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his pa. An the two of them went
leavin' half their things behind.
Monty Deane never entered his
pas house again. Your mother
said he disappeared or died within
the year after they was married.
AN then your mother went
back tor the circus. She hadn't
no money. She could do things
on the trapeze. She come from
one of them circus families. She
was back with the circus only
few weeks when she knew she
would have to stop, because she
was going to have baby.
80 she took job here In
Appleton, in the hospital, doing
kitchen work. 1t was there that
/ met her. She came TO board in
this house until she couldn't work
in the hospital kitchen no longer.
Her baby was born here. You
was the baby.
Nancy listened to the story
without moving a muscle. NOT
once did she take her eyes from
Mrs. O'Day's face. She was calm.
now, thinking, thinking.
Mrs. O'Day broke the silence.
Nancy, Colleen, that's the story.
That's your mother over there in
the hospital dying. A strange
creature. Eighteen years ago she
was a beauty, = laughing, giddy.
circus lady. You're the image OF
her now. Then she was just the
age that you are now.
She's dying. now, Nancy. Your
real mother is dyin'. WHAT can
you say to me How-I've tried to
be a mother to you, Colleen, even
il / told you the tale about you
comm from the orphan asylum
in Milwaukee"
Mrs. ODay pressed her work
worn hands into her eyes, the
tears trickling down onto her
Nancy tried to pray1 that she
would always be worthy of Mag
gle O'Day. Her lips would not
move. Her hands were like ice.
Now / know where ] get my
love for a circus" Nancy said.
Now ] know why | love gilt
tering things. and spangles, and
crowds and music"
CHAPTER 4
Nancy had plenty to think
about that night but she vowed
that no matter what happened
she would love Mud and Dairy
always, never hurt them or bring
disgrace upon them.
It was not until the next morn
ing at breakfast that she remem-
bered she had no job. She ex.
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with astonishing speed for so large
a man. He took the smaller mans
arm and seemed to be- l1ushing
him, with an eye Winked toward
Linda. They went out and closed
the door. For one moment Linda
had an insane impulse to make q
break for freedom. The window
near by was bare rive feet above
the snow covered ground. 4 She
moved from her chair to lean.
against the sill. Across the street
she could see a group of college
men staring at the courthouse
and whispering together. The sight
sent her darting back out OF sight,
with flaming cheeks. She re-
gained her seat just in time to
convince the county attorney as
he entered the room that she had
never left it.
TO BE Continued Tomorrow
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BLUE LABEL
CHICKEN
BROTH

Delicious. when
served as the soup
course. Use with gelatine 10
make jellied chicken. or asjeilied
chicken consomme. Thicker il
for a richly favored gravy with
fricassees.
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Continued from Local page)
But, in them days, there
were no such circnses as
there are now. An being q
circus performer WASH t
looked upon as it is now
adays. The circus women
were considered a pretty
rough lot, and decent people
was wary Of 'em.
That's why Monty Deane was
disinherited when he brought your
mother home to that big place in
Milwaukee. They disowned him,
and told him never to set foot in
side the door while ne had that
woman with him. You see he
was engaged to marry a society
girl and two weeks before the
wedding he comes home with
Julie Abbott from some cheap
show.
AS / remember the way Julie
told 1t then, the two of them ar
rived when Mr.. and Mrs. Deane
were East, and your parents were
well settled in the big house on
Prospect Avenue before anyone
heard OF the wedding. They was
waitin' three months for Monty's
parents to come home to bestow
the blessin'.
But instead OF a blessin' mind
you. Montgomery Deane went into
a spasm Of rage. They say the
way he went on was awful. He
said he'd annul the marriage, but
Monty was 81. So your grandpa
ordered the two of them from his
home putin the curse on them.
AN Monty said he'd take his
bride and go, and to the devil with
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you are using chicken
that is most delicious,
of highest quality, and
at a most economical
price.
(Just ask your grocer for Blue
Label Boned Chicken. You uill
be delighted to find yo4ca serVe
four generously adequate portions
for about fifteen cents apiece.
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For Luncheons,
Suppefs and Teas
Chicken Salad
Iellied Chicken
Chicken with other cold
cuts
Club Sandwiches
Chicken Sandwiches
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What Do You KnOw?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST

1. Four Denne; The North Star Ward Howe
New jersey g. Secretary OF State; polygon sides
An aromatic resnous substance 9, Has feshv stem with
sweet juice TO- gloomy looking tree; Grows paratcaly
trees; u Has large snowy flowers; 49, Shoes IL Churn
Is, Trees - - ~''
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81, 500 for d Rabbit Trap

prize Of $1,000 rabbit trap invention to super
obviously painful one 70 tne
sa is being offered by the Royal Society for the Prevens
of Cruelty to Animals OF England. s
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lis between
wearing has scarf collar and plain closing The one cne =
straight LIMA mas
and Cherries has cufaess sleeve and between the two q
what Chee is being very very c
inst now. A
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II Ernest and Euace meeting the
looking turned here few days ago. they were
As with
immediate and important things Tor Ernest and Eus ana
he the think ne
The ladies' to the right also wearing ack sarn
f the appro 4
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The attorney stopped, waited for
Linda's composure to break down
after his announcement that he
knew she was in the room when
Pete was killed, waited for her lips
to tremble and her eyes to dilate.
she continued to smile at him. He
could not see the contortions OF her
fingers under the desk top.
They continued to stare at each
other, hard gray eyes on hard
brown. The genial mask had been
torn from the county attorneys
face, leaving him with the stony
eyes and twisted mouth of the in
quisitor.
Al sound from the next room
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thrust his face close to hers. we
know that you were in that car,
and that later you were with Da-
moras in the hall. You left him,
and the Hannegan woman found
him dead.
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louder POlDer

orra II liver can he five tiny walls full q
powder Beef and calf valuable for restoring vitality
to persons suffering pernous aneia the disease snas
halts the building Of blood cells n the BODY.
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Chicago Keeps a Secret

Tho leoaton that Dave Barry Chicago long
count referee before the Chicago fight that ne
to ofcate made To this constitutes pretty good evidence
That information would have
been worth the gangsers and believe we not
orn that element of its population
All Of which neither here there SO far as this department.
ut the gangand has entwned itself about the
fight business licenses sort of nterlockng reference
McCuk the Chicago long count, that
instead Of picking tmekeepes count at 20 where ne left
offw oelng shooeo DacA eOAHe
Barry commenced all over. -
aad od "Shoud the his feet fail to stay his
the and tmekeepe shall cease counting until ne
has retired" = 1T. aonu4;ru al ovar ou.;r
timekeeper did dostart all
again Dempsey himself McGuk in many words
before the tlgh III had
still had the Jack Kearns his manager ne would never
Of The world today granting Heeney would have been
his last and made the poor showing ne did
against Tunney - h.4 o+bor rovoIotiors +bo
IF 1The Inside Fight Racket" hold
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NAVY WILL USE
GREEN MEN

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Nov. a.
Though the Navy coaches are plan
ming to save their first string
players for the game with Michi-
gan in Baltimore next Saturday.
they realize that the team win
meet a worthy foe in West Vir-
ginia Wesleyan today and do not
want another defeat registered
against the Midshipmen.
Though Ingram will start sec
ond team with particularly green
backfield. he is likely to have to
use much OF his first team aggre-
cation before the game has pro-
ceeded far.
Among the backs who will be
started by the Navy are 10th and
Antrim, plebes last year who have
been showing much promise in
practice.
The lineup:
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TODAYS
pORTORIAL
BIZ KIRK MILLER

Jack Dempsey makes good reading what folks have
doing proceeding this theory only fair to assume
good writing particularly when happens
to be on the writing end of the fight racket
There good Dempsey reading matter IN the current
issue of McCre byne Of Charles ii McGurk who
starts pugc recitals entitled THE Inside Story Of
The Fight openly truthfuly with the
beset the which those VINO
anything about the stc armament at all know actually
exist.
McGuirk well connected evidence asserts Dempsey
propositioned by two local
characters politician and gambler the night before the
second Battle pair wanted from Jack
100000 protection to guarantee ne would yln
The story the proposition made IN the
then trainer al ScaTtac Capone
Bill Duffy renowned racketeer Dempsey taxes practay
guaranteed victory and Al
Canone stems ID the telephone commissioner lay
$4,000 money on Dempsey to wins
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DeeIared Gene Put Up 100000

