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western Newspaper Union NeWs sefstcs.
Washington. OF the most
elaring Instances OF maladministration
revealed in all the history Of Ameri-
can railroading." IL the Interstate Com
merce Commissions characterization
Of ita findings In the investigation OF
New Haven railroad financial affairs.
reported to the Senate.
"A reasonable estimate Of the loss
to the New Haven by reason Of waste
and Encouragement" says the re-
port. will amount to between $780,
Ooo. 200 and S9o.000,O 900. Directors
should be made individually liable to
civil and criminal laws for the man.
ner in which they discharge their
trust"
In a report Of $4,000 words. prob
ably the most drastic In terms Of any
ever made by the commission, the
New Haven's directors are pronounced
"criminally negligent
Evidence pointing to violation OF
Law has been transmitted to district
attorneys in Massachusetts,. Rhode
Island and New York, and the federal
department OF Justice.
All the commissions structures were
on the management Of the New Haven
system under former President Mel
len.
In justice to the present manage
ment, the commission says. 1t is but
fair to say that Chairman Howard
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WE'LL FLoWiNo - oARagle
DAILY cArcNgs Fsaa.
Gxpsrss oesisrs 0eosQve pre6ese
Hleh orsds and New pleld In.
psetsd - - oWe - oese

wssssra Newspaper Union News Service
Debecue, Colo.-The town Of Do
beoue, Colo, 10 filled with excitement
over the striking Of oil In . well Z
mile west Of town. which has . flow
OF 500 barrels . day. Oil experts say
the grade 10 high and the DebeQue
field u expected to become one OF the
most important in the co.ntry.
The oil shot sixty feet into the air
when Il was first struck. and on CON-
ing in contact with . red.hot drilling
bit 1t the surface al the well ex.
ploded. causing q fire which destroyed
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Washington.-The Brazilian minis.
ter to Mexico. who Ia caring for the
interests of the United States In that
country. Monday telegraphed the
state department that the resignation
of General Huerta In favor of Francis.
CO Carbajal. the newly-appointed min
lister Of foreign affairs. was expected
Tuesday or Wednesday.
While the Washington government
will not recognize CarbaJal. Minister
Suarex learned that the American gov.
eminent was not disinclined to treat
informally with the new administrar
ton until a transfer Of power to the
constitutionalists could be effected.
General Carranza himself notified
the United States. through John n.
Silliman. formerly American consul at
saltillo and now personal representa-.
tive OF President Wilson there. that
under no circumstances would he sane.
ton conferences with representatives
Of General Huerta to draft terms OF
peace.
Carranxa assured the American rep
resentative that the constitutionalist
forces soon would enter Mexico City
and maintain order there.
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Body Of Girl Founs In River.

