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1 r YOL. 3. GEEENYILLE, S 0.: THURSDAY .MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 185f>. NO. 30. jjt ffltrtjjmi enterprise, ' A KEFLEX OF TOPULAU EVENTS, f &<51 J?a JPlKUtBIS, ? EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. - tbt* jbs: mm. mm. mmm [ fl 5<7, psTublo k advance ; *2 if delayed. -OlAJfis of FIVK and upwards #I, the money * iu ever? instance t? nceonipany the order. | ADVfEIlTlSKMUSTVi insertedconspicuously nt the rates of 75 cents per square of 13 lines, and ? *5 cents for cfceh subsequent insertion. Con- j tracts for yearly advertising nmdc reasonable. ^ AOKSTS. K. \V. Cask, N. W. cor. of Walnut nn?l Tliird-st, Philadelphia, is our authorized Agent. W. W. Walkrr, Jr., Columbia, S. C. 1 Par sr. SraAbLr.v, Ksq., Flat Rock, N. C. c A. M. 1'ukKV. Kairview P f) flreenvill. ni.? William C. R.wlet, Pleasant Grove, Greenville. j Capt. R. Q. A.mi?brsox, Codar Fall*. Greenville. ^ ' Irlrrtrii ^nrtnj. ^fo 6o5. 1 Tiik following verses. l>y that sweetest of 1 American poetesses, Mrs. Lydin Huntley 1 Sigourncy, suggested by the words of the 1 14th Psnlm of David, " The fool hath said s in liia heart, there is no God "?is oue of ? tho finest thing* in the language : c "J?o God!" 44No God/" The simplost j flower t That on the wild is found, ? Shrinks, as it drinks it* cup of dew, t And trembles at the sound : I 44 No God !" ? astonished Kcho cries c From out her cavern hoar, t And every wandering bird that flies, j Keproves tbo Atheist-lore. I ^ The solemn forest lifts its head, r *. The Almighty to proclaim, 8 Tho brooklet on its crystal urn, 3 Doth leap to gravo his name. " How swells the deep and vengeful sea, Along his billowy track. 1 Tho r*l Vesuvius opens his mouth r To hurl the falsehood back. 1 The palm tree with its princely crest, < The coccoh'l leafy shndes, t The bre:id-fruit bonding to its lord, In yon far-island glades, The winged seeds that, borno by winds, The roving sparrow feeds, The melon on tho desert snnds, Confute the scorncr's creed. 44No God!" With indignation high The fervent sun is stirr'd, And the pale moon turns paler still, At such un impious word : And from their burning thronos, the stars Look down with angry eyes, That thus a worm of dust should mock Eternal majesty. (Original Communirntinn. For lb* So*th?rm BnMiprla*. lir JOF., THE JKItHKY MUTE. It la a fearful thhtg To love as I lovr thra; to fee) the world? The bright, t ha beautiful, joy-giving world? A blank without theo. Never more to mo Can hope, joy, fear, wear different seeming. Now I have no hope that does not dream for thee; I have no Joy that i* not aharcd by thee; I have no fear that does not dread for theo. L. K. L. " The Bible says, M lie that. u married ear eth for the thingt of the world, how he mag plea* hit wife? See chapter vii, verso 33, jn 1 Corinthians. The words thus italicisa ad, Rethinks, are best entitled to the consideration of every man who is abont to commit matrimony. Nothing can excel the charms of communion of soul with soul, " >ybero true love reigns in the heart. After fit experience of a year and a half in wed- r ded life, your hutuble servant i* enabled to ' aav. whit direct retrard for veracilv. that 1 marriage (provjdpc) it |* ? marriage of pure, 1 true* love) is the happiest state in which a 1 human being can be placed . ' Wfw The editorial " jre," of the Southern fin ' Urprite, has changed his condition, I see. ' We, ono and all, with him mueh happiness 1 in hie new relation*. An Editor n?pds a ( help-mat*?one who is ready and willing 1 to lighten the burdens Imposed upon him. 1 Wejtejoiou to know that the JSnUrpriee < ****** * ??? ^ rough path he ka? cImmo, ( A vit lupus woman is willing and glad t> t '*-.<*1 i- "n? i{a lid her husband amid tho storms of life. Virtue is a g?m of rarest price. Solomon limsclf, on bended knees, acknowledged the utinite value of virtue in a wife. Tho muses ;ing of the heaven born quality, lie of the Enterprise ought to have been married long igo ; but, at all events, " late is belter than jever." A few weeks nfler my marriage, I vrot'o him a letter, recommending hiin to lurry and get married, nnd endeavored to jivo him some idea of the taste of heavenly oys I had enjoyed. He, however, lefused o act upon my suggestion at the moment, 'eihaps he did not wish to marry without lis host. 1 see, though, that ho has at last nken unto himself a wife. When I* heard >f his marriage, I was the happiest of . all nen at tho termination of the affair which, n this world of corruption, does not always urn out so well. I do not love to magnify the good qualiies of those with wkoin I am connected by >lood or by marriage ; but, while on the ubject of marriage, I cannot resist the emptation to mnke a few remarks relative o my consort, although they arc somewhat oo much in the self-glorying vein. When lie and I sttulcd in the Deaf and Dumb Intitutc, I used to hnte her, though without :ause. If any one suggested to me the proirictv of marrying her. as she had a good tducatton, I would knock him down ou the pot, because I could not bring myself to hiok of marrying one whom mv very soul oalhed. Hut prest changes 1 After a lapse >f nearly nine yoars we met in the museum >f the In :litutc, and there, for tho first time n my life, I learned to lovo her in secret, durst not open a regular correspondence, is most lovers do, with her, for fear lest my uit should be rejected. It was not until a | ear before our marriage that I proposed i nid wm accopted. My wife is a wild eat sort of a gill. Not j hat she is not given to scolding, but she: ids out the proverb that " there is a limit o human patience." She often quotes the 3iblo as saying that it is right to be angry >ecAsionally, in order to prevent an undue legree of familiarity, cither in conduct or son vernation. She is Political, Ilygenic, Jicss Reformer, and every other variety of ileformer one can think of. Go where I viII, she keeps to my side. If I go to a lore, she will accompany me, even against ny will, fair weather or foul, nud regardless >( the distance or place. She is always tellng inc that she love* mo to the extreme of ondness. She is exceedingly timid, but, itrnnge as it may seem, she will go with me hrough places infes'ed by robbers. I am rot writing h romance. I chronicle in this rrticle the record of facts, and fact* alone, inmediatcly after our marriage, both of us itanding on the bank of a creek, I made as f to throw myself iuto the crcok, when my wife rushed toward* me, evidently delerniin>d to follow me into the water, rather than mrvive me. I grasped her in my arms, md undeceived her, to her no small gratification. Though alio is actually deuf and lurnb, she seem* to l>e a wife all over. ] mi an old line Whig; the partner of my joeom is a staunch Democrat. Thus she lifieri in politic* with her lawful husband. Fuh'ng, hunting, bathing, and every other lastime, wo equally share in. In short, nnd n fact, she is one of the " strong minded vorncn." Oh, if I was lorn fiom the embrace of my companion, it would be a bereavement de astnting. heart-rending ! Oh, it must l>e igoo using to be torn from a heart on which ve have rested for sympathy until the llirM r>f niir nu n were <>ntu liiiul wiilkilt its noshes. This, this, oh, (?od ! none but the >erenved can define its ravages. My 6011I ickens at the idea. With the feeling of pleasure and happiness that thrills and gladdens my soul as I ninglo in the amuseinenla of my wife, is associated the thought lt>nt since we are moral, we will sooner or later submit to line pangs of a separation. Why this ! 1 von Id thai we would die together as we ivo together. It is a hard thing to (ritl\ thoeo l?v?- I have seen many per tons drop, aa it were, into the grave when ihey were just tasting the pleasures of marriage. Alas! that stycl\ 4 state of things ihould continue as long ss this globe of exists. ^ ^ ^ VEOKTATiOK 1% SO SCUfCO at Cftpo 0od, Mass., that two notulWo, stalks and 1 huckleberry b?bh arc called a grove. 3 Ifltrtcii Itartj. | Ji)e &ccoiqb8' Cijptibe. W1111.IC the Spanish colonists ravaged the southern portion of North America ii; quest i of gold, and the English planted the genu j of self-government on the eastern coast, the French were but the agents of homo merchants, who enjoyed a monopoly of the various tryf'ics, and wero sustained in the enjoyment of it by the strong arm of military power. To the trading associations in particular we owe the discovery of the Mississippi, by the sous of the members?the intrepid La Salle. In this day, lead was first .1! 1 - !-l -? - - - uiscuvereu wumii me present limits of the I State of Iowa, but the noted Juliet) DuHuque was the (list who taught the Indians to collect the ore, nnd make an article of, trade of it. He whs not only a brave, but1 crafty man, and after his death, the savages, in compliance with his dying wish, deposit- 1 ed his remains on the summit of a high clitV, overlooking the ' Father of Waters,' securing the mouth of tho mausoleum with a massive | leaden door of a ton weight. They then ' burned his dwellings nnd erased every trace of civilized life around his settlement, except tho orchards planted by his own hands. Vandal whites afterwards cut up the door to sell, but the name of DuHuquc will oer be remembered in Iowa. Years passed away. The white flag of France no longer waved over tho Mississippi j valley, and the bold frontiers man, advancing on tho foremost wave of civilization, crossed the river in quest of lead ore, game, and fertilo soil. One of the first settlements thus established, was formed by a party from ! Kentucky, led by the grandsire of the younger generation?old Joe Hates, a noble specimen of a frontiers-man. Seventy winters had w hitened his long locks, but he was still hale and hearty, able to wield an axe' with any of his sons, or to draw a bead on a rifle w ith that fatal accuracy of aim which had enabled him to render good service at the battle of New Orleans. Selecting a good locality on the very shore of the Mis-j sitsippi, old* Joe and his sons built a log cabin, surrounded by a stockade to keep off the Deeotahs. They surrounded a 'clearing' with a worm fence, deadened the standing trees by the fatal axe cirelc, and planted corn. When the corn was well above the ground and freed from weed*, they began i .? i iu |mv*j?vci lor iea<l oie. Thus far they had seen no Indians, and . began to Hatter themselves that the 4 red 1 skins 1 had left the country to their peaceful | |>ot?cssior.s but the wily savages had kept a I constant watch upon their movements.? ! Perhaps, had they confined themselves to agricultuial labors, the intruders might have gone on unmolested, especially as the Decu-1 tabs wished to conciliate the United States '; Government into a profitable treaty, but when pickaxes were wielded in search of lead ore, the destruction of the pale-faces was resolved upon in council. The first object of savage vengeance was the oldest son, Frank Pates, who had built him a cabin about live hundred yards front ' bend quarters,1 despite the warnings of old Joe. Frank, however, hud no fear of Indiana, and lived with his wife and babe in great happiness, until one summer1* night \ when he was awakened by thelond barking' of his dogs. Springing from his bed. he i looked through the opening in the logs, and . saw to his horror at least fifty Decotalis, in 1 full war costume, evidently seeking the en-. siest way to force an entrance into the cab-' in. Arousing his wife, he raised a cellar1 trap door, and was about to send her down,! when the child she had left in the bed began to cry. 41 ennnot leave my babe,' she said. * Nay,' he exclaimed, 41 will take care of' tho boy,' and almost forcing her down into the small cellar, he closed tho unhinged door, over which ho drew a large chest. Then, seizing his rifle aud hatchet, he took the infant and ascended to the loft of the' cabin, pulling the ladder after him. A moincut more, the door was forced from its hinges, and the necotnhs entered eager of; their prey. !!ut Hales did not remain to j watch their movements, (or, lashing his boy to his shoulders, he cautiously opened a shut tor in the gablo of the loft, and seeing | (linl nn In/iimm him IuikmiU -I .??? ?? viw wiicnvU| IUV 1 ground, rifle in hand, Frc ho hod travorsed his little garden, the air resounded with the blood chilling tone* of the war-whoop, and a volley of arrows rained around the fugitive. Happily only one struck him, and that in the fleshy part of the arm, so that he kept on straining every nerve to reach tl?e stockade around his father's cabin. Hut ere he bad g?me many paces a gigantic Indian overtook him.? Turning like a stag at bay, he faced his antagonist, lie knocked him down with the butt of his rifle and then sped on his way. But now, to bis horror, ho saw a large body of Deootahs around I.r? father's dwelling as be approaobed, firing ofver on the roofs of the cabins with arrows to which burning tow was attached. lie paused?but tbe cries of his boy aroused him to a sense of his own danger and his wife's perilous situation. Directing bis dejn toward* tb<j river, where he found his ' dugout' safely moored, lie soon whs! [ addling across the river to it settlement where there were a largo number of whites, j l>ay had scarcely dawned on the succeed- ing morning, before twenty miners, g >od men and true, were ready to accompany a him across the river. They