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family left the happy couple alone. After sitting up till nine or ten
o'clock, the lady secures the fire, takes a light and retires, saying,
you know the way up stairs, turn to the right, etc. At a proper time he
follows, finding her nicely snuggled under the bed clothes, having
previously put on a very appropriate and secure night dress, made
neither like a bloomer or mantilla, but something like a common dress,
excepting the lower part, which is furnished with legs, like drawers,
properly attached. The dress is drawn at the neck and waist with strings
tied with a very strong knot, and over this is put the ordinary
apparel."
[39] _Caines' Cases_, II, 219; Seger _vs_. Slingerland.
[40] In reply to a query addressed to Mr. Neal, who is still living at
Portland, Maine, as to whether this letter was a _bona fide_
communication, that gentleman says: "It was an actual communication from
a correspondent. Who that correspondent was, I never knew, but I never
entertained a doubt, and, in fact, find such internal evidence of good
faith, that I should never question the facts set forth."
[41] Sandy River is near Farmington, Franklin county, Maine.
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