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Says She Never Had Any En-
gagement Token from Rev.
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
Case Completed.

Bliss. of the diocese of Vermont, testified |
for the defense that In February, 1915 |
when the plaintiff came to him for conso- !
lation he asked her if the defendant had
ever asked her to marry him. and she re-
piled that he had not
Attorney Sticknev at tho opening of
court to-day took up the Cross-examiua
tion of the plaintiff. She told of the rati-
rcation of her engagement in July, and
shortly afterward broke down being
able to maintain her compos"re only by
frequent use Of smelling salts.
The plaintiff testified to being acquaint-
cd with Douglas Roberts, Roy Sawyer,
and Louis Dow of burlington. hut dcuie1
that they ever kissed her. She then adj
mitted that she knew Joseph G. CorleY Of
Boston and that she had called on Mr..
Corlcy in Boston to ask him not to testify
except of his own volition. She denied
that Mr.. Corley kissed her or that she
kissed him. She admitted going riding
with him
Miss johnson testified that she went to
Or. Bliss for consolat ton and that he said
he thought her relations with the defend
ant We're nothing more than an infatua-
| ton.
! Mrs. johnson, mother of the plaintiff.
! was then called on and testified that the
| defendant had called on Miss Johnson fire.
quently. specifying six times week,
| and that on several occasions he had &C
Companied the mother and daughter home
| from churcl services She testified tina
she had overheard conversations between
her daughter and Mr.. Wilson in which
they both seemed greatly agtatcd. She
said that the defendant said he could not
marry her daughter because of VOWS of
colbacy which lie had taken.
: Gustavus johnson, father of the plain
tiff. testified that his daughter lost weight
and her appetite was impaired because
she did not hear from Mr. Wilson after
she had left Burlington.
Sensational evidence was introduced in
the dispositions Of Miss Mabic and a Mrs
Cora Arons of Lakeville. which told OF
parties at Fort Ethan Allen, cNIr. Wilson
ana Miss johnson attending at which
beer and punch were INDUCED in freely by
every one present.
Guy +. Horton testified that he was
Miss Johnson's counsel when this case
was brought and that she had received
callers at his house.
Mrs. Horton corroborated his tcsti-
mony. With this testimony came the
close Of .he plaintiffs case.
Walter y. Dane. opening the case for
the defendant. said that the defendant
would make absolute denial Of all tcsti-
mony Indicative of relations of All afec-
tionate nature and that the plaintiff had
received many calls from college stu
dents and that her relations with them
had been of an affectionate nature.
Bishop Bliss then took the stand an /
testified that Miss johnson had called
on him in January. 1913, to seek consola-
; tion. In the course Of his testimony il
developed that Miss Johnson had told
, him that the defendant had never asked
her to marry him. He told of seeing her
in company with a Mr.. Jubell on sun
day school picnic and that several times
he had seen the plaintiff with Jubcu AZ
a sanitarium whore Jubell was washinl
windows
Attorney Willard cross-examincd Dr.
Bliss after which Mr.. Jubel's deposition
and cross -eXamlnation were read lr
these it developed that Miss johnson had
5 stayed at Jubell's house in Winoosk
. and had rented "A room in his cottag It
at York Beach in the summer of 1913
t In the deposition Jubel testified that he
= had kissed Miss Johnson on different
q occasions and that he had taken her t.
| the Majestic and to the Van Ness ROOT
garden
Court then adjourned until Tuesda.
morning at ten o'clock,
SOME CORRESPONDENCE
Miss Johnson in her direct examnato:
said that when Mr.. Wilson first an
- nounced to her that he had a higher
duty" to perform and must fulfill his vow
to celibacy, she felt as if a thunderbol
U had struck her.
When he left, she said. he told her h,
would write to her parents and explain
but he did not do as far as she knew
e She said he was to write to her first bu
I that she could not wait. there were 81
l many things left unsaid that SUNDAY aft
e ernoon, so she wrote him the following:
: September.
l Dearest-When you left the other after
noon, | know you said YOU would writ,
u me first but | cant bear tn,
u suspense of waiting for your letter
- Such a fight as we both fought with our
II selves. O, it does seem cruel and wicked
t that this all should happen, ! am SO mis-
e cradle ana upset over this affair that
Il can't sleep at night, nor do care to eat
II ] try so hard not to let this get the uppe
hand, to appear cheerful to my mothe
and others. II certainly makes me lost
faith in everything that has meant 81
D much to have you. whom have loved 81
faithfully and always shall love. disap
a point me so utterly, o. my dear, 20,
cant, you must not take the vow. |
|. seems so horrible to have you ever thinl
y of doing or living that life. For ANYONE
q to have made you think it is your calling