The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 21, 1900, Image 8
HIS FAMILY SPECTER
"By Jove. Gordon. I don't know
what to make of yon!" exclaimed Tom
fairleigh, drawing on his gloves, with
considerable show of vexation. "Amy
hepburn's happiness is dear t:> mc. In
fact, I came here tonight to tell yon
?flint I love her"
"To tell me!" broke in Gordon.
."Why don't yon tell her":"
*4Wait, can't yon"' Let me finish. I
$tave told her. and she has declined me.
lt was done very gently and with the
greatest possible regard for my feelings,
Jmt nevertheless I was declined. Don't
?thlnk me a fool because I come here
?nd make a confession which can be
nothing less than mortifying. I'm do?
ing it for Amy's sake. "
"For Amy's sake?" echoed Gordon.
"Yes; I want to see her happy, and
yon are the man to make her so. She
-declined me on yonr account. Of conrsc
I knew long ago that yon were my
?ivan bnt did not knownntil two hours
ago that yon were the snccessfnl one.
Ton aren't worthy of her and don't de
?erve her. bnt don't think for a moment
"feat I believe myself more worthy or
more deserving." Pansing snddenly.
3Sairieigh walked to his friend's side
and laid a hand on his shonlder. "I
can't understand what yon mean by
leading Amy to believe that yon care
ior her while all the time dividing
your attention with Nell Forthdyke.
Wonld yon be innaman enongh to
break a heart as loyal as Amy's?"
"Don't get tragic. Tom. I'm not go?
ing to break anybody's heart. Nell is
rich, yon know"
4*And so are yon, " sneered Fairleigh,
walking hurriedly to the door and lay?
ing his hand on the knob, "tnt Amy
. Hepbnrn is poor. Society dares yon to
wed with poverty. If yon love Amy,
are yon man enongh to take the dare ?
Examine into the financial condition
nf the Hepbnrns, reflect npon the canse
nf their downfall in fortune and then
let me see if yon are strong enough to
leap this Brahininical barrier of caste."
With this parting shot Fairleigh
passed quickly out of the room and
?lammed the door behind him. Harry
Gordon gave vent to a long whistle,
settled himself back in a chair and
thoughtfully lighted a cigar. ?
"That was quite a jolt." he mut- '
tered. . looking upward through tho
curling wreaths of smoke. " 'Hov/ ;
nappy could I be with either were 1
t'other dear charmer away!" It's as
sure as can be that I love one and fancy
the other. But who will unravel the
Gordian knot ? Which is it to be-Amy
or Nell?" " j
A knock fell on the door, not on the
outside door, but on a door leading into
a closet. Harry Gordon stirred uncom?
fortably in his chair, a vexed look com?
ing into his eyes as he fixed them upon
the closet door. After a brief interval
of silence the knock was repeated.
"Now. what in the world aroused
yon?" cried Gordon.
"Business is business." came a hol?
low voice from the other side cf the
closet door * * I " m h ere for a pu rpose, and
if I do not in:?:e that parp?se manifest
once ir. awhile you'll forge: all about
ne."
This remark was followed hy a c lank?
ing, cachinnatory outburst that seemed
to grate harshly on Gordon s ear.
"Weil, what do yon want?" he
asked.
want toc?me ont and show my?
self. You know I'm her", but a little
xwnxlar demonstration won t come amiss,
T take it Remember. I'm showing con?
sideration for you. ? might have kicked
open this door and stalked ont into the .
- room. But I didn't, i rapped,"
"Can't you put it oit ? Come ont to?
morrow. I've got something else to
think aljont now." j
"The high and mighty orlvv of fam- 1
ily skeleton::- are not in the habit of
playing second fiddle or taking back s
geais for anybody, i'm coming at once. ' * !
"All right, then," groaned Gordon,
pquaring himself about in his chair.
"Comte om "
The close* door flew open and a well
developed skeleton strode ont and drop?
ped with a rattle into a chair. Thecav- ;
entons eyes were blankly expressive -
-to Gordon. For him also ibero was
something sarcastic inihe grin of line
fleshless j iws.
