The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, May 14, 1896, Image 6
THE WEEKLYILEDGEIt: GAFFNEY, S. C., MAY 14,
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•*Ol course. I'lio man ana woman
eoparated liero to avoid suspicion. By a
trick tho woman obtained possession of
apartments in tho very house where
your intended lived, while Molitairo
stopped at tho Hoffman, which, of
course, is very near your own hotel. As
soon as yon went to Boston they follow
ed and registered at tho same hotel.
You obtained tho jewels from the cus
tom house, and they entered your room
and robbed you during your absence.
Your theory of tho murderer’s actions
after the jewels were recovered by you
is probably correct He went back to
hunt for them, hoping that she had not
placed them in the satchel or rather
that she had taken them out of it, since
you yourself placed them there. I think
there is'no point left unexplained.”
“Pardon me,” said Mr. Tbnuret, “I
think you are wrong. You have not to
my mind quite connected this man—
what did you call him? Jean Molitairo,
was it not? Well, I do not see that you
bavo traced his hand to tho crime. ”
“I think that I have,” said Mr.
Barnes.
“You do not make it clear to me,”
said Mr. Thanret, as coolly as though
discussing some question in which ho
had but a passing interest. “You ..ay
that your Moutalbon woman noticed
this Molitairo when sho sold her dia
monds. Later that both were missing
from Paris. Tho woman turned up in
New York, but how do you prove that
Molitairo did not go to—let us say Rus
sia?"
“No,” said Mr. Barnes, “ho did not
go to Russia. Suppose that I should tell
yon flint I ferreted out tho fact that this
name Molitairo was but an alias, and
that tho man’s true name was Mental-
bon? Then, when wo remember that tho
wonhm’s name had been cut from all
her garments, is that not significant?”
This speech made a mild sensation,
but Mr. Thanret remained unmoved.
He replied calmly:
“All things are significant—how do
you interpret this fact, supposing that
you could prove it?”
'‘This Molitairo was peally tho dead
woman’s husband. They quarreled
many years ago, and she went to New
Orleans, where she kept a gambling
bouse, having learned tho trade from
him. When they mot again in Paris,
she recognized him. Then, when tho
fellow conceived tho idea of following
tho jewels, it suited his purpose to ef
fect a reconciliation so that he might
nso tho woman as a tool. After the
murder it would bo to his interest to
hide tho name of Moutalbon by cutting
out tho marks on tho woman’s cloth
ing. ”
“Pardon mypursuing tho argument,”
said Mr. Thanret, “but 1 find it enter
taining. You surprise mo, Mr. Barnes,
at the ready way in which you read
men’s actions. Only are you sure you
are right? ’Suppose, for instance, that
the woman had cut out tho marks her
self long before, at some time, when
sho was using an alias, then your fact
would lose some of its significance,
would it not? Circumstantial evidence
is so difficult to read, you see! Then,
having lost that link, where do you
prove Molitairo or Moutalbon guilty?
Being the woman’s husband is no crime
in itself.”
-“No,” said Mr. Barnes, deciding that
the time had come for an end of tho
controversy. “Being tho woman’s hus
band docs not count in itself. But when
I procure in Paris tho photograph of
Mylitaire, left by accident in his room
at his lodgings, and when I recognize
thftt as tho same man whom Mr. Mitch-
el suspected and trapped into stealing
tho ruby, and when upon my return to
New York I find that ruby upon that
very man and recover It, then wo have
ifiome facts that do count. ”
“Yon recovered tho ruby?” said Mr.
Mitchel, amazed.
“Here it is,” said Mr. Barnes, hand
ing it to Mr. MitcbcL Mr. Thauret hit
Lia lip, and by a strong endeavor re
tained his self control.
“Mr. Barnes,"said Mr. Mitehol, “I
*m sorry to disappoint you, but this is
not my ruby. ”
“Arc yon suret” asked tho ilctective
with a twinkle in his eye.
“Yes, though you deserve credit, for,
though not the ruby, it is the stolon
vtiax 1 .. I have a ^complete set of dupli
cates of my jewels, and in making my
little experiment I did not care to bait
my trap with so valuable a gem. I
theroforo used tho duplicate, which is
this. But how have you recovered if?”
