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KENTON
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Kenton, Aug. 15.-The Ladies' Aid
Society met with Mrs. H. @. Clark on
Wednesday evening, August 8th.
Mrs. Kennard Wooleyhan spent
last Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Jacob Crossley Jr., and family
and Mr.. Jacob Crossley Sr., motored
To Oak Orchard last Thursday. Mas
ter Marshall Crossley stayed for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cook, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Attix and Mrs.
Bryan Crossley and son Weston mo-
tored to Oak Orchard last Thursday.
Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Attix stayed for
a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Cook Of Mar
cus Hook, Pa, spent the weekend
with relatives.
Mrs. j. George Knots has been Wis
iting her parents, Mr.and Mrs. George
Ellingsworth in Linwood, Pa.
Mr.. Henry Geoghegan of Carney s
Point, n. J., is visiting his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. ]. H. Geoghegan.
Mrs. H. o. Clark has been enter
tanning her mother, Mrs. Rena Geiser
and sister Miss Ethel Geiser Of Phil
adelphia for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kennard Wooleyhan
spent Sunday with his brother, Mr..
Charles Warner and family near Sud
lersville. Md.
Mr.. Edward Hughes and family
motored to Oak Orchard last Thurs
day for the day.
Rev. and Mrs. w. f. Habbert and
family Of Cambridge, Md, were in
town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wharton and
family of Wilmington, are visiting
her sister, Mrs. Frank Jewell and
family
Miss Irene Cook who has position
in Wilmington, spent the weekend
with her father. Mr.. J. Az Cook.
Mr.. Frazier Perry Of Wilmington
spent the weekend in town.
Miss Ethel Carey of Smyrna was in
town last week.
Mr.. Gilbert Davis has purchased a
Chandler sedan.
MI. H. M. Hilyard and mother
Mrs. Il. f. Hilyard motored To Oak
Orchard last Thursday. Mrs. Hill
yard spent the weekend.
Mr.. Harry Sylvester motored to
Rehoboth on Sunday.
Miss Emma Walker of Wilmington
who spent last week at Rehoboth
spent Sunday in town.
Mrs. Thomas Cook and daughter
Thelma Of Downs Chapel, spent Sat
urday with Mrs. George Short.
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BLACKBIRD
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Blackbird. AUG. i4-Mr. and Mrs
M. HI. Spicer, Mrs. Addie Spicer of
Blackbird, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Morris and son Holley Of Salem, n. J..
visited Georgetown and StOckley on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Smith and
son of West Chester, were Sunday
visitors with Mrs. Cora Heinold.
Mrs. Arthur Lavender and sons
Dennis and Darrell of West Virginia,
are spending sometime with Mrs.
Lavender's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B.
A. Meginnis.
Miss Margaret Mills of Camden,N.
J., is spending sometime with Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Clayton.
MI. and Mrs. ID. B. Boyce visited
Bowers Beach On Big Thursday.
MI. and Mrs. E. p. Vogel and sons
are on an auto trip to Butler, Pa.
Mrs. Alvin Pryor spent this week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Anderson.
William A. Watson 3rd, has re
turned from Selbyville where he
spent ten days with his sister, Miss
Ruth Watson.
Mr.and Mrs. Horace VanHom were
Sunday visitors with Mr.. and Mrs.
James Fortner.
Mrs. Auly Hill was a recent visitor
in Wilmington and Atlantic City,
Miss Arie Hill spent Saturday in
Dover.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Conner and
children Of Nassau, spnet the past
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. w. Weber.
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ODESSA
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Odessa, Aug. IA Mr.. and Mrs.
Reese Moffitt, of Blackbird, have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Roland
Burchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Taylor and Mrs
G. Carton, of Millington, and Isaac
Green and Julian Green of Philadel-
phia, have been recent visitors with
Mrs. Thomas Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harris Frazier of
Wilmington, are guests of Mrs. Fra
zier's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. r.
T. Richardson, at the NJ. E. Parson-
age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Goodwin have
been visiting in Townsend and assist
ing with the Townsend firemen's car
nival.
Mrs. Percy Wallace and Mrs. Lille
Craig are visiting at Crystal Beach
Mr. and Mrs. George Moore have
been visiting friends near Middletown.
Miss Margaret Mostella and Mrs.
Enos BucBwaters, of Phoenixville,
were guests of Miss Alice Brown and
Mrs. Lydia G. Hampson, over the
weekend.
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WELLINGTON
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Millington, Md, Aug. 14-The Sun
day schools of Chesterville nj. y.
Church, Asbury NJ. E. Church, Trim
ity NJ. E. Church, South, and Holy
Cross Chapel, Millington, will join
and hold their annual picnic to-mor-
roy, Thursday, August 16, at Tolches-
ter.
Miss Martha Pennington, Of Neva-
sink, an. u, IL visiting her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Listen Pennington.
Mrs. Eva Q. Sykes spent several
days last week with Miss Nan Price
at Betterton
Mrs. 7. G. Meginniss, of Whining
ton, was the guest last week of her
hister, Mrs. Louise a. HURT.
Herbert Caldwell and family, Of st.
Michaels, visited Mr. and Mrs. y. Lee
Gale last week.
