OH! THOSE CANDLES IN THE WIND

NZ Truth, Issue 1190, 20 September 1928, Page 9

OH! THOSE CANDLES IN THE WIND

He Was Married, So They Said, Bat He Would Give Her A Kiss, A Squeeze Or Two, And Then - —

HE WOULD TALK ABOUT STOCKINGS 'N ALL THAT

.; (From "N.Z. Truth'B" Special Auckland Representative.) ; . In her efforts to saddle him with the paternity of her child, Lily Hannah Slater, a pretty young girl of 20, did not spare her story for the safe of a few piquant embellishments when she appeared before Magistrate McKean m the Auckland Maintenance Court last week, asking that Horace White, a busdriver, of Otahuhu, be adjudged the father. She painted a vivid picture of her ddventtxres m the land of free~and-edfy romance, but whether she will succeed m her efforts to thrust the obligations of paternity upon Horace remains to be seen.

TJORACE'S side of the tangled tale jTL has not yet been told, the magistrate adjourning the case for a week following a full afternoon of Lily's recital. The hectic adventures m love of which Lily spoke so freely were both colorful and-" lntriguing.- . ' As, for Instance, her account of " a little sextette party. Harken to the words of Lily Slater apropos of this little adventure. / "He asked me one night to 1 go for a joy-ride . . . and I got two other girls to go with boys. We all went to a house which my father had on lease at Manakau beach. "We all got m through the win- , dow . . ." She then werit on to say that she and defendant went into one room and stayed there for about an hour. They did not take: a light into the room „ and misconduct occurred between them. At least; so alleged Lily. But' much, had 1 been said toy the pretty young^ girl before she unburdened herself of the alleged sextette party adventure. "" . She informed the court that she met Horace during the Christmas holidays last year and, had made several appointments withVhim. In all, she saw him three times m January, but on the /; last occasion she had quarrelled wlth-h'Un. • ' . ■'■ Lily also had^ isoiriething to say about the improper v c6nduct she asserted had taken place between them. However ... •<"■*- On this aspect of affairs, Horace has still to be heard. Yet another adventure was related by the girl. On another night, she said, they went to an empty house, when, she alleged,:, "Horace got rough."

She tried to "flght him off," but according to her story her efforts were unavailing. •'. Following this little episode, said Lily, Horace told her he was going to i Sydney; Tip to the time the child was born m May last, she did not know his address. j Lawyer Clark having piloted Lily through the placid waters of examination, then left her to face a rigorous cross-examination at the hands of Lawyer Allan Moody, who was Horace's legal champion. Counsel lost no , time m getting down to tin tacks. "Now," he asked, "Mr. Clark, your, counsel told you to write a letter to White after you found out his address?" — "Yea." When did your father find defendant's address? — In the beginning of June. Do you say that immediately you found out White's address, you wrote, to him? — Oh, no!' If I had a calendar I could give you the date. You. cannot give anything accurate, "can you? — I kept a copy of the letter. What month, of 1927 did he tell you he was going to Australia?— ln the beginning of September. Who was the father of your first child?— A man- named Skinner.

Just Two Lovers

Where Is he now? — He went back to England. I did not know he had gone until my sister told me. \ What time at night did defendant see you? — Sometimes it was ten o'clock before I left him. Did you not know that he was engaged? — No. In spite of the rigorous questioning, Lily showed no signs of distress and seemed quite at ease m the witnessbox. Lawyer Moody: Now, if proof is brought to show that he spent Sunday nights with his girl, you would contradict it?— Yes. Further questioned, she said that she had seen White after she knew she. was m trouble, but had not said anything to him. She admitted she knew a bus- driver named Oliver, but she had never accused him of being the father of her child. Welt, yea, sh» did •liege that she had spent some time In Oliver's bus one night and that he had his arms around her. Lawyer Moody: You "usually pick up his bus at night?— l did not pick his iiiraiiimiiii»iiiiiiiiiiiiitiimiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiimiM>iiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiii»iininniiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiim iiilwuitmiumiiiiiiiimiimiiumimmmimiiiiiiwimimwiimiM timiiiimiiiiiiiiiiii iiiuiit

out. Oliver drove the last sometimes. You would go v to catch Oliver's ibus on your own? — My sister was with inei Further pressed on her association with Oliver, Lily informed the court that Oliver "had only fooled with : ." Lawyer , Moody: He is 'a married man, is he not?"— So they say. Did you see him after you kneiwhe was married? — Only once. * : . ' After Oliver put hia bus m at the depot, did he walk home with you?— No.You were . the last passenger he would drop? — Sometimes. "And before he left you, he would give you a kiss and a squeeze ?" Pat came .the answer, accompanied

by a smile: "Yes." . Counsel then asked Lily if Oliver's behavior on these occasions had been "the prelude to im-

proper conduct be- . . tween them. The girl admitted that they had been on one occasion. Lawyer Moody then asked some pertinent questions concerning other bus-drivers. Counsel: "What were the names of the other bus-drivers you were friendly with?" But Lily was having none of that. "I wasn't friendly with any of them," she retorted. . At this stage . the magistrate took a hand. "From what you told me, you were more thanfriendly with Oliver," said the S.M. Lawyer Moody: Do you know Fred. Wain? — Yes. . Do you know Thompson, a busdriver? — Yes. iiiiiiiiiimuiiSiHi'inuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiiii

X>id he ever make any improper suggestions to you? — Well, I would fget on ..his bus and start joking . . . and he would go too far. Counsel: "I think you carry a joke too^farl" Magistrate: "It seems to me they want' some new bus-drivers on that route!" Lawyer Moody: "Did you know a man named Hamilton, a lorry driver?" Lily admitted that she did. You know he liaß a pretty bad reputation m Papatoetoe?-r-I don't know. Who Is the employee of Fergie's farm who alleges that he is the father of the child?— l don't know.

Liked To Squeeze

"Skelton, is . It " not?"' No answer. When you were m trouble, did you speak to Oliver? — 'No.

" ' Did you speak to anyone at all?— No.'. Well, how did you sort ' this man out? — Well, I went out -with him at the time. Do you know a man named King?— Yes, but I was never out with him. At this stage Lawyer Clark com.plairied that, the cross-examination was getting a bit too intensive and asked that Lawyer Moody should allow the girl to answer one question before he plied her with another. Magistrate: "Yes, she is being hurried." ! Lawyer Moody: "Will you tell his worship how- many- -men you have misconducted yourself with since August?" Lily:, "Since last August?" iiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiMi

Lawyer Moody: Yes/— JUBt the two; Ted Oliver m November and Phil. Tucker m January. ' Oliver only "fooled around" with her on other occasions. Lawyer Moody: What 'do you mean by "fooled about?"— Well, talked about my stockings and that. My sister was there at the time. He must be a bold young man I Who did you go on the Joy-ride with? — Well, the others were introduced to us as Cecil and Bill Jonea. Counsel: "There is a man named Blake you know, is there not?" Lily admitted that she knew him as "Ginger." Counsel: He Is all right,. lsn't he? — No, he Is not. Do you know a man named Ross? — Yes. ; .' At long last Lily left the witnessbox, looking none the worse for her rigorous ordeal under cross-examina-tion. Frances Alice Slater, a sister of Lily, then took up the running. She said she had attended the Manakau, beach party. They lighted three candles when they entered the house, but when they., got settled down "we blew them out." Her sister, Lily, and White, she alleged, were m the room for about threequarters of an hour. Lawyer Moody: So far as you know your sister always behaved herself -m the presence of men?— Yes, she did. /She is flirtatious at times?— Yes. What have you seen her do? — I" cannot answer that. How many men have you seen do anything improper with your sister? — Only White. ■■■.-. Later, she alleged, m reply to questions, that she had seen Oliver and Wain "fooling" with her sister.

Lawyer Moody: Isn't It a fact that they were always "fooling:" with her ? : — Yea. And who was your male friend . . . Mr. Jackson? — I had no male friend. lam going' to put it to you that this man, White, has never been m that empty house with you and •your Bister7 — Ha has. The witness went on to Bay that her sister had told her she had never had improper relations with any other young men. ' Magistrate: "She has confided more m the court than she has m you!" In reply to the magistrate, Lily's sister said she had asked her who the father of her child was, but she had refused to tell her. She had not known of her sister's trouble until just before the child was born. She alleged that White was m the district when the child was born. Lawyer Moody: She had been making herself free wtih Oliver about August? — No, it would be before then. Counsel: "Oliver had not been on the bus much before August." To Lawyer Clark, the witness said she had not -heard of her sister going with Oliver or Wain during the time she was going with White.

His Little Joke

Lawyer Moody: "She has already admitted that she did." The magistrate said she had made such a statement, but he did not know ho,w much reliance could be placed upon it. ' . Henry Skelton told the court that he had been working on Fergie's farm when complainant came to work there. White had called on her one night m June and he saw them standing with their arms round each other — or so Skelton alleged. To Lawyer Moody, witness said that the girl had told him about her trouble. Lily's sister, said Skelton, told him that she suspected White and no one else. "> • Lawyer Moody: Oh, by the way, did you suggest marriage to this girl? — No. Did you jokingly suggest it?— Yes. "Is that your Idea of a Joke?" queried bath the B.M. and Lawyer Moody m unison. At this stage Lawyer Moody suggested that there was not sufficient evidence to put White on his defence. The magistrate decided to hold the case over for a week, and it was adjourned accordingly. fliimiuiiiiiiimimii mimimmiiiiiiiiimiimiiiimiiimmmiiimmmMimiMimimiiimiiiiiiiiiii iiiimiiiimiiimiiiini i niitii minim iiiimiiiimiimmimiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiMiH