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WIDOW 10
ALTER FACTS
Mrs. Lansdowne Tells Her
Story of Coercion By Capt.
Foley,- Former Judge Advo
cate of Inquiry Into Shen
andoah Disaster Her
"' Lawyer Is Ejected.
. WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (A, P.)
Airs. Margaret Lansdowne told the
Shenandoah court today that she had
not used the expression ."false testi
mony." In describing in a newspaper
Interview the efforts she said were
made to guide her testimony before
the court.
After once refusing to testify be
cause her attorney had been excluded
from the court room by a marine
guard, she reversed her decision and
said that what she had charged was ,
that Captain aul Foley, formerly me
court's judge adv.ocate, sought tu have
her "twist the facts."
Her lawyer, Joseph Da vies, had
been ejected after the court had over
ruled his plea that even- though she
occupied no status In the court except
that of a witness, the widow of the
commander of the Shenandoah was
entitled to counsel.
Ah soon as she took the stand.
Judge Advocate Leonard objected to
Mrs. Lansdowne reading a memoran
dum. "I respectfully decline to testify,"
she replied. ,
"And now, I advise the witness that
she should not testify," said Davies.
A marine, under orders then led
the attorney from the room.
The judge advocate declined to ex
cuse the witness, however, and went
on with his questioning.
Statement Kx plained
"Did you make thit-statement at
tributed to you in the article?' he
asked, presenting a story distributed
,by the Universal Service, quoting her
ns saying that Captain Foley had
sought to have her give false testi
mony. "1 did not make all of the state
I I
ment," Mrs. Lansdowne replied.
did not use the expression 'fulse testi
mony.' What I said was an attempt
had been made to make me twist the
facts."
Mrs. Lansdowne pointed out sev
eral things in the story which she
said were not strictly accurate. Pre
viously the author of the article,
Charles B. Parmer, had testified that
Mrs. Lansdowne had made all the
statements he attributed to her, nful
in that language.
Describing Captain Foley's visit to
her before she appeared In court the
first time, Mrs. Lansdowne said thai
those present included Mrs. Foley anil
Dr. and Mrs. William B. Mason, an
uncle and aunt.
"The first half hour was taken up
with Social conversation," she said.
I int vpi-v hnrnri find f imiltv said :
Well. Captain Foley, what's the court ;
going to do with me?' He replied
'What are you going to do to the
court ?'
Wanted a Rehearsal
"I told Captain Foley I preferred
to tell the court what I had to say.
He said, yes, but let's rehearse it
now. What's on your mind? What's
the object of your appearance?'
'I answered the object was to lay
emphasis on the fact that the court
had evaded what I regarded as an
Important matter; that the official
correspondence sustained my state
ment Immediately after the- accident
and this had been slurred over."
Cm tit ii in tVulnv tnlrl hot, who Mil ill
h-(. the court was not to uuesiion
Sier; thnt she merely was to nuike n
statement.
"My uncle said: 'Captain Foley, 'l
think that is fair enough," she con
tinued. Then she said, her uncle ex
cused himself and went Into the hall,
backoned to her to follow him and
nald to her: "'Don't tell him
'damned thing.
He Iff not here for
your good.1
Mrs. Lansdowne paid Captain Foley
nr.ri.Pfi with her fumlnst JiPP wivliiir
(Continued on page lx.
GIRL COUSIN OF PRESIDENT HARDING.
RETURNS FROM MOVE HIKE 10 VIRGINIA
NORFOLK, Va, Nor. 17. (A. P.)
Thoughts of navy sweethearts, a
morle that Invoked them and a 20
hill carried Iwihi4la Dennett. 15 - year -
old second cousin of the late Presi-
dent Harding, and her chum, baron
Cohen. 16, into three days of romantic
adventure on the highwoys-and Isa-
liella penitently homeward ssuln to
New York.
Hare chance In the person of Mrs.
Harriet Stokes, a traveler's old worker
frustrated the venture In the end
after a nation wide search had been
made for the gr lis, but not until their
. . ...... .1- tfj
last nickels had established telephone
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov.' 17.
A. I The Minneapolis Jour-
nnl bayh today a school In com-
munism, which every commu-
nlst Ib required to attend, will .
open here tomorrow "to combat 4
the effect of Amerlcnn educn-
tion week," being observed in
the public schools of this coun-
try.