Mrs. w. p. Stevens was the guest
last Saturday of her brother, Mr.
Walter Painter, of Sudlersville.
Miss Clara H. Bryan and Miss Mat
tie G. HAZEL have returned home af-
ter taking six weeks summer
school course at the University Of
Maryland.
Miss Ruby K. Ahern, Of Aberdeen,
is spending ten days with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Ahern
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Brice, of Fair
lee, visited his son, DR.. Merritt Brice,
last week.
MI. Harry R. Rasin il the guest Of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Rasin, Of Kennedyville.
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TOWNSEND
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Townsend, Aug. IA. - The wheat
crop this year, with a few exceptions,
is not up to the average in this To-
cality, due to the weather conditions,
according to the various growers who
had better yields last year than this.
Nathaniel GuessfOrd secured a yield
OF rs bushels per acre off of 56 acres.
William "a. Scott secured 21 bushels
per acre from So acres. Joseph Budd
on the farm known as the Elliott
farm. near town, apparently leads all
growers this year, he having secured
an average of 80 bushels per acre off
of " acres.
Several young girls of this place
have returned from Crystal Beach
Manor where they spent a week very
pleasantly. In the party were Coyar-
line and Alexandra Packs, Dorothy
Beardsley, Pauline Donovan, Frances
Reed and RoRsalie Derrickson.
The huckleberry crop is said to be
large and the pickers are busily en-
gagged in picking the berries for the
city markets. The berries are selling
Tor l5 cents per quart, and the de-
mand j. heavy, the buyers taking the
fruit by the crate as fast as the crop
IS being gathered. More than 100
pickers find steady work for three
weeks in the vicinity of Colt Station,
where this crop is found in abundance
at regular intervals.
Mrs, William G. Money has been
spending a week at Rehoboth.
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SUDLERSVILLE
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Sudlersville, Aug. IA Among those
who attended the boat races at st.
Michaels last wek. were Messrs. Ed
ward Gillespie, Austin Roberts, N. "a.
johnson, Edward Stevens, George and
Paul Phillips, G. w. Larrimore and
Theodore Walbert.
Mrs. William 7. Roe has been
spending some time at Camp Ritchie
with her husband, Capt. Roe.
Miss Ardine Everett, Of Philadel-
phia has returned home after pleas
ant visit To her mother, Mrs. Annie
Everett She was accompanied home
by her mother, who is now the guest
of Mrs Jennie Jones'
Miss Evelyn Collier has had as her
guest for two weeks, Miss Ethel Me
mann. Of Ashland, n. j. She will be
accompanied home by Miss Evelyn
Collier. who will spend two weeks
with her
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George NJ. Henderson, of Baltimore
was a visitor here on Monday.
Paul Crouch Of Penns Grove, NJ,
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. II. J.
Naylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving B. Hart have
as visitors, Mrs. Pratt and daughter,
of Smyrna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Lattomus,
Mrs. M. E. Lattomus, Mrs. Sallie
Rasin, Mrs. Sarah CHM, Miss Ethel
wyn MaIoney and Mr. and Mrs. y. B.
Shockley motored to Rehoboth on
Tuesday.
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DEAKYNEVILLE
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Deakyneville, Aug. 15.-Miss Helen
Webb has been entertaining her
friend, Miss Aliene Thompson Of
Smyrna.
Mr.. George Mccall of Philadelphia
is enjoying his vacation at McCalPs
cottage.
Mrs. Racnie II. Warner has return
ed to her daughters after spending
a fe wdays with Mrs. Emma johnson.
Mr.. Joseph Morris Is staying with
his grandfather J. H. Middleton.
Mr.. Aubrey Deakyne and sister,
Mildred. returned home after a visit
TO Baltimore.
Miss Margaret McEvoy is spending
sometime with Mrs. Walker Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mccall and son
entertained at their cottage over the
weekend Mr.. and Mrs. George Mccall
Smyrna times., 1928-08-15
TEMPLEVILLE
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Templeville, Aug. 14.-Mr. Melvin
Kinnamon left last week for Hagers-
town. where ny will attend the r. o.
S. of "a. Convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Wyatt and
family, of near Millington, were rec
ent visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
Wyatt.
Mrs. Melvin Kinnamon and son,
Billy, are spending the week with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Pumell,
near Sudlersville.
Mr.. Winfield McKnett and family,
Of Marcus Hook, visited his mother,
Mrs. Laura McKnett last week.
Mr.. Paul Scotton, of near Marydel,
was a recent visitor to Mr.. Roland
Colt
Mrs. Annie Greer, Of Tacony, Pa.
is visiting Miss NJ. E. Perkins.
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ond car at Middletown, two years IN
succession, is being congratulated by
his friends.
Miss Frances Slaughter spent a few
days with Mr.and Mrs. Frank Slaugh-
ter, near Smyrna.
The cement road was completed
through town on Thursday, August
2nd
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G. stump, Of Los 9,..si Anstillis s Is =
have been the g9esiI ie;t;,s = ts Y
SonaI. 5onsi. Havana, CqRa, $a;stal
N Florida ana nsa.nsTine Y 10
atl'Te u remembered ,a;;;;,!,iDs 2; alss y y
formerly ,,.I6, q rssiiidsi .
and Ohio. rownseni s
after 4 Two weeks /
CITY. n. J. /
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LEIPSIC