“I have been in.New York for sever
al days. I have dovoted myself during
that time to n personal watch upon
Moutalbon. Yesterday, to my surprise,
ho went to police headquarters and beg
ged for a permit to inspect the stolen
jewels, saying that through them he
might throw some light upon tho mys
tery. His request was granted. Suspect
ing treachery, I subsequently obtained
a similar permit, and investigation with
tho aid of an expert showed that tho
bold scoundrel bad handled tho jewels,
opd so managed to change tho imita
tion stone which he stole at tho festival
for the real one in the set which figured
in the train robbery.”
‘•fly Jove,” said Mr. Mitchel, “ho is
an artist. Then I am indebted to you
after all for recovering the stone? But
tell us how did you accomplish it?”
”1 overheard Moutalbon once say that
a wise thief would keep a stolen article
Upon his ]>«jsou, so that it could not be
discover' (1 without his knowledge.
Therefore I UpH certain that he would
himself adopt this metnoa. wnon tno
conversation this evening reached a
point where it was evident that all
would be disclosed, tho man, who is
present, dropped the ruby into his glass
of burgundy, whore it would bo out of
sight and easily recovered or swallowed.
Later ho attempted to dispose of it in
this way, but I quickly drank his glass
of wine, tho ruby thuiT passing into my
month. And now, Mr. Moutalbon, I
arrest yon in tho name of tho law. ” Say
ing which tho detective put his hand
upon Mr. Thanret’s arm. Tho other
guests jumped up, excited and expect
ing a scene. To tho astonishment of all,
Thauret remained quiet for a few mo
ments, and then, speaking slowly and
distinctly, said:
“Gentlemen, we have hoard several
stories hero tonight. Will you listen to
mine and suspend judgment for a few’
moments?”
“We will hear you,” said Mr. Mitch-
cl, marveling at the man’s nerve. Tho
others resumed their seats, all except
the detective, who stood just hack of
his prisoner.
“I will trouble you to fill my glass,”
said Thauret to the waiter, and after
being served he coolly sipped a mouth
ful.
“I shall not boro you with a lengthy
recital,” he bfgan. “I shall simply
make a statement Society, the civilized
society of today, frowns upon and pun
ishes what it terms ‘tho criminal class.’
Yet how many have over examined
into tho existing state of things and
analyzed tho causes which make th<
criminal a possibility? Tho life of such
a man is not so inviting that ono would
adopt it from choice, ono I mean whe
had moral instincts. With tho naturally
immoral it would bo otherwise, ol
course. But if ono bo born immoral,
who is to blamo? The individual him
self or tho antecedents, including both
parentage and circumstances? Wo pity
the man who is congenitally tainted
with disease, and wo condemn that oth
er man who is tainted in morals, though
his condition is analogous gnd traceable
io similar causes. Such a pm» I #pi. J
confess that I am and always have
been a criminal, at least in tho sense of
acquiring money by what are termed
illegitimate methods. But yonw’ill say,
Mr. Barnes,” turning for a moment to
the detective, and thus while speaking
to him attracting his attention, so that
unnoticed he dropped a small white pel
let into his glass of wine, “that I work
ed for the jewelry house. Well, what
ever I am 1 have aimed to bo artistic,
as Mr. Mitchel admitted of me a few
moments ago. By seeming to earn an
honest living I blinded tho keen eyes of
tho Paris police, so that, though many
suspicions have been cast in my direc
tion, conviction has always been impos
sible. So now. while pretending to ex
plain to you all, I have explained noth
ing. I simply designed to prevent con
viction of tho crimes charged against
mo, as I do, thus. ”
With a swift movement ho drained
his wineglass, though Mr. Barnes at
tempted to prevent him. In ten miu-
utca ho was dead.
THE END.
THE FIN DE SIECLE DAMSEL.
She ha* hair that in fluffy, straight, bunged oi
half curled;
Hus u parasol, oft by hor deft Ungers twirled.
She ban < yes either brown or black, gray oi
true blue;
Has a neat lilting glovo and a still neater shoe.
She has cheelui that make bitte r the envious
rose.
Bho bus trunks upon trunks of tho costliest
clothes.
Bhe has jewels that shine os tho Btnrs do at
night,
And she dunees as Ariel dunces—or might.
Bho’u accustomed to sitting on rocks laths
glen.
She’s also accustomed to sitting on men.
