The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-04-16
Lost ai,o
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Al. following manuscript came into
~ hands about fifty years ago. My
trani, John Williams. the writer of it,
Sd, AZ uy house on Il visit. | should
q: .,r call him II friend of my father us
~ belonged to Il generation previous to
a. own. He took IL great fancy to me
SHE, | WAS n boy and often told he his
s,usy. One day, when he was in Il pecu-
kary communicative mood, | persuaded
Em 10 write it out, which he did. on con-
Sttun that it was not to be published
1Qrhg his life me. As he has been dead
saw forty years and all the members
ri lis immediate family have passed
Ew"y, there can be 10 improperly in Of
T. riuG it to the public. 1t is scarcely
~oce:,-rlry for nc to say that. after I'll
Aq "a Of fifty years. it was necessary to
wake Il copy of it. as the original ink
Eaf faded very much.
I. John Williams, had just completed
sy college career, whc. hard been nei
t'to" hotter nor worse than that of thous
xsUdS of others. A slow, ploddng mind
a ;il THAT nature hard given me within
Nri red lair, Il lrCcklrh face and Il
sathgr ungainly figure were whnt she had
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