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Leipsic, Aug. ID William Cole,
who won the Hudson car given away
BY the Middletown carnival, his sec
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TAYLOR'S BRIDGE
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Taylor's Bridge, Aug. 15.-Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Williams and family,
Blanche Megonigal, Of Wilmington;
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Grimes, Pearl
and Gladys Grimes, Mr. William Co
art and Arthur Grimes all of Bell
fonte, were the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Boyer of near Taylors
Bridge.
Miss Ida Smith Of near Taylor's
Bridge is visiting friends in Whining
ton and other places.
Smyrna times., 1928-08-15
DOVER

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Dover, Aug. 14.-Mr. and Mrs. J.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15

Lowden had bucked the Admin
istrstion on too many issues, no.
tably in the matter of farm relief.
To have his candidacy looked upon
with favor by the White House or
its supporters, and Dawes was not
an active candidate.
Dawes consistently and persist.
emily said he was for Lowden. And.
| besides, Dawes WAS In none too
good favor with the White House
himself
The Administration crowd" were
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
Called InternationaIist

He was pictured as an "interna.
tionaIist," and as League Of Ma.
tions'' advocate They went back
int the records and dug up letters
and statements Hoover made, es.
pousing the League, and one in
! 920 that said that 81 will vote for
the party that faVors the League"
Hoo-'er made few denials and few
speeches. He left the advancement
of his cause largely in the hands OF
his friends. although he personally
sat at the head o. his table as the
strategist and tactician.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15

all important, they were unable to
find a minister of their own faith
in some Californian village and
were married by a Roman Catholic
priest already has been told.
In Washington Mrs. Hoover has
been known for her interest In the
Girl Scouts, an organization which
has thrived under her stimulus.
she is still on the "sunny side" Of
so is active and even athletic for
one who is the mother of two
sons. and in the daytime affects
e tailored habit which distinguishes
her among the society women OF
washington. She is Of medium
height and has silver-gray hair
which is often worn braided.
Will Bear Up Well
In religion she belongs to the
EpiscopaIian Church. although she
often accompanies her husband TO
rbe quaint Quaker meeting house
which he regularly attends.
Her interest in the women work
ers for The Federal Government has
often been noted, and probably will
he even more in evidence Ii she be.
comes the mistress OF the White
House. She is a great lover OF
home cooking, has no great taste
for formal social functions, is dis.
tinctive type of American woman in
every way.
The Iime.lignt will beat upon her
unrelentingly in the next few
months, and all hr friends declare
she viii bear up under the public
inspection" well.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15

