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% * THE PEOPLE. BARNWELL. S. G f- f CHAPTER XVI — 16-^ ! — Mountain Shoop. What Gale mlsht hav* thohaht an appalling situation, If consider*! from a safe and comfortable home away from the desert, became, now that he was shut in by the red-ribbed lava walls and great dry wastes, a matter calmly accepted as inevitable. So he Imagined it was accepted by the oth ers. Not even Mercedes uttered a regret. No word was spoken of home. If there was thought of loved ones, It was locked deep In their minds. ,By tacit agreement Ladd again be came the lender of the party. ' The first thing he asked was to have the store of food that remained spread out upon a tarpaulin. Assuredly, it w(s a slender enough supply. Its was Impossible to read the gravity of Ladd’s face, for he still looked like a dead man, but the slow.shake of his head told Gale much. There was a grain of ho|>e, however, in the signifi- ennre with which he touched the hags of salt and said, "Shore It was sense packin' all that salt!” Then he turned to face his com rades. Thaft little grub for six starvin' people corralled in the desert. But the grub end ain't worryln’ me. Yaqui can get sheep up the slopes. Water? That's the heginnln' an' middle an* end of our case" "Ijaddy. 1 reckon the materhnle here never g>«es dry* replied Jim. “Ask the Indian." t’pnn helng questioned. Tsqnl spoke ef the dreaded arm seen of the Mexi cans la a dry jenr thla »sirrUotr failed "iHct. take a rrpe an are how mu« h wni^r a l» *he h«de“ Gale rvaM not find he»««m arlth a (hint f—4 laaao The paler «n« •• re-4 Hear, saret as If It had bash hef t In a shaded lr*ai PS. • pSafte Ln4d ae^emod this lafarasnlhdl a If h anrprtse an-t gta-tneaa *leS s •ee |a«t year aaa abI ee pcrft» dry this saiasaer aant he Mehhe ear aaadaefal g*^*t la^-k tl hsdd Ash Y aqal tf e tKiab v It tl rain Meerasha %aaatMw4 the Indian *11# aat« sa» «aaa can test aaessy flat he t Viab • tho rath * ill caaae.* she By ZANE GREY Author of The Rider? of the Purple Sage#. Wildfire, Etc. Copyright by Harper A Brothers. was coming between him and Ida mem ory. ■ HC felt he was losing the battle, losing his hold on tangible things, los ing his power to stand up under this ponderous, merciless weight of desert of what he considered its Injustice, The Chases, those trapping an I mi arlen rrlcea a gent a of a new force It the development of the W est. were bent upon BHdlng'a ruin. and. ao far as hla fortunes at Korlorn Hlver were concerned, hod almoat accomplished It. One by one he loet polnta for which he contended with them. He carried into the Tucson courts the mutter of the staked claims, and min ing claims, and water claims, and he lost all. Following that, he lost his government position as inspector of Immigration; and this fact, because like to hunt, an’ up there you'll find the finest bighorn buntin’ In the West. Take Yaqui and the .405. We need the meat, but while you’re gettin’ it have your sport. Rustle now, son. Get some enthusiasm. For shore yen’ll need it for yourself an’ us." Gale climbed the lava slope, away round to the right of the arroyo, along an old trail that Yaqui said the I'apagos had made before ills own people hunted there. ' From the crests Yaqui’s searching falcon gaze roved near and far for signs of sheep. Suddenly he grasped Gale and jaduted across a deep, wide gully. With the aid of his glass Gale saw five sheep. They were looking In his direction. Hemeroltering what he had heard about the wonderful eyesight of these mountain animals. Gale could only conclude that they had seen the hunteni. Then Yaqul's movements attracted and Interested hint. The Indian had brought with him a rad acarf and a meaqnife branch. He tied the acarf on the atlrk. and propped this up In a crack of the lava. The