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# Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume III/Theodoret/Letters/Letter 32

XXXII. To the Bishop Theoctistus.
If the God of all had forthwith inflicted punishment on all that err he would utterly have destroyed all men. But He spares; He is a merciful Judge; and therefore some He chastises, and to others He gives the lesson of the punishment of the chastised. An instance of this merciful dealing has been shewn in our times. Exiles from what was once known as Libya, but is now called Africa, have been brought by Him to our doors, and by shewing us their sufferings He moves us to fear, and by fear rouses us to sympathy; thus He accomplishes two ends at once, for He both benefits us by their chastisement, and to them by our means brings comfort. This comfort I now beg you to give to the very admirable and honourable Celestinianus, a man who once was an ornament of the Africans’ chief city, but now has neither city nor home, nor any of the necessaries of life. Now it is proper that those who in the jurisdiction of your holiness have been entrusted with the pastoral care of souls should bring before their fellow citizens what is for their good, for indeed they need such teaching. For this reason, as we know, the divine Apostle in his Epistle to Titus writes “Let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses,” for if our city, solitary as it is, and with only a small population, and that a poor one, succours the strangers, much rather may Berœa, which has been nurtured in true religion, be expected to do so, especially under the leadership of your holiness.

## Footnotes

* ↑ Bp. of the Syrian Berœa. He succeeded Acacius in 437. cf. Ep. 134.
* ↑ Titus iii. 14
* ↑ i.e. The Syrian Berœa, Aleppo or Haleb.
# No Name/Between the Scenes 4/IV

IV.
From Norah Vanstone to Miss Garth.
"Portland Place.
"MY DEAR MISS GARTH—Forget the letter I wrote to you yesterday, and all the gloomy forebodings that it contains. This morning's post has brought new life to me. I have just received a letter, addressed to me at your house, and forwarded here, in your absence from home yesterday, by your sister. Can you guess who the writer is?—Magdalen!
"The letter is very short; it seems to have been written in a hurry. She says she has been dreaming of me for some nights past, and the dreams have made her fear that her long silence has caused me more distress on her account than she is worth. She writes, therefore, to assure me that she is safe and well—that she hopes to see me before long—and that she has something to tell me, when we meet, which will try my sisterly love for her as nothing has tried it yet. The letter is not dated; but the postmark is 'Allonby,' which I have found, on referring to the Gazetteer, to be a little sea-side place in Cumberland. There is no hope of my being able to write back, for Magdalen expressly says that she is on the eve of departure from her present residence, and that she is not at liberty to say where she is going to next, or to leave instructions for forwarding any letters after her.
"In happier times I should have thought this letter very far from being a satisfactory one, and I should have been seriously alarmed by that allusion to a future confidence on her part which will try my love for her as nothing has tried it yet. But after all the suspense I have suffered, the happiness of seeing her handwriting again seems to fill my heart and to keep all other feelings out of it. I don't send you her letter, because I know you are coming to me soon, and I want to have the pleasure of seeing you read it.
"Ever affectionately yours,
"NORAH.
"P.S.—Mr. George Bartram called on Mrs. Tyrrel to-day. He insisted on being introduced to the children. When he was gone, Mrs. Tyrrel laughed in her good-humored way, and said that his anxiety to see the children looked, to her mind, very much like an anxiety to see me. You may imagine how my spirits are improved when I can occupy my pen in writing such nonsense as this!"
# No Name/Between the Scenes 4/IX

