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> twelve hundred young lueii from twenty-eight different
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time, and review when tliey pleiwo, without extra charie.
; . r < atalogue of Si page*. Specimens of Prof Cowlev's '
business and On.aineiital Penmanship. and lU'im-'
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l «taoi|>i to tljc Principals. I
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Fruit, Confectionaries, Nuts, Spices,
»n<l notions for sliilifrcn is, wcpressjy (hr thoHOIMaJs!
Ue will aJk> keep always on hand a food dock <tf irfiit
and fancy cakes, of his own manufacture. ' •
LEMONS, PRUNES, RAISINS &£.,
always on iuuu) at all seasons of the year, '' 1
Coffee, Teas, Sugar, Molasses, Butter,
EGGS, GOOD WHITE WHEATFLOUR,
RUCKWHET FLOUR, CORK .MEAL, AC, ' ' J "
* to r or Hie 1“ Isrgg orsmall quantities.
V- and prico “J stock andyou will flod
it as good unn cheap os any in town,
lira.», ’GO-ly.j
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CONFECTIONARY, SEGAR, TOBA(SO,V
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SUBSCRIBER CONTINUES*
’ - c °ottontly on hand all the boat literary popersand
wr«rffc»b, dally papers from Philadelphia, Kew lSrt and
■ Pitt* burghtocether with a good assortment of Booki. AU
h»iid. CIUOI Boo '“ uaed ln ,lli3 P 1 aml vicinity always on
a choice lot of Confectionaries, and knick .knacks
or all kinds for children, A-lso the best Tobacco A Pegara
“ nod in town, together with a Sue assortment *f«oU
„ I r °cn«, Gold Kings and other articles ofdewel*
ry. Cali and examine. Jl.
Altoona. July 28,-60-ly. iVb. l JUeonf/^l jig.
r PHE GIIEAT QUESTION WHIOH
. now“*git«tc» the mind of er«rr person^Ajia "'t‘
w, I get the beat ankle for,xnjl|Hl
mtroej ? In regard to other xnatterft, Ifcb
•criber would not attempt to direct, but if too
want anything la thereof * 4
/ BOOTS OB SHOES -'Mlt
he invitee an examination of his HtocltandTOfk.
J« keep* constantly on hand on assert mcntWßooti, awes,
fliutens Slipper*, *c., whiilh hp odTera at &lr prieen. vf i
.He will give fecial attention toetwtom woriu
*rhlct will he warranted to give *ati«6ict ion. KoMbotffa*
vest workmciiare employed
'fteaumber my «hoj> is On Virginia street immediately
oftpoefte Kessler's Drug Store
September 3, ’57-tf]
Bakery and Grocery Store.
The subscriber keeps con
' BTAXTLT bo hand ,
freata-Uaked Bread, Cake*. Ac.
PEED, BACON, PliOtHtj
GROCERIES,
Also, a choice lot of SUGARS nod TOBACCO.
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Virginia Street, below AmuoStrect.
Mational police gazette.^
/r* * Gf® 4 * Journal of j>ime and Crimlaalslsjlp
ftn, Twelfth Tear, and i* ’widely circulated thrbnghont
the country, It contain* all the Great Trial* Oriflklß*£ **
appropriate Editorials on the some, together wHI I
iwnwtlffli eu Grlminal Matters, not. to bo fendd
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SONG OF THE LARK IN THE CITY.
I'll* r.iiny mist was hanging low,
Crocplng slow—
Creeping al ng tho crowded street,
Dulling the echo of busy foot,
As the throng passed by in a ctaspics* flow
Hastening. hurrying, to ami fro. i
Overhead was a sky of lead,
Kevnr a glimpse of blue-to be seen—
Never a g’.etun the clouds betweenf-r
And heart sank low with doubt aud Jiaud
And thoughts of tho morrow,
It'- caro and sorrow,
*Ancl the toil for daily broad.
Filled my heart with a wild misgiving;
Without a friend to love or pity,
All al me in this crowded city—
. Whore is tho two of living?'*
Trill—trill-—trill J
The song of a lark
Scattered the visions dreary and dark,
And Woke my heart with a thi|ll 1:
Poor iitile lark, in its tiny prison '
It chant-.d its swc«*t sung over and over,
:Av if it were only newly risen
From the Helds of emerald wheat |iid clover;
And the notes cumc pouring,
. Heaven wai d. sparing —
Up—up-up;
As if tho cup
Of it- happiness were overflowing
-. Out, ou tiif hills with a ftvsh breefctj blowing;
Ami the sky tis eastward redly glow!ng>
la tho bright green country far a,\i*gy.
At the morn of a sunny summer dfty.
Sorrow vanished—gloom was banished—
Forgotten the dreary misty weather.; ’
And long Iv-uguos of, where Oojrii was green.
Up in tho sunlight's golden sheen*
My heart and the hrrk were moulaling together.
High—high—high .
In the bright blue sky! P -
Trill—trill—trilll
And ch'.vrily still
Tin* lurk, in the midnt of the busyiilty,
Over and over sang its ditty;
liaising niy soul like a holy beatitude:
So, with all gratitude,
Cheered and chiu-tened,
Onward 1 hastened.
llles>iing the bird fur Its merry soup,
That haunted my heart the wholelday long,
otjl rnr i,oy washed nr ms ELpV.n sister
Oh ! why im;«?t my face be washed so clean.
And scrubbed so hard fur Sandfly?
When you know very well, (a* yoiyve always seen,)
’Twill'ho dirty again on Monday.-
My hair is Tiff with the lathery neap
That behind my cars is dripping.
And my smarting eyes I'rn afraid to ope,
And my lips the suds are sippiifg.
There down ray throat and up my nose—
And to choke me y<»u seem to be trying—
That I’ll shut ray mouth you needn’t suppose,
. for how*can I keep from Crying?
And yon rub as hard as ever yon edn-s-
And your hands are hard—to my sorrow!
No woman shall wash me when Pm a man;
And I wish I was unc to-morrow.
y ' I don't care bow much l frighten the dog,
And I care for no stranger that passes.
: And still I will cry till you wipo my face dry,
And give mo some bread and molasses,
Jkkct lUisrtllauD.
i “ It is a real shame, Maggie, that I’ve
not paid you a visit yet; but you must
not think hard of me, fory I declare, I’ve
set a day of every week Since you have
been in the neighborhood to go and pass a
day with you. You know my family is
large, and I have a great 4eal of sewingto
db; but next Friday I hav|e determined I
will go, and take my wopk along. We
ate mot half ns sociable as people ought'to
be ;,but I can’t get time tp visit as much
as I’d like to, and, I declare, I believe this
is the first time you were ever in our
house.”
■I I walked slowly home from Mrs. Wood’s,
fpr I was busily thinking. The fact is, I
thought her rather fast. We had not
teen in the village but a few weeks, and
sfie had already called on us twice. That
morning I had gone up street on an er
mnd, and it being very warm, had stopped
ib at Mrs. Wood’s to rest a few minutes.
X had not asked her to our house, and waS
<sntirely unconscious that we bad received
{Dec. 23, ’BS.-tf.
BY, THOMAS HOOD
THE CLEAN FAjGE.
MBS. WOOD’S VISIT.
ALTOONA, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1861.
any slight by her and her children not
having, as yet, spent the day with us, un
til she informed me of the fact, amid re.
grets and apologies. We were really in
trouble about the unexpected visit, not
that Mrs. Wood was at all unpleasant, but
the children —l grew sick as I thought of
them, for they were a - noisy and unruly
set.
Early Friday morning there came a
knock at the front door that echoed over
the whole house. Trying to feel resigned,
1 opened the door, but it was with utter
despair that I closed the door after Mrs.
Wood’s and five small children. I took
them to -the sitting-room, but heartily
wished afterwards that by some means we
chuld have stumbled into the kitchen.
Well, I’ve got here at last,” broke in
Mrs. Woods, as she deliberately laid aside
her bonnet.
“ It is really too bad that I have left it
so long; but as I told Maggie the other
day, I have been so very busy.”
We were scarcely seated when the
children seemed to think some attention
due them.
“ Mother, I want a piece,” yelled Char
ley, the second hopeful. “So do I,” said
another, ‘f And me, too,” chimed in a
third.
