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THE CLiNTON CHRONICI,E^ CLINTON, S. C,
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THURSDAY,
16, ld33
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Congress Passes Legislatii^n Asked by President to End ikf |_j[wiw
Banking Crisis—Japanese Complete the
Conquest of Jehol. ^
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
F 'KT'AVSTON of the rutrom-y to
' lilt* oxleiit of hilli«*liM of iloll.Mr>
%v;il r»*snM froin tht* Ifjrisinfioii which
l*rcsi'h‘nf !!oosoveJl of' Tin-
ex tnionli no r>
if conirrcs!* oini wliich
was eTi.’icI**'! w, lino a
few hours hINt ih*-
new congress w as
on Thnrs
(lay. March 'A Th*
new furieiicv is I•:(«<"i
not oil hill oil
f li(i!nil ii'^scl.s ot
i ti.-iolvs 'i'he |»la
k JUm was devised utter
1 an hours of confer
Sec’y Woodin ,.r,.sidenl.
SecreTary of the 'I'reasnry \\ illiani H
WiMxlin and a nuiidier of financial ad
Tifors of the inltninistraiion. and It
was the riiair feature of their solution
of the hanking crisis that was par
aty/in): tlnv nation '
The other chief points In the le;:lsla
tion which the I'res.deiif called for In
his brief hut stilrlted :iiesKii;^e were;
veriierh'e. the Ainerlcan pnhHc re
inained fairly calm and appeared fo
itsive confidence In I'resident I{(K)se
\elt and his advisers. 1'he jreneral
eclinu «its tliat the vigorous new
liiei l'\ecnri\e would tie aide to de
t
e loinpetent unasiirei* for f(-m
•••rary relief of the situation and to
• lice their Hdo|ition by congress.
I'o'llowinx tiie enactment of tiie
station for the n'openlii',; of tiie tuiiiks
he President aski-d conjrress for au
liority to cut an estimated .^.'VKMHtd,
iHMl out of tfovertuneni exfieiidi:ures
liy ctjttitij: {tovernmeiif stilaries up to
lo per cent, and hy drastic reducUons
in payments to veterans, it Is ex-
pecte«l timt umKher $J(Hl.<»IHi.tKKi will
tie saved hy flie r(*<irp'ani7.ation and
coiiihiniiip of many government de
part nieiit.s. aiithorizaf ion for which
was piissed In the closirix days of flie
last cofiere.ss.
l>ie’.;o on the south and exiendinu la
land for some ;Mt inileK, suffered severe j
eartlopiake shocks on Priday evenin"
Mar« ti Id. cMiJsliiK llh'l deatli.s. injury
^to more than -l.riOd and pro|H*ity loss
jeunnliiK into the inlllloris. ^
! ___J[leiweeti and ld;*>d 14 distinctly
rloleiit sh*s-ks had o<ftirred. the first
one <»f which did the jtreaier j»art of
the <1ania;;e and caused ail the loss ot
Ufe.
Is'iia, Peach suffered the greatest
t»)ss of life and proport joimlely ^he
itrentest projwTty diiiDHtre. At that
point <>.■* p«siple were killed and l.ddd
injured. At-,l.os Angeles 1*^ (M*opIe
were killeil and, Wfine .‘t.ddd were In
Jnred Other towns sufferinn severely^
and at which deaths (K’cnrred were
Watts. 4 dea(l’. t'ainpton. 13 dead.
>iania Ana. 3 dead; Huntington Park
12 dead; San Pedro. 2 dead; Wll^uing
foil. 1 dead; Bellflower. 3 detid; Ar
tesla. 4 dead; Heniiosa Beach. 1 dettd ;
tJarden drove. 1 dead; Walnut Ptirk.
1 iletnl; Nyrwalk. 1 doad.