acarf waved In the wind. That done, the Indian | hntlr Gale watch. Once again be leveled the gtaaa at ' the sheep. All live now were umtlon- , lease standing (the at patatrd a*n«ws the gully mere than a mile distant. When Oale landed wtfhnet Me gtawi they ^ lat* the rough! • «aa In tensely .l~t» see the H l»»* re«tU4r. Wot I rmswi f«r that able nirableness. Gale used up th« remaining four shells to drop the sec ond ram, and by tho time he had re loaded the others were out range. The Yaqui’s method of hunting was sure and deadly and saving in energy, but Gale never would try it again. He chose to stalk the game. After being hunted a few times and shot at, the sheep became exceedingly difficult to approach. He failed often. The stalk called forth all that was Jn him of endurance, cunning, speed. And like a shadow the faithful Yaqui tried ever to keep at Ids heels. One morning Yaqui spied a flock of sheep far under the curved, broken rim of the main crater. Then began the stalk. Hiding, slipping, creeping, crawling. Gale closed In upon his quarry until the long rifle grew like stone In his grip, and the whipping "spang” ripped the silence, and the strange echo boomed deep in the cra ter. and roiled around, as If in hollow mockery at the hopelessness of earape. He waited beaide bis quarry, and breathed deep, and swept the long slopes with aearchlng eyes of habB. When Taqul came up they set about the hardest task of all. ta pa<h the heat of (hat heavy sheep down miles «*f steep, ragged, choyas-overed lava. The torrid summer heat raaw lav perceptibly, or H could never have been boras by white rnra. It changed tbs Uvea af the fugitive#, amklag habit The coolness uf delight i wM hava space and silence. At the moment he was alone on the promontory. The night Was far spent. A ghastly moon haunted the black volcanic spurs. The winds blew* si lently. Was he alone? No, he did not seem to be alone. The Yaqui was there. Suddenly a strange, cold sensa tion crept over Gale. It was new’. He felt a presence. Turning, he ex pected to see the Indian, but instead, a slight shadow, pale, almost white, stood there, not close nor yet distant. It seemed -to brighten. Then he saw a woman who resembled a girl he had seemed to know long ago. She was white-faced, golden-haired, and her lips were sweet, and her eyes were turning black. Nell! He had forgot ten her. Over him flooded a torrent of memory. There was tragic woe In this sweet face. Nell was holding out her amis—she was crying aloud to him across the sand and the cactus and the lava. She was In trouble, and he iiad been forgetting. That night he climbed the lava to news of tbo lav# tie tbom partly buriuntal la ft'fried Iff the ' bl#bt* bud the Ualuiy rad orarft It oon * aprta#. ood wuubf hovo 1 o*4blag H*r 1 " owM ae* f«l f«*f sleep but that t laturaqur ■I# (TO*-** mode tbe Moalbff days us b*44 tMa rigid p»*atftMi fur •f’eetk Aa Lw*M Ku*| auldL wf IWtf »W* hr WW Ml % *au ruu gMaAkr 9 ** % iMMMRit t*<M nt -Ufv {*<• »# f.<# | a* baU*>'W * We euav fwf «ut uMfeaUI bMMW* fur# tale tW tastou# aw' w nmt Aeaa IW am.*.* Tasks > I Seew I be bssUBM • #«« gMi a* fk! <lr«ftu* fat la tbts 4, »» -* - f*«4 air*a r tWy vu abwul gv«s»d up all tku fease lb* aw see. lark a* am? rasa ewaae buck udb rule favi tkut tb* *rr«sye •a W «vewe«l keu# Ike Wwd H as* fc«*mre pel'W« ef gray every wW»v lUle bugua !• u*m 4ev ekeee tbe b'Csga ueee llUelty (be ffs-ee aSMl t-Msvb tbl gray p*etw fas rvaMleb seed dsmew liver te mse ■Me weee tbe ubtte bs«eue*. aud beee ee* grasv rmmgk f*«e wmuy; tbe ae- reve »a« tralred ee •uW* |*<bl akd tbe n* -ra ueee aeatttwg tUtr s rvyadV ec I tHey fe>"*4ved ft eltb celtfitvcee >t ultb a n* teua »v pjcc- t*oit s • it was rv-atreiaest Gale ta ht* kern ,d»eevvet«<ei at Ibe KHwnrot fnua<t that be aad b|a recu- ra>iea turned allh glad ryra to Htc. vk cittiff n •* f tbe lairty * • “W, n**r I ••Idy, v«*tt ttilak—vrai—be lieve v» e stall—“ she faltered, etui her vob'e f.illcl “Merrvi’ea. no «httc mnn can tell wb.