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';', A••1".7+;;;.. ) ,' , 4:,1 it.‘ii:k '.;';''' ~ . .. . . . ' VOL. LVIL E: .111EAT.TY,,.', ' •_ . ' ' ritO.l4lTET:Oli 'A‘NTI'I'4.IILISII-I - g, i.l e r ..6 alt .. .. llt: , . ' '44Caalt sop puBLICATIori. ' , 0 , . 'THE SIEGE'Or THE BLACI COT.' . The Lawns. isinent.i. tiirpubltsbed wooklyion a large ~ - ..,,.' .. .• . . 'lll.loot, containing VORItY, commas, and harnlalicd to, sub. ~ ' : --,' . AUE, . . ~. ..- 1 ____,_„_- adhere aNthe, , lstArrif sl.s(fitpekstlisAij in nitufrivei • ',v . _ •• , ~ ,•• • . • -, • • ~, ,_.....1„,„1:-.0,_,_ .11i - 176146k . withliv. the. year; or $2 In a . 117 - ntses • w lie n ~. Yisnna - :L'ADY,As you: were leaving thy ,payment la delayed . gosh . after the exhlratlon of the - . . ' yenr.'.wiiiiiibwriptions received for aloes period Oita holloe, f neoldentally heard you 'tisk, - yintr,els.., 51xlmontha, and none discontinued until all arrearegm : 1 ~ 4, • • -• , - • ' lO Paid,a;nleas at the option of the . publisher. - rupors, ter 'it tt was true, that I bed begun lifeas the . _.—sent_ to_subscriburs living, out , of etunberiand county daughter of alpoor working'stone-MOSlOn,ofthw must' be paid roi in advance, or the inyment assumed, 'byname responsityle person living in tlumberland noun. lowest degree.::lii hen' you were 'told: that this AY.: :Theau terms will be rigidly adheretf . tnin all tasee t vtes - cOtuntiY the frict,:yinraxprissodlyourns- - ' 'ADVIE4ViteistcalO:NTS. . . . ionialinititt 14 finding Me the Wife of one Of the JargestAnd Ltichost . gentlonion-faromm in, all the West of.. England: • 'She could never have been more than ordinarily good-lookinr,' I Ward you aiii, 'referring, to me.. 'She hi - nor an • neoomplielied; woman . • Titers la; nothing particularly brilliant preagaging'in her con verstition.:• She can never have had a ferthitig lof Money oftier ,own. .What, in.the name of nil that's Marvelous, could have induced her husband to;chOose her for a : wife, when, with I his position Tin - the world, he might-hare had-' beauty, and money, aud brilliatit,acoomplieh ments,-altsiosi, for the trouble of 'asking l'_ Now, under,ordinary circusnitanooe, young Indy, I should:not think it worthwhile to nu -fiereTtiiiirspiesticin-of-youis—tiet-a-ver-y-ocitn— ' plimentary question tome—but.never Mind that. You were brought from,-yOur distant ' -home.to ni.thouse, as a total stranger, by your sister, with whom I eta 'not mord than barely acquainted, to see how the planteiin my eon. , servatory wete.managed, as seine guide to' you' -in'setting-wp-a-consetvatory-.of -your own:-. 7 : Whoiryou„had got all the hinte you wanted—L. - 111'1'd „refreshed 'yourself with What l: am enough to ihialt, wee -a good' and substantial luneh- r and . had , pulitoli Calton youricavo, it ntobable that"you:and ',I 'shoulitever , itdierlisonients wID bo charged $l.OO per square o twelve Hasa-for- three:•liisertions,-and-25-ennts-for iamb aubsequeiit -insertion. All adiertisetuautatif less tbau - • twelvolines considerestaia square. .The following ratea bii * diaiVot for Quarterly, Half Yoarly and Ymfly • advertising: ~ . • -• •• ..t• • Month's. ti Months. 12 Menthe. • 84tiate, (12 llues,) vixo • $5.00 $B.OO •2 • " - • 5.00 - • . 8.00 12.00 Column, - - 8.00 12.00 —16.00 - ." • , t• - ' 12.00 - - 20.00 30.00 - • - 25,00 35.00 • 45.00 • Advertisement's Insetted before Marriages and liesthe, it cents per line for .Bret insertion, and 4 cents per lino foraubsequent insertion. Communications on subjects of limited or individual interest will be charged 5 rents per line. The Proprietor will not be responsible in dam ages fer errors in advertiseinents. Obituary notices not exceeding live linen, will be inserted without cliatge. • ': JOB PRINTING, . tie CLUUT4L lIIMALD JOll PRINTING OFFICE is the latest and most complete establishment in the county.' Those. good Presses; and' a general variety of material aulMd for Plain and Fancy work of every kind. enables wilardo - Job - Plintlng:at-the-ishortest-notice.and-on-ths, Most reasonable term. Persons in wont of Bills.illanks or aay thing In the Jobbing line will fi nd it their In forest to give us a call . Every variety of BLANKS eMt stantly on band. . • . .fter.- All letters on'business, mu cure attention., • ' ~ a ~ ~~= it 10,_ _l7 1 ...V7.4 .222011 -.... .. 5 7 121 14 1926'1 - - --- 8 • • 1546 • 11:.1Zit I 11 - I . :II 111: 1111 221 A 24 : f '1 11[12% M3O 4 816 jll 1112:13 .1 18 1 1920 t 9 rl . in 122 aeneraf Coca( anformation: U.'S• GOVZIP.NBEENT. President—llltatrilla Pine& Vice President—Jame D. Satan's. • Secretary of State---Wat: L. Hamm. Secretary of Interior—lioneuf :11cCiaLtarto. Secretary of Treasury —Jauci - Ourarus. - Secretary of War—Jsrrzasea Secretary of Nary—JAß. C. Detunß. Post - Matter Genes-al-4.oms. Olartual.. Attorney General—eaLau eclirs°. Chia Justice of United States—lL It. TANEY STATE GOVERNMENT• Governor—James Po=ex. '• Secretary or State--Amostw G. CURTIN. Surveyor' General—J. P. linairEnr. Auditor General—E. BANKS. ' Treasurer-11E1ga S. BlEomar. Judges of the Supreme Court:—.E. LEWIS, J. S. 'Mac, W. 11.,Lowate,41. W. WOODWARD, J. C. JOON. • 0 VOUNTIVOITICERS. President Judge-4 on. JAMES IL GRAHAM.. Associate Judges—Ron. John Itupp, Samuel Weed burn. District Attorney—Wm. J. Shearer. • Drothomitary—Lauiel K. Noel]. • • Recorder, Sm.—John pi. °ma. Itegister- , William Lytle. - High Sherilf—Jaebb lloaman r Deputy, J. Hem minger. County Tronsurer---Adarn Senseman. Coroner—llltcholl Conn ty - Commiksioners.—tleiincei; IL 0 raham,- Dant N. Ilenderscn, Andre* Rect.. Clerk to Commis sioners. Michael Wise. Directors of tho Pooi'-04orge Britt lle, John C. Drown, Samuel Tritt. Superintendent 01.l'oor lions° —loseph Loliach. • • • xionouctxt ok - .rxcEas: • Chief Burgess--Col. AIIIIIIcIONO Rosin. ' 'Assistant Bunpuz—Samuol Gould, ' Town . Counell—R. C. Woodward;. (President) Tiros. 'PI; Biddle," John Thorupsan, Michael Shearer, Henry Glass, David Sipe, Robert Irvin, A. A. Lino, lkllelasel Constables—JobirC Spabr, High Constable; Robert HeCartueY, Ward Constable. OFItritCHSS. First Presbyterian Charon; northwest Angle of Cent Square. WON. CONWAY P. WINO, Pastor.—Services every —Sunday-mornlng.-at-11-o'elock,-.1“41.,and-7-o'cleck, P. IU. . . '• Second Presbyterian Church,Coiner of. South Hanover and Pomfret street.. ltev. Mr. Maus, Pastor. liervlces commence at 11 o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, P. M. 3t: Johns Church; (Plot. tplacopal) noltheast angle of ' Centre Square. Rev. Jicon 8.. Moans, horror. Services at-11 o'clock, A. 31., and 3 o'clock,; I'. AI; • English Lutheran Church, Bedford between Malu and Louthor streets. Rec. JACOB gar, Nen.% ercices 4' at'll o'clock, A. M., and 7 o'clock, I'. M. Gorman Reformod Church, Loather, between Ilanecer_ and Pitt itreetit Kuswen, Pastor.' Services • at. 10% o'clock, A. 71., and 6),‘ P. 31. 3fethodLtrE.Church, (Seat LThargo) corner of Main and --Pitt streete.7-Ites.-..lonsr-.ll.42marreatnir—Berviceant ck, A.' M., and o'clock, P. M. mettist,.. E. • Church, (second Charge) Ror. TLIOUAII • Divannarr, Vastor. tiers et% In CollogeChapol, at 11 • o'olook M., end 3 o'clock, P. M., Roman . Catholic Church, Pomfret, near East ArceL -4 Rec. Jams lialuni 77 ,Baston Bartlett on the 2nd Sun. day of each month. ' 4-4 • ; . German Lutheran' Church, corner or Pomfret and Bedford streets. Bay.L P..Naschold, Pastor. Service at . • Minn changes to the abirie are necessary tha p ro. per persona arelogarosted tonotlfy us.' • I ~.107.9BMNSON'COLL:VG11.• Pruidenttritid Pmfersocuchlorril Science.' , , • mermanll; ardiusdri,' professor or PhUthiopiii And 'English Literature:2 ' - James W. Marshall, Professor of Andent Languages,; , Hoy:Otis 1T: Tiffany, Professor of Mathematics. , , • , Willhug ( L -Professor, of, Natural &Mum and Curator' orthii Muserim. ' • Alexander Selmer, PfrfOsinV, Yeterr: turd yorleria Languages. ' , • .. Parcae IL-Millman, Principal qr the Grammar Serve JnineeL Asslidatit 904:irar School. , . 43041 , 01LAT10NE1., • , , Osaptuat DstOrrnixit.—Preetdeiit, Itlebard Parker; Ca/dater, Win. M. - Befit m;'Clerke, J. 1.." Ilasaler, N. C. Ltlebard , Farker ;John Zug, ' Hugh Stuart, Thomas Faztoti,lt. (1.: 'Woodwork Robert Mooro,,John Sanderson, Ilenry 'Logan, Samuel Wherry. Oumnrauami Yuan It 'lt Rost; Coartar.*Presidouti Frederick Wattle Secretary and Treasurer Edward M. Diddle; Superintendanc - .L.KStottb., ptijengei trains . ' twice a daY. , ,East*aid, searing earthsto'atlo/6o'clock, A.M. and 345 h'clock, Twotralos every day Wetdi ward, tanvinlietuthde Art,l o ,4l3o7tlOck.A.NLands.4B,_Kid. _ Mauna Qta asp Warm Coutratr. President...Fre* ortek Watts:Secretary;: Limuel :Todd; Trviiomrp . o . noc, Weotenupliettore, F.Watta nlchantParker,Leinnei Todd; WO. ver, iXeaq Gala An d M,Tilddle. • ' r cuscsasuan VALI= Bartal=-I'reiddia,' /3. - 'l3ter T ', • • sett; Cashier, If .A. Stargeorri.leller, J0e..0.. Flotterr7 ; Di r wors;yphu g : Sterrett; yytaL.icer,,atotchio,tionn . i, rnanAirchard %Vocals, John C, Dunlap, itci 10;1i Storrett.. _ /I, 4 ;•804rge 01 4.4 1 /d.P0 111114 . 01 , , Pu1de,. ' • .- " ' ' • , ;•1 ; RATEgrer:I2OI3TAGAIp ,t) '„ietteni of ane-half eOnen; walgbß or under;ii contspfwpaid, (except toCallthroinandUr„gini,, which is 1q cents .'i" Postage on "Tux Ilsam.a7c,trilhin the Oanuty, slum Within the Btate,l3 cants per parr. -To any part of the United Statea, cent& ',ll'estage on all tcarndent papers tinder. 8. ounces In weight, 1 'cent prepaid, or 2 cents unpaid, Adrertlsed,littters charired.W/tb the coat al!ortio.gy „. „ , , OAINICAT, EIMILED.CiIIIBIO;VOLIEg o „bibiere,, Tuitions, ,Serefide, ,White &c ;cured nithout Surgical Operation by • ramplet (2nd edition) on -the Troatpent and &Nro oternnre,- Tantonsetnitelli'-he eept• jury addreseiteejtn reeelpt• eta pogo , _ Olro,Or , lB%l alert 11fe‘ Phliulelphirnl, . r te ~....~ - . t be post-paid to no- •1 el ''..: -. 1 1 [: 1 111 8 1 1 Ina WOO gall : l 9 204 mi 'meet .again.. .llnder ordinary oireumStanogs; -therefore,- I Tepeati-your.-qiimithininight well have remained unanewereeby me; for Why atteuld.l. corewhither .YOU.Weie atifonishkor uot:at the poeiticin in life:whieh I now occupy? In ninety nine • easbeTout 'ora hundred should have-said lo•inyseif just such words no those I hive written, - and - should aeon 'Baia ftirgiittcvfyon and y.our..unoompiimentary ei piessione•of arnagenient.' 'But, 'in 'your case, J. Cannot ' Aim+ Something 'in your voice' and look Interested me the netnin't we met; and now ,that, you ,are gond, I 'cannot help wishing to stand'Well in your opinion itivapito ofimysolf.. I believeperhaps in opruteituenoo of.my unaccountable partiality for you—that the remarks yoVxnade to your sister about me were only thoughtless 7 .not deliberately ittiL kind: and I mean to tell you in this letter— though it is, 1 warn. you,: a long story—how it was that my rich husband keit Conceived the strange resolution of aAking the poor stone mason's daughter to become lilt wife. When you base rend'to the end, I hope_ that your view of the attractions Which liolpa woman to. make a good marriage may . be enlarged. You coo I am 'thinking of your advanstage_oe well, as my own justification.. Very' strange, .is it not, that I should take, all thls.interest in a stranger? J:am surprised at It myeelf ; but I .tnnst own 'the truth, and confess that if I had ever. bad a daughter, I should kayo liked to look at her all day if she 'could haie Chown mit such a face as yours. ' . • • • Isom 7rt 415 121, 429 1121 8 4 1920 22/127 8 1 91011 8171 R I 9 151 30 I 13 14 21 To begin e.kthe beginning,' I muet take' you back to the time after my mother's' death, when my only' other bed gone to sea, When olui'itt - servMe,'aud_:wheit I -lived alone with my father, the atone-unison, in the midst of a moor* the West "ef The moor was covered with . great limestone, rook's - , and intereeotei_ _ero are etreandels. The nearest habitation to ours was situated a mile end a half off. where a stip of the fertile• land etreiclied.otit into the waste, like a tongue. Hero the out•buildinge of the greet Moor Furor, then in the poesee , - Mon of my . 1111360 ad's father, began. The farm lands etretohed-destri gently-into-a-boau• lifutrielkvalleyi.lying, nicely sheltered by the -highylatform-of-dlieMmir. -__Mben.the.ground began to rise again, miles and Miles away, it led too country 4 house, called liolme Manor, belonging to a gtMtletunirnamed Kniftoo.• Knifton had lately Married a young lady whom my. mother had'nursed, and ribose kindness and friendship for me, her fostm , vister, I shall 'remember gratefullylo - tiro Ina d of These, 'and other., slight : , particulars, it' is ccessary-to'-mystery-that4 should-toll-you;- and it is .also necessary that. you should be especially carefUl to bear'thern well in mind. ...My father's cottage, then, stooiLa mile and - a half away freiin'the nearest habitation. In till other directiotas we items four 'or.fire tithes that distancer.ftOur7neighbors.„---Being . yery . poor people , thbiloitely situation had ono grSit' attractionfor , us7wc• livcd:rent 'free on it.— In addition to that advantage, the . stones, bi Ike a it, lay 'ltitiliout. : lllo itt' his ritry 'door. - that he ,thought pCitititht,:sOlitary as it -.woe; ,quite au anyiahle ono. can hardly any that • . . . • 1, ogreetl . with' him; though - I - Owner complain •tiais Very_ fond of. my lather, arid snap. aketl-to unikb..ihe 'beet ioaelhieva!iritti the • thought ` to `]rim. .11113, , Soiftcn wished . ` - to take eerviCe . •whatiehi tnaFria4; eneegb; fot noy ral.tivekpo . ke...:y . f.• bed ',gone , away, ha. would - h ave r liad nobody to:live; with t i tT;;, *6o,er natple.rae.protnise,an her, deiithttieJithat be should never be left- to-pine awoy'tiluue.in the jxjiti!lt pf the !blank moor. ; cottage; atidantigirbdilt,:tritti stone' trent .ths,ineoty . ' 'ea o -Matter of course..- The wails , Were tined withinside and ' fenoed ! auteide, '4 Mr. Knitioiti.failier to MY; This` double VOV;Vinii'OTAOia 11111 . Cie ' 41C et ` .. 4rbiati would havabeen" efiliartiunini in 'a sheltered • ,position,liasabsolutelp nenrseary, in our ex.> imatid , tituntibn,',o , ,keep out the cold winds ,pl~i~ti,e;oeptips jet . t he: eupiajer ;0?101"V swept overheat' nually e att ,the.yeitr7iT - Hou . buillt.state7Vnilitii-ray father protected egainat thti little, lio t'' lnlly When it nee eeea fronfi,p',4isptP;c9';` °ATI sa. it bud aotia.ta tin'entle4 lined; even before I yea tiorii i lholitheicidet , `. ; t , ,hairknasi • 't .itenleri:Whieh it le dceirebteAbat'l.oit 'should-1 - 77 . 