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 Stanford White. I heard him exclaim: 'Oh, look at Evelyn.'

"A few days later I was called to the telephone and it was Mr. White. He said: 'My, but it is good to hear your voice again,' and said he wanted to come and see me. I told him I could not see him. He said it was very important that I should see him at once. He said he had had much trouble with my family and must see me. I asked if my mother was ill."

"He said it was a matter of life and death—he could not tell me over the telephone. So he came to see me at the Hotel Savoy.

"When he came in he tried to kiss me, but I did not let him. He asked me what was the matter. I told him to sit down and asked him again if my mother was ill. He said, 'No,' and at once began to talk about Harry Thaw. He told me that different actresses had told him that I was in Europe with Harry Thaw.

"He said presently that Harry Thaw took me to Europe, and asked me why I went around with a man who took morphine. He said positively that Harry Thaw took morphine, that he was not even a gentleman, and I must have nothing to do with him.

"After that he came constantly to see me. He also sent people to me who told me stories about Mr. Thaw, the stories I told yesterday. I told Mr. Thaw afterward that the stories worried me so much I could