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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

Members of the House Appropria.
tions Committee visiting the Canal
Zone declared their satisfaction with
progress made on the Panama Canal.
The Sultan of Turkey opened Par
lament with great ceremony: the
speech from the throne said that all
budget shows a deficit of $4,000, 900.
1t was reported at Washington, D..
c., that the Administration is resolved
TO prosecute every official of the Sugar
Trust guilty Of crime and to collect
from the trust every cent due from IL
to the Government.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

Prince George has resigned his
commission as Admiral of the Grecian
navy,
DR.. William Arnold Shanklin has
been installed as president Of Wes-
leyan University
Deputy Comptroller John HI. Nc
Cooey was elected Democratic leader
of Kings County, N. Y.
Senator Cullom, of Illinois, do
clared chat the negroes are RESPONSE
Bile for the solid South
Ex-Justice and Mrs. Pryor Observed
The, sixty-first anniversary of thSlr
wedding in New York City.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
The Field Of Sports.

Cleveland will train at Alexandria,
La, next year.
Barney Oldfield drove a 200-horse
power Benz mile in fifty-four Sec
onds at New Orleans.
Henry Farman broke all aeroplane
records for duration and distance, fly
ing 144 miles in little more than
four hours.
II believe this wholesale drafting
OF minor league players is ridicu-
lous,'' says Hugh Duffy, the new man
ager Of the Chicago White Sox. and
doubt if the major league clubs
profit by 1t"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Blue and white in Greek Flag.

The Greek flag is an unpretentious
piece of blazonry consisting of nine
stripes of blue and white alternately.
with white cross on blue ground
in the top left hand corner. The navy
flag has a golden crown in the CEN
tire of the cross.
Blue and white are the national
colors of Bavaria, and were adopted
Oy the Greeks as delicate compli-
ment to the Prince of Bavaria, who
accepted the throne of Greece when
that country had succeeded in wrest-
,ng her independence from the Otto
nan Empire.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
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Name to Fit the Trade.

Old newspapers give us many In
stances Of mems names fitting their
callings. Thus we have Last, shoe
maker of Exeter, and Tredaway, who
piled the same trade in Hammer
smith.
There was a Bristol schoolmaster
named Rod Dodge and Wynne, at
torneys at law Of Liverpool, must
have been the butts of their fellow
townsmen, while few could have a
more appropriate name than the
Primitive Methodist preacher River
Jordan. --London Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
THIRD AUTO VICTIM DEAD. 5
John Chadwick Received Fatal In
juries When Car Struck Tree.

Holyoke, Mass Death claimed the
third victim of the West Springfield
automobile smash when John Chad
wick. aged fifty-two, died at his home
from injuries received in the wild
ride down the Riverdale road in the
small hours of the morning in the
Perkins car.
The car struck tree and M. Otto
Dreikorn was killed outright, while
Arthur Laliberte received injuries
from which he died few days later
Mr.. Chadwick was not thought to be
as seriously injured as w. B. Reid.
who is still in critical condition at
the Springfield Hospital, but his heart
developed signs of weakness and was
not equal to the strain put upon it.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
s7o,oeS DRAW FEDERAL PAY.
An Increase of $4,000 Government
Employees in Two Years.

Washington. D. C.-The personnel
of Uncle Sans establishment is in
creasing. The grand total of all Fed
eral employees at present is approx
mately 370,065, as against sos, Al in
1907, an increase in the two years of
about $4,000 persons, or about TWEEN
ty per cent.
There were 28.947 persons in the
Federal employ in Washington on
July last, the annual pay roll for
them being $31.541,225, an average
Of nearly $1100 each Residents of
che District of Columbia are employed
TO the number of S691, with earnings
Of $7,196,324.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Designs For New Post Gard
Issue Have Been Accented.

Washington, d, C.-Designs for the
new postal cards to be issued by the
Government have been approved On
the ordinary card the head of Nc
Kinley will appear as now, and on the
small card likeness of Lincoln. The
two-cent international card will bear
O portrait of Grant.
On the first half of the reply card
will appear portrait of Washington,
while the stamp on the second half
will be a likeness of Martha Wash
ington.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Minor Mention.