F1orence.-The half-nude body OF
Marie Staneher, nine. who disappeared
from Der home at Rainbow Park. one
mile east Of Florence. Friday evening.
June &c. was taken from the Arkansas
river about half mile from the place
where her footprints and those Of q
man disappeared at the rivers edge.
An autopsy performed upon the body
by Coroner Davis and DIR. Hutton.
mayor OF Florence. disclosed. accord.
ing to the authorities. that the child
had been assaulted and murdered be-
fore her body was cast into the
stream. In connection with the child's
disappearance, NJ. Dibollo, a Sicilian.
II now held In jail at Canon City ON q
murder charge.
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The Marietta. Columbus q Cieve-
land railroad was placed In the hands
OF Daniel d. Torpy as receiver.
Mrs. Emma Hutton and Miss Lille
Byers were held 10 the grand Jury
without bail at Dixon, ILL.,, on charge
OF having shot and killed their brother.
Emmanuel Byers.
Six persons returning from a sun
day school picnic were killed ut Roch.
ester. ". ". when their blackboard
wagon on which they were riding was
hit by freight train.
Agents Of the Department Of Justice
a Atlanta. Ca. announced that no evil
dence thus TAR presented by MIS-. Jonn
w. helms, bearing on the disappear
ance OF her danshters. mrs. Eloas
Nelms Dennis ana MISS bsatrics
NelmS Justified government action.
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At the closing session OF the twenty
fourth congress OF the American
whist League. the Manhattan trophy
was won by Mrs. A. J. Walker and H
L. Kent Of Chicago.
At Johannisthal, Germany, Reinhold
Boehm = German aviator. using the
same biplane as was employed By
I.andmsnn in making his nonstop
flight Of n hours ~ minutes on June
IS. made . new duration record OF 70
hours IL minutes.
Benny Chavez, the popular little
feetherweight who Is matched to meet
Gene belmont at the c. A. c. at Den.
yer for fifteen rounds the night OF
July 81. arrived In Denver from Albu.
Querque. N. NJ. and started training
at the Broadway gym.
Carlton Y. Smith Of Atlanta. South.
ern champion. defeated Paul Tanning
Of Denver. Colo, In straight sets, 6-l.
81. e., In the Tennessee state tennis
championship at Knoxville. It was his
third successive victory and gave him
possession OF the trophy.
An American. Walter L. Brock. cap
tured first honors In the aeroplane
race from Hendon TO Paris and return.
Brook outdistanced his nearest rival.
Raoul 0arros. a French aviator. by
mere than an hour. His flying time
for the distance-502 miles In, direct
l!ne-was 7:03:06.
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WASHINGTON.

President Wilson win continue the
conferences with business men.
Major General Wood bade official
farewell to President Wilson before
leaving for Governors Island to take
command Of the Department Of the
East.
The names OF the four new super
dreadnoughts now bnildlng or author
lied will be the Arizona. California.
idaho and Mississippi. Secretary Of
the Navy Daniels announced.
Joseph E. willard. American nmbas.
nAdor to Epaia. has obtained permis-
sion to return 10 the United States on
short leave TO attend TO personal Af.
fairs.
Representative Good. Republican OF
Iowa. made an attack In the House on
the use Of government revenue cutters
- pleasure craft" By Secretary Nc.
Adoo.
Twenty-ons states are now organ.
isrd against woman suffrage. accord.
ting 70 = statement issued by the m.
uonai association opposed to suf.
frage.
United States Treasurer Burke has
completed his investigation into the
charge that advance information WAS
givca to certain New York bankers
about the shipment u gold bars from
Ne beaver niAt TO the New York
sub4rsasury b. Which the bankers are
M 70 have made large profits. Burke
rsosrte1 70 Secretary of the Treasury
NeAdoo that the advance information
Was given out Il the sub. treasury In
Nsw York to inquirins bankers In the
regular cosrse d bahiress. and NOT q
GenveS.
neDesssatativss q big business"
~ . 1oag tall WITH President Wilson
q ~ white Hssse abost The admins.
lBn11ea's anlttsust program. Tea lead.
~ 0nuhess = tbs Chicago Assocsa.
~ q Con0ssus sAve wllson their
49, - DssDer trn1s eomnissioa and
eu1lgpah securities tllia, and o. q ~.
~ - ~ passs1 ~ The House and
- ponl1ng = ~ Senate nay -
no1ollo6 - - 1sealla
~ o1m1n1D1g111oa'AoUso plaa fer
q - onoo0oDono Oovog00eas h ~
- r1noo = eno1nog - eDwae1 -
11DoDeA - ~ osoDes csaszssA
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FR0M AL SOURCES