“Ohl be still •; you certainly arc not
hungry yet,” said Mrs. Wood, in a whi
ning, coaxing way.
“ Yes, I am, and I want a piece,” repli
ed Charley, with a defiant, impudent look.
“ Well, then, ask Maggie right pretty
to get you a piece,” said the mother, as
she picked up the crying baby from the
floor. 1 did not say anything, but in
very good humor laid down my work and
went to the pantry,
“ And fhis is. but the beginning of the
day,” I thought, with a sigh, as I took up
my work again. The children grew quiet
while eating their bread arid butter, and
the baby went to sleep. Then Mrs. Wood
took up her bag and drew forth her work.
■“ Maggie, I want to myself a light
cloak from the pattern of your spring
cloak j dont you think it will make a pret
ty one ?” and she gathered the goods up
in folds to display it to the best advantage.
Of course i thought it would make up
well.
“ But I have no pattern of my cloak,
Mrs. Wood.”
“ Well, now, I'm real sorry for it; but
perhaps you and I could cut it out from
the cloak. I have heard several times
how handy you were about cutting any
thing you wanted to, and I just brought
this goods along to-day on purpose to get
you to help me about it.” And she
smiled insinuatingly.
“I never cut one without a pattern,” I
replied; “ and would not like to under
take it. I jjdiit for my learning, too,” I
added, mentally.
““ Well, let me sec your cloak, anyhow.
I guess I -can do it-myself.
So I went np stairs and took the cloak
from a trunk where I had intended it to
stay all summer. Then Mrs. Wood want
ed to know how this was done, and how
that was cut, and wished she had a pat
tern, or had the cloak cut. I was very
busy with my work and did not take the
hint, for I did not. wish to have anything
to do with it. finally' she .asked me for
paper and scissors, so that she might cut
a pattern. Just then the four eldest chil
dren, who had* slipped out some time be
fore?, came bouncing in with,
“Oh ! mother, we got such good ber
ries out in the garden; don’t you want
some ?”
“ Why, how do you know that the folks
allow you to gather them ?” studying in
tently on her pattern. “ Don’t pull any
more, dears.” So away they all ran, like
so ‘many wild horses, and into the garden,
I suppose to help themselves.
Mrs. Wood now had the fronts cut, and
said she guessed she could cut the hacks
without any pattern. I thought differ
ently, but did not say so. Just then the
baby wakened up, yelling so that I could
not hear a word the mother was saying,
and I heaved a heart-felt sigh as 1 saw my
work bos set down on the floor for its
amusement. I took occasion to need
something in it, and took it from the baby.
In a few minutes the mother asked wherb
it was, but I pretended not to heather.—
She then went to the door and called to
the children to come and play with the
baby. Two were in the cherry trees, and
the others deep among the blackberry
bushes, and from the looks l of their hands
and faces I judged they had found plenty
of fruit. I sighed again as I thought of
the jam we had intended to make of the
berries, and savagely wished the “ dears”
were under my control for about fifteen
minutes.
I went into the kitchen to light the fire
in the stove, and having got the dinner on
the way, went into the room for some
thing, and there the children were, build
ing a house of stove wood which they had
carried in from the shed; but it was rather
more than I Could bear when I saw that
Charley had my cloak wrapped around
him-and over his head, as he sat on the
floor playing “ peep” with the baby—it
pulling for life at the tassel. I forgot
"everything there, and I know I took it
from him much quicker than he put it on,
I was not aware at the time that I gripped
[independent in everything.]
his arm so tight as to warrant a yell, but
he indulged in one at any rate. 1 put the
cloak away and retreated to the kitchen,
leaving my mother to entertain them as
best she could. v
As soon as Mrs. Wood heard the rattle
of dishes she brought her work out into
the kitchen to watch us. I did not do a
thing but what she saw it, and I only hope
she will know all about the way 1 work
by the next time she comes. While I
went to the cellar the children amused
themselves by tasting what was op the
table, so their mother informed me when
I came back, as though it was something
very smart indeed.
