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they are enjoying at her expe-
nse, justice from on High
and from the better nature
of man will call for a truer
and better dispensation of the
funds so unlawfully and
so wickedly obtained. Every
word of the testimony in the Ex-
aminer was eagerly read by us, we
could scarcely wait for the news
to reach us - The Examiner's sale
must have been very large for all
rich and poor, old and young are
intensely interested in the matter
and with one voice in favor of [ ?]
[hever ?] has a suit caused such a
sensation for it is the universal
opinion that the deepest laid schemes
ever planned has been brought
to bear upon one who feel too
easily into the trap - My opinion
of my dear friend Mrs Hopkins
has not changed because of these

we cannot but feel has been
wronged - At the old Salem jury,
lawyers and judges, look at
the sweet faces who have been
wronged, and contrast them
with the one who adroitly
weaned this loved one gone
from all she once held dearest
to her heart - there can only
be seen on your faces honesty
and purity - and to day you
are the only true mourner for
the one passed on to give account
for deeds done while in the body.
I can never reconcile the woman
named Searls as being the
one whom I knew and loved
as Mrs Hopkins, the latter
I remember as being refined