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Did he have n miHtredis? Mamoo: A uiBtrpHs? H? ha. Alice: Here's where we split. Mamoo: Yah. Mamoo: He had lots and lots and lots of friends. Don't think he didn't. He was a very well liked, loveable man. Alice: I feel sure he had a mistress. And his mistress was Mrs. Helen Pitkin Shirts. Mrs. Helen who? Alice: Mrs. Helen Pitkin Shirts, but I don't think you should put that in your article. I won't, but tell me about it anyway. Alice: She was tall and beautiful and golden haired and she was the sister of the man who worked for Grandpapa in A. Baldwin & Co. and I am sure as anything that he had a child by her whose son was Albert Pitkin Shirts. Mamoo: That's Alice's OPINION, you see. Now I disagree there absolutely. Alice: That's my theory. Were you the one that told about the glove behind the curtain? Alice: I may have because I noticed we always drove Esplanade to Claiborne Avenue and as we turned into Claiborne Avenue there were these bowed windows with the blinds bowed like that and you'd see a lilly white hand saying hello. Oh, I'm sure of it. And Grandpapa would toss a little bouquet there. Aphra1 Mamoo: Alright now listen. Let me tell you one thing. I have right here, and I can bring it out right away, Mrs. Helen Pitkin Shirts brother was Waldo Pitkin. I went to see Waldo Pitkin is still living, right now, today. Alice: The old man isn't. Mamoo: The old man IS. Alice: Is he really? 17
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