cared no more a for the hecotahs than for prairio dogs, and t acted upon the spur of the moment, regard- i less of consequences. Crossing above his a residence, young Dates led them towards I his clearing, hut on arriving there nothing remained but a mouldering pile of ashes.? a Ilis beloved wife had evidently perished in the flames, for among the ashes and char- I red beams in the cellar they found some blackened bones. Just then they were join f ed by old Joe Dates and two of his younger i sons, nnncd to the teeth. They were do- f lighted to find Frank alive, for they had i feated that the column of smoke that had i arisen from his cabin was his monument; i but now tlioy did their best to condole him I in their way. lie said hut little, but secret- > Iv avowed to avenge his wife's death, and I well did ho keep his word. To have seen t him, uo one would have supposed that the ]< mi hi looKing, eienuer uuilt, i'rank I fates was ? an incarnate demon in a fight with (lie l>c < cotahs ; yet within a year after his cabin was l burnt, he had twenty scalps hanging round i his girdle. 4 Vengeance' seemed his only < thought?his life's desire. I For ssnie time after this outrngo, the Dc- i cotnYis kept away from the miners, but at I I ist a party of them came prowling about and the miners determined to have a brush ? with them. Who was so competent to head i the party as that sworn enemy of tho red skins, Frank Hates ? The party engaged two Winnebagocs as guides, and then struck < into tho forest, following a iccent trail. The i third night of their journey, the wary lead- < cr insisted on standing as sentry, and about I midnight the crack of his tide awakened ev- < ery sleeper. In an instant every man was on his feet, ritlo in hand, ready to repel i any lurking foe; hut a low whisper from i Frank announced that there was no danger, j' .Morning came, and as the party crowded | around the sentinel to learn the cause of the { alarm, he merely pointed to what appeared ji to be a huge bear; a nearer approach to the i i object discovered, to their astonishment, the < grim visage of a dead Decotah, enveloped ji in the skin of a gigantic bruin, who, thus ? disguised, had attempted to reconnoitie the j < position of the frontiers-men. Frank now felt assured that they were | near the enemy, and followed their trail in j silence on the alor for their foe. On reach- j iug the summit cf a knoll, they saw their village befo.e tliein?a collection of high conical tents, made of drawl buffalo-skins sewed together and ornamented with rude 5 re n resell tali ns of ih?> 1.<? ?U o.- tl.<> ?! ?- ' On the outskirts were the squaws busily on- '1 gaged in the laborious occupations which M fell to their lot. Their infants, tightly < hound to straight strips of bark, were tied < to small bent oxer birches, which gently i danced them to sleep, and the boys of the l village, with bow and arrow, were tiring at the representation of a Kansas luinter. In the centre of the village, before the towering tent of the chief, sat the braves, smoking their tomahawk pipes with stoical gravity. I The white men looked at th 3 priming of their rides, put their sharp hunting knives between their teeth, and with a deafening yell rushed down through the frightened squaws, ere the Decotahs could comprehend what caused the alarm, hashing into the startled group of warriors with tierce warwhoops, they dealt destruction around them. The chief wns the first slain, bravely defending himself and encouraging Lit warriors who nobly struggled to avenge his death, hut all in vain. Frank Bates fought like a demon, hut at one timo was nearly a victim to a stalwart wartior. But glancing at his opponent. frank recognized in a gay red handkerchief I ! around his head his marriage gift Jo his lost i wife. This added new strength to his body, 11 and increased in activity to his fury, as he 11 seized his assista it with the left arm. lifted |' him from the ground, and at the same time i 1 with nervous forco thrust his knife to his 11 heart, This decided the battle, for the sur- j \ vivititf l)ecotalis, panic-struck at the sudden 1 < attack, rushed to the spot where their horses i < were tethered and escaped into the for- . est. Upwards of fifty dead wariiors re- , mainod cn the Held, and the others griev- : ously wounded, but not a single while man w as seriously injured. The women and children fled to the i woods, and the whites found an abundance j | of plunder, comprising blankets, rich furs, I horses, dried meats and tents. Mat Frank | ItntM f..lf ,L: 1 1 w.V ?.?