"Dust me o?r." said the skeleton. "I j
want to show np as frightful as pessi :
ble tonight: "
The request presented itself i > Ger- ;
don as a command which he was pow?
erless to disobey. Picking up a feather
duster, bi plied i: vlgorou ly al th :
gleaming white bones i
"Achoc?" he sneezed, 0r.;:?;I::g th- j
duster and falling into his chair.
"You i'u;'bt not to neglect me.:" ^;,i i
the ski-lvT-m i'm one of the family
and should be treated as such. Now,
then, let's have a chati "
Tho skeleton crossed its bony legs and
se"!;''"! back comfortably; ?
"Will it do me any good to have a
chat with yon?" queried Gordon.
"That remains to be se< a. it used t .
do your father good. Why. li w;;s my
custom to visit him every T.:-,-!IT. AS }:.;
sat befen; that table there writing I'd
sneak oni of that closet, come quietly :
up behind him and put .<*. ava; caress?
ingly about his neck./' The skeleton :
laughed, working its bony jaws with a
succession of crackling sounds that
ma?:<'* Gordon shiver. "How ii a? I J >
etartle him! Ko wonld turn white as n
sheet as he looked up into my face
Once he sprang to his feet in despera?
tion, and we had a wr< stie ail a?>oni tho
room, overturning chairs, tables and
evei y thing else thal came i .a our way. "
"You succeeded well ii; shortening
my father's !if--. " returned Gordon
gloomily. "TJnderyonr tyranny basant:
into his grave long before his time. "
*\So he did. so he did. Mid he passed ?
jne on t<> yon with the rest ?.f his prop?
erty, real ana personal It was a rich
inheritance, my dear boy. even though
1 had to be dragged at its heel-. Yet I
don't accuse me of any responsibility j
".for your father's taking off. Hewas the j
stein, ho built me np, bone by uone,
and was not content until he had marie
a gigantic monster and had breathed
into my bony breast the breath of life
Then, in order that 1 might not airlift
; his sight, he stowed me away in that
closet. Suppose J became the instru?
ment of his own undoing. Is it not true
that he was nevertheless the author of
his own downfall v"
''Your logic seems to be as merciless
as it is correct.*' answered Gordon,
with knitted ??rows. "Still there are
some points relating to your hist? ry on
which my mind is a trifle obscure.
What possessed my father to cai! into
being a creature of your disagreeable
character*:"
"The almighty dollar, young man.
He created me in order that you might
inherit a little more wealth. He did
not think, then, how I should one day
sit astride his shoulders like an Old Man
of the Sea, nor did he think that it was
possible for me to afflict his son. For
obvious reasons, my relations with you
are not so intimate as they were with
your worthy father. I was evolved out
of the wheat pit. of the hoard of trade.
Your father was a bull, and he merci?
lessly gored both life and fortune ont of
a certain bear who was not nimble
enough to get out cf his way. "
"And who was this bear?" asked
Gordon.
"A man named Hepburn."
"Amy Henburn'sfather?" murmured
the youngman, rubbing his hand across
his brow in an effort to remember.
"Y'es. Hepburn lost every penny he
had in the world through that disas?
trous wheat deal. He was forced into
bankruptcy and. nuable to bear the dis?
grace, took his own life. His money
went to increase the store your father
left you. my boy. and it is now* possible
for you to live in luxury while Hep?
burn's wife and cihldren must struggle
on as best they can. However," and
the skeleton got up and started back to
its closet, "it is not for me to moralize.
Now that I've caught myself deliver
ing a homily. I'll just take my depart?
ure. Au revoir, my dear fellow!"
Halting at the closet dcor, the skele?
ton waved its adieu and disappeared
within. Gordon sat in his chair, deep
in thought, while his cigar burned it?
self ont between his fingers.
At last he got up and shook his broad
shoulders as though freeing himself of
a disagreeable burden.
"Society has dared me." he mutter?
ed, "but I know my heart, nov:, and
I'll do as I please!"
* * * * * * *
After Harry Gordon and Amy Hep?
burn had been married and had re?
turned from their honeymoon Harry
brought his bride up stairs to iris, old
bachelor's don and seated her in a chair.
"My dear." he said. "Ihave a con?
fession to make to you. Sly father once
did your father a grievous wrong, and I
have made myself the happiest fellow
in the world by undoing it However, i
as we are not tc have any secrets from
each other, you must know about this."