Il don't want protection. whip Tunney without it,
the two callers who had used very
GENTLE p over Jack by telling "Gene has already
laid that much dough- like better hundred grand
and the fight goes in bag for you
need be much Of student Ct the underworlg 70
story We would prefer not to believe that the smart
Tunney enough to pay grand
which inevitable would
lust lei nature its &
of having done such
merely the mouth Of the proposoner
The famous Max Two BOos Hoffs welaed contract with
Gibson first TunneyDempsey fight Is
used as background give the Tunney end OF the Chicago
of possibility. Genes illegal
pnou signed as sort Of that such contract
existed
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The greatest intersectional sat
urday of the current season Is on the
books for today, with at least SIX
games involving many good ones OF
the North, South, and Middle West
coming down to decision
The greatest meeting of this
greatest International day VIII
couple Princeton. unbeaten in the
east. and Ohio state possible win
ner of the Big Ten title. in q game
that will have Il definite effect on
the final ranking Of national con-
tenders. as well as its natural bear
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Totals. ASS ATS SEQ
Fletcher Firepr'fing
Totals. 4ls 461 451.
AUTOMOTIVE LMAGUl
Cadillac Ri.ir
Totals. 4s1 5a9 $50

IEferrett & FLEMING
|H'mith 80 lis los
St'kel .tO1 los g6'
Helms .119 los 1Is
Stafford 81 s41O4
Long -. 80 l3a So
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J Position DARTMOUTH
ITHAGANS
As VICTQRS

NEW YORK, Nov. Cornell
and Columbia, traditional football
rivals, meet III Baker Field today in
4 game that was expected to be
closely fought. The Ithacans were
slight favorites as q result of their
feat in holding Princeton to q
so score last week, while Columbia
rooters hoped that their young
team would profit by the lessons
learned in its baptism OF fire
against Dartmouth
The contest is expected TO
draw $4,000 spectators. T0day's
game win be- the first major
contest played at Baker Field.
Cornell has everything to lose
and little to gain today. while 4
victory over the Big Red team -
one of Columbia's main detectives
In is games played between the
two teams Cornell has won 10 and
Columbia four. with last years
contest resulting in scoreiess
deadlock.
Two Cornell regulars, Capt. Dud-
ley Schoales at right end and War
rem Worden ST left guard were not
expected to start because of I'M
juries. The Blue and White eleven
was strengthened by the return OF
Joe Stanczyk, sophomore fuhoscA'
to the lineup.
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ing on the merity of the East versus
West situation.
1t isn't often that the princi-
pals can contrive to come up to
a game like this with neither
defeated; so this one Is something
that should make you want to
part your hair lip neatly down
the center.
The remainder of the. intersectional
games foil ow- In the order OF their
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T0DAY'S SCRATCHES
Iatnnia

FIRST RACE--Cimmerian Lady lie
Eomte, DeDtess. BonDy Basil, Gsllop-
ing Dawn, Mint To-day
SECOND RACE--Mineryus
THIRD RACE--Low shoes Chip
Brown Bettina. Bid For.
SEVENTH RACE--Engadine. Natro-
light, Fretwell Glover Club, Deputy
Miss Smarty. Promising Tom.
Weather raining; track heavy.
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NJ TA|VI | TONS
MAY SURPRISE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov Be-
This not so staid old Quaker town
loses today the distinction IT has en-
ioyed to the exclusion Of virtually
every other football center in the
country as the one city in which
Notre Danes vigorous and virile
eleven has never been seen in action.
All this win be changed this after
noon when Knute Rockne and his
Nomads invade the Franklin Field
Gridiron Of the University Of Penn
sylvania. for battle with the Penn
state Nittany Lions.
Penn State Is just beginning
to fflrOb with something like its
old time football power after dis
astrous defeats at the hands of
BuckneII and Pennsylvania.
More than so 900 football fans win
crowd Franklin Field on the fray.
Rockne and his green-jerseyed. silk
pantalooned eleven have proved
themselves again to be huge box
office lure even in this virgin ter
ritory and Philadelphia il looking
forward expectantIy to see the No
MAIDS installed here as an annual
attraction.
Victory for Penn State over Notre
Dame would go far towards making
States season a successful one,
which it has not been to date. and
Hugo Rezdek may be expected to
spring q surprise on Rockne in this
game for which he has been point
ing the Nittany eleven all along.
Lineup:
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St .ALBANS ACTS
AS HOST TEAM

