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, Pa., November 7, 1913.
COMING.
“At even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crow-
ing, or in the morning.”
It may be in the evening,
When the work of the day is done,
And you have time to sit in the twilight
And watch the sinking sun,
While the long, bright day dies slowly
Over the sea,
And the hour grows quiet and holy
With thoughts of me;
While you hear the village children
May come the sound of my feet;
Therefore I tell you—Watch
By the light of the evening star,
When the room is growing dusky
As the clouds afar;
Let the door be on the latch
In your home,
For it may be through the gloaming
1 will come.
It may be when the midnight
Is heavy upon the land,
And the black waves lying dumbly
Along the sand;
When the moonless night draws close,
And the lights are out in the house,
When the fire burns low and red,
And the watch is ticking loudly
Beside the bed;
Though you sleep, tired out, on your couch,
Still your heart must wake and watch
In the dark room,
For it may be at midnight
I will eome.
It may be at the cock-crow,
When the night is dying slowly
In the sky,
And the sea looks calm and holy,
Waiting for the dawn
Of the golden sun,
Which draweth nigh;
When the mists areon the valleys, shading
The rivers chill,
And my morning star is fading, fading
Over the hill;
Behold! I say to you—Watch!
Let the door be on the latch
In your home.
In the chill before the dawning,
Between the night and morning,
I may come.
It may be in the morning,
When the sun is bright and strong,
And the dew is glittering sharply
Over the little lawn;
When the waves are laughing loudly
Along the shore,
And the birds are singing sweetly
About the door;
With a long day's work before you,
You rise up with the sun,
And the neighbors come in to talk a little
Of all that must be done;
But remember that I may be the next
To come in at the door,
To call yeu from your busy work
Forevermore;
As you work your heart must watch,
For the door is on the latch
In your room,
And it may be in the morning
1 will come. —Anon.
THE MAN ON THE TRAIN.
BY MARTHA ALRICKS JOHNSON.
Written for the WATCHMAN,
When the day express on the N. P.
D. & G. railroad, was caught in a bliz-
zard, at the foot of Larimie mountain, in
Central Wyoming, the passengers crowd-
ed into the little flag station of Wild-cat,
to wait for the storm to cease, or a relief
train to come, and take them away.
When time had dragged into hours,
and the shadows of evening closed about
them, in order todrive off the terrible
monotory of the situation, some of the
men got together in a corner, and told
stories, while others exchanged jokes.
Eventually the speakers were talked
out. An ominous stillness reigned,
broken only by an occasional snore from
one or more of the sleeperswhose aspira-
tions soared no higher than the raising
of grain, and herding of stock in their
native wilds.
During this lull, a dapper little fellow
with a broader knowledge of human na-
ture than those, whom accident had
brought together, arose, and after clear-
ing his throat said: hos
“Gentlemen, I at one time had an
adventure if you care to hear it, it will
afford me pleasure to relate my experi-
ence.”
“ ‘Tell it by all means, sir, we want to
hear it'—a chorus of sleepy voices
chimed.
With an expression of gratification, and
bow, in recognition of evinced interest,
the stranger began.
“‘Some years ago, while in the Re-
public of Mexico, at a place called Sino-
quipe, I went in the interest of the San
Augustine Mining Company, in whose
employ I was engaged, to San Francisco,
to look after some stamp mills, and to
attend to some business at one of the
United States Mints.
I boarded the train at Lama, and noth-
ing of especial interest occurred to in-
terrupt the sameness of the long tire-
some journey, until I was a few hours
distant from my destination.
“I had been in the smoker, and having
finished my cigar, in order to escape from
the close air of the car, as well as to
stretch my limbs, passed into one of the
forward passenger coaches, where glanc-
ing round casually at my traveling com-
panions I observed but one vacant seat,
and that by the side of a fair haired
young woman engaged in reading a paper
covered novel.
“As her frank, happy eyes met mine,
in response to my inquiry, with regard to
the place by her side, I was reminded of
a girl whom I had known in my boyhood
days, back in my eastern home.
“The thought of my old-time friend
made me reminiscent. I had succeeded
in life, better than I had dared to hope,
—— i —
but, alas! there was no one with whom
I could share my good fortune. I was
alone in the world, and there was no one
in whom I had special interest. As the
realization of my loneliness came rushing
over me, I sighed for the years past
recall.
“How long I was thus preoccupied I
the gaze of a dark haired man across the
aisle. The confused manner in which
his eyes dropped when I fixed mine on
him aroused my suspicion.
“Under my questioning glance he be-
came absorbed in the paper that he held
in his hand. I thought his face familiar,
I was sure that I had seen him before,
but could not for the moment determine
where.
“From time to time I cast furtive
glances at him in the hope of gleaning
some information that would lead to his
identity. It was without avail.
“Naturally my glances made the man
uneasy. At the first stop, he arose, and
hastily reached for his satchel from the
rack above his head, and quit the car.
“As he emerged from the door-way I
observed my seat mate start, and lean
out the window to look after him. At
the same time I felt something strike one
of my feet. It was the book that the
young woman was reading, it had fallen
from off her lap.
“Just then the car gave a lurch, and
threw her against me. She looked bash-
fully up into my face, and laughed out
right. I joined in her mirth, from thaton
we became acquainted.
“I found her as charming in manner
as she was in person. She told me that
she had been on a visit to Los Angelos,
and was on her way to San Francisco.
Her home she said was in Illinois.
“l enjoyed her innocent prattle, and
confess that I was sorry when we neared
our destination and knew I must leave
my place by her side to return to my sec-
tion in a rear car.
“Before bidding her good bye, I thank-
ed her for the pleasure she had given
me, and expressed a desire to remew our
acquaintance sometime in the near fu-
ture. At the wish she blushed but did
not invite me to call upon her at her
home. Under the circumstances I did not
blame her.
“When the long through train that I
was on pulled into the great metropolis
of the Pacific coast, and slowed up, I
stepped onto the platform, and hailed a
cab, and was driven to the Commercial
hotel where I had been accustomed to
stop during my temporary visits to the
city of the “Golden Gate.”
“With new surroundings, other inter-
ests claimed my attention, and my
thoughts became centered on the business
that had taken me to California.
“The girl did not tell me who she was,
but I saw on the back of the book, as I
returned it, the name Virginia Van
Trump, “I wondered if I would ever see
her again. Then I recalled the face of
the man whom I had seen on the train,
and suddenly it dawned upon me where
it was that I had seen him.
“Confound it!’ I soliloquized ‘what a
fool I was not to have recognized La
Bannan. His smooth face deceived me.’
“The second evening of my stay in
San Francisco I concluded to go to one
of the theatres, when the play was over,
and as I was making my way out of the
building a man and woman, with light
hair brushed hurriedly past me. The
former I at once recognized as La Ban-
nan.
“I turned to get a better look at them,
and to satisfy my curiosity with regard
to the pair, when they disappeared in
the crowd, and I lost them. In view of
the possibility of the man living in San
Francisco I made it my business to try
to discover his whereabouts; even going
so far as to consult a directory, my ef-
forts, however were fruitless.
“Two years later I went with an expert
to examine a silver mine in Southern
Mexico, we had gone through it, and
were on our way out when my compan-
ion inquired of the employee who had
us in charge, “what a month's shipment
of their bullion amounted to?
“The man replied that “they had been
getting $23,000, but he feared for the
present month there would be a decided
falling off.’
“*To tell the truth’ he said, ‘its the
fault of our assayor. He's a new hand,
and has made a mess of about $15,000.
“What's the trouble?’ I asked.
“Its with the alloy, he did'nt get it
straight.
“Perhaps he had too much ore for the
amount of bullion I ventured to sug-
gest.
“I dont know how that is?”
“*The maximum of hardness of stand-
ard silver,’ I said ‘is one fifth of the in-
ferior metal. If an excess of ore oxadiz-
ed, and calciend by smelting beused, the
iron and foreign metal form a cinder,
while the copper and sulphur unite and
the whole becomes a brittle mass.
“ ‘You seem to know something about
assaying our companion said, ‘suppose
you take a look at our man’s work.
“1 will be pleased to do so.’
“Accordingly we passed into a small
room in the rear of the office, used asa
laboratory.
“Is it past saving?’ the employee
asked.
“Not necessarily, it can be restored by
the action of heat, the process, however,
will cost hours of labor, and require con-
stant attention.’