Kite in many of the towns, and es
(lecially l,onji Beach and l^o.s Angeles,
aifJTPnnnf tiie terror, but fortunately
the water umins were not seriously
jOnly the male characters, yvere select-! COUNTY T!^EA.SUREK’S NOTICBJ
ed. They are as follows: j ihe books of the bounty Trcasurelr
^ Gregory (a young reporter with I will oe open for the collation of taxes
{ambition), Hart Odom. | for the fiscal (year, 1332, at the Treas-'
“ Bud Rice (in charge of the Herald’s i urer’s office from detober loth to
1 cember 31/ 1^2< After December 31
ir *1. \ir J / J j-4. 1 one' per cent 'will be added.^* After
Kenneth Wade (owner and editor , * ^ ,
January 31, two per cent will be add-
Both Events In Greenville andf<
Clinton Go To Baptists.'Sacco
Is Outstanding 'performer.
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‘back office), H. M. Wilson.
h W^de (owner an
Evening Herald), Walkei
Furman .succeeded in defeating the
I Blue Hose swimming team in two
meets last week. On Tuesday the Fur-
j man team w’on by a score of 53-21 in
j heir own tank; and on Thursday night j
j in the P. C, pool, the same team wa.s'
.victorious by a score of 42-^6.'
At botn meet.s the outstanding fea-
I ture was the fancy diving of Sacco,
Furman flash. McFadden and Valley
were P. C.’s entries in this event. Mc
Fadden took third in both meets.
The time in three events was faster
in the meets here Thursday than in
of the
Combs.
Dudley Kay (aspiring to the Mayor-
ship), Alman Tommins.
Randolph Peteis (outstanding
among the local colored boys). Cliff
Johnson.
Hot Copy” is a three-act comedy
ed, and after February 28th, se.ven
per cent will be added until the loth
day of March, 1933, when the books
#ill be closed.
All jiersons owning property in
more than one school district are re
quested to call for receipts in each of
the several school districts in w’hich
the/'iEor
o^y a
times for the 40 yard free style
I events, with the race at Furman be-
j ing the fa.ster.
I V’alley, P. C. swimmeh gave a great
'exhibition of grit in The meet here
I Thursday when he came gack to enter
:both the medley relay and the fancy
diving contest after having been forc
ed to drop from the 140-yard l>ack
'stroke because of an attack of cramp,
j The state swimming meet will be
held March 16 at Furman. Clemson,
I Pre.sbyterian and the Citadel will par-
to render aid’., naval surgetms jficipate. L. C. also has a meet .sched-
centering around a sti-uggling news- property is located. This is im-^
paper office. portant, 'as additional cost and pen-
Professor Grafton, the director of | alty may be attached,
the play, stated last week that he! All able-bodied male citizens be-
plans to have a performance in Clin-1 tween the ages of twenty-one (21)
ton somewhere near April 7. {and sixty (60) years of age are liable
I to pay a poll tax of $1.0(). Corpmuta-
tion Road Tax $1.50 in lieu of road
duty. All able-badied men between
the ‘ages of 21 and 55 arc liable to
road duty except those in military
service, school tru.stees, school teach-
ministers and students.
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ontest at burman. There wa,,^|., a txtwt a tt
half sjicond’s difference iin th^ JOANNA MILL NEWS
^ ' i|>i ^ ii» ^
Goldville, March 8.-
avi wm
Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Sprouse of Fort Bragg,^N. C..
vL^led Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sprouse' Proper attention will be given those
last week.
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ConiiniKMl su«i>ensi«*n of gold i»u.v
merits :ind otuhiirgo on px|ioris of gold
I'lotliing of tlip l*r**sidon» With the
powers of a (iitiuo'uir dictator.
('oiitimiMilofi of the ruilionai hank
Ing liolida.v. wholly or in (i.irf, iieiidirig
coinidi'le n'oiicning of the tiiinka.
l.(*g:ilir.jitioii (if ihe liaiik holiday
I»rocla»n;itinn of March ft and all nie.as
tires h\ the treasury to carry
It Into edcct
Beuiiisc the new currency Is riot
hack**d liv gnhl it is called fi'deral re
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ter^e fiank iinins tO'dlstiiigiii.sh it from
feijcral rcseiM* notes which are hacked
by gohl-
'lo what eMcrit If upy, inflation of
the TiiFreticy will fie [irodlieed fiy tills
Increase in the yoliiine of nioiiey was 1
« Tie of the hig (jne.stiotia Itnolved in
tin* Itooscvelt plan.
