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??trs?liaated Aus. 2, 1881.1
SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 20, 1889.
THE TRUE SOUT?r.O:;, Established June, 186^
New Series-Tel. VIII. No. 33.
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BY
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SUMTER, S. C.
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Our Country.
Now Forty-Two States Compose the
Union.
WASHINGTON, March 8.-Oo thc 4th
of March, 1789, when govern ruent
ander the Constitution began, there
were eleven States in the Union. North
Carolina formally came in on Novem?
ber 21st, of that year, and Rhode island,
then the only one awaited of the origi?
nal thirteen, ratified the Constitution
on the 29th of May. 1790. Had the
tardy little State delayed much longer
she might have been outstripped by a
new comer, for, under the act of March
6, 1790, Vermont had been formed out
of apart of the territory of New York,
and on February 17, 1791, an Act of
Congress admitted her for the 4th of
March following. It may oot be gen?
erally known that, although Vermont
I was thus the first new State added to
? the original thirteen, the Act admit?
ting Kentucky was really passed and
approved a fortnight earlier than the
one admitting Vermont. Kentucky's
application also had been made two
months earlier than the Green M oun?
tain State's, but the Act admitting her
was framed so as to take effect only on
June 1, 1792, so that she came iu
second. Fifteen States joined in the
election of President Washington for
his second term.
As New York had set off Vermont
and Virginia had stt off Kentuckey, so
in December, 1789, North Carolina had
set off Tennessee, and early the follow?
ing year this Territory was formally
couveyed to the general government,
and by it accepted Six years later its
people in convention adopted a Consti?
tution and applied for admission to the
Union, which application was promptly
granted to date from June 1, 1796.
Long before that time the Northwest
Territory had been established under
the famous ordinance of July 13, 1787.
During the remaining years of the cen?
tury this tract was slowly settled, and
an Act was approved April 30, 1802,
allowing the Eastern portion of it to be?
come a State on forming a Constitu?
tion This was effected on November
1, following, and a full compliance with
the law of November 26. 1802, so that
Ohio then became the seventeenth
State.
Nine years and more passed before
the admission of another State. Louis?
iana had been formed out of the terri?
tory ceded by France under the treaty
of April 30, 1803 The following year
this French territory had beeu divided
by Congress into two parts, the South
ern beiog called the Territory of Or?
leans and the Northern the District of
Louisiana. The people of the former,
early in 1812. formed a government
under an enabling Act passed by Con?
gress eleven mouths previous, and the
Act for their admission as the State of
Louisiana was approved April 8, 1812
Louisiana was followed by ludiaua,
December ll, 1816. by Mississippi,
December 10. 1817, by Illinois, De?
cember 3. 1818, and by Alabama De?
cember 14, 1819, making four new
Stiles in feur successive Decembers.
Indiana and Illinois, of course had been
formed from the Northwestern territory ;
the other two from territory ceded to the
Uuited States by South' Carolina and
Georgia. Maine also quickly followed,
March 15, 1820, being formed out of a
part of Massachusetts; while Missouri,
which was formerly the District (f
Louisiana, and had received its new
name in 1812, was admitted August 10,
1821. Hers was one of the most mem?
orable cf all admissions, for the Act
authorizing it was also entitled an Act
*'to prohibit slavery in certain Terri?
tories," passed March 6, 1820. The
memorable debates on that subject re?
sulted in the appointment of a joint
committee of Senate and House, which
reported a "resolution providing for the
admission of the State of Missouri into
the Union on a certain condition,"
which condition was formally accepted
The nine years from 1812 to 1821 had
thus been fruitful in the extension of
the Federal system, having resulted in
the admission of seven new States cov?
ering a large erea This- activity in
State making was followed by a lull
lasting fifteen years, during which no
State was added. But when the first
half century of the government under
the Union drew to a close the event j
was prefaced by the creation of two j
new States-Arkansas, formed out of I
the French territory, admitted June 15, j
1836 ; Michigan, formed from the North?
west territory, admitted January 20,
1837. Thus the fifty years closed with
twenty-six States in the Union.
Another long interval followed before
a new period of State forming activity, I
Spain had ceded Florida to the Uuited !
States under the treaty of February 23, I
1819, and twenty years afterward, in |
1839, itv people sought admissiou as a j
Stato. I>ut a contest arose over the
proposal to divide the territory, for the j
purpose of ultimate admission, into j
East and West Florida. The wariness j
which had for many years existed re-j
yarding the admission of a great pre- ;
BO Ol
ponderance of either Northern or South- j
en: States prolonged this dispute, and j
meanwhile the great Northwest had be- j
gun to grow rapidly. Tlie consequence j
was a double admission, the first in the j
history of the country-though now out
done by the recent quadruple admis- ?
si. n-the Territories profiting by it j
bet-os Iowa and Florida. There was j
something very significant in the ex j
treme Southeast and the extreme North?
west of the then populated regions be- j
ins brought in together as if to offset j
each other. It happened, however,
that the admission of Iowa was not cou- j
summated till- 1840, and meanwhile
Texas came in alidad of her. The Act
of Marcho, 1815. followed the usual
formula, except for including two States j
instead of one.
"That the States of Iowa aiid Flor- j
ida be. and thc same are hereby, de?
clarad to bc States of the United Sm;."* i
of America, and are hereby admitted j
into the Union on an equal footing with
the origiua! States in all respects what- .
ever ' . j
The entrance of Texas, which occur- j
red near the end of 18-15, was excep- j
tional as the first admission of an ?ode- j
peudent republic, and also, of course, in
its being followed by war with Mexico. .
Io 1848 Wisconsin Came in, and Cali?
fornia followed io 1850. Another iu- ?
icrvul of ei?b? years then occurred 1
without the addition of a State, euc
ceeded by a period of nine years, during
which no fewer than six States were ad
mined. These were Minnesota, it
1858 l Oregon in 1859; Kansas, ii
1861; West Virginia, in 1863; Ne
vada, in 1864 ; Nebraska, in 1867
Then, after another nine years, cami
Colorado, in 1876. Finally, after ai
interval of thirteen years, we see th?
first century of the Union rounded ou
t>y four new States, North Dakota
South Dakota, Washington and Mon
tana.
. Captain Dawson laid at Best
CHARLESTON, S C., March 13. 1889
The body of the late Captain F W
Dawson, killed yesterday by Dr. T B
McDow, was buried this evening in St
Lawrence's Cemetery. The fu?era
services were held in the Cathedral
Bishop Northrope officiating, assist?e
by Mgr. Quigley and Father Duffy
The Church was crowded, all the city
turned out to do honor to his memory
The funeral cortege was the largesl
seen in Charleston io many years. As
it passed through Kiug street on its
way to the cemetery the street was lined
was sympathetic lookers on, who, stand?
ing with bared heads in a driving rain,
bore mute but eloquent witness to his
great popularity. The honorary list ol
pallbearers was made up of the most
eminent men io the city.
Au affecting incident of the funeral
to-day was the presentation of a simple
but elegant crown of white immortelles
presented by the Confederate Survivors,
of which Captain Dawson was a mem?
ber. A plaster cast of his face was
taken by Viett, the sculptor, before the
coffin was sealed. The house of the
deceased was thronged to-day up to the
time the coffin was closed by people of
all classes and conditions. Strong men
wept wheu they looked ?uto his face,
and the griyf of the poor people whom
he had befriended was overpowering
He was buried with the ribbon of the
Order of St Gregory the Great in his
buttonhole. The sceue at the grave
was a touching ooe.
The inquest was held on Thursday.
After a short consulation, the follow?
ing verdict was signed the jury :
"We find that the deceased Capt. F
W. Dawson came to his death from a
gun shot wound inflicted by a gun in
the hands of Dr. T. B. McDow. at the
office of Dr McDow on Rutledge street,
between the hours of 3 and 6 o'clock on
the 12-h of March, 1889, and that
Moses Johnson was accessory before the
fact.''
- ---<a^^
Epithets Settle Nothing.
Senator Butler s Manly Protest Ag ?inst
Fi re-Eating Oratory.
BOSTON, Mass., March 7.-Senator
Butler, of South Carolina, has written
a letter in reply to that of a Lynn vete?
ran, who asked if General Roger's re?
cent Baltimore speech expressed the
feelings of the Southern people. The
Senator savs he cannot give an intelli
gent answer as to whether or not a
given nimber of Southerners can whip
a given number of "puritanical yan?
kees/' but he improves the opportunity
to refer to his experience io the follow?
ing language :
c oe
*.[ have listened with coajparative
composure to the degradiog epithets
aud anathemas which men of the North
-some of whom wore the blue-Lave
heaped upon and hurled at men who
wore the gray. During my twelve
years in the United States Senate I have
heard such terms as 'traitor,' 'rebel.'
'perjurer,' 'ingrate,' 'rascal,' 'assassin,'
etc., showered upon honorable men and
brave soldiers of the South, but I never
peruiitted myself to become excited
over them, because I knew the words
were not true I could fill a volume
with the vilest epithets of which the
English language is capable, applied
to leaders in the South whose characters
are very dear to the Southern people
epithets generally approved and ap?
plauded at the North-certainly never
rebuked as far as I know
'I do not believe any brave man
would apply such epithets to a fallen
enemy, certainly not to a fallen enemy
whose courage and fidelity to his con?
victions he has been compelled to admit.
I do not think crimination and recrimi?
nation between people of thc same race,
who were equally conscientious in the
line they pursued, are wise. They set?
tle nothing in any proper controversy ;
each side will be judged after the dis?
putants have passed away, by the re?
cords each has made, when epithets will
be forgotten. The temptation to retort,
however, is almost irresistible. When
Gen. Sherman utters 6eutiments and
gives advice calculated to precipitate
race collisions and bloodshed in the
South, and when Governor Foraker de?
nounces and maligns Southern men and
women by the wholesale, and somebody
from the South calls them bad names, I
do not see why other people should get
excited j
Mien Rosser did n <t claim to speak ?
for anybody but himself, lie is quite !
able to take care of himself. He was j
my immediate, comrade and friend dur- |
itig the war, and no army ever had a ;
more able and gallant calvary officer, j
I have always thought that to speak :
one's sentiments freely was one of the i
boasted tights of American institutions, j
He had his favorites in both armies, j
and has never concealed his preferences.
In his speech at Baltimore he wrapped j
himself in the fi-iz of thc Union, as ho |
ha<l done in the fl.^ of the late Goofed- j
eracy He criticised with sume sever- ,
ity, Generals of the Union army, and j
pronounced the tenderest, and most flat- j
ter i nc and touching eulogies upon i
others, ll?- did the same towards Con?
federate Generals. ? never heard any
Federal speaker applaud and praise any j
Confederate officer as ? have heard Ros- ;
ser applaud and praise Custer, Pleas- ;
anton, Merritt and others ; and I have .
never beard Federal speakers criticise .
any Confederate officer with mote force
than I have heaid Rosser criticise Pope, j
Sherman and other men. So I thiuk ,
he has struck a fair general average.
'? do not agree with General Rosser
in his opinions of the superior prowess
of the Southern man over thc 'Yankees.'
To b'gin with, all 'Yankees' are not j
'puritanical.' You will hod 'puritani?
cal' people everywLue, -joulb as well
as North ; and sometimes when 'puri?
tanism' rans into fanaticism they arc
the ugliest customers in the world.
Besides this, I believe by military dis?
cipline you can make any soldier fight
-certainly any American soldier.
Gen. Rosser has a perfect right to his
opinions, and an equal right to express
them.'
The Going and the Coming.
Comparisons are sometimes odious,
but they are often inevitable.
Mr. Cleveland goes out conscious
that he was re elected by the people.
Mr. Harrison comes in as the fruit
of a trade made by three natorious
politicians, Platt, Elkins and Blaine.
Mr. Cleveland goes out reiterating
his convictions to the last.
Mr. Harrison comes in manacled
between his politicial creators.
Mr. Cleveland goes out leaving
clean robes of office behind him.
Mr. Harrison comes in with a bar
gain for office for patronage to fulfil at
the start.
Mr. Cleveland goes out as he came
io, calling no man master.
Mr. Harrison come3 in with Blaine
riding on his shoulders, yoked io be?
tween Platt and Elkins.
Mr. Cleveland retires, saying : '"Had j
certain conditions been eliminated we
would have won a decisive victory.''
Hr. Harrison comes in as the Presi?
dential result of these conditions
bluff, boodle and bribery.
"There's more true joy Marcellus
exiled feels, than. Caesar with a Senate
at his heels."--Boston Globe Dem.
