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VOL. 58.
THE TRAMPS.
A woman and man ;she, pallid and wan.
And with sad eyes, hollow and fasting ;
His glassy and marred by the drunkards re
word,"
TImO sti liabout him are .• casting.
With the death-eager look of that terrible
thirsts
That has borne him and torn him down from
the first.
As they stand in their shame by the bright
kitchen flame,
with despair in each shivering motion,
What a story 1 read of man's madness and
greed.
, And of women's angelic devotion—
jg()f the wonderful love of two ill-mated lives.
Which stil. in its storm-trampled embers
survives.
Does her memory stretch from that poor bloat
ed wretch
Far back into days that were golden.
When his love ilrsf breathed, seemed a treas
ure bequeathed,
For which she was ever beholden.'
Surrounds him still the Illusion of yore
Through which women behold the men they a
ilore?
Ay! tnerc as they stand, she touches his hand—
rf he hand of the sot and the coffer—
And a gleam or old grace lights the sad,shrunk
en face
As she turns to the food that we offer.
And uivo him the larger share—wolflsliiy thrust
To his lips ere her hunger has broken a crust.
Then, their nigs closer bound their chill frames
arouud;
They pass on the way of the vagrant;
For wretches so mean in good homes to be seen
Would be a transgression most fragrant;
But the woman half turns, with the wave of the
hand, ...
Ami a sad, thankful look that is simple and
grand.
And I look through the panes as the brief day
wanes.
And the shadows of night are blending.
And watch through the snow, on the highway
below.
The two figures slowly wer.ding:
A woman,whose love can all wretchedness span
And'the coarse, shattered wreck, of what once
was a man.
The Power of Kindness.
Quiet enough is the quaint old town
of Lain bo rough. Why all this bustle
to-day ? Along the hedge-bound roads
which lead to it, carts, chaises, vehic
les of every description are jogging a
long, filled with countrymen ; and
here and there the scarlet cloak or
straw bonnet of some female, occupy-
ing a chair, placed somewhat unsteadi
ly behind them, contrasts gayly with
the dark coats or gray smock frock 3 of
the front row. From every cottage of
the suburbs some individuals join the
stream, which rolls on increasing
through the streets till it reaches the
castle. The ancient moat teems with
idlers, and the hill opposite,usually the
quiet domain of a score or twoof peace
ful sheep, partakes of the surrouuding
agitation.
The voice of the multitude which
surrounds the court-house sounds like
the murmur of the sea, till suddenly it
is raised to a sort of shout. John
West, the terror of the surrounding
country,tlie sbeep-stealeraiii burg lar,
has beeu found guilty.
"What is the sentence ?" is asked
by a hundred voices.
The answer is : "Transportation
for life."
But there was one standing aloof on
the hill, whose inquiring eyes wander
ed oyer the crowd with indescribable
anguish, whose pallid cheek grew more
and more ghastly at every denuncia
tion of the culprit, and who, when at
last the sentence was pronounced, fell
insensible upon the green sward. It
was the burglar's son.
When the boy recovered from his
swoon, it was late in the afternoon ; he
was alone. The faintest - tinkling of
the sheep-bell had replaced ttie sound
of the human chorus of expectation,
and dread, and jesting ; all was peace
ful ; he could not understand why he
lay there, feeling so weak and sick.
He raised himse'f tremulously and look,
ed around ; the turf was cut and spoilt
by the tramping of many feet. All liis
life of the last few mouths floated be
fore his memory ; his residence in his
father's hovel with ruffianly comrades ;
the desperate schemes he had heard a9
he pretended to sleep on his lowly bed ;
their expeditions at night, masked and
armed ; their hasty returns ; the news
of his father's capture ; his own remo
val to the house of some female in the
town ; the court, the trial, the con
demnation.
The father had beeu a harsh and cru
el parent, but he had not positively ill
used the boy. Of the great and merci
ful Father of the fatheiless, the child
knew nothing. He deemed himself a
lone in the world. l r et grief was not
his pervading feeling, nor the shame of
beiug known as the son of a transport.
It, was revenge that burned within him.