There’s not much in her brain, but there’s
heaven in her smile.
Her profession is love, cud sho flirts all the
while.
—Munsey’s Magazine.
Hitchcock—V.’Umot.
Tho Anglo-Saxon suffixes “kin” aud
“cock” were used ns diminutive or en
dearing forms of personal names, just
as tho Normans used tho suffixes “et,”
“ot,” “on” and “on. "Thus from Hitch,
itself a diminutive of Richard, wo got
tho surnames Kitchkin, Hitchcock,
Hitchens aud Hitchiseu. Any common
baptismal name affords a number of
such variants, which became fixed as
patronymics or surnames. Thero are,
for example, at least 15 ^different forms
of William available for that purpose.
English forms: William, giving Wil
liams, Williamson, MacWillinm, Fitz-
william; Will, giving Wills, Wilson;
Bill, giving Bilson; Willy, giving Wil-
lison.
Anglo-Saxon forms: Wilkin, giving
Wilkie, Wilkins, Wilkinson; Oilkin,
giving Gilkiuson; Wilcock, giving Wil
cox.
Norman forms: Gnillanmc, giving
tho surname Gillum ; Uuillamot, giving
Gillamot; Guillon, giving Gillon ; Guil-
lut, giving Gillot, Gillotson; Guill, giv
ing Gilson, McGill; Willett, giving
Willot; Williamot, giving Wilmot; Wil-
len, giving Willau, Willing.—New York
Times..
Vegetarian* Use Fleshly Name*.
Vegetarian restaurants are by degrees
giving up the use of such titles for their
dishes as convey tho idea of a meafdiet,
but they still find the word “steak”
indispensable. Otherwise their bill of
faro is much improved aud of a more
inviting character than it used to be.
“Indian broth” roads well on a cold
December day, and “braised onion with
tomatoes” appeals to many. But what
is “vegetable turkey?”
It seems to bo rather a confession of
weakness to be dependent on tho animal
world for names wherewith to invest
tho various preparatious of vegetables,
cereals and fruits. To America they owe
many forms of succulent and tempting
food, such as fried corn, maize with
plums and pineapple pudding made from
tho tinued fruit. The use of cheese, for
bidden by some of the strictest follow
ers of vegetarianism, enables tho cater
ers to offer such savory dishes as welsh
rabbit, cheese fritters aud custards, aud
tho odors that are omitted are of the
must savory and appetizing description.
—Loudon News.
A BICYCLE THIEF.
A certain nows agency had telegraphed
abroad tho report that I am in Switzer
land, not for the benefit of my health,
but for the purpose of stealing bicycles,
and they added that I was an export
thief, aud, for a time at least, I had
succeeded iu baffling tho most praise
worthy attempts of tho police of two
towns to capture mo.
While this statement is naturally flat
tering to mo it is nevertheless a libel,
aud, in fact, if 1 cared to use strong
language I might go so fur as to tako
tho last syllable away from tho word
“libel.”
The whole trouble arose through
Switzerland not having a proper lan-
unge of its own, that hilly country pre-
erriug to express what few thoughts it
has iu a mixture of French, German and
Italian, depending on what particular
cautou you happen to bo iu. They say
that the' Swiss are natural linguists.
Unfortunately they are. Any combina
tion of sounds you may make means
something to any Swiss to whom you
happen to bo talking, for he knows so
many languages that yon aro suro to hit
one of them, and so you convoy ideas to
him that you had no thought of oxpress-
iug.
October weather is lovely In Switzer
land. Most of tho visitors have then
gone, prices come down one-half, and
the air is sweet and cool, with usually
a cloudless sky.
Under those circumstauces I thought
It would be a nico thing, as the roads
were good aud tho scenery picturesque,
to take a bioycle tour right arouud Lako
Thun, beginning at the town which
gives the lake its name, going around
the north side of the lake to Interlaken
aud returning by the south shore.
