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again Ou d Slulplcl poo4S'
To be fair to my wife, l
think she might have agreed
to this plan Of mine except
for her parents.
| rented an apartment on
West 180th Street. on Wash
ington Heights, Manhattan.
On a night in October, a day
or so after l told this to Flea
nor, silence reigned at the
dinner table. When dessert
had been served and the
servants had left the room,
Mr.. Burrill announced that
he wished to have a talk with
me alone.
Frank" he said, Il hear
that you have taken an apart
ment up on Washington
Heights"
7 DESCRIBED the apart
i ment and the house
thoroughly respectable in
every way.
well, | want to tell you
that you won't be permitted
under any circumstances to
take Eleanor and the chill
dren to 1S0th Street"
Eyes, I will" p" l said. "And
what is more, it will not be
wise for you to try to pre-
vent me from doing So.
At this, in marched Hor-
tense, my mother-in-law. She
looked fully prepared for 10
rounds.
"You must be crazy, Frank
French" she blazed.
In a few words I told Mr..
and Mrs. Burrill that if they
tried to keep me from taking
my wife and my children to
live in the home which was
the best l could afford, that
/ would bring against them
a suit for alienation of affec-
tions. Then I marched out.
The fight was on
I set to work to make the
apartment as attractive as I
could. | was aware that 1
was being shadowed by de-
tectives.
l wrote my wife I would
come to her fathers house
about noon on November 4
to move her and Tucky and
Virginia up to 1sOth Street.
WHEN that day came I
w rang the bell at 80 ".
SD st. A strange man
opened the door. l gave my
name and he motioned me to
60 upstairs.
l found my wife there. Il
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were coming on the same
boat-"And Friede talks"
she reminded me. Evidently
she feared what would hap
pen if Friede told the Bur
rills that she had seen us to-
gether. Instead of meeting
me, my wife came to the
Defosser House after dinner
in the evening, and we went
for a spin.
WE met thus several
w times that summer and
she wrote occasionally to
thank me for the $500 I sent
her every month although
the state of the market did
not make my job as securities
salesman very profitable.
We talked of my taking an
apartment in New York
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Register and she was not
above earning her own Iiv-
ing. But she was bright and
attractive and I wondered if
I might not be falling in love.
1t was then that I began to
be aware of a nosy individual
hanging around the entrance
of the house / was still liv-
ing in 180th Street,. Sew
eral times I saw this same
man outside my office down.
town, or in the neighborhood
of the Harvard Club, where
l went frequently.
The shadowing went on all
that autumn with, finally,
one very disagreeable ex-
perience on Thanksgiving
night. I had taken the young
lady I spoke of out to din
ner. Afterward, we walked
slowly uptown to the apart
ment where she boarded. I
became aware that we were
being followed. But I was
unprepared for the detec-
tives forcing their way into
the apartment where we were
with a number Of other
people and making a scene
that was unpleasant for
everyone there.
THE result was that
= Eleanor brought suit
against me for divorce on
the only ground New York
law allows-adultery. The
interlocutory judgment on
default was given, and my
wife got custody of our
daughters.
Also, alas, my divorce cost
me my job. Ny finances now
touched rock bottom I had
need of a job, any job that
paid a living wage. I began
to cast fearful glances at the
men I saw sitting on benches
in the parks and to wonder
if, and when, I would join
them there. One day I read
an advertisement of a taxi
cab corporation for drivers,
and got a job, as told in an
earlier chapter.
My widest experience as
a taxi driver I did not tell
then. It came one day when
a flustered, nervous man
hired me for the day. He
was keenly interested in
radios, and had me drive him
to half a dozen places and
wait while he listened to
various makes, discussed
prices, and haggled.
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At noon he gave me his
card and a check for $35 and
told me to take it to a GER
tain cafe. ''I owe them $13,"
he told me. "They will cash
the check and give you your
lunch. You can bring me the
change. I will be waiting
on the northwest corner of
Forty eighth Street at q
quarter to two" His name
was upon the card and the
check.
A LII went as planned. In
"A the afternoon we made
some more calls on radio
manufacturers, then went to
his home in East Fortieth
Street. When we got there,
he asked me to come up and
meet his wife.
I demurred, saying that it
was time I took my cab back
to the garage; also, that I
had been working since
early in the day and was un-
shaven and dirty.
- II don't know who you
are." he persisted, "but I
know you are no regular
taxi driver. Come have q
drink"
That was an invitation I
didn't know how to refuse.
I went up to his handsome
apartment and had a drink,
then another. Presently his
wife came in, and I was
introduced. I thought I saw
one of her eyebrows go up at
sight Of me. Perhaps I was
mistaken.
When I made a move to
go; he insisted that I stay for
dinner. His wife was notice
ably silent.
I never saw him again.
But a year later, when I was
selling life insurance, I
called at the apartment
house and asked if he still
lived there.
''His wife does, sir" the
doorman said. "But her poor
husband had to be put away.
He got very bad. His wife
told the judge he brought
taxi drivers home and made
them stay to dinner"
Copyright 1888. by King Features
and Town and Country Magazine)
Next Saturday in the
Hollywood section of The
Washinrton Times Mr..
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REFUSES TO LIVE WITH FRENCH
M|DDL LE-CLASS APARTMENT

