The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-06-16

half in anger. grabbed Mary and tried
to force the liquor on her. She-she
seemed to 20 mad. and when snatch
ed her away from him her little night
gown bad slipped off her shoulder and
eFe-plainy-could be seen the marks
of the hand
A murmur of excitement crept about
the reporters table as we'll as among
the spectators This was great stuff.
and when Marys trembling hand came
back from its impotent reaching to-
ward her mother. and went sharply to
her left shoulder, there was no one in
the room who needed the answer to
Langdon's question.
(Which shoulder was that mark
upon, Mrs. Pager
The left one"
How long was it before the child
stopped Screaming?"
Several hours, and she was feverish
and i'll for days
Langdon's voice now changed abrupt
", and the prosecutors eyes narrowed
to the watchfulness Of cats, as the
former asked:
ION the night when your daughter
repudiated her engagement to James
Pollock, were you sitting up waiting
for their return from dancer
Yes
will you tell the court as briefly as
possible what occurred!'
1T was very late. had been wait
ing what seemed to me hours before
they came in. Mr.. Page, who was very
much under the influence of liquor,
was berating Mary, and once he start
ed to strike her. but Mr.. Pollock inter
fered, telling me that Mary and had
better go and try and get some rest.
Once in her own room, however, my
daughter broke down and sobbed and
said, Your grief and fathers danger
made me accept Mr.. Pollock. Tonight
1 ,l'ied to run away with Philip, be-
cause he is the man l love-but am
helpless in your hands,"
Did you still urge Miss Page to mar
ry Mr. Pollock"
/ "No My daughters happiness was
too great a price to pay to save my
husband from the penalty of his crime,
and told Mary that she and togeth-
er would go to James that very day
and plead with him to set her free. 1t
was dawn then, and finally she went
to sleep
Did you make that plea to Mr.. Pol
lock|'
NO. We went to the ofice-but-
but-we didn't see Mr.. Pollock"
will you tell the Court why? Not
me, Mrs. Page, but the coure-as if |
were not present.
We'll, your Honor" she said, turn
) ing to the Judge. when my daughter
and reached Mr.. Pollock's Office the
door was open and Mr. Langdon was
in there. AS we came up we heard
Mr. Pollock say. Give me fair chance
| that's all ask, and I've never had it.
You leave town for two weeks. and if
on your return Mary Page still prefers
you-I will withdraw and give her up
to you Mr.. Langdon demurred at
first Then he said he would go that
day and hurried out without seeing
either Mary or me. felt we ought to
see Mr.. Pollock, anyway, but before
we could go into the Office we heard a
! door creak. and my husbands voice"
She broke off with a smothered sob
and Langdon prompted her quickly:
What did your husband say. Mrs
Pager?
"He said, With Langdon out Of the
way, our little scheme should work
nicely Then-then Mary pulled at my
sleeve and said, Come away without
seeing them, Mother We must warn
Philip-and they mustn't know we
have been here So we went to Mr.
Langdon's Office, and he arranged to
come to the house late that night in
the hope that we would have learned
by that time what the scheme was"
did you learn?''
"Yes Shortly after Mr.. Langdon
had come. my husband and Mr. Pol
lock came in and Mr.. Pollock told us
that he had bought the mortgage on
our home He said that if Mary would
| marry him within a week be would
! give her the mortgage and the forged
check as a wedding gift. If she didn't
he would foreclose and put the check
into the hands of the police"
did Miss Page agree?'
"She said she would answer him the
next day, and he said he would wait.
though my husband was angry that
there should be any delay. Then MIR.
Pollock went, and Mary joined Mr..
Langdon, and they started for walk"
Ibid you see them go?'
mo 1 went to the kitchen to fix the
fire for the night. But l was drawn
to the window by hearing angry words
and saw my husband berating Mr..
Langdon. l was so terrified over it
all and-and-so heartbroken at the
thought of losing my home, that hur-