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Kennedy pulled it off and unfolded it , while we gathered about him . `` Maybe it 's from Elaine , '' cried Aunt Josephine , grasping at a straw . We read : DEAR AUNT JOSEPHINE , This is a token that I am unharmed . Have Mr. Kennedy give the ring to the man at the corner of Williams and Brownlee Avenues at midnight to-night , and they will surrender me to him . -- ELAINE . P. S. Have him come alone or my life will be in danger . We looked at each other in amazement .