The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-08

George Is fond of Hope. and I long ago
gave him permission to WOO and marry
her. That you are the childSof my heart
shall not make me blind to the rights of
one I loved before you ever saw the light
Were / to permit such shilly- shall Lying
George would have right to reproach
me with his wasted life. No; the infu-s
ence which you call so great must be
exerted in his behalf rather than yours.
He needs it, Alfred, as much, if not more
than you do. AS to your present en-
gagement you may break it or you may
keep it, but do not expect me to uphold
you in any love making With your
brothers choice till Hope has openly sig
nified her absolute refusal of his atten-
tions. This she is not likely to do;
George has too many conspicuous attrac-
Etions.''s5
.she has refused hin. once
mot ebcause her fancy was caught by
his younger brother, but because she
wished to see some reformation in his
habits. In this she was perfectly right
George will have to change his mode OF
life very materially before he can be res
garded as worthy Of such wife.
1.-The same might be said of me; but i
am MO George. ! am anxious to make
such a change. Yet you give me no.
deny me the opportunity Of winning her;
affections. =
"You were not the. first to enter the.
field. Your older brother has the prior
right, and, as view the matter, the only
right, to approach Hope in the attitude
of a lover
The caths which this excited turned
the poor old listener cold. Alfred could
not see the justice OF his brothers
course and stormed away about
fairness being shown to the young girl
herself, who possibly looked upon the
matter In another light than he did,
"Then you have been making love to her
on the sly' vociferated Mr.. Gillespie,
totally forgetting himself.
But this the young man denied. II ne
understood her better than others did, 1t
was because he loved her better. He was
positive that she did not care for his
brother, and all but certain she did care
for himself. At all events, he hattered
himself to this extent. This called forth
few more bitter words from his father,
and Alfred went out, banging the door
| behind him.
"And did you see any change in the
| manner of Mr.. Gillespie towards his sons
after this misunderstanding with Alfred"
The witness appeared to weigh her
words; but, when she answered, it was
| evident her care arose from desire to
present the subject fairly.
| II thought Mr.. Gillespie talked less and
| looked about him more And the young
gentlemen seemed conscious of this
change in him, for they were very care
full not to show their feelings too plainly
| in his presence.
| tween them?"
Il fear so.''
Amounting to animosity?"
THAT cannot say. / never heard them
| exchange hard words; only neither of
them would leave the field open to the
! other. If Mr.. George stayed home, Mr..
| Alfred found some excuse for doing SO
also, and if Mr.. Alfred showed DISPOSE
ton to linger in the parlor, Mr.. George
brought in his friends and made a social
| evening of it,
And is this. all you can tell us?'
! con this topic? Yes"
"You never saw Miss Meredith speak
ing apart to either of these two men?'
! mo, sir; on the contrary, she appeared
! to avoid all private conversation with any
of them
| "Nor ever heard either of these men
| swear he would have Miss Meredith for
| his wife, no matter who stood in the way,
! or what means were taken to stop h1m?'
| "Oh, once heard Mr.. Alfred make use
of some violent expressions as l was
passing his door, but I can not be sure
he spoke the precise words you mention.
He falls into fits of anger at times and
| then is liable to forget himself. But his
| ill-temper does not last, sir. It is quite
unusual for him to show unkindness for
| any length OF time
After the close of this examination, so
painful to the witnesses and SO humil-
| 1at1ng to the three persons whose most
! cherished feelings were thus exposed to
| the public eye, the three sons Of Mr.. Gill
! lespie were called up. one after the other
and questioned.
| Leighton made the best impression. Not
being involved in the delicate question
which had just come up, he had no bushes
1 to conceal nor any secret an1mOsit1es tC
hold in check. George, on the contrary
seemed to have reached state Of exas-
peratlon which made 1t Difficult
for him to preserve any semblanct
of self-possession. He stammered wher
he talked, and looked much more like
having it out with his brother in hand
to-hand fight than submitting to an exam
ination tending to incriminate one or boil
of them on charge of murder. ALFRED
showed less. bitterness, possibly because
he felt securer in his position towards tn,
woman whose beauty had occasioned thi
rivalry. OF the facts brought out b.
their accumulated testimony need sa,
little. They added nothing to the genera
knowledge, and the inquiry adjourned witt
promise of still more serious work TO
= the morrow.
Hitherto the evidence had been Of
nature to show, first, that a crime ha
been committed, and, secondly, that tn
| relations between Alfred and his fathe
had been such as to occasion desir
: on the formers part to be free from tn
watchful eye OF one who stood betwee
| him and any attempt he might make t
win the affections of the woman upo
whom he set his heart. On this morn
ing the testimony took turn, and an en-
deavor was made to show positive con
nection between Alfred Gillespie and tn
drug which had ended his fathers life
t or so it appeared at the time. The visi
/ he paid to the dining-room during tn
f fatal hour preceding his fathers deaf
: was brought out, and the acknowledg
5 ment reached that he went there in scare
) of his missing pencil.
| Then the detectives were called to tn
2 stand and requested to relate the Gil
: cumstances connected with the finding
e a certain cork and phial, the one unde
. the edge of the dining-room rug, and til
b other under the clock on the mantel- shell
: These aforementioned articles were the
n produced, and after positive declaratio
Q had been made that they had not bee
e allowed to come in contact since fallin
a into the hands of the police, they wel
e severally handed down to the jury, WI
e Immediately proceeded to satisfy then
s selves that the scent Of bitter almond
+ was nearly as marked in one as the othe
d This point having been reached and un
= versal expectation raised, Sweetwatt
handed up another article to the corOne
q saying:
'In this box, which is as nearly ali
: tight as could procure offhand cause
to be placed, as soon as possible afte
: finding it, the pencil which we came upo