IX.
From Mr. de Bleriot to Mrs. Lecount.
"Private.
"Dark's Buildings, October 28th.
"DEAR MADAM—One of Mr. Loscombe's clerks has proved amenable to a small pecuniary consideration, and has mentioned a circumstance which it may be of some importance to you to know.
"Nearly a month since, accident gave the clerk in question an opportunity of looking into one of the documents on his master's table, which had attracted his attention from a slight peculiar ity in the form and color of the paper. He had only time, during Mr. Loscombe's momentary absence, to satisfy his curiosity by looking at the beginning of the document and at the end. At the beginning he saw the customary form used in making a will; at the end he discovered the signature of Mr. Noel Vanstone, with the names of two attesting witnesses, and the date (of which he is quite certain)—the thirtieth of September last.
"Before the clerk had time to make any further investigations, his master returned, sorted the papers on the table, and carefully locked up the will in the strong box devoted to the custody of Mr. Noel Vanstone's documents. It has been ascertained that, at the close of September, Mr. Loscombe was absent from the office. If he was then employed in superintending the execution of his client's will—which is quite possible—it follows clearly that he was in the secret of Mr. Vanstone's address after the removal of the 4th of September; and if you can do nothing on your side, it may be desirable to have the lawyer watched on ours. In any case, it is certainly ascertained that Mr. Noel Vanstone has made his will since his marriage. I leave you to draw your own conclusions from that fact, and remain, in the hope of hearing from you shortly,
"Your faithful servant,
"ALFRED DE BLERIOT."
# No Name/Between the Scenes 4/VII

VII.
From Mr. Pendril to Norah Vanstone.
"Serle Street, October 27th. 1847.
"MY DEAR MISS VANSTONE—A lady named Lecount (formerly attached to Mr. Noel Vanstone's service in the capacity of housekeeper) has called at my office this morning, and has asked me to furnish her with your address. I have begged her to excuse my immediate compliance with her request, and to favor me with a call to-morrow morning, when I shall be prepared to meet her with a definite answer.
"My hesitation in this matter does not proceed from any distrust of Mrs. Lecount personally, for I know nothing whatever to her prejudice. But in making her request to me, she stated that the object of the desired interview was to speak to you privately on the subject of your sister. Forgive me for acknowledging that I determined to withhold the address as soon as I heard this. You will make allowances for your old friend, and your sincere well-wisher? You will not take it amiss if I express my strong disapproval of your allowing yourself, on any pretense whatever, to be mixed up for the future with your sister's proceedings.
"I will not distress you by saying more than this. But I feel too deep an interest in your welfare, and too sincere an admiration of the patience with which you have borne all your trials, to say less.
"If I cannot prevail on you to follow my advice, you have only to say so, and Mrs. Lecount shall have your address to-morrow. In this case (which I cannot contemplate without the greatest unwillingness), let me at least recommend you to stipulate that Miss Garth shall be present at the interview. In any matter with which your sister is concerned, you may want an old friend's advice, and an old friend's protection against your own generous impulses. If I could have helped you in this way, I would; but Mrs. Lecount gave me indirectly to understand that the subject to be discussed was of too delicate a nature to permit of my presence. Whatever this objection may be really worth, it cannot apply to Miss Garth, who has brought you both up from childhood. I say, again, therefore, if you see Mrs. Lecount, see her in Miss Garth's company.
"Always most truly yours,
"WILLIAM PENDRIL."
# No Name/Between the Scenes 3/XIII

XIII.
Extract from the "East Suffolk Argus."
"ALDBOROUGH.—We notice with pleasure the arrival of visitors to this healthful and far-famed watering-place earlier in the season than usual during the present year. Esto Perpetua is all we have to say.
"VISITORS' LIST.—Arrivals since our last. North Shingles Villa—Mrs. Bygrave; Miss Bygrave."
# No Name/Between the Scenes 4/II