The plana for the school, nc-
cording to the newspaper, in-
dude advanced courses in pub-
lie speaking, Kngllsh and math-
4 cum ties to uUl foreign speaking
4 members to develop Into more S
useful workers.
4 The paper declares schools S
fr are beliiK set up in other parts
of the country.
.Tragedy .Overtakes Crew of
U. S Coast Guard Cutter
, r l 'L Ia i
tn KOUte From Detroit TO
Boston, Mass. Sole Sur
vivor Tells Story.
BHEIJIl'RNE, N. S., Nov. 17. (A.
P.) Th bodies of all the eight
American coast guardsmen attached
t drowned in the storm-tossed waters
of Hhelhurne Harbor last night were
recovered along the shore today.
HlircLHURXrc. N. 8.. Nov.' 17. (A.
P.) Might men possibly nine of
the-ormv'-or-fm? -United" States coast'
guard cutter, Morrill were drowned
in the harbor here early last night
when a sailboat in which they were
returning to the cutter after leave on
shore, capsized during a heavy blow
and in turbulent water. Only one
man. In the boat was saved. He is C.
Taylor, engineer, second class, who
swam asnore mrougn tne icy waters
after lite boat had drifted close to the
rocks.
Those known to have perished arc.:
Warrant Paymaster Kingsbury.
Warrant Koatswain Lungen.
Coxswain I. J. llrackett.
Chief Yeoman H. M. McMurdo
Chief Hoatswain's Mate J. K. Shea.
Cabin Steward 11. K. Wilson,
Seaman Saullsak.
Seaman Diver.
Taylor was exhausted and nearly
crazed by his experience and ttie loss
of his shipmates. He gave the names
of the men who. one by one, he had
seen lose their hold on the upturned
craft and drop to their deaths into
the cold water amid the darkness of
night. The last man to take his death
plunge slipped off the 20 -foot craft
- UHt 1,8 Taylor stoned his swim from
the hulk to the shore.
The Morrill, which is bound from
Detroit for Itoston where she is to
take up a post in the prohibition en
forcement fleet, was at .anchor off
Sandy l'olnt, five miles distant from
Shelburne. After a day nub ore, the
sailors went aboard the sailboat.
All went well until about two and
one-half miles had been covered.
Then a squall jient the boat on her
beam's end. Later she toppled over
Mdewise.' The seamen worked stren
uously to cut the rigging and right
(he boat but the craft capsized. It
was (i:.'ill o'clock when the accident
occurred abd it was nine o'clock when
drifting craft bnd reached a point
""' S""'' nff-shore from which Tay-
ior mane nis swim 10 naiciy.
After attracting aid and receiving
medical attention, he revealed the dis
aster.
When the men had been thrown
Into the water, five reached the slip
pery keel oh the upturned craft and
ciung to u. tuners nem on to inc
edges of the boat. Waves constantly
" epi im- uuai. une nynnu, juyiurn
mates Inst their holds and dlsap-
pea red In the darkness. No bodies
had been recovered today,
contact here with the ohjectives or
Joiirney-Chlof Petty Ofrlcer A. U
d.Seaman William E. Black-
1 xh.. it.nnatt . nttt. .nnP
two sleep!,, nights and the various
8 U. S. SAILERS
DROWNED WHEN
BOAT CAPSIZES
modes or travel it took to get here,!"1 - ... ' ,
left for New York last night, eager 'l""',n l01"'"1"', "fnrr"' ''"ctrlc.
for familiar scenes again, hut her'"ck, Truck, Hudson Motors and
companion has dlscloseiLa more ser- Amerlcnn lirake le and found, y.
Ions purpose. 9he wlrecT her parents ufl'ioxlmated l.luo.ono shares.
lasP nteht for permission to murry vnl, o, . . ,, ,
Seaman lllackwell, whose enlistment f"1;: .,ul;';;7-?- V-:,"1? fii
expires Saturday, anrtjs waiting for B' aid to civilization In bast Afra
the answer. Because It her age, pnr- Is a vehicle made In Detro t, In the
entai permission Is required under the
. state laws.
MITCHELL
CONTINUES
VICTORIOUS
Court Martial Again Decides
in Favor of U. S. Air Critic
and Defense Testimony Is
Allowed to Proceed Reed
Expects to Close Case Next
Week.-
Loses Divorce Appeal.