At last dinner was ready, and amid all
the noise and confusion we soon became
seated —scarcely so, however, until three
of the “ little dears” were helping them
selves to whatever they could reach. Then
it was, ' '
“ Mother, I want some peas,” and
“ Mother, give me a piece of meat,” as
though they had not eaten anything for a
week. Mrs. Wood looked worried and
excited, for my part I felt perfectly dis
gusted, and no doubt looked the same. I
could scarcely retrain from uttering a few
words of heartfelt thankfulness when they
all left the table.
When I again joined our company Mrs.
Wood had her cloak basted together, and
requested me to act as a “ form,” while
she fitted it. I was all obedience, but
could scarcely suppress a smile, for it had
no more fit to it than if it had been made
without a single seam. She insinuated
that she wished I would take the scissors
and sit down and alter it for herj but I
had no such idea. I told her the bept I
knew what to do, and went to my dwn
work. Just then one of the children
came in with some blocks, with which the
baby commenced pounding a chair, leav
ing a scar at every blow. Another on?
unitatedfa drummer boy by beating on a
new tin pan which he had taken down in
the kitchen, and Charley amused himself
by scattering the’ pins over the floor, out
of the cushion. Mrs. Wood looked at
them and laughed to see them enjoying
themselves so much.
My head ached badly, and every thump
and scream from the children went through
and thiough it. I gathered up my work
and went up stairs, thinking I’d have a
quiet time, for a little while, at least.-
Here I found the other child overhauling
things generally. After having satisfied
himself as to the contents of drawers and
closets, he had riddled a couple of “ Wa
vcrleys.” This was about as much as
human nature could bear, and I could
have spanked him with a right good will,
but contented myself by sending him down
stairs much quicker than I supposed he
came up.
I laid down to rest my throbbing head
a few minutes, and the next I knew I
awoke from a long sleep.. My head was
belter, and I went down stairs. The chil
dren were all out playing, and their moth
er reading. The cloak was folded up and
put away. Then supper had to be gone
through with—attended with even worse
noise than at dinner. The children all
drunk tea from the oldest to the youngest;'
and one had too much sugar in his, ano
ther not enough, third said the tea was
not good, and wanted coffee,-(which he
did not get.) If Mrs ’ Wood corrected
any of them, they generally answered, “I
wont doit,” or “do it yourself.” Then
she railed-her voice above all others, and
entertained us by telling about her cook
ery. I thought if all she said was true
she must cook very differently for her
family and for company, fpr I had had it
from reliable sources that she could never
set a decent looking table; and 1 thought*
too, no wonder Her children acted so
starved abroad.
I never saw a much worse looting
house than when we left the table—every
thing was scattered everywhere. I may
as well avow I aim a little bit “old maid
ish,” and it really hurts my feelings to
see things so out of order. I scarcely
knew where to begin ; but, finally, in the
course of an hour, succeeded in cleaning
out most of tho rubbish—getting the tin
pans hung up, .etc.
Just at sunset Mrs. Wood gathered up
her work and babies and started home,
amid many pressing invitations for os all
to come and see her.
It was with feelings of the greatest re
lief that I plosed the door after her, and
turned again into the now quiet room.-
So great was the reaction that 1 felt as
though I had just awakened from some
terrible dream, or had been rescued from
a living death, and I do hope and pray
that I may. ever ho spared the pleasure of
being tft home when Mrs. Wood and her
children come to spend the day.
fl®- Wore you ever at a darkey camp
meeting ? Well, they “ holler” some.—
One old darkey of my acquaintance was
reproved one day by his master for shott
ing so at bis “ private devotions.” Pbm
poy, with a grave face, said:—
“ I guess masse don’t read de Scripters
wid much ’tention.”
“ Ah! how’s that ?” said the master.
“Why.” said Pomp, vrith a knowing
look, don’t do Soripter say, “ Hollered bo
Thy name?”'
DAN. WEBSTER ON SECESSION
The loading Breckinridge men in the
South all recognize the right of the State
to secede from the Union, amj most of
them advocated a resort to that jremedy if
Lincoln was elected President. The man
ner in which peaceable, secession could be
accomplished was described by Daniel
Webster in his great speech upon the
Compromise bills in 1860. In referring
to the threats bT secession which had been
uttered iu the debate, ho said:
Mr. President, 1 should much prefer to
have heard from every member on this
floor, declarations of opinion that this
Union could never be dissolved, than the
declaration of opinion by any body, that
in any case under the pressure of any cir
cumstances, such a dissolution was possi
ble. I hear with distress and anguish the
word “ secession,” especially when it falls
from the lips of those who are patriotic,
and known to the country, and known all
over the world for their political services.
