse heveI
/ sent me down. town az nnon' wn,,,r
/ stayed until midnight; we mao ,h,'i.s