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With a shter of the Texas

states in her room at the

Carlton There was no question about it--the first epistle froht and held her attention All day, as she

dragged her father through picture galleries, she found herself looking

forward to anotherSadie Haight, the , had no letter to deliver The news

rather disappointed the daughter of Texas At noon she insisted on

returning to the hotel for luncheon, though, as her father pointed out,

they were far from the Carlton at the ti; and as she read she gasped

DEAR LADY AT THE CARLTON: I a,

with London silent as the grave, beyond our garden That I a to it is not because I did not think of you all day yesterday;

not because I did not sit down atto

address you Believe

accident could have heldaccident has happened

I a and terrible

sentence And I could write that sentence A tragedy, wrapped in , has befallen our quiet little house in

Adelphi Terrace In their basement room the Walters family, sleepless,