“With that a shadow darkened the
doorway, I turned and confronted the
j fellow whose identity had puzzled me on ;
: the train. :
| “Some years previous La Bannan had !
| absconded from Chicago with $7,000 that |
he had embezzled from the firm of
| Howell, & Son merchants, for which he
| was collector. 1 was living in Chicago
at the time and was acquainted with the |
cannot teil. Turning instinctively, I met | younger Howell, and had seen La Ban. |
nan upon more than one occasion.
“Notwithstanding the fact that their
! bank balance suffered, the firm, at the
| time of the loss offered a reward of $1,-
, 000 for the capture of the theif, nothing
| was heard of him, however until I ran
across him on the train, and later in
Mexico.
“The rascal had a superficial knowl.
edge of assaying, and upon that plea, had
worked his way into the employ of the
company in whose service he was when
! 1 saw him.’ ;
“You may be sure that I lost no time in
having him arrested, through the inter-
vention of the United States Minister in
the city of Mexico, extradition papers
were made out and the prisoner, remand-
ed to Illinois for trial.
“Had it not been for the book-keeper
of the Chicago firm of Howell & Son,
who was subpoenaed as a witness, and
who testified to the personality of La
Bannan, there would have been small
chance to convict him, so well had he
covered up his tracks. But justice was
meeted out to him, and a sentence of
thirteen years in the western penitentiary
imposed.
“‘How about the $1,000 reward. Did
you get it? A man at the speakers elbow
asked.
“Yes, and invested the half of it ina
diamond ring.’
“Did you ever come across the girl
that you met, the day you went to Cali-
fornia?’ another inquired.
“Well yes I did, and saw her frequent.
ly. By the way I presented her with the
ring I obtained doing detective work.’
“Is she married? One of the crowd
questioned?’
“Her husband is Henry T. Brown, of
San Francisco. A fellow not half good
enough for her.’
“ ‘Do you think young man, said a per-
son wearing a white neck tie,and a severe
look on his face, it fair to her husband
to present his wife with such a valuable
present?’
“I gave it to her, for the reason that I
thought her more entitled to it than L
She was the book-keeper of Howell &
Son, and beside she's a very charming
little woman.’
"You don’t think it was the proper
thing to do etc? you say.
“She was single when I gave the ring
to her. It was our engagement ring.
She's my wife.’
This Parisian Planned a Most Dra-
matic Taking Off.
Some years ago, when there was an
epidemic of dramatic suicides in Paris,
a man who had visited the French
capital told of an extraordinary sul-
cide he had heard of in that gay city.
“He was a Frenchman. who was
nothing if not original,” said the teller
of the tale, “and even when he grew
despondent he planned his death in a
most original fashion. He locked the
door of his room in the Rue Nitot and,
removing the weights of the window
cord. fastened them to the window it.
self. He added to the weight of the
window by attaching six flatirons. On
the sill he adjusted a large triangular
bread knife, such ag is used by chefs,
and made ready a small balloon, capa-
ble of lifting fifty pounds.
“The iugenious Frenchman then put
his head out of the window after at.
taching the balloon to his neck and by
releasing the clamp that held the win-
dow cut his head off completely with
the improvised guillotine. The decap-
itated body was discovered several
days later, but it was not until the
balloon and the head were found a
week later in the field of a peasant,
eighteen miles from Paris, that the
method of suicide was really known.”
Cornish Humor.
The magistrate at the Liskeard po
lice court might well have excused the
laughter which greeted the remark of
a police witness only a short time ago
who said with all seriousness: “He
was drunk. your honor, and couldn't
stand. 1 told him to go away, and as
he wouldn't I locked him up.”
The laugh in another court was
against the solicitor who severely ask-
ed, “Were you present when you heard
this?”
Mixed metaphors are not a peculiar
nor indeed a common failing of the
Cornishman, but a certain eloguent
town councilor quite recently got en-
tangled when in the course of a pro-
tracted debate on the momentous sub-
ject of the local dust bins he declared
indignantly, “It is time we put our
foot down with a loud voice.”—English
Nustrated Magazine.