-? n% iivhi iv/I i IIV PIglH UI illis * memento of hi* wife made him fear she > had been tortured before perishing in the t tlxineo. Night came on, and filing posi- ^ live that he conld not sleep, he volunteered j to keep watch. It was a bright moonlight ,, night, and as ho was pacing his solitary K round, planning new schemes of vengeance, j be heard a light step approach from the ^ thicket Frank at first raised hia rifle to shoot , down the intruder, but a secret influence Ind hitn to call out: ' Wlu> comes l' 4 4 Ate you a white man I* was the reply, ( in tones thai produced an indescribable effect upon the stout-hoarted pioneer. ' 4 Yes?>iii<I you f | 41 am Frank Hate'* wife, who was token irisoncr over the Mississippi,' and as she 'poke site advanced. The tiHe fell to the ground, and Frank itood as if under the influence of n magic i|>ell. His hands wero convulsively clinch-j ;d, his hair stood erect on his head, n shiver an through his frame, and he tottered back everal paces. Hut not ho tho female, who ind recognized her husband as she drew tear, and now exclaimed, as she threw her-! elf into his arms, 4 Frank ! my own Frank! Do you not mow your wife?' Yes, it was his long mourned bride, her eature stamped with sorrow, but still retainng her early beauty. Mutual explanations olio wed, and w.icn the delighted wife learnsl the safety of her boy, all hardships vanshed. It now appeared that when the Inlians had entered Ihifoj*' limua flmv u?w ? cog of whiskey which they drank fieely. iiitl then plundered everything, removing he chest in their researches. Soon two of .hem begun to quuriel about tiio handkerchief Bates had seen the day previous, and (rawing tiieir scalp knives, one speedily received ft mortal >tal?, and fell directly upon ho door, through which his blood ran up>n the hidden wife. She believing '.hat it came from Iter husband, shrieked aloud, ihtts betraying her place of concealment.? Drugging her forth, her captors bound her, then riding the cabin, applied the torch.? The body of the slain Dccotah was consumed, and over his bones Bates bad mourned as for those of his wife. That day they packed the plunder upon what horses the Docotahs had left and starti?d for their homes, which they regained in afety. The proceeds of Frank Bates'share >f the spoils enabled him to lehuild his louse, hut this time close to that of his father, and enclosed with ft high stockade.? The Decotnln, however, never returned, and in course of time were driven to the far West. Frank Bates is a member of the State Senate, Judge of the County Court, and Major Cencral of Militia. Time has dealt leniently with him and his wife, but neither foigets her captivity. Their son never passes the scene of his father's flight >n that tnetnornhle night., without feeling a renewed sense of his filial obligations, and a lee per love f??r bis boyhood's home. Uutttoniujj. JJoOgiitg a &?n. Some know how to do it, and can scent a dun at any distance, and can lodge him effectively. It is a knack icquired by long experience. If the lull, however, by his experience becomes expert, the dunned stands a dim chance of escape. The dun becomes equally sensitive in detecting the debtor, and often are practised, be tweon the two manoeuvres, that would pale the reputation of even Xapoleor himself. Wc heard a story the othei day of old Dr. G., of Portsmouth, which, though not having any very great rele vaney to the preceding paragraph, if nevertheless to the point, as regardf amateur dunning. For there is a wide difference between the amateur and the professional. Dr. G. was a man of great integrity and worth, and his business hahits were ju the square?exacting everything that was his own. and paying every man his due. lie held a note against n gentleman of Hampton, for some considerable amount, and wherever he i.:... ?i.~ lu-i? ...... 1- ? nifL nun tiiu jyut'Lur ?iw it'HUV, noie in hand, for the payment of an instalment. It became at last an agonising head with the debtor about meeting he Doctor, particularly at the time ivhen troubled with a disease known in tinancial parlance as " shorts." lint whenever ho met him the Doctor's lun would be anticipated by his dobt>rs movement for his pocket book, md frequent payments were made vithont seeing the note at all, or inquirng as to the chances of its eventual lyment. lie knew that the Doctor vas honest, and (hut it would he all ight, and several payments were thns jlindly made. A great dearth of funds made him _ . i? A* - 1. 