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Mary Thatcher

Mary Thatcher died at her home on
North Mulberry street Monday after
noon at about one o'clock after a lin
gering illness caused by stroke of
appoplexy. She was a widow, eighty
two years of age and Is survived by
two brothers and two sisters.
The funeral at the house Wednes-
day afternoon at two o'clock. Inter-
ment at Union Chapel cemetery.
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the exercises.
Mr.. Marion Wait of Columbus visit
ed his mother the past week.
Mrs. Anna Trowbridge visited
friends in Chesterville last week.
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Slater visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kerr in Mt.
Vernon last week.
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that full measure of success will
come to him now that he Is engaged
in business for himself. The estab-
lishment will continue to be known
under the familiar name of the Quaid
store.
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Auten at Eagle Grove; Nettie Gross
man at Arnold; Lucy Seyser at Pleas
ant Hill; Pearl Adams at Oak Grove;
Anna Haire at North Liberty; and
William Beam in the high school;
Miss Rinehart at Morgan; Edna Dan
iels at Burgess.
Prof, r.. A, Knox gave the address
to the graduating class at Bateman-
town last Thursday evening which is
reported as being exceptionally fine
Nine graduates completed the course
of study there and large crowd was
out to the exercises. A festival was
held afterwards that was big sue
cess
MIR. and Mrs. John Herrmgton are
rejoicing over the arrival of son on
| Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Riley Levering were
In Mt. Vernon doing their buying on
Saturday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Hathaway
were in Waterford last Sunday
The Berlin township commence
ment held in the Brethren church at
Ankenytown last Saturday evening
was one of the most successful ever
held Rev. Thos. Hambly of this
place gave the address of the evening,
Miss Goldo Kinkle and the other
teachers are to be congratulated on
the good showing made by the schools.
An Ice cream festival was held after
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Mrs. Jennie Magaw of Granville, is
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Jane
Coulter.
Miss Susie Blue of Chesterville is
visiting her many friends and rela-
tives here this week.
Mr.. Ira Ewart is entertaining mis-
brother, Oliver Ewart, of New York
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Meyers of Mt.
Vernon are guests of DR.. and Mrs. w.
e. Shrontz.
Charley Shrontz has returned from
Toledo where he has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. Bernard Horn.
The Patterson commencement was
held in the hall Saturday evening and
was success in every way.
Mrs. Selora Wise of Columbus is
the guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. Hess.
Miss Nettie Hancock had her shoul-
der dislocated Friday by being thrown
from horse.
DR.. and Mrs. N. s. Toland have re-
turned from a two weeks's visit in
Xenia and Manchester.
Mr.. VIM. Miller and Miss Anna Pen
ick were married last Wednesday
Their many friends wish them happi-
ness and success.
Miss Mary Noffsinger Of Wester-
vile is visiting relatives and friends.
Rev. o. B. Newcomb and family and
Miss May Bebout have gone to Woos-
ter for the summer term of school.
Harry Hunt, Gladys Greff, Walter
Fawcett, Faye Larason, Ross Black
burn and Grace Hayes attended the
Children's Day program at the Union
Grove Sunday evening.
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FRANK o. LEVERING

ATTOHNEY AT LAW
All business of legal nature given
prompt attention and especially to
practice in the Probate Court. Office,
No. 9 East High street, Mt. Vernon, o.
New Phone, Office 1O4; Residence, 354
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BRILLIANT PARADE
At ATLANTIC CITY
All But Members of Comet
PartieS" Seen on
Boardwalk.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J, May 10
Bright morning sunshine tempted
maids and matrOns out for early
strOllS on the Boardwalk in fear OF
following showers similar 10 those
that have marred the noon fashion
parade for several Sundays
Sharp ocean breezes made light
wraps comfortable and the previous
dckIeness Of the weather induced the
more careful to carry rain coats and
umbrellas.
cottage hunting was developed as
one Of the recognized pastimes of the
day and scores Of family heads made
trips through the Chelsea and Ventnor
districts in search Of summer homes.
Comet parties" were started In a
score Of Boardwalk cafes and reveIeTs
who stayed up with the svowed OBJ
Ject or getting a peep at the celestial
stranger, expressed no little chagrsn
when light clouds obscured the east
when the comet was supposed TO an
pear
The first shark story Of the season
arrived this morning when Thomas
Bowen, a fisherman. returned with a
tale Of having caught a 15-fOOt shark
or the coast
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BAPTIST DELEGATES
IN LOCAL CHURCHES
Members of Convention in
Baltimore Participate in
Washington Services.

Many ministers attending the South
ern Baptist Convention, now ia session
in Baltimore, occupied pulpits in Wash
ington Baptist churches this morning
and VII participate in the services this
afternoon and tonight
AT the IL O'Clock services this morning
in the Second Baptist Church, Fourth
street and Virginia avenue southeast
the sermon was by the Rev DR.. N ?.
Hunt, Of Louisville, ky He win speak
tonight a. O'Clock
Among the out-of-tOWn Baptist minis
tiers who are participating IN worship
at Washington churches today are
The Rev. L z. Barton, Of Mississippi.
and the Rev Dr. J. @ Cambria OF
Texas. al the Temple Baptist Church,
Tenth and - streets the Rev. J. T
Johnson. Of Virginia. at the First Bap-
list Church. the Rev W c Tyree. OF
North Carolina. and the Rev j. A.
Johnston. OF Louisiana. at Bethany
Church, the Rev DIT. w r Marlborough.
Of Alabama and the Rev. Dr. c. A LOT
ton. o. Nashville. Tenn. at the Metro
DCiitdn Baptist Church. the Rev c. r.
Stealey. OF Oklahoma. and the Rev C.
G. Coleman, OF Texas. at the West
Washington Baptist Church, DT. J. b.
GamhTsll. or Texas. Al the Fifth Baptist
Church
The Rev W. +. Dorset, pastor Of one
OF the leading churches Of Richmond.
Va preached this mornings sermon at
the new Emmanuel BAPTIST Church. Six
tenth street and Columbia road.
A majority OF the visiting ministers
VIII return tonight 10 Baltimore 10 par
ticipate in the deliberations Of the con
VenuOn- Others will leave Washington
tomorrow morning
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EXHIBIT d
& E-r-l.ss---.--f-.sa---
CHAPTER ".
Raising the Wind.

/ Nov all this. as you may imagine,
had taken some time, including
/ my trip 20 the pawTshOp and q IabOTi-
/ Gus decIpheriuE OF the letters and mem
/ lar, was written In a hand so c-ab5ed
and unusually minute that 7 readily
urfc erstooc why q man with weak eyes
/ FFeuId hesitate long ere endeavOrinE 70
! read IL
And the scrawI from Faraday's father
Z vas so faded and blurred as 10 be al
Indeed, To- our surprise. FOR the IN
common interest Of The matter had kent
our minds rom other idierations.
/ the dusk was falling when I finished and
I faraday and sat staring az each other,
Dlinolg ulyStihed-
TIE electric lights had been turned on
/ in -he restaurant, flooding IL with a
yellow glare, and the walters were bus
Z ting zuOut, changing table cloths and
Inaslos All ready for the rush ~ the
I evening trade
And that had already begun to make
| its appearance One or two parties had
lOitered IL and possessed themselves Of
their TaTor1te tables ard several solitary
diIteTs were p+tleIlLiy reading the even
! ing papers while the- awaited tho serv-
d'hOte.
one man IN particular had seated him
self at the table next US 50 absorbed
/ had I been that 7 had not noticed his
arrival but Faraday later told me that
! he had been there Tor some time
He was q slight salloW fellow He
braic Of type As IL happened. recog-
niZed him as the most unscrr7puIous re-
porter for an excessively saffron paue-.
HIS name vas Deal-or so he claimed
and his reputation most unEzVory.
7 first noticed him as 7 locked NJ from
my reading He then had buried his
face IN the paper over which he was
poring intently, and I thought nothing
OF him
Faraday seemed TO have relaxed the
tensity Of emotion which had primarily
stirred him, and now sat looking at me
with the trace OF UuIZZical smile
trembling in the corners OF his mouth
What do YOU make OF that sir71 he
asked ne al length.
''Darned If I make anything Of IT, - said
Besides you know the most about
the business"
II dol ought to-but I'm almost as
much in the dark as are YOU. he re-
Piled gazing COutemplatiVely out OF an
open window at our side.
of course he continued the story
that IL tells Is straight enough so far
IS II goes But Il doesn't 90 far enough
20 nv taste II seems that my father
murdered, and that the money has dis
appeared Weif2''
well, vvhat2-' said I, seeing that he
seemed 10 await an answer from me-
What would you do24
I'D get back 20 Culpepper. AIissis-
investigate this interesting natural phe-
nomenon-whatever Il may be-in the
DeIapierre house-and find out what il
means. Maybe there's money in It
Maybe DT- SPotsvyood : rlgat-
Secret compartment -- E1raday
unused
Yes" said I suEgestivels- Hidden
treasure do YOU think
Who knows
Farsday began to hammer out 1T
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SHERIDAN COMEDY
ABLY PRESENTED
The School for Scandal
Marks Close of New
Theater Engagement.
CCOntinued from Page Seventeen,

ers OF the New Theater company at the
Belasco Theater at yesterdays matinee
performance.
The fourth production of the engage
nent was perhaps the most satisfactory
OF all. IN depth. indignity of lines.
the play itself is Of superior rank, be
sides lacking nothing in delicious com
edy touches and refreshing views Of
life ArtisticaIly, The performance was
a triumph, not only because Of the
smooth and finished interpretations Of
an unusually capable cast but from the
exquisite manner in which it was
staged.
Elizabethan methods Of stage settings
were followed yesterday TO the extent
of using no drop curtain and a practi-
cally continuous performance one scene
merging into another. This plan was
modified TO the extent Of a sliding cur
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tain al the back CENTER where, sun in
the greatest simplicity. such cha1iee,7
were made as 10 indicate plainly enough
What was the location Of the actloii-
The entire stage was draped IN iiel
TAPESTRIES Of the period
Miss Edith Wynne MatthiSon- as EsL
rY7i0ue- preserved the dignity and hooE
I'm ~ her sister Beatrice, yet az IN
same time portrayed in the character =
7 sontes- queen q warmer nature VIII
&c and, ease she read the Hshtr ilnes-
VhfIe il her defense Of herself before
The King no more convincing demon
sfraffon OF her inherent power As al
eI0cutfOnist could be imagined
Rose CoghlaI. appeared in the some
that uncomprlmising parsonage OF
Paufiua- - Fs-dita. Miss Lean b1tS-
fr,sr,-TTunfs r was even more CHARMING
a-d attractive TO the eye than "a Don
Henry. K0Iker gave q studied lnteI ~ =
-sTiou of I.eon5es, King OF Stella. Whlle
charles RaIsar appeared as PoilHenes-
Henry stanford was a most ardent lover
PerbaDs never was Shakespeare IN
e~--7aTa5 droUery and low comedy oettsT
evsrnnIf7ed than il the work OF Amer {
T{r11nine. as The knavish Autoiycus, aI lo
Ferdinand GottschaIk- as the iouOiSh
shepherd's SON
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JAMESTOWN FAIR
MAY PAY IN FULL
Special Masters Report
Shows Assets Nearly
Equal Liabilities.

NORFOLK, Va, Nay I5.-The report
Of special master J. ". WILCOX, in the
jamestown Exposition case. fled in the
United States court here, shows q total
Indebtedness Of Sl,7S0. 353 IS, which in
cludes the exposition's Indebtedness to
the Government OF nearly 10000, with
apparent assets OF s1,SS2, 1927.
The valuation Of the exposition land
and buildings IS placed by the special
master at SI,000,0 GO. OF $50 per acre,
this being included IN the stated assets
II is estimated that, under proceed
ings which have been started IN Federal
Judge WaddiIs court for the recovery
Of more than 5000 IN delinquent stock
subscriptions. and upon other assets.
the exposition company. II the land n
self brings as much as 10000, VIII be
able TO pay out dollar for dollar upon
its obligations, except as 70 the indebt-
.edness to the Government.
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.fHIhOy of
"THE BLACK B COX"
" THE BRASS BOWL"

tie. tune with his fingers on the table
habit Of his when perplexed, I after
ward learned
Read that last again. win your he
asked
7 complied, instinctiveiy Iowerlrta my
voice. the better not to be Overheard.
had fancied that Deal, whom i now
recognized, was pricking I'D his ears
and taking an interest in the cOnversa-
ton
Regular story book directions" com
mented Faraday. Did You ever read
The Cold Bug'-Poe, you know"
Yes, said I, grinnfng. and Treasure
And romance. Mr.. Faradsy. Here
you've al the ingredients for a treas
ure hunting story Of the most approved
type. Murder and ghosts and secret
compartments, with a beautiful girl
and
THERE" He stopped me with a.
laugh. ] noticed that his eyes were
shining softly she is beautiful" he
added after a pause
'.Thgn," ] said. my advice to v0t1-
Mr. F'araday. is to get hack to CtsIDeD-
per and 70 ner without delay The man
who has a good woman's love is rich
very rich Co back % her, man. and
run away with her If Necessary
Thank YOU, sir-I think I viii"
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FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR PROF. GARRIOTT
Rites for FOreCaSteT Of
Weather Bureau Attended
by Associates.

In the presence Of the immediate fam
fly. many personal friends and his asso-
ciates. funeral services were held this
afternoon at o'clock for Edward Ben
nett CARROT, supervising forecaster for
the United States Weather bureau. who
died suddenly Friday night Of heart dis
ease
The Rev John Van ScbaicE. IT.. Off
ciated at the services in the Church OF
Our Father and at the ceremonies at
the grave in GIenwood Cemetery. where
burial followed The paubearerS were
Frank Gillian. +. 7. Moore. James Ber-
~. r r. Williams. A. J. Henry, and Il.
G Frankeudeld-
A. a special meeting yesterday. Prof
CARROTS associates at the Weather Blu
reau.- adopted these resolutions
Whereas II has pleased ar almighty
and inscrutaDIe Providence to remove
Prof Edward Lennett Garrett from the
activities Of a lonS and useful career;
and
states VVeasfIt- Bureau has suffered the
los of an Official known and honored
FOR his scholarly and scientific attain
Ivy bercas. its members have met with
an equal loss in the passing OF one who
had a heartfelt interest IN and friend
ship for each, from the highest = the
lowest. BE- Il
Resolved, That we. the members Of
tie United states Weather Bureau. do
hereby eNtol the high qualities OF our
late associate as q Government official,
q genial gentleman and q faithful and
lOy1l friend. IS wei as express a sense
OF the deea loss that is felt because OF
his death. not only at the centraloffice.
but throughout the entire service and
be II further
Resolved That a COPY Of these reso-
buttons be furnished to the bereaved
vile and daughter Of our late associate
and friend with expressions Of our
sympathy and coincidence IN this the
hour OF their s0rrox."
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synopsis Of Chapter Already Published

A young new spaPer reporter loses his
position oecauss- NJ a reduction ~ the
stan Of the Ds pCE and after vaiRly tryiTlg
to exc -0IIt ar existence by f'free Iancing
finds that he Is absolutely BROKE"
Hungry and penHiless. he enters q res
tauranr or Sixth avenue, New York. ana
decides 10 order a full course dinner
even i he IS sent TO jail afterwards FOR
inability 20 pay for H. he meets man
named EaradaT, who is nearly blind
Inc stranger asks the reporter 20 90 MN
a favor The reporter acquiesces on me
condition that the stranger pay for his
dinner He re0Iies that he has not q
cent himself. put gives the reporter a
valuable wstcn belonging TO his mother
20 pawn Whtu the reporter returns
Faraday tells him that he has left his
home. in Culpepper. Miss, because ms
guardian. named SpotswOod. objected 70
the attention he paid his daughter
Esther. He has in his pocket two letters
He asks the reporter to read them Tor
him. one OF them is from Esther tell
iuc Of her father Illness and o. ms
strange jabber about fortune belonging
10 Fsraday- She asks him 10 return I'M
rue1fafeIv-
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tuning and electrical and other spec
tacular effects have been carefully ar
RANGED
The first scene shows a beautiful lawn
1eIe which tire Princess May has given
on her estate at Nisteria Garden, at
BilIio1aire Beach
a number Of sDeCialt5es are intro
duced- including The F'ollfes Of the
Planets dances BY The sun -
Moon ana The GIitterinE star
Spanish dances, national songs and
dances the Shadow Dance by twenty
four misses, and q sketch entitled Too
dlesr' by the tiniest tots on the Wash
iuEJOn stage
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PROGRAM PREPARED
BY MOTET CHOIR
Concert VIII Be Given at Church
Of the Covenant This
Eveufr0
Evening.

The Motel Choir. directed BY Otto T.
Simon. viii give TIE following musical
program at the Church Of the Covenant
this evening, beginning at 30 O'Clock:
hoteIS-fa) AdOramiSte7' -Palestrina
o. f'Jesudulcis Horica
tcl Presentation Of Christ
IN the Temple" ----.-. Eccsrd.
Legend Christ When a Child,"s
TschaikOeVsEy
There Shall a Star come Forth
tfTom ChriStIIS) ---------.-. MendelSsOhn.
(a) He Sent a Thick Darkness
tb) i've Gave Them Iailstones.'
(from Israel IN Egypt .MandeI
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LOSS IN CLEARINGS
OF S527, 100000

Clearing house exchanges IN the
United States during the past week fell
$537, c00, eco below last week, tins decrease
equaling Is per cent Compared with
last year, there was a decrease Of al
most . per cent Among the important
cities decreases compared with 1873 were
shown at New York. Boston, and Balti-
more, and increases at Philadelphia
Chicago. St Louis, and New Orleans
From the returns Of the Financial
Chronicle may be compared the follow
ing statement Of the clearing house ex-
changes at the Country's trade centers:
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TOTS TO BE SEEN
IN NEW OPERETTA
Rebearsals Near Completion for
Miss Cora Shreve's Spring
Carnival.

The pupils Of Miss Cora & SnreFe
have partially completed reheaTsa-ls IoI
ssThe FoIlies Of the Planets or the Glt-
tering star" an operetta, which VIII De
rendered at Chase's Theater on the
evenings Of May 3. a, 3 and 26-
This production promises to exceed
any heretofore given by these juvenile
rrarforuers. To-, stage settings, cos
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Copyright
Frank A. Munsey
Company.
-- By -
Louis Joseph Vance

three; a certificate or his birth signed
Dy Henry SpOtSWOou, NJ. d, tEXnlDlL
-, yellow and faded newspaper
clipping and a sheet Of heavy fOolscap
scrawIed over with staggering charaC-
Ierss and a great, sinister blotch OF
cried blood in the middle OF IL
EXHIBIT &C
'tCipping from a New Orleans paper
dated January %. 1ss2).
"A tragedy surrounded BY peculiar
mystery is -epOrted this week rom Cul-
pepper, small town on the Louisville
and Nashville, between Mississippi City
and Pass Christian.
Some few years ago DR.. T. n Fara-
oays or Atlanta, Ca removed with his
two his wife died in childbirth. since
winch time Dr. Earaday has lived IN
the utmost retirement Last Monday,
however, his friend, DIT. Henry Spots
wood OF Culpepperr received a wild. in
coherent note OF appeal, signed By DR..
Fdrad3y and requesting him TO attend
him at once, hiuting that a peculiar dan
ger threatened him
'Dr- Spotswood, accompanied by a
friend, went Immediately although It
was midnight when the nO-e was re-
eeiEsd By The hand Of a nero boy 9
The two men found DR.. Earaday sit
ting at MS library table ia an attitude
Of deep study with a pen still clutched
in his iifeless fingers, His throat had
been cut from ear 70 ear. BIS negro
servant was found IN an Clubhouse on
the estate literally torn TO pieces.
he author Of these atrocities is still
at large Detectives are working on the
case. but have no clue as yet Il is sus-
pected that the crimes may be the work
Of some maniac suspicion which is
borne out by the singular ferOcity dis
played by the murderer.
EXHIBIT D.
SuperscriBtion.j
To be filed with other papers relative
to my fortune and placed in the hands
Of my friend Henry Spotswood, NJ D.
IN rust FOR my son, Thomas Faraday.
20 be given TO him upon his reaching
his majority. or 70 be returned 70 me
at such time as I may feel safe in re
tanning possession Of these memoranda.
IT y. T.
Body or memof.
Directions FOR obtaining access 10
secret compartment as indicated in my
last win and testament
Right from upper tendril three inches
from left corner 10 base OF third tendriI
Thence two down. one 90 right al angle
OF forty five degrees, where pres gent
. IS. Keep 20 one side
T. y. F."
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most part Faraday was pleased
to call them the exhibits in the case
and have a657yted that name
EXHIBIT a"
Henry Spotswood. NJ D.. to Thomas
Farada :, ESQ
"CulDeDDer. Miss. August 4.
Ny dear Tom:
Doubtless a communication from me
viii come as a surprise to you, consider
Ing how strained have been our rels-
lions recently. Doubtless also a request
that you return at once to Culpepper
yin come as a greater surprise Never
fheness must I make il. and 7 Go not
think VOC viii refuse me or delay
7 grow old. my dear Tom I can but
feel that my days are numbered: how
many or how few they viii be-who can
teu2 But one can safely surmise that
they viii De rather few than great IN
number And I. Of an men. an the sole
one who holds the secret which vital Y
concerns yoU-the secret-of your par
entaee.
IN 10 this time have DvrpOseiy
kent you in ignorance Of these matters.
deeminE that il would be time enough
20 enughten yOu concerning them when
you had come 10 mans estate
THAT time h6s come all too soon, 1
fear5 and these lips Of mine, this hand
that writes. VIII all too soon be still 20
warrant a continued silence on rs part
I know not, indeed, that I sh51 have
strength sufficient TO finish the letter;
yet viii 7 make the attempt, and should
I fail. I trust that the inclOsed docu-
mentS viii carry out the tale 20 the end
Briefly, although hitherto you have
be1IVed yourself a founding, q home
less Outcast upon society, befrlended by
me through pure beneVOicnCe. the truth
is that you are Of good family, were
born IN lawful wedlock- Your birth Ger
tifcate Is iuclOsed.
Your father ] know quite well He
was OF the FarsdaEs OF Georgia fam
lis Of quality in its day, but now, 10 the
best Of nv knowledge, extinct save for
you he vas a Neutrality-suspicious. edu-
Gated at the same institution as was l.
thus we became friends
He established a practice and pros
peared In Atlanta, upon leaving coileSe'
and SHORTLY found himself IN poslton
TO marry. Your TnOther-NnC nom 1 knew
Int sIightIy-wds most estuuaole lGdys
sweet tender- fragile loving her nus
hand with a. intensity Of SmectioIi
which could have been equaled only "
his regard for her -
'syYFv. ne never informed ne but IN