A look of astonishment came into
Amy's bine eyes as she watched her
husband proceed tc the closet, throw j
open the door and go rummaging about J
inside.
'."What in the world are you looking
for. Harry?" she asked as he returned
to her side.
"I'm looking for something that does
not seem to.be lhere-th> Gordon fam?
ily skeleton. Amy. For the ?rst time in
13 years it is not to be found in that
closet
Just then a clanking tread was heard
in the hallway without, the door was
pushed slowly ajar and the skeleton
. imped in. supporting itself on a crutch
and looking very much the worse for
wear.
"Thereit is!" cried < rord< a. "What's
the matter with yon, old chap? Here,
sit down. 1 want to make you acquaint?
ed with my wife. "
The family skeleton dropped into a
chair and shook until it rattled like a
score of castanets.
"I'm donefor." ir groaned. "You've
fired me, young man. I just dropped in
? ) say goodby forever. But don't intro
duce me to your wife. We've met be?
fore."
"That's so. Harry, - * said Amy. "I
know ali about this family skeleton of
yours. Don't let ir worry yon. my
? lear." and she threw her scat arms
ab hi > neck, -l.-t the dead past bury
its dead. ?f we are happy, isn't that J
Vnd ho rr i a j
rapture-!:- ki .. niven aer fair cheek. i
That kiss pronoun.e? d the dc? -rn of the j
Gordon fanrily sk- lelo:;. Forthwith it j
b?g?n to fade inte vaia air. finally van- i
i si ..ine* a. nd leaving not a wrack behind; j
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y}-.\ '.'.t- vi- by Wire.
[ \ ,.- ?Y*io> the brotherhood of the
key are aware^ that operators often
play poker over.tho wiro, lt is. never
? are s>. a ?*a"t. and the; di version is fair
"\Yh--n I vas working on the
Clankety-blank line a: a lillie railroad
station ?a Illinois." said an ex-operator
;he other day. "business was very slack
toward early m -ruing, and wc used to
get up a four handei! game regularly.
Tho '.?layers \\"-rv myself and three oth?
er operators a: different points along
thc line. We would <--d: each other up,
and then ??:vvy ?.nan would deal him
seli" a hand, making ids discards and
?heipin.u:' as desired; <>;' course, we had
n> trust to mutual honor as to. chea ting;
but i t??iai: eyc2*ybod-y: was on the
square. AU play d freeze oat. ami the
loser had to treed when we g t togeth?
er at headquarters, which v. as about
ott-f a month; J mus; confess that thc
a?.rion was a ii*;! . slow, the game t
was more exei.tins: titan one might
imagine. Alines; .:!! :1e- ><hJ operators
have played Cards hy telegraph at
some time or another;*' - Chicago
Chronicle.
(MKV? [,C.NSO!I tn-triv Learned.
"Twenty-tlw eents was th- Coup da- j
lion ol' my fori uno "
'.Who gave ii to you? "
"Nobody. 1 tried to borrow it and j
couldn't."-Chicago Record. '
\
HUMAN BRAINCELL
j THEY REFUSE TO WORK UNDER T
HIGH A PRESSURE.
i
I -
; ?'tj? <*?t Too IV?ucIi* Steam r.r.d Tin
j iii nu ?c Organisms <?*<* 021 S fr i
j W?ty >?e:j CO Criizy or ??<rox:i<: /
! sent minded.
? Keeping pace vy?tl? scientific thon?
and progress certain problems \v!i
in rho past bave be< n shelved for wt
of light being thrown upon them !?:
: been taken tip again one by one to ;
j clergo fariner examination by thc :
! of improved science,
j The newest revelation in this dir
j lion tends to the science el* the mi
j and includes the following problems
j Why does a man act queerly wi]
j he is intoxicated?
I Why is a man absentminded on <
! casions?
Why does a mau sometimes becoi
I violently insane, often a dangeroi
! raving lunatic?
Such questions as these have puzzl
our immediate fathers, who have lau
ly ever satisfactorily explained tin
away or indeed thrown much reliai
"'ghi upon them. The human brain
composed of cells, and each cell is
simple bit of nerve substance, fro
one end of which, like an oetopi
spring a number of tentacles, whi
from another part arises an arm d
feront from them and of great lengt
The long arm is intended for tran
mitting impressions from one portie
of the brain system to another, it h
ing made to touch the tentacles i
short arms of the next one to it. tl
latter in its turn effecting contact xvii
a third cell, and so on.