-it II c*une t*» pa as nut here." said I*<l'1 eanieatly. "Shivre I have hnt>cs new I never dreamed of. 1 was pretty n«-«r a (lead man. The Indian saved me. Rehlin' had it rigid. Yaqul’s our godsend. Now, us to the future. I’d like to know tnehhe us well as you If we're ever to get home. Only bein’ what I am. I say. Quien sahe? But Somethin’ tells me Yaqui knows. Ask him. Mercedes. Make him tell. He's a silent Indian, but make him tell.” Mercedes called to Yaqui. At her bidding there was always a suggestion of hurry, which otherwise was never manifest In his actions. She put n hand on Ids hared muscular arm and began to speak in Spanish. Her voice thrilled Gale, though he understood scarcely n word she said. He did^nrfT need translation to know tlwtf here spoke the longing of a w^onmn for life, love, home, the heritage of a woman’s heart. "Si!" rotted out thtT Indian’s roply^ fulLofpower and depth. ^llercedes drew a long breath, and her hand sought Thorne’s. “He says yes." she whispered. "He answers he’ll save us; he’ll take us all hack—he knows I” The Indian turned away to Ms tasks, and the silence that held the little group was finally broken by Ladd. "Shore I sold so. Now all we’ve got to do Is use sense. Friends. I'm the romin!v«ary department of this outfit, an' what I say gt e*. You all wont cut except when I tell you. Mebba It'll not be ao bard to keep out health. Starved beggar* door get tftr* Rat there’s tbe beat rowia'. an’ vsw ran all go lore, you knour. Ta paas tW time’ Lard, that's our If yaa alt saty had a low 1 fW 1 ftfti e» aMeSM 1 ft aft 9 be !<•< •lag af apprao* b. TW T w uiabs ft wwfm Milrri adaaMj im4 • few ftt ff"|i»ffk bsN I Ibep b ft4 9ft W pm ssouf ta 9 krl 4 bM Itowt i ft ftftk ft# H Mb | Mp 4ftftftfti ftfti tl •M# e* 1 * p Tbut ftftft Ij sdd a m«*1 i# i friftftj osn#* B> 9% ' I ftr%* ■«4* •V4 lift gave ftft fftftl ft** tbol *M j | m+k Ns d ftfl4 fftl ft lb |y (be fW-y be • U iWftft rkt i \ mi vw Iff f >tfti * brut tfcft f.e •iu4 * la stuaskur knurawd a •< strata. If a*4 a rout dauave I Tb* ywhupa | Wudmg afheew II* l« I Mmu k*M»-t Ataejv h •I* aasa |-4u«»»l *111 ltbrV*V» • «»•»» TWv j TWf Wr buuliag u* 1 1 tf (t I# AawU t hrul UH ITvliAvalty the ladtea he gvuabi I. I madaewu Gute fuuad Ml ally la rarAAsg hla ' a -- iinltegty #• ar«< rb* , l^llta>lsa^a The si»*«ed> e# the I «g tau aifW gf^p u«ea pmay amt aaa shus The big ram led •« varkmsa They aurhad If they had • wa raaaAse p*esemmam aad la half • ammvhiug ta da ar wmid aiveat a •* huara ttaae ha uaa la the h*Ma | pe«*»*l The? h4d aad nHI I -f «W graat guM aaJ ama ha uaa I «u!ii a i| •O the *A*pe Gale kaevs thru . swsigs Merwdea I aught •cacf hud r**>vaa«rv< ! They ytaya4 every gaum • The • Mamie Reappear'd tmhtat > TWy luveated Mimes fbet uefvhtag. trivial chlMrrtv *«uid scurvMy have «ut farfher j huea luterivaiij. aad these they Hu***! •a A traue pwlnd «d uaHIttg paaa t vennuyty fa a weed, utth latetliJ i evure ead paseWui uftb all that ■ s* i ctvtttsed sad buuma. they fought tbe ever Infrtagtag kmrtlaeue the suvsge sMIfude *d tbrtr cnvtfvuvaveut • •sir believed himself tbe k they kl -bed been a hard blow. He had been made to suffer a humiliation equally ' as great. It came about that he ac tually had to pay the Chases for water to irrigate his alfalfa fields. The never-failing spring upon his land an swered for the needs of household and horses, but no more. , These niatters were unfortunate for Belding, but not by any means wholly accountable for his worry and unhap piness and brooding bate. He be lieved Dick Gale and the rest of the party taken into the desert by the Yaqui hail been killed or