Only three bidders attended the
auction sale of the Walt Whitman
home
A fast mail schedule between New
York City and Los Angeles. Cal, was
announced at Washington, D. c.
A bomb burst close to viceroy
Minto's carriage as he and the
Countess were driving in Ahmedabad,
India.
A member of the Cars suite. at
ST. Petersburg, said that General
Count Spiridovitch has no standing
in the Russian Court. although he is
y nobleman Of Lithuanian descent.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
LYMAN J. GAGE WEEDS.
Mrs. Frances Ada BaIlou Bride of Elk
Secretary of Treasury.

San Diego, Cal.-Lyman j. Gage,
ex-Secretary of the Treasury at Wash
ington, and Mrs. Frances Ada Ballou,
who is about thirty-seven years his
junior, were married at the home of
the brides parents on Coronado
Island.
Those present were the brides par
ents, Miss Helena Richards, and
Colonel Wesley Brainerd, Cages
brother-in-law. After the wedding
supper, Mr.. and Mrs. Gage left for
Denver, Chicago and Washington,
D. G..
They will make their new home on
Point Iona, where Madame Tingley
has her "theosophist homestead"
Mrs. Gage married Robert Lupton
Crane in 1902, but they were divorced
two years later, in New York City.
She became well known as member
of the sextette in "Florodora." Gage
has been married twice before.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Women In Days News.

Viola Allen. actress, is forty.
Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson denied
charges of mental malpractice.
Salina Williams, a writer known as
"Tarpley Starr, died in Winchester,
Va.
Miss Mabel Barnum has been APP
pointed assistant librarian in the Bos-
ton Athenaeum.
Mrs. Caroline Dressler, Of New
York City, dislocated her jaw twice
laughing at joke.
Mrs. Stetson vacated her former
home, adjoining the First Church Of
Christ, Scientist. New York City,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
SECRET WORKER
rhe Plan Upon Which Coffee oper-
ates.

Coffee is such secret worker that
it is not suspected as the cause Of
sickness or disease, but there is a
very sure way to find out the truth.
A lady in Memphis gives an inter-
esting experience her husband had
with coffee. 1t seems that he had
been using it for some time and was
an invalid.
The physician in charge shrewdly
suspected that coffee was the Worm
at the root of the tree" and ordered
it discontinued with instructions to
use Postum regularly i'll its place.
The wife says I'VE found that was
the true remedy for his stomach and
heart trouble. and we would have
gladly paid hundred times the
amount of the doctors charge when
we found how wise his judgment was.
1.-THE use of Postum instead of COT
fee was begun about year ago, and
it has made my husband strong.
well man. He has gained thirty SIS
pounds in that time and his stNH
and heart trouble have al
peared. 4
tThe first time prep9A <
not boil it long enough 3
there was something
Sure enough it did ID y 4 E 4
the next morning #
tions carefully, bQ S
minutes, and h9
better than any s
1--WE use p
never tire of
leaving off
:; :; !: 4 !
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
TWO LEAP TO DEATH.
Oemented Man Plunges From Win
dow--Delirious Man Evades Nurse.

Chicago, Ill.-William F. McCor-
mick, a student at Moody Bible In
stitute, jumped from third
story window while supposedly de-
mented He struck the cement side
walk and was crushed, dying at Pass
avant Hospital soon after.
James Quinby, victim of pneu-
monia, leaped from fourth story
window of the County Hospital while
delirious and broke his back. dying a
few minutes later
Mccormick had written and mailed
letter to his mother in Uniontown,
Pa. He also told his roommate. j.
l.. Osborne, that he would see him
only short time longer.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Cost of Campaign in New
York Dropped $500, 900

Albany, N. Y.-The Association to
Prevent Corrupt Practices at Elec-
tons announced that at the hour of
closing the Secretary of States office
on the last day for the filing of cleo
ton expense statements, 1868 candi-
dates, 76 county committees, 63S sub
committees, SO clubs, organizations
and leagues and two State committees
had filed statements
The amount of money expended for
the campaign of 1909 was at least
100000 less than during 1908.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
CANAL OPEN FIVE MILES.
Steamers Using 1t Daily at Panama
on West Coast.

