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'' -i 'i - •, '.1,. . • 4 - .. r t ,-; ••r - -....1..: •• - BY '"El'-',Wt:,:EYt: - '''' . i'6. • Cii.USE'it THE KILLDEER'S LAMENT; In pensive mood, upo an utumn day, A walk I took;'amid the woods alone : 1 v ie l e aves were tinged with yllow, andidecay Upon the flowers of summersudly shown. . might town in a cove, where solitude i reign, , 1 heard a voine, halt music and half moan A trembling yoice--which, ini a plaintiff strain, Lamented evils in her pathway strown. With cautious steps, I nearer drew, unheard, ~ And peering_through the leaves whence came the trill, I saw upon the sloping bank a bird- . -- , A killdeer—and with her a whig-ptioilwil . Then o'er me came a most myst6lous spell, -These trembling tones at,. once were under stood I heard the wailing bird her sorrows tell , In accents sweter lar than moratcould.. "There was a time," so runs this tale of woe,, "When love and life - to meillke were.dear, Ere man had proved , himself our deadly top. And beasts of , prey were all we had to tear. "It pilfering fox, or prowling raccoon came Too near the tuft, where slept our tender brood, I • , With well dissembled action— feigning lame, - We led him, duped, into the distant wood. 'But such device with man did not avail, To., dull to see, or.wise to be misled, Regardless of a mother's wing or wail. He trampled o'er the living and the dead. • • , • "What is the lily, or. the rose to him ? Why should a mother for 'her children plead ? Why look for pitying tears his eyes to dim. ' Who crushes beauty like a oxious weed.? ' , "Why hope for favors on a ragile race, From him, whose children cry in vain for food? ' \ ,Ana, (fouler still his image to disgrace,) Who writes his hist'ry with his bather's blood ? \ "Why has the red men from the forest ffed ? The buffalo, the elk, the timid neer.? Why lives the wren, the robin'now ind - r9O And why, bereft, do I sit trembling here ? • "The healthinspiring breeze 'cornea from the West, An eastern Wind has iver`evil `blown ,;, _ The settil u sun the world with freedom blest His rising rays reveal` the tyrant's throne. "So, from the East man come with' piclOtad spade,. And down each valley, Where we once abode; On levelled earth, a wincing : track ht. laid, And, to our cost, built, what Ihe'calls, e: road: "He filled the , tit with dense, sulphureous smoke, • . - . . . Which fed consumption with each struggling breath, - And thus the tender ties of nature broke, , • 1: And scattered o'er the land the seeds of. dea t h. "Two little DEARS were Jeft--my only. boon, Wh6n down : thet ack-ibere.canie a thund'ring train, • , • , , , , •, Which frightened , ..r ne into ti' deadly swoon, And drove the o f ' hopelessly insane. "But honor still t 'whom there's honor due, While men like e stitillman, Taylor, Rich -And Free . . -I \ . , Rave to themselves and to their kind - :been true, They've wrought the overthrow of mine and • `,,_. me., .. Then like the waves upon the troubled deep Emotion swelled the night-bird's heart sincere; And if, in' sorrow, birds do, ever Weep, I'm sure there was a s pathetic tear. - , - , MILLIE'S:- 'URPRISE. , . ---.- BY FRANCES' RENSHAW BADEN. "AfILLIE! Millie ! where are lon ? .31 - Do come down add help me, that's % darling.., Watch the pies, and fry the dough tints, do !" calledla merry.voice. A moment lifter; a tan; graceful girl entered the kitchen. She would have been beautiful, but for 'her pale , face and sad eyes. ' . . ~ , •oh, Millie, we have had just the best luck with ever-jilt ilil 1 . Not a pie scorch ed. Every caki , done _beautifully.., The pudding, 1 know, , will I be the.test,in the country, for RactiaoVfiir never-knoWn.tO tail! And just look alt; he turkey. , lsn't it a p-rfrct beauty;;?, Phiet , 'you, :Ritieln -. ber what Doctor 'Gray said - two thanks givings ago ? "L'hat"we hBd the hest din ner and prettieSt girli iii 'bur ' house \that ' °fluid be fohnd'in.the whdle state,hiwas . sure! We will have just as ,nice - a din ner to-morrow. Thiffstik the girls we will let Somebodfelse siva. I hopeArc4ie will come. He half promilled=fi , :I. ' A A sigh from the sad girl' tibc:itebOd: the, . . ear of' the 'happy cousin, *rho - quickly , said : .. '' , - ' ' "Oh, Millie,:hiw tuoughtlesivklar?' .!'