Mr, Nicoll showed Mra, Gould a. paper pitich she admitted was in her handwelt- Ing. twas addressed to Malloy, the Superintendent at. Castlé Gould, and w: dated Nov. & It read: ixindly deliver to the house to-night twelve | small Prollers, two soup fowls, atx pheas- | ants, six dozen fresh-laid eggs, salad. ver- etadles, fruit, twelve dozen oysters, and ‘six dozen- soft-stiell clams. Iam having some visitors for dinner, and I want purely a Castle, Gould grown dinner. Also. send twelyo’ pounds of fresh. butter, six pounds salt butter, six quarts of cream, and twelve quarts of milk. Al have Willy (the coach- man) meat the at Port Washington fwith the four-tn-Nund Grakenot the couch, Kindly have the gates opened and the men in their livery and as smart as you can have them. Mrs, Gould caused a laugh when she said this feast never came off, The rea- son why did not transpire. Mr. Nicoll then took up a lot of bills for goods delivered to Mrs. Gould on her husband's credit, soon after their separa- tion. ‘The first was Tiffany's account for $57,000. _It covered a period of July, Au- gust, and September, 1906. Q.—Look at this bill and see whether it is correct. A.—I do not recollect the items. tins ae a rorernber Hate 40, at ine drop ‘diamond pendant, Aug. 500? “Ax cannot cay whether that te the one purchased for me or the other lady. This answer was stricken out at the request of Mr. Nicoll. Q.—Do vou, recallthis item: Diamond chain, $22,000? A.—I bought a diamond shal: Or this: A diamond diadem, $12,400? A.—I do not. Q.—Or @ rope of pearls, §2,7007 That is the one you have on. Mrs. Gould remained silent, She could not identify an item of $6,000 for a sapphire ring, Didn’t Ask Cost of Jewelry. Mr. Nicoll was fast getting impatient. He asked the witness in an incredulous tone: “Do you mean to say you bought jewelry without asking the prices?" “Yes,” replied Mrs. Gould. Q.—During the same period ala you bu: from Kkitkpatrick a. diemond-mounted Pocketbook for $4,000? A.—I don’t recall. Q.—Did you asit the prices of any of the articles? A.—I might have, I don’t recall, “I picked out an article and’ ordered it to bo sent over. I always had a charge account there. 1a vou treat Wanamaker's with thesame Hberality as Tiffany's with regard to prices? Did you ever ask the prices? A.— I might hare. Q.—Here is a bill contracted at Wana- maker's for $11,970, between Sept. 24, 1906, and May, 1907, and this despite you were receiving an allowance of $5,000 a month. In September you bought fourteen hats at ‘Wanamaker’s, A.—I don’t know; the bill Means nothing to me, I can’t say whether © I did or not. . ' A Dili for $1,528 comtracted at _Vantine's for tapestries Supplied between December, 1906, and April, 7, Was *shown the wit- ness, but she conld recall nothing con- cerning it. Another gown bill was that of: Mme. Turn, which amounted to $5,807, and was for tatlor-made suits supplied during 1907. Mrs. Gould admitted buying “some things” there. Q.—Wouldn’t you know within ten or fifteen of the number of dresses you bought in a year? A.—Not now. Q.—Were you making these purchases of gowns at the same time as you were at Osborn'’s? You remember, their bill is for over $20,000 for gowns? Mrs. Gould. could not remember, $20,000 for Gowns in a Year. A bill for $484 for shoes bought at’ Slater’s in 1907 met with a similar fate— Mrs. Gould could remember no details. , Besides the Turn bill of $5,800, Mme. | Osborn’s bill of $20,570 next received at-, tention. It covered a.period from Oct,.3, 908, to Jan. 20, 1907, and contained such | items as fifty-four gowns, ten coats, and eighteen hats, Q.—Could you tell within $10,000 what you purchased at Osborn’s? A.—It would be imnnrathle_In Vantine’s bill were these items: Five ivory handled umbrellas and sets of domi- noes. Mrs. Gould said these were for Christmas presents to the servants. A blil for $1,337 at Arnold Constable’s, Mrs. Gould said, was for carpets, but she de- nied they were for Blue Gap Farm. Next in order came Cartier’s of Paris jewelry bill. This was for 109,280f. Mrs. Gould explained that this was the cost of having her jewelry reset. Then bills from Marcus, for jewelry, for $5,496; Gus- tave Beer of Paris 14,440f. for robes, and others with foreign names which Mr. Nicoll_tried his best to pronounce, while Mrs. Gould laughed at his efforts.