The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-06
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HubbeIl Versus Terry
IOriginaLl

on. IL was not long before their anN-
 iety was allayed by the announcement
 that RebecCa Hubbell. a young lady socially prominent and much sought after. had of her own free will resign . ed the world to devote herself to the !, poor old man.
 .S Fallows' only descendant was a
 niece. Jane Terry, the daughter of his
 sister. When Miss Huhbell entered
 upon the care of John Fallows, Miss
 Terry was schoolgirl. 4 year later she was graduated. and 1t was sup
 posed that she would relieve the wo-
 man who was giving up her life to de
 vote it to the invalid by taking her place But she did not. Then people began to talk. A story was circulated that she was bent rather on frivOliU
 than shutting herself up 10 be a prey Co the whimS of a peeviSh old man. Miss Terry gave color 10 the report by
 accepting the offer of a woman who
 took fancy to her to introduce her into society. Being attractive. her social success was looked for by her
 friends. Nevertheless she was fail ure. She was blamed Tor permitting ! Miss HubbrI to do work that she sAou'd have done herself This feeling waS more prouounCtd Smrr Miss Hub bell had been prominent in ihc Cjrr'r ! to which Miss Terry hal been intro Guced Besides this, there were a mum bpr Of little sayings Souc about the ! origin Of which could moi 'e traced. | When Mrs \. asked Hrs. R. why . Miss Terry did nos a>>ur"c her proper i place with respect ,o her -ncle, Mrs. R. ! would say thai Sle had heard il stated ! that tho old gentleman WIS So nervous ] and irritable that only on of serene | d.SonSftfou ,nuIa manage him. When 1 N. C. asked r~ n th. same quc> 1 ton Nl-~ lr. wui.d lnok rave and say ! ;h.t Mss Terry va~ jraL k ut ia' lH- l furncc ,J t.a. a.-G '' her Hr'ig and would Ike .o get ur him fl she l Could. II wa> tHr ntt u 8 who lrpi 1 her away. Whatever uu l there was [ iu these -cuarr~. certain | B that they | blocked Miss Tesry'S >onis a>p.rai,'n>
 and after being present a few fanc-
 tiunS she wa> dsourri
 { Then ciun a surprise. 'hn F".-ows 1 died and u~rr"a os Iray D- a cuupe-
 tepry. a> had nycu >urp.>ed' us left 1 millions Eu,. a~ a s,.l create. sur 1 prf>e nn De.ucafhrd everything ia his , niece. Jane Ty--y. uoi remembering ] Ms HubbcI 1,.tu a penny. Society 1 was ShockrI Miss HuhhrIlS sacrifice
 was unrruuited. while Miss Terry who 1 had ShirLed a dI,g n order to attempt ] to assume a p,a.e in society. when de ] clinrL ro receive her was made rich. l A few cynical r"rr.r predicted that ] society lui-nt protest with its heart l against sucl injustice. hut that Miss 1 Terry would o,'cu with a golden key a 1 lock that w1uE Un' turn with Oue of
 haSer metal Eur raaS" did not reckon . on rhr hoN Ms Iunnril StN he'd on
 the social leaders. Society with dneH- pected generosity tnnk up the cauSe Of ! The poor gil w.n had nvru wroused
 and turned .t> ra,, ou tIe girl II as 1 sumed had wrDr-nd her
 Then i, ,-u> r,u.ureI that the de
 ceased had drawn cod.ca 10 his will leaving a considerable part of his es. tate to Miss UubhyL This Codicil had
 been approrriatnd hy Miss Terry, Mss l Hubbru coGmalgrd suit To break ihe | will AT woul. Nrncad uVon securing
 rosSes>icu or a >.A ot paper on which 1 the codicu uaa been written. l. was | known or at lrr~t supposed 10 be in the keeping of Miss Terry or her attor
 ne~S. Could they be forced to produce i Il in court:
 1 Miss Terry surprised every one by 1 taking the maua=cwcut ut her affairs ] into her own hlut~. She engaged her | lawyers and Instructed Them in ihS method of their .e.su~e. They were [,
 admit the pNt>rru .n of The paper !=
 oueStio1 brt 'yrrr ro Gr.i.uc to pro Guce it till competed Io ao SD in "pcE court. This coUr-r only aaamed Mis- 1 Eubben'S supporters a-a'uSt the heir.
 ess. and thr >HoII t'n"> remained barred against anr.
 All periods %. waiting .aye an enc.
 and So did yl, >u-uea>r .tleHduG the . case of HuhH'@ versus Terry. The
 l.v.ver for ,hr rIr5wanr vHd inc law
 vers fu. the defendant rarur ln'u cour
 with tLeir Satcne'- Cull a. papers and
 their clerks luaGrd with law books.
 RebecCa Huh1nl ~hrwr3 great conf
 dence. for hr- lawyers assured her l that ther would roltel l"r eneIhieS tc
 produce the col.cU The most careful
 studv of Miss Trrrv'S face failed to "a
 veal what she :rIt Sociyy was pres. 1 ent in large numbers. aLo for once SO cietv was decp.y interested in seeing
 wrong lighted
 Miss HubbeTS princl al attorney
 after a few preliminary leSuonS to a
 witness who had admjtte, he had Seer
 the much talked of pape bearing tle codicil asked Df the coU that it be
 produced by the defense. The attorney for the defense obiccye, The court
 ruled that the document must be
 brought out Slowly the attorney drew
 from his pocket wallet nd from the
 wallet half sheet of lctrsr paper and ~A