The Washington times., 1916-02-13

so unexpected that ne had no quick
parry for Langdon's appeal, and he was
not surprised when the Judge babe the
latter continue his questioning.
mrs. Page. I will repeat my former
question to you. Did your husband ever
strike you when he wan drunk7"
Yes The word was no more than
rDid he ever strike you Just before
your child was bornf,
Yes" The answer came more quickly
now now. ,sn ely. the mother dominant
viii you tell us of the circumstances.
homo very drunk. He-he frightened
mo and l ran from. him. That infuri.
ated him-he ran after n1e-and seized
mo by the shoulder! Then-he-he
a my Shouldn't sss sS ssS S bore s e the Gn
print Of HE fingers In sreat bfuise on
Have YOU ever seen another bruisc
like that7"
Yes" n
"NHhere7' The question snapped out
brutaliy. and Mary. leaning forward:
stretched out one shaking hand toward
hnr n1othep--in, appeal or encourage
iuent. Il WINS hard 10 say which.
When Mt so w :s'q SSrn 81 imprint s Ss0o q
Eve fingers. like purple bruises. showed
Oh her shoulder"
"Di; thev remain there?'
"No. They faded as she grew older"
Yes. T6e iirst time was when Mary
was five years old. Mr.. Page had come
observation-disclosures was sitting In
the library. Mary ran to him and he
took her on his knee. suddenly she be.
gan screaming and striking at him, and
she fAitered a little. hut went bravely
on, mr.. Page took a flask Of whisky
out OF his pocket. and half In fun, half
In enger. grabbed Mary and tried to
force the liquor on her she-she seem
cd to go mad. and when snatched her
away from him her little nlghtgown
gown had slipped OF her shoulder and
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS be seen the markt
OF the hand!'
A murmur OF excitement crept about
the reporters table. as well az amone
the spectators. This was great stun. !
and when Mary's trembling hand came
back from It's impotent reaching toward
her mother. and went sharply TO hei
left shoulder. there was no one IN ths
room who needed the answer TO Lang
don's question.
which shoulder was that mark upon
Mrs. Eager
The left one
How long was II before the child
stopped screaming"
several hours. and she was feverisf
and III for days"
l.angdon's voice now changed abrupt
ly. and the prosecutors eyes narrowed
70 the watchfulness OF cats. as the
former asked:
ON the night when your daughter re
pudiated her engagement TO David Pol
lock. were You sitting up waiting fol-
their return from dancer"
WIN you tell the court as briefly a,
possible what occurred?'
1T was very late. had been wait
ing what seemed to be hours befor,
: very much under the influence OF liquor
! was berating Mary, and once no start.
ed to strike her, but Mr.. Pollock inter.
tered. telling me that Mary and had
better go and try and got soma 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
l tried to run away with Philip, be.
cause he Is the man love-but an
helpless In your hands,"
Did you still urge Miss Page to mar,
mo. Ny daughters happiness wa,
too TOO great "a, price to pay 70 save my
and told Mary that she and / toReth,
er would 20 TO David that very day and
/ plead with him to set her free. II wal
dawn then. and finally she vert tC
IBID you make that plea to Mr.. Pol
mo. We went to the office-but-
but-wc didn't see Mr.. Pollock
viii you tell the court why? No
were not present"
-weh. your honor she said. turn
Ing to the Judge, when my dauRhte,
and reached Mr.. Pollock's office tn,
door. was open and Mr. LanEdon wal
m tnere. AS we came up we heart
MT. Pollock say, Give me a fair chanc.
that all ] ask, and I've never had II
You leave town for two weeks. and 4
on your return Mary Page still prefer
! you'll will withdraw and give her nj
TO you. Mr.. Langdon demurred AT hrst
Then he said he would 20 that day IN,
hurried out without seeing either Mar,
or me. ! felt we ought 10 see Mr.. Pol
lock, anyway, but before we could z,
into into tho 9friSe we heard q door creak
ana my husbands voice." She brok
off with a smothered sob, and Lanedo,
PROMPTED her quickly:
what did your husband say, Mira
"He said. With Ianydon o,t .. d,
way, our little scheme Ehouid worl
nicely. Then-thcn Mary pulled at m,
| sleeve and said. Come away withou
seeing them, Mother, We must war
hHu'- lnCy MUSTN'T Know we haV
been here So we went 10 Mr.. ans
dons office. and nc arranged 10 com
1! to the mouse late that night IN the hon
! that we would have learned by tina
time what the scheme was.
Did YOU lcarn?"
Yes. Shortly after Mr.. I.anedon ha
come. my husband and Mr.. POLICE
came In and Mr.. Pollock told us that II
had bought the mortgage on our hons
He said that II Mary would maSry mir
within week he would give her In
mortgage and the forged check as
wedding gift. II she didn't-he wnul
foreclose and put the check into In
hands of the ollce.''
"Did Miss Page arree77
"Shc said she would answer him IN
next day, and he said he would wal
though my husband was angry tina
there should be any delay. Then MI
Pollock went, and Mary Joined Mi
Langdon. and they started for a walk,
Il Did YOU see them gC?"
mo. went IN tho Ntchsn e. fix II
fire for the night. Eut ! was drawn I
the window by hearing angry WORD
and saw my husband boratlng 81
I.apgdon. I was - terrified over II n
and-aad-so hcartbroken at the thIIgl