Thus a message is conveyed and tl
mind gets its news. The entire brai
is made up of these cells, whose nun
ber is legion and whose full strong!
is grouped in systems, these syst ca
in turn being arranged in commun
ties, the communities in dust (-rs an
finally the dusters in constellation
by which divisions they are known t
physiologists.
So long as the mind is in a health
condition each little cell, or bm in <>.
topus. attends to its business faithfu
ly and gives no trouble, but as ma
generally is an animal who usually ri
fuses to live the life spanned out b
nature and adopts instead the life Iai
down by the modern artificial proc?s
(if living, instituted forsooth by civ!
libation, mental disturbances frequent
ly arise through the brain bocera in
abused in various ways, from cvei
work and alcohol principally.
Your octopuslike brain cell is a liv
ing little thing, and it can endure ;
great deal of abuse from you. but i
you should go a little too far it rebel:
and refuses to work any longer .!..:
breaking contact with its companion
ceils. Which it eau do by withdrawing
i's long arm and getting itself out o:
circuit. But this rebellion is conduct
ed by whole groups of evils neting io
get'nor in full harmony.
Now. the object o? tiiis "strike" ii
simply to avoid overwork, for cac!
tiny cell has stored within its minuit
space only a certain amount of energy,
but if you pat. on the high pressure
this is easily consumed by the opera?
tion of the bmIn. and the organism
breaks down from exhaustion. Now,
take the Lirst <-f the problems just
slated. Wlu n e person takes too much
to drink, the cells iii those patches of
the brain thai are responsible for the
condun i of muscular movement ber
come affected and the man staggers.
When the dose is very large, the
veils, which, although stupefied, have
tried to keep their master on his logs,
now cens,' working, and the man sleeps
like one dead. Finally, if more than
< nough cf alcoholic drink be taken,
thc effect on the cells is to paralyze
them, and the unfortunate man dies.
There is some relation between ex?
traordinary activity of the mind and
insanity. Geniuses are apt io exhibit
symptoms of mental alienation, and,
singular to relate, their children are
usually inferior t'? those of average
land for example. Cromwell was a
hypo? bondrafc and had visions. Dean
Swift: inhi rit< d insanity and was him
s k' not a little mad. Shelley was call?
ed by his friends -Mad Shelley."
Charles Lamb went crazy. Johnson
was another hypochondriac. Coleridge
was :J morbid tn ania c. Milton was of a
morl id turn of mind, nearly approach?
ing insanity (modern ideas of hades
aro largely formed on tho description
evolved by his diseased imagination),
and Byron said he was visited "<?
Ti.is mental alienation occurring in
tko foregoing cases shows that cer?
tain specific groups o:' brain ceils have
come under the baneful influence of
the guiding spirit called talent or
genius, which lins used up ;;? the en?
ergy st' rt d in each coll and each group
of cells, to tho detriment of the winde,
with the result that their ceasing work
has bi Ought about various t ypes of
insanity as depicted <?r. to phrase i*
more softly, induced disturbance ci
ti:;- mental equilibrium. :
The remaining problem is absent- !
mindedness. This is produced by a
temporary disjunction <>;' certain
groups of ec'!s. A nein becomes sc
absorb d in Ids st ??liv of some partic?
ular subject and lends his whole ;
mind to ?hoitg?i? thai the hard think-- I
disorganizes the groups cf < ?.! 1 >
eu J pl .. d m the process of reilootion. j
i heir tentacles !>--ir:n turned all on< j
way. io the detriment of mental ac j
.i<.? ;euerally. and :?.> the oma with
in the one direction pass?s" .-donn tin
streets ly si to all observation or monta !
incept i >n and does all manner of queel
things because !;*. is not conscious ot
what he is doing,-ivarsoivs Maga
zinc.
j
One good thought generously receiv?
ed always attracts another. j
SHAVIXG ACCIDENTS.
1 THE DABBER DISCUSSES THEW Wi TH
THE MAM IN H?S CHAIR.