1 , ( MEE MEE! =EN ~ r.,;i ..,•!. :::-,;;l:T7rji'' (1 there I, ER 11 =MEM +f:; C 1 etl roa-7irma ~ ~ ~ ME OM know, and akenoe, to the 044- Ftt ll6l c,°F (theeloudy,ntitunin day, when I was rather ,more then :eighteen :years old,' IN 'berdemayi walked:ovo from' Moor 'Farm with' a letter *bleb' had been left there' form; father` , Yt ca - me" - frem a: builder, liring, at..our ?aunty town, half a day's journey off and it invited, my father • to. come. t o bitn.and Ilia judg. ..ment.aboutan.estimoto .for somestone.‘fork on n very large ,scale. :My father'B expenses fOr thoeloss of-time—were-10- -poid,-and -he was tolinve_ hit - 381 - mo of- einfloyrnont after: ward, in preparing the atone. too .giad, therefore, O obey the 'directions which•the Tetier cOtitalited, - andlo prepare at onco Air his long walk to tho county town. .Considering the .time at , which ite7thoeired the letter,trod the necessity-of, resting before he attempted - to return,. it witajmOssildo for him to . ayoid beinglway 'from for ontl , night at least. He pro4losed to , mo, in casa.l disliked 'theing• left alone in' the 13lack Cottage; to lock the door; and to take ine'do Moor.-Farm to sleep with eny-of the milk - plaids who would give- t ae a share of herbed. -1 by no mane liked:thi - notion of sleeping with a sirl whora I -did not know, and. I saw no reason to feel itiald of being loft -alone for only one night, so radNOed; No thieves'had over come near us; our povertywne suffioient yirotection-against . them; and of .other dangers there were . nond thrit even the most timidperion..cOuld.appre. lend. Acoordingly, -I got my father his din ner, la . ititting at the notion of my taking ref .undttr.. this. protection" of -a ymilkruid -at Moar. i!arm: He started for his walk no soon hoc had donO, shying ho should try and be liticYly — dinnii=iiino the neat day, andleaying me and my oat, Pc*, 'to , taka,caro of the house: . _theAre' r and_,lmil_saVdowet tit my_wark;_vkith the, cat dozing at: my feet, 'when I kentd iho trampling of borsom'and,'running to the door, eats Mr. and Mrs Knitter', with '!heir 'groom behind them, riding up to - tho Black Coftage It was a part of. thO }Mang - lady's kindness never to neglect an opportunity of coming to pay toe "a friendlrvisiti mid her kusband was generally willing to acoomPany her • for his wite"C sake. I tnadoimy best courtesy; there fore, Withh great:der& of plcitisure, -- bui - With no particular surirrium at, Seeing thorn. ThCy ditliiiOnntettand'entered- 6 . 0 C 0 tt and talking in 'great spirits. I' soon heard that theyTierh-eding-to the -same bountk town for 'Which my father was liountl. 7 llmt they'in. tended. to stay with sinnejriends there for,a few days, and returnlonto 'Mt horseback, as they went out. I heard this, and also dischvered thatilboy had keen keying en . argument, in jest, oho& money matters, as they rode along to our not: tap. 'Mrs. Knifthu had hecused litcheaband of:inveterate extravagonen, and of never being' able to go out with moneyln,hinpochet.ivith • out apCnding it all, if ho possibly could, fore ,he got home again. Mr. 'Oaten had laughingly defended himself by:d6olaring that all. his•pooket money weitt in presents for his wife, - and that itleo spoilt it lavishly, it was under heir solo intlitonce - and'aeperintendence: We aregoing toCliverton'now,' ho said, mini. ing the hounty town, and ;Ivarmfng - hitoself-at, our poor firo just as eitailynnd pleasantly to if ho ha -been standinght his own grand hearth. 