In this deuSnLIuL nome the WON.
an who may be the next First Lady
of the Land has made herself a
striking figure in the social life of
the Capital for the past 10 years,
ever since Mr.. Hoover came rom
his work as Belgian relief admins
traitor abroad to become food adj
ministrator when the United States
entered the war.
Mrs. Hoover has always been
with him, helping him in his tasks,
adding her social tact and grace
to the assets of political life in
washington, discharging her house
hold duties with the same ease and
poise with which she discharges her
official duties as q cabinet officers
wife, duties welI-known to be taxing
and onerous.
At Home Anywhere
Like her husband, Mrs. Hoover Is
a cosmopoIite, having gone with him
to all parts of the world when he
was carving out. his earlier fortune
in the profession in mining engi-
neering. She has lived in China,
Australia, Mandalay. Paris, London.
Belgium, San Francisco, and many
European cities where Mr.. Hoover
became a familiar and powerful fig
ure in the foreign offices.
Life in the open and life in the
draWing-room have never dulled
Mrs. Hoover's interest in her home,
however, which has always held
first place in her affections. During
her earlier years in Washington
nearly all her lime was taken up
with the education of her two
sons, Herbert Hoover. jr., and
Allan Harry Hoover. Now the
elder Of the pair il an instructor
in the Harvard Business School, IL
married, and has two children
Peggy Ann, aged two, and Herbert
Hoover III, months old. Both Of
these grand children of the Re-
publican nominee are frequent visi.
tors to the Hoover home and In
complete command Of the situa-
ton" whenever they visit there.
The younger son is student at
Leland Stanford,
Married 80 Years
Mrs. Hoover was married 80
years ago, when she was fellow
student with her husband at Le-
land Stanford University. They
were brought together by a com
mon interest in geology. so the
legend goes. Hoover graduated az
mining engineer, having no CAPT.
tai but his brains, and was about
to accept an assignment In China
when he decided the best thing to
be done was to marry his fiance.
whose maiden name was Miss Lou
Henry, and take her with him.
The story of how, when speed was
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
July Fourth Committee
Asks Fireworks Fund

The District of Columbia com.
mittee on the community celebra-
ton OF the Fourth Of July is work
ing for bigger and better fire.
works displays and asks all citizens
Of the District who enjoy such ex.
hibftions to send dollar, as their
contribution to the bigger and better
exhibition, to either Isaac Cans,
chairman OF finance for the celehra-
ton. or to the community center
department, Franklin School Build
ing.
In order to fulfill ifs desire to
have something with which to off.
set the fireworks now being dis
played by the Republicans, in con-
vention assembled at Kansas City,
and the Democrats, who soon will
entertain the great American Re.
public with their convention spec
tacIe to staged at Houston. the
committee must have its fireworks
order in by June rs. and II urges
that fireworks enthusiasts send in
their contributions at once.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
University of Virginia
Fund Given by Dupont

RICHMOND, Va, June 15.-The
late Pierre Dupont. of the wealthy
Dupont family OF Wilmington. Del,
was the donor of trust fund of
between $4,000, 900 and $4,000 900 to
the University OF Virginia, it was
revealed today. The fund was an
nounced as anonymous some days
ago.
When official announcement OF
the gift was made at the university
finals former college mates recalled
that Dupont was known as more
of a. poet and dreamer than a stu
dent, when he attended the institu-
ton about 30 years ago
Dupont died recently leaving an
estate of about $4,000 900.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
Here's Speedy Relief From
Bunion Pains and Soft Corns

GET a two-ounce bottle of Moone's
Emerald OIL tfulI Strength) today.
Every we'll stocked drug store has this,
with the distinct Understanding that
your money will he cheerfully returned
IL IT. does not reduce the infIammst ton.
soreness, and pain much quicker than
anv remedy vou ever used,
Two or three appliCa tions Of Moone's
Emerald Oh and in fifteen minutes the
pain and soreness disappears. A few
more applications ~ regular interVs r.
and the intlamma ton is gone,
The Washington times., 1928-06-15

And Ak for Soft Corna a few spplica-
tions each night At bed time and they
just seem to shriVel right UP and scale
off.
No matter how discouraged you have
been with pads shields, Or other APP
plica lions, IL you nave not tried Emerald
Oil then yon have something TO learn.
It's a wonderful formnla--thia CON-"
bina ton Of essential oils with camphor
and other antisepticP so marvellous that
thousands of bottles are sold annually
for reducing VaricoSe or swollen veins
Peoples Drug stores and eVery gnoo
druggist guarantees the first bottle of
Moone'E Emerald Oil 10 end your foot
troubles or money back.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
WORK DURING WAR BROUGHT
HIM INTO WORLD PROMINENCE