Tho hotel keeper told mo that if I
went up tho street, turned to tho right,
went under an arcade until I came to a
tunnel, penetrated that and emerged on
nother street, turned to tho loft aud
opt oij I would come to tho shop of a
innn who would let me have a bicycle
bu hiro by the day or the hour. I fol
lowed the directions os closely as possi
ble and thought I recognized tho shop
because a bicycle was leaning against
the wall. Tho owner was leaning
against tho doorway, looking at tho bi
cycle outside. Tho following conversa
tion in many languages took place be
tween us:
“Haheu pie un bicycletto a louor?” I
opened on him with tho above impartial
mixture of German aud Frcuch. It
seems ho understood mo to ask if that
was his bicycle, whereupon ho replied
in four languages:
“Yaw, yaw, oni, yes, so.”
Theu, throwing in a bit of Italisu, I
led off with:
“Quanta costa la machine a la boor,
oder per tag?”
Now, I submit that to any educated
person, or even to a university muu,
this sentonco said as plainly as print,
“How much do you wont for this ma
chine by the hour or tho day?” I tried
afterward to get the magistrate to see
this, but he, not knowing Italian, shied
at tho very beginning of the phrase.
Tho owner of tho bicycle on oath de
clares that ho tbonght I asked how
mnch the bicycle hod cost him. Ho says
that ho answered ho paid 500 francs for
that brute of a machine, made in
France, while I understood him to agree
to let mo have it for 5 francs a day,
which was cheap. I was in a hurry to
bo off and was afraid ho might repent
his offer, so I said it was all right, aud
II would take it, whereupon, without
further parley, I wheeled the bicycle
into the middle of the road, sprang on
its back and was off, leaving the aston
ished man standing by his door, too
thunderstruck, it seems, to make any
outcry until I had passed beyond his
sight at tho first turning of the road.
I pedaled serenely ou, little realizing
what a commotion I had left behind
me, and tho one funny thing about this
most regrettable episode is that I spent
an cxceediugly quiet, peaceful aud en
joyable day, not knowing I was pursued,
t nuking no attempt to elude anybody
md yet eluding them iu what appeared
Afterward to bo by subtle and crafty
Id edges. Tho magistrate could not bo
[persuaded that my sitting on the ve
randa of a restaurant in the main street
of Interlaken, with tho bioycle iu plain
view of everybody, was not tho brazen
act of a hardened criminal, who know
the police would be searching for him
iu the back streets.
t Whon the man standing against tho
oorway had recovered partly from his
mazemeut at my sudden flight on his
Imacbiuo, he rushed to the police station
land told tho authorities there a plausi-
E 1 - 1 ^ foreigner had engaged him in polite
ondorfinn conversation, aud, while
his mind was distracted in trying to fol
low his remarks, had seized tho oppor
tunity and also the ■machine aud was at
that moment making his way to tho
north road toward Interlaken.
Now, capture uuder these circom-
Btances seemed to be deliciously easy.
Thoro were uo branching off roads. The
mouutains were on cue side and tho lako
ou tho other, on neither side of which
was bicypling practicable. Therefore all
the two policoiB$n to do. when they
mounted their macl4j , ° 8 . was to ride
faster Mian I di<V-t^^ fi o overtake me.
As I had uo idou thaW rat!e ' VUH o^. I
plunged along in a leisurely manner
and would undoubtedly have been taken
near Interlaken if it had not been for
tho fact that some years ago a company
built a funicular railway from the mar
gin of tho lako a milo or so np to St.
Boatcnbnrg. I had lived iu .St. Boatou-
burg once, and I remembered that tho
road from thero to Interlaken was a
good ono, so I thought that perhaps it
would not ho a bad plan to go up on the
railway and coast down to Interlaken.
I knew a man who had done it once. 1
ran well believe now that no ono over
trios it the second time. Tho car goes
np to St. Beatenburg three or four times
a day only, but when a conplo of miles
away from the landing I saw a steamer
coming in, and I know if I reached the
landing about the time sho did I would
got a oar.
I am not a racer, but I thereupon put
in my best licks to mako connection
with the mountain railway. The road
at this point is as level as the lako itself
and only a few feet above it. My
thoughts turned to the railway because
I knew that beyond tho lower end of it
the carriage road rose high above tho
lake, passed through several tunnels and
then went dowh to the Interlaken plain.
By taking tho up car I would avoid all
this and have it down hill all the way.
The policemen, it seems, caught sight
of mo as I was making my spurt, and
they at ouco put on extra steam, but
then is a deep bay just before ono
reaches tho funicular, aud they lost
sight of mo as I turned tho point. I had
reached the top of tho railway funicu
lar, and I bicycled the milo or more
along tho street, high up above tho lake,
on one side of which is scattered tho
village of St. Beatenburg, with its won
derful view of the snow mountains—tho
Jungfrau, tho Eiger, the Monch and u
host of others.
I found tho rido down tho zigzag road
not such fun as I had expected. I saw
tho brake was not going to last if I
kept on, so I had to walk most of tho
way down. Coming to a more level
ground, I cycled gently into Interlaken,
making for tho place where they sell
Munich beer, and there, over a mug
and a sandwich on tho main street, I
made my frugal lunch, with tho bicyclo
standing against a pillar of the veranda.
After a smoko I proceeded out of Iu
tcrlaken and took the south road that
borders the lake. This read is not so
good for cycling as the other, being
mnch more hilly, whilo tho roadbed is
more stony. I therefore walked a good
deal, taking it very leisurely, and in
conrso of time I was overtaken by a po
liceman, who also was walking his ma
chine. Ho asked me if I had met a man
ou a bicycle coming from Thun, aud I
told hint quite truly that I had hot.
He seemed discouraged and told mo
nil about tho bicycle theft aud tho arrest
of tho wrong man. He feared tho thief
had hidden in tho forest until ho and
his comrade went past aud then perhaps
rook the steamer across tho lake, or the
villain might merely have protended to
tako tho no -h road, while in reality ho
went by tho south. Thus tho policeman
hoped to meet him yet. I promised to
keep a lookout, and the officer went on.
When I reached Thun and cumo to
tho place where I got tho bicycle, I
found tho man was iu Interlaken, end
bis wife, who knew all about tho rob
bery, was amazed to sco tho thief re
turn tho machine and place 5 francs and
his thunks on the counter.
I regret to say that the apparent hon
esty of this action did not commend it
self to tho authorities. They looked on
it as tho rnso of a crafty scoundrel, who
realized that, so vigilant wore tho po
lice, it was impossible for him to es
cape, and so endeavored to throw dust
in tho eyes cf tho wise men of tho place.
I theroforo had to pay tho expenses of
tho chase and apologize to everybody
concerned.
Thus the bicyclo, at 5 francs a day,
was not so cheap as { had ot first sup
posed.—Luke Sharp iu Detroit Free
Press.
The Preacher Performed HU Port.
It has long been a matter of contro
versy how far tho cud justifies tho moans
in getting money for good purposes.
There aro occasionally found people who
object to tho extortion of a church fair
where yon got in for 35 cents and out
for $35, and who say that tho rafflo of a
charity bazaar differs from no other
gambling except that nobody but the
directors ever win tho prize quilts. 4
gambler from Ohio, who hod made a
big fortnuc iu a saloon and faro bank,
says that last winter he attended a coi--
ored church iu Florida where the
preacher unuouuced that a special bless
ing would bo asked for all contributors.
Ouo brother put iu a dime. "Do Lord
bless Bror Jones!” exclaimed tire preach
er. “Brer Johnson, God bless you for
that quartah. ” .VVhcu it cumo to tho
gambler, ho fished out a $30 bill.
“What name?” asked tho almost breath
less collector. “It doesn’t matter. I am
a gambler from Ohio. ” “Gamblahfrom
Ohio!” shouted tho collector. Tho pas
tor rolled up his eyes aud dropped on
his knees: “Twenty dollars from do
gnmblali from Ohio! May do good Lawd
prosper him iu his business!”—Now
Orleans Picayune.
The Alaska Boundary.
Alaska was not much thought of at
tho time of its purchase, and thoro is a
tradition that tho money wo paid for it
really reimbursed Russia for other good
offices of hers iu ourbohalf. But now it
is seen to havo been worth far more
than it cost. It is likely that wo do not
know ns yot anything like tho full meas
ure of its possibilities. It is worth re
taining to the oxtromest boundary. Brit
ain knows something of its value, as
sho knew that of tho Columbia river
years ago. We should know enough
about boundary problems by this time
to defend our own without shrinking or
carelessness.
It is not probnblo that tho Alaska caso
ever will come tofarbitration. It will be
settled, liko th| Maine and Oregon
boundary dispute*, by negotiation and a
treaty, aud tho Ulited States will lose
no territory.—Pu|$land Oregonian.
looking For Tronhlo.
