The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-04-08

stopped sereGmingsH
Several hours. and she was feverlsh
and Ill for days"
Langdon'S voice now changed abrupt
ly, and the prosecutors eyes narrowed
to the watc6fuhess 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 dance?"
Yes"
WIN 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 lie start
ed to strike her, but Mr. Pollock inter
fered, telling me that Mary and had
better go ana 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
tried to run away with Philip, be-
cause h. is The man | loye--but | am
helpless III your hands.
Did you still urge Miss Page to mar
ny Mr.. Pollock
NO Ny daughters happiness was
too great price to pay to save my
husband from the penalty OF his crime,
and told Mary that she and l togeth-
er would 80 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 oliice--but-
out-we didn't see Mr.. Pollock
VIII you tell the Court why? Not
me, Mrs. Page, but the court-as II
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'll will withdraw and give her up
to you. Mr., Langdon demurred at
first Then he said he would 80 that
day and hurried out without seeing
either Mary or me. felt we ought 10
see Mr.. Pollock, anyway, but before
we could 30 into the Office we heard Il
door creak, and my husbands voice"
She broke OF with a smothered sob.
and Langdon prompted her quickly:
What did your husband say, Mrs.
Page"
He said, With .I.angdon out of the
way, our little scheme should work
nicely Then-then Mary pulled at my
sleeve and said, sCome away without
seeing them, Mother We must warn
Philip-and they mustn't know we
have been here So we went 10 Mr..
langdon's Office, ard 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 Learnt
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 II Mary would
marry him within a week he would
give her the mortgage and the forged
check aS "A wedding gift. II she didn't
he would foreclosc and put the checl;
into the hands of the police"
Did Miss Page agrce?'
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 Mr.
Pollock went, and Mary joined Mr..
Langdon. and they started Tor walk. Sc
Did you see them go:"
NO. went TO the kitchen to fix the
fire for the night Bat was drawn
to the window by hearing angry words
and saw my husband berating Mr.
Langdon. was so terrified over ii
all and-and-So heartbroken at tht
thought Of losing my home, that hur.
ried out and begged Mary TO come in
to do anything 30 quiet her father. St
she said goodnight TO Mr. Iangdou
aud, coming in, went straight to her
room
Did you 20 to your room alsoE
Langdons voice shook ever so little
as he spoke. for her words brought
back so wildly that time of horror
when he had stood silently in the littlC
garden waiting for the quiet Of night
to settle over the house that held thC
girl he loved so we'll and seemed $,
likely TO loSe-the girl whom he wa,
next to see In SO terrible a suise,
NO. I-i-went ia mvhushand. wht