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Show Father Gives Little Girls Last Quarter, Kills Self ' k DENVER, Oct. 13. (U.E) Thomas Folger, 33, ax garage worker who haa been many months without a job, called his two little daughters, June, 10, and Marjorie, 8, to his side in the squalid room they called home. "Take this quarter," he told them, forcing a smile, "go to the store and buy yourselves an ice : cream cone. Better take mother along, too." Mrs. Vera Folger protested. She knew it was her husband's last bit of money. . But seeing the . girls dance about in expectancy, she put on her wraps and took them to the store. As soon as they were out upon the street, Folger went to a clothes closet, took an old rifle out, placed the barrell against his temple and fired. When his family returned, they found him dead. Mrs. Folger told police her husband had tramped the streets for months looking for work. "He was unable to see us in want .any longer," she said. |