Buried Upside Down,
If Major Labelliere of Dorking was
buried on the top of Box hill, head
downward, in 1800, he probably got
the idea from Mr. Hall of Leith Hill
place, who In 1767 built the tower on
the neighboring Leith hill and was
buried there six years later. The usual
Leith hill story. as recorded by one
writer, is that the tower “marks the
spot where ar eccentric farmer of the
neighborhood was buried on horse:
back upside down, so that when the
world was turned. as he believed it
then soon would be, topsy turvey, he
might at last come up in the right -po-
sition.” The tradition might easily be
transferred from one hill to its neigh.
bor. Ther¢ seems no doubt, however,
that Mr. Hall was buried on the sum.
mit of Leith hill.—London Chronicle.
FROM INDIA.
By Ome on Medical Duty in that Par Easterns
Country. An Abundance of Rain This Season,
and a Delightful Climate—at Times. Evenings
Without Twilight. Ludicrous Crowds: Hyste-
ria in Plenty. Queer Schools, and Road Taxes
on a Strangh Basis,
Juans: OcToBER 2nd.
Dear Home Folk:
You spoke of the cold weather—I wish
we could share some of our nice weather
with you, although for the past week we
have been having more rain and thatis
not so nice. I never have seen it rain so
hard for such a long time as it did yes-
terday; the rain started at four o'clock
and until nine came down in a steady
torrent. We have now had more than
our allowance of rain and I am indeed
glad it should be so, for as you know, the
past two years the rain-fall has been
very light so that the wells were not al-
ways full nor the crops what they should
have been. You hear bad prognostica-
tions from every quarter, due to this lack
of water, so that now that at least can
no longer be used as an excuse for a lack
of garden truck or poor flowers.
I do enjoy this climate, except in the
very hot summer or the rains, but I do
not like the people nor the country.
is always doing just the opposite of what
you part of our pretty days and still have
plenty of them left.
I want to tell you of the beautiful belt
that was given to me by my “Parsee”
case. It looks as though made at Tiffa-
ny's, woven, pure silver netting and a
very beautiful carved buckle; the whole
thing heavy enough for a horse-harness
and yet extremely pliable. I don't know
just what I could ever wear it with; its
gant for ordinary wear. I will bring it
home unless I get strained for cash. In
that case I might sell it and go on the
proceeds.
I got up and went to church early this
morning so am going to play truant to-
night for the sunset after our stormy,
cloudy day is worth watching, and the
twilights are so short one wants to enjoy
each moment. I wish you could see a
big palm, in the compound across the
road, outlined against a sky of rose, blue,
simply dotted black with huge black vul-
tures settling down for the night; they
the daylight but seen just at this time
otherwise it would surely lack.
sun to go and now it is too dark to go
on with this and I will go in and find a
lamp. That is one thing that we, in our
part of town must endure although those
nearer the railways all use electric light
and fans. I hope we will soon get them
over here so that we can do without the
hot stuffy oil lamp.
A funny thing occurred today; a Chi-
naman came to the door to sell some
wares and Miss McLean came out and
began talking to him in “Urdu.” 1 was
amused for poor man, if possible, was
the more bewildered, and she couldn't
understand until I suggested that per-
haps a Chinaman might not understand
Hindustan and might know a few Eng-
lish, as I had done, and finally made him
understand we wished to see the things,
but not on Sunday. The most ludicrous-
ly dressed Chinaman I have ever seen
on the stage at home would be tame in
today. The queer, queer sights one sees
in India. The most amazing thing to
anything unusual in anything, so that you
never see a hooting, jeering, crowd such
as even the very least of these would pro-
voke in our own country, on the streets.
They are therefore much more gracious
to the stranger, at least externally, than
the western people are. Of course I
don’t know enough to say whether this is
only skin-deep or not, but from what
others assure me they are ready to stick
a knife in our backs the minute English
rule would be even raised in the least.
Our neighbor across the road, Mrs.
Hezlep, from Pittsburgh, has been rather
ill, she took cold and although only sick
for a night and a day is very weak and
must stay in bed. It seems so strange
that things you would scracely notice in
America play such havoc with one's
strength in this country. I wonder why
for we don’t have half the strain on our
lives that you have; a mild, little quiet
existence under, generally speaking, fair-
ly good conditions and yet things go
wrong quickly here. You never touch a
bite of fruit that has a decayed spot on
it any place and no meat is ever kept over
one day. I shall drink un-boiled milk
for a whole month after I again return
to you, I am so tired of boiled stuff; how-
ever, I eat and stay fat, so why fuss.