relvilIs 4. Ins.lls. flnancler and
faIiroaH mar. died st Hot Springs.
Va. q heart failure.
nesint.,ninr The militia IN the copper
country during the strike last winter
cost the STATE of MICHIGAN 100000.
~. N. .o.ct,c, ~ laws "a reduce
N. .t.,e tsv law : .pcciaI session Of
~ rlhic T,~si.lstnr. 80 ordered by
Governor Coz.
The first woman commissioner from
4 state 10 the Panama. Pacific cxposi.
ton. Mr.. Fred e. sutton Of Okiaho-
ma. n a San Francisco,
-. uco.,,cr ecr .~.ctv..,x wars
!. .,.,,,cvx - ~. rir,oc pacific. IA.
cut In two 1t Cheyenne, Wyo., when
b fell between cars Of . moving train.
rhe twrv N the case oe Anthony Pc
srss. ACCUSED az the murder Of Theresa
HolIander last winter. disagreed and
vns dischsrsed bv Judge Irwin a
Sseneva mi.
- 80. :, wu,.m r.,.h., ~
No.. ~. -, :. t,,..,.S s.cr, ~.
..s..... M.,.. n,s,. ,-ssr - -.
-scc-sr.1 No, tTrror Island sccord.
a., =, . p,-,,,..o. =. a,.r.,ch
One man vas shot and his assailant
vas put N iail for projection At To.
nopah New. N = riot between mem.
her. az thu Western rederation or
niners and their sympathisers ana
rcd-flsx follower.
. -.
a. ~ e soo'
$1,000 ~ '.e 2. .1.s =. 49,
49,. 49, 49, s ~ C 49,. = :. w 49,
- n..s," . rs .vss $50 :. -. - ~" ~
sae irus. Snpsny y, wv
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ELks GRAND LODGE OPENS.
Four Thousand Dslseatss Present q
Opening Session In Auditorium.

Four rhoussnd Delegates Present q
Opening session IN Auditorium.
Denver.--A blare Of bands mingling
with the shrilling Of fire sirens.
formed the prelude to the opening
ceremonies Of the grand lodge Of Elks
Ut the Auditorium. The Rev. John
Dysart. chaplain Of the Benevolent
and Protective Order Of Elks. stepped
TO the center Of the Auditorium plat.
form. With upraised hands he
brought silence. With . blessing and
Q prayer for the success Of the lodge
and the things the order stands for. .
prayer that asked for tho best things
In life for the city Of Denver and its
people. the Golden Jubilee OF the or.
ganixatiou was officially begun.
Four thousand filled the theater por.
tiou Of the Auditorium. All stood In
reverence.
Governor Ammons welcomed the
delegates. and praised the philan.
thropic and charitable work Of tho or.
der.
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Denver AxI.ter falls zoo Feet.

Denver.-Losing control OF his ms
chine as he scared 400 feet above the
ground over the Aurora district. Chris
Petersen. aviator. plunged to the earth.
He jumped clear when the plane was
just about to strike the ground and
landed free OF the wreckage. He was
severely stunned. his face and hands
we're cut and his body bruised In
many places.
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GEN. HUERTA TO QUIT
Feeling Of United states Toward Car
sbaJaI, Slated ~ Successor,
Question Of Msdlators.

Vera Cruz. July 14.-Strong but
unconfirmed rumors were In circula-
tion here that Huerta was assassinat-
ed In Mexico City by army officers
yesterday afternoon. United States
authorities here say they know nothing
OF II.
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Ir,ess In ch,eses.

Chicago. . red. stk0
s?Ac: No. 3 hard. s2h 6S3c: No,
Northern. ssh % zoe: No. spring. u
0ssc.
Corn--No. 3 yellow. ssk G7oc: No .
yellow. eek0 Toe.
oats-No. : white. s70sse: stand.
erd. 37k03ekc.
nye-No :, SIC.
DAs3ey--l70SSc.
Tlmoehy-e<.:SHe5O.
C3ovee-tiO.00QlS 1850.
pogk-o1f.S7.
LArd-otO.O7.
Atbe-o1AS3oi1eo.
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Pittsburg.--The seriks n The west
snshosss factories was formally saAsl
whsa ap0rosinatsly $500 nea -
vo0sas rstusaed 70 Tie sAsDa
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Justice lsrsea's osash shsek 10 An.

