New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-29

Waru ner mother, and went sharply to
her left shoulder, there was no one In
the room who needed the answer to
Langdon's question. $3.50
(Which shoulder was that mark
upon, Mrs. Pager"
1.-THE left one"
"How long was it before the child
stopped screaming?" :.-.. Il. 49,
Several hours, and she was feverish
and Ill for days."
Langdon's voice now changed abrupt-
~, and the prosecutors eyes narrowed
to the watchfulness of a cats, as the
former asked:
"On the night when your daughter
repudiated her engagement to James
Pollock, were you sitting up waiting
for their return from a dancer
"Yes."
"Will you tell the court as briefly as
possible what occurredY
1T was very late. I 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 l 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
tried to run away with Philip, be-
cause he is the man love-but I am
helpless in your hands,"
did you still urge Miss Page to mar
~ Mr.. Pouock?'
mo. Ny 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 60 to James that very day
and plead with him to set her free. It
was dawn then, and finally she went
to Sleep"
did you make that plea to Mr.. Pol
LOCKE"
mo. We went to the of1ce-but-
but-we didn't see Mr.. Pollock"
"Will you tell the Court why? Not
me, Mrs. Page, but the court-as i'll
were not present.
""Well, your Honor" she said, turn
ing to the Judge, "when my daughter
and I reached Mr.. Pollock's Office the
door was open and Mr.. Langdon was
In there. AS we came up we heard
MI. Pollock say, Give me a fair chance
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
hrst. Then he said he would 20 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"
ibid you learnT'
Eyes. 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 he would
give her the mortgage and the forged
check as wedding gift. If she didn't
he would foreclose and put the check
into the hands Of the police"
ibid Miss Page agreey'
"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 for walk
did you see them go?s'. r 49,
mo. I went to the kitchen to fix the
fire for the night. But I was, drawn
to the window BY hearing angry words
and saw my husband berating Mr..
Langdon. was so terrified over it
all and-and-so heartbroken at the
thought Of losing my home that hur.
ried out and begged MaryIto come in
to do anything to quiet her father. So
she said goodnight to Mr.. Langdon
and, coming in, went straight to her .
ROOM" go
did you 60 to your room also?''
Langdon's 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 little
garden waiting for the quiet Of night
to settle over the house that held the,
girl he loved so well and seemed, 50 !.
likely to lose-the girl whom he was