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father in particular, wanted to know what the nails had to do with it; in fact, he suggested that I quit looking at my hands and look at the book; so when she explained her new Eastern method, they broke up the meeting, and “Aunty” McMillan left town on the early stage and hasn’t been a resident of Silverton since. It was some time before the town got over the musical shock it gave them.