alone crowds of happy bahers Long Island
thinking and
made momentouS decision and went up to Tuxedo
md had aserou talk Eleanor
that can't afford
around propose that apartment uptown somewhere
Tin New York;
lucky school she the public school, So
Virginia old You and to start life
: hi
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nately, Connolly, their Irish
nurse, understood my side of
the family quarrel and often
talked surreptitiously with
ME when she was taking the
children to the park so that
l could join them. More
than once, by previous ar
rangement with Connolly, I
boarded a Fifth Avenue bus
on which she and the chill
dren were riding, and we all
went up to 180th Street and
had a tea party. My con-
slant fear was that Mr.. Bur-
rill might move Eleanor and
the children away from New
York where I could not find
them. Connolly was to keep
me posted on any change of
plans.
Il am sorry and mad at
the same time but l cannot
find the address of the place
where we are going" she
wrote me one day. Il have
asked and the Mrs. does not
answer me. 1t means that
she expects to pass the VIM
ter here. You know since
longer than I do that it is
impossible to make Mrs.
speak :"
N7HEN my family heard
w that I intended to bring
suit against my wife's par
ents for alienation of affec-
tions, l received-as I ex-
pected - protesting letters
from my father.
He reminded me that Ba-
tonyi, the Hungarian groom
whom Mrs. Roche married,
had sued her family for a
million dollars for alienation
of affections, and had been
laughed out Of court. "That
sort of thing" he concluded,
isn't done by gentlemen"
Well, I was finding the
role Of being a gentleman at
all times, according to the
Newport idea, pretty ex-
pensive.
Meanwhile, I heard from
my lawyer that the defend
ants in the case found there
was no affection existing be-
tween the parties, meaning
Eleanor and me, and that a
divorce was the only solu-
tion.
Ultimately, I took my
fathers and Uncle Ned's ad-
vice and dropped my suit
against Mr.. Burrill. Mr..
Bu1'rill paid the lawyers.
Father was pleased with this
decision, although he had ap-
proved of my efforts to keep
down expenses; and he
thought the Burrills, espe-
cially Hortense, had done
wrong in interfering in their
daughters married life.
His own chief interest in
the affair. as he stated, was
that Tucky and Virginia
should not go to a public
school.
COON afterwards, Eleanor
~ wrote me that she pre-
ferred I should not call her
up at her parents house and
that I would understand" "
When I went up to Newport
to visit my mother, I learned
that Eleanor had rented
house on Cliff Terrace for
that summer, and I heard
the Burrills had notified
authorities eff Frank French
sets foot on the grounds Of
his wife's residence, he is to
be thrown out."
Late in June, Eleanor
wrote me that she had en-
gagged a room for me at the
DefosSer House, Wnlcn was
not more than $50 yards
from her Cliff Terrace house.
I arranged to go up for a
few days. I thought that
up there, away from the i'm
mediate influence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Burrill, Eleanor and l
could perhaps arrange some
sort of reconciliation.
Eleanor had expected to
meet me at the boat. but at
the last minute wrote that
she couldn't. The Ripleys
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AUREL B TONYI,
whose $1,000,000 suit for
alienation of affections
against relatives of Mrs.
Roche was laughed out
of court
am not going uptown with
you, Frank" she told me.
After all, my wife was old
enough to make up her own
mind. But | was determined
that no one should come be-
tween me and my children.
More and more, as the
autumn passed and Christ
mas drew near, I longed for
lucky and Virginia. Fortu-
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TYPICAL BLOCK in Wesl

