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Then uncertainty overcame her, and she re-wrote her note and copied Mrs. Fairford's formula: "Yours sincerely, Leota B. Spragg." But this struck her as an odd juxtaposition of formality and freedom, and she made a third attempt: "Yours with love, Leota B. Spragg."
Undine; but I thought maybe, off nights, you'd like to send it to your friends." Mrs. Spragg, who from her doorway had assisted with moist eyes at this closing pleasantry, came forward as Undine hurried away to dress. "Abner can you really manage it all right?" He answered her with one of his awkward brief caresses. "Don't you fret about that, Leota.
This, however, seemed excessive, as the ladies had never met; and after several other experiments she finally decided on a compromise, and ended the note: "Yours sincerely, Mrs. Leota B. Spragg." That might be conventional. Undine reflected, but it was certainly correct.
Leota Carr, J. E. McNair, Ed Morton, Michael Maloney, Verne C. Henry and Morial Thornburg. The statements of these disinterested parties regarding the clubbings given to the speakers and to citizens of their acquaintance proved very effective.
Leota Carr called up Chief of Police Kelley next morning, the following being an account of the conversation that ensued: "I said, 'What are you trying to kill my husband for? and he kind of laughed and said he didn't believe it, and I said, 'Did you know they struck him over the head last night and he could hardly go to work today? He said, 'My God, they didn't strike him, did they? and I said, 'They surely did! And he said 'Why there isn't a better man in town than he is, and I said, 'I know it. It surprised me to think that he thought I didn't know it myself.
For a long interval they sat silently looking at each other while their heavy eyes exchanged conjectures: then Mr. Spragg rose from his chair, saying, as he took up his hat: "Don't you fret, Leota; I'll see what I can do."
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