The San Francisco call., 1897-09-22

family Her continents and valuation is
stamped Oh everything animate and mani
mate Il this houe. Muri"l sWearS and uses
vulgar LANGUAGE like aIlor; TO use her own
words l iawing and going on like
trooper. Nanny and have passed weeks at
a time without once seeing her, SO close was
she in attendance upon Marie.
To say l am 100 tired TO live and too tired to
die is putting it mild.
The end must come. and 1 can't be blamed
for wanting 1t TO come before have tiled the
amiable desires of the late Thomas Bell TO
clean me out clean OF that part OF my own
estase that refused to hand over to him In
his lifetime. The true significance OF his VIII
has only now been seen You said truly that
you he'd an estate left you fixed so could not
touch it. True for you lie not on y did that,
but he lett me only what the law would give
me, but by willing IL u me ne WAS enabled TO
leave me also an estate VIII ch could not
touch until the youngest be was oil age II
Also lett me an iucome which ne knew the
Jaw would give me, viz. &. one third the inter
est. and the rest tnat his estate would aIlow,
put left me 20 furnish bond whicn he un-
doubtedly thought l couli not do The in
come was 10 have on either proposition he
must have laughed In his eeve ct, as he
must know it would have to come off my own
collateral Long before his youngest came OF
age l would be standing at the almShouse
door asking ior admission.
/ have no longer strength, physically or
mentally, TO hold up under all these crushing
pressures. Sick or well, days, nights, weeks,
nths, the only kind word / have comes
from Nanny and Robina Robina is ii. She
can choose her own guardian. If she chooses
me will make her support and education my
charge out of what can realize out Of the re-
mains OF my estate. Reggie, Muriel and Eu-
STAGE belong to you and Marie, Marie particu-
larly, and she can have them; when resign
she will naturally come next as guardian. AS
soon as Maxwell comes back shall resign at
once and be out of his way. He may remem-
Der the tears he shed and the statements he
made 10 MIS- John Bell of how mucn he owed
to the man lying there and give the five heirs
Il support out OF that man s estate. The mouse
on Bush street was made q homestead by the
court. l will furnish It from this house as
soon as this is sold. And that is ali can do.
Mr.. Bell made George Staacke and Maxwell
owners OF his estate, and [ out OF the way he
viii n o longer have an excuse, "the interest
OF the Chi dren" as an excuse Tor leaving their
support to Inc.
1t was at Pnraiso Springs Marie dreamed we
were all dead, and She had my diamonds and
all the children were lett to her charge. Her
dream Will be out, providing some OF her
friends yours will go the required bonds.
Mr.. Thomas Bell fixed that position not 10 be a
cheap one; 1t was only the deSplSed Stdacke
and the leech Maxwell who could step in
without bonds. l do not envy anyone the
position they gain By my quittance. l have
found 1t bitter foun tain 10 draw from 1t is my
nature to give love for love aud scorn and con-
tempt fOr a like measure, and have no Id ea
Will ever change. have left enough OF myself
and mine behind already. THERESA BELL.
Young Bell continued telling OF similar
deceptions practiced by Mrs. Pleasant
LuTOuSu ali the years SliCS Llo Q6dLn "a
Bell Sr., by which the substance OF Mrs.
Bell has been transferred TO the Golfers OF
the former housekeeper, but now the
houseruler OF the Bell mansion. The
young man said that once when he took
$209 out OF an allowance of $4209 Mrs.
Pleasant called him a thief, though she
had no right to do so, as she was only a
servant in the house so far as he knew,
yet even after that she compelled MIN to
give up to her all the money he had in
his pocket. That money was part of the
family allowance given to the children by
the Probate Court. Although Mrs. Pleas
ant received over $4,000 in one week in
Noven ber the food served TO the children
was still of an inferior quality. They did
not have even one gooi meal out.of the
money, out he knew tha lot of 1t went
TO pay interest on a mortgage on Mrs.
Peasants property in this city. She
spent the remainder as she pleased. AT
one time Mrs. Pleasant had note for
SIS 600 in favor OF Mrs. Boone, which she
was about to get Mrs. Bell to sign, but he
told her that she did not owe Mrs. Boone
a cent and tore ii up and threw 1t in the
fire.
Further testimony will be heard at IL
q clock this morning.