TYPICAL BLOCK in West
18Oth Street, Manhattan, where
the parents Of Mrs. Francis Or.
Tlond French refused to Gll0uO
her to iUe, causing her to part
from her husbGnd and bringing
threatened suit for alienation
of affections. Snooty society
recognizes Forty scUenth and
Ninetieth Streets as the bounds
of respect0bility. Below, Fran.
els Ornond French, the author,
as he appeared soon after his
marriage, at the time of the
events of which he uOriteS today.
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MRS.
FRANCIS
ORMoND
FRENCH
and the
two French
daughters,
soon after
the divorce
of which
Mr.. French
writes
today.
Ellen Tuck,
the present
Mrs. j. j.
Astor, is
at left.
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Next Saturday in the
Hollywood section of The
W ashington n Times, Mr..
French will conclude his
memoirs.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
ONCE UPON JUNE End

There is hardly anything that Gov
ernor Hoey of North Carolina could
say to Governor Johnston of South
Carlina today that would be news
outside of their own States. 1t is
equally doubtful that either would
let any imbibing of likker became a
matter of public record.
Yet chance remark of governor
of North Carolina to the governor of
South Carolina a century ago this
year has become one of the most re-
peated of all convivial phrases.
industrious Tar Heel researchers
supply the information that it was on
or about June 2, 1888, in the hospi-
table home of the pretty widow, Mrs
Nancy Jones, on the Raleigh-Durham
highway, that the famous remark was
passed.
Gov Edward B. Dudley, North Caro-
Ira, was proceeding to Raleigh with
visiting Governor Mason Pierce, South
Carolina when they stopped at the
James manse to break a dusty jour
ney with some of the juleps the popu
lar Widow Jones set up for parched
paSserSby.
Inc WIDOW ala not near the famous
remark. A servant dancing attend
ante did, and it was her way of re-
porting it that made it repeated in
the Carolinas until it became a by
word and travelled afar as the most
expressive of all convivial phrases.
Old Laney, the servant, took it to
heart as a terrible indictment of the
homes hospitality. She flew back to
her mistress
Miss Nancy, did you hear emp"
the Mortified servant whispered. Did
you hear whut dey say? Mistuh Gov
crnor Dudley done said, Hits damn
:ong time between drinks"
Laney didn't quote the governor ex-
actly according to biographers. North
Cardinals chief executive is supposed
% have remarked Beware the fate
of Montgomery"
who the hell was Montgomery"
the Governor of South Carolina is said
to have replied.
He's the man who died between
drinks
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
DELAY OF BRITISH
WOMAN EXPLAINED
Czechs Say Detention of Party AT
Military Frontier Merely
Part of Routine

Praha, Czechoslovakia. June q
(AP)-CzechosiOvak authorities ex-
planned today the five-hour detention
of Miss Unity Freeman-Mitford
daughter of Lord Redesdale. of Eng
land, and a friend of Chancellor Adolf
Hitler, was but a part of the routine
inspection of all travellers passing
through military defense zones.
Miss Freeman-Mitford was stopped
yesterday when she drove through a
military protection area enroute to
Ikarlovy Vary. III
Her companions were an American.
whose name was given as William F.
Fluff, of Chicago; a Sudeten German
deputy in the ,Czechoslovak parlia-
ment named Wollner and an unnam-
cd British journalist.
Although Miss Freeman-Mitford was
subjected to a thorough examination
by Czechoslovak road patrols in the
wee hours of the morning, the au-
thorities denied reports she was sus-
pected of espionage and said she was
not arrested.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
II TODAY 4
TODAY,s ANNIVERSARIES

1773-John Randolph (ot Roanoke'
Virginia congressman and senator,
the most striking political figure Oh
his day. brilliant yet pathetic person
alitv. born in Prince George Co., va.
Died May "a. 1888.
1S16-John Godfrey Sake, Vermont
and New York editor, poet and hum
orist. born one of the most widely
read in his day, born at Highgate, VT.
Died March 81, 1887.
1S33-George w. Smalley, noted
Civil War journalist and foreign cor
respondent, founder of first interna-
tional newspaper alliance, born at
Franklin, Mass. Died April 4, 1916.
1S3S-(1O0 years ago. Charles Fran
els Hines, for a third of century
professor Of physics at Dickinson Col
lege, Carlisle, Pa, born in Lancaster
Co., Pa. Died Dec. 6, 1918.
1S45-Arthur Macarthur, Union
lieutenant at II and major at 10, lieu
tenant-general in 1906, father of
former chief of staff, born at Spring
field, Mass Died Sept. D, 1912.
1S45-Thomas Hardy, famed Eng
lish novelist-poet, born Died Jan.
II, 1928.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
AMERICA AT WAR DAY BY DAY

