The Washington times., 1920-04-11

position on shpbosrd did tend to make Amanda enjoy
the trip across with her rich old admirer.
It was more or less Of game Of hide and seek on
board the Olympc" between Mrs. Thomas and the nurse
who had the little Duke in her custody And the strange
fascination that this child seemed have for Amanda
persisted after ell hands had left the ship and settled
down in New and Amanda in the apartment
house at Eighty.third street and West End avenue.
BY one pretext and another Mrs. Thomas was contnu
ally endeavong get hold Of associate herself with
the little Duke Emanuel the Duchess declares In spite
Of all the precautions Of the Duchess and Of the watch
nurse Mamie Mrs Thomas managed to mix in with Eman
uel from time to time.
One day Mr. Shonts sent word that he would call in
the automobile take his little grandson out and buy him
some boots Suspectng trick the Mamie dressed
the child and and got into the with him and
Mr. Shonts But instead Of driving to the shoe shop the
automobile went Central Park West End avenue
and all hands went upstairs to Mrs Thomass apartment,
where breakfast waiting.
After finishing his breakfast Shonts and Mrs Thomas
told the nurse and child to along with them and
they went down to the shoe store. Mrs Thomas picked
big pair Of rather rough looking boots and the nurse
suggested that they rather too heavy for the child
''You shut up' the declares Mr.. Shons said to
her. "The boy will have what Mrs Thomas wishes him
to have"
On another occasion Mr.. shonts sent word to the
Duchess that he wanted to take his grandson downtown
to his office show him to his office friends When
Shonts arrived with the automobile his daughter insisted
that he let the along but that she was not then
ready and Shonts said he in great hurry He told the
to dress and him at the entrance to the park
opposite the Hotel Plaza in half hour When the nurse
met them Mrs Thomas in the automobile. They took
the child Mrs Thomas photograph studio and had
photographs taken which the mother asserts were
distressing distortions and made the child look very
attractive
From time to time on one pretence and another the
child was brought to Mrs. Thomas's apartment and fed
with candy Several times the Duchess asserts the child
was given candy and complained of sickness apd
pains in his stomach These little illnesses and complaints
the mother says made much Of by Mrs Thomas who
again and again pointed out what scky, weak unprom
Using youngster the grandson seemed to be.
Emanuel, one occasion, came back from visit to
the Eghthrd street apartment and told his mother that
Mrs Thomas had made him ashamed by telling his grand
father in his that he was not real boy because
he always saying his stomach hurt him. This aroused
the Duchess indignation, and she forbade the child TO
ever eat anything again which offered him by the
Thomas woman.
The next occasion when the child had been spirited
to the Thomas apartment and offered candy he
remembered his mother warning and refused to eat any
The boy reported that Mrs. Thomas slapped his face and
made him cry. The Duchess this told her
called Mr. Shonts the phone and said that he ever lei
Mrs Thomas talk to little Emanuel again she would
have the creature arrested" This the last time the
child was ever brought to Amanda apartment.
Just before that Mrs. Thomas began busy
ing herself with plans to have the boy examined by doc
tors. She had good deal to say about how weak and
unpromisng he was and insisted that he should be exam
ned whether the child hopelessy defective,
physically and perhaps mentally. The Duchess was
shocked hear that Mrs Thomas did manage to take the
child to physicians and she told then reported
to Mr. Shonts that these doctors had told her that his
grandson was o ,weakling and did not mentally
strong
The Duchess asserts that she Immediately visited both