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ravings about his wife and child, whom he knew must starve
in that wild and lonely country. An expedition was sent out
to the cabin, when it was fou nd that only the s kelet ons of the
wife and child remained. Mr. Roberts' father had died in the
meantime, and though he had disinherited Mr. R., his
brothers divided with him and he came to America a broken
man.
He then produced photographs of himself and his wife,
and at the suggestion of Mr. X. they were mixed with a
number of other photographs and shown to the little girl,
who unhesitatingly picked out the photographs of both her
alleged parents, although the photograph shown was very
different from the present appearance of Mr. Roberts.