20 Years Ago ToGay-Schooner Ed
Cole was the victim of the German
submarines operating off the Anne
rican coast. It was sunk with bombs
80 miles S. z. of Barnegat, N. j., by
one of the two 200-foot U-boats of
the largest type, which had a 10000
mile cruising radius at a maximum
speed Of II knots. These Uboats car
ried three-inch guns fore and aft and
a one-pounder quick-firer amidships
The 5,000-ton Carolina, of the New
York and Puerto Rico Line, was sunk
the same day. All of the 331 passeng-
ers and crew got away in lifeboats,
, but one of the boats, with 26 aboard,
foundered before it reached shore,
and seven of its passengers were
drowned.
The ports of New York and Bos-
ton were closed, and by order of the
police department most of the lights
in New York City and vicinity were
, not used.
The sixth session of the Supreme
War Council was going on in Paris
with British and French generals
| Pickering over the disposition Of
American troops. Haig wanted to re-
tain divisions supporting his forces;
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02

county is mentioned quite prominent
~.
Those who tell this yarn-and they
are not irresponsible gossip-mongers.
at that-c!a;rn that Hancock's recent
(and first complimentary references
to that "great North Carolinian,
Cameron Morrison" lend an air of
credibility to the reports.
On the other side of the fence, ar
dent Hancock men are stressing more
Reynolds is getting the sinews of war
for his campaign from that bete-noir
of all eminently respectable citizens
the G. I. Ga contention which is
made with just about the same de-
gree of relia ility as the $4,000 cam
paign fund tale.
Also each side is trying to saddle
the other with the supposed liability =
Of support from senior Senator Josiah
w. Bailey. Hancock partisans-and
| the candidate himself for that mat
ter-put the Baileyites behind Our
Bob" on the theory that with the
BIncombe Robert as a colleague
BAILEY is practically alone in the Sen
ate from North Carolina. Counterin.r =,
the Reynolds hackers aver that Bailey
and company is for Hancock first, be-
cause the fifth district congressman
is much of the same ilk as Josiah W.
and, second, because if Frank gets
in now, Bailey wont have him to wor-
ny about in 1912
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
NOTICE.

North Carolina:
County Of Vance:
L. S. Kittrell, Guardian of Matte
Collins, Incompetent, plaintiff.
VS..
Andrew Collins and Sallie b. Collins
his wife, and any and all other per-
SONS interested in the premises
hereinafter described, whose names
are unknown to, and cannot after
due diligence be ascertained by the
petitioner.
1t appearing to the court from the
petition filed in the above entitled &C
ton asking for the sale of 81 acres
of land more or less in Watkins
Township, Vance County, N. c., ad-
joining the land of Willie Wade, Crews
and others, and long known as the
Matte Collins land, that Andrew Col
Inns, if living had one undivided one
fourth interest in said land, but said
Andrew Collins not being found, and
it being unknown whether or not he
is living or dead, and the petitioner
being unable to learn whether or not
said Andrew Collins is dead, or
whether or not he left any child or
>iaAA0i Gil IL ~OCoo, d1l0 IL LII IuCI dD-
pearing that if said Andrew Collins
was in fact dead before this proceed.
ing was commenced, leaving any child
or children that said child or chill
dren would have an interest in the
land described in the petition, but
that if there are any such child or
children of said Andrew Collins or
any other persons having any interest
in the land herein described. their
names and addresses are unknown.
and cannot after due diligence be as
certained by the petitioner, and it
further appearing that said land has
been offered for sale at pu.lic auction.
to the highest bidder on the 23rd dav
OF March 1888, at which time and
place B. 0. Wade became the last and
highest bidder for the price of $4,000. 90
and no advance bid having been
placed, and time having expired. amt
1t appearing that said sale was pro.
perry advertised and fairly conducted
and the price bid was a fair price
for said land, this is to notify any and
all persons having or claiming any
interest in the premises, especially
any child or children of said Andrew
Collins, if any there be, that thew
must appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Vance Conn
ty. in Henderson, N. c., on the 9th
day of July, 1888, and answer or de-
muir to the petition in this action. and
file protest, if any objection they have
TO the confirmation of the sale of the
lands therein described to B. O. Wade !
at the price OF $24OO.0O and if they
rail- to 50 answer, demur, or object TO
the confirmation of said sale, let them
take notice that said sale will be con-
flrmed. Witness my hand this End dav
Of June, 1888.
E. 0. FALKNER.
Clerk OF the Superior Court |
of Vance County.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02