MADISON. Wis., Nov. 17. (A. "
P.) Colonel William Mitchell,
being tried by a court martial In
connection with his criticism of
4- the nation's ulr service, must
pay JOUO a year more toward
the support of his three children,
the Wisconsin supreme court
ruled today. The court affirmed
without opinion an order granted
his former wile, Caroline S.
Mitchell, Increasing the allow-
ance from $4801) to $G800 a year.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. (A. P.)
m'ib lis sessions luuay uner a
three-day recess, the court martial
trying Colonel William Mitchell, heard
new witnesses summoned by athe de
fense to support the charges 'the ulr
crusader made against war and navy
administration of aeronautics.
At the request of Colonel Sherman
Moreland, trial Judge advocate, Major
Francis E. Moody, of the staff, and
Major Allen Oullion, of the judge ad
vocate generals office, were detailed
y assistant trial Judge advocates to
assist in the cross-examination.
At the outset of today's session
Colonel lUantoti Wlnshlp, law member
of the court, Informed defense and
prosecution counsel that he had been
instructed by the court to ask for a
determination whether the line of evi
dence being pursued by the defense
was adinissable,
"It ought to be decided,' Colonel
Winshlp said, "whether this evidence
is for the purpose of a complete de
fense or only of extenuation or miti
gation.
Representative Frank R. Held, coun
sel for Mitchell, said he expected the
defense would "close the bulk of its
case by the middle of next week," and
the question should be passed over
until that time. Colonel Moreland
responded that the prosecution was
willing either to wait for a decision
or argue the question at once.
The court retired for private consul
tation and when it returned Major
General Robert L. Howzo, Its presi
dent, made this cryptic announce
ment: "The coHe will proceed. '
Thus the question, which several
times before had been on the verge
of a decision, went unanswered.
I.S.G0VEI
TIBER IN STATE SOLD
PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 17. (A.P.)
More than 11.000,000 feet of gov
ernment tlmher was soul to the hlith-
est hidilcrs yesterday nt tho United
Slates land offlcn here, for a total to
112.472,32. Tho buyers, locutions of
the timber and amounts pnld follow:
,T. K. Keith, Marlon county, 4.-
3HK.70; K. .1. Sherman. WashinBton
couniy. 13.344:70; J. If. Volz. Multno
mah county, $2,7!r.ti8, and I.. Adams,
rinckumas county, 11,073.34.
Wall Street Report
NI3W YORK. Nov. 17. (A. P.)
Stock prices displayed a complete re
versal of form today, opening heavy
and running off one to six points dur
ing the morning as selling pressure
was renewed against the entire list
and then rallying strong in the early
afternoon. Karly selling, which orig
inated largely with bear traders and
was particularly heavy among the
motors was Inspired by the rttislng of
the Cleveland federal reserve redis
count and a higher renewal rate for
call money. The subsequent rally
was led by the VanRwerlngen railroad
issues in upparent anticipation of an
early and favorablu decision on the
"Nlckle Plate" merger. "Nlckle plate"
common Jumped six points and the
certificates soared 17- Commercial
Solvents "A" moved up nearly nine
points nnd United Htat Rubber com
mon, Klske Rubber, first preferred,
and American Ice sold four points
above last night's cloning quotations.
The closing wnn strong. Chrysler re'
hounded almost ten points nnd Ruins
"i"-"" " 'v.
a return huz miss onnrv.
A:'.
Wile. Irinula Ottc, noted Viennese dancer, in U. S."for tour, is'
inventor of new apparatus for training girls to dance gracefully and
rhythmically. Arms of the device can be adjusted so. that a par
ticular dance ran lie taught. She is seen deiuonstratiuic it.
I'llSON IS
EXONERATED AS
- NEGRESS SHIEK
WIUTR rlAINflrtN. Y., Nov. 17.
(A. P.) Al . Jotyoii,, hluckt'aced
c.ome'dian,'" took the" witness stand
today at tho trial of Leonard Kip
Khinelander's annulment suit nguinHi
Ills' wife, Alice Beatrice Khlnelander,
part negress, and denied that ho
had ever seen bor at a summer re
sort In 1922, as she had represented
In a letter to Rhlnelander.