lost. Two months before a string of Mexican horses, riderless, saddled, starved for grass and wild for water, had come to Forlorn River. They were a part of the horses belonging to Rojas and his hand. Their arrival complicated the mystery and strengthened convic tions of the loss of both pursuers and pursued. Keldlng’s unhappiness could hardly be laid to material loss. He had been rich and was now poor, but change of fortune such as that could not hava made him unhappy. Something more somber and mysterious and sad than the loss of Dhk Gale and tbelr friends had come Into the Uvea of bis wlfg and Nell. Hr dated tho (lose of this change bark to a certain day ube# Mr# Heldlng rrcugalaod ta tbe elder tWae an «4«J arWMuwfe and a rm Jerted suitor. It took time for slow- thinking ttrldlag t* dlsruvee SBVfking wrong ta bi« bouarbobk but gradually be bad forced «u him tbe faef of sum# sserst cause f«w grief Mbee tbea Gate a hm* He ua* sure uf k u bmi Mu u tie vtgarfted her drusre lu make a visit te her *44 heme berk te (Vugla A Inter she hud furvdved cvmtamed wees that May op May a-4 have her# aufheVMlr; hut M uas enough. H*Mtag Ihmaght. le Inters «t Ms ulfe Ah «M |W«wpuv«se bed tefurned te |V» Wu. be had tuid vuiattveu af MaMMg set m at the Ibmwyte •»*-# fw hsdsee. sad l*iut Hkcv-ui the dvwsvf awv ec te te* haw thss UUS MS SUM aftv«a terrs hud (pMe M* tut# To I yet #e. fur he arnmuge Impvu ms duet u »#» a Brat lUCt-DIUMT OVERJO TEARS “Saved Me Many a Sick Spell, ,r - Says Texas Farmer Who Has Long Known Useful ness of Black-Draught. Naples. T«a#->T have used Thed- ford’s Black-Draught for years—can safely say for more than 30 years, de clares Mr. H. H. Ororoer, a substantial, well-known farmer, residing out on Route 3 from here. . “I am 42 years old, and when a small boy I had indigestion and was puny and mv folks gave me a liver regula tor. Then Black-Draught was adver tised and we heard of It. "I began to take Black-Draught, and have used it. when needed, ever since. I use Black-Draught now’ in my home, and certainly recommend it for anj liver trouble. "I have given It a thorough trial, and after thirty years can say Black- Draught is my stand-by. It has saved me many sick spells.’’ Mr. Cromer writes that he is “never out of Black-Draught.’’ and says several of his neighbors prefer It to any other liver medicine. "I always recommend Black-Draught to my friends." be adds. Thla valuable, old powdered liver trftfirine is prepared from medicinal roots and herbs, and has n<*ne of tbe bad effects so often observed from the use of calomel or other powerful mineral drag# Black-Draught help# to keep th* liver In trim, helping prevent or re- tier* such fruuhlea as eonatlparloa# blttnnsnfss. Indlgewftoa. sick beadacha. Bu sure to gM tbe genuine. Now IMUmmaaie ?••«*# For ssmm Hum hark there has •■rsM on the market a mm lBRai-*mahte mm tt>4t |4cfore atm. made aretato of svHHuImw MMteed of the Bsuol lot pm rettaJoBO of aHlutoid. MV* tho A* tem ttiir AaseetraB. |lerau*o of tho many gh»mr*ra im uerad with isdhsmmakfa fftm* I'rwure has pe ■■■*< a law ukerm hy all Mum Mod la thaf VMMhhr after j ,» i*v - •- ...t »- .r »•-« s*.r h’o •!*'•% | mk idi* *tty •**#! euuswtMw uft swam hstk-w omhMg saof; ot stui itor wgj Mrraroa mha Mari tt-#t he!«e« k a oppoUfed tu hu«4 .