Washington. News Of the sudden
death of Associate Justice II. II. Lar.
ton II the United States Supreme
Court At Atlantic City came a. SUI.
prise 10 his host Of friends In official
and private life In this city and caused
deep regret.
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Dsy. n. browns In Pueblo Ditch.
g,ks Invade osWver Ter oeldsa jubilee.
Storm Ravaess crippls Crock.

Cripple Creek.--A succesaion Of cloud.
bursts Saturday night caused damage
In the Cripple Creek district which u
h estimated VIII run Into hundreds Of
thousands a dollars. Mines and towns
wsrs fooled. Railway service was
cousplstely tied ~, Telephone and
telegraph service 70 several towns q
the district were ost and roads practi.
eally impaasabls. Victor streets were
flooded with . soot q water Torrsats
flowins throash suttsrs sprsaa over
ss1ewaika neodias hassmsats -
ulues.
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DIRECTORS ARE Hglo CRIMINAL.
W 70 BLAME ~ LAX
MgTHooA
SENATE GETS FINDINGS
WORST MANAGED LINE IN HIS
TONY OF RAILROADS.&C. SAYS
COMMERCE ooARD.

western Newspaper Union New, Service.
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Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry.
EGGS.

Eggs, graded No. l net, F.
o. q. Denver ............
Eggs. graded, No. 9 net, F.
o. B Denver ............
EGGS. case count, less com
mission "a.
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Sheep.

Good hogs $500
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Butter.

