Mr. Jenner. He was there when he was five years old, and he stayed there until she married Mr. Ekdahl; is that right?
Mrs. Murret. Well, he was in the home awhile first. I mean, he was at my house, I would say, between 1½ and 2 years, and then I couldn't keep him any more. I guess there must have been some dissension or something.
Mr. Jenner. What kind of dissension?
Mrs. Murret. She got angry or something, and I might have told her to take her child, you know, or whatever it was, so she put him in with the other two boys in the home then.
Mr. Jenner. She was quick tempered, would you say?
Mrs. Murret. Well, that's what I mean; yes.
Mr. Jenner. She would flare up in a moment; is that right?
Mrs. Murret. Yes; you see, she was always right. She couldn't take anything from anybody, in other words, or you might say she was not reasonable, and especially in some things that are right, because you can keep doing and doing and doing, but then you get to the point where the other party never seems to be doing anything.
Mr. Jenner. She didn't seem to exhibit a full measure of appreciation that was warranted, is that what you mean?
Mrs. Murret. Well, I didn't keep the child for anything like that. I kept him for himself and for the love of God, and so forth, and we liked the child, but of course we had our own obligation with our own children, and this was her life. She made her own life.