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244 was a student who did that contrary to our advice and judgment and we have the affidavit of the reluctant plaintiff certifying to this fact.”

The case directly referred to is “the Ipswich affair,” and the plaintiff, Miss Lucretia Brown. Other cases which Arens brought in Mrs. Eddy’s name were the suits against Stanley and Tuttle, referred to in a previous chapter, and a suit against Richard Kennedy brought in the municipal court of Suffolk county, Massachusetts, in February, 1878, to collect a promissory note made in 1870. The suit against Stanley and Tuttle resulted unfavorably because the defendants claimed that Mrs. Eddy had first instructed them to manipulate the head, and later instructed them to treat differently, without touching the patient, and they claimed to have been confused and to have received no benefits. In the case of Kennedy, judgment was awarded in Mrs. Eddy’s favor. The note for which suit was brought read:

In consideration of two years’ instruction in healing the sick, I hereby agree to pay Mary Baker Glover one thousand dollars in quarterly instal l ments of fifty dollars, commencing from this date, February, 1870.

In April Arens arranged a suit against Daniel Spofford to collect from him a royalty on his practise for unpaid tuition fees. This suit was dismissed for insufficient service. Barry’s suit against Mrs.