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 York and she had met the wicked man who had ruined her. I cannot recall all the conversation, but know I learned her name.

"Have you now stated all the conversation you had with your son between the time he got home and the time he left for Europe?"

"Yes: I have told all."

"Your son then reappeared in your home in the Fall of 1904?"

"Yes."

"Did he speak to you then about his contemplated marriage to this young girl?"

"I remember expressing my disapproval about his coming over from the other side with her, but he said there was nothing wrong: that she had been the victim of circumstances."

"Will you state when he first manifested the intention of marrying that young girl?"

"In November, 1903, he told me he desired to marry her, but that he had been frustrated at every move he made."

"You went South in 1904?"

"In February. It may have been in 1905. I cannot remember dates."

"When you returned from the South you say your son was still intent on marrying this girl?"

"Yes; and I therefore came here to New York and saw her. This was about a month before the wedding."