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night and stayed until Monday afternoon and you bet we were glad to see them. They are pretty well settled now but seemed awful glad to get home. To add to the excitement we had a fire in our bldg. Tues. morning at 2.30 starting in the back room of Dykeman Electric Co. I heard the alarm box 52 which is near our office and called up the operator but he didn't know where the fire was so I went back to bed and in about 5 minutes the telephone rang and officer Sidney [[Worey?]] told me the fire was in the Dykeman Electric Co. store and that the smoke was coming into our room

so many fool questions trying to mix you up. Mr. Leonard was the next witness and after telling his tale the other lawyer started cross examination and they got into a squabble over some questions and the judge had a conference with them and then came back and told the jury that he was going to refer the case to a master and that they were excused from further consideration of the case. So I may have to go and start all over again but I hope I won't have to wait round for a week if I do. Ralph and his wife came home Sat.