Crcameries. ex. Colo, ID. as M26
Creameris, ex. East, ID. rs @26
Creameries, I'd grade. Id. :. %
TTCcess Il
Packing stock ............ IS
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political condition: while Lincoln was a
nineteenth century American by birth
and all of his life a citizen OF the
United States.
Washington, like Lincoln. was the first
and only man OF his family to attain
worldwide fame. and oddly enough, with
all the prestige Of supremacy great
name. not a man of the Washingtons
since George, except the nephew whom
such prestige carried to the bench of the
highest Federal court, has been gen.
orally known beyond the American era
die Of the family. Llncoln's tasks from
his sixteenth to his twenty second year
were cruder than Waslrington's In the
corresponding period. but hardly more
laborious, and Lincoln at Is was in
many respects a better educated man
than Washington at that age.
1t is tie fashion to think of George
Washington AZ In all things an aristo-
crat. AS a matter OF fact. although the
Washingtons were an English family of
the older gentry. the family never pro-
duced man OF great distinction on
the other side of the Atlantic or the
bearer Of high title. and the house at
Sulgrave Manor, the surviving home
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OF the family, il not great msnsot
The father Of George Washins,on'
immigrant ancestor was a country par
son In England. bearing the degree o.
a. NJ. from Cambridge University Tw
Of his brothers were kniehtod and on" O.
them married into the higher nobility
but the men Of the WashngtnnS In d.
rect line back To the time of Richard III
were commoners without even knight
hood. Washingtons immieran' ancestor
a youth OF -, came over L. Nlrg.nf
with a younger brother in l6f'. n
brothers, as churchmen and rpyl,,sis
probably found the paths of promotI@
closed to them by Cromwell hur there l.
no reason to suppose that they 'l'i iron
active persecution, and they come ah'
many others. chiefly in ord'' 20 better
their material condition.
Lincoln's American ancrs'urs. up e
the time when misfortunr reduced III
family for a single general ~ the
condition OF. poor whites. W'r" hE'
Washington's, respectable ari success
ful men. In each family certain chris
tian names were bestowed f'r genera
Continued on FNteeniL Pag"
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match for George. Iangy. indeed, did
not like to give 1t up. and would brag
that he had sometimes brought George
to a tie: but believe that he was mis-
taken. for / have seen them run to-
gether many time"
Georges alf-brother, Lawrence, was
overtaken by consumption, and, being
sent by the doctors to the Bahamas for
his health. he took George with him.
George caught the smallpox in the Ba-
hamas, which, says Weems. marked
him rather agreeably than otherwise"
George could not even have smallpox
without being improved by 1t; but, a.
annalists OF his times aver, ne bore
plainly the marks Of the disease up to
the end Of his life.
When he came back from Bermuda
George was just entering upon man
hood. He obtained employment as a
surveyor from Lord Fairfax, who was
proprietor OF all the lands known as
the Northern Neck OF Virginia and ly-
ing between the Potomac and Kappa
hancock. That nobleman. by the way.
had been disappointed in a love affair."
1t was said. and on that account had
left England to come to America and
take up this grant made to him by the
NTOWU. HI NseoTse
little did ne imagine that he was help
ing to educate youth who was des-
tined one day to dismember the British
Empire. 1t 10 related that. on hearing
Of the capture OF CORVALLIS and all
his army, he called out to his body SER
want. "Come, Joe! Carry me to bed. for
I'm sure tbs high time for me to die 4"
Which inspires Weems to drop into
poetry:
Then up rose Joe. all at the word
And took his masters arm.
And to his bed ne softly led
The lord OF Greenway Farm.
There Oft he called on Britains name
And Oft ne wept full sore.
Then sighed, "Thy will. q Lord. be done, -
And word spoke nevermore.
When George was In his fifteenth year
England was plunged into war with
France and Spain. His brother Law
renee got him a berth as midshipman
on a British ship Of war. the appoint
ment being deemed very desirable be-
cause Of the promise 1t afforded OF flu
ture advancement His trunk and
clothes were actually sent aboard. But
when he came to take leave Of his
| mother she wept 30 bitterly, telling
him that her heart would break II he
left her. he had his trunk brought
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ter full OF tenderness, In which he ad-
monished me to wait until ! should he
entirely we'll"
Washington's exact words in writing
to the surgeon were: Take care Of
him as IL he were my son, for love him
the same"
on November 25. 1777. Lafayette was
sent with Gen. Greene to test the
strength OF the British advance on Phil
adelphia. Having disclosed their posi-
ton near Gloucester. he attacked the
Hessans with such fury that the latter
were routed and CORVALLIS, thinking
that he was surrounded by the entire
American army. retreated with his 5000
men in hot haste.
This pleased Washington so much
that he wrote again to Congress asking
for a regular command for Lafayette.
There are now some vacant positions
In the army" ne said. "to one of which
he may be appointed"
A few days later Lafayette. to his
great delight. was assigned to the COM
mand OF the Virginia division OF the
army.
AS time went on relations between
Washington and Lafayette became
steadily closer. the latter sometimes re-
ferring to himself In their correspond
ence as WashingtOn's young soldier"
The intimacy between the two men was
like that Of father and son. the French
man being twenty five years younger
than the General ne so greatly admired.
Having made voyage to France on
furlough ne returned in May, 1850. join
ing Washington at the army headquar-
ters in Morristown and telling him what
nobody on this side Of the Atlantic yet
knew. Of the coming Of the military and
naval expedition sent by the King of
France to help the Americans. II was
Lafayette himself who had persuaded
the King to send the fleet. together with
5000 picked fighting men under Ro-
chambeau. and the young Marquis was
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ashore again and gave up the project.
ON the title page of his book tprinted
in PHILADELPHIA Parson Weems calls
himself "ex-rector OF Mount Vernon par
ish." As a matter OF fact he was moth
Ing of the kind. There was no parish OF
Mount Vernon. and Weems, II he ever
preached In that neighborhood, must
have done so only occasionally. He was
an itinerant preacher and incidentally a
writer Of books. mostly on religious sub
jects, which he peddled from door to
door.
In gathering material for his book
about Washington ne seems to have con-
suited surviving friends and neighbors
Of the Father Of His Country. getting
a bit Of information here and another
bit there, the book being written not
long after Washingtons death. But. as
might have been expected. information
regarding Washington's boyhood was
very scant and fragmentary and Weems
has been accused Of filling In the gaps
with data Of his own invention.
1t Is worth noticing that in telling the
apple tree and cherry tree stories ne re-
fers them to the authority OF an aged
lady" whose name Is not given and who
was a distant relative" Of the Wash
ington family. This lady. as a girl
spent much Of her time" with the
Washington family. but who she was lif
a real person) remains uncertain.
Upon no other authority does the au-
thenticity Of these stories rest. But In
later years they were copied and re-
copied into the books Of other writer's
about Washington, who. like Weems.
were in search OF material. and in the
course Of time they came to be accepted
as gospel truth. Few people living to-
day have even heard Of Parson Weems
but his cherry tree story Is destined to
Immortality and will be associated with
Washington in the popular mind more
intimately than any incident in his true
history.
Weems's book. while nominally blog-
raphy, Is In reality a dissertation on the
virtues of Washington, whom he makes
out to have been an absolutely faultless
| character. OF necessity, therefore, he
had to be described in boyhood as an
impeccable prig OF the Sanford and
Merton type. such as was deemed. In the
literature OF former days, the only proper
model for youth to initiate. II was not
merely that he would not tell a lie-he
could not.
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Lafayette as q guest at Mount Vernon.