That intlatioii will he the con.se ■
qticiice was a conclusion widely |
reached in financial and cotnuiercial
rircles. with the resiih Ihat a leap iffc
etirlly prlcea -
was lonked for the inomenf the ex
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1*1 anges reopen
RMnt'KA'I'K' nieniln*r>tiip of .31"!
in the house of repres«*nfpfi\(‘S
>ives them ^n unwiehlv maloritx,J
eiTfiiln cnnse<|uerice lg Infra par'.v
wrangling. .\t iirescrp
the control seems to
he In the hands of
damaged and the firemen were aide to
eojie with the Ilames.
Ilegnlar army troops at Port .Me-
Artlinr were ordered to co-operate with
the jHdice ill preserving order, ami
.stillis o>- the navy from San Diego
were dispatched to points along the
c( la.sf
■providingsaid and irlediciiies for the
injured. The governor of ('alifornia
ordev«Kl National flnard trooiis to fl»e
David Burdette, M. B. furrier,
Mis.ses .Mary Burdette and A'’i.s Tur
ner of Spartanburg, .spent Sunday
with Mr, and Mr.s. C. E. Turrer.
Mrs. Mamie White and Tom \dvli-
son spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Templeton in Ninety-Six.
who wish to pay their taxes through
the mail by check, money order, ete.,
giving name of township and number
of school di'tiict.
, D. ROY SIMPSON,
tf County Treasurer.
How Doctors Treat
uled with Clemson, The date has not
been officially announced.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I>. Pruitt and chil-j ^ 'I J J i
dren of Rock Hill, spent Sunday with j ClOluS BIlU CtOU^llS
f h(
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Long.
^ Mrs. .Sallie Brown wa.< tkken to the
I home of her son, J. 1.,. Brown, in .Sjiar-
to maintain order.
Speaker Henry Rainey
and two hIUcs. i'loor
I.eadcr By rns , and
|{e|»resenf:itive Cnlleri
lender of ttie Tiirn
many delegation from
,\ew York. Opjiosed
to them Is a faction
neaded hy .Midmflie of/1
Ahihanm. wlm sought 1
rulrily to he eh^ded i
sppfked. It wa.s said j
.MahatuHn's most active
sitpporters were quietly Informed that
tliey would be punished by being shift
ed from important commiftws to minor
assignments.
Senator .lames Hamilton I>ewis of
Illinois was elected whip of the DeTrnv
cratio majority In the senate, and
.Senator .Foe Rohinson of Arkansas was
ehowD—ho—ho—sefwfe—leader. Adw
-riioc
Speaker
I Rainey
several of the
ture caucus upon any measure reconi
mended hv Hie I’resident should he
himlirig upon all except those Who ex
(•used tlieniKeJves from voting for
caiiHe. It w.'is further agreed that s
slrtiide majority. ltisf('ad of tlie more
customary two Hilrds majority, should
make the action of the caucus bind
ing ami that two thirds of the whole
numlier of fternocratic semtfors should
constitute a caiietis
The caucu.s further chose Senator
Kendrick of Wyoming as assisttini
leader. S«‘naloi' Key IMlltnan as Demo
erafle ejindidaie for presidiMd pro tiun
pore. Kdward Halstvv as candidate for
secretary of the senali*. t’hesley W
.Jiirney ns candidate for sergeant at
arms, and L L. BlfTle ns S(*ererary fo
the majority.
