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Show INSISTED ON THE BOX. Sho Wanted to Be Sure Her Gift Was Taken Care Of. Albert C. Bates, librarian of tho Connecticut Historical Socloty, has hud many Inquiries from visitors to tho collodion rooms in Hartford regarding re-garding tho camp offects of Nathan Halo, tho martyred Revolutionary spy, which, up to n short tirao ago, wore kopt In a largo case in tho main hall. Somo changos In tho disposition of various curiositlos has been necessary this soason, and tho Halo articles aro now hlddon from sight In tho great safo in ono corner of tho room. In showing thom a fow days ago, Mr. ) I I i r ...limtraissMdtMAnMaaMiAMwMAAWAWAW Batos rolated an amusing fact re il' gardlng tho old powder horn which Is It I kopt in a glass-covored box. tin "Tho horn was prosontod to tho co- ' doty by a Connecticut lady," ho said, jll "and wo had removed It from tho box, ) placing it, with other Halo rollcs, in a largo enso. Ono day this lady )l camo to tho rooms and noticed that 'M tho horn had boon taken from Its orlg M lnal box. B '"Oh, I can't havo that!' sho ox M claimed, 'that horn Is too valuablo to M bo takon from its box at all. I must 9 Insist that my gift bo kopt Just as it ' was presented.' jH "So wo recovorod tho box, fitted I tho horn In Its position, and thoro It ' Is." Now Yk Times i. ' ' .Ab waI |