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Show TV1I1 Be Treated Right. j Methcen, Mass., August 4. The I sentries have been removed from the j entrance to Mr. Searles' residence and that gentleman has so far unbent from his rule of rigid excluiion as to allow ' his private secretary and chief advisor, j Mr. Rell, to make a statement to the : examiners representatives. ; Mr. Eell said emphatically that Mr. ' Searles had not seen and would not see any newspaper men. Mr. Sear- j les feels very bad over the stories : printed about him in the New York j papers which Mr. Bell stigmatized as' entirely false. Mr. Searles, Mr. Bell ; said, was a man with sufficient income ! to satisfy all his tastes, which are simple. ; At the time of his meeting with Mrs. Hopkins, Mr. Searles was devoting himself to the subject of artistic decoration. deco-ration. He has since carried out his idea on an extensive scale. As to Mr. j Hopkins, Mr. Bell said he thought there would be no contest over the bill. He described Mr. Hopkins as a keen, j level-headed man who had already re- ' ceived great kindness from Mrs. 'Hop- i kins Searles. He said distinctly that it i was intended by Mr. Searles that Mrs. ! Hopkini should be treated fairly right. ! |