The Sale of the Presidency,
Donn Piatt discusses with much of
point and vigor in Belford's Magazine for
March, 'Tbe Sale of the Presidency.'
That is what the Star brauded it weeks
?go, and what it said io its review of the
President's plea for his masters, the
Plutocrats. Mr. Piatt regrets that the
World was not sustained more vigorous?
ly and unitedly io its grand efforts to
expose the robbery and corruption, and
to arouse public indignation against the
great national crime. He says in a
discussion that would fill two or three
columns of the Star:
"This monstrous crime against self
government would have faded from
public memory and lost its place in the
annals of iniquity, but for the energy
and enterprise of this journal, that
sent an army of correspondents over
the country and gathered the proof of
the open market in which wa9 sold and
bought the Presidency.
This fearful expose of a burning
sham . was followed by messages from
Governors, and bills by Legislatures,
looking, not to the punishment of the
wrong-doers, but to the enactment of
preventive laws tending to the protec?
tion of the people in the future.
'It is to be observed, however, that
this poteut power failed to bring on any
investigations, any indictments, or a
single effort to punish the guilty. This
the World dem ind ed, but this the
World failed to obtain.'-Wilmington
Star,
- mm - -tea -
The Best that we Have Seen, i
.4 Negro's Solution of tlie Negro Prob?
lem.
Bishop Arnett, who presided at the
meeting of the colored conference,
which was held in Abbeville last De?
cember, is reported to have said:
"Remember that you and I have a
part in solving the great race problem
of this country. Tlie African Metho- j
dist church is one of the great factors |
in the solution of this question. I be?
lieve that, you must furnish not only I
the men. but you must furnish the role
by which this race problem shall be
solved to thc satisfaction of the people
and to the glory of God. In order to
do that we must cultivate in every man
a personal pride, in every home a family
pride, and in every individual a race
pride The true solution of this prob?
lem is education for your head, religion
for your heart, money for your pocket
and integrity for your conduct. Time
must also be considered as a necessary
element in the solution. These four iu- |
gradients, taken every morning, noon i
and night for a reasonable length of
time, would solve the problem. One off
the duties of the true miuister of the j
church is to teach the people that labor
H honorable, and that God has said
that by the sweat of your brow shall
you make your bread. If we could only J
stop the stream of emigration to the i
towns and cities we would subserve thc j
best interest of our people and of the j
State. Ever since thc proclamation of j
freedom our peoi in thc South have j
been going to the towns, leaving the j
country, leaving their farms, leaving ;
their homes, standing on the corners ?
and leaning against the comers, going j
to jail and some to the penitentiary, j
Let us teach them that it is just as lion- j
orable to labor in the country as tu thc j
town, and that it is just as creditable t<> j
plant rice and pick cotton as it is to \
carry thc hod and wait on the table.
"The time has come when we must ;
not univ enjoy education, but wo must
pay something for it. and show our ap- ?
predation of thc opportunity by assist- '
ing the friends of the rac?: in maintain- t
ing among us pehools fur our children. !
- Pnr\s.s und /tanner.
- mm W- - -
The Grand Old Woman, i
_
Mrs. Gladstone has been all lier life
the confidant and friend "of her husband. 1
She has no life apart from him. He'j
ba? not another friend in equally conn*- j
dential relations. Neither by omission I
ncr commission h ts she violated her j
trust. Lady Palmerston and Lady j
Beaconsfield liad each her sal.m. Lady
Randolph ( hurchil' has fiera. In their
drawing-rooms politics is the theme as ;
freely as in thc upholstery nov?is of the j
late Disraeli Mrs Gladstoue never had ;
a salon Tho only politician in her j
boudoir all her life has been thc grand j
old man. What services she has reo- ;
dercd him, with sagacious counsel, with'j
loving warning, with loyal consolation, ;
only he knows. When the rral life of j
Gladstone is written the twain will not
be parted. The grand old woman will ;
g<; down to honor, where ?die baa been j
PO UKI ny vea rs, side by tn de with tho
, . " - -rt- ' " 1
!.. .'A O.'J iii 4 O . C -i ?f O go I [,r.i?S. i
By K EIDER HAGGAED.
I CONTINUED.]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
GEORGE'S DIPLOMATIC ERRAND.
George carried out his intention of going
to London. The morning following thc day
when Mr. Quest had driven the auctioneer ia
the dog cart to Honham, George might have
been seen an hour before it was light pur?
chasing a third class return ticket to Liver?
pool street. Arriving there in safety, ho
partook of a second breakfast, for it was lu
o'clock, and then taking a cab he caused him- I
self to be driven to the end of that street in i
Pimlico where ho had gone with thc fuir
"Edithia," and where Johnnie had made ac?
quaintance with his ash stick.
Dismissing the cab, he made his way to the
house with tho red pillars, but on arriving
was considerably taken aback, for tho plaee
*4ad every appearance of being deserted.
There were no blinds to the windows, and on
the steps were muddy foot marks and bits of
rag and straw which seemed to be the litter
of a recent removal. Indeed, there on the
road were the broad wheel marks of the van
which had carted of? the furniture. He stared I
at thc sight with dismay. The bird had ap?
parently riowu and left no address, and he
had had his trip for nothing.
Ile pressed upon the electric bell; that is,
ho did this ultimately. George was not ac?
customed to electric boils, indeed ho had
never seen one before, and after attempting
in vain to pull it with his lingers-for bo
knew that it must bea bell because there was
the word itse; ' written on it-lie as a last rc
sourco condescended to try it with his teeth.
Ultimately, however, ho discovered now to
use it, but without result. Either the battery
had been taken away, or it was ont of gear.
Just as ho was wondering what to do next ho
made a discovery-the door was slightly ajar.
Ile pushed it and it came open-revealing a
dirty hall, stripped of every scrap of furni?
ture. Entering, he shut the door and walked
up tho stairs to the room whence he had lied
after thrashing Johnnie. Here he paused
and listened, for he thought he heard some?
body in the room; nor was ho mistaken, for
presently a well remembered voico shrilled
out within:
"Who's skulking about outside there?"' said
the voice. "If its one of those bailiffs he'd
better hook it, for there's nothing left here."
George's countenance positively beamed at
thc sound.
"Bailii?s, marm.7" ho sung out through the
door; "it ain't no varminty bailiifs, it's a
friend, and just when you're wanting one
seemingly. Can 1 come ia?"