He thought of tlie crowd which had
come to feast upon his father's agony ;
he longed to tear them to pieces ; and
he plucked a handful of grass upon
which he lent. Oh, that lie were a
man ! that lie could punish tliera all—
all—the speclators first, the constables,
the judge, the jury, the witnesses—one
of them especially, a clergyman named
Leyton, who hod given his evidence
more positively, mors clearly than all
the others. Oh, that lie could do that
man some injury—but for him, his
father would not have been identified
and convicted.
Suddenly a thought occured to him
—his eyes sparkled with fierce delight.
"I know where he lives," he said to
himself ; "he has the farm and parson
age of Millwood. I will go there at
once—it is almost dark already. I will
MILLHEIM, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 15., 1884.
do as I onco heard father say lie did
to the squire. Yes, yes, he shall burn
for it ; he shall get no more fathers
transported."
To procure a box of matches was an
ensy task, and that was all the prepara
tion the boy made.
The autumn was far advanced. A
cold wind was beginning to moan a
mong the almost leafless trees, and
George West's teeth chattered, ind his
ill-clad lunbs crew numb, as he walked
along the fields leading to Millwood.
"Lucky it's a dark night. This fine
wind will fan the flames nicely," he re
peated to hirasi If.
The clock was striking nine, hut all
was quiet as midnight. Not a soul
stirrliog—not a light in the parsonage
windows, that he could see. lie dared
not open the gate, lest the click of the
latch should betray him ; so lie softly
climbed over ; but scarcely had he
dropped on the other side of the wall,
before the loud barking of a dog start
led him He cowered down behind the
hay-rick scarcely daring to breathe ;
expecting each instant that the dag
would spring upon him. It was some
time before the boy dared to stir ; and,
as his courage cooled, his thirst for
revenge somewhat subsided also, till lie
almost determined to return to Lam
borough ; but he was too tired, too
cold, too hungry—besides, the woman
would beat him for staying out so late.
What could he do ? where should he
go ? and as the sense of his lonely and
forlorn condition returned, so did also
the affectionate remembrance of his
father, his hatred of his accursers, his
desire to satisfy his vengeance ; and,
once more courageous through anger,
he rose, took the box from his pocket
and boldly drew one of them across the
sand-paper. It flamed ; ho stuck it
hastily in the stack against which lie
rested—it only flickered a little, and
went out. Iu great trepidatian young
West once more grasped the whole of
the remaining matches in his hand and
ignited them, but at the same instant
the dog barked. lie hears the gate o
pen, a step is close to him, I he matches
are extinguished, an 1 the lad makes a
desperate effort to escape—but a strong
hand was laid upon his shoulder, and
a deep, caltn voice inquired
"What can have urged you to such a
crime V"
Then calling loudly, tho gentleman,
without relinquishing his hold, som
obtained the help of some farming men,
who commenced a search with their
lanterns all about the farm. Of course
they found no accomplices—nothing at
all hut the handful of half-consumed
matches the lad had dropped ; and he
all the time stood trembling, and occa
sionally struggling, beneath the firm
but not rough graip of thi m uter who
held him.
At last the men were to return to
the house ; uul thither, by a different
path, was George led; they entered a
small, poorly furnished ro ra. The
walls were covered with b inks, as tie
bright flame of the lire revealed to the
anxious gaze of the little culprit. Tho
clergyman lit a 1 imp and surveyed his
prisoner attentively. The lad's eyes
were fixed on the ground, while Mr.
Levton's wandered from his pale,pinch
ed features, to his scanty, ragged at
tire, through the tatters of which he
could discern tlie thin limbs quivering
from cold ot fear ; and when, at last
impelled by curiosity at tlie long silence
George looked up, there was something
so sadly compassionate in the stranger's
gentle look, that the boy could scarcely
believe that he was really the man
whose evidence had mainly contribut
ed to transport Lis father. At the tri
al he had been unable to see his face,
and nothing so kind had ever gazed
upon him. His proud, bid feedings
were already melting.
"You look half starved," said Mr.
Ley fori, "Draw near the fire. You
can fit down on that stool while I ques
tion you ; and mind you answer me
the truth. lam not a magistrate, but
of course can easily hand you over to
justice if you will not allow mo to ben
efit you in my own way."
George still stood twisting his rag
ged cap in his trembling fingers, and
with so much emotion depicted in his
face,that the good clergyman resumed,
in still more soothing accents:
"I have no wish to do you anything
but good, my poor boy. Look up at
me, and see if you cannot trust me.