ton, Snow White and the Seven
Dwarfs," will not be strange person
alities to anyone viewing them. Each
represents a type of human being in
this fascinating production in Techni-
color with RKO Radio distributes to
the worlds picture houses.
Doc, the self-appointed leader, is
self-important and pompous. He has
a habit of getting his words and ideas
mixed and of searching for the right
word in vain. He's overly gracious
and very efficient in his own mind
until an important decision is neces-
sary, when he becomes so nervous
that he can't make any decision at ALL
Happy is a fat roly-poly little fell
low with a perpetual smile and a
bright CHEEKY voice.
Sleepy sees life through half-closed
eyes, and talks always through a
yawn. He talks little, but when he
does say something it is straight to
the point, even though he doesn't
know sit. F's -9'sI..n 80 Il
Grumpy, the real leader of the
group, is 'agin" everything, His chief
hate is "wimmin.' He is grouchy a
crab, and yet, much to his disgust
he has, a very soft heart under the
veneer. When trouble arises, it is
Grumpy who acts first.
Dopey is a lovable slightly-balmy
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
ANSWERS.


J.. Thomas G. Wade, of Cumberland
county. Mr.. Wades invention, which
was patented in 1916, was of a double
propeller type, and has a record of
churning milk in one minute and forty
seconds.
2. Nathaniel Macon, of Warren
county, was sent to Congress first in
1871. He was in the House until 1915
and then elected to the Senate which
he served until 1828-a total of 81
years in Congress.
g. Attorney General T. w. Beckett
This boundary line dispute was finally
settled about 90 years after the sur
vey had been made. Two years after
Winning this case Attorney General
3.ckett was elected governor.
4. The legislature of 1882 adopted
;ct to abolish this practice Per-
Try committed upon any capital Of
ence was excepted.
5. Mr. Bcllamy owned about 100
slaves and had the reputation of
lever having sold one In many cases,
t is claimed Mr.. Bellamy allowed his
slaves to marry slaves owned by other
lantccs. In these cases MIR. Bellamy
ought the other slaves so as not to
epa-ate families.
g. Incrco sing. In 1900 there were
35,G10 mules on North Carolina
farms. his number had increased III
-5c,oG3 ~ .o-s, ali 20 90 $50 III looc
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02

al observers he permanently station
ed in Spanish ports"
Qtaliap and German aid reaches
the Spanish insurgents by sea-
The subcommittee adjourned to
meet again June 10.
General agreement on withdrawal
of foreigners from the Spanish al
mics would simplify Britain tasks
in arranging an armistice. Hire de-
cision to make the attempt was in
fluenced largely by the belief tina!
Spain's war, now almost two years
old was the major threat to peace,
and other issues could be wiped clear
if it were settled. -...--.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02

Continued from Page One,
sentatives in Spain, Czechoslovak1a,
Germany and France ito safeguard
Europe's peace"
Britain has made no actual moves
either toward government or 1nsur-
gent Spain for truce, but inform
ed sources showed she was consider
ing the possibility of bringing repre-
sentatives from Barcelona and Bur
COS together.
One obstacle to the Chamberlain
program was removed today when
Soviet Russia, receding from her pro-
vious position, agreed to the British
plan for the withdrawal of foreign
troops from Spain on condition tn It
reflective sea control be enforced
S. Kagan, Russian member of the
non-intervention subcommittee, an
nounced this concession, but added
that the Soviet government must
reiterate it proposals that internation-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02

Washington's -econd protest on this
ruhioct
(The note published yesterday in
Washington charged that Americans
had been barred from returning t.
business places and mission stations
in various parts of the lower Yangt.t
valley and were denied even casual
access to their properties.")
Meantime, Shanghai reported way
planes of the army of Nippon AGAIN
speed trail of destruction through
towns and villages about the Lunghai
railway. and japanese said this en-
abled their columns to make impor-
tant gains.
Japanese announced they had oc-
cupied a corner of Kihfien, 20 miles
south of Ianfeng, after an hour 5
fight.
For two weeks the Japanese have
been fighting for staunchly defended
villages about Lanfeng, railway sta
tion on the Lunghai, whence they
hope to turn southwark in g mas;
offensive against Hankow, China 5
provincial capital.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-06-02
COTTON MAINTAINS
ITS UPWARD TREND
Gains of Four to Five Points Shown
in Futures Quotations Dur
ing Final. Sales

New York, June 2-(AFO- Cotton.
futures opened four to seven points
up on higher cables and foreign buy
ing, against scarcity of contracts
October reacted from 800 to 793, and
later sold at 1876, with the list net I'M
changed to two points higher shortly
after the first half hour. October.
which had eased to 1892, was 794 a.
round midday, when the list was I'M
changed to two points net higher.
Futures closed four to five points
higher. Spot quiet, middling 7.84.