The st. Adams eleven engages in
it's second football contest Of the
season when Dunham's School of
Baltimore is entertained this after
noon on the home field. The Cathe-
dral gridders dropped their initial
game. but hope to jump into the
win column at the expense of the
Oriole youngsters. Emerson Insti-
tute has an engagement with the
strong Staunton Military Academy
team at Staunton, Va
Tech High came up to even terms
with Eastern in the chase for the
public high football banner by
swapping Western, $50, although
the victims made the rout complete
by their own bungles. Two Tech
touchdowns were scored on inter-
copied passes and one resulted on
a tumble.
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EuSSELLS Angling

The FusselI-Young> Props are on
the lookout for football games with
1s6.pound teams. Call West 1891
lbetweena5 and TO clocka
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mtersectional Contests
NAV Settle Titles

COTJrWRIrS Ohio Nov 3-Flndng nelghDofhood affairs
tnn at sfandstill intercollegiate football is about
to take Itself by the hand and toddle off down the block
20 H. onaat bio exciting world beyond.
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They are also overlooking the
determination and grimness OF
the entire Georgetown team: Inc
HfIItODpers are considered the
under dogs" and Head C0acn
rou Little and his assistants
ara thankful of this condition.
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Had the rain sOftened the
field II would have been . great
handicap to the HiIItOppers. Ter
the Blue and Gray Operates 2
fast running attack with snlity.
twisting backs, 3 style q play
which demands firm footing.
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.GOL ONIALS WILL
GIVE BAT TIE

The George washington Colonials
are prepared to give stout battle
to William and Mary In the game
this afternoon in the Central High
School Stadium at 2:30 o'clock. The
George washington grfdmen will
outweigh the Indians and Coach
victory Of the season for his team.
William and Mary will not lack
for support as more than 1000 root
ers accompanied the team to the
national capital. They'll be on hand
this afternoon. giving moral en-
eouragement to their players.
The COIOniaIs are hopeful that
Babe CIapper will be in cOndi-
ton TO play. CIapper Is the
neatest runner on the squad,
but has beer out for the past
few weeks with . twisted knee.
American University, likewise. is
figuring On ringing up the first
victory in it's meeting with Bridge
water College this afternoon at 2:S0
O'Clock on the st. Adams field. The
dethodists can't reason by what
means the Virginians will stop FoIs-
ton, the 260-pound fullback who is
surprisingly fast for all his heft.
GaIIaudet is entertaining Shep-
herds College ait ESQ o'clock on the
Kendall Green field and the home
town team rates as favorite. The
Kendall Greeners will be reinforced
by the return of the regulars.
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Totals. 6O2 $50 565
DaEmarfl&
Totals. $40 524 573
LEAGUE
Totals. s1s 527 4st

Hause 100 IS los
Dorver 83 102 113
Stevens 90 90 s.
Hunter ..127 81 9S
Hargett "a &c "a
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Florance, l.. Winston. Points after
touchdowns--D rissel CD on placement
kicks. Substitions: Western-Gould for
McMiIIian Webb for Owens. Pagan fer
u Thompson. Shinkel for Pagan. Grieve
FOR seeds Seeds for Grieve Grieve for
Could. TITUS for Shinkel. Tech--Nor-
~ood for Goss, Stutz for Edwards. Goss
Far Norwood Spencer for Drissel, Nor
wood 10, Goss. Nobel for Cole. HOY for
F,delblut. Officials: Referee--Magoffin
fMich.J. Umpire--Towers lGolumbia)
and I,ee.1. Time OF periods Ten min
,,taa
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I \ { FAVOR|IE
OVER GREEN

NEW HAVEN. Conn. Nov
Dartmouth has never beaten Yale in
Ia clashes On the gridiron. and
betting ODDS of = to i say that the
Green will not turn the trick in the
Yale bowl today.
The line.ups Of both teams win
be composed mainly OF second
strlngers. Not single regular Or
the crippled Dartmouth squad -
scheduled to start ia the backfield.
and of Yale's first-line quarter Of
ball carriers only Eddie Decker -
available.
Coach HaWIey, 81 Dartmouth.
said. however. that BE might
use his big star al Mnrsfers,
in the backfieId for part az che
game, and Johnny Carney y
expected 70 break into the Eli
lineup before the final whistle
blows
The 10000 spectators who are
expected To witness the battle are
assured Of seeing hard-fought
game. YaIe's champions aspira-
tons were ruined by Army and
Dartmouth was upset w Harvard,
and both elevens are determined to
redeem themselves today.
This ancient New England grid
iron rivalry was begun IN 1883 The
best showing ever made by Dart
mouth was in 1924, when the teams
battIed to d 14-to-14 tie. Last
year Yale won, 1870.
The lineup.
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Notwithstanding. the Techites
clearly Outplayed Western in all
angles. Outstanding i'm their
play was the mastery work Of
the Iinemen, especially that of
Benner, end: Winston, center:
Edwards, tackle. and Capt. Ward
Oehmann, guard. The Tech line
interference was the cIassiest
exhibited in the series to date.
Probably no other series con-
tender could have eOmbated the
Tech offensive that Western was
asked to stop.
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VIO 5
RATED As
CHOICES
Probable Line-U Up