You need not he thus frightened. I
only desire to hear the tale of misery
your appearance indicates, to relieve it,
if I can."
Here the young culprit's heart smote
him. Was tLis the man whose house
he had tried to burn ? On whom he
had wished to bring rum, and perhaps
death V Was it a snare spread for him
to lead to confe-sion ? But when he
looked on that grave, compassionate
countenance, he felt that it was not.
"Come, my lad, tell me all."
George had for years heard little but
oaths, and curses, and ribald jests, or
the thieves' jargon of his father's asso-
\ P \ PER FOR 'i iftiUOMK CIUCf.E
ciates, and had been constantly cuffed
and punished j but the better part of
his nature was not extinguished ; and
at those words from the mouth of his
nemy, he dropped on his knees, and
clasping his hands, tried to speak, but
could only soli. He had not wept be
fore during that day ot anguish; and
now his tears gushed forth so freely,
his grief was so passionate, as he half
j knelt, half rested on tlie floor, that the
good questioner saw that sorrow must
have its course ere calm could bo re
stored.
The young penitent still wept, when
a knock was heard at the door, and a
lady entered. It was the clergyman's
wife ; he kissed tier as she asked bow
he had succeeded with the*wicked mm
iu the jail.
"He told me," replied Mr. Leyton,
"that he had a son, whose fate tormen
ted him more than his punishment.
Indeed, Ins mind was so distracted re
specting the youth that he was scarcely
able to understand my exhortations.
He entreated me, with agonizing ener
gy, to save his son from such a life as
lie had led, and gave mo the address of
a woman in whose house he lodged. I
was, however, unable to find the boy,
in spite of many earnest inquiries."
4 I)id yon hear his name ?" asked
the wife.
"George West,was the reply.
At the mention of his name, the bov
ceased to sob. Breatless lie heard the
account of his father's last request ; of
the benevolent clergyman's wish to ful
fill it. He started up, ran toward the
door, and endeavored to open it. Mr.
Leyton calmly restrained him.
"You must not esctpe," he said.
"I cannot stop here. I cannot bear
to look at you. Let rue go !" The
lad said this wildly, and shook himself
away.
"Why, I intend you nothing but
kindness."
A new floou of tears gushed forth,
and George West said, between his
sobs :
"Whilst you were searching for me
to help me, I was trying to burn you in
your house. I cannot bear it." He
sunk on Ins knees,and covered his face
with both hands.
There Was a long silence ; for Mr.
and Mrs. Leyton were as much moved
as the boy who was bowed down with
shame and penitence, to which hither*
to he had been a stranger.
At last the clergyman asked :
"What could have induced you to com
mit such a ciiine V"
"Rising suddenly in tlie excitement
of remorse, gratitude, and many other
feelings new to him, he hesitated for a
moment, and then told his story. He
related his trials, bis sins, bis sorrows,
bis supposed wrongs, bis burning an
ger at the terrible fate of his only pa
ent, and his rage at the exultation of
the crowd ; his desolation on recover
ing from his swoon ; his thirst for ven
geance ; the attempt to satisfy it. He
spoke with untaught, child like simpli
city, without attempting to suppress
the emotions which successively over
came liiin.
When he ceased,the lady hastened to
the crouching boy, and soothed him
with gentle words. The very tones
of her voice were new to him. They
pierced his heart more acutely than tlie
fiercest of the upbraidings and denun
ciations of his old companions. He
looked on his merciful benefactors with
bewildeud tenderness. He kissed
Mis. Leyton's hand then gently laid
on liis shoulder. lie about like
one in a dream who dreaded to wake.
He became faint and staggered. He
was laid gently on a sofa, and Mr. and
Mrs. Leyton left him.
Food was shortly administered to
him ; and after a time,when hii senses
had become sufficiently collected, Mr.
Leyton returned to the study, and ex
plained holy andbeautiful things,which
were new to the neglected boy, of the
great yet loving Father ; of Ilim who
loved the poor, forlorn wretch equally
with the richest, and*noblest, and hap
piest, of the force and efficacy of the
sweet beatitude, "Blessed are the mer
ciful, for they shall obtain mercy."
I heard this story from Mr. Leyton
during a visit to him in May. George
West was then head-ploughman to a
neighboring farmer—one of tlie clean
est, best behaved, and most respected
laborers in the parish.