(• ee #• tho MeeVh af IMP heahmad The •iwgular SHE OTEO » SWESTEA SKIRT ISO CHILD’S COAT WITH 'DIAMOND DYES” doe* light < rkuud »po a spirt rith him aad mam n sweet beat tag heeatifhl a the wost faintly pi I leu f tho aiahtag amaa. he at her faro tho f. 4' of the party, the oue uh» thought mnat. aad he watched the effect of the <b sort •|«au hla cnmpoalwna Foe hours. N «ei amd. (add would hen<l He aaa--t over J.mj Suddenly He Gr, ed Acroi le Grasped >ts a Deep, Gale and Point- Wide Gully. then n sudden electrifying pressure of Yaqui’s hand made Gale tremble with excitement. Very cautiously he shifted ids po sition. There, not fifty, feet distant upon a high mound of lava, stood the leader of the sheep. As Gale .watched, the second rum leaped lightly upon the mound, and presently the three others dhl likewise. The splendid leader stepped closer, his round, protruding amber eyes, which Gale could now plainly see. In tent upon that fatal rod flag. Like automatons the other four crowded into his tracks. A few little slow steps, then the leader halted. At tills instant Gale’s absorbed al- tentlon was directed by Yaqui to the rifle, and so to the purpose of'the climb. He poached for thy* 40fi. and as he threw the shell Into tbe rhamher the alight metallic dick made the sheep lamp . The# be pose qatekty ta hla feet The nuld* ram sad hla haad •uaH* •farad at flak TWy Wl bis check eriMard and a It ntattcreT •*r not he had a partner J ? TJ»h. fTir rtMdeSf" niniT t*.»n rbalant. Iievt hunw»re«l westerner Gale I had i-vep•mef. had hy slow degree* lost that cheerful character which would have l»eeii of such infinite g<»<>d to hl« rompsnlons. ttn«l always he sat bnwNling, Nilently hnNtding. .tin ha'd no ties, few toeiiiories. and the desert was claiming him. Thorne and Mercedes. howeyefT were living, wonderful proof that spir it, mind, and heart were free—free to soar in s«*nm of the colossal ^bsrren- neas and silence and space of that terrible hedging prison of lava. They were young; they loved; they were together; and the oasis was almost a paradise. Thorne and Mercedes had forgotten the outHide world. If they had been existing on the burned-out desolate moon they could hardly have been In a harsher, grimmer. lonelier spot than this red-walled arroya. Although the Yaqui was as his shadow, Gale reached a point when lie seeemed to wander alone at twi light. in the night, at dawn. At night he had formed a habit of climbing tip the lava slope as far as the smooth trail extended, and there on a promon tory he paced to anil fro, and waTchecf the stars,_nnd sat stone-stlli "for hours looking down nt the vast void with its moving, changing shadows. He came at length tp realize that the desert was a teacher. He did not realize all that 4ie had learned, but^ h^ was ,a dlfferept man.** armL |vhen he decided upon that, he k4is not thinking of the slow, sure call to the primal instincts of man; he was thinking that the desert, as much as he had experienced and no more, would absolutely over turn the whole scale of a man's vai ues. break old habits, form new oner remake him More of deaert expert e»ce. Gale believed, w imld be ton nracb for Intellect. Tbe desert did not breed ctvillaed maM Tha* tbe Bights passed IoiML ottb Gale fighting fbr bta uld tbe ■ad gwRod w a* that a ■ptrit tbe oue by bt* *. >? W -bi draem la tbe bnt. sultry n.—m'ng Yaqui appeared at camp, after b«ig bour* «d aad be I-a! Bird with a bMg toward tbe wrM A bunk »f j \ wa« rtsiug above lbo "Itain?" he cried: and Ma «f»non>u« voice rolb-d down the arroyor^ Tli'—e who ht-iird him w,-n- as ship wrecked imtriitcr* at sight of a di* tant Ball. Dick .Gate, silent, grateful to the depths of his soul, stood with arm over Blanco Sol and watched the transforming west, where clouds of wondrous size and hue piled ovgr ope another, nishlng. darkening, spreading, sweeping upward toward that white and glowing sun. "Oh! I felt a drop of rain on my face!" cried Mercedes; and, whisper ing the name of a '.saint, she kissed her husband. Ladd, gaunt, old. bent, looked up nt the maelstrom of clouds, and lie said, softly, “Shore we’ll get In the bosses, an' pack light, an’ hit the trail, an’ make night'marches!" Then up out of the gulf of the west swept a bellowing wind and a black pall and terrible flashes of lightning and thunder like the end