Jolson took the stand In tho midst
of the cross-examination of young
Ithjnelander at the request of lsaao
N. Wills, the plalnllft's attorney. Jol
son denied that he had been In
Paul smith's. New , York, In the
Adirondack mountains, nt the time
thnt Alice wrote Leonard she had
met him and found him "some
flirt with the girls."
"1 never In my life even saw
either the defendant or tho plain
tiff," said Jolson. "I was 111 At
lantic Clly nt tho time she wrote
she saw me.' I've had enough
trouble about this ulready. My wife
doesn't talk to me. Now maybe
I'll he able, to eat hreakrast nt home
tomorrow."
The crowded court room burst
Into laughter, Lee Parsons Davis.
Mrs. Hhlnelandor's attorney, explain
ed thut a letter s reference to Jolsun
was really to another man who bad
been "nicknamed Al Jolson," oc
causo of his wit.
Jolson then left the stand to per
mit resumption of young Hhlne
lander's cross-examination.
"Every time I walk from my
dressing room," he said, Willi a
smile, "Ihe orchestra plays, 'Alice
Where Art Thou.' "
Viscount Cecil Gives
Prize Money for a
L. of N. Golf Course
C.ENHVA, Nov. 17. (A. P.)
Employes of the leugue of nn-
tlons at (jeneva are going to
have golf links and tennis courts.
For tills purpose Viscount Cecil
has given one-fifth of a IM.noo
prlae ho received from the
Woodrow Wilson foundation."
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
PASA Dl'INA, Oil., Nov. 17. (A.P.)
Theft of lioii.ono In Liberty bonds
and tsoo tn currency was reported to
Pasadena police today by John It.
Osborne, wealthy Los Angeles busi
nessman, who Is n guest at tho Hotel
.Maryland here,
Osborne, president of the 'Osborne
nnd Fltspatrlrk flnu'ir,' company who
recently was convicted of emher.Kle
ment In connection with the promo
tion of Vnlh.illa (liemoilal park, a
cemetery project, said that he nrrlved
In Pasadena from New York yester
day, accompanied by Jack Gordon,
also known as fled Whltaker, as a
compnnlon nnd valet,
' He told the police thnt upon re
turning to his room from the bath
nm he discovered the loss of his
money nnd bonds, which he hu car
"d In a coat pocket, .tlordun, or
VVhltaker, has not been seen sln.
MAY CALL PONZ!
FROM FLORIDA
TO SERVE TERM
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 17. (A.P.)
Charles .VonKl, - -flnauolal "WlUnriW
who Is now In Florida with the an
nounced Intention of recouping In real
estate a fortune lost when his Inter
national postal reply coupon bubble
burst, may be summarily ordered back
to Boston to begin a sentence of from
seven to nine years in state's prison as
a common thief,
A hearing will be held tomorrow In
the county court here op a motion of
Assistant District Attorney Caro,
whlclj asks that a stay of sontence
granted Ponzi nfter his trial here last
June, pending filing of his exceptions
to the supreme court, he vacated and
the sentence becomo operative forth
with.
Ponzl is now at llbrty n ball of $10,
000 ii nil has announced thut with the
first $2,000,000 of the $10,000,000 he
hopes to rcaUzo in Florida real estnto
deals, he will repay his Massachusetts
creditors. Ho bus sei-vud a federal
sentence for using the malls to do-
fraud.
'S
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17. (A.P.)
Joseph Helgorson, now In his sec
ond elective term as prosecuting at
torney for Polk couniy, hns been un
pointed nsslstant federal prosecutor
to succeed Allan Kynon, who will re
sign January 1 to enter prlvnto prac-
llce. United Htntea District Attorney
(leorge Neutier today announced Hel
gerson's ucceptaucu of, the appoint
ment. Passing of the Early
Pioneer
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17. Mr.
Miirla CfimphPll Hmlih. f(ntt white
child tu b Ixi rn In Hulnm, (Hod yes
terday nt tho home of Imt brother-in-law,
F. W. Uuhnrn, ti(jfd 84. Hhe
had boon III two weekH.
Her parents, Mm, Hamilton W. tlld
dle, rrirne from New York to Orexon
y mil 1 1 iiK around Cap Horn In 183ft
40. They nettled In Halem with the
colony of mlHMl'inrtrfeH founded hy tho
Key. ,IaHon Lee. Aim, Hmith wan born
1 1,1841.