4'Oh, yes, come in, whoever you are," said
the voice. Accordingly he opened the door
and entered, and this was what he sa-.v. The
room, Uko the rest of the house, had been
stripped of everything, with the solitary ex?
ceptions of a box audamattress, beside which
there were an empty bottle and a dirty glass.
On the mattress sac th? fair Edithia, alias
Mrs. D'Aubigue, alias the Tiger, ulk.s Hrs.
Quest, and .such a sight as sko presented
George had never seen bel'ore. lier tierce
face bore traces of recent heavy drinking,
and was moreover dirty, haggard and dread?
ful to look U:J?II; her hair was a frouzy mat,
on sumo patches ot which tho golden dye had
faded, leaving it its natural hue of doubt?
ful gray. She had no colir.r ou. und her linen
wes open at the neck; on her feet were a
filthy pair of white satin slippers, o:i her back
that sams gorgeous pink salin tea gown
which Mr. Quest had observed er. the occa?
sion of nis visit, now, however, soiled and
torn. Anything me re squalid or moro repul?
sivo than thc wucie picture cannot be im?
agined, and though his stomach wes pretty
strong, and in tho course of his life Eie had
seen many a sight of utter destitution, George
literally recoiled from it.
4,V>'hat's tho matter/" said the hag, sharp
ly, "and who tho diekeus aro you.' Ah, I
know now; you arc- tho chap who whacked
Johnnie," and she burst into a hoarse scream
of laughter at tho recollection. "It was
mean of you, though, to hook it and leave
me. Ho pulled me, the devil, and 1 was
lined two pounds by the beak."
"Mean of him, marm, not me; but ho was
a mean varmint altogether, he was; to go
and pull a iady, too; 1 inver heard of such a
thing. Lut, marm, if I might say so, you
seem to bi in trouble here,''and he took a
seat upon the deal box.
**hi trouble; I should think I was in trouble.
There's been an execution in the house, that
is, there's been three executions-one for
rates and taxes, one for a butcher's bill, and
ono for rent. They all came, together, and
fought like wild cats for the dtids. That was
yesterday, and you see al! they have left me,
cleaned out everything down to my new yel
low satin, and then asked for more. They
wanted to know where tny jewelry wes, but
I hid thom there, bee, bee!"
"Meaning, marrup
?'Meaning that 1 hid it-that is, what was
left of it-undera board. Dut that ain't the
worst. When I was asleep that devil Ellen,
who's had her share of the swag ali these
years, got to the board and collared the
tilings, and bolted with them, and look what
sile's left mo instead," and she held up a scrap
of paper, **a receipt tor G ve \ ears' wages,
and she's had them over and over again. Ah,
if ever 1 get a chance at her," and she
doubled her long hand and made a motion as
ot' a person sera telling. "She's bolted and
left me here to starve. I haven't had a bite
since yesterday; nor a drink either, and t hat's
worse. What's to become of nie i I'm starv !
mg. 1 shah nave to go to the workhouse, '
Ves. me." she added in a scream, "mo, who
have spent thousands. 1 shall "have to goto
a work house like a common woman."
"It's cruel, mann, cruel," saul tho sympa?
thetic Georg", "and you u lawful wedded
wife *tii? death do us part.' But, marni, 1
saw a public over the way. Now, ROO::?. ::.-e,
b;:t you'll let me just go over and fetch a bite
und a sup."
"Wed," she answered, hungrily, "you're a
Cent,yen aro, ti?nu.ii you're :i country one.
You g->, while I just make a little toilet;
and u.s Tor ibo drink, why, let it he brandy."
"Brandy it shell be," said the gadant
George, and dopa;-;, d.
In ten minutes he returned with a supply
of beef patties, rome plates and glasses, ami
a bottle ot good strong British brown,
which, as even body know.-;, is sut?icieut
quart1 tty t<> ivndcr three privates or two blue j
jackets drunk and incapable.
Thu woman, who now presented a slightly j
more respectable appearance, seized the bot- ?
tie, a:.d, pouring about a wine glassful and a j
half of its contents into a rumbler, mixed it j
with an equal quantity of "aler and drank j
it oil' at a draught.
"That's bi tic;-." she said, "and now for a
patty, ?l's a real picnic, this is."
He handed her ono. but she-could not eat
mero than half of it, for alcohol destroys the :
healthier ap]?etiles,and she soon Hew back lo
the 1 ra tidy bott e.
"Now. marni, that you are a little more ?
coin form ide, |-erlm:.s you ?iii tell me li-ov j
you into this way, and you with a rich ;
h ;s. and *:> I well knows to '.<<* e and cherish .
you." i
"A husband to love and cherish mer she ?
said; "why 1 have written to bim three t?nica \
t > r-. ;i hun that !"::: st arv j -, and ?lever a
cent bas he given me-and there's no a,.MW- [
a:;c" due yet, and when there is they'll luke j
?:, for I owe hundivds."
"Weil." said fieorgo, "I rall it cruel- j ;
cruel, anil he roiling in gold Thirty thou- !'
Sain! pounds h.- I;:.^ jus! Kindt*, t::::' 1 !.:.. w
of. Ton must I <. .-in angel, ina rn i, to sta ral '
it, an angel wit!: >ut wings. It' it were my j
husband, now, I'd know ?he reason why.*' j
"Ay, but I d treat. H< 'J murder me. Ile | '
said he would:''
G<->rge laughed gently. "Lord! Lord:" Iv?
said. "t'> see h<?w mon d-? play it o?T u?>on po.?r ;
wo.jic women, working o>> ihoir parvos and
that bie?. He kill you? Lower i,m?st kill
you, and be ts tho biggest coward in Noising- ;
ham? l>ut there it is, th's is a world of
wrong, a? th'* parson says, and the pow shorn 1
lambs must jamb their tails down and turu
their backs to the wind, ?md <?.> must you,
marm. So it"? th<* workbus you'll be in to?
morrow. Well; you'd rind it a poor place,
the skilly istbat rough it do fareto take the
sJ-ii* --it 2 our throat, and iz a drop of hqu ?y". ' '
net even s "upof h : *ea. ?sd ^'ork '.-x?, l?t*
of it-scrubbing, marm, scrubbing!"