of the. world —fury, blackness, chaos, the dgsert storm. CHAPTER XVII The Whistle of a Horse. At the ranch-house at Forlorn River Belding stood alone. He took up tho gun belt from his table and with slow hands buckled it around his waist. He seemed to feel .something familiar and comfortable and Inspiring’ In the weight of the big gun against his hip. He faced the door as If to go out, but hesitated, and then began a slow, plodding walk up ami down the length of the room. Presently he halted nt the table, and with reluctant bandsjie unbuckled tho gun belt and laid it* down. The aril on did not hava an air of ftaattt). and Bet ding knew it. He bad been a sheriff when the ta# in tho Weat depended •« a quickness af bo bad wwa many a maa lay hAa gan for gwud and aQ. Ills thAMg 04* IhOl bulb ho4l * t*A gvuadfalho* bud Grow mm M tho nuawea demwt Rekluha 4M o*4 M 1 V—e bAM Ulfe B 4o*Af* tu VMM bar aid hoaae, tin thought ta uuuAd ho a uheheamao • AM her amt dhd all lb bh* m***? *• porauadr Nell to ocvuaaguny her NoM u«*uM aet *u> It uaa aflor lira Nrldiog'a lure that )1» *diog dhoruvrtwd hi NeM a riWdHPui of wind that aMoM'd a<»4 «t*Mrrwud btM Mho had aMbbraty .ho* •WMe Mraogety uratebod Mhe tett b>M M IhMr Hal after a uhifck ■ hm be bud though! M *u*. be doled tbM 4* ploroblo change ta Nell ><u* b to a day ou ubkb be bod auT N. tl utth Itodferd ! boar Th»« lo-Vfallga- r i«* wcmpt bod u*4 in the ka*t abut* <t*4ied bi* *4 t. A vl-ior MMpetw* gall* •-red a|-*i T*4a |AcM,i»g uben be *a f that Nell, upf-arently, wo* oc*»l4iMg tg t>ae« atteatlMM. At letiat, | -he■♦»«» kugi e b*d fnwu Wm ItcMutf * «-ioj!«| not oemuni fit tbl*. lo-cun wpjy. sure Nell cordially «l«*<pt*--*l tl ft-libw. And l«tw:ird the eml vine*l. If in- did n<>t actually know, tluft tlit-»t* CIlW*!** iMon# strange jevwer over Nell, and were ua* ing It. That stirred a bate in Belding —a hate Ite had felt at the first and had manfully striven against, which now gave him over to dark brooding thought# Midsummer passed, and the storms came late. But when they arrived they made up for tardiness. Beld ing did not remember so terrible a storm of wind and rain as that which broke the summer's drought. The Chase*; hud extended a main irrigation ditch down to Holding's farm, skipped the width of his ground, then had gone on down through Altar valley. They had exerted every influ ence to obtain right to connect thesa ditches by digging through his land, but Belding had remained obdurate. He refused to have any dealings with them. It was thbrefpre with some curiosity and .suspicion that lie saw a gang of Mexicans once more at work upon these ditches. = At daylight next morning a t mendous blast almost threw Belding out of Tils bed. It cracked the adohe la n«o Fo<ba> "4*0 br f*. J«Mr*. ubf A* gpWBkio oabra *Ut four My *1 *|krr 40*0 I «b*U t O OOt 1— di | 'Mv O fl family of aay p4*u*ura You bato i bbra bow It *mu*^* tbo rbflilr»a to u pioq4*' *ttp ami fall doua " —H***M! 9-v rv-iag Oaa««rt|4 Half a loltlwoi to odd I a tb.a u :•!• » ni-v* oa t |4*itMj mokru M any a *o-n»ingtv •uowo*ful • tr -.11 to *!« « r. . foUw-r HAIR STATS COMBED, GLOSSY 0 “Hair Groom” Keeps Hair Combed—Well-Groomed. walls of ids house and broke window* 'iind sent pans and crockery fo the floor with a crash. Belding’s idea was that the store of dynamite kept hy the Chases for blasting had blown up. Hurriedly getting into his clothes, ha went to Neil’s room to reassure her; and. telling her to have a thought for thefr guests, he wrent out to Mu what had hnpiH-ned. _ A great yellow cloud, like smoke, hung over tbe rixer. > This appeared to bo at the upper end of Beidtng'a plot, and’-riosc to tbe river. When ho reach.-d his feuc* the smoke and dost were so thick he cook! we * reefy breathe, and for a tittle while be ara* unable to see what ■dMMMIMb