Washington, D. Give miles of
the Panama Canal has been opened
to navigation This includes the
channel from the point in the Bay of
Panama where the water is forty-five
feet deep at mean tide to the wharves
at Balboa
Steamships plying between San
Francisco and Panama and the west
coast ports of South America and
Panama are using this part of the
canal daily.
Should the Buffalo go to Panama
for marines to be transported to Mica.
ragua this part of the canal would be
utilized AS the channel is only thir-
ty feet deep at mean tide. it will take
some time to dredge it to forty-f1ve
feet.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
RoosEvELTs HOME AGAIN.
Former "First Lady" and Daughter
Have Returned to United States.

New York City.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and her daughter, Miss
Ethel, returned from Europe on, the
steamer Koenig Albert. Mrs, R0ose-
velt's stepdaughter, Mrs, Nicholas
Longworth; Mr. and Mrs Douglas
Robinson and Collector of the Port
William Loeb, Jr., met the returning
travellers at the pier
They spent the day at the Douglas
Robinson home. and later went to the
Roosevelt residence at Oyster Bay.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

Six Chinese, hidden in a canalboat
loaded with pulp wood. were found at
Rouses Point, N. ", by immigration
and customs inspectors. All were ar
rested, together with the captain of
the boat, Otto Petersen, who is
charged with smuggling Chinese into
this country.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
DOG FIGHT EXCITEMENT KILLS.
Wealthy Farmer Dies While Trying
to Save Own Canine.

Woodstock, Va.-To the excite
ment of trying to separate fighting
dogs was attributed the sudden death
of Robert T. Painter, a wealthy farm
err living north of this city.
A strange dog entered Painters
yard and attacked his dog. Painter
went to the rescue and hardly had
reached the animals before he fell un-
conscious, dying in few minutes.
He was fifty-six years old and
leaves a widow, two sons and three
daughters.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Poor Animal.

Little boy asks the well-mean-
ing reformer, SIS that your mamma
over yonder with the beautiful set Of
furs?''
Eyes, sir" answers the bright lad.
"Well, do you know what poor
animal 1t is that has had to suffer in
order that your mamma might have
the furs with which she adorns her.
self SO proudly
Yes. sir MY papa. Chicago
Evening Post.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
KILLS TWO WHO SHOT BROTHER

Meeting Them Near Houston, Texas,
Promptly Takes Their Lives.
Houston. Texas. Paul and Lee
Durham are dead and Ed Weber was
under arrest charged with their muir
der. The killing is a sequel to the
shooting and seriously wounding of
Sam Weber, brother of Ed, by one
of the Durham brothers, it is al
legged.
Ed Weber shot and killed the Dun
hams when he met them near this
city. All are farmers.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
COURT ENJoINs STRIKERS.
Restraints Picketing and Other Activ.
tiles in Indiana DISPUTE.

Bedford, Tnd.--A temporary re-
straining order was issued by Judge
Wilson, of the Circuit Court here.
against the striking employees of the
Bedford stone mills.
The order was granted upon plea
by the operators asking for an in
junction preventing the strikers from
picketing the stone mills or railway
stations, gathering on the streets, in
timidating workmen, visiting the
stone mills or interfering with the
workmen in any way.
More than 100 defendants are
named.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
HooKwoRM IN DIVORCE CASE
Judge Grants California Wife Decree
on That Diagnosis.

San Francisco, Cal.-Judge Graham
has divorced Anita Coover from Da-
vid R. Coover. The hookworm was
the cause.
my husband was dull, stupid, lazy,
languid, SLOW" said Mrs. Coover.
HE must have been a victim of the
hookworm," said the Court
Mrs. Coover expressed some doubt
as to this diagnosis. but Judge Graham
stuck to his opinion and granted the
decree.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
GOV. HADLEY HURT HUNTING.
Hand Swollen From Fall and Blood
Poisoning Feared.

Springfield, Mo- - Governor Had
ley. who had been hunting in the Ia
ney County hunting preserve, was
forced to leave for Jefferson City on
account of a badly swollen hand.
caused by fall.
Physicians advised the Governor to
return to his home at once. as they
feared blood poisoning.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Hunted Morse with Revolver.

John M. Briggs, an independent ice
dealer, testified in New York City
that he hunted Charles w. Morse
with revolver for two weeks because
the Ice Trust persisted in spelling the
crop of rivals on the Hudson River.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

Michael Idvorsky Pupin, known as
the inventor of wireless telephony and
who. according to report. received
$500 900 for an invention which is
used in long distance telephoning,
worked his way through Columbia
College.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
NEW ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN.

w. j. Monkey, Republican, Elected to
Succeed Representative Lorimer.
Chicago, William J. Monkey, a
Republican, was elected to Congress
in the Sixth Illinois District to fill the
vacancy caused by the election OF
William Lorimer to the United States
Eenate to succeed Albert J. Hopkins
Moxley, who was supported by SEN
ator Lorimer, was opposed by Frank
s. Ryan, Democrat. and Carl l..
Barnes, independent Republican Mox.
ley received 1854 votes. Barnes
1917 and Ryan 6414.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
KILLS WOMAN BY MISTAKE.
Conductor Then Fires Again, Staying
Negro in Fight Over Transfer.

Memphis, Tenn-In dispute here
over street car transfer. Conductor
j. H, Lowry shot and killed two me-
groes.
The car was crowded with passen-
gers when Lowry drew a revolver and
shot at negro with whom he was
disputing His aim was bad and the
bullet struck negro woman, killing
her. His second shot killed the negro
man
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
KILLED FOR 80 CENTS.
Proprietress of Saloon Strangled and
Money Till Looted.

Detroit, Mich. Mrs, Bertha Story
sixty years old. was found strangled
to death in her saloon, No. 443 But
ternut street here. The till in which
she kept her money was empty and
Investigation indicates that the place
had been robbed of eighty cents.
William Walter, who works about
the place, told the police that when
he left the saloon the woman was
alive. Three hours later he returned
and found her dead on the floor.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

More indictments by the Federal
Grand Jury in the sugar cases were
declared certain, Custom House en-
ployes being hit. Collector Loeb end
ed house cleaning with total of
ninety-one men dropped.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Curtis Succeeds REYNOLDS.

James Freeman Curtis, of Boston.
was appointed Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, to succeed James B,
REYNOLDS
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

President Too BUSY" For suffragette
Mrs. Philip Snowden, wife of an
English member of Parliament, now
touring this country in the interest
of the suffragette cause, left Wash
ington, D. c., disappointed at having
failed to see President Taft. He was
busy" when she called at the White
House.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

Winthrop G. Smelling, descendant
of line of Unitarians,. announced in
New York City that he would be re-
ceived into the Jewish faith and
would marry Miss Clara Neustadter.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

A trepanning operation to relieve
pressure on the brain, from which
he had become dumb succeeded in
enabling Monroe Pritz, of ST. Louis,
Mo-, to speak after two months si-
lence.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS FATHER.
Son Firing at Bird Did Not See
Parent,

Wooster, Ohio-Donald Geisel-
man, seventeen years old, while out
hunting near Orrville shot and killed
his father, Cyrenius Geiselman, aged
ifty. The accident happened on the
Geiselman farm, near Burton City.
The old gentleman was husking
corn, standing back of shock, when
Che son fired at bird. The load
struck the father just below the right
shoulder, causing death in five min
utes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
Prosperity in ireland.

Ireland is entering on an era OF
prosperity, due to the growing thrift
of the people, according to J. S. Arm
strong, Jr., American Vice-Consul at
Cork.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30

Tables showing the football casual
ties in 1909, as compared with the
two previous years, follow:
DEATHS.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
WARMER GIVES UP oFFICE.
Commissioner of Pensions Will De.
vote His Time to Sick Son.

VOto HIS TINE 20 SICK son.
United States Pension Commissioner,
received from President Taft an &C.
ceptance of his resignation.
Mr.. Warner resigned to devote his
time to his son, who is i'll.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-11-30
THE NEED OF THRIFT.

There been pertinent potentially profitable
recently made J.. in
the increasingly high living
private
welfare.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-22
DEFENSE BEGINS
PRESENTING CASE
MADDEN'S LAWYERS WILL PRob
ABLY FINISH BY NOON
TODAY.
NO MONEY WAS PASSED
Declares Witness, Refuting States
Testimony That Madden Charged
$1,000 to Declare OFT Certain
Strike.

Chicago. May 2t.-The defense IN
the trial of Martin B Madden. presi'
dent of the Associated Building
Trades of Chicago. and his associates
f. A. Pouchet, and NJ. ]. Boyle, VINO
are charged with betraying union Ia
Dor by accepting graft money in set
Ting fake" strikes, put in the nam
part Of their case today. The ieS'l'
mouy probably will be concluded by
tomorrow noon
In building up the defense Mad
den's lawyers took these lines; Broad
ly that union labor was being pefse'
cuted by the Chicago Employers AS
sociation. and specifically that the
strikes concerning which the state IN
troduced the payment OF money testi'
mony were legitimate strikes, and
that $1,000 was not received by Mad
den, or any of his representatives, III
the settlement of the strike in the
Joseph Klioa plant,
The motion to take the case from
The jury and to force the state to IN
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-22
BODY NOT THAT
OF RICHARD H|1E
KENTUCKY FATHER BURIED
CORPSE OF STRANGER AS
THAT OF HIS SON.
MYSTERY CLEARED UP
corpse Which Passed Throuqh Cairo
Thursday Identified--DeIieved
to Be Case of Suicide
MOT Murder.

The body of the young man that
was brought through Cairo Thursday
morning by Mr.. Hite Of Heath, Ky,
from Kansas City was positive Y
identified yesterday at Heath, as tlat
of niggerson Riley, g Henderson,
Ky. W. b. Harris, manager Of me
Postal Telegraph company Mt Padu-
cah gave the cleW that led to the
Identification. Mr.. Harris said that
Riley came to PaduCah last October
and was for some time employed at
tha office. He lert there shortly
after Christmas going to Stella, NeD.
The last word his mother received
from him was to the effect that he
was going to Albuquerque, n. NJ,
and it is supposed that he went by
way of Kansas City.
The opinion of some is that Riley
was despondent and did not want his
folks tosknow where he was or what
| he contemplated doing. Chief Of Po
lice Collins of Paducah says no mur
darer would go to the trouble of re
moving the brands from the victims
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-22

licatc what particular counts Of the
Indictment would be put before the
mry were cverruled.
The most important witness of the
several who testified late in the day
was Max p. Thomas, business agent
of the architectural Iron Workers
Union
He said he was in a saloon when
George ). Andres. contractor, enter
ed. Andres yesterday sworc that he
had paid Madden $1,000 to settle
strike. The witness said Maiden and
Andres had talk about the work
having been let to non-unioH con
cern and that Madden told the con
tractor ne would have TO 90 to th'
Organization. lie was with the two
lain the time and denied having seer
'A~dres give Madden any money.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-22
CHARGE AGAINST
CASTRO DROPPED
FORMER PRESIDENT OF VENE-
zUELA HAD BEEN ACCUSED
OF CONSPIRACY KILL GOMEZ,
NEW PRESIDENT.

Caracas, Nav 21.-A decision was
rendered today by a Judge Of the
criminal court dismissing the charge
against former President castro of
completely in the plot to assassinata
Jean Vicantc Gomez last December
Gomez a. the time was acting presi-
dent of the republic. having been left
at the head of the government by
Castro when he sailei Tor Europe on
November %.
The decision was rendered on the
petition OF the attorney general who
took as the grounds for nTs plea the
recent amnesty decree Of President
Gomez. which gave freedom to all
political prisoners. Everybody under
arrest charged with completely in the
attempted assassination was liberated
at thai time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1909-05-22

clothes AMI thinks that It is case
of suicide. Frank Slaughter, an
operator. who worked with Riley at
the Postal. stated that riley carried
% calibre revolver The coroner
in Kansas City has in his possession
the revolver that was FOUND near the
body when 4 was discovered aud VIII
send it TO Paducah by express. If 1t
is the gun Riley carried. il viii be
strong evidence that It is a case of
suicide.
Richard Hite is working on farm
near Mitchell, s. D., and his brother
| Burnley Hite. who is manager Of a
| restaurant there. is i'm daily commune
cation with him. He states that
Richard was tired OF the city and
went to the country.
Mr.. Lee Hite and two friends who
met the remains in cairo declared
that the body was not thai of Rich
ard. while his father firmly believed
It was his son he was bringing home
dead Lite Hite said; "The re
semblance is so close that If neye
see Richard alive again. I will sa'
that we buried his body yesterday
= The Younger Mr. Hite admitted tha
the body was a close double. hut di
not believe that it was his brother.
! While here the young man pointe
out several differences In the Teature
and general build or the body an
: Richard Hite. Mr.. Lee Hite also sal
o "He has the same features and s
j. close was the resemblance tIiat | wa
. surprised when | viewed the bod,
n although before I was convinced tina
p father had returned with the wron
boy"