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Woe is me! Doc complains. This situation progresses to the point where Ruth, in desperation, and because of enormous suns of money she has spent flying to California once a week to seo the judge, is compelled to ask for Fetsbursenent ond sufficient to eontime with, Of course, it is immediately received, and | her graticuéo ds overwhelming! Words. . - puny words seem inadequate to express her eretefuiness for the money, the new car and the dSanonds1 all are to peautifull Daddy, Dearest Daddy. . . how I love you! ‘ : This she pours out her heart to her *anddy", who, it seoms, is doomed to remain in ‘the penitentiary until the judge is able to go to . : Washington! Again end agein. . - and yot again. . . she suffers the a ‘parrasement of having a depleted Denking account. dgain end yet again is a fabulous sum eclnowledged by her. From where, Shavings says, he has 20 : idea. But it is so strange. + « 50 far-fotobed. « « be opines, that the letters, though be knows they are compored ty Doo, should admit the receipt of these thousands of dollars and presents! So strange that he begins, like a fool eventually wills” daylight! : No let ae think, Shavings reflects as be Mos sbed et might. to a Let me think! Brother Bob? Yes, that could be Doo. Fred? = That could be Guard Clarke or Guard Perkins. Ethel, who is alwys mentioned ea Bob*s sister, could be his sister. But the correspondence sheet shows he has @ sister Stella, not Ethel! oe ahere 4s, Shavings assures himself, no record of Doo writing = + to a Ruth! snd certainly, calling Doo "lly Dearest, Groat Bie Handsome Cevelior" is like calling a kitten a tiger! “There's @ plot scmswhere, dut Doc's too shred to unfold it. , ; Could it be. . » ky Goa! I*11 bet on it! Shavings suxps out of bed and walks Murriedly to Big Pat's stall. *Z+ye got it!” shouts Shavings es he shakes Big Pat into wakefulness. "I've got it at lestt" "Got what?" growls Big Pat. "A nichtnere?™ "yo! Docts racket!”