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who had detectives follow her all the way from Texas to Erie, did "unbelievable" things in New York. The neighbors have now told Walter all regarding Postelthwaite and Walter swears he will ruin him with publicity if Maybelle trys to accuse Walter of anything wrong. I am surprised Walter hasn't taken some violent action against him personally. The banker is said to be quivering in his boots over the whole thing lest he lose his job in the bank. To me it almost sounds as though Maybelle has gone slightly batty and I distinctly had that impression when she was here the other night - she didn't look right somehow. Walter is living at the Ford Hotel, apparently he is resigned now to the divorce. My sympathy goes out to him more and more as I hear the details of their lurid affair. Apparently too, Maybelle has been carrying on unremittingly with the banker although more on the Q.T. of late. I really think this money has gone to her head and unbalanced her someway. My guess is she will run through her money rapidly, the banker will ditch her and she'll wind up broke, disillusioned and alone - it is a tragic thing all the way around. Of all the people we have known, this is the first case of a break-up since the Lottridges.

Erie, Pa.,
Thursday, June 20, 1940.

A.L. Nelson has been stricken with a very serious stomach complaint sounding like cancer to me and has gone to Mayos. It was a shock. Good old Nels is a great skate and I feel mighty badly about it. A.J. Woodward seems to feel