1 T\ A 1 nore any 01 meonng me lAicior, unci w he passed through the town, his eyes vandered in all directions to catch a jlimpso of his dread, and avoid him it >ossihle. He succeeded ad numbly tor i whilo, and out generalod tlie old man everal times ; but fate docs not always hvor the brave, and the Doctor from i distant position saw his victim tic ?is horse to a nost and outer a store. He made all the haste ho could, and sntered the store just as hi9 debtor lodged behind a rice sack. "Didn't I see Mr. come in ivrc ?*' nckcd the Dbctor. "lie did come in here, sir," said the shop keeper, u but he has gone some* where, now." The Doctor said he wa9 not in a hurry, and could wait as well as not; he saw his horse at the door, and thought he would be back beiore long. The man remained hid, and the old Doctor waited a long time. At last he went out. Shortly after Mr. himself went out, and was just stepping upon his wagon, when the Doctor darteu at him from n doorwnv. "Wall M- " " ?? - " < v, ?> . , bhiu nc, "VOtt needn't dodge ino any more; that note has l?een paid up these six moths, and I have l>een trying to see you, that I might pay you back twenty dollars ! that you overpaid me." California J. ti 5 W c e. The following occurred in California, in its palmy davs, when alcades, elected by the miners of the district, dispensed equal and exact justice to all. An individual by the name ofGrecn had lx>rrowcd some forty dollars of another of the soubriquet of Shortze. Now Shortzc could not obtain the money, though Green had struck a lead, and was known to have dust.? Green was a large, powerful man, but no grit, and Shortze ottere I to light him for the money, but Green backed water. Well, the claim was brought before the alcade, on a cold, rainy, dismal evening, and as theie was considerable talk about it, the boys gathered in to see the fun?rather a motly appearing crowd, with long beards ana hair, patched pants, rimless hats, toeless boots, &c. The lion. Judge was unwell, but sat up in his bunk, with a red bandana tied round his bead. The case was clearly proven. The alcade decided that Green must pa}', and if he would not, a committee of three were to search him or his cabin and get the money, and also the court costs. Upcn this Shortzc deliberately rose and said, u Your Honor, I will forgive him the debt, and pay the costa besides, if he will only give mo a light, so that I can whale him." c\ ?<? 1 1 ? .1 vticuii, w.iuu ne ncaru tins, squared himself, thinking tlmt t!ic court-room would be sacred ; hut Shortzo pitched in at once, and clinched. Several, myself included, sprang in to separate them, when, in deep tones and waving the bandana, the Judge exclaimed, u Gentlemen, gentlemen, stand back ! If the parties wish to effect a com. promise, don't interfere!' And we stood back, saw Green whipped in a I few seconds, and alter that obliged to , i pay the funds, j The above was California justice, as \ true as the Gospel of St. John. ^ [ Porter ? Spirit of the Tiiru?. * Sajjitlfjlbefiriofef. j Genteel Headers. The pondcrologil cally overwhelming guyascutanizing extract from the mirinc records of an' tiquity which follows, is, if the Alma> nac lie not, an extract from a venerable manuscript lately found in an nnti' quated hake-oven, explaining the ovi; giu of the manner in which printers ! are generally paid : > " And Skmnintcr, the mighty ruler ! I of the Squash heads, having called hi* chief officers to his side, commanded ; them thas: ; 44 Go ye into all my dominion*, and i command my people to gather togethi er their treasures, even to a farthing, and pay all their debts; even the i very smallest." "The officers did as they were com, inanded, and after a certain time, tins ! ruler called them again unto him, and demanded of them how his orders had been obeyed. "O, mighty Skinflinter," thov replied, I 44 your command# were heard throughout the land, and fulfilled *, for your people arc obedient." 44 And is every debt paid r 44 Yea, even the smallest.." 44 Are the merchant, the manufacturer, the laborer paid ?" 44 All paid." 44 Are the tobacco and whiskey biila settled ?' "All, allt* 44 And have my people been prOYtdent ( have they laid up a sufficiency to feed their cats and dogs 1" 44 Yea, thoy have even done this,* 44 Well, my people are worthy Now, go yc again unto them, and if there ho anything left, tell them to take it r.nd pay printer.