LA GRANDE, Ore., Nov. 17. .T.
A. Rumble, frl, Wallowa county pio
neer nnd veternn of the Civil war,
died, nt his home nt Joseph, Ore.,
early today. H owns born In Wash
ington county, own. In 1K42, and
came to Joseph In 1KX0. He was
appointed mited Htates commis
sioner ' In IHiTi, He served on a
commission which separated Wal
lowa county from Union county. He
also served ns pontmnster at Joseph
nnd as councilman. During the
Civil war he wns n member of the
Fourth Iowa cavalry, Company D.
Ho enlisted In 1 K01. I
A New Dollar n Year I'lnu.
CIKNOA. Merchants nre cnniiialnn
Inir for dollar a yenr contributions
from cltlr.ens to help Italy pay Us war
deht to the United Hlntcs.
C.nOSSWARDEIN. Hungary,
Nov. 17. (A. P.) Princess
Ohlka. wife of an adjutant of
former King Ferdinand of Bui-
garia, was burned to death today
while cleaning a pair of gloves.
4 Using benzine, she stood close to
a fire and the gloves Ignited.
With her hands and face nnd
beautiful long hair aflame she
ran. a living torch, to her hus-
bund's room, where a blanket
was thrown over her. Aid was
too late, however, and she died
In a few minutes after Intense
suffering.
She wus formerly the Russian
PrlncesB Rowowa and wus ii'i
years old.
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I
OUT TO QUELL
Republican Victory in
Town of Kentucky Leads to
Murder of Sheriff Slayer
Barricades Himself in Bank
As Friends Arm.
HAZARD, Ky., Nov. 17. (A. P.)
Leaving here at bIx n. m. with 24 men
Captain FJiimeH W .AVooten, 149th
Infantry, Kentucky National Guard,
Is expected to arrive late today at
Hydcn, seat of Letdlo bounty, in the
mountain hinterland of Kentucky to
which no roads lead, to disperse a
mob reported to be seeking the tduyer
of Hhariff .loo Morgan,, killed Hatur
dny. ' " ' "
Dave Steel, accused of the slaying,
Is reported to be bun-leaded In the
Citizen's bank at Ifyden while friends
of the dealt man march up and down
the 8t roe tH, equally well armed utter
ing threats of vengeance If they cup
ture Hteel. The slayer would surren
der, It Is declared, if he felt he would
be given protection, but ft .rs he
would fall into the hands of the mob.
The slaying is said to have been the
outcome of an election for the suc
cessor of the man luter slain, Mor
gan's wlfo having been defeated hy
two votes,
"Look mo square in the eye," Mor
gan Is said to have xreeted Hteel Hat
urday, the shimtlng following Imme
diately. They had come to talk over
differences In regard to tho election.
Almost as the sheriff fell, his feudist
faction began arming,, Hteel partisans
Immediately following suit,
A wild ride by County Judge Jason
Coombs to this place to Inform Gov
ernor William J. Fields of the dis
order, were immediate consequences.
No further communication has come
to this place from the scene of tho
trouble, where. It Is declared, hun
dreds of urined men nre pre pu ring for
a pitched battle.
; Hteel, u co used of the sluylng is an
Influential lumberman of eastern
Kentucky.
Morgan's wife attempted to suc
ceed him but was defeated by her re
publican opponent C. W. Reeves by
two votes mid Hteel wus one of the
election officers who refused to count
votes for Mrs. Morgan on the ground
that the ballot wns "spoiled," nnd was
charged by tho candldntclis husband
with illegally bringing about her de
feat. He was preparing to contest
the election when he met Hteel and
was killed.
Former Sheriff J. F. Haggard re
signed when u band of armed men
rode Into Myden and shot up the
courthouse. Ho far as has been
learned there was no bloodshed since
Morgan's death.
Enrique Gets a Job.
NEW YORK. (A. H.l The home of
Mrs. Helen, Oonlil Sheppard Is Riiurdeil
nightly by a special policeman who
has boon rec-oKiiizefl by other Russian
refugoos lis Colonel Martynoff, once
one of the czar's urmy and chluf of
police of Moscow.
JANITORS BOY OBJECTS
HERO OF GIRL
NEW YORK, Nov. 17. (A."