. fiirgot—indeed I - dicl= r that 'you , *ere not ill; lighthearted is—as when we -iii,,ere getting ready for Thanksgiving fiat year --iio, twoyears ago. - ,I ban fitirdly ,think, ii hasbe'en 'so iorigr. / ,' : . '• .. '' "It has been very, very long , wto me, Katie," Millie answered . wiping away,the tears that had. gathered, and; 'filling her eyeB, stole down the pile- heeki. , ' "Millie, indeed - I woul ,not Stand ' if. Et i; , just hateful in uncl to act`so He "'as always the strangest man I ever ii - N, • lint while aunty lived, he was not, Just Ao liaeful. She could win him,tasome thilpg like civi'ization." " , --I) bu't, dotk't Katie. . Remerebet you a)." talking Of my ' father." I \ ..e . ititi't help it. 'He is 'my father's ,Imitiv.r. And I don't' care if he hears 'fp Ray it. And ill were ;you - I would ilo t rut) away.' I am oppesed to that:; . i)l i t I'd wait untill was twenty-one-=that"' l l he in six mouths--then f'd send.for Prank, and have him sk (Tee more for Y ff' uncle 1. If did no relent, .I'd I/ i ii , with Frank right 4fore hie eyes, an b.• married. I would just: as sus As inY name is Katie Gordon." . ' „-..,i NvOlVilaties PAI3 hal do that:\ I atii. l akthatinffatler bas--the only - one who loves him. I - cannot leave him. He was goo 'and kind until this trouble with Frar.k's father.” thin, 'stay miserable all. - the days of ,youvlifei- And - . keep Frank so &less his dear heart ! I just hope he won't stay miserable ! There are , lots of pretty girls who would jump at I would try and conifort him myself, only I love Archie a _Jade better,' the merry girl said,. with a bright blush. Then with more apparent sympathy, •she , continned : ° • ' • • "Indeed, very, very sorry for you r Millie. • liutlybat is the good ot- being so sad‘? You con - if you ehbose, be hap py. „If yOu will not, and have made up, your tnind to do the :dutiful at all cost, then " resign yourself with ,. good grace, and be. content - iu the •path you have chosen." I will tell you why - just,now I feel _So very . Sad:' • Frank to be home to-morrow I His cousin told me. Oh, think of it I Oidy a half mile from each other", and. yet so far •lii4art!" Millie could not help sobbing then. "And yen will not see him .1" "Of course' not ; I dare not. Father forbade me. And it would only be going „ over the same parting again ; all. the more Ead because still more hopeless." The, entrance of Rachael, the cook; stopped the conversation. Farmer Gordon acid farmer Ralston Were neighbors, and, at the time, good friend& .:Their larms adjoined. OnOe, a fine piece of meadow land sepeiaied Ahem. Beth wantod this land ; both be ing Willing to pay a very' liberal 'price neither to resign his. ohance of puts:gluing, or to divide the possession; So, things remained for, many months, indeed years, and then farmer Ralston came ferward; - . and placed beiore, his neieliborthelted of the land. It - was ohthined by • some eishonorahle means; farmer Gordon' did not hesitate . to de clare.' Since then, __ they had, been:bitter . enitnies. Well, 'felks- in the neighbor boo4' tboaght Ralston had done nothing wrong, and all espoused his _cause. Far mer Gordon , was generally unpopplar, and-it - was a source of gratification to marl' that he hade not been the success.: ful purchaser.. - The only son. .of one, and daughter of the other:had played tog ether from in faniy. After the quarrel- between theft fathers,„tbey Were ordered to keep to ihen - selves. ,But this they Couldn't de.. In the first place, they loved each other too, well. Then, they met at church and singing -school. So) it continued, until Frank was twenty..one "and Millie seven teen. .Thanksgiving evening, two yeari previous to my intr)ducing Millie, to my readers, Prank‘had -sought farmer -Gor don, tOld\ him how truly• he loved his daughter„ and begged that he would , give him permission to win her. Even farmer Ralston, whose \ whole heart e wes centered on - his only sonoic 6thpanied him, and joined his entreaties with Frank's. , going,so far as to offer the dispnted land and his hind in friendship again. All of no use.' The strange,hard man drove them forth. He told them he hated them both,,and his girl should never bear their name. There was a . painful scene between Millie and her "fathiT. He.. said :many dra'dful things that , wounded the selisi tan, loving beart`Yery sorely. sand ended , by'telling hfx; : the i only, : way ; she could gain his foigiyenesi (or jaaving allo.wed heKidffections to be won by one so hate ful to him was tUcast.hirn froin, her ',mind and kart. \ 86 it inifi that Mille' had. ney. er seenJiert- lover since. She dared ,not even permit him _:.to' - write to her. She liad,,op4 s ,sent worit,4l3at she should' . iiWyt er love any One else. And so Frank; id. return, sent word by his cousin -that he, could / be -fiv•fajtitilni, !Fp vyOld trust RV . 'their 'future happi Partnei* • Go — rdon had -been harder and stranger since this.affair.than ever before. And poor Millie would have been very m ise,rable,if merry l , -kad ( zinc gipepi 11 )41 1 4.o l Mlinie .With bet. lap as Mt independent little piece, not a bit afraid of her "cros#„ . old thtiele,',' as Ale called him. Wheh"sb& was with Millie, she 'would‘have mezrysonng folks about her.' Her uncle would take . fromt her what be 7 would from- no onie else. , He realty liked tlio:\sttaightforward,.tneriv girl. `fSti,ll sighing, Millie,,' :Kate said. "Now. I: just want to tell you plainly,you are being really wicked; r How - much you havie to bq thankful for : There are many girls more Mi s erable than ,- you. You just look as if we had a funeral in the house. You better-thank our Father .for blessing you with health and stten-gth, and sparing you, and all dear to you, to see another Thanksgiving I. Just think "Ob i , Katie; bow could - 1 be, more mita,. miserable ? What conk] make me ?" -Millie bad hardly uttered these words when her father'a own - riJing florae came dashing, ride, lese, up to . the stile. Millie wasisirifted. She'knew that one ly en ,hattr before'her father boil - gone out le Victor, and she.cris : • 40,5t,•:L,,pA:•,...•..p:1.-,,,.2,q. • 187'.. ` MONT "Oh, Katie I Where is father ? Some think- terrible has happened ! See! How I terrified. ed Victor looks ? 'I Iler fears were soont realized. Slowly along 'the road came'fonr of -thehands bearing on alit. ter her father: Although no favorite with his servant's, tor tihey alLfeared hini,"the men looked graVe enough as they placed their burde n . in the hall. Millie threw herself down beside the cold, still forni. . - "Pead ! dead I" she 'cried, and -in an_ agony of grief clasped :her arms, about hitr4 One of the men•nod4ing , his bead , said. ",Taint no use to 'go On so. Miss," and remOved her fromherfather's form. Lifting gently, they 'bore him in, and plading him on his bid, stood, around waiting tulther orders from Katie. ".ire you sure there is no life.? James go quickly and bring Doctor Grey." "'Tain't no use Miss Katie ,;.. deed' it 'taint,' the man said. "Oh, father! father l Wny, why are you; taken from. me ? - Oh, maybe he is .not dead. linn,"James ; oh, , please, tell Doctor Grey to-come;! Oh 1 if God will give, hini habit to me, I never, never will be thankful en .uah." - Rachael, the cook, who had been in the family for years, came forward; say- "PTaint..rio use to goon so 9 child:- If he ikdead it's God's will. I only .wish he hadibeen better prepared to , go.. Andes for you, child, J think you'll be all the Happier for! a "No, n0,,n0 ! I .loved:-him,indeed I did.l I never Would have, left, in.. And, em,, he_ use 4, to, loveme oncepBP ver y much- Doti% you remember hoW he,useft to/love triedllachael . ? Arid I remember when I always us?d.tO.,go to, sleep m his arms.— Dea, dear 'father !", Millie sobbed. "You had better go for Doctor Grey any 7how, Jiimes. We Want 5 friend at this i tithe," ,Rachael sail., "Oh, oh, oh !" sobbedi Millie. bursting forth tine* with her. ` grief. • "You will make yourself aphael I . dOn't, care ! Iwish I could. go, to llearep !" cried Millie. "Miss - Millie, Master ; Frank is home,''' whiSpered one of the men. • `'Don't, don't, Bill ! lavin't think of S.nybody b;it my dear, dear, ather. Ob.! if he would only open his eyes and weak : tone ! Just say, 'Millie,' and kiss me' once; more I Oh, iilease; dear Lord,,give me hack my-father. _MOW .1 cannot be. lievfi he is dead. Only! fainted'. Oh, if fat* is given back to me, I never will grieve any More about anybody. liatig, c..me here quickly. Can't you _ feel a lit, tle viarmth corning ? !'? said farmer Gordon as his eyesiopened. "I am not dead. \ Kiss me child.' With a - wild cry of `joy Millie clasped her arms . about him, and fainted on his bosom. "1 did not think the child loved me so.!'} Farmer Gordon said, looking not:a bit like a dead or dying , man. "ton • scarcely ,deserve it, uncle, from her,l' Katie said, sharply. She began to see that it had beeu ,one of tier uncle's "There Rachael knoi what to do for kier.,S,he just like her mother.-- She ;would faint, .alike for joy or grief. , know now how well you love me, Itah ael too." ' ; As ,well 88 you . will let me. Be more Lard likes you , . to be, and ; you'll du& Rachael said,' as she, _witH'Jatriee!,`,itsthstanco, carried Millie to, "Thiele you /did this on, purpose. )1 • k1 : 10PV Are you ,huit at . , Kam lookirg, very . re'proachf ' ully at him. Mika Pert, T "cau do without doctor "'he answered" • , And Katie . Went.off to help . , take ; care Of F i r 9 in ;lames' she wopied out thetruth, who said : "tor'lleaven's sake ? ' don't let. old.. Mas-, ter. nOw, i,told.:‘ 'Bit he got off . Vitor gave him ii,sharP cut, and sent.4imfly , nlg. Then niailes.us,tria4e a . fiitg`him Koine.;; It Wits lying xitl .in the cold,i,t4o made* him look and leel„ deas4,; lie 'Said he'lanted, to see if' apy l < one'cared if he , was \, •• • ' ' ThanOgivitig', Millie, was ,quite her Belly agui'n: the, day her -father had beeiti:tivire'U he used to be years_befort... gre like .4„Chrisilan ".Rachael.said. "Less like a heathen," katie declared. Ite = had patted Millie's head several time, and . kissed her, saying he wanted to 'see the roses come back to her cheeks again. Icatie . was as gay Ssii lark. Her. 'Archie , Cat* from town, and _She, presided over the dinner, she Clainied, surrounded by a host of merry yonng friends and Doctor Grey \ 4 , the family phviscian. lie. had al. WILYs been Farmer "Gordon's friend, as- heir there was good enough in Farmer Gordon's ,heart if one knew hots to find it. he young folks. were gathered in the parjor, Katie wacgoing, to hare a dance. fape, aithctugh not As sad its usual lOOked not as Katie iwialrd to see it; She hid been trying to Make up her mind to pi ead with her uncle for Tillie. . She was not afraid to go in ; only she didn't want to put hini in a. rage when he was trying to act like a huntan—but,., she'll trj , it. "Uncle Come here," film said, 'drawing him or to herself. "Uncle, if, You bad been dead, yesterday, do you not think Frank Ralston would have found,his way over here ,to--" "Give thanksgiving to God for deliver- ing the neighborhood in general, and hitnself particularly, from such a pest, I ' suppose said her uncle, with a halt serious, half comic...expression. "Nothing of the - kind. Only and comfort Millie." • "She- would not have let him—not so soon." • , • "No; dear Eirl, she is . so doubtful, that she would not, I fear. 'Uncle, why won't. you be worthy of that girl's ?" "Be off with you, yon saucy piece I" • "No, not until I. say, my say, 'uncle ; send for F'renk---send now.' "I will not ; neither now, to-morrow, or ever. Go along and mind your own affairs, and let •Millie's alone r! Fanner Gordon answered, yet not so Wrathfully awshe thought he might. - All were dancing but Millie. ,She sat with tier thoughts far away. Er father came up to lw-and-asked: "Will you not dance my darling?! He had not calle'd her. so Or years:— She looked up with much surpririe, and answered: ig care not to dance', father."' "Come, I will find you . a'nartner." He took her hand and led her out into the hall. With a cry of joy she .sprang forward. , "There is a partner for little girl 1 Take, her, Frank, and send to 'leaven with er a prayer of thanksgiving for bringing an old man to his, better, nature. God blest von and make you both as hap-. by as . she deserves to be `Oh, uncle I thought you said you never would," -Katie exclaimed,' alniost ohoking him with .kisses, • "Because i bad already, done_ it, and knew I would uot' nave to send for him twice," Farm'er Gordon said,."with' a mer ry. chuckle. . t. "We will build_a house for Millie;right in the middle of the.,meadowland. ,And it shall be ,hers—a peace gift ,from two old men, whom, 'praise be to I God, are trying to get a - little nearer heaVen !" said Farmer Balaton- ; • . ft was the happiest:,Thankseiving . ever known to both families. All joined in a grateful prayer ; to who doeth , all things well: - THEY`CARRIEEiIT TOO FAR. . , . .„..,.,..: ; Mr. Butterw 'k ctilledln thiee me the , 4, ; ether daY,,ati - the course of the 'pon- , versation he s , ~..: : ',.. , L . •,- ,', ' "I'm going', to t .; move.. I . cliu't . : staod ' those • ThotripsOns' any longer.. I.,the're the awfulest people tO!borrow things that I ever. sa hr. Coffee. :and butter, and - sit gar_and-- flour: i , don't.: mind .'so much; although when a :.woman :borrows - high priP.ed . segai.. Ind.,- JaVa coffeei.and, sends. back - Sand:and chiCkOrY, a Man naturally feelit • biliotte aild 'Mail; ;Best - they 'hat's borrowed'.pretty ,;near , -everything.- in the hous. First fts:onething, then its. an iithpr-„ frOm morning - till: night,. light stralihtlalting., .- ;• . 1 . •I , . .:,.. - . .. - ,:" 'ow there's the • pOlter... -- kipitker, is a, piece of : inahinert.thatyou '.4 Ou Id ,think !. an yhqdy. migh t go, arOu it d ' and! bhy, or, - .lf, iliey eOuldn"t, afford,iti!theY. might use - fenee - pailing ti;:shilke,np' the :fire. .aut - , , Mrs. r : r It ohiptim- , :httii ker after ;our, -.P 3 ker , ... ,St)e. , boltos,vs it jet fteeni ~- nt. 'twenty Hines:: a,'•fijt, ..ancl .lasti,,S4tur : 4y.: shef , seitt"tiTY it :ilittiY l foUr l :itrnes,,,,Sh e pays-a boy-S2,V - Week''lii, run i over and borrowt.hat:poker4' , Aild '.81103 need it . 16. ,!thutib,that lt.,ikall-:hetit up like 'lth Pork sertiw, ,-„. • :.., ,,,'.; `l: 4 ilitiiV; lae c hairs for : instance. fj t Ohe: asktitlttd lend -Worn' chairs 'three :times a-day, at ',every' meal; ind '.shibbtroWii the, rocking chair liveiTtiniershe:wanti to get' 43 c "A couple CAN 3I CCPtI; - ', .4.1.1?: i..pv . ~4 : .• ~-1. : ,, 1.1 of tit,* 849,sent .oyer, rot a. tiortiiiiiii4 when the-h,i4eafr . te back, its .he n said M.".r ; fitlittptioti *as . , mid i as. itkundeii. and. , kept . -thittlint ' round 'the house,All.day.beeititte there Atferirnet (hie!: Ors on it. Last Monday she. thrrdiellt Our wash boiler•-•40414*7"had , A0 put off our .washing : till Tueeday. -, She , did :. her' preserving' in lit, and the consequence was all '!oUti' 'PlOthet Were - full . Of hpreserved, peaches. I've got on iin 'undershirt now that I.fruAtigh 4r :doubtful - if - I'll ever get off, it's ftuck to Me so tight. i.' -. ; "Every now and,then-she has-company . and Jshen.shelsarro.wk our . hired-ltrl , and 411, the .parlor: fiiinitUre ; once. because I Would tiOtei.rry tho I piano over for ler ' and - take dOwn ,the 'phandeliet she told our girl that . there Were . rumors - about I' town that I v . vatica reformed:pirate.- • . "Perfectly- scandalous! . They 'think nothing'ot sending over, for a-Pouple of , bedsteads - or, the - entry: . carpet, and the other day , Tlibmpitioksaid to me i. ' 1-:. • . .!`ButterWiek,.ddisisliii,nr i p,nipp ; 9ll, : p94 up..easyl''i, ' .''''" , i. ' ~-',- . . -'• ,: •: • .: ,•• "Andwhen I:said:l . :iiiiittigi4 it did,-he "Well, I would like to borrow it for 3,..N .- qi7 a fel days till can , get otie for . inine's all rotted ..• '"The otilv wonder to nie .iti that., be didn't try to &grow the , well, al.ng with it. • . - - "And then on Tuesday .Mrs. Thcirrip son sent that boy over ,to kno* if 'Mrs. Butterwick •wnuldiet lend her our . front door. She. said Mein,' was away being painted and she was afraid' the 'baby would catch cold. .When *I asked him what he supposed ve.. were going to do to keep comfortable, without any . front door, he said Mrs. Thompson said Ole reckoned we might tack up a• bed quilt or some thing. And when I refuel d, the boy said Mrs. Thompson told him if ,we wouldn't send her the front door . to ask Mrs. Butterwick to • lend her a.pair of striped stockings and a horse hair bustle and to borrow the coal scuttle till Mon day. "What in the name of Moses .she is going to do With. a bustle and coal 'scut tle I can't conceive. to try 43at they re the -most "extraordina7 people Last Fourth -ot July, the -- boy catne over and told Mrs..Butterwick that Mrs. Thompson would be . much obliged if she'd lend her • the , twiva for a few minutes. Said Mrs. . Thompson wanted 'em to suck Ott a nei, bottle top. because it made her' baby sick to taste fresh India rubber. Cheeky, wasn't. t ? But that's her way: , "Why I've knoivn' her'to take off our Johnny's pints' When he's been playing over there with the 'children . , 'and send ,him honie bare legged to tell his mother that she borrowed them for a.pattern:',4 And on Thompson's birthday, she said her house was so small for a party that if we'd lend her ours we might come late in the evening ant- .dance with' the cotit pany, if we-wouldn't :let on that-we lived there. ~ „ • "Yee, sir ; going to ,move. I'd rather next to a innatie asYluM, and have the maniaciiliouring red hot "stiOt over the fence every hour of OW day.-;-. Indeed would.?". • • *r. Skidraorp's Bugle: sr.Peter Skidmore; 'of Germantowai, playas little on the bugle. • One night last summer he ,went into the, parlor, in the dark and felt over the top of thepi r ano fur the horn. It happened that. hit aunt from Penn's Grove had" been there hat. day, and 'had left 'her brass ear-trim petlying.on the piano, and' Peter• got hold of this without perceiving his mien take, as the two' were of similar , shape. took it in . 'his hand and' went out on the porch; where,Misi Miles wag sitting talk ing to his sister,He asked her if she was fond- of musiO on, the, horn, A nd wbeu 'she said 'she adored it, he . asked her how she Would' like him . to Play. '"Ever of TheeP•she said that was the only tune she oared,anythinglor. Sc P i eter, gut, the small end 'tolus lips and'blew. He blew and blew: Then he blew some more,.andi Oen he tirtw, a fresh breathand' blewagain. The ,, onix sound that came , 'wig a kind;Of, moan, : which sounded so queerly in the' darkness ; that Miss , Miles asked him if. Ike w4s,noi And ,wlie,n he said ht vith'sh said that he.,went exactly like a r secondd - cOuein of hers that has the asth ma. Tien Peter; remarked that sairtehows thebora, AO ; ,o l f order ,Ifor:‘,‘.Ever of 4 ti,ee," -- hilt, if 4 8ie , ff s ou la, 114 osieetly'r dream, loyeV he would try, . plait its; land'Afisti Miles 'gait!' fOfideit' . reollectiottatolasteredsaboitt So ?titer put his !trumpet Ws, his tor' arid' strained ; W. lupss.:auvprelyjo:au err; fort to: tafike amps,, tint wouldn't come,,but 4 . e made; tiyery,,li i nglikibtuc!ek wlifelf , iaddeed to'ask if the tvrilecie :the! stable back oil the'boieei . the heeyee,,,, Then , Peter said thnifght itotpel)odyma4 v he baple up. with plook4wil sonietligg s , and (411 1 , 7 - aikede td light ' th'et tAc, hall tr(tbilo.lha