To Benjamin Harrison, a member OF
Congress the destined ancestor Of two
Presidents). Washington wrote: AS I
understand the Marquis de Lafayette,
he does not conceive that his commits
sion II merely honorary, but that II Is
given with view TO his commanding
a division in this army. He has said
that he is young and inexperienced.
What the designs Of Congress respect
ing this gentleman were and what
line Of conduct ] am to pursue. ! know
not and beg to be instructed. Let me
beseech you my good sir. to give me
the sentiments OF Congress on this mat
ter. that I may endeavor. as far as 1t is
in my power. to comply with them"
Harrison replied that I.afayettes APP
pointmcnt was merely an honorary one,
and that Gen. Washington was to act
as he thought best.
Now, Lafayette was born September 6.
1851. An inheritance from his maternal
grandfather This parents being dead
gave him an income OF 200, 900 livres. an
enormous fortune in those days. Thus
he was already a conspicuous parsonage
| by reason Of his wealth and birth when
| in the summer OF 1916 ne was stationed
NJ Metz on military duty as an officer
Of the Kings Musketeers.
With other officers Of his regiment
ne was present at dinner given to the
Duke OF Gloucester. brother OF the King
| ot England. who had just received des-
| kAtches relating to American affairs
| and particularly to the Declaration OF
| Independence. All Of this was entirely
new to Lafayette. whose imagina ion
| was fired by the Idea Of n people fight
| ing for their liberty. Before he left the
| table he had made up his mind to offer
his sword to the American patriots. But
his preparations took some time, and II
was not until April OF the following
year that he Set out for America in a
vessel which he had bought for the pur-
pose. Two French ships Of war pursued
him. a rumor Of his intention having
got abroad, and he narrowly escaped
capture.
Having arrived at Charleston. he rode
nearly nine hundred miles to Philadel-
phia. the journey occupying a month.
and IL was soon after his arrival there
that he met Washington at the dinner
aforementioned. Congress having made
him "A Ma or-Ceneral, he served from
this time on as an aide de- camp to
Washington. his first chance to distin-
guish himself arriving at the battle Of
Brandywine, where In trying to rally
the defeated Americans he was
wounded in the foot.
Lafayette had left in France a wife
and baby To her on this occasion he
wrote: BE entirely free from anxiety
as to my wound, for all the doctors in
America are aroused in my behalf.
have a friend who has spoken for me In
way to insure my being we'll taken
care or and that Ii Gen. Washington.
That estimable man. whom I venerate
the more now that learn to know him,
has become my intimate friend. His
tender interest In me quickly
won my heart. When he sent his
surgeon In chief to me he told him to
care for me AZ IL ] were his son, be-
cause he loved me M much: and. hav-
ing learned that ] wanted to join the
! army too soon again. he wrote me n let.