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Show has pity No Feeling of Revenge j in Peary's Success Against Odds Helllnghnm. Wash., Dec. 1 Dr. ! William II. Atell of Iteillngham, an Ultimate friend or Dr. Frederick A. ; Cook, who has been in frequent communication com-munication with blrn since his disappearance dis-appearance from New York, received a letter irom the Brooklyn explorer jisterday. Dr. Axtell declined to dl-M.lge dl-M.lge the whereabouts of Dr. Cook, but made public several extracts from the letter as follows: I "My case will eventually rest on Its own merits without reference to rival interests. "I prefer to believe that the campaign cam-paign of Infamy, which has been waged against me, that the mud throwing, bribery and conspiracy has come ft om the misguided aud deluded. de-luded. "As to Mr. Peary, my feeling is of pity rather than revenge. He has itrlven against awful odds and the man who can succeed under such a I handicap deserves all the glory that conies his way." |