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taken. Came under my care at 10 years. A delicate child, needing 
careful attention. Brown hair and dark eyes. Was near-sighted 
and slightly deaf. Slow mentally, yet under training he accom- 
plished in 10 years the ordinary school intermediate course, and 
gained considerable proficiency also, in free-hand drawing, in water 
color, in designing, and in wood carving. Did beautiful work in 
sloyd, building and carving furniture — chairs, tabourettes, etc. 
Fond of music, became an excellent violinist. A fair mechanic, is 
now earning a good living. 

Only child ; born at full term ; ordinary labor. Was unusually 
small at birth. 

Father a drunkard, and treating his wife badly, was 25, and 
mother 26, at time of child's birth. Mother working hard, had much