y, to give my regrets the same wide circulation as
my original statements.

As I wrote you previous to the publication of the magazine
containing the parts you refer to, I try to exercise the
greatest care in allowing nothing to appear in my story but
facts--facts I know to be facts, and in addition only such
facts as are absolutely necessary to my work, which is the
portrayal of those events of the past essential to a proper
understanding by the people of the evils that have been done
them, and how they have been done, that they may do what is
necessary to undo them and to prevent their repetition in
the future, and, in addition, such facts as it is fair for
me to use. I repeat what I said to you then: I have
absolutely no feeling in regard to you other than an intense
desire to do you exact justice.

I dealt with you in the entire Bay State receivership affair
in connection with Mr. Braman and I thought that I had every
reason to believe that his Bay State Gas purchases were for
your joint account; but now that you assure me they were
not, I hasten to have such assurances chase my original
story with the hope that they may speedily overtake it.

My information that you had been sued by Mr. Buchanan came
to me in a way that left no doubt in my mind of its
correctness--no doubt until I received your letter. Papers
were sent to me some time ago by reputable attorneys in a
suit of Buchanan against Braman and, I understood, yourself,
along the lines outlined in my story, with the request that
I allow my deposition to be taken, so that Buchanan could
get at the facts in his attempt to recover the moneys
claimed.

Your assurances to the contrary in regard to this matter I
also hasten to start on the road you point out, and I will
see that both statements are expunged from my book.

You are in error in thinking that I did not wish to see you
when you were in Boston. I did not know in either case of
your desires until it was too late to see you. I certainly
would have had a "sit-down" with you if it had been
possible.

Again assuring you not only that it is a pleasure to set
forth the facts you have called to my attention, but that I
am your debtor inasmuch as you have given me an opportunity
to perform that duty wh