'Yon will atop to admire every pretty thingln every one of -the Cliverton 'shop windows. I shall hood' you the imise, and you will go in and buy. When we have reached home again, and you have had time to. 'got tired of-your "purchases, you will clapour homitfin ninnzei tnent, and declare that you are quite shocked nt my habits of' inveterate .extravagatMe. 4- am only the banker who keeps' the monej , — you, My love, aro the imejidthrift .- wile throws it - All away . 'Am I, Sir?' said M 9 Knifton, with n look of-mock-indiguhtion.:- will see if Thm-to be misrepresented in that way with impunity. .flossio,_toyskar.L(titiMinti_to_l7o),_2you_shall. judge how far 1 deserie the character which that unscrupulous man h i s just given to me'. • the spendthrift, am 1? And You are onli the banker I' Very Well. BanlMr I giye me my money if you please.' Mr. - Nnifton laUghed, and tools some 'gold and'silver from - hl tr.wai s too ar pocket. .No, no, •said 'Yon may want what you have got therefor oeceeearLei see:. Is that all, the othoey you , hare ,about you? What.do feel here?' And she-tapped her hus band on the chest, just above.the broast-poeltet, .pt' hie coat. Mr. if.nifton laughed again, arid . . produced hie pocket book. ilie.vrifeenutched it, out of hie-hrind,, opened it, drew out some bank.notee, put them .tinek again inunedietelyond, l elosing the'pecket.hoOk; stepped. Miroki the"rome to' ivaitiu. woad, boolt7opee'--. the only, bit of valitable. furniture .we , bq in 'the 'mini.' .)- -1 , •+. ' ' liVlat'are You ;going to do therer naked lilt.: Knitt 6 ". f° lll 'ili 4l 4.- w il9,. Mre;•Htiiften opened, - the, glasiti dear of the 'hooltimee, put the pocket-book in a vacant :place' sal one, of the; fetter, ehelitie, - elnead and looked the ,doer again,, iO, 0719 nip the key.; 'inn ',ailed me a. , spendthrift,, , just` now, alto saij,.. ; . 'Thera 18 my,,tinawar.., . Not one ra,r,lii,l,ii. of that money you ippiieci 'a i : Cl , lv ertpri ,on T.l. .Keep elit k. : - This was not 'an eaey,tnntter to compasaln •a poor Nouse like cure, :where we bad - nothing •• • valuable to put under. look and key.- After. running eiervarique hiding:pined' in my mind, -I thought of my tea•oaddy, n present from rd: KnifttiN which •I .had always •,kept ,oUtVof. — RAP% wily in my ott — b - iiii , room. 'glisten, luckily—os it kftt3rward turned out: 7 -litetuad, • of taking the pocket book to the too 1,- went into my. room first to take:the les.•:Caddy. to.the pocket-book. I only not - ed .- In-:this roundabout way front shier thouglitleeginn3S;, end severely enough I was T punistiod-forit;•. - ae. You Will.aeknowledgeTyourself When you have read'u fin g 9, o r two more of •,I was jiier - gettiifg — th - e - L . unlucky; tondCndlly nut efeuphoard,:whep I hend,fimtoteps in the,. • 'passage, and' running ont ,iinteediatefloaw — two - mmi - walk --- Intfirtrkitoliketonirke which I had rliceisMddllr.2o"ltlrs.A.CniftoO, I inqulred wlint-thei Wanted,•.sharply enough, and one oftheni_ ansWered , immediately that they_wanted iuy fatfMe. turned, Of-couree, as ho spoke, mid I reeogeizaltitn aso.stonir mason, going amling his comrades by the'netne of Shiny pick: :..H9bdre'aWer,Y • bad charaCter for everything . hetWrostliug,—Wsport whisili the, working men' of our paitli were fiiMoue through the iiMinfry..:,'ShiftY:ltick was chant pioniandlielad giitiiii : Parne'freersome tricks in wrestling,for'whichlmwas coiclirajdd. He, "--wenew tall;*ficary. Men, Witholewerieg;searr ed face; and blige • hairy IJends—the: lest vier for In the whole world Viet Inhould lutvirklien glad ,to. See „underiiiiTeiientostanceS. • His , eemPattion:weztapt!apl . er, whom he addressed by the rtama94, - derry.f.4 ; quiek, ; dopier, wick ed looking-littlenian;,49 -took off his oap'to. • mo'•wlth'zipm • , -iolit+ese pita ohalwed,•llr doing; a bald: hetiti„weillifacmie very ing•knoti:Omlt:, .1 dibtrusted-iiiin worse than I' Jid'Bhi'iy Diok', and managed'to get hetWeen Lie le . m.ittg• and the bOok;ease„ as I -told the two.that my fatlior.;..