It is the way of attaining to heav
en that makes profanescorners so will
ing to let go the expectation of it. It
is not the articles of tlie creed,but the
duty to Hod and their neighbor, that
is such an inconsistent, incredible le
gend.
..
The churches of New York cost $3,
000,000 a year, the amusements $7,-'
000,000 and the city government sl3,
000,000', or $3,000,000 more than it
costs to save and entertain the citi
zens.
Faithful Moth'-rs.
How much there is sometimes in a
single word. One word can often move
the heart deeper than the whole of an
eloquent sermon.
Speak the word "Household," or
! "Fireside," or "Home," to one who is
| wandering friendless, homeless, and,
perhaps, in a strange land, and how
quickly the tears will start, the bosom
heave and the lips quiver. Memory
goes back with lightning speed to the
days of childhood, when the loved
household gathered an unbroken band
around the fireside in the dear obi
home. The happy voices that are scat
tered far away, or hushed in the silent
dormitory of the dead,are plainly heard
by memory's ear, and above the rest
sounds the loving mother's voice, as
with one of the sweet songs of Zion she
sang her weary child to sleep.
As memory brings up so faithfully
scenes of the old home,and just as faith
fully his life since he left that home,
how an innocent child on his mother's
lap listening to the old Bible stories
that are ever new.
The stories float in his memory and
thought* of them and his mother cause
the tears to roll down his cheeks. Oh,
the memory of a loving,faithful mother
can soften the hardest heart ! How her
advice, precepts and love can help us
eyen when she has long been moulder
ing in the grave.
When wo thinK of home, how cur
thoughts go back to the place where
mother was, and when we look forward
to the beautiful home beyond the nvei,
faith and imagination see mother there.
Oh mothers of the youth of our coun
try, do you realize what a power Jfor
good is iii your hands if you will only
use it ? Are you'so living before your
children, so training them that when
tliev go out into the world away from
you, or you are taker, from them, their
memories of you will be as a guilding
star to keep them on tlie right path ?
Do you realize that God has {placed the
children with you to take care for Ilim?
Do you stop to think that the way in
which mothers train their children now
will influence the whole nation, aye,the
whole world, in years to come ? If you
do, why do you leave the little one of
tender years out in the streets, away
from under your own eye and ear, to
learn more'of evil in one hour than you
can root up iu a lifetime? How are you
training your sons that in time to come
are to lill offices all over the land ? Are
you doing your best to have them grow
up honest, truthful men ? Are you
training your daughters to be true wo
men, worthy to become the wives and
mothers of The nation? Oh, women,
take care of tlie precious talent God lias
given you ; and one way to make the
best of it is to make your home the
most pleasant spot on earth. Gather
your household around a cheerful fire
side, when the cold wintry winds of un
kindness and neglect are not allowed to
come, but from which the members will
carry a warm glow all their lives. — The
Household.
Singeing Sparse Hair.
"Stop right in here and I'll tell you
all about the new process for the pre
vention of baldness,"said a well known
Griswold avenue barber, as he led tlie
way to a room adjoining his shop.
"Tliis process," he proceeded to say,
"is entirely new in Detroit. I found it
out iu this way: A friend of mine went
to Paris a short time ago, and at the
time of his departure his hair was very
thin and continually falling out. On
his return the appearance of his head
was entirely changed, being covered
with a growth of hair ever so much
more luxurious and thick than on his
departure. On inquiring the reason
for this change I was informed that he
had his hair singed, jllere was a practi
cal illustration of the good effects fol
lowing this new method, so 1 made up
my mind to adopt it, and have done so
very successfully.
"How is it done ? \Vell, I just take a
lighted taper and pass the flame over
the tips of a man's hair which is at all
thin or had a tendency to fall out; that
is all. You see, every hair is hollow,
and more or less of the fluid necessary
for its growth escapes. When the top
of the hair is singed the aperture is
closed and tlie strengthening fluid re
tained."
"Will not the same means be employ
ed to encourage tlie growth of hair on
the bald upper lips of some of our
youth ?" was asked.
"Exactly. You see my mustache ?
It is thicker on one side than on the
other. That is caused by my smoking
my cigars just a little short, and they
singe rav mustache on one side and
make it thick there. This goes to prove
that singeing is beneficial. I have no
doubt that before long you will see in
front of all the barber shops of this eity
signs marked "Singeing done here.'
Detroit Times.
The California hog becomes wild,is
hunted and trapped bear fashion and
if cornered will fight like a tiger. The
! ranchmen kill one when- they want
pork.
Terms, SI.OO p3r Year, in Advance.
4
Feats of Marksmanship Never
Equaled by Carver or Bo
gardus.
From the Pittsburg Post.
Itev. \Y r . L. McGrew, a young Metho
dist milliliter of Somerset county, was
in Pittsburg this week on a visit to
friends. lie was the guest of ltev. Ri
ley, of the South side. On Thursday
evening he went to Finleyville, Wash
ington county, on a visit. Itev. Mc-
Grew is well known in Western Penn
sylvania. lie is a citizen of West Eliza
beth, in this county. lie has been a
member of the Methodist ministery for
probably twelve or fifteen years, maybe
longei. It is not of his ability as a
minister, but of bis marvelous skill 111
shooting that this brief article will
treat. Many of his acquaintances do
know that he is probably the finest
marksman in American, not excepting
Carver and Bogardus. From boyhood
he has been passionately fond of tire
arms, and the expertness, celerity and
accuracy with which lie can handle a
revolver, shotgun or rifle, entitle them
to.rank in their use without a known
equal, fie has never sought to make
any display of his acquirements in this
respect, because be has not coveted no
toriety. Target shooting has been pur
sued asa pleasant passtime in his hours
of recreation, and with no thought or
desire of ever being brought to public
notice by it. But the feats which he
accomplishes with ease are so incredi
ble that the Post is certain he will par
don its relation of some of them purely
as a matter of interest to its readers.
Bogardus and Carver have never ac
complished anything with shotgun or
rifle which Rev. McGrew has not been
able*to duplicate. But be can teach
them feats which, whether they can ex
ecute them or not, they have never at
tempted. One of these is the breaking
with a repeating rifle of two ordinary
glass goblets thrown into the air before
either fallsto the ground. He cuts one
of the goblets in twain at the stem,low
ers bis rifle to his hip to throw out the
empty shell and reload,and then breaks
the globe of the other. He admits his
inability to break both at the stem 3,
but is serene under the knowledge that
lie has never heard of any one able to
duplicate even this teat.
Another thing he does is to shoot
through the mouth of a pop bottle
thrown up in the air and knock the bot
tom out. The bottle is thrown so that
every revolution the mouth is presented
to him. He shoots with a rifle through
the mouth and knocks the bottom out.
It takes a quick eye. steady nerves and
accurate judgement, but Rev. McGrew
does it.
These feats, lie says,are comparative
ly easy of accomplishment. One that
is still more difficult is to shoot with a
repeating rifle two glass balls thrown in
opposite directions from a trap. At
the county fair last fall at Somerset he
was invited to give a public exhibition
of his skill. lie consented to do so,
provided, the event should not be sur
rounded with any circumstances that
would detract from the dignity of his
calling. Ou that occasion he lirst broke
thirty single balls thrown from a trap,
hitting every one at the lirst lire. Then
he tried his hand 011 fifteen double b lis
and broke every pair. Out of the sixty
balls he did not miss one. All this was
done with a rifle. Ex-Goyernor lloyt
was a witness of the exhibition, and
pronounced it the most phenomenal
display of marksmanship he had ever
see u.
These are only a few iilustrations of
the capacity of Itev. McGrew in this
line. Ilis feats witli revolver and shot
gun are as wonderful as those with the
rifle.
Sleeplessness.
In order to avoid sleeplessness keep
yourself free, as far as possible, from
that fatal enemy of sleep,indigestion,
by the strict adherence to those laws
of diet which in these days of running
after knowledge must be fan iliar to
all of you. Take care that you abstain
from those unhealthy and sleep-driv
ing heavy suppers ; though there can
be 110 harm in haying a light meal of
some plainly-cooked and nutritious
food some little time before bedtim3;
in fact, in many cases of wakefulness
in debilitated or even weakly persons,
such a meal rather predisposes to
sleep. Whatever is taken at the time
should be easy of digestion and not
likely in any way to irritate the stom
ach, and should be taken in a moder
ate quantity. Exercise, and exercise
hi the open air, is absolutely necessary
for the preservation of healthy sleep,
and among the women of our poorer
classes, more especially those living
in our towns, that is not thought of as
it should be.lt care and worry prevent
sleep, I should advise some gentle oc
cupation of the mind prior to retiring
to rest—a game of chess,cards or back
gammon, an hour's social'conversa
tion, or even a little reading, when ac
tually in bed, provided that it is noth
ing very exciting. A warm bath, a
gain, is an excellent excitant of sleep,
ut must not be indulged in too often.
