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Three weeks passed -- six more "first-nights" -- and "Mary Ogden" was at every one of them, also Lee Clavering. She was "the talk of the town."
The newspapers were full of the mystery. Who was this enthralling person? Crowds followed her everywhere. She bought a pair of gloves -- and seven floor-walkers were hurried to Bellevue in seven separate deliria. She went into the Public Library -- and the infatuated populace carried off all the books as souvenirs. She walked around the reservoir -- and they drew off the water and sold it for a dollar a bottle.