Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-24
oCon,inucd from Wodneydny.1


continued from Woduesday.,
We'll, Your Honor" SHE said. turn
luS to tho judge. when my daughter
AN! reached Mr.. rollock's Office the
hoor was open ana Mr.. i.anSUon was
IN there. As wc. cam" up we heard
Mr.. Pollock say, Give me Il fair chance
mats all ask, and I've never had il
You leave town for two weeks. and IL
on your return Mary rag" stiIl prefers
y"u--l VIII withdraw and give her lp
10 you. Mr. LanEdou dcmurrcd a,
nrst Then hc said lac would 20 that
Gay, and hurried out without seeing
"iih"i Mary or me felt ". nurh, to
sec Mr.. Pollock. anyway. bu, before
we could go into the Office We heard
= door crcak. and my husbands voice '
"hc broke off with 1t smo,hcrcd sob
and l.anEdon prompted her quickly:
w nat did your husband say. Mrs.
He said, With l.angdon out of The
way. our little scheme should work
nicely Thcn-then Mary pulled at my
sleeve and said, Come away without
S"cinr them, mother. We must warn
hiiip-and they mustn't know We
have been here SO we went 10 Mr.,
i.angd"n's Office and lac arranged to
come TO the house late that night in
~" nope that We would have learned
~ mat time what the scheme was
DID YOU learn
Yes shortly after Mr.. Langdon had
come, my husband ANA MIR Pollock
came III. and Mr. Pollock told US that
ne mad bought the mortgage on our
l.one. lie said that if Mary would
marry him within a week he would
give her the mortgage and the forged
'hSch as a wedding gift II she didn',
he would forocloac and put the check
INTO The hands OF tho police
'I'ih Miss Page agree"
ia
l'Nt Jay and he said he would wait
though my husband was angry that
there should he any delay Then Mr.
h"II"ck went, and Mary joined Mr..
i-ansdoh, and they started for a walk -
Did YOU see them ro?"
NO. went to the kitchen 10 nx
&c fire for the night. But was
drawn 10 the window by hearing angry
words and saw my husband bcratinr
air. i.augd"n was so terrified over
an and. nd-so hfarthroken at tho
ihouSht OF losing my home. that
hurH"d out and begged Mary to come
ih-to do anything To quiet her IA tilcr
>" Sh" said good might TO Mr I.anrdon
an". coming in. went straight to her
room"
nd YOU 20 To Your room also?"'
ia Edon'S voice shook ever 50 little as
Ns smoke, FOR her words brought back
:" N!N'dly that time Of horror when he
hhd stood silently in the little garden
waiting for the quiet of night TO settle
over The house that held the .iri he
loved 50 well and seemed so likely To
lose-the girl whom he was next 10 see
10 so terrible 4 guisc,
NJ" Invent To my husband who
was in tho Kitchen. and tried TO make
him stop drinking and 20 to bed But.
n"-hc was violent. He accused mo
of-of urging Mary not 10 marry Fol
io'k' and when said that She shouldn't
~ 1t would make her unhappy hc-hc
struck me. The blow Knocked me
%oWn. Mary vino was partially un-
dressed heard us-and came down. ana
~" turned ON her. He-struck her.
and thcn he caurh her by the shoulder
aud forced her To hcr knees
Sohs caught in her throat She could
not 90 OH for moment. ana the tears
rolled unhcedcd down her checks. as.
SiammerlnG little and Speaking al
most incoNercutly, She cried "imd
then your iIonor-Mary screamed,
Screamed The way She had before. and
i-i- 50" her 20 mad before nv ycr,.
eyes, Nj l.angdon. who had been
waiting I'm the Gardcn-to be sure all
was riGh' With ns-hcard the scream
too. and came running" in. Mn husband
Sit" him-aud he snutched the pokcr
out OF the ire where In my haste I had
left IT. ana swung ii al Mr. Lancdon
but il Was Mary he hit heard Tho
sound Of 1T smelt tho burnt ncsh.
and rs MI iangdOn fung nav husban
/" the floor J ran to her. But before.
could reach hor--or stop hcr--she ran
still screaming, out OF tic house and
disappeared"
y passion Of tears shook her as she
Finished. tears that were mirrora1 in
all the eyes i'm the room Even Lam.
d"n'S voice was unsteady as he said
gently: