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is "spinning street yarn" on a large scale. I hope 

 she had a glorious gossip to pay her for her trouble. 

 It shows most conclusively that the visiting propen- 

 sity, so strong in woman, is not a conventional thing, 

 but inherent — belonging to her very nature. 



This woman deserves to be the first on Raquette 

 Lake. She bids fair to have seven children more, and 

 I trust, when she dies, a monument will be erected to 



her memory. 



Yours, &c. 



