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Venture reported two separate shocks lasting about four or five seconds each Santa Monica reported a second shock shortly after 7:00 last night

L L Pope, Santa Teresa City Building Inspector, made the rounds of the city yesterday afternoon and reported that he found no da erected under provisions of the new building code "There was very little structural dae of any kind," he declared "It was virtually all confined to old fire walls, soo…"

I turned and looked up at Dietz We locked eyes for a moment and hismy fist in his hair He reached a hand down ertips across my left breast

"Print it," he said hoarsely

"Oh God," I breathed

At the counter, the librarian pulled his glasses down and peered at us over the rihtened my collar and adjusted my shirt I pressed the button We picked up an invoice for the photocopy at the desk e turned in the microfilm We left the periodicals room without further reference to the two librarians, who see subject

"Bronfen I like that It’s close enough to Bronte," I said as I followed hi on Victorian literature"

"Possibly," Dietz said "I don’t knohat it proves at this point"

On the h various city directories The 1926 edition showed a Maude Bronfen (occupation, ) at the address listed in the paper "Shoot," I said "I was hoping we’d find Anne"

Dietz said, "Maude was probably their mother What now?"

"Let’s try the Hall of Records It’s just across the street Maybe we can track down Irene’s birth certificate"

We paid for the photocopy, left the library, and headed over to the courthouse, crossing the one-way street Dietz had takencars approaching froeneral vicinity, and possible vantage points in the event Mark Messinger had chosen this location to picktheory here?" I asked