NO. 20.
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HUMOROUS,
It is the feeblest mustache, as well
as the sickliest child, that get's the
most fondlings.
A correspondent inquires if the op
era "L'Elisir d' Amore'' means "The
Loves of Eliza !" > j
Of what did you say they convict
ed the doctor V 'Well, I don't know
exactly,but I suppose it was purgery.*
A burglar got into the house of a
lawyer the other day. After a terrible
struggle the lawyer succeeded in rob
bing him.
It is said that an lowa woman
drank three quarts of cider in three
'minutes. After that she was quite be
cider herself.
It seems to me, f moaned Algernon
as be flew toward the front gate with
the old man behind him, 'that there
are more than three feet in a yard.'
'Yes,' said Fogg, to the author of
an unknown new work, 'your book is
perfect in its way. One fee's, while
reading it, as if he were in some royal
court.' 'Does he V asked the author,
with eagerness. 'Yes,' said Fogg;
'there are so many sleepy pages in it,
you know.'
Willie had been forbidden to ask
for dessert.The other day they forgot
to serve him, and as Willie is very o
bedient, he remfinad silent, although
much affected. 'Josephine,' said the
father, 'pass me a plate.' 'Won't you
have mine, papa V said Willie ; 'lt is
very clean.'
A full-bearded grandfather recently
had bis beard shaved off, showing a
clean face for the first time for a num
ber of years. At the dinner table hi 9
three year old grand-daughter noticed
it, gazed along with wondering eyes,
and finally ejaculated : 'Grand
fat her, whose head you got on.'
They all Laughed."
A man woo seemed to be all legs
and at least seven feet long halted a
policeman on Woodward avenue the
other day aiid excitedly began: 'I was
turning the corner up there about ten
minutes ago when I fell down ''Yes—
fell down,' repeated the officer. 'Has
any one a right to insult me for fall
ing down?' 'No sir.' 'Well, they did
insult me—a full dozen of them.
When I got up one fellow was hang
ing to a lamp post and laughing as if
he would die, and another was—'
'Yes—l see—ha !ha !ha ! They
couldn't help it—ho ! ho ! ho ! it's the
funniest sight in the world !' 'And
you, to, dura your buttons—you are
laughihg because I sprawled on the
pavement!' 'Y-ycs—can't help it—
-110 ! ho ! ho ! 'You a public officer,add
insult to injury, do you ?' 'No—no,
that—but- -ha ha ha I can imagine
just how you walloped that icy spot!
It's too funny for—ha ha ha !' 'Sir,
I'll report you!' Yes I know,but—ho
ho ho !' 'l'll have you dismissed!, 'I
know it—of course—but o-o-oh ho ho
bo !' The long legged man made &
rush for the City Hall and entered the
office of the Chief of Police just as
that ge 11 tic man was laughing at a re
mark made bv a visitor. 'And you
heard of it and are cracking, too 1'
yelled the long-legged man, with great
indignation,and he turned and walked
out with his face as red as a toy wagon
and his legs as stiff as crowbars.
Items of Interest.
In Delaware they select for Sheriff
the best fellow who has the greatest
number of debts.
More than 350,000 skunk skins
were used in this country last season,
each valued at fifty cents to $1.20.
A church in Connecticut by resolu
tion forbids its members to drink in
toxicating liquors, explicitly excepting
hard cider.
A Pennsylvanian would not trust
his money to banks, and placed $15,-
000 in a wooden chest. The rats ate
up $14,999_0f it.
A Georgia lady has entered a suit
for divorce on the ground that her
husband would not let her know the
combination of his safe.
A late Australian invention is a
method of adapting a saddle to vari
ous horses and securing a good fit by
having a saddle pad inflated with air.
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