II.
From Norah Vanstone to Miss Garth.
"Portland Place.
"MY DEAR MISS GARTH—More sorrow, more disappointment! I have just returned from Aldborough, without making any discovery. Magdalen is still lost to us.
"I cannot attribute this new overthrow of my hopes to any want of perseverance or penetration in making the necessary inquiries. My inexperience in such matters was most kindly and unexpectedly assisted by Mr. George Bartram. By a strange coincidence, he happened to be at Aldborough, inquiring after Mr. Noel Vanstone, at the very time when I was there inquiring aft er Magdalen. He sent in his card, and knowing, when I looked at the name, that he was my cousin—if I may call him so—I thought there would be no impropriety in my seeing him and asking his advice. I abstained from entering into particulars for Magdalen's sake, and I made no allusion to that letter of Mrs. Lecount's which you answered for me. I only told him Magdalen was missing, and had been last heard of at Aldborough. The kindness which he showed in devoting himself to my assistance exceeds all description. He treated me, in my forlorn situation, with a delicacy and respect which I shall remember gratefully long after he has himself perhaps forgotten our meeting altogether. He is quite young—not more than thirty, I should think. In face and figure, he reminded me a little of the portrait of my father at Combe-Raven—I mean the portrait in the dining-room, of my father when he was a young man.
"Useless as our inquiries were, there is one result of them which has left a very strange and shocking impression on my mind.
"It appears that Mr. Noel Vanstone has lately married, under mysterious circumstances, a young lady whom he met with at Aldborough, named Bygrave. He has gone away with his wife, telling nobody but his lawyer where he has gone to. This I heard from Mr. George Bartram, who was endeavoring to trace him, for the purpose of communicating the news of his housekeeper's serious illness—the housekeeper being the same Mrs. Lecount whose letter you answered. So far, you may say, there is nothing which need particularly interest either of us. But I think you will be as much surprised as I was when I tell you that the description given by the people at Aldborough of Miss Bygrave's appearance is most startlingly and unaccountably like the description of Magdalen's appearance. This discovery, taken in connection with all the circumstances we know of, has had an effect on my mind which I cannot describe to you—which I dare not realize to myself. Pray come and see me! I have never felt so wretched about Magdalen as I feel now. Suspense must have weakened my nerves in some strange way. I feel superstitious about the slightest things. This accidental resemblance of a total stranger to Magdalen fills me every now and then with the most horrible misgivings—merely because Mr. Noel Vanstone's name happens to be mixed up with it. Once more, pray come to me; I have so much to say to you that I cannot, and dare not, say in writing.
"Gratefully and affectionately yours,
"NORAH."
# No Name/Between the Scenes 4/III

III.
From Mr. John Loscombe (Solicitor) to George Bartram, Esq.
"Lincoln's Inn, London, September 6th, 1847.
"SIR—I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note, inclosing a letter addressed to my client, Mr. Noel Vanstone, and requesting that I will forward the same to Mr. Vanstone's present address.
"Since I last had the pleasure of communicating with you on this subject, my position toward my client is entirely altered. Three days ago I received a letter from him, which stated his intention of changing his place of residence on the next day then ensuing, but which left me entirely in ignorance on the subject of the locality to which it was his intention to remove. I have not heard from him since; and, as he had previously drawn on me for a larger sum of money than usual, there would be no present necessity for his writing to me again—assuming that it is his wish to keep his place of residence concealed from every one, myself included.
"Under these circumstances, I think it right to return you your letter, with the assurance that I will let you know, if I happen to be again placed in a position to forward it to its destination.
"Your obedient servant,
"JOHN LOSCOMBE."
# No Name/Between the Scenes 4/VI

VI.
From Mr. de Bleriot to Mrs. Lecount.
"Dark's Buildings, Kingsland,
"October 25th, 1847.
"Private and Confidential.
"DEAR MADAM—I hasten to reply to your favor of Saturday's date. Circumstances have enabled me to forward your interests, by consulting a friend of mine possessing great experience in the management of private inquiries of all sorts. I have placed your case before him (without mentioning names); and I am happy to inform you that my views and his views of the proper course to take agree in every particular.
"Both myself and friend, then, are of opinion that little or nothing can be done toward tracing the parties you mention, until the place of their temporary residence after they left Aldborough has been discovered first. If this can be done, the sooner it is done the better. Judging from your letter, some weeks must have passed since the lawyer received his information that they had shifted their quarters. As they are both remarkable-looking people, the strangers who may have assisted them on their travels have probably not forgotten them yet. Nevertheless, expedition is desirable.
"The question for you to consider is, whether they may not possibly have communicated the address of which we stand in need to some other person besides the lawyer. The husband may have written to members of his family, or the wife may have written to members of her family. Both myself and friend are of opinion that the latter chance is the likelier of the two. If you have any means of access in the direction of the wife's family, we strongly recommend you to make use of them. If not, please supply us with the names of any of her near relations or intimate female friends whom you know, and we will endeavor to get access for you.
"In any case, we request you will at once favor us with the most exact personal description that can be written of both the parties. We may require your assistance, in this important particular, at five minutes' notice. Favor us, therefore, with the description by return of post. In the meantime, we will endeavor to ascertain on our side whether any information is to be privately obtained at Mr. Loscombe's office. The lawyer himself is probably altogether beyond our reach. But if any one of his clerks can be advantageously treated with on such terms as may not overtax your pecuniary resources, accept my assurance that the opportunity shall be made the most of by, dear madam, your faithful servant,
"ALFRED DE BLERIOT."
# Oakley v. Goodnow

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United States Supreme Court
118 U.S. 43
Oakley v. Goodnow
Argued: April 19, 1886. ---
C. H. Gatch, for plaintiff in error.
George Crane, for defendant in error.
WAITE, C. J.