party authority was made stronger
^ ih'an It luis tieen foe many years. The
The mi creating the new currtMiey 1 eanens agn'ed th.at the vote of any fit-
liherall7.es the provisions of the Glass
Ste.-igaM net hy allowing hanks to Issue '
notes with no gold reserve hehlml
lliem. 'ihe notes thus Issued are
hacked only hy I'ulted Stales bondsj^n
the same manner as national Itank
not(‘K issued hy italionnl lintiks. It fur
ther liherallV-cs sec-tlon lOa of the fed
♦•ml reserve act as amended hy flie
Glass Sfejigall act so as to entihle hanks
to obtain currency »*n "liquid ass«-ts
of a eharjeler not |ireviou.sly eligible
tine <»t the eff^s-ts Oi the legislation
will he lo pneiiiee a unilied hanking
system. Only metiiher hanks of the
lederal reserve system are aide to
.avail themselv(‘S of the privileges Hf
fordr*d hy this legislation to convert
assets previously luellglhle Into ctir
reney State batiks ure eoiupelUHl to
J«»ln the federal (vstern in order to oh
tain Hie Hinds that will enable Hietii
to r»N»p<*n
Another lorcNiaMJ efieel h* Hie w(s*d
ing out of weak hanks. Institutions
Qtiahle to furnish liipiid assets f«>r etir
reney will he niiahh* to reopen. Others
will he able lo reiiiain open lo llie
extent of ilieir Ipjuh.lly pending at
least a rec()very of gem-ral public eori
lidenee iii'Tuinks.
Legislation to stop hoarding also
was < oiisidered hy congress and iiieas
ures tor reaching arid punishing Hie
boarders of currency whose withdrawal
of deposits hmiigbl on the panic aiqt
caused the closing of tli»‘ hanks were
dlse»iHS4*d hy- 4bt—'atftmrrrstralion a 1 id
leaders of Hie senate uml house. As
a preliminary move In this direeitoii t
the federal rAerve hwird at Hie in
Btanee of .Mr Roosevrdt, stuil f«*le
graphic orders to all federal reserve
hanks to ftirnisli h.r .March 1.1. lists of
|>er.sons who have withdrawn gold j
Kinee l■eltruary 1. and li.td not hy Hiat
time redeposited their gold with
draw a Is. '
‘HOiJGH it was generally admitted
the world dI«iTQsamei^T‘fW
tereiiee la Geneva wn-s In a had way,
Hie i’.rltlRh started to make a lasH^ef-
foTt to revive It or at
least to salvage some
thing from Its work
Willi this In mind
I’rime .Minisi»*r .Mae
Donhld and Sir .Bdin
Simon, foreign sm-re
tary. went to the
Swiss eily to See vvhai
could be done. “I'liey
denied they had any
de(lnlte plan of ae
tion. bnt they hoped
to get Premier Dala-
dler of France and
('’hanrellor Hitler of
gel her on some arrangement that
would prevent Ihe utter breakdown of
the eonferenre.
For “Hot Copy”
Collejre Dramatic Club Plans for
Presentation of Play^ Here
Early I*art of April.
F.a.st Thursday afternoon the Pres
byterian college dramatic club held its
tryouts for the next play, “Htn Copy.”
To break up a (X)Id overnight and re
lieve the congestion that makes yoiu
cough, tbousands.of pbyai^aaB are now-
Iahburg:,^Sunday. Her ffdhllillfin 1.4
much improved and her friends hope f*‘w*nro®ndiDg Calotabs, the nauser.less
she will soon be well again. .calomel compound tablets that give you
Mr. apd M r,s„ ' **-^**‘*'^" of" “calotnet antf "saTts wflfiout
of Ixiwndesville, spent the week-end j *^‘‘♦*1* of either,
with Rev. and Mrs. M. K. .Medlock. | Gne or two Caldtabs at bedtime with a
.Mr.s. J. H. Turner and son, Ray-1sweet milk or water. Next mom-
b.ond, returned to Spartanburpr Sun-1big .tour cold has vanished, your system
day after spending’ the week \vi‘h Mr.' thoroughly purified and you are feeling
and Mrs. (L K. Turner. 1 hie with a hearty appetite for breakfast.
.Mr. and M^rs, .1. I). Sprouse visited i'•-•'H what you wish,—no danger.
Mr. and .Mrs.X^V. .M. Go.snell, in Paul-j Calotabs are sold in 10c and 3r>e pack-
ine Sunday. \ 1 iges at drug stores. (Adv)
Premier .
MacD(>nald
Germany to-
AWAK
Sir .Tohn Simon said hefori leaving
l.ondoh Hint one of the first Issues he j
and Mr, .MacDonjild wotjld take up In ,
Geneva would he the fact tiuit no ;
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r\CRING Its brief special st'sslon
^ that convened on Inaugural day
Hie S(*nale eotifinm^d 'these appoint
nieiits liy Hie Presidefit :
Prof. Rayruoml .Moley of Colundda
as ail assistant seerefary of Slate.
