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Poor Sidney Story must have been ned supreme in sexual entertainovernment decided that it was far too well-known--and that it corrupted the soldiers and sailors based there Storyville was closed, and now existed no ela discovered that Abraha man, had seen the slave markets in New Orleans, and some of what he had seen had cemented his determination that slaves must be freed

"You know, he’s known as our most psychic president," Whitney said "He believed in destiny, and foretold his own death in a dreaela asked her "Or do we create our world ourselves with the e view it?"

"I don’t think he created John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theatre!" Whitney said

"Good point," Angela told her

They entered the new exhibit, and the very first display there was on the Madden C Newton house They walked straight to the model of the home, as it had been when Madden C Newton had carried out his reign of terror

"Look--the one ell is still divided here," Whitney said "When the house was built, that was actually a separate building"

"One of the reasons all those people are shown et rid of a corpse fast enough--people sured out that he was responsible for the disappearances, and the police burst in on hi, how very, very bad hue on the exhibit There were drawings, and one photograph of Madden C Newton in court She had seen him in her dreams; of course, there had been a picture of hie to her iination

"He looks like any man," Whitney said

"Not really Look at his eyes The bastard was de, and then wandered apart in slightly different directions

"Hey! Coela walked over to her Thewith a newspaper sketch of his public execution--a hanging

"Ugh," Whitney said "The body was left to hang there for three days No one knows exactly when he was cut down There had been orders for the disposal in ‘an unrave purchased by the city,’ but no one seeela agreed, walking over to read along with Whitney "You would have thought that they ht have burned the bastard alive and thrown his ashes to the wind"

"Too ela walked back over to look at thethe difference in the architecture noith the entire structure pulled together as one

She went through the entire exhibit again, but it didn’t give her anything new on Madden C Newton She saw pictures of raphers at work during the Civil War had made portraits common and possible by then She was most touched by one certain portrait; it was that of a fahter

She knew the children They remained in her room

"That’s them, isn’t it?" Whitney asked her

"Yes"

Whitney was quiet for a ed to release people from the basement when you found the skeleton of Nathaniel Petti under the floor I wonder why the children can’t o--they were buried with their parents"

"I don’t know, I think they’re trying to tell me what happened But I’m not sure if they ina They want ed to do it yet"

"Why do you look so perplexed?" Whitney asked her

Angela turned to Whitney She grireed just to say whatever they were thinking--if one of theed, certainly, they all were

"I saw another face in the roo off after my shower, I looked in thethat ht be while ere here"

"Why, was she scary?" Whitney asked "I’d love to really see the way you do There’s so special about you--it seems that specters want to be seen by you"