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# Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company Haynes/Concurrence Jackson

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United States Supreme Court
338 U.S. 278
Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company Haynes
Argued: Oct. 17, 18, 1949. --- Decided: Nov 14, 1949
Mr. Justice JACKSON concurs in the result.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.

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# Oakland Tribune/1945/06/08/Cited Pilot Home From Italy Is Wed

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Perry Arthur Olsen (1924-2009) in the Oakland Tribune on June 8, 1945.
Cited Pilot Home From Italy Is Wed. Another out-of-town wedding, exciting news for their friends in the Eastbay, is the announcement of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Frances Edmund of Santa Cruz to Lieut. Perry Arthur Olsen, A.A.F., which took place Sunday, June 24, in the First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz. The ceremony followed by a day the return of the benedict from overseas, where he was a pilot on a B-17 Flying Fortress, attached to the 15th Army Air Forces based in Italy. Lieutenant Olsen was awarded the Presidential Citation, Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, has been recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross and completed 57 combat missions. Assigned to inactive duty, but subject to call if needed, the officer will now resume his duties at the University of California School of Medicine. His bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Edmund of Santa Cruz and is a twin of Miss Mary Edmund, U.C. student, who was her maid of honor. Miss Joan Bailey and Miss Muriel Tweedie, former classmates, were bridesmaids with Gloria and Marilyn Graham of Oakland, nieces of the benedict in the role of flower maidens. Robert Scott Chalfant was best man and the ushers, William Edmund, John Beal and Donald F. Graham, brother-in-law of the bridegroom. Several hundred friends of the couple attended the reception at the home of the bride's parents at Pasatiempo Country Club overlooking Monterey Bay. Lieutenant Olsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Olsen of Sunnyhills Road, Oakland, is a brother of Mrs. Donald F. Graham and of Mrs. Wallace M. Higginbotham of Oakland. His bride is a Chi Omega at the University of California. She has a brother, John, in the U.S. Navy.
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# Oakland Tribune/1944/Donald M'Clure Wins Advance

Perry Arthur Olsen (1924-2009) in the Oakland Tribune on March 17, 1944.
Donald M'Clure Wins Advance. Donald McClure, former chief trial deputy district attorney in Oakland, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel, according to the Army Air Base, Salt Lake City. McClure, who is a veteran of World War I, was commissioned a captain in January 21, 1941. He already has seen service in India, Burma and China. He was wounded in the last war, receiving the Purple Heart. He also wears the Silver Star and Croix de Guerre from War I. He is now special service officer at the Salt Lake Army Air Base. He is a graduate of the University of California and Hastings Law School. A son, Stuart, is a first lieutenant with the infantry in Italy. Another son and his wife are with him in Salt Lake. Perry A. Olsen, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry M. Olsen, 1211 Sunnyhills Road, has received his commission as a second lieutenant in the AAF at Douglas, Arizona, and is now home on leave. He is a graduate of Oakland High School, where he was class president. He was in his sophomore year at University of California, studying medicine, when he entered service. Another local man to be awarded his commission as second lieutenant in the AAF is Robert K. Mortensen of Mr. and Mrs. Mortensen, 1034 East Twenty-eighth Street. He has just completed his training at Davis-Monthan Field, Tuscon, Arizona. He is married. From Roswell Army Air Field, Roswell, New Mexico, comes word that Ralph Schillinger, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schillinger, 2507 Myrtle Street, has been commissioned a second lieutenant. Another Oaklander made a second lieutenant in the AAF is Eugene W. Tessien, son of H. A. Tessien, 3565 Jordan Road. He is a graduate of San Francisco Junior College. He graduated at Carlsbad Army Air Field.
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