Secession! Peaceable Secession 1 Sir,
your eyes and mine are never destined to
see that miracle. The dismemberment of
this vast country without convulsion! The
breaking up of the fountains of the great
deep without ruffling the surface ! Who
is so foolish, I beg every body's pardon,
as to expect to see any such thing ? Sir,
he who sees these States, now revolving
in harmony around a common center, and
expects to see them quit their places and
fly off, without convulsion, may Idok the
next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush
from their spheres and jostle against each
other in the realms of space, without caus
ing the wreck of the universe. There can
be no such thing as peaceable secession.
Peaceable secession is an utter impossi
bility. Is the great Constitution under
which we live, covering this whole coun
try —is it to he thawed and melted away
by secession, as the snows on the moun
tain melt under the influence of a vernal
sun, disappear almost unobserved, and
run off? Wo, sir! No, sir! I will not
state what might produce the disruption
of the Union; but, sir, I see, as plainly
as I see the sun in the heavens, what that
disruption itself must produce ; I see that
it must produce war, and such a war as I
will not, describe, in its two-fold character.
Peaceable secession 1 Peaceable seces
sion ! The concurrent agreement of all
the members' of this great Republic to
separate 1 A voluntary separation, with
dimony on the one side and on the other!
Why, what would be the result ? Where
is the line to be drawn ? What States
are to secede ? What is to remain Ameri
can? What.am ito be? An American
no longer ? Am Ito become a sectional
man, a local man, a separatist, with no
country in common with the gentlemen
who sit around me here, or who fill the
other house of Congress ? Heaven forbid!
Where is the flag of the Republic to re
main ? Where is the eagle still to tower ?
or ho to cower, and shrink, and fall to
the ground? Why, sir, our ancestors,
oar fathers and our grandfathers, those of
them that are yet living amongst us with
prolonged lives, would rebuke andreprpacb
us; and our children and our grandchil
dren would cry out shame upon us, if we
of this generation should dishonor these
ensigns of the power of the Government
and the harmony of that Union which is
every day felt among us with so much
joy and gratitude.
Peaceable secession, Mr. Webster deemed
an impossibility; and'this opinion was also
expressed by President Jackson in his cel
ebrated Proclamation. Old Hickory pro
nounced secession to be revolution. Breck-
inridgo secessionists arc, therefore, accord-
iog to the Jackson standard of Democracy,
revolutionists. Such old patriots as Jack
son and Webster considered the admission
of a State into the Union a political mar
riage, 'which could not be dissolved at the
pleasure of one of the parties. It was a
UnioU which the laws of divorce, could
not reach.
A Pretty Good Story.—A tolerable
good story is told of a couple of raftsmen,
based upon an occurrence during the late
big flood and storm on our western rivers,
in which so many rafts were swamped and
so many steamboats lost their sky rigging.
A raft was caught in a dangerous place
just as the squall came. In an instant
|he raft was pitching and writhing as if
suddenly dropped ipto Charybdis, while
the waves broke over it with tremendous
uproar; and expecting;instant destruction,
the raftsman dropped on his knees and
commenced praying with a vim equal to
the emergency. Happening to open his
eyes an instant, he observed Lis compan
ion nbt engaged in prayer but pnshing a
pole into the water at the side of the raft.
“What’s that yer doin’, Mike be;
get down on ' yer knees now, for there
isn’t a minit betweenn us and purgatory I”
“Be aisy, now; what's the use of praying
when a filler can fetch bottom with a
pole & Mike is a pretty good specimen
of a large class of Christians, who prefer
to omit prayer as long as they can “ tetch
the bottom. .
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.
Husbands, Lore Yortr Wiv4»."
