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Show 'Little Sunshine Jobless, Takes Own Life, Police Fear , By I'ntversjil Service.) I'lTTSBL'RO, Va., Jan. 31. Matilda Stanton, 16.. known aa "Little Sunshine" because of her confirmed cheerfulness, failing to find employment, threw herself Into the river "to make It one less for her mother to feed, It was believed today. Mrs. K. M. Stanton, the mother, moth-er, a widow with seven children, kissed Tillle goodbye on Friday morning- and the girl started out on her daily quest for work. She failed to return. Today Mrs. Stanton showad the police tha following not aha had received: ''Dear Mother: "liy the time you get this letter let-ter yon won't have to look for me any more, for I will be at tha bottom of the river. I am going to make It one less for you to feed. I 'lease, mother, do not hunt for my body. Leave it down there. "Your daughter. "T1LLIE." Tillie had been employed In a cnndy store- but dullness In the trad! resulted In her being laid off with a numBer of others three weeks ago. |