William I'liillips of .MasHiiehusetfu,
as uinlersecretary of state, who will he
direcHv in cliarge and accouniatde to
Secretary Hull. _
Wilbur .1.. (birr of .New York rea|)
pointed ns assistant seerefary of stale
Henry .Morgenthau, .Ir., of .New York
memher of the federal farm board.
William F. Stevenson of South
('arollna, memher of the federal hum*
loan bank board.
, 'r. Dwight Wehh of Tennessee, meni
her of the home loan board.
other nations had followed tirent j
Britain’s lead in Imposing an arms
embargo a-galnst tlhlna and .lapun,
which, as he reni,»rked. "leaves Belt- 1
alfi in a situation which cuiuiol be ul- ■
lowed to eoritlnue." 1
The British reeogid/.ed that tlie |
fimiiielal Niiuaiioi, in the Hnited
Stales might well delay any disarma- j
men! action and ei-rtuinly would cause
post|Kinement of the war delits eon '
fereiiees. In the latter matter, lutw- j
ever. Sir Ronald l.ind.say, British am ’
hnssador. did find opportunity to talk
with President Roosevelt's advisers.!
Th6 Perfect Serial
. Mystery
.Suspense
and Love.
F IR.MI.V seated In power hy vlet«*ry
In Hie reiehstag elections. Chancel
lor Adult lliilivr now plans to rule
Geruiany without (larliamentary aid fiir
about two years. Ills National Social-i
ists hold about 44 per <?ent of the votes (
In the new reiehstag and the .Nation- |
alisTs. hIs present allies, have 8 perl
emit The election passed off quietly
instead of hidng the hhaaly affair the I
f«a‘s of the axis had predicted. The '
chuneellor Ivelleves that democracy Is'
a failure in Germany and now has the '
legal tools to antUhllate it. There
were many Indications that the outin-
F iiR (l.’i.Vh there was eoiisidbralile eon
fusion eoiieeniing the liaiikiiig siHrt
alien niainl.v heeanse nf diflerein es be
tw.»*en Ilie I'Keshh-nt's pr*M-l.itnulioU
ami III*' orders iKsiu-d by go.v(*rnors ot
varioin* states 'I'liis was e.speelall.v
true in .New York aiid Illinois. Dn.v
bv day ^.*<erreiar.v WiMidin ls.sned or
♦lers niod/t.ving Hiom- in Hie govern
iniMit's pi’tN liinialion etosin,: down all
b. rUs. bill there w.is much iiilsuiider_
sliitnljiig of, his’regiilation* regardiiiL
liinilliig opetiifig of the iri.Hiimiioris
C|i*arlt!g houses .were hiisy holding
IiM'ellfigs bul failed fo live 1||> to their
'name li.v ••learing up the sitiialimi and
the banks were lineertnlii ot both Hu*li
l»«4wers mnd rhelr res|mns|tiii4Hea.
ill natri.v cities and towns hanlts
were »!»• M r» carrv on llniitt*d ueflvl
that were nsfulri^I to provide
f«sKl. rtNnJstiiffs and fni*diclnes and foi
t):e met'tllig of pay r»»ll». Thnmghout
the country preiainitlons wi-re made '
for tin* fsaimnec of writi. pending the |
nseliii •»! fhe n♦*^•eHsllry Miithoritv i
from Wavhlngt«m. .‘<cerefar> \V«MN|iri
♦^'•♦♦*vi*r., '•tiled iigainsi arrip. liioiigii
»e Hjinetloned Hie tisiuiliee in varioio
ItwaUtii-s •*f clearing tmune (aTiltteaier
agnltiM moituL of banks for us*
•*, mp et.icrgeiM'y tlrcuhiflrig iiomIIiim*
L'** d.LHMTNt; out the eampaign plan
U devised hy Lieut. Gen. Kuniiikl
K«ti.s*i. Hie .lapunese armies virtually
eom|t|»*H*d Hu eom|iM‘st of the province
of .leind. The Chinese
go\ei*iior fled and all
tin* Chin**'*e tr(M*ps
w«-ie forced «*ul aftet
a last ilefeiisive strug
gle at Koiiiicikow, a
|i:iss in Hie Great
Wall .lap.-inese planes
first honihed tl>.e Chi
iu-s(> (Misiii*tns there,
and then General
Kawahani'H hrigmle
|i»ok the place. The
Japanese tiius eoin-
plel»*d Hie seizure of
•J.'iO mlh‘s of the tJreal Wall. »*Ttending
froiii the inner Mtdigtdla to the Yellow
sea.