This vivid picture of miseries to come dre
something between a sob and a bowl fro
the woman. There is nothing more borrib
to the imagination of sucli people than the ide
of being forced to work. If their notions <
a future state of punishment could bo got a
they would be found, in nine cases out of tel
to resolve themselves into a vague concoj
tion of hard labor in a bot climate, lt w<
the idea of the scrubbing that particular!
affected the Tiger.
'.J won't do it," she said, "I'll go to choke
first"
"Look here, marm," said George, in a pe;
suasivo voice, and pushing the brandy bott,
toward ber, "where's the need for yon to g
to the wurkhus or to cbokey either-yo
with a rich husband os is bound by law t
support you as becomes a lady? And, mam
mind another thing, a husband as has wie!
edly deserted you-which how he could do ?
ain't for me to say-and is living along c
another \'ouug party."
She took some more brandy before she ai
severed.
"That's all very well, you duffer," she sale
"but bow am I to get at bim? 1 tell you Pr
afraid of him, and even if 1 weren't, I haven
a cent to travel with, and if I got there wba
am I to do r
"As for being afraid, marm," he answerec
"I've told you Laryer Quest is a long sigh
more frightened of you than you are of hm
Then as for money, why, marm, Pm gob:
down to Pou-dagham myself by the train thc
leaves Liverpool street at half past 1, an
that's an hour from now, and tts proud an
pleased I should be to take a .lady down an
bo the means of bringing them as hos beeu i
holy matrimony together again. And as t
what 3~ou should do when you gets then
why, you should just walk up with you
marriage lines and say, kYou are my hu?
band, and 1 call on you to cease living as yo
didn't oughtcr, und take me.back;'and if h
don't, why, then you swears an iuformaiiou
and it's a case of warrant for bigamy."
The Tiger chuckled, and then sudden);
seized with suspicion, looked at her visito
sharply.
"What do you want me to blow the gai
for?" she. said; "you're a leery old hand, yo:
are, for ail your simple ways, and you've go
some game on, Til take my davy."
"Ia game-IT' answered George, an cs
pression of the deepest pain spreading itscl
over his ugly features. "2so, marm-ant
when one bas wanted to help a friend, too
Well, if you think that-and no doubt mis
fortune bev made you suspicious-the best
can do is to bid you good day, and to wis!
you weil ont of your troubles, workbus txUt
all, marm, which I do accord:"', g," and in
rose from hi? box with much dignity, politeb
bowed to tho bag on the mattress, and thei
turning walked toward the dcor.
She sprung up with an oath.
"PU go," she said. "PH take the chang?
out of him; I'll teach bim to let his lawfu
wife starve cu a beggarly pittance. I den'!
care if he docs try to kill mo. i'll ruin him,5
and she stamped upon the floor and screamed
"I'll ruin him, Pil ruin him," presenting sue!;
a picture of abandoned rage cud wickedness
that even George, whoso nerves were not
finely strung, inwardly shrunk from her.
"Ab, marm," ho said, "no wonder you're
put out. When I think of what you've bad
to suif er, 1 own it makes my blood go a b'iliug
through my veins. Put if you are a-eoming,
perhaps it would be as well to stop cursing
and put your hat on, for we have got to catch
the train," and he pointed to a headgear
chiefly made of somewhat dilapidated pea?
cock leathers, and aa ulster which tho bail?is
had either overlooked or left through pity.
She put on her Lat and cloak, and then go?
ing to the hole beneath the board, out o?
which site said the woman Ellen had stolen
ber jewelry, she extracted the copy of the
certificate of marriage which that lady had
not apparently tiiougl't worth stealing, and
put it in the pocket of ber pink sii? peignoir.
Then George, having first secured the re?
mainder of the liOttie of brandy, which he
put into his capacious pocket, they started,
and, finding a hansom, drove to Liverpool
street. Such a spectacle, as the Tiger looked
upon tho platform. George was wont, in after
days, to declare he never did ?ec. Put it can
easily be imagined that a fierce, dissolute,
hungry looking woman, with half dyed hair,
who bail drunk as much as wa? good for her,
dressed in a hat made of shabby peacock
feathers, dirty white shoos, an ulster with
some buttons oil, and a gorgeous but filthy
pink silk tea gown, presented a sufficiently
curious appearance, specially when con?
trasted with her companiou, the sober and
melancholy Uwkiag George, who was arra\*ed
tn his pepper and salt Sunday suit.
So curious indeed was their aspect that the
people loitering about the platform collected
round them, ami George, who was heartily
ashamed of the position, was thankful enough
when once the train started, lie had. from
motives of economy, taken her in a third
chins ticket, and at this ?joint she grumbled,
saying that she was accustomed to travel like
a lady should, first; but he appeased her with
the brandy bottle.
Ail the journey through be talked to her
about her wrongs, tili at last, what between
the liquor and his artful incitements, she was
inflamed into a condition of savage fury
against Mr. Quest. When once she got to
this point he would let her have no more
brandy, seeing tiiat she was now ripe for his
purpose, which was. of course, to use lier to
ruin the man who weuld ruin the house he
served.
Mr. Qirast, sitting in state as clerk to the
magistrates assembled in tjuarter sessions at
thc sessions house at Poising ham, little
guessed, that tho sword, ct wbourshadow :...?
had trembled ali these years, was even t:o?
failing on lus i.?'ad, or that the hand th;-.: cr.:
tin; hair that-held ic was that of the stupid
bumpkin whose warning he had despised.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
TUS SWORD t-:-" DAIIOCLES.
A?t last thc weary journey was over, and
to George's intense relief he found himself
upon the platform ut lioismgaam. lie wai
a pretty tough subject, hu: bf felt that a
very little m<-re of the company i-f the fair
Ed i thia would bc too much for him. A> it
happened, the stationmaster was a partic?
ular friend of i. s. a::d the tistonishm- at ci
that wort;.y when he saw thc respectable
George in such company cannot bc expressed
in words.
"Why boar! Well, 1 rever! I.-she a fur
rinerr bc ejaculated i:? u t: aishment.
"It you mean mo. you dirty, wheel greas?
ing steam boss, you," said Kadina, who veas
by now in a duo bellicose condition, "Pm no
more foreign than you are. Shut your ttgiy I
mouth, can't voa, or"-and she took a step ,
toward tho stout station master. Ho retreated
precipitately, caught his heel against thc
threshold oj tile hooking office, anti vanished
backward w n crash.