-se gone 'out, and that I ditE net ; expeet him back till. the next day. ' The words . werp'hardly. out of, my mouth' hefore P . ..repouted . ,•that anxiety to get rid of my : unweleome visitors had•made me incite:. - Sous enough to beknowledge"that my father would be away froM home fOr'tho whOle night. :Shifty Dick:and Tooked each, other when-1 unwisely tet the truth, but muds no remark, except to ask if I would . give them a drop 'of eider. I answered sharply; that I had no elder in the louse-liaviog no fear the coniequeneeS Of refusing them drink, because - 1.. knew that:-plenty of men were at work within ball, in(' neighboling quarry. The tem looked at each miler again, when deufwilinviug any tider'to - give - them; and Terry (ao I am obliged to bull him, know Mg no 'other mime by whioh.te distinguish the fellow) took-off his cop to - me •onee mare, and' • with a-kind of black•guard•gentilleYnitinhiii, said they would 'Lave the pleasure of calling the next day, .when my father was 101 End. I said good afternoon ad Togradoe as__poesi* . • ble; and, to my great relief, they,both-left the cottage iintoe'diately afterward. •• Ae soon - as they were wall away, I watched ''them from thedoon They irtidged off Its the ••• direction of the Moor Farm; 'and as it was.be ginning to get dusk, I soon lost sight of theni. Half .an bout; -afterward I looked ouv,agnia. The wind 'had:lulled with rho suuset, but is mist was rising;•and - a heavy rein wee begin= Mug tit full. Never did the lonely prospect of the moor leak o , dreary as it' looked to my, —eyes dint evenitig:•' - tlever.•dld I regret 19Y. ,slight thing moro • sincerely thin I' regretted the, leaving, of Mr. Keittou'e,• pocket-book in my charge. cannot say. that I-edffered any :actual alarm, for I-felt next to cartnin that nett hit; Shifty - Dibk.noi • Jorri had 'got a 'chance ..of setting eyes,en so small is thing as, the pocltz . ebbook while .they wirein the, kitchen l. but there was a 1514 - of vague' distrust on me—a auefichin of the night-la dislike htheing left, by myself, whioh Ikeve'r renieniberhavingez • -, iterlineidl'before:'' This feeling `se increased en tite; after bed'eleeed thecienr:eadiOne bunk to the kiteheM. that • 'wil6n I hiMrd the voices ',of thequerryMien,'A ilie . YlMseed our cottage ; err their' way home, 'toTike , viliege in .the v1111(11(41 , 1 , 1 0 9r-Fertn.l:elePPed out in:" 1 'le the passargo•-witiritr - neneentary - •notion telling' Sleet b was:kit inite'd, • hedanking theteflir:MtvleeLOMllMOteeiion.:,`lhadihardly formed this idea.. however,before Ldieraieeed it. • tfl?loe of fho. , :qUorryineti • Ifit4nitte . , ',friondd I laid a: anon withihein, and Of*,to bet boon men,,iks ,tlo:lßes pp i tny,own soin i! mon. 00058 told Kneribat ,whot littl(vAnouloOge !. of -their. obaraoora vOa'l3l tyl.:zoonne uniot6 ir 4 rita In'f4p ,p"!it.t43e,thp, P;;oi et.b00k...,1,,1ia4!0(10110 ~ enotiigh of, poverty. pad , poor mitup:i know what a teriiiile lamptation *o a large ? u ,t,a 0 :(15p#0;1131,6„0?0t3ie =1 weary, hard work. _; tO•iirlth fine sentireents-'in:boolor obertilitinortliptible " : honesty, a ndano the r to put tboaelon!lthonti `into practice. When . one dey'e'woF& ie np that flag . to ' set' up''in the : na r y of ;.an