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Chance? So ('ni TL roa ts That Aro Xot
Often Taliea .*. tl-. :t:?t^:e O?-\arrow
i Escapes Prora ScrZocs Mishaps-A
Fatlier*s Cream.
'.'Did ir over strike you.'" asked the
little barber, "how easy ft would
for ti:c niau tba* shaves you to kill
you?"
The ?nan i:? the chair sat up quickly
I and looked carefully at tho barber
who was fe el lng the edge of the razoi
with one ?inger. Thc barber smiled
to reassure his customer and said:
"lt seems u queer question. I know
but it is a wonder io me that there
are not a number of people killed io
that way every year. It would be
the easiest thing in the world for the
barber as be wielded Ins razor to make
one sweep with it and sever the jugu
lar vein, and you would be dead almost
on the instant. Suppose, fer instance,
that the barber should go insane.
There would be nothing to prevent
bis doing such a thing, and you would
have no warning nor any opportunity
to save yourself.
"There is always a chance cf a seri?
ous accident happening to the man in
i thc chair. 1 have seen a number of
j such accidents and have a horror of
even nicking the man I am shaving.
In fact, such an occurrence makes me
j feel out of sorts for the rest of the
day. It was only a few days ago that
1 almost had an accident that gave
me a great fright and completely un?
nerved me. I was shaving a young
mau. and in passing from one side of
the chair to the other a button of my
waistcoat caught in his hair. It pulled
a trifle, and he moved his head sud?
denly just as 1 went to put the blade
to his face. 1 came within an ace of
slashing bim, and only a quick jump
back saved him. The perspiration
stood out on me. and 1 had to call one
of the other men to h'nish shaving my
customer.
"But thc worst accident 1 ever saw
ii? a barber shep occurred while 1 was
working in a small town In the west.
One cf the patrons of the place was
a business man whose S-year-oId
daughter was lying at the point of
?lea;ia Ihr father put in mest of his
time at her bedside. One afternoon
while she vas asleep he came in here
to get shaved, ile was so exhausted
throng:] lack of sleep that he fell
asleep immediately after he had taken
his scat ia the chair next to the one
behind which I was at work;
"He dreamed that some ene had
come into thc place to tell him that
his child had died. With a cry of
alarm .he stalled up .lust as the barber
laid the razor against his neck. Into
tie.' flesh ii sank. Ile was not yet
thoroughly awake, and as he imagined
liar some one was holding lum hack
from his child he threw out his hand
to free himself, and his fingers closed
over the blade of the razor. So dazed
wes he that he could not realize what
liad happened; but sat there in '1:Q
chair, with the blood streaming from
his throat and lingers.
"The man who luid done the cutting
was the first o act. although half
crazed. Ile hurried fora doctor while
wc stanched tho Hov.- of bleed the best
we knew how. liven as the doctor
was at work sewing up the wounds
a messenger came to say that the little
girl had died suddenly in the greatest
agony, calling fer her father just be?
fore she died., ile v.as nuder tho in?
fluence of ether at the time and did
not know, hut afterward;, when lie
heard of the circumstances attending
her death, he insisted that he had
heard her call as he lay there asleep ?
in the chair and that it was her cry
that ??ee! caused him to make his sud?
den movement.
"For years after the accident he con?
tinued to shave in the sanie shop
where it bad occurred, and it was
never mentioned, lie carried a re?
minder of it for the remainder of his
life. In addition io the sear on his
throat, the lingers of Ins right hand
were ail drawn up and useless.
"Sudden movements while in tie? har?
bor's chair are always apt to he attend?
ed with serious results, and, 1 could re?
eall dozens of instances where it has
been only the merest chance that has
prevented serious if not fatal mishaps;
Nine times cut of ten whore the person
getting shaved receives a nick and bys
the blame on the barber be should
thank the wielder of the razer that it
was re-> worse. The probabilities are
that i: was quick action by the barber
that prevented a bad eut. A slight
nick often would have been a ease foi'
the doon>r or coroner were it net for '
the watchfulness cf the barber. Herc
yesterday I happened to draw blood
from a young fellow's face near his
car. a; ! lu- made a great fuss about it,
until I showed lum that it was only
rho sudden wi; lid re. wal of tue razo;';
Which resulted in the slight nick thar j
prevented him losing a g<:od pan his j
oar. Then he was grateful and thank?
ed me. besides promising Lo bc more
careful in the future.