"Steady, marm, steady." sail George, j
"Save it up. now, do, anti as for you, don't y- u ;
irritate her. none of you. or I won't answer
for the i-'Miscmirnc for she's an injured
wonjan, she is, and injured wo:nen is apt lo .
be dangerous;"
As chance would have it, a fly which laid '
brought somebody to the station w:;s still .
standing there, and into it (..?,orgo bu:u'.I.\l
his latr charge, tel..ag ibo driver to go lo the .
sess?a;> I. >t;se.
"?? '..-,., maria," he sa:;, "listen to me, I'm
going to tyou to tho utan as has ur ?ag .1
y< a. tie's sitting as clerk tollu* magistrates.
Po you L > up and call him your i;:;-!>.... I.
'Then he'll t< il thc poi:ee:aa:i t.i take you
?wuy Taet? do yo'.j sing nut for justice. be
raiise Avhvi j>eop'.f?s.i:;- HI: f r just sec every?
body's bound ' ?1: ?'? ! s:r. t.:.ii yon want
a warran! agaius: him - bigamy; and show .
them the marria :.. .rtiiieaiV. 1 r \v.?u l?c
put down, and don't you snare him. If you
Joni sta ri li? him you'll noverge: anything
mit ( f him."
"Sparc him '" she snarled; "I'llmake bim
sit up; I'll havo his blood. Ibu look here, if
h?-*s pat in cbokey, where's thc tin to come
fromf
"Why. marm," answered George, t^itb
splendid mruda- itv, "?t's the l?st thing that
ran happen for yon, for if they collar Ivan
you ',:?'< the property, and that's law."
"Uii." soo ?iiiswerp?'!. "if Td kno^a that
he'd have ?-.-i . .'.Hared long ago. I can toil
you." i
"i "< >tu/v" >..:.. .. t-rgc. seeing that th^y were 1
tjwnrirjg tbo-a .?. >: !...??;. .??. "Ita.vo on?? rcror?- ?
Z .' * . i' sr.jii?? Lip aila U?a
duced the brandy bottle, at w?iich she took
long pull.
'"Xow," bc said, "go for him like a wil
ca:."
"Never you fear," si ie said.
They dismounted from the eab and entero
thc cc'irt house without attracting any pu:
ticular notice. Thc court itself was crowded
for a ease which had excited public inter?s
was coming to a conclusion. Tho jury La<
given their verdict and sentence was bein;
pronounced by Mr. de la Molle, the chair
mau.
Air. Quest was sitting afc his table belo*
the bench taking some notts.
"There's your husband," ho whispered
"now do you draw on."
George's part in the drama was played
and with a sigh of relief he feil back to watcl
its final development. He saw tho fierce
tali woman siip through t::u crowd iike :
snake or a panther to its prey, and som
compunction touched him when he though
of the prey. He glanced at tho elderly re
spectablu looking gentleman at the table, aa,
reflected that ho, too, was stalking his prey
the old squire and the ancient house of De Ii
Molle. Then hi? compunction vaaishe I, au<
he rejoiced to think that ho would be th?
means of destroying a man who. to hil hi
pockets, did not hesitate to destroy the lam
ily with which his life and the lives of hi
forefathers for many generations had bee:
Lute rwoven.
By this time tho woman had fought he:
way through the press, bursting the remaa
mg buttons o?r her ulster ia so doing, am
reached thc bar which separated the spec
taters from ?ne space reserved for the elli
cials. Un the further s:ie of the bar was :
gangway, then came the table at which Mr
Quest sat. Ho had been busy writing some
thin j ali this lime; now he rose and passet
it to Mr. de ia Molle, and thea turned to si
dov. n again.
Meanwhile his wife had crane:! her long
Iith< body forward over the bar till her beac
was almost level with the hither edge of ib<
table. There she stood glaring at him, ha
wicked face alive with fury and malice, fbi
the brandy she had drunk had caused her t<
forget Uer fears.
As Mr. Quest turned, his eye caught th?
Cash cf color from the peacock feather hat,
From thence it traveled tu thc face beneath.
lie gave a gasp, and the court seemed t<
whirl round him. The sword had fallen, in?
deed.
"Well, nilly," whispered the hateful voice,
"you see I've come t'> look you np."
With a desperate elTort he recovered him?
self. A polk-oman was standing near him.
He beckoned to him and told him to remov?
the woman; who was drunk. The policeman
advanced and touched her on the arm.
"Come, you be oil," he said, "you're
drunk."
At that moment Mr. de la Molle ceased
giving judgment
"I ain't drunk," said the woman, load
enough to attract the attention of the whole
court, which now, for tho first time, ol>
served her extraordinary attire, "and i've a
right to be in the public court."
"Come on," said the policeman, "the clerk
says you're to go."
"Tlie clerk says so. does her she answered;
"and do you know who the clerk is? I'll tell
you all," a:u! she raised ber voice to a scream;
"he's my husband, my lawful wedded hus?
band, and here's proof of it," and she took
the folded certificate from her pocket and
flung it so that it fell upan the desk of cue
of the magistrates.
Mr Quest sunk into his chair, and there
was ci si lenee of astonishment through the
court.
The squire was the first to recover himself.
"?Si leuce,'' he said, addressing her; "silence.
"This cannot go on here."
"Dat I want justice," she shrieked. "I
want jarico; I want a warrant against that
man for bigamy." (Reueweil sensation.)
"He's left me to starve; me, his lawful wife.
Look here," and she tore open the pink satin
tea gown, "I haven't enough, clothes cn me;
the bailiffs took all my clothes; I have suf?
fered his cruelty for years, and borne ft, and
I can 1 ?ear it no longer. J ustice, your wor?
ships; i only as': fer justice."
"Be silent, woman," said Mr. do la Molla
"If you havo any criminal charge to Iring
against anybody, there is a proper way to
make it. Bo silent, or leave this court."
But she only screamed thc more for justice,
and loudly detailed fragments of her woes to
the eagerly listening crowd.
Then policemen were ordered to remove
her, and there followed a most frightful
scene. She shrieked and bit and fought in
such a fashion that it tool: four men to drag
l.cr tr? the door of the court, where she
dreppod exhausted against the wail in the
corridor
"Weil," said the observant George to him?
self, "she has done the trick proper, and no
mistake. Couldn't have been bettor. That's
r. master one, that is." Then he turned his
ai tent ion to tho stricken man before bim.
