New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-03

Again her bubbling laugh rippled out.
followed by guffaw of delight from
the listeners, but as If it were signal.
the prosecutor leaped to his feet.
''Your Honor" he stormed, Il object
to the testimony Of this witness being
admitted as evidence! Is this court
room or a burlesque show? And is my
learned opponent revealing to us the
gay life of Miss Barton or evidence
dealing with the murder of James Pol
lock?'',
MAY it please the court" retorted
Langdon.. the events which took place
in Prindleville had very definite ef-
feet upon the relations between James
Pollock and the defendant. crave the
patience Of your Honor and the gentle
men Of the jury with the witness-who
is-er-not exactly conversant with the
legal brevity demanded by law
II Think" said his Honor, the ghost
Of smile still twitching at his lips;
that the witness may go'on with her
story. But" he added. leaning forward
with an admonishing gesture towards
Amy. you must remember. Miss Bar
ton, that you are; here not to amuse US.
but to answer as briefly as possible the
questions put to you by counsel for the
defence" = 49, d"
"How long did you remain at the no.
tel in Prindleville as waitress?'
about three weeks" .,.e =
Did MI. Pollock remain there during
that timer
"Yes.'
did he speak to you at any timer"
well, he had to speak to me, but he
limited it to, Two boiled eggs and dry
toast or Gimme roast chicken and
mashed potatoes but with Mary it
was different. He didn't speak to her,
but he never let her get out Of his sight
if he could avoid it. He used to sit in
the hall where he could watch her in
the dining-room, and if she went out
for breath of air. he always followed
her. 1t got on her nerves so she used
to cry half the night, and say she
would go crazy if he didn't go away
Miss Barton, you say that you re-
manned at the hotel about three weeks.
Why did you leave at the end of that
time?"
Because of the behavior of some of
the men who came to the place."
What do you mean by their behav-
ior?'
"Their-their-fr she said,
flushing little. You see. when we
first went to work, they were all very
decent, especially to Mary. and every
thing was fine. Then they-they SEEM
ed to change even to me. Finally
something the landlady said put me
wise to the fact that our characters
weren't worth two-cent stamp in
Prindleville. l didn't want Mary to
know. so I kept quiet till the day
When the guy that always came for
lunch got fresh and tried to kiss her.
The landlady had just told me that
her regular girls were Directing to
work with us, because of our bad char
acters, when the door of the dining
room banged open and Mary, taking
her apron off as she went, ran past us
and up the stairs. The landlady called
her, but she never even looked around,
so started after her. Just as did so
a cheap, fashy guy who was a regular
boarder came out of the dining room,
looking sheepish and with one cheek
bright red and the other very pale. I've
seen a good smack make that kind of a
complexion before, so kind of waited
around to See what he would do
did he leave the hotel?"
mo. He walked out into the Office
and across to where James Pollock was
sitting and flung himself into q chair