The Escaped Nun Controversy.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1669, 27 March 1886, Page 2

The Escaped Nun Controversy.

(Continea;) ;r - ; In fact, he virtually admitted a.present lack of proof :by statitig .that 'Tie-s hould ' trace put* Mrs. Auffray's career) ilike a Bleuth-hbuDcl, until he 'wiiftable to prove her what he -believiSi her to be— a • '•" ; fraud.'' ; ■ He farther >ref erreiLto her v " this : new Jersey, lily,'.' . and"; concluded by a glowing eulogy jOfepuns who'wprked as he had seen them on the b'attle 4 -fieM-^v (loudJaughteV)— ani'a 'r^ifefiaonf the effect of \vhich ; was^gSoaMail jttnrred b^ uproar among the"4krdience Mr Fnl« , tori's' Wfttion' ha^injf f 'y > i«ldedcno|bintr »l ball her.feetj whWJß.bjs jroie to feplyi^iSJie^was r<y;eive(i' r withj'^ pro- : tracted round of applause,' aiid'ftom this stage her assailant must be complimented upon the "fortitude and equanimity wjth^which^he- encountered a perfect .ftdr/iCji§eTofc6ppoysitioflK?lt did not look ,^t; V all^times &s' if . the meeting would 'aipeacefui teribinition 1 -:«B3 any undirtalter wlfo hspt»ned^to^b«^s*her» might be fpdoned if he was tempted to mentally .Qa|,ctflat€^ the i possible profits attgn^nfc^prf *ix ffee^SglitJ a crush, and Sfipanic iri the crowded statjgSfj^buildlhg^^BuJ; f orta^a^^herefwas nothing moreg|e£iouV than sound fury. Mr* Auffray'ptefacing ! her defentaby the remarEykhat Mr |!uHtpnV,ppwelsed mow %elfrCOTiceit thari-any man'sße'eWir met, prp'dieeded^to cross-examine \im over th» .chainnan't^table-.upontdfffes' and §uch like^de||ibjswithi?no'> little skill. The 'getitfeln^'&f^n&weviir^Bersistently de. clined *o fix plates, or to define the ■" earmark ." jb|?>which-he was convinced of the genninene3~s of the escaped nun's letter. „, The lady showed an occasional tpnclencV td'^be betrayed intplajjwomsur like' ctil de ' sac -' argument ifon th»« whole she stuck pretty consecutively t». her .^cTrk.f and.scpred; {heavily \n somtxpassages.' " Her firs'Vdtstinct victory was* gained m preference,, to Mr Fulton'*champion charge of the bedroom beating; scene .- at . a .hotel m Mineajpolis If sustained, it is difficult" ig>SF^o\^he passive : offence .o£ '.' boin£* beaten^would '. materially affect Mrs^iiff %^^lS&acter, . tout Mri: : Fulton. < BcV)cely^,ma^e fi 'put hia • tease" under rcross-exam^atipn^f^Ce professed himself unable tp^sjHr.^y^lietherthe affair took plac* at lJetroit or • Mineapolis, -and- whiie declaring he had. trayelled^ on foot every inch of the)' ! Mineapolis |coun£yi } xouHpK^dirsorib*, 'wfiefr e'ha'Hengedf a'nyip#cuharity|jof the ■ surrounding scenery, and placed thalocal falls^off St. y Anthony m Canada.. He was rurfcKer unable to hazard a guest*, at the distance between Mineapolii andl St. Paul's; "ancl^when Mrs Auffray -capped - n ■tbijj.j With fc.he assertion that ths>? .twpjtoi^ns were s^hddyvto'getßer that it. was %;eyen contemplated ', to^Tncpifporate-fthem-asone city,. ber ; triumph: was very nearly comnkte.^lJpdii' ~thV, .bedroom^ beating, thergEoreTTsoncerningwtiich h«. had made atndavit, Mr Fulton was fe failute, anihisfMr> antagonist clinched. Tth<eo;mfttter_ by a hip with her hapds upon and ' deinandmg: r whether she looked like a woman who "wo.ujd^fcikfi 'a' beating from^any man» r This~-fe^^e?s-waß-,ver,y^_eJEjßcJtjye, and was l^jiuded to the echo. But m. "cohj^d^ustice/itniust be admitted that. Mr^Aulpiijcgaine^'Byen more legitimate 4MS^^pon: : oth^point S . Sheiaa. woni|ip[andta>w^VV*?^tf Bfc be permitted tb'Oif^ii^^wiw^in|^ttle warmth of l^gaftg&^i^'utatiorfr^s to her mar> . riag^^pe^fc^p^S^a did resent it with some Jittle^warmth of language* Ora;^^hon»-Bhe;;.finaJ|y 4 ..handed her mar> "r'i'age Certificate' td-th'&'chaiririin the cli— ina^wji^eachje^so for>a« the audience concerned. Th^ere wan an excited bf' hats and handkerchief • m all parts 'of the Jwll, "a deafening uproar, anSipud fcries'&f " apol^ize^^nsomuch that it 'was some minu,te.Sibef ore proceedJnga could Jbe. resumed!^ 'The lady meanoffatigtte from her forehead, and MiffFulton^tfok a care^ ful note qi the v ' certificate. The only rother|nqte>vorthy paint m Mrs Auffrav's *i"efer|enc6Kto7.<«; nianuscripi hote' x Dy whioh Mr? (Fulton's memory of the American- incidents had been, re'frfefehedl'and'which, as he .told. .Mr Bnw't6h, had iGoine -into hia ' poMesifo* ut America aad^.had been recently discovered rby..,him .among his papers. Mr Brunj:fcn > produwd l ;. a i fad-simile of) this docu;UJent, which had" be« n; found .pinned to k Tablet of Vecint' datema.-lD^n.edm newspiper ■6flficer»B*«the Chairman" <lecl»redi ■that 6ne mepaorandum^wasa copy of th» other, an'd^ftha^ibolh were itHne sam» J)andj|ri|iQg. At this stasre the audiene»> disdained to hoo^Tnd^howledcinstead,, -and'anpiiiejraiv^y^jfiye^nnteL»?|ollowed, duringjvhich Mrs Auffray 'indulged m s> littte 'pardoniibli l^tirer ?«pon the use of .such tor.inj>-' r as ?' inipo«tor," " colonoi ■faßrfcatbt;'' 'Me:.? w i -concluded' with * peroration, descripti ve' 9? and by tbrinally extending .a Christian her antagonist. Mr Bru». t6n^Ahefi j ' i>ron6unbed Ja^^enedictioq,. wljion the audience scarcely received m. the spirit in^which it wan offered, and ihe^'eetingdisijfersSa^^rthe chairman: hijd#6to*nded£aj-s.ho^of' hands for andl agaimit thef"coßt«tant8 h | which resulted! jrf ajiwihjfor itheie^aped nun by atf againslnothing. : '^None |of the spectators seamed upon rdeparMreJ to grudge the modest surff;tK|y:had|paid for admission ahdthe:Hpinfeior||Fallen Women can scarcely 'expect-^nothe^ such bumpec benefit for a long time to come. "■2- i i -'VS-&ii-