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the office and one in the publie phone and I have no private phone
there. The next morning, which was Thursday, about 11 o’elock I
got this message, that this lady wanted me, I went down and called
up Mr. Adair’s number and he said to come over to his office.

Next morning I went to Mr. Adair’s office before noon. I had
been invited to a bridge party that afternoon at the home of one of
my friends; they took me back into the private office, and Forrest
and George Adair were in there. They told me that they had been
in conference with Mr. Cook that morning, and that Mr. Cook de-
manded that I leave my home and leave my husband, that no wom-
an like me should live with a man like Mr. Hirsch. I said, “Well,
did he ask that Mr, Candler leave his wife also!” He ssid, “No,
that all of his feeling and anger seem to be directed aguinst me and
uot against Mr, Candler. Forrest Adair says, “Mrs, Hirsch, we
are in the same boat, and Cook is steering the boat, and if he were
to say that Mr, Candler would have to go, he would have to go to
not be exposed, and Mr. Candler couldn’t stand to be exposed.”
I ead, “Well, it don’t seem fair that I should be the one that should
suffer all the consequences of thia.” He said, “No, but from time
immemorial”—these are his very words—“from time immemorial
women have been made the goat for men’s behavior,” he said, “at
times I’m ashamed that I am « man, because everything that 4 man
does a woman has to suffer for.” Then Mr. Adair then asked me
what Mr. Hirsch’s salary was, and I told him how much he made
and what little ineome he had, and he said, “Well, if we were to
provide for you with an amount equivalent to Mr. Hirseh’s salary
and give you this much would you be willing to leave here, not let
anyone know where you are’—~and he suggested Denver as the
place to which I should go—“and leave a uote to your husband sug-
geating that you are tired of him or something like that, so that he
won't follow you, absolutely closing up associations with your hus-
band, ‘would you be willing to do that?” And I said, “Mr. Adair,
T don’t see how I eould, for all I may have done wrong, my home
has been a happy one. Mr, Hirsch and I have never had one eroes
word—lI’ve heard people say they had been married certain lengths
of time and had never had a eross word, and I could hardly believe
it, but, it isn’t entirely true in my ease, Mr. Hirsch is a fine dis-
position man. He never geta mad and everything that I do seems
to be allright with him. He lets me go my own way, do as I like;
we have never had any trouble at all, and it looks unreasonable to
me I should leave my home like that.”

He had mentioned in this talk that the money that they wanted
to give me would be in the way of annuity, that they would give me
so much on the first of every month; either send me a check or de-
posit the check to my credit for $250, I said, “Well, if I consid
ered doing such as that, I wonld have to be sasured that I was go-
ing to get that money, that I might leave here and you could pay
me a check the first month and then after that you needn’t pay
it any more.” Mr, Adair said, “Mrs, Hirsch, the word of Forrest
Adair is good; the firm of Forrest and George Adair keeps their