Now, when he was going to Beauregard, Joyce, one of my daughters who lives in Beaumont——
Mr. Jenner. Beaumont, Tex.?
Mrs. Murret. Yes, sir; well, I don't think Joyce was married then. I can't think whether she was or not, but anyway, we went to the store and we bought Lee a lot of clothes that we thought he might need so he would look presentable to go to school, you know, whatever a boy needs, and when we gave them to him, he said, "Well, why are you all doing this for me?" And we said, "Well, Lee, for one thing, we love you, and another thing we want you to look nice when you go to school, like the other children." So that was that.
Mr. Jenner. Did he wear this clothing to school?
Mrs. Murret. Oh, yes; he wore the clothing that we bought him.
Mr. Jenner. Did he say anything else with regard to your purchasing this clothing for him?
Mrs. Murret. No; he never would discuss anything. He was very independent. Like one time I remember asking him a question about something, and he said, "I don't need anything from anybody," and that's when I told him, I said, "Now listen, Lee, don't you get so independent that you don't think you need anyone, because we all need somebody at one time or other," I said, "so don't you ever get that independent, that you should feel that you don't need anybody, because you do need somebody, sometime you will."
Mr. Jenner. Do you think that a little of this independence might have rubbed off from his mother, in the light of your experiences with your sister?
Mrs. Murret. Well, she was independent herself all right. She didn't think she needed anybody either, so I guess he sort of got that from her, but I know that there are times when we always need somebody, and if you don't have somebody to turn to, then you don't know what to do sometimes. I would hate to feel that I never needed anybody.
Mr. Jenner. Did Lee seem to have that propensity, that when you did things for him, that he didn't seem to want you doing anything for him?