Herbert Hoovers life is OF wanderust ana &C.
complishmen Certainly other Presidential candidate IN
American history travelled strange crcuous route
To come within striking distance Of the White House
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
HOOVER'S LIFE full OF VARIED ROMANCE
Chang Denies Report
He's Dead In Word
To Army Heads

LONDON, June 15.-Despite re-
cent reports of the death OF
Chang Tso-Lin, Manchurian war
lord, a dispatch from Tientsin
published in the Daily Mail today,
indicated that Chang is still very
much alive and rather nettled
that he should be regarded as
dead.
According to the Daily Mail dis
patch, Chang issued the following
statement to the commanders OF
his armies:
"My wound is not serious. MY
condition is improving. Please
disregard all reports Of my death.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
Mrs, HooUer At Home
In City and Camp

The nations interest today turned stately colonial
mansion Street where live the Republican nominee for
the Presidency and Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
The Washington times., 1928-06-15
Made Commerce Head

Hoover was made Secretary of
me Department of Commerce. which
up to that time had never been
regarded al a very important Cab
met post. However, Hoover had his
own IDEAS as 10 what the depart
nlent could be made. and he pro-
ceeoed TO put them into operation
Today. the department. has it's
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-27

rumbled Heath sententiously. 1--WE
been thinking that tho fellow may
have come here earlier In the
afternoon say. before that side
door was locked. Odell herself
may have let him In and hidden
hin, when the other man came to
take her to dinner"
ut looks that way" Markham
admitted. Bring the maid In
here again. and we'll see what ws
can find out"
When the woman had been
brought In. Markham questioned
her as to her actions during the
afternoon. and learned that she
had gone out at about four to do
some shopping. and had returned
about half past ave.
Ibid Miss Odell have any visi.
tor with her when you got back3"
mo. sir" was the prompt an
swer. "Shc vas alone"
"Dii she mention that anyone
had called:"
mo. sir"
IN W. continued Markham,
could anyone have been hidden In
this apartment when you went
home It severn"
The maid was frankly astonished
and even . little horrifed.
where could anyone hide3" she
asked. looking round the spart
ment.
there are several possible
places" Markham suggested: "in
the bathroom. in one OF the clothes.
closets. under the bed. behind the
window drapcries. -
The woman shook her head de-
cisively. mo one could have hid
den." she declared. Il was In the
bathroom half q dozen times. and
| got Miss Odell's gown out Of the
clothes.closet in the bedroom. Az
soon as It began to get dark ! drew
all the window shades myself. And
as for the bed. It's built almost
down to the floor: no one could
squeeze under It," Il glanced
closely at the bed and realized that
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this statement was quite true.)
What about the clothes closet
In this room?" Markham put the
question hopefully. but again the
maid shook her head.
Nobody was In there That's
where ! keep my own hat and coat.
and l took them out myself when
l was getting ready to 80. I even
put away ono Of Miss Odell's old
dresses In that closet before I left g
And you are absolutely certain. =
reiterated Markham. that no one
could have hidden anywhere In
these rooms ct the time you went
homer"
Absolutely. sir"
DO you happen to remember II
the key Of this clothes closet was
on the inside or the outside OF the
lock when you opened the door to
get your HAITI"
The woman paused and looked
thoughtfully at the closet door.
1T was on tho outside. where Il
always was" she announced. after
several moments reflection. II re-
member bcause It caught In the
chiffon Of the old dress put
away"
Markham frowned and then 70.
sumed his questioning.
you cay you don't know the
name Of Miss Odell's dinner com.
panion last night Can you tell us
the names OF any men she was In
the habit Of going out with?"
miss Odell never mentioned any
names TO me-" the woman said
She was very careful about It. too
-secretive. you might say. You
see. I'm only here In the daytime.
and the gentlemen she knew gen
orally came In the evening"
And you never heard her speak
Of anyone Of whom she was fright
ened-anyone she had reason to
fear?"
mo. sir-although there was one
man she was trying to get rid Of.
He was q bad character-I wouldn't
have trusted him anywhere-and l
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