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CORRESPONDENCE. 
New York, June 18, 1880, 8:30 A. M. 
Dr. Miller , Camden, N. J.:—Could I see Prospero alive ? 
Will come on first train. Answer. 
213 West 53d St. C. D. House. 
New York, June 18, 1880, 11 A. M. 
Dr. Miller , Camden, N. J. :—Please answer my dispatch of 
this morning. 
C. D. House. 
New York, June 18, 1880, 2:39 P. M. 
Dr. Miller , Camden, N. J.:—Will be in Camden 6:20 to¬ 
night. 
C. D. House. 
To the first two of these my student, Mr. John A. Johnson, 
had sent affirmative answers as soon as they were received, and I 
gave him instructions to meet Mr. House at the depot and take 
him to the stable, in lieu of an answer to the third, as I had a 
professional call to the country which would detain me until a 
late hour and I would be unable to go to the depot myself. When 
the train arrived Mr. Johnson was there, and waited until all the 
passengers had left, and not seeing Mr. House, he returned to 
my office, where he found Mr. House awaiting, he having gotten 
off the train before it reached the station. lie then took Mr. 
House to the stable and showed him into Prospero’s stall. Yet, 
in spite of these facts, at least one New York paper and one 
journal have published articles asserting that “ Dr. House had 
great difficulty in getting permission to see the horse and exam¬ 
ine him. On my return to my stable, at about half-past nine or 
ten o’clock, I found Mr. House awaiting me. He told me that 
he had carefully examined Prospero, and the whole trouble was 
from his teeth, and if they were removed he was sure the horse 
would get well. I said that I feared that time had passed, and 
hat while I had received peremptory orders to destroy the ani¬ 
mal, I very much disliked to do it, owing to his great value. He 
remarked that he was very positive Mr. Parks would not have the 
horse killed (if he could see him in his present condition) under 