II POS GEoRGETOWN
49,. ie,,s N ii, E Provincial
<--.,,+s I 4 III II. T.4.. ListOn
$500 III 4C.9 Carroll
8. sGenter.... Wynkoop
Ssv.-;rsny, RI a. Cord0vano
= -. - = $3.50 70 IS q n Ts.8. J Mooney
Nrs,.,-r.lr n ii T0maIni
es $3.50. = 81 R. Duplin
S. = n ii. Dwyer
1rsss . RI Hudak
rs4tt4 ~ ii .Barabag
RefereeE G. Taggart tRochesterl.
15rn,,ire-l-sr 81 McCabe (Holy Cross)-
had lfnesnl an A. Ruckhout fHoly
f.ross). Field judgeA. w Palmer
fColby1.
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Coach Hap" HardelI also has a
natty, backfield at Tech. Florance,
Fountain, Goss, Norwood and Dris.
sci took turns in perforating the
Western defense. Speed and drive
are factors with these ball-carriers
as often their fleetness enabled
them 10 make extended trips
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MASONIC
Totals. 5o514s1 SIS
Totals 5O2 47s s.
national
Totals. $50 54s SOC

New Jerusalem /
$. Jacobs103 SO 112l
Evans ..114 liz 102l
C'phell 80 So S5l
q. Jacobs10O III 11TI
Smith .119 115 1881
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Totals. 4ss SIS All
'otaIs 4SA 4S6 497
poclxarfl
Totals. All 477 AZ!
'ITAL LEAGUE
Totals. .442 Sill 4T9
NATIONAL. Cal
TWIN OAKS LISTING

The Twin Oaks basketera are
searching for basketball tilts with
a4e-pound teams Rhene clevelandI
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Totals. 452 465 sos
Totals. .4sO 5s4 S1O
Totals. ara AS 5Os r,
Totals. 494 54s 47s


Tntalss44g AL 47el Totals.pA $40 xss SOS
fD0chets won roll orr.
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It IS also interesting to learn
that no Georgetown eleven
since Lou Little took up the
coaching reins i'm 1924 has been
beaten by more than thirteen
points. In fact, this has been
accomplished but once and
that was when Syracuse tlipped
Georgetown by I9-tO-6 tally
last year. Georgetown YO0ters
can offer this as argument that
New York won't win by more
than two t0uchdOwns.
Evening star., 1928-06-13
9n MemerIam.

BuRGEE. In memory Of our beloved u,othefs
BARBAhA BURGEE who departed this life
HER DAUGHTERS. -
In sad and loving re-
membrance Of our dear daughter and sisE
ter. IDA ESTHER KEEPER Ynee Hargettis
June 10, 1924. at Boston. Mass g
Gone but not forgotten
GETT. AND FAMILY s,s
JOHNSON. A tribute OF love to the memorz
Of nv dear husband. JAMES FRANK
JOHNSON. who crossed the bar three
years al today, June 3. 1928.
Thougs ! smile as minsls each day viths
chatter and laugh and pretend to BE-,
with ! void in my heart as my lips form
Recalling the days when we we're so happy,
IT'S, then that my heart seems TO BURST
with It's woe;
While the clouds Ger me hang. know 'tisf
In the, place where you've gone and H.
DEyoTEp WIFE. SADIE PLUMMeR
JOHNSON.
70 the memory OF our loved one. GE0RGK
c LETCHEIt. who died four years azo.
today. June 10. 1924.
Servant OF God. well donel 80
Rest from thy loved employ
The battle fcught. the victory won: a
'. THE FAMILY. =
MINOR. IN memory Of my dear r7others
years ago. June i3, 1875.
Rest IN pesee. your work IS ended;
You have sone where those Who love you -
HER DEVoTED DAUGHTER, CATHERINE