Red-haired, freckle-faced Rimer Jack
son, the Janitor' boy of 12-year-oM
Nalhalla Crune'B Internationally fa
mous poem, protests that he Isn't In
love with Brooklyn's child poetess,
but the fellows have been kidding him
about it.
After ilnuhls had been raised as to
the trim authorship of the poems a
reunion was arranged between the
two children, who haven't lived In the
same apartment house for two years.
"You were the father of my dolls,
my husband, 1 suppose," the poem
ROOFS CALLED
KENTUCKY
WAR
ARID FOR
A HO WAR
Situation in Syria Becomes
Serious Again French Arm
Christian Civilians and
Launch Taxi Offensive
Americans Warned to Re
main Indoors.
IDNDON, Nov. 17. (A, P.) A
dispatch from Beirut to the Evening
News says that all automobiles tn
the city have been commandeered
for conveying several thousand
French troopB to South Lebanon, the
region southwest of Damascus, where
an Important situation is develop
ing. BEIRUT, Syria, Nov. 17. A defi
nite revolutionary movement ap
pears to be developing from the '
hitherto sporadic outbreaks againBt
the French. The Druse leaders ac
cuse the French authorities of try
ing to foment a religious war.
Europeans here condemn, the al
leged action of the French in arm
ing Christian civilians along the
Mediterranean coast and sending
them inland to oppose the Druse
advance, as tending to Inflame old
religious prejudices. .
(The Druses as a religious sect
are neither Christian nor Mo-.
hamneihin, but acknowledge
only the names Muahidln, or
Unitarians. They are very war
like and have engaged in bloody
conflicts with1 their . Christian
neighbors, the Maronltes. - Thero
have been reports recently that
they were being joined by the
Moslems In their revolt against
the French). ,
Moslem leaders ' '"they. have '
given strict orders for their people
not to molest Christians, - but insist '
they are unable to guarantee such
protection unless the French dis
continue their practice of arming
volunteers.
The Imams or Moslem priests,
were hooted In the mosques when
they urged the worshippers to re
main loyal to the French.
Messuges from Bldon say that a
high French official Is touring the
hinterland urging the Christians,
who are mostly Maronltes and of the
Greek orthodox faith, to march
against the Druses, whose strength la
growing dally. This resistance, the
messages say, is believed to be re
sponsible for the raiding and burn
ing of Christian villages. - , ' .
The Druse method is said to, per
mit towns or villages to remain neu
tral, provided they pay tribute in ,
caHh or rifles; If thoy resist, . the
torch Is applied. 'This is said to
have been the fate of Kawaba,
Jedeldeh, and Nebetlah.
The Insurgents whose strength Is
estimated at from 20,000 to 26.000
have established headquarters at
Hasbclya, 36 miles west of . Damas
cus. The French have received only .
1000 troops In reinforcements In the
last fortnight and there is consider- -able
nervousness in the foreign col
onies, especially among the Italians,
who are anxious to have their war
ships, now at Rhodes, rome here.
Pcoplo continue to arrive in Bel
nit from Damascus where another
uprising Is feared. rhe American
consul hns notified naturalized
Americans that owing to the un
settled conditions In the interior, It
would be best for them to leave for
the coast towns,
Americans have been counselled
to remain indoors In case of an up
rising, until bluejackets can escort
them to the American college.
Hlngw Hermann Operated On.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 17. (A.
P.) Hlnger Hermann of Roseburg,
Oregon pioneer and formerly promi
nent In state polities, Is at St. Vin
cent's hospital here following a sur
gical operation. It wns announced
nt the hospital that he was doing
well today after a restful night.
?nr -- 1
TO BEING
PRODIGY'S LOVE POEM
siing of Rc-w, when he was nine and
she was half-past eight
"It said I was In love with her,
didn't it?" asked Roger when asked
about the poem. "Everybody was
kidding me about It. Qosh, It used
to gat my goat."
He says he doesn't play with girls
any more.
Lie doesn't agree with Kdward
MiTrkham as to Nnthalla's ability,
"dee!" he said after talking with ,
her, "Natty's about a foot taller than
she used to be. Prattler, too. We
played together a lot. 1 didn't kur.w
she wrote poetry then, but I bet she
could though. She's smart."
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