It |
it truly ought to do, but we could spare
| would have been amused to have seen
| FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
her kiss my feet and tell me how good I —
was. i DAILY THOUGHT.
Yesterday | went down through the! And so upon this wise |
x : prayed,
city and driving down a narrow street, | Great Spirit, give to me
just wide enough for a two-wheeled wag- | A heaven not so large as yours
on to pass another, I saw a queer sight. | But large enough for me.
Two dozen boys were sitting along the i ——
gutter or drain, on the hard, damp mud | : i
with slate pencils and sate; in the midst | blouses eeu on ea ig their
was a large fat man sitting on a chair, | Intentionally, of course, because it is
his feet also on the seat of the chair, a Ultra smart to do so. Whether you have
| small table in front of him, chatting to a, YOut Diouse made by one of the smartest
friend; I heard some of these boys say- | big stores you must see that it looks as if
ing something while the rest were laugh- | it were fashioned for some one broader
ing loudly. My nurse told me that some and fuller juan yourself. Its shoulder
| were saying their lessons while the oth- SIS Inu be vety ug oF Hou existent;
{ers were playing. This was a regular | it must be loose and baggy and fall over
school. Then I understood why they 'the belt in folds that are really untidy.
| know so little when one asks questions | TO wear anything that is tight and fits is
at the bank, etc. to argue one’s self nots in the mode.
Did I ever tell you the reason nearly —
every one drives a two-wheeled cart here? | i
! The English government having made
| good roads intend to keep them good so
| taxes every wheel you own. This mis- | so high in favor, but at the present
: sion has two “rickshaws” (four wheeis;)
| one “gharry” (four wheels; ) one phaeton Tarsiohe of Be oe aressed woman,
! “gharry” (four wheels;) and one “bile orgey ote Sole 2 of tis tire:
| harry” (ox-gharry) (two wheels,) and | When it is said that separate blouses
they pay three dollars a month tax. How | are favored it does not refer to color so
would you like that ruling to keep the | UCD a8 to material, for any amount of
Dew state roads in order? Rather a fair | anaes Showed in the combination of
tax don’t you think.
I planted my violet seeds several days
ago and every day I go out to see if they
are coming up, in fact like a child I am
rather inclined to want to dig them up
to see if they are sproutiug; thus far I
have resisted, how long my itching hands
Time and again it has been predicted
that the popularity of the separate waist
| was about 0 Walle, 3nd during the yeign
hx
e
of the one-piece dresses it was not
lit occupies an important place in the
g
weight makes it rather out of class for!
thin white gowns and it is a bit too ele- |
purple and gold, with its topmost leaves |
lish words. She then tried him in Eng- |
comparison with the man who was here |
me is that no native ever seems to see
will be controlled I don’t know.
srvinezl 1:¢ t week.)
Escaped a Stinging.
A man on his first trip into the wilds
and marshes of an unknown country
with the United States drainage engi-
neers was struck by a unique method
they have to escape from the attack
of wasps and hornets. The country
| traversed is generally covered with
| thick undergrowth, and a path bas to
| be cut through this all along the line.
So when a big wasp nest is reached
' there is very little warning, some-
| times the axmen cutting into a big one
| with their machetes
The person relating this experience
was some sixty feet behind the ax-
| men with the instrument when all
at once the two axmen dropped in
| by a thunderbolt. The man behind
| grass and wet marsh they heard what
i heads. One after the other they came
{ witb angry zips. When things had
| quieted down a bit work was con-
| tinued, and the new man found that
| to escape from wasps or hornets the
| thing to do was to drop Instanter.
The insects seen to be so mad that
they fly in straight lines along a
level and do not have time to hunt
, around for you.
It is said that hornets are not so
prone to follow this rule as wasps,
but the wasps never vary. Men have
been stung to death by hornets, and
horses and mules likewise.~Chicago
Record-Herald.
A Record In Fletcherizing.
If they learn the art of chewing
even people whose food expense is only
threepence : day can make their meals
to dietetic experts, is one who chews
ail things so long as they have any
taste left in them. Gladstone, we are
told, used to take thirty-two bites to
every mouthful of food. The modern
school of chewers would regard this
; as dangerously rapid eating. *1 have
tried chewing conscientiously.” writes
Mr. Eustace Miles. "A banana has
cost 800 bites, a small mouthful of
bread and cheese 240 bites, a greedy
mouthful of biscuit (while I was walk-
ing oun a Yorkshire moor over 1,000
bites. It still seemed to taste about as
much as at first, but | knew that taste
by then. so | swallowed."—London
Chronicle.