'I'he Chinese fled toward INdping and j
the *•01111^1011 and fright in Ihat eif.i i
led the aiitrioriiies to estaldisli martial
law 'Ihe .lapanese said they would
m»i jmsh *in to Peiping unless forced
to ti* reprisals .ogainsl their e*iuntr.v
men in iliai city .Marslial Chang
Haiieh llang was,silver**ly erlllei7.p<l fot
the loss of Jehol and reslgiusl as inili
tary overlord of N«*rth t'hina aeeeiu
Ing the tvhitiie and tisking that the na
lloiiid governnieiit
|Mt.sts., ^ „
.Maxim Litvinov. f*>relgn eommls.sai
of Itiissin hluiuly inOwnied Hie Leagiu
of Nitthms that the .*<nvlel governiiieMt
woti4d not partlei|M'.te In thi* doings ***
the league ♦x>|tunlttee set up to baiiiHe
try Is (Ul the way to restoration qf the
monarcliy Dtie suia^rficlal sign of tills
was the rapid disappearance of the
flags of the republic. Ihe flags of th(»
.Nazis and of Ihe old empire being sub- .
sHtiiti'd. Hiller, howt»ver, feels that
-*Hie-restoration iirtisf be piistponi’d uri-"t
til conditions are Improved, and in
this the nionareiiTsts agree with him.
■.\n'evidi'iiee of the trend toward con-
.^r\atisiii was the order of Hermann ■
Goering. Nazi minister without fsirt- |
folio, suppressing the nudist uio\e-
ment.
' H K N c 0 n g r c s s appropriated
#8.44tMHiO for the uniiual (•!- |
jienses, of the bureau of prohibition
enforcement It stipulated Hint none of
Ihe money was to be sj>ent on wire !
tapping or the purchase of liquor as 1,
evidence. Tliese provisions do not he-
come efieetive utitil July 1. but Amos
W. \V. W(s»dcock has ordered them Iti-1
to effect u«)w, isiinting out that "cases 1
made contrary to titeiu now probably |
will be tried after these provisions la,*- ,
come Haw.**
Hie result of the\or(lt‘r, Mr. Wood- •
cock said, will mean a coiii|d(‘te
change In enforcement^ methods
• will cause this bureau
most exclusively against flje mamifac
turers and transjK»rtefs’
This, naturally. Is go«Kl new
operators of night clubs
eosit‘s.
T HUKR day* after completing
ninth consectitlve- term In ''
house of representatives. Will It. Wot
of Indiana died quite unexpectedly in
New York. He was ab«»ut to Siill on a
two months* cruise of the Medjiecru
relieve him of alt | nean for a complete rest after his long
and Arduous lahora In Washiirgton
Mr. Wood was one of the nmst active
and infiueiitinl of the ItepiddieHiis in
the hrmae and in the last congress was
chairman of the approfirlathms com
mlttce. He waa aeventj-two'yeara old
h-
Joyce, as she opened her eyes on that memoralde morning, 'vas equally
surprised at the warm, flower-scented air, at the luxurious sleeping porch
where she lay and at the diamond circlet on her wedding finger.
Was she married? Was it summer? Surely the fruit-laden trees she
could see were not in .Chicago—this silk-covered" bed was not a hospital
cot. Yet—the last thing she remembered was a skidding taxicab on a sleet
ing November day in Chicago.
And when k man CAme and .sat on her l)ed and kissed her goodbye for
a hurried business trip, telling her to be cai’efuli after her fall from her
horse the day before, her mystification was complete.
So she w*as married.
y
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Later she discovered from her toilet articles that her initials
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