ill Hie living in a ear a continual de- Ail11 light.ininMaudie’s MotherTreAI'lov.vDenies Rift in the 40illIieDowney FamilyntMarceline, Mo., July 7.— (Special)atMrs. Ike S. Myers, mother of Maudieu-Myers, who eloped with D. V. Dow ney,a former Catholic priest of this city,cootoon Junary 18, denied last night thatieMaudie and Mr. Downey had separat-e-ed. “It is all a falsehood, said Mrs.Myers.WalCitvna vaMaudie is coming home tomorrownight for a visit and will return in afew weeks.” Mrs. Myers also statedf* I that she had a letter from Downeytv e1 o w iT1folicthrea few days ago stating that he andMaudie were happy. He said in theletter that they were living in n home1_ of their own and that Maudie hadLy Iproved to he a real wife. He alsoson,menAihassaid he hoped that Maudie’s par-r~ ents would he able to visit them indetethetheir Detroit home this summer. Ca“It is a fact I sent Maudie somemoney to come home on, hut there isnothing wrong with that,” Mrs. Myers*s declared. She denied that Maudiewired for the money. Mrs. Francisr‘ Strayhall, a sister of Maudie, alsoK;ceipstated that Maudie was only comingsteafor a short visit and would returnrt- to Detroit within a short time.lestricsteeT T