He had been driving about over the island with a newlyadopted granddaughter, little Margaret Blackmer, whom he had met onemorning in the hotel dining-room. I have preached that in my own Gospel. One newspaper said I patted his Majesty on the shoulder--an impertinence of which I was not guilty; I was reared in the most exclusive circles of Missouri and I know how to behave. He was always eager in any new undertaking.
Bingham was very handsome and decidedly the mostattractive lady present. He was a machine, & had habits. She was four, and had more interest in cows. I never will again, certainly.
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