It Is only nocessary to become deeply
Interested in coincidences to discover
them on all ships. Resolve to record all
that corao to hand, and they kp< ni to
multiply until you can regard yourself
sis providentially favored in this direc
tion. If your calling develop a taste
for matters cf this kind—for example, if
you arc a writer, with a keen sonso for
tho literary possibilities mil dramatic
effects of such coincidences—is it strango
that you should meet with more of them
than your prosaic neighbor, to whom
they would be trivial and dull? If you
cultivate tho habit of having presenti
ments and of regarding them as signifi
cant, is it strango that they should be
come more and more frequent, aud that
among tho many some should bo vaguely
suggestive or even directly corrobora
tive of actual occurrences?
I know of persons who detected tho
gradual growth of such habits in them
selves and wisely decided to check tho
tendency before it became pernicious.
They began to neglect them or act iu
the teeth of them, and I am uuablo to
discover that they have fared worse than
those who religiously honor and obey
these premonitions.—Robert Grant iu
Scribner’s.
A Flort Work* tho Hammer.
At Essen, Germany, in the gmit
Krupp gun works, which are situated
at that place, there is a hammer that
weighs 50 tons. This hammer works in
connection with an anvil weighing 80
tons, which, iu turn, is placed on an
anvil block weighing 120 tons. Profess
or Schumann, a “trained flea man" of
, Bern, Switzerland, visited Essen and
j tho great war machine works a few
years ago. Upon returning homo he set
about making a model of tho groat
; hammer which should ho complete iu
| every detail, but on such a minute scale
I that the hammer could ho raised by a
I flea instead of by a 100 horsepower cu-
! gino, as in tho original. In its completed
state this wonderful miniature model,
—frame, hammer, pulleys, etc.—weighs
but 1*2 grains! Tho hammer and anvil
are both of solid gold, the pulleys Ger
man silver and the framework plati
num. A llca, trained by Mr. Schumann,
tho maker of tho model, will, at tho
word of command, hoist tho hammer to
tho top of tho frame, where it is auto
matically set free, descending in pre
cisely the same manner as tho monster
after which it was modeled.—St. Louis
Republic.
Electric Light nt Ilnlf rrrscut Cost.
Professor William D. Marks, speak
ing of Mr. Edison’s visit to Ibis city,
said: “He does not think of letting up
on his work. Ho told mo that now that
he was through with tho ore concen
trator process he purposed to return to
tho laboratory and push electricity as
fur as ho could. During the last year or
so, whilo busy with tho ore concen
trator, ninny thoughts and ideas as to
improvements in the various forms of
electrical machines aud uses had occur
red to him, but he had simply made a
note of them and put tho matter aside
until his return to tho laboratory. Some
of them that he mentioned to mo were
startling. If ho lives a few’ years longer,
the world can ho snro of many new in
ventions. Among other things that ho
will follow’ up he mentioned tho fact
that ho had thought out a means of pro
ducing incandescent light nt half of its
present cost. This is a very Important
matter, needless to say. Ho says ho had
experimented enough to satisfy himself
that it was practicable.”—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Extras.
Clerk—No. 45 says that ho had tho
best dinner hero that ho has had for
four years.
Hotel Keeper—Good! Charge him a
quarter extra.
“And No. 54 says it was tho worst
ho ever saw. ”
“So? Mako his bill half a dollar
niorc for kicking. ”—Indianapolis Jouf-
ual
The Caso I* Altered.
'%Seo the girl with the png nose!”
M Hush ! She is worth $15,000,00Q i^
her own right. ”
“What a charming retrousse!”—Life.
Eczema
Medicinal value In a bottll
jinrlllathan In any
More *kill Is required, mot
expense Incurred it
It costs the proprlel
More hut it costs the coil
gets more doses for
More curative power is sccil
combination, propurtl
which makes it peruf
More people are employed a
eupied in its Laboratof
More wonderful cures effect
timonials received thd
More sales and more ineroi
are reported by druuisi^
More people are taking Moo
today than any otln r.l
taking it today than c'l
More and stii.i. mokh. reu.|
given why you should
i The One True Blood I’lirlfler.
Hood’s Pills Sick lleadaca
Mr. E. D. Jcukins, of Lithonia, Ga.,
says that his daughter, Ida, inherited a
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