April 19, 1905.
Dr. Chas. H. Levermore,
Adelphi College,
Brooklyn.
My dear Dr. Levermore:
I received word on Monday afternoon from Miss Scharff that she would like to see me on Tuesday. I telegraphed her that she could see me at noon, or at three o'clock. I received a telephone message the next day that she would call at three o'clock and I spent a lot of time between then and three o'clock trying to get you on the telephone at Adelphi College, and subsequently learned that the telephone was out of order. She put in an appearance at three o'clock and demanded to know why she had been "fired". She said you would not give her any reason and simply reiterated that you were most devoted to her and very fond of her, etc. etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc', etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.
Before she left I made up my mind that I had discovered why she had been "fired".
This morning Mr. Rossiter called me up to say that Coler had paid his $1000. subscription, and (Mr. Smith who is sitting next to me listening to this dictation says "Don't you know that he expects to run for Mayor this fall) in the course of the conversation with Rossiter I told him of Miss Scharff's call. He then told me about the letter you had written to him setting forth the reasons for the offer of the three months' pay in in lieu of discontinuing her services. She uttered some threats in her letter making for an interview and also in her conversation with me, and I told her I thought she was very foolish, for her own good; that the College could not possibly suffer thereby and I feared she would. I am glad that the Atlantic Ocean will soon separate us.
Yours very sincerely,