"iAut there aro other ways -ho barber :
has of getting even." continued the lit
barber after relatberiug one side oil
his oust? mer's faro. "There is no need
of ?lis si:.s?;:?g a man. lie can inflict j
injuries thal will make his victim de- '
culed ly uncomfortable, and at the same '
time the latte;- will not be aware of
what is being done." What the barber .
meant by this last remark his victim
did not ask. -New Vork Sun.
Iii? Ci>2:ipany.
Mark Twain, meeting (.'liarles (?uth- ,
rie. a prom inca l l?ritlsh lawyer, in Vi
enan, asked h'm ii' he smoked. "Some- ?
times, when I am in bat! Company/' i
was the reply. !
After :i pause came a seeond ques?
tion: "You're a lawyer, aren't you, Mr.
Guthrie?"
."I aai. .Mr ('lemons/'
"A!i. i hen. Mr < luthrie, you must be ,
a very heavy smoker!"
Iiis MoOest L.citclieoz'K.
"The omeiiiig of my luncheon uso<
to be a great nuisance/* said a la.vy<
! yesterday- "I would ge into a <..".:'<
peih?ps pretty hungry, but t wo u
; tree minutes" study of the huge tnen?
: would put a:;- in an uncertain, irrita
i ble nu?:);!, and ::..> matter what I'd o.d
I I wouldn't enjoy it on aecoum of ti;*
i thought ii::it i mig:.: have ordere?
I something different and better. It wa;
j like going ine? a public library lo read
j With so tua uv hooks there; ii is im
j possible io s,i down and read one book
I contentedly. ns yon can nt home. Bu*
! now I have an arrangement ti:::i malvew
j my luncheon a joy. i said io my wc:is
j er on-1 day:
" 'What I ent here at noon costs me
j on the average. $1225; and my average
j tip to you is 20 cents. Now yon oug a
j to know what a nice luncheon is bettei
1 than 1 do. s<> I maire yen tins proposal
Serve me ("very day a lunch of my
usual numb? r of courses, and winn ever
under ?1.20 il costs you can keep.'
"The waiter jumped at that. Ile
brings me every day now a better meai
than I would think of ordering myself,
and he makes from 20 to 30 couts by
keeping down the price, lt is a splen?
did scheme, and I wonder why I never
thought of it before."-Philadelphia
Record.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The blood of live races flows in the
veins of the Boer.
Only ono person in every four of the
inhabitants of London earns more than
a pound a week.
In Sweden good hotels are erected by
1 the communities in places wdiere it is
thought tourists would like to tarry.
Charcoal is the great Italian fuel.
Naples alone consuming 40.000 tons of
wood charcoal, at a cost of from $16
to $20 per ton. the national consump
.tion being 700.000 tons.
A large class of Mexicans, commonly
called peons, wear a kind of sandal.
These are called "guarociies" and con?
sist ol' a simple sole of leather held to
the feet reith strings which pass be?
tween, the toes and are tied about the
ankle.
The oldest tree on earth with an au?
thentic history is tire great T.hootree of
Burmah. For 20 centuries it has been
held sacred to Buddha and no person
is allowed to touch the trunk. Wheo
the leaves fail they are carried away
as reli?is by pilgrims.
AN io Pent Iicr:T??J SCX?N.
"My experience." said the reformed
confidence man who had played the
races frequently in his day. "is ??.:.? ?r
is hard io pick the winner, our com?
paratively easy to pluck him."-Chica
go Tribune.
Tit;* IVronrj: T?onse.
Minister's Wi ft*- Wake rp! There
lire burglars in the house. John.
Minister Wei! what of it: Let them
find ?.;;t their mistake themselves.
Wmuiu's journal.
? V- ?v.
Teacher-How tin you account for the j
{.heu;a.auto.! of dew*?
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. ', wi h thc tr ou i hero's fruin No 36 for Cbar
lo'te, N C. an?! J;1.! y<>i:u- East ano connecting
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connects a Camden. S <'. wah the Sou-hern'*
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leaving B?aeksfcarg at 5 SQ a ta, ai d connec?ng
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f"r:?l! points <<>?:;h.
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p m. a'ter the arrivai of th- Southern's Char
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