Mr Q lesfwas sitting in his choir, his face
ashen, his eyes wido open, and Ins hands
placed fiat on tho table before him. When
ci lenee had been restored, ho rose and turned
to the bench, apparently with the intention
of addressing the court. But ko said noth?
ing, either because he could not find words
or because Ids courage failed, him. There
was a moment's intense silence, for every ono
in the crowded court was watching Lim, and
tho sense of it seemed to take what resolution
he had left out of bira. At wy rate, he left
the table and hurried from the court. Ia the
passage he found the Tiger, who. surrounded
hy a little crowd, and with her hat awry ami
her clothes half torn from her back, was
huddled gasping against the wall.
She saw him and began to speak; l ui ho
stopped and face 1 her. lie faced her, grind?
ing hU teeth, and with such rm awful ?ir?ci
fury in Iiis eyes ila?: she shrunk from him in
torro:-, kittening hers/:: against the wall.
"Wi ar did I tell youf' he said. ::; a choked
voice, an 1 then passed on. A few paces down
the oassage ho met ono of his own clerks, a
shan? fcih'W enough.
"itere. Jones." ko said, "you see that wo?
man there. She has made a charge against
me. Watch her. Seo where she goes , ami
find on* wi:;:: she is going todo. JThen come
ami tell me at the office*, if you lose sigh* of
her y< >u leso vota--place'too. Do you under*
sta n i.
"Y< -, err," said the astonis?cd clerk, and
Mr Que: : wa:: gc: c.
Ile ma '.. his way direct ii tho rfT\ I:,
was ch sed, for lie had I M his clerks that he
should not como back after court, and that
they could go rt halt past 4. tic had his
kev. however, and, entering, light . 1 the gas.
Then h? went hi-safe an 1 s. ried some
pap TS. burning a good number of them. Two
largo d. -enmones, however, he pm by his side
to read. Ore was his will, the other was in?
dorsed: "Statr-m 'Ut of the circuiastauccs con?
necte ! with K Lilli."
First h?> looked through his will It bad
hoon ma ie ? uno years ago, and was entirely
in favor of his wife, or rather of his reputed
who. Belle.
"It may us weil stand." h . sui i aiou 1. "It
any., lng ba: po:? to me she'll take about ten
theusav.-' under ir. an ? that was what she
brough: i.:o." Takin ; a pen ho wont through
tho document enrefu?v, un i wherever .bc
hame of "Belle Quest" occurred he pitt a
ero-.-;, and inserted these words: "Getme'.t,
e?mr::o: dy known as Celle Qaesc"-Gbnnett
Ivom . Bodes maiden nam -and imitated tho
eo;r.>,\.xl ho glance lat thc state?
ment; Itoontamciafull end fair account
of ms.-. ;m?*e:io:i with the v...ma i who had!
nnned bis lifo. "I r. iv n< well leave it." he
th..u..lu. "Some day it will . how Buk- that
t was not -oikeso ;.n' 1 as I seemed."
Ho repkieod tho statement fa a brief > uve;- j
ope, sealed and direct?*! to Bo i So. and fi on Br
marked it: "Not to.be opened till ?ny death.
W Quest." Tuon he put tho envelope away
in tho safe und took up tho will for the samo
purpose. Next it on the table by'tba deeds
execute! by Edward Cesser, transferring the
Hon ita ni mortgages to Mr. Quest in con?
sideration of his abstaining from the coir*
mencement of a suit for a divorce in w hich
be proposed to join Edward-Cossey as core?
spondent. "Ah?" he tuought to himself,
"ih-.t game is up. Belle is not my 1'gai
wife, thorcforo ! cannot commoaco a sm?
against ker in which Cosscy would tl turo as
co-respondent, and s"> the consideration fans
J am s cry for that, ter 1 should ha^o liked
h mi ro ?sa his thirty th--asar ! pourds
?veil a? Li? wif" cut "t 5?f? be iieh-ed Ir
was a game of bl ai?, and now tba* tho blad?
der has been pricked I haven't a Jog to '
stand on."
Thfn, taking a pen, be wrote on a sheet of
pape;' which ho inserted in the will-"Dear
?5.,-You must return the Monham mort?
gagee to liv. Edward Cossey. As you aro
not my legal wife, the consideration upon
which ho transferred them fails and you
cannot hold them in equity, cor I suppose
would you wi h to do .> ?-W. Qi'
Having"pst all thc papers away, he shut
the safe et the moment that the clerk, whom
he had depute: to watch tho Vigor, knocked '
ut the da and entered.
"Weilf" said his :ar..-t:r.
'.Well, sir, ? watched tho r/oman. Sho
s:??.pc j ia tho passage for a m in ure, and
tliea George, Squire <; : la M-ale's ma;:, carno "
i ut and sp )i;e t / her. 1 gat quite close, so as
to .'?ear caa: hs s ?id. and Lo said: 'You'd "
bettor get out*.!' ila.;/
" 'Where t >?' she answered. Tm afraid.'
" 'Ba--lc t?> I/mdoa,' he said, and gave her
a sovereign, and she got up without a word:
und slunk ol" to tao station followed by a
mob of pe >p!-o. She's in the refreshment
room nov.-, but George sent word to ra}' thc:,
tiley ought not to s awe her with any drink/'
"What time does the next train go-7:10,
does it not?" said Mr. Quest.
"Yes, sir." .
"Weil, go back to tho static:*, raid keep a?1
eye upon that woman, and when thc timi
corot's gef rac a first class return ticket to'
Loadcn. J shall go up myself and give bei '
in ctiarge tiarra. Here is some* money," cud'
ho gave bim a five pound uote. "and look
hore. Jones, you n od not trouble about tho
change.'
"Thank you, sir, I'm sure.*' said Jane?:, to
whom, his salary being a guinea a week, on
widen ho supported a v. ?fe and family, a gift;
of four pounds was sn ld -n wealth.
"Don't thank me. but do as 1 teil you. I
will te down at t?ie station ct 7 li) Meet me
outside and give me tho ticket. That will
do."
.Vhen Jones had g-> ie Mr Quest sat do wu
to think.
