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oue of the teachers in the School told him about i t , feala certain tb&t he hnd dona sometbirvg with a little girl* He was eeverely censured for this «id barely miaaed being appalled from school. It is possible that he was ostracized by hie fellow atu- dents and th-nt this is the resson he chcnged schools the following yearv i In September, 1305, he stoppnd going to school altogether and returned to Leoadiag whara he lived, with his mother find sister* According to his blographera, he was suffering from luti^-troubiis during thia period and had to remain in bed the greater pbrt of the tipve» Dr^-Bloch, who was the family doctor at thifr time is &t a Iocs to iinderfltfliid how thia story evar got started b&caufle th*re was no sign of lyng trouble of any sort. Adolph cnne to his office now and then with o alight cold or a tiore throat but there was noth- ing alee worg with him* According tft Pr- Bloch, he wsaaTery quiet boy at thifi Unei, ratliw elight la build .but fairly wlry# He v&ry courteous aari patiently wnitod for his turn. He made V . / no fuss vben the doctor looked into his throat or when ha i t with an (intifleptit* Ha *aa very shy and had little to aay esc- i cept when spoJt^n to* But there was no cign of lung trouble* During this tine, however> he frequently went with hi3 »oth&r to visit hia aunt la Spital, Lower Austria wher& ha «lao spent vacations. The doctor who t r e a t s bib there i t alleged to have said to the nunti flFtom thia illness Adolph will not recover*" It It ABBumed that he referred to A Ivmg condition but I t saasL* that i t joust have been very elight because It waa not reported to Dr. Bloch when he returned to Leonding n few ponths la tor and hifl records show no entry which would even suggest such an ailment. REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES