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fOne of the Series of Evening Public Ledger
en Married Life
WnEVEVEIl I think of love and j
rrhcc'l think of Wray. That
Mirn 1 Thai clerkly mind. Hu
wT. among these I met during my first
'w-r. In New Yerk. Like ke many of I
fha millions seeking te make their way,
h. was busy about his affairs, and, for-
tunatelv with the limitations of the'
..mn ,1C hnd the ambitions of !
average- man nc mm
ia ntnrfif- man.
lie was cennccieu (
With one of these commercial agencies
which inquire into the standing of busi
ness men and report their findings, for
a price, te ether business men. He was
Interested In his work and seemed sit-.--.!
tw in time he was certain te
achieve what was perhaps n fair enough
.Urinn- managership of some branch
ambition, managers cenncctC(j
ill. nd which might have paid him I
In much as five or Bis thousand a year. I
BO much as me or ei ,.,, .
The thllif about mm "'" .
me
ntiart from a genial ami n.eu- ....
IlAf - l1IF(II
tnai
till:
concerned himseit i.i.j -
facts of the different enterprises u
hflMCter ne WO.l DUtilvvv.
VII t A
cre they solvent. -
i.j .v nnv their bills
' w nai wm
their capital stock? Hew' much cash
did they have en hand? Such was
the nature of the data he needed, and
ie this, largely, he confined himself.
Nevertheless, he was at times amused
or astonished or made angry or seit seit
rtshtceus by the tricks, the secretive
, ess. the errors and downright mean
mb. of spirit of se many he .came n
...1,1, for h mself, he had
.-1.1. nil
LL 1 M
"" .. .,f.,- i.lra for t iue siniuincs 01 im- siuge. us wen as n.iu nuiui tuivij Bi'inirsiu-u or ru j
wealth f errtUn'Cit;rciurce-. reading and living in general. Wrn, " said.
studying the human mi m. - - nml had proved te be the Prince Charming The thought interested him at once.
and resourcefulness, its in hg hnJ pMl,rmX ,h gC(,m c;ir()(.n ,J tt tatuned Ms practical and clerkly
limitations, Its humor, t - hp w,lk,i til(! sleeping primes te a world K.ul. He left me hopefully and I saw
ernl shiftiness nnd ' irul- ....',,, such as she had never dreamed of. She netMns iiwre of hlni for several months.
' the feeling that he was a person nt no
cemae i ""
little chara-ter, that no wua .." .
straightforward, net ns limited or
worthless as some of these ethers. On
this score, as en some ethers, he was
nrinrl that he would succeed. If
l iennar
.,..i .., i,e ..heulJ de. it he were
K lUUil UH "- "
i.ieKtrinus and honest ami mi""-" hoeemlng mere nicressive, mere iikiu.j- - " - - . , ", , , t SP i,nriitU n ,rti,fi rnm,r,, ,. his past love ler nor. ene una gene, neterc my lire, lie loeueu wen eneugn. inn-
, , , ,.. nf .hose mnnv things .., mer K0!f.,. entered mere nrgu- "f what a haln and a wrignt a cuim . . . . f"' ;,,,,;.., "'.,, .e-, and with another man. He was cpiite the careful person who tnkes care that, either, it sue niiti eeeu me in,ui isr.es,.., tlie love,
and a few mere . the.t m ltl mer s .t en tered. m re aw nn.hitim, bejend l ui 1b' i"' ;,"''' ,' losie 're f tlltlt- "'though he did net knew of his clothes, but thinner, mere tense sort of woman she ceuldn t have done -Tnily." I thought, "this is love-
i. nil knew we ought te de, ne wu mcnl.ltlrS all the time, mere tin-, mere wi i - Wmi. l ",.'.' ,,Dt.lln,Iau ' ntii one who stoei . . T. .. , , ..,. n. ,,, ,. ...... fln .... .. s ,,. ,.,s dne." for one nt lenst. Ami this U mnrr!ni-.
bound te get along better than these th.lt s!l(1 ,,, npt uke the same plays .,, k( , ,, , ns .ls all l)llt f ' ' ., lt 'J IplV , , .,:.."?' one of these two women about whom very well and was thinking of taking' He paused nnd clenched his hands f,. ntl0 nt rnHt Hn is s,,iri,nllT
who did net What, an honest, in- , j.Cl, . L. antt,i ,daT ,hat was ,, ', r.,ti,i,.. There was a small m"; hb I S enh fur ra ! he had told me before, that Mrs. Drake, a long vacation te visit some friends nervously, ns though he wen- deneu.ic- weil(lp, , Ullt welllnII who ,MplM
be did net. n . ' , nnd she Wanted one Krk i-nr'v and here he u:1 te he J","" zj"..c ' ""' J "I'sak en! for mj - , s tl(1(, lnterested Ik-ssle in things in the West, (lie had heard that lies- ing her te her fau- instead of te m. Jllm. Am, s. mnv I)P hvMtmn,
dustrfeus, careful, courteous nan l--ht and am i-Inj,. and she wan e.i one . , en, an. i u sell, hew. .er. uhichdld net nnd could net interest him. , sie had gene te California.) Then of "New. Wr.u ." I i.i.-rp.-M-.l. "hew ,ji1p,, ,0 nllutier. who may di-spU.
de better than these who was none et itll semc tCr,eii moral or Intell.-et.r-.l ";'. Vi!. " rria-'.- whenever h. duties , They were all alike, these people crazy , a sudden, noting that I studied him and use!c- te say that. h-.-li of us N as i,,.,.. lllt ()Vl. aml marriage, for one
these things? What nonsense. It must n-.t te it. Mic rp!Ul ""'' "XrV wen. 1 'i i-riuir li" liked te -v' I'-ate TT WAS net lenir after that sir and notional and insincere. After n wondered, he grew restless nnd finally lie ought te he.' h will Jen nt le.-iht. I hnve seen; here ii. thi roeni,
v n7 ,, there were accidents "eW and was nteiested in lectur,-. w-". I, ' ' ' l '. , , . I1 ";va net lenK ater that, six time he n(1(I(;lj thnt he lm(1 n t0 Bce get ., te iek at the shelf of books. talk seV" -,,.,., and with mine own '-(-..'
be se. Of course t litre " wnnren-.hn.ii-. !e new confessed, wi- '" '" ''" '''.."'," i hundr. d ' month, or 1"19' thnt l ,,canl tllere her parents. I could net guess why. Suddenly he wheeled and faced me. "Hut let me tell you what she did," Co11,rtelf ,, ,,., ,.;,, Ftatu .s,.fa(
and sickness, and men here and there , , or ,,.ss ber(.(1 by hPrl, ,Mink,. She , . I . t .1 ..-. . mi. a n )m been i ,vns lonely and exclaiming: "I can't stand it. That's he went en fidcelj . "Y.,u hiucn't an c.t A,ft; "ZnulJScXT vmX
rtnln from one another, ns r.e na ' i iiheu mn---. or I..-.. ,n..i, ....I -..
Btole irem one n ( r( rP(.itaN .,,, ,hnt k ,
Illustrated in his own labors, and uanus . vj 1(,as , epPnl b((I(1
1 failed. And there w6re trusts anu . Amj JPt jf 1H w..i.;d net ncc.ui. ncc.ui. ncc.ui.
comblnatlens being formed even then paMT icr kl. would co with one W
wninh did net senm'te be entirely in both of the-.- women he was beginning
vhieh did net s-e.m u ' te detest. They seemed te have no
tune with the interests of the aerae lleUf!plu,j,1 ,j,11ps nn, ,.ou,i ,.nme anc ..
man l?ut even se. All things ceii-dd- ns t,PV chesf.. It was they who wen
ered! if the uM-iugc man followed the aj,i,ng nnd nbettiiu her in all the
above rules he was sure te fare hotter t,ings and surnng her up te go ami d
than the ether fellow. Th-re wjis a-h ' ,in,i he. What was l.e te de 7 Ne
a thing as appre.lmntn justice, (j.fiid U(i c,,nld ei.me if thin-'s went en :
AIA nrnvnil. in the ma.n, and th'' , thev (-. new gnin They were h--
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wieked wete punished, as they saeuiu
be
TT il te interest me a great deal l
en that score, lur he liked te urgue nnd j
onenl-lti. n te tllO !lll" of lllS fc'lleW i
men and te laugh at their foible and
peccadilloes. ... long as tli-v did net
sway tee tar t the left or what lie
looked upon as the l.ue of h-mer u-i-i
fair dealing.
Ah for love nnd niarruge, he h .
definite u-ws about this., a .
that he was iin.-u! nart-nv
te' censure thes v hose l!
r 1 .1 '..'.
hau 1
,
worked out as we
would, but th. r
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101-i-v 1 eiu 111 tl' s niii'ti r
which led te success nl..
ililimtics outlined iiLne ,
lead, te success 1.1 mattir, in r j 1 1-
tinul or prat ti' ni. "no 1 " 'e
Ha'.u t- little .-eik thing ui-eut wei.n ,
One had te hu Mire i!.-it wu-'i . n
went a-ceurtuu. one selected .1 wei.i ,
of sense as well u-, ri.urin, ene w e
came of geed .e.-k and hence weuid In
possessed et gued taste and geed prin
ciples,. She need net he rich "he n.ui t
even be peel. Se nian wuiin-n were
designing, or at leat light and tligl.M
they could net t "lp a rrleus man t
uccced if they would. K.-r v. Ic.-e
of coure, was th" worth girl 1.1
it was an honor te mnrrj. und it was
one of these he wu going te ch'.e-e.
But even wit', one su-h it wu- iimcci,
arv te evcrcise cine: vh" might he
tee narrow and .enventluiial, would '
lint under-tand the world, perhaps b.
full of prejudi
In the emir-e of time, li.-r. .ng heenme
BCcrelarj te a 1 i-rtaln mh,i hedi, l.e
encountered in liu e-in nihc .1 girl
who seemed te unbe'b ne.ul) ,i!l of
the virtues and ipiiilitie, win h li
thought Jieee -irj. She wus th
""daughter of verj me.lest'v cin-m.-etanced
pnrentM, who dwilt in tin icr
by buhurb of , and 11 vry ca uhh-
r.tenegrnpher. She we- really pr. ti
but net very wed infurun'l, a gnl 'i'."
nppeured te be practical .ind sMi-.h'.
but still in leash te the tenets nt.l 11 -structiens
of lier home, her 1 hurLh .md
her family circle three w 01 Ids whieh
were as iised and dellnlte and worth as
the most enthuHiastic of these who -eek
te maintain the order and wrtue of the 1
world could have wi bed. Ter instai.ee,
nbe was opposed te , the theatre, done
ing, night dining or untlng in the
city, ns well as nn.ithlng thnt in her
religleua world might l,e construed us
desecration of the Sabbath. I recall
him describing her narrow "ns yet,"
but he hoped te make her mere liberal ,
in time.
He told me thnt he had been unahle
te win her te se simple an outing en the 1
Hahbnth as rowing en tne little river
near her home, that never, would she
Stay downtown te dinner. As for the
theatre- -it could net even be mentioned.
Hhe could net and would net dam i, nnd
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1 loeueu upon Ml' 11 iiiuuimi ions 10 ene
08 net eniv weriui), nnr ioee nnu
sinful. Although he prnlnl hluisilf
en being n liberal, and even a radical
te her hu proton lcl 11 profound indif-
ference te such departures from conven
tions, lie thought her tee fine nnd in
telligent a girl te stick te such no
tions, and wnH doing his best te influ
ence nnd enlighten her Ilv s'ew do de
greet (he was nbeut the b'isines-j of
courting her two or three years), he was
able te bring her te the pin e where she
Wfielil utnv downtown for dinner en it
"..,. 1' ..'... 1 i...,n 1.1 ...
"wcvu-uuj, nun .iiiiiniieii.ii,, ...miu iii-
'Jcnd n sacred or musical concert en n1
Sunday night. Alse, whHi lie censld- ,
rl.i .' .T- ..t 1, 1... 1... 1. ...... 1 1.... ... 1
v.. H certnin l.oeliL. 'esnecln Iv Mm of
t.j fc'tatnrv nml iihllmnnhv which hn tlmndit
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Wi'r,,l nml w"leli. no ilnuur, generated
thMimL' thin wlsni of doubt In her own
He had nlwa.iN looked uneu
if.-tneatre as tne cincieet et me
iaa or hli harmless entertainment,
mJ&t perSuaded hn -te ! ttuiii
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by the Best American
n performance, then another nml nn-
ether. In short, he emancipated her,
In se far as he could, and seemed de-
lighted with the result.
TiriTII their marriage came a new
VV form of life for both of them,
but mere especially for her. They '
took a small apartment In New Yerk,
,,..., .
unu it was nor long ueiere sue jeineu u .
literary club that was being formed in
their vicinity, where she met two rest- i
less, pushing, seeking women for whom '
he did net care a Mrs. Drake and n
Mrs. Munhaw both of whom he In
sisted could be of no aluc te uny one.
Hut llessiu liked them nnd spent a
great deal of time with them,
I visited thorn at their small a
part-
nwnt about this time, and found that
she wns proving a very apt pupil In
the. realm te which he had introduced
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It was plain that she had beeu ,
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emancipated from her old notions ns te
F k f certain nemilar author-, of an
cllshtcn,nK hlst()r? of Frnn,.e M n
rniillni nf hittf nf fihll.iwnriliv nni! HOI'fr
h, h . adlll nt the club
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were uiscussing. i ceuiu see miii iii.
was beginning te feel that the unse-
pnutlcatea girl tie naa marrieu raigni
yet outstrip him in the very reain in
which he had hoped te be her perman
ent guide. Mere than once she ques ques
teonal or contradicted him a te a mat
ter of fact, and I think he wnk nton nten nton
Mied if net Irritated that see knew
mere than he nbeut the import of a
.... ".
certain plot or the relativity of certain
aaps m hlstery
Whenever he met n.e affr this h
would confide the growing nature of
his doubts anil perpleUttv-i. IV'le
was no mere like the gill he had met in
his office than lie was like the boy he
lmd been nt ten years of 020. She wa
.in . i i . . .. nn.l! I.... .1 ..
;mung te rjunrre
und meie than cm .
l.ir, !v .ne li.nl thr
'ati'in'd le lease l 'i
as he well knew sin
nnd de for hersnit,
could.
AIIOIT two ninths aft.-
thi
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trait state
of V
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sldcri 'Ihrvlen l'T
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I mrd .sf'ifei nh'iiit v t "in
Ills fit Ij'i'ik. ' Mil.r ' J.'
ncii nmif r 1'ir Mr Ihrm
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WlxSEBE&Bffl:W-k.l&& m "
i -"tr.- "'-" '&3tw-ttimrW y i
1 jix-si&r i !
"'-r. the -'. ' it'.
in tine laigrit t ifirt anil im.ic,! n'trr Am udefiif in Anc leiA, hmu-ihl
jerth the .i ml of nurrri and dneiM.Kva tlmt i'H'0 hrrnmr continuum v ith
his sucncnhmi navels. It Jialt viti life m mrcmy trims. It n tuml
pceplr in a iicrrr-fo-le jainefm manner, and this id the vii'Wifi ei ainl
in his later irerk.
attempting t' 'l!-u-s ..ismil thl-igi
eiinually lie cetifes-e.l th.lt lli-.ie I id
left him. She hi'.l l i'.mi a room some
where. Hud gene baik te work, and
would net accept any money from lum.
Although hu met her occasionally in the
subway she would have nothing te de
with lilm. And would I belli m- it? She
was accusing him of being niurnw and
Ignorant and stubborn! And enlv time
or four years before she hud thought hn
was nil" wrong because he vunted te
en rewim: Oil SillldilJ ' Could such
things be'.' And still In- loved her; he
1 couldn't help It. II'' r-i iilled hew swier
! nml innocent and ! range she had bei n
..hen he hrst met I , hew
ner, new ii.ucii sne
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repectc-d her parents wishes, ami new
Me-. , . . ,., , , i, ,tt..i ...
"I wish te (101I, In- suddenly ex-
claimed, "that I .hadn't been In such 0
hurry te chilli
her. She wns all iljlit
then. If I had only known it. s s,he
wasn't interested In these damiied new-
r,n,.n.i rtdnus. mid I wasn't sntiMnd
.'. . .. . .
until she was. And new see. She
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leaves roe nnu bujs x u iwimw un
trylnJOsljelil her back IntelkctuaUr."
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Original Short Stories
Jrictien Writers
I shook ray head. Of whet value wns
advlce in the face of such a situation
as this, especially from ene who was
satisfied that the mysteries of temper-
ament were net te ge unraveled or ad-
Jted nave by uoture? Nevertheless,
"'" appealed te I ventured a silly
Mi.ge-tien. borrowed from another. lie
'"' wld that if he could only win her
it i, nni, .1 h ..nil,,,. t, neviiiv ihn
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pointless opposition and contention that
liad driven her away. She might go her
intellectual way ns r-he chose if she
would only entile back. Seeing
him se tractable and se very wishful, I
suggested a thing another hnd done in n
related situation. He was te win her
back by offering her such terms ns she
would nccvpt, and then, in order te
bind her te him, hu was te Induce her
te have a child. That would capture
her sympathy and at the same tlir.e in-
sinuate an image of himself into, her
affectionate consideration. Thine who
when liu dime te report
that all waa
well with him once mere.
In order te
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anrnl,n, in n mnri. ,m,,- imrt of
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tll0 cityi ueSsle was going en wltu
her dub me and he was net orpesing
!,(,
And then within the year came a
child, and for the nett two years all
then simple, hemy and seemingly
luiidii',' and restraining tilings which
te villi the rearing and protection of
a i''in.; life.
