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away from home. He has two fine, studious brothers. His 

 father is a strong character and a successful lawyer, his 

 mother an excellent woman, intelligent and firm. She has 

 a brother who left home at 14 to seek a life of adventure. 

 He finally settled down to a steady life. Their father's father 

 was erratic. He loved Indian outdoor life, always used an 

 Indian blanket and at over 70 years swam the Mississippi 

 River. He traced back his ancestry to Pocahontas. He has 

 another grandson, III, 2, who is an unruly character with a 



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roving disposition; he joined the navy and his whereabouts 

 are unknown; his father was a lawyer and a fine character. 



6. Another case of truancy (Fig. 53, III, 2) is a 7 year old 

 boy whose home conditions are not favorable. His selfish 

 father consorts with lewd women so that his mother has left 

 her husband and now conducts an employment agency. She 

 has hysterical attacks with blank periods during which she 

 may wander. The boy is bright and able but is subject to 

 hysterical attacks; he runs away from school and home and 

 says he does not know why; goes for a long period without 

 food or sleep. His father's father was erratic, a soldier, very 

 superstitious, used to walk in a graveyard and perform in- 

 cantations at Christmas time. The mother's father was also 



