Mrs. Bates. Uh-huh. That is as I remember—as I can remember—and that's all I can do, my recollection is that that's the way they started out—just like a story.

Mr. Jenner. Yes.

Mrs. Bates. A diary.

Mr. Jenner. Did he take his notes with him, too, when he——

Mrs. Bates. Took everything. He wouldn't allow me to keep anything.

Mr. Jenner. Would you go through those pages and see if you recognize any other of the story type of thing?

Mrs. Bates. [Complying.] Uh-huh. It was strictly Russian—on Russia—his trip to Russia.

Mr. Jenner. And, at that time, he had just returned from Russia and it would appear from the notes that you have examined that the later notes deal with his subsequent residence in the United States?

Mrs. Bates. Uh-huh.

Mr. Jenner. And in New Orleans?