1'tit, ns I was seen te leatn, even
during that period all was net a
m i)i h af might he. One day in
Wi.ij'i nb-encc Hes(, remarked that,
iM'shtful as it was te hate a child
nf her own. "lie could see lier-clf as
i.ttle ini.re tl an a milk-cow with a calf,
h ' in I te it- 'oni.'e until it should be
il.ln !. liiel nr
di en of ether-. A'l-e.-uly he was pun
ning f"r lit'!" Mmie'e future It was
find for .hi! 'nil t he cooped up Ml
the it. if h uld win He-si,' te
the idea thej would muc te some sub
ui ban town.
Th - wne prospering new and could
engiig" a nuremiiid. ve Mis. 'r,i
re.iui.el he intellectual pursuits. It
wiin ..i'.v te si... that. i,-p.-ft Wray n-.
!,' m.a'ht a- nn affei ti..-i-ite 'in.l no -th-.
.! al mil n. she culd net h-i-' hun
:.t. 1 that l.ei.i.-i- of lh" IT 1 1 til t lie-
het wen th"-.- who thin', or uri m a
lit-',- and th--e who h-jim-- nn.l .main
i , , ' Th. win two di if- ling I .iti
..I" ;. .tl in. ll". ing side h .-ide l-.r tin-
till,"- le.tl'.' en V, I.O ll'l- .leW.r. -he the
liu..
T. Hli-i TMIIS II. .1.1 tlli.'lier olio
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and
f.lt
I nnirlist, .IrneM Itfnnett, eon-
" - 1'ntiir Amirii mi titu'lnt. 1,.
ni'iei; 7, Lrieli hate hi i n tmni
I rre is prrhiipt m nutli'ir in tie
'i m irprrssrd fl '1 In mlair Urm.,.
ii hi n he nas ripnrtmii en n urteni
ii'intr- man nil many nf the hm ilnlni
of tl. conditions by which I'
wns
ra
il er
.. lis
Ulillt
taut
e he
t i' ' il, while she hi Id Inin
li.-ht'v in her thoughts or In r
ii.
liming wen iter back hn new .
t i "'and Jier te him in anv wa
ll' n.gli', while biie wi"hd only t
f r -. I or
tlm,.' old
hlliee.lse she piling, i into
netlvitles which had Se
tieiibh-d him, and new in addition te
liini'elf, the child wns being neglected,
or wi h" thought. The arrival of Marie
hud net inlluenced ln-r in thnt respect.
And whnt was mom and wer.e. she had
-ii.. ... 1....1. nfii.i. W.elf Shi. nril:e i i Mi- eitner hoeka or life in th.it u-ni.
new taken te reading I- mini run' Kraft- i blend and cm liable and nrther cem-r.bbln-:
und ullli-d thinkers and aiithnr-, menpliice. Hi- did net get en well at
I-H-. men and works he lon-dilered mligc. nnd did net graduate. Se far
sliaiiiiful even though snircely Kra peil u.- he Knew, Clink never saw him.
by him. Once he wild t" me; "De "Th" boy himself believed that he
lini knew of u writer by the nuine ef'wus an eriihini. and thut the Hines
Pierre Let!'"
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knew his
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11-ft Til 11 II 11 lllll'IIL IL .
..Vhnt llf) ye think of him'
" rlu "" ' . , ,
"Wh. I respect 1dm very
much.
What about him
.1 i ii , l'iii i.' . i i inn hii iiiiiii nnriiai
i wu, j. ,.-. -i -- --".ihuum
I point of view, no fln writer, maybe.
She met a man I followed them
Hut what de you think
of hi views!
,,f i;,v, f i, U i.i..u n. i,nni.. t Ke'uiti, lr u-lileli nprhnns wnn lliecnl or
... ..... -
.... u. u.e ravna ..a u.u..t . .
rend by the mother of a little girl?"
Wray," I said, "I can't enter upon which he was se fend. Net hearing di
a dlcusslen of any man's works upon rectly from him as te this I celled upon
I'lirelv moral crennds. He mieht he
.
enec ler Minn mother nnd nv 1 for
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The-
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te w henefited will be benclited. I can't
NVien docs human nature
crash under the strain of
(car and tragedu? Must it
pull deicn all loved ones
in disaster?
1 1
w lin-s wnn in tiik story i was IiIh father, nnd there was some Henry was unens.i, for Cliften was net !
.A ..iV"ia7, In order te end it Henry like himself. He had spells of breed-
lie vl.li n SlCret ClimvinitlO IdeillllU eRll.. .,1,,.,....I.I,I !, l. ,,,nn, n'hn'llll, nnd hn (nr.l.- ,.. mnl'liii, Innn lnlc
rn-r b'leictl nevhevi with
i.rcy. ;.ii sister,
IOUII.
fccieL-tti bu evervbeiu m
Vh DICK UVIXGSTQXn in u-he't mem-
...w ,..-., ,, ,. uull f.rii, u liu ,, ur."l.".'.
M"i'' tluu te an bad. te Xerntln. l.tt child
Ih'OiI tiernr. 1,1 en'i- tn bntlcje the nnn.
Hi i fuil et nfef iv nml v lievlsli leilcitic
reiiZ nlirn in .me- e' li.s thirtu i,car and
titefi-5 ii.nl rm.-r, tfr i In fore icith
1.11 llll. TH WitEhl.KH. a trhottieme Dlrl.
.,,".'"' ,m r '"'" i ""J "dicrrlv.
Hlll.Ili.Y f AUI.YSI.I. nctnss. v)he. ten
I'url btfurt, ir-lt lillr.fl 10; hi ft Clirinii
Merj, ihr hw-bend. .ms, liml lir-n shot
te di'nth as unt L,,ifilv (Wlet'.il hu a
''"-'alii Jud Chirk, it , irlt i.uiiit man nbeut
textn. t ,irh hiil d.inbi.rurtd immrdiatrlu.
"'d It i.i l.('Ji-n( lie venshed In a WI-
M'.
I 1 I li miKaOHY. ll'-rrhi'i brother and
" t'letr, uheii r.s.urc.fj line him tin
e th
111 s DASSETT ,i nni iiinpcrmnn, ichn
xi'iiecta thnt f)( . irlne.tnna t Jud
,.' eifc. fi ,, se, , te clinr (lilne- no.
. I F'izniitl.'i t.'.tir. an ettravaeant
. i ' 'I'm V He
lilir WAIni. ;;:,fibri;'i bro(lir-(n-leu.
U! in tf.'.s. 1Ylll.Kl.Kl:. tuvxcal .tincri-
"l'l li'irruM.
lYtlllt XAYIlt:. a rlrh veuth vhese se-
' j neUct viethrr unhri him te mam
K ualrth. with whom he is smitten.
V HKOTHKIt, Henry Living
stone, wns net n strong man,"
I avid dictated. "He had the same heart
condition I have, but it developed ear
lier. After he left college he went te
Arizona and 1 ought a much, and there
i met nnl chummed with Kllhu ('lark,
who had bought an old mini- and was
u-werking it
Henry leaned him n
small amount
of money at that time,
ml n number of jenrn later in return
lur iii.it. when Henrys he-iltli fulled,
Chirk, who hnd grown wealthy, bought
hiii u ram h in Wyoming at Iry Itlver,
net i.ir fieni ('lark's own prepeity.
"Il'iirv hud been teaching in an
i 'i'i n unheisity, and then taken up
ii.' Ming We saw little of him. lie
wiis a -indent, and he ln-uune almost
, a lei "ise, I kiw le's of him than ever
n".-r Cliik gave him the run. h.
In tin- spiing of 1!)10, Henry wrote
ni" t -in r he was
..'.t i M'e him.
net well, and I went'
lie M'eined worried
I .'nni w.ts in bud shape phsj ally. Llihu
I I l.nl. had di'-d live years before, and
l l"fi him a fair sum of money, lift
thousand dollars, but he was living in
'n w;i whii h made me think he was net
iisiic It. Tlie ranch buildings were
dilapidated, and th"ie was nothing but
tie i. ii rest in-i-e slues in I lie heus.
I tivil II 'v with uilseiliness, and
no then told me that the money was . past me. nnd he leiirned something about
net I is, but h'll te him tn be used fer'Hultie Itiirges-, or Tlierwnld. She was
.in ilhL'itiiiiiit.i sn of Clark's, born i married by that time, and lived en n
before his marriage, the child of a
siniili ruivher's dniiglittr named Ilattle
I farces i. Tim Hurgim cirl hnil gene te
(iiii'iha for it-, l,u tli. and tin; steiy was
i ei
known. In cirlv jenr Clark haul
i ii iiil.r.. liruni"! tlireiieh his lnw -
hild's beard through ills inw-
,,., n, nn iiimibn woman iiainfil Hines.
nml had Intir aent him te college. The
l'.ar-i'S, girl married a Swede named
Uheiwald. The boy was eight years
elder than Jiidsen, Clark's legitimate
,,
"After Urn death of his wife Klihu
('lark began te think about the child,
espechilh after Judsen becnimi a fair-
sicd bej. He had the elder boy, who
went b the name of Hines, sent te
(ollege,- and l'l summer he stayed at
ii. , ,..,. ... iw.nl lleiirv said
lie bev was like the Hurgess family,
woman had adopted mm as a leuim-
ling Hut en the death of the woman;
he found that she had no estate, nnd
that n Urm of New Yerk attorneys had ;
been paying his college bills.
"He mid spent considerable time with
Henr), em wny and nnetlier, and he
began te think that Henry Knew wne
he was. lit thought at first mat ireiy
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when they came out and when they
in Ho-ssie leavlnc him once mere, andl
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unfair, she had taken the child of
.- ....
.. ... .1... i a ... ... .....
him inter a time nnu leunu aim iivingirer mucn ever a year, 111111115 which
l.t 1 1... urn 1, a lni.i-n iinnrtmnnl flint.' liarl !
.- ec ....v- ..t.. .......... ...v., u...
taken.
Apart from n solemnity nnd
...1f ..1. 1-1
n reserve which snrnnc from a wounded
and disgruntled spirit: he pretended an
....nn., .,.i .. i. ,i ...in. i.i
(lllil 1,,., it,,, iv. 1 nji,.,.. ..c ...i.v.i ..ii
indifference nnd u satisfaction with his
present state which did net square with
THE EREA
By Mary Roberts Rieelnart
..luffter of "Dangerous Days," "li," "Tht Amazing Interlude," and man; ether stiiUIng ami successful novels
Cepirlght, 10t2, by Geerge It. Deran Ce.
.11..111., in.ii..nnii4ra i..... i.u n.iv.. ,... -
the father was, und nfter tliat he had
no pence
Cliften his nnmc was Cllf -
ten Hines attacked Henry once, and
if it had net been for the two men en
the place lie would have hurt him.
"Henry begnn te ghe him money.
Clark had left the fifty thousand for
the boy with the iden that Henry should
stmt him in busines. with it. Hut he
mil turned up wild-cat schemes that
H.iir would net listen te. He did
net l.new hew Henry get the nuney,
or from where. He thought for n
long time that Henry hnd saved it.
"I'd better say here that Henry was
fend of Cliften, although he didn't ap
prove of him. He'd never married, nnd
the be was like a son te him for n
geed many year-. He didn't have him
at the ranch much, however, for he was
ii liurgess through and through nnd
looked like them. And he was always
afraid that somehow the story would
get out.
"Then CHCtcn learned, somehe'w or
ether, of Clink's legacy te Henry, nnd
lie put two and two together. There
wns a bad time, but Henry denied it and
they went upstairs te hed. That night
Cliften broke Inte Henry's desk nnd
found some letters from Elihu Clark
that told the siery.
"Hi- almost went crazy. He took
the p.ipeis up te Henry's bedroom and
wakened him, standing ever Henry with
' tnem in his hand, and shaking nil ever.
I think thev hud n struueli-. tee. All
Henry told me was that lie took them
from him and threw them in the fire.
"That was a eur before Henry died,
and at the time jeung Jud Clark's name
was in nil the newspaper. He had
left rellegu after a wild career thc.
and although Ullhu hud tied up the
prepert.v until Jud was twenty -one,
Jud huil his mother's estate and a big
allowance. Then. loe. he hei-rnweil en
"is inespeeis, nnii no lest n uunurcii
thou ami dollars at Mente Carle within
six weeks alter he graduated.
"One wav and another he was always
In tin newspapeis, and when he enw
hew Jud was throwing money away,
Cliften went wild.
"As Henry had burned the letters he
had no proofs. He didn't knnw who
Ibis mother was, hut he set te work
i' mni out. lie lerretis;! into Klihu 8
. little ranch near Nerada. He went te
sen her, and he accused her downright
!' being his mother. It must have
i been n had time for her, for after all
;ii was ner son, anu sue nml te disclaim
, uim. mie nnu a liusheml am
I him. She had a husband and a bev
i by tlmt husband, however, by that time.
and she was desperate. She threw him
en me tracK somehow, lied and talked
.him down, and then went te bed In
(ellapse. She sent for Ileniy later and
told him.
"The queer thing wns that as seen
as alie saw him she wanted him. He
was her son. She went te Henry ene
-night, and said she had perjured her
.soul, and that she wanted him back,
I Slut wasn t In leve with Thorwald. I
i think shed always cared for (Murk.
, Shu went nway finnlly, hnweier, nfter
premising Henry she would keep Clark's
secret. Hut 1 hove a suspicion that
later en she acknowledged tlie truth te
the hey.
"What he wanted, of course, was n
share of the Clark estate. Of courne
he hadn't a chance In law, hut lie saw
a chance te uiacKUiiiii young .Hid i;inrk
nnd he tried it. Net personally, for
lie hadn't any real courage, but by
mail. Clark's attorneys urote beck
saying they would jail him if he tiled
it again, and he went back te Dry
niver anu uner weury ngeni
"That v was la the spring of 1011.
were getting out of a cab I told them
still very much In love nnd thought!
thpv mlcht heln him te understand the
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troublesome problem that was before
him.
There was no ether word from him
.1
... u .i....... ...i.i. .
flin hn .onflnne1 te I1VA in tlm lllinrl
mpnt they had occupied together.
I .1 -! t 1.1.. ..Ar.tlA ...t I.
.v ... .'.-. "-';:
Hi-
hnd retailed 1
agency and was new manager of a de
ii in liuaiiiuu ilii
the
i.i-(ii j i..u i...r ...... ...... ...,.. . .. ....
partnient. One rainy November night
.,.. , n..
lie came te sec me and seated lilniseit
(... - , ...... ..v ... ........B ,.,.. .......
1 en his horse into the mountains, and
1 coining in with the nuimal run te death.
. Henry thought, tee, that lie was seeing
the Tlierwnld woman, the mother.
Thorwald had died, and she was living
with the son en their ranch and tijing
te sell it. He thought Hines was te lng
te have her make a lonfe sien which
would give him a held en Jud Clark
"Hi in y wat, net well, and in the
early fall he knew lie hadn't long te live.
He wrote out the ster and left it in
his desk for me te read after he had
gene, and ns he added te it from time
te time, when I get it it was almost
up te date.
".IinNen came back te the Clark ranch
In September, bringing u.eng an actress
named lieverly (ail&lc, and her lius-1
hand, Unwind Lucas. Tla-ie w'as con
siderable talk, because it win known
Jud had been infatuated with the wom
an. Hut no one saw much of the party,
outside of the much. The Carlisle wom
an seemed te be u lad, but the story,
was that both men were drinking a
geed bit, espivlnlly Jud.
"Henry wrote that Hines hud been
In the l'.ust for some mouths, nt tluitj
time, and that he liad n it heaid fieni,
him. Hut he felt that it was enlv m
trnen int. I tliui l.r. m.iil.l tiit.i . .!.
maT i ..... e. ' ..." i. i. .. '' V."".
i.sii ij'-tn. iei iitmui.', lie iiiuei- u w ill
..nil !,.- .1 1.1. ,..
...1. ile umi llieuey ie llie, wild III-
striictlens te turn it ever te Hiue'. It
is still in the bunk, and amounts te
about thirty-live thousand dollars. H
is net inin.', and 1 will net touch It.
Hut I have iicM'i- located Cliften Hines.
"In the last entry in his recer'l I
call attention te my brother's, state
ment that he did net n-gnrd Cliften
Hines ns entirely sane en till, one mat
tcr, and te
it It unit
ns conviction tlmt the
hatred Hines
I .nil l.nr,. III,,. ,t.
ing te a delusion of persecution, might
.... l.:.. ., l . ' i ... i.
... .. ...... ....... (((..1.I...V
en his death turn against Judsen Clark.
lie instructed me te go te Clark, tell
him the story, and put him en his
guard.
"Clark and his party had been at the
ranch only a day or two when one night
Hines tinned up nt Dry Kher. lie
wanted the fifty thou-und, or what wits
left of It, and when he failed te move
Henry he attacked him. The two men
en the place hiard the noise und ran
In, but nines get nwu. Henrv
swore
them te secrecy, and told them the I
story. He felt lie might in ed help. I
"Irem what the two men ut tlie,
.nnu i Irtl.l mr. n win I i.... .1 I ...!..,.
i,v.. iwi-i ... i. ...ii i h.,i tuui,-, i .iiiuii
nines Htnyed sniuewhcm la the meuii-
tains ier tne next (lay or two, mid that
he came down for feed the night Heni
died.
. . i . .
Must what he contributed te Henry
u.'iiin j no inn. uiinw . ij.-iiry eu inene
room, aim was leuuu in uc-u in another
when the hands hud been taking the
cattle te tne winter range, ami bed
been nleni- in the beuse.
"When I get theie the funeral wan
ever. I read the letter he bud lett,
nnd then 1 talked te the two hand.,
Hill Arclnry and Juke Mu.etti. They
would net talk at llr-t, hut I showed
them Henrv's record and then they were
free enough. The autopsy had shown
Henry had died fieni heart disease, hut
he had a cut en his head also, and thev
believed that Hines had come back, anil
ipiarrelcd with him uguin, mid hud
knocked him down.
"As Henry lmd in a way handed
ever le me his responsibility for the
boy, nnd us I wanted te trim 'fer tin
money, I waited for three weeks at the
ranch, hoping he would turn up again.
I saw the Thorwald woman, mt she
protested that she did net knew where
he wns. And I made two attempts te
see and warn Jud Clark, but failed leth
times. Then one night tlie Tlierwnld
woman came in looking like a ghost, and
admitted that Hlass had been hiding m
' . 1.& ,TV1 titfirt- fiH-ltiie
KING
both what I thought of them
what's the matter. I've tried and tried.
I thought that the child would inauu
. . . . .... ..
,,,..,.
things wen; out nil right, mu it iiiuii i. ,
She uhn t want children aim never ier-
.
'gave me for persuading her te have
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i...iA .i .Mir iiiiip'irv ,iii i
AInrle.
tlmt u-:is inv fault. I was the one that
encouraged her te read and go te the
theatres. ,1 used te tell her he wasn t
im.te.dntn. lh:it she eUL'ht te Wllke UP
.j. . , .-
and lmd out what as going en in the
worm, miu sue nugm uj um nn.i
uimh inuM"'. , , ''-''-
POINT
That nlpht c.iften lindie into
Hene's il sli .mil found some let
ters Irem l-.lihu ( l.nU that told the
dmy
tjlC IllOUtllllllls Mil!
1 ielirv 's denlh I lint
h'
insl led lie had l.ilhd him. and that
li.iiili. il .In.l I'lin-l. r.... tl,,,, ,,,..1 c...
si.
.a
hii ine rest ,,i i,ls timihl.M,, ,si,
I, , -1 1-' Llllll) l(ll Wi
airani n,. ..ui.i ,, i'-irk. The threi
ei us, ti,c two ni-,, at th.. lanch.nnii
mjsi'lf, lu'epiind te g into the uieuii-
tains and hunt ler him, before In In
eot snowed in.
" 1 hen eniiie tin
place, and I red
"ting ni the Clark
tlmt night in
ii howling stnriii and hi lin-,1 ii
I , .." l"'t Iti'" I (MWIIll
, ".' ' -snii-u ter in tne c.-.uuiinutien.
.Ill III.' l'l I CI1I" H.l LI...I.
... .... Hn'-'H L , 1IIIJ.I
i ehI
Itn
lei'lll IV Is illimlni' 1. 1. .,, ii
iiwaj. Hut I
iili,v .. en Jiniiii- IllefW.ld out
en ,i veranda he'il ,.u winking
the Ikiiisc and I didn't need ,m
vei'Mitien te ic'l me what she theu:
All she said was;
nn..!. i .... ii .1 i .
sill
nt
'Oil
Sht
lie (Udli t de it, inn t r
in the mountains."
He
still
"lies been here tonight, Hat He mil
j ou knew il. He shot tin- wi, ,. i, an."
Hut she swe.e In- b.-,,n', i ,i
... ,iie rim j
ill I. mill I ....
i 1'lrlit new i en I ,l,m'i i ,.;
say , loe, that 1 helnne ihm L what
happened, ami that lime, i rel Vbh
-taji'il hidden that night , t , ,
OH ill . .i.. . ' lull, Il
, iiierwuiii .s piai c. i w.-iil ,
next day, but
IV
and
the
she ilelil,. 1 it ..II
Mini lie w. is Mill ill II, e meilll-.ii is. s;he
,..,.,.. in . . , .-ni.,
iiiriii'.i tin no. nil mi- ili.iu'il uinl
ll.-llli: lieci'll ill OI'IUII III In.
V think she was telling
gun te I
.till- tl III
id what i
"I lie next i,u .
i K ndei feet
uiimni.iiiu
would iie. s, a, i.il p,,,, ,!,
alone. Hill i ml .i, ... ,,..
out with a posse uftiT ('hm.. and I
pinked up mine feed and Mm,. j'
nut go into details of 'inn n.,, i
went in fieni the Dry Itlver Cuin-ui
and I gue.h I fa 1 duilli a de.eu time'
tlie first day. I hud u map, hut 1
lest 111 self In sh hums, 'I hud feed
und blankets mid mi a. along, und I
built a shelter and stayed then- over ever
night. I had te cut up one f ,.
blankets the next morning an I tie u'n
tlie horse's feet, se In- wouldn't sn
tee dee I In the snow. Hut it si'ned
cold und the snow luiidi-m-il, nnd 'w,.
gut along better nfter that.
"I'll haye turned back mine than
once, hut I thought I'd nieet up wu
some of the Sheriff's puil). I ilidii'
de that, but I stumbled en a trail en
tlie third day, towenl evening it
was the trail iniulc by .m I,''m,)(l.
son, as I learned later. I fellow ed It
but 1 conclude, after a while that
whoever made it wub lest, tee it
seemed te iie. going In n circle. T
wns in had shape and hnd frozen a part
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11 E&?wSmI
iiimn i rs' "tr im i
. t k a . va i
IMBHBK5!2. - v- L
Idea of what I've been through, net tg
Idea. She tried te poison me once
nnd here followed n nad recital of tht
twists nnd turns nnd despcratldn of eni t
who wished te be free. "And she wai
In love with another man, only I could
never find out who he was."
And he gnve me details of certala
mysterious goings te nnd fro, of secret
pursuits en his part, of actions nnd
evidences nnd moed'a nnd quarrels whlek ;
pointed nil tee plainly te n breach that
could never be healed.
"And what is mere, she tortured mi,
You'll never knew you couldn't. But
I loved her. And I love her new."
Once mere the tensely gripped fingeni
the white .face, the flash' of haunted
eyes.
"Once I followed her te n restaurant
when she said she win going te visit a
friend, nnd she met n man. I followed
them when they came out, ind when
they wcre getting Inte n cab I told
them both what I thought of them. J
threatened te kill them, nnd then h
went away when she told him te go.
When we get home 1 couldn't de any.
thing with her. All she would say wu
that if I didn't like the way she wm
doing I could let her go. She wanted
ine te glve her n divorce. And I
reuldn't let her go, even if I hnd wnntel
te. I loved her tee much. Why, she
would sit nnd read nnd Ignore me for
dnys days, without ever a word."
"Yes," I said, "but the felly of It
nil. The uselcssness, the hopelessness."
"Oh, I knew, but I couldn't help It,
I was crazy nbeut her. The mere ah
disliked me, the mere I loved her. I
have walked the streets for hours, wheli
daya nt n time, because I couldn't eit
or sleep. And nil I could de was think,
think, think. And that is about all i
de new, really. I hnve never been mjr
self since she left. It's almost as bad
right new as it was two years age. I
live in the old apartment, yes. Bnt
why? Because I think she might come
hack te me. I wnit nnd wait. I knew
It'H foolish, but still I wait. Whv?
!ied only knows. Oh," he sighed, "it's
three years new three years.'
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I out solution by any one. I wondered
uhere f.he ivns. whether uhn ava
imiiRin ui ,ihi ..,, miciuir una wi
....... . ... ... n.A. .i.i.n.a.Mu .... .
: hiitniv in her new freedom. And lin
without mere ado, he slipped en hii
raincoat, took his umbrella and inarched
nut Inte the ruin jienln t.. ivnll- ...I
.-... ...... ...v ...... .......... ... nun, mil,
think, I presume. And I. closing the
uoer. stuiiieci me wails, wnnuenns. The
(upmr. tut iKiien, tiic rnge, tue hope
Can evil idcnlitrj be lest
in geed? See hew this
throbbing story of myntcry,
regeneration and love selves
these problems.
of my right hand, when I saw a cabin,
and there was smoke coming out of tlie
chimney."
l'rem thnt time en David's state
ment dealt with the situutien in tin
cabin ; with Jud Chirk and the Ponnld Pennld Ponnld
sens, und with the snow storm, which
began nnd lasted for dajs. lie spek
at leic'th of his discovery of Clark's
lentil, and or the fact that the dot
mil lest nil memory of what lmd
happened, and even of who he wns,
lie went into tlmt in detail; the peculiar
effect of fear and mental shock en a
high-strung nature, especially when
the phj hic-iil condition was lowered by
excess and wreng'-livlng ; his early at
tempt, ns the boy improved, te pierci
the veil, nnd then ills slew-growing con
viction that it were an act of mercy
net te de se. The Donaldsons' faith-
I fulness, tlie co.ssntleii of the search
under the conviction that Clark wai
dead, both were there, and also David'l
growing liking for Judseii himself.
Hut David's own psychology was ia
tcrestlug and clearly put.
"I'lrst of all," he dictated, ie hii
careful old voice, "it must he remem
bered that 1 was net certain thnt tht
bev hud committed tin- crime. I be
lieved, and I still believe, that I.c
was shot by Cliften Hines, probably
through nn open window. There wert
. no powder marks en tlie body, i
I believed, tee, and still b"llec, that
I lines had lied after the crime, either
I te lluttle Therwuld's house or te thl
mountains. In one case he had escaped
and could net be breugb' re justice,
, and in the ether he wan dead, and be-
, end, conviction.
I "Hut there is another element which
1
li re.) tin! In iiiifi.tiLn lint tn fivnlnilll
i,, Vi... .,,. i,u,','i'i,.i, ,,nu new
.,,,, 1( v,.,tI, (m He ,, I1(1V(,r nnJ
,n i 11.. 1... I....1 . 1. ,.inial
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'"".'. """.". iim-ll ,11111 lilllf ivr'-
His errors hnd been wined away
'. '
l.lll.
hj the less of his memory, and hj
had. 1 felt, u chance for n new nnd
useful life.
J 1 did net come te
'I iuickly. It was a long
my decision
ft-'lit for Ids
j life, for he hnd ceutrncled piieiuiiniil.ii
and he had the drinker's heart. Hut
In the long days of his cimvuk-eenWi
, while Maggie worked III the lean-te. I
had lime te see what might be done.
If in making tin experiment with
man's soul I usurped the authaiity of
, my Lord and Master. I am sorry. Hut
i he knows that I did it for the best.
1 "I (lelihoinleh built un fur Judsen
i CI. til; u new Identity. He wns ray
'"'I'hew. my brother Henry's son. IJ
liilil l lie UilUIUOIls 111 llll iiiniiii.i""
faiuily ie carry en, und these n-uli'
liens wen- honor, integrity, clean Hir
ing and weilj. I did iml tres lvi
for tlmt I felt must 'lie e.perii'liOP'li
net talked about. Hut hue w.h t "
I he foiindiitieu en which I built IM
boy had had no love in his llie.
"It hud worked out. 1 may "J
live te see it at its fullest, but I defy
tin- world tu produce tedn , a finer or
meie honorable gentleman, n mere u
ful ineiitlKT of the cemuiuult . And It
"l'l Inst. Tim time may i nine y.MH
ludseii Clark will again he JiuNeii nnrlf.
I liu..,, I I f .,,- mils. IlUt
. iiii. i- 1-ajii-i ,-, i, ,ni iiiuii.. ,. - ,
lie will never again In- the .I'liNim '
of ten jeurs iiue. Hi may even will te
return 'te the old reckless' ), siitt W
1 lie here, perhaps never I i M'e hlnji
i sii this: he caunet go lines. "
character mid liablts of thought
established. , ...
"Te convict Judsen Clark of
murder of Heward Lucas Is te cenrl"
a probably or al least possibly innocent
man. Te convict Hicliard l.lvlnW
of thnt crime is te convict a diftereDj
man, innocent of the crime, Innocent
of its memory, Inneceiit of any ,Blnl
impulse te lift his hand ngulmt
law of fied or the Mate." '
Te be continued Monday
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