Comforting,
“Mr. Chairman.” said the orator,
who had already occupied the plat.
form for twenty minutes, amid many
interjections from the audience. “Mr.
Chairman, may | appeal on a point of
order? There is really so much desul-
tory conversation going on In parts of
the hall that it is impossible for me to
hear a word | am saying.”
Voice from the back of the ball—
Don't be downhearted. You're not
missing much. —New York Globe.
Where the Trouble Came.
“Well, how did you get on at your
first appearance?’ asked a man of an
ambitious friend who had just joined
the theatrical profession.
“Oh, 1 got on well enough,” was the
reply. “but | couldn't get off half quick
enongh.” — London Mail.
Tip For a College Graduate,
“My son has just gradnated from
college. What would you advise him
to read?”
“The help wanted column.” —New
York Times
A Quick Switch.
Jack (studying geography)—Father,
what is a strait? Father (reading the
row strip of water connecting two lar-
ger bodies.
Classified.
First Fresk—My engagement ends
tonight. Seewnd Freak—Does it? First
Freak—Yes. Next week I'll be what
you might call an idle curiosity.—Puck.
Simple Trick by Which the Woodemen
last a long time. A chewer, according |
paper)— Five cards of a—that is, a nar- |°
| material
| chiffon is
I ric is A
| All blouses are cut low in the
| the V-sha ug
: permits of wearing of a guim
| when a high neck is gu fi:
! ing Soliars are frequently seen. Vest and
: effects are among the styles par-
ticularly noted. Shadow lace is draped
in bolero fashion, or the bolero may be
| introduced in lace or net of contrasti
icolor. A touch of the fancy orien
colors which are seen in many of the
vests gives just the little dash of orient-
| alism which is so desirable at this time.
To obtain a much-wanted color in
laces, especially of shadow or net, the
| dyer’s art is sometimes called in, and an
| artistic effect is obtained by coloring the
the skirt.
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are neither beautiful nor picturesque in their tracks as if they had been struck lace the same shade as
| The most popular sleeve is the kimono
and under such circumstances they add a | and the two chainmen did likewise. | and either three-quarter or full length,
touch of realism to all this beauty that | While they were lying prone on the
but when they are long they are worn
well over the hand, finished with a lace
frill and are made to fit the arm closely.
It has only taken ten minutes for the sounded like bullets zooing over thelr Separate waists are among the most
| economical styles which were ever de-
! 8 for women, for if one has two or
| three waists to be worn with the suit, it
! varies the whole appearance and fre-
' quently obviates the necessity of buying
| an extra suit. Few women there are who
| have not learned to prize the practical
separate blouse, but none realize its
| value more fully than the suburban wom-
| en, who are often at a disadvantage when
| they want to attend some semi-dress
| affair in the city in the evening and yet
areobliged to go in on a shopping ex-
pedition, or to attend some meeting or
| club during the day, with no opportunity
| to return home to change the dress be-
fore night. The same conditions exist
| with the business woman, who cannot
| wear an evening gown at the store or
, office, and do not have the time to go
| home after the work of the day is done,
i to prepaie for the eyening function.
| 0 obviate this difficulty and enable
| the out-of-town woman to be appropriate-
ly dressed for both occasions, the present
{style of wearing waists to match the
skirt in color, but of chiffon or other thin
material, is a boon. This plan, which
some one has called “the suburbanite’s
delight,” does not necessitate the carry-
ing of any great amount of 1 for
the waist may be folded careful y and
made to occupy but little space in the
fancy bag which is carried on the arm
but will make a satisfactory change for
evening.
:
3
sugar
toputher, in beaten whites of eggs,
chocolate, cracker dust, Ealing pow-
der, walnuts and flavoring. Bake in two
layers. Fill with tn cream.
Sand Hearts.—Two pounds of flour,
two pounds of pound of but-
, three a dough
and work tl =
the ingredients are well
corpora After rolling out and cut-
Nng Into heat shape, place the cakes on
one spread some
a feather, and then
it