Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . e seen in the Peabody Library, Baltimore. 2l8 POE AND BOOTH A day or two after the story was published Poe calledon Mr. Latrobe, a stranger to him, to thank him. says, He was . . below the middle . His figure was remarkably good, and he carriedhimself erect and well. . He was dressed inblack, and his frock coat was buttoned to the . Coat, hat, boots. and gloves had very evi-dently seen their bestdays, but so far as mend-ing and brushing go,everything had been doneto make thempresentable. . Hismanner was easy andqui
Maryland; stories of her people and of her history . e seen in the Peabody Library, Baltimore. 2l8 POE AND BOOTH A day or two after the story was published Poe calledon Mr. Latrobe, a stranger to him, to thank him. says, He was . . below the middle . His figure was remarkably good, and he carriedhimself erect and well. . He was dressed inblack, and his frock coat was buttoned to the . Coat, hat, boots. and gloves had very evi-dently seen their bestdays, but so far as mend-ing and brushing go,everything had been doneto make thempresentable. . Hismanner was easy andquiet. . The ex-pression of his face wasgrave, almost sad, exceptwhen he was engaged inconversation, when itbecame animated a n dchangeable. Poe lived with at the time and was earning a little by his writing,but he was wre^ hedly poor. He seems to have expectedthat his adopted lather, Mr. Allan, would leave him some-thing, if but little, on his death. But when this tookplace, in 1834, Poes name was not even mentioned in the. EDGAR ALLAN POE 219 MARYLAND will. He had offended Mr. Allan seriously, and has beenaccused of leading an evil and dissolute life. It is evensaid that he forged Mr. Allans name. But these evilreports of his life were spread by his enemies. At about this time Poe married his cousin, Virginia
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