So it wa? George who had. loosed thia
woman on him. and that was thc moaning of
his mysterious warning. ??ow bad ho found
her? That did not matt- r. he liad foun i her*
cud in revenge for the action taken against
tho Do la Molle family ho had brought her'
hen: to denounce him. It ha 1 tv. en cleverly
managed, too. Mr. i^acst rejected to him?
self that he shoal 1 neve; have given tko maa
credit for thc brains. Well, that was what
came of underrating people.
And*.?this was tao ea l of all bli hopes,
ambition.-, shift? and struggles. The story
would bein every paper in England l*efbr-3
another twenty-four hours were over,
headed "Remarkable occurrence at Boising
hatn quarter session. - Alleged bigamy of a
solicitor/' No doubt, tao, tho treasury
would take it np and institute a -cosecution.
This was tho end of his strivings after re?
spectability : nd tho wealth that brings it.
Ile had overreached himself, ile had plot?
ted and schemed, and hardened lits heart
against the De ia Molle family, and fate bad
made uso of his success to destroy him. In
another few months he had expected to bc
able to leave this place a wealthy and re?
spected mari-and now- Ho laid his hand
upon tho table' and reviewed his past life
tracing it from year to year, and seeing how
thc shadow of this accursed Woman had
I haunted him, bringing disgrace and terror
j and mental agony with it-making his life a
i misery. And now what was to i?o done? lie
I was mined. Let bim liv to the utmost parts
; of tiio earth, let him burrow in tue recedes
of the cities of the earth and a his shame
would find him out. He was an impostor,
a bigamist, one w ho had seduced an innocent
woman into a mock marriage and then taken
her fortuno to buy the silence of his lawful
wife. Moro, he had threatened to bringan'
action for divorce agaiast a woman to whom
ho knew he was not really married, and
made it a lever to extort vast sums of money
or their value.
What is there that a man in this position
can do?
j He can do two things-ho can revenge bim-'
self upon 'he author of his ruin, and if bo
bc bold enough, he ca:: put an end to his ex?
istence and his sorrows at a blow.
Mr. Quest rose ami walked to the door.
Halting, lie turned and looked round tho"
ondee in that peculiar fashion wherewith tho
eyes take their adieu. Then with a sigh ho
wen:.
Roaching his own house he hesitated'
whether or not to enter. Had the nows
reached Belle/ If so, how was he to face
her? lier hands were tic: ckan, indeed, but
at any rate she ha l no mock marriage in her
record, mai her dislike of kia: had i con un
conccak d throughout. She badi never wished
to marry him, and never for ono single day
regarded him otherwise than with aversion.
After reflection ho turned and wont ramal
j by the back way into the garden. The c;:r
! tutus of the French window were drawn,
but it was a wot and windy tugar, and clio
I draught occasionally Uli?.-1 thc edge cf cue of
I them. Ho crept ?ike a thief up t; his own
i window and looked ia. The drawing room
! was ligated, and in a low chair by the fire
I sat Delle. Sao was. as usual, <hvs>'-d ia
black, and t ) Mr. Quest, who loved la .-, ami
who knew that ho was about to bid/arewoii
I to thc rig::: of her, sic locked more beautiful
now thr.:: over. A book lay oycti-onhcr
j knee, and ho noticed not without surpriso
j that it was a Bible, Bat she was not reading
; it,*her dimpled chin reste t on her hand, and
I her violet eyes wore fined < n vacancy, au I
ever. fr.?m whore ho '..as kota.aghr that ha
I c.-.:: i soc tko trs ia th.-:.:.
Sae had heard nothing; ito U.:S.--:::Y of tha?
.from the expression cf her face; she vas
thiaki- g cf her own sorrows, of a:-?
shame. '
VvS, ho would go i:>.
("TO BS CONT! NT KD ;
All About a Postage Stamp,
A most unheard cf act, which by
many is considered disrespectful, in
the highest, cr even disloyal, is re?
ported to have been committed by inc
postal serb critics cf New South Wales,
[t corsists in ti e removal of the vig?
nette of her majesty from the postaco
stamps of that colony, and the substi?
tution ?he ?r?en* of the likeness of an
emu.. 1* is gravely atinourccd that
iliis action is "inc cloud no bigger
. han a man's baud, which will rapidly
increase until a flood will come which
wiil sweep the colonial possessions of
(?reat Britain tram their moorings.*'
And all this dire foreboding on account
of a postage stamp ! -Si/n Fnrnctsco
Cia i,ni ile.
Fraser and i\iss. the two negree*
who so brutaliy assassinated Mr. Olden?
burg, in Chat lesion recently, have
beet) found guilty of murder and will bo
banged on the 26th of April next.
? nii?T . ? ?r- -q
no xor >vi'i i.:: ANY LONGI IV.
Kr., wing th?! a >'. heh can He ch?? kt 2 in -i
ii.iv, ?md thc first s t ages o? ?...nMiro*j*i**i> bruk?*?"
inn week, ?vc i.. .. ?.?? v guarantee tu. .Uk-.'.
Kntrhsh Keine.'.*? ?'< r I:MHI ]..: -r. and will r. -
fund thc money tn ail who buy. t.t*e ;: as p?-r
ib root ions, arni do rr.i ta..i . ?a .-.ra te..ncr.: o rac'.
S .... by I- IV- hoi. ut e.
H?OW 5?Ot TOK> CONQUKB DCATH.
Pr. Walter K. Han nu ad sav.?. "AfU-r s t?n?
experience 1 have conic to the conclusion ?In?*
tw?. third: ..{' iii deaths from Coughs. pncira??**ni?'
and cousu mp'len. mi- ! NA *v.ii Io?! :'! D'.
Acker's English Remedy t L%?n*-uropTr.-n we?e:
only carefully used ?a -n?-" t'*is wo-w*?-5inr
Hcrocdv is sold imbers positive ?a.it.n.i?s.
;>r J. Ir'. W. Dc Lorine.
.. mw -O'*
TKKKIBLK.
Two-thirds of nil dea'ihs in Xr? T?MK ?'i-r:
ar?? tr? m c-???sut?'p?i"?i ?>? i ??.*:??.'?*? hi. Th*
>.m:e r-:0*porrion ? obis Un m*?sl -.lot-r .m*-.-.
DehiVS aro il;?i*-?Cr-*iM". }?t \rt .-*> ra*s'i-h
Hftiif'.v iV,i consumpiin-a ?i i :t?.\ <y> i?''",
yt 'i ma V ig-*** v. t?i > . .' ? l?y J": ' F ''*.
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