Emma. August 29th 1889. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid ---------- The passage is from St. John, Chapter XIV, verse 27. I am sure it was a great comfort to Emma at that particular time. The name Murdoch, Mother said, was a name Emma and Lacy chose from a book they had been reading. b 10. I wish I could remember more Pacific Grove anecdotes, but I , . don't. I had never heard the one about Mother playing in Chinatown \ until Penny told it recently. Mother told her during the time Penny lived at Club 20 and was starting at Arts and Crafts. If any of you know any other stories, do share. r 11. Naturially Lacy 's death devastated Emmal Mother said that she found her mother crying and burning up letters, photos, etc., and 4.2. she said, "Penelope, dear, Dodo is dead." Well, thought Mother (she was about 8), of course she was very sorry that Dodo had died, she was very fond of him, but she just couldn't understand her.mother' : grief. So what she said to her mothe,r was, "Oh. Well, can I go and play now?" According to one of Mother's odd bios, the accident to the "Penelope;" Lacy's yacht, happened on Monterey Bay. I had always thought it happened in Southern California; now I just don't know. Also, I don't recall hearing about their having "many rides on the Bay on the 'Penelope, '" which she wrote about. Could be. I wonder who Judge Wilbur was, who bought the house. The return to Los Angeles was a calculated risk, but there was no way for Emma to stay in Pacific Grove. Her only hope was to go back where at least she had friends who understood the situation. Her "secret" must have been well Known in Los Angeles--at least among some of the men in the community. But no one ever even whispered anything. Such was their respect for Emma. Emma's pact with the Lacy family is probably something Mother was told, when she learned the truth, plus Mother, asa, re-su.At,. being able to piece together some things that happened when she was little. She said she remembered going with her mother to a "big house" (the Lacy's) soon after their arrival in Los Angeles--I think she said she was dressed in her best for this and cautioned to be on good behavior. She was sort of shunted into a chair in the corner while Emma talked to "a lady" or "some ladies." The impression she re- called was that her mother was making a deal--that she, Emma, would have nothing to do with them, speak of them, etc., etc., as long as she and Penelope were left alone. Blat watch out for trouble i f ever she/they tried to interfere in any way with Penelope's life. This is the story Mother told me in 1964, when she had finally de- cided that I could know. She had not known the truth herself un- til after Emma's death in 1932. Then, one of Granny's friends-- Buffy Hincks, I think it was--followed the instructions she had been given some time previously, and "told all." That, of course, made Mother's information second-hand at best, but I would imagine that her informant made a great effort to stick to the facts, and (33 . TO , OCR Text: Emma. August 29th 1889. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid ---------- The passage is from St. John, Chapter XIV, verse 27. I am sure it was a great comfort to Emma at that particular time. The name Murdoch, Mother said, was a name Emma and Lacy chose from a book they had been reading. b 10. I wish I could remember more Pacific Grove anecdotes, but I , . don't. I had never heard the one about Mother playing in Chinatown \ until Penny told it recently. Mother told her during the time Penny lived at Club 20 and was starting at Arts and Crafts. If any of you know any other stories, do share. r 11. Naturially Lacy 's death devastated Emmal Mother said that she found her mother crying and burning up letters, photos, etc., and 4.2. she said, "Penelope, dear, Dodo is dead." Well, thought Mother (she was about 8), of course she was very sorry that Dodo had died, she was very fond of him, but she just couldn't understand her.mother' : grief. So what she said to her mothe,r was, "Oh. Well, can I go and play now?" According to one of Mother's odd bios, the accident to the "Penelope;" Lacy's yacht, happened on Monterey Bay. I had always thought it happened in Southern California; now I just don't know. Also, I don't recall hearing about their having "many rides on the Bay on the 'Penelope, '" which she wrote about. Could be. I wonder who Judge Wilbur was, who bought the house. The return to Los Angeles was a calculated risk, but there was no way for Emma to stay in Pacific Grove. Her only hope was to go back where at least she had friends who understood the situation. Her "secret" must have been well Known in Los Angeles--at least among some of the men in the community. But no one ever even whispered anything. Such was their respect for Emma. Emma's pact with the Lacy family is probably something Mother was told, when she learned the truth, plus Mother, asa, re-su.At,. being able to piece together some things that happened when she was little. She said she remembered going with her mother to a "big house" (the Lacy's) soon after their arrival in Los Angeles--I think she said she was dressed in her best for this and cautioned to be on good behavior. She was sort of shunted into a chair in the corner while Emma talked to "a lady" or "some ladies." The impression she re- called was that her mother was making a deal--that she, Emma, would have nothing to do with them, speak of them, etc., etc., as long as she and Penelope were left alone. Blat watch out for trouble i f ever she/they tried to interfere in any way with Penelope's life. This is the story Mother told me in 1964, when she had finally de- cided that I could know. She had not known the truth herself un- til after Emma's death in 1932. Then, one of Granny's friends-- Buffy Hincks, I think it was--followed the instructions she had been given some time previously, and "told all." That, of course, made Mother's information second-hand at best, but I would imagine that her informant made a great effort to stick to the facts, and (33 . TO , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,L through M File Names,Murdoch,MURDOCH_018.pdf,MURDOCH_018.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: MURDOCH_018.PDF, MURDOCH_018.pdf 1 Page 1