Only let a woman be sure that sbe iff
precious to her husband— not usefbl. not
valuable, not convenient, simply/bntlovo*
ly‘ and beloved ; let her be the recipient of
his polite and hearty attentions, let her
feel that her care and love ate noticed, ip>
Ereciated, and returned; let- her opinion
o asked, her approval sought, and her
judgment jrespeoted in matters of which
she is cognisant; in short, let he? Obit btf
loved, honored, and cherished, in fulfill*
ment of the marriage vow, and she will be
to her husband and her children, and so*
oiety, a Well spring of pleasure. She will
bear pain and toil, and anxiety, for bar
husband’s love is to her a tower and a for*
tress. Shielded and sheltered therein ad*’
versity will have lost its sting. She may
suffer, but sympathy will dnll the edge of
her sorrow. A house with love in it—and
by love, I mean love expressed in words,
and looks, and deed, for I have not one
spark of faith in the love that never drops
ont—is to a house without love, as a per*
son to a machine: the one is life, and the
other a mechanism.
The unloved woman may have bread
just as light, a house as tidy as the other,
but the latter has a spring about her, V
joyousness, an aggressive, and penetrating,
and prevading brightness, to whioh the
former is a stranger. The deep happiaes
ot her heart shines out in her face. She
is a ray of sunlight in the house. She
gleams all over it. It is airy, and gay,
and graceful, and warm, and welcoming
with her presence. She is full of devices,
and plots, and sweet surprise for her hus
band and her family. She has never done
with the romance and poetry of life. She
is herself to all pure and gracious melodies.
Humble household ways and duties have
for her a golden significance. The Jprise
makes the calling high and the end (figni
the means. Her home is a paradise, not
sinless, nor painless, but still a paradise:
for “Love is Heaven, and Heaven is love.''
PREPARE POR DARE DATS.
“In times of peace prepare for war,*'
says the popular political adage. There
is much more meaning in this than most'
people are aware of. It does not Simply
urge us to prepare arms, munitions, ships
of war, and strong fortifications. It has
something more than this mere literal
significance. It tells us that in all de
partments of life we should prepare for
the “ wet days” during the fair ones
that we should labor to some purpose
while tbe sun shineth, ere the night oom
eth on when no man worketb. In tines
of peace and prosperity we have (he leis
ure and opportunity to deal with and study
abstract questions and principles. Then
arc our intervals of study and reflection,’
when it behooves us to get out lessoris in'
thoroughly that there shall be no hesitan
cy in the recitation; when wo shall in
come so well grounded in theory as to*
make practice easy; when we shall be
come so embued with correct principles
that we cannot be led astray when the
moral atmosphere is thick and full of the
blinding heat of passion; when we should
. acquire strength to maintain our equilib
rium amid the clash of arms and the roar
of cannon, standing unflinchingly for the
right and passing unscathed through the
fiery furnace nnawed “ through the valley
of the shadow of death.”
1 Guabd against Vuloab Lax
outage.—There is as much connection bo
tween the words and the thoughts as
there is between the thoughts and the ac
tions. The latter are not only the expres
sion of the former, but they have a power
to react upon the soul, and leave the staid*
of their corruption there. A young than
who fallows himself to use one vulgar or'
profane word, has not only shown that
there is a foul spot upon his mind, but by
the utterance of that word he ertentta
tbat spot and inflames it, till, by indolr
gence, it will pollute and ruin the whom
soul. Be careful of your words as well air
your thoughts. If you can control thw
tongue that no improper words are prot
nounced by it, you will soon be able, also,
to control the mind, and save that from
corruption. You extinguish the fire by
smothering it, or\by preventing bad
thoughts bursting out in language. Never
utter a word anywhere which you would
be ashamed to speak in the presence of
the most refined female, or the most reli
gious man. Try this practice a little
while, and you will soon have
of yourself.
“ Come, Bill, it’s ten o’clock, and
I think we had better be going, for it ii
time honest folks were at home.”
“ Well, yes,” was the answer, “ I must
be off, but you needn’t hurry on that a#»
count.”
IfiYvlt is a pleasant and profitable hah*
it to store up agreeably images of the paat,
with a view to present and fntafe imr
provemonts as welt sa enjoyment.
SQu Those persona Who areeontinnally
talking behind people’s backs met usn tUf
great liars. H.
NO, B*.