Josephine Riley Matthews

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    I was supposed to retire when I was seventy-two years old, but I was seventy-seven when I retired. On my seventy-sixth birthday a lady had triplets. It was quite a birthday present.
    Josephine Riley Matthews (b. 1897)

    I was supposed to retire when I was seventy-two years old, but I was seventy-seven when I retired. On my seventy-sixth birthday a lady had triplets. It was quite a birthday present.
    Josephine Riley Matthews (b. 1897)

    the ache here in the throat,
    To know that I so ill deserve the place
    Her arms make for me;
    —James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916)

    I was supposed to retire when I was seventy-two years old, but I was seventy-seven when I retired. On my seventy-sixth birthday a lady had triplets. It was quite a birthday present.
    —Josephine Riley Matthews (b. 1897)