o T betaolQ tie only o 474 i the ciVel; me ri•ii4,•JO'f*( Pei!itttolo437T,lf!.Ont any 'rook necessityier . / totting , :sui3h, rk;'dud; it thii;tit4Lviiiiiiii EDE It4LL had, thank God, a strong spirit.of niy_owti; _and the 0001, cOntemptuous insolence of the man - Jerry elphildAlly 'roused it. You cowyrdli , itillainar_ E'Creamed-at them throukl. tho dhor.: 1 ;;:. You think you can frightenittiClirehAuso 1 am oply,a poor girl left % defy. you both! Our bolts are etrong, - our elintierit are thick. I saes' Hero, to' IsCop my father's 'house 'safe; and keop it I will against ..an army of youj" , , ' • You may imagine what a passion Lwasi in :when Ivapore.d and blustered in that way. - 1 teardr.dCrry Shifty Dick swear a whole' inouthfut of'oathe.; 'Then .there was dead - raileneelor a:Minnie or two, and thou die two vufnana.attuoked , tho door. ; I -rubbed: into the kitchen 'and' seised ili" pbker, and then heaped wood on the fire, and lightcl all 'the tioadlOs. I could, find,. for: I felt As if I could keep up myAiourago:lietter if 1 had plenty. , of light. ' Strange .and improbable :as It may appeal.; the'tio# my, littetithitt-WOO. my itesy„ciontiliek up, :Fut filo atrioken, corner.: :WAS so fond of the- creaturo , _ that arms and . :6Oklie l d 1Y 0 4 .66 #,' 0,1 1 1 put hOr insideiigybid:;l4 - OOnkieti!'tning to do ti,SituatiOn oCdeadlYperil, was it nOtf but 'it ' Seemed''.quito: natural - an&-pOper:at, - the • • TAll thiatha• blOwi wort, falltag Plater' anti lhoter:O`a dcOr. r 'Oo a lo c tur o d c. with hoary atones-picked‘.;np l 'fr'otn-the ground - outside.' .iterri:atitg• at hi& tf 'orh;' and Dick : a* . :6ee.";: lift the hedroOtu m .after',., pidtink the cot uncial. , cover ,1( hoard tholoirer panel of,tbe door be. iirt to Orablr;+'' - • • riOlki t'a't 4.,.§, i !Ofl'o., 4' .s; 4 : 4l .94:iiile:ta i kf 411Vir , toOlt the -bank-noteaand, lid it . in ihtt;hdo!atiTiir ifaa. .t ° 4 0 1 ' n4 with ory life , . .NP . A Sll ”4, e 94Milh.Pfk9kot ,. . :01* I. heard tho door splintering, and rushed -.laic? tha pasidigtvagoitiltith with .00,1414109 41 rig knoge.on,lt r =pushed'ju te •thoipaosagothicstch-a.ircatiebtla.orialofdlie liffferilanele . or - Gil,l Old,. my pride ' revoltedailhe idea of-Present- . . ''Get' oat,, you 'villain, or hi' brain you on ing .ingsolf in the oliaraoter of a eoward be 1 the spo!' cried'li threat:ening. him With the fore the , people ' at, the :form Timidity Ii i' ) ,•itoke'r. Mr. Jerry icrok 411 e -head dot agiqn thought, : rather. a graoeful .attiadtion ht 1161 4- ..Mash. faster thith he lied. put it In, •' ' . ''. ' ' !Idles, but•ottiong,poor'womenit.is soMething' .! The next thing that Coma.throngli the rent te r be -49,00 at, : A__Wo*rut ,_-Woe;-Woe;a leag;pitchferk,,whioh-thekdarted-atme tri 'of herOwu thonlitad; nod always shall have, • from'outoide, to move, me from the door, I Would ,htivti : considered •twiew in my situation stint& ot it vithall might, - and the, lew most before ebo.made up her-mind to'encounter the • hatojarred. im:hand of Shifty. Dick up' to his jokes of plawiotto and the jeers•ottailkmaids.. . -.very , efintilder, for . :l•beritthliti - give a roar..Of . Ae - for me, I hod hardly thonght of going to .:, rage antrinin. iefore_lieleould- eateli-at-the - ,to . caeca perk° I despised myself%for , enter. fork with his other hand I theri , !diowsi itfin tairiingony each aotion„., . 4 N0,, no,' thought I, side. ;pytliie time oven Jerry lost bititempee,' .",1' ant,,not..th e_wonian..to . .walk- a-mile and or aiciq'sworemorevettlly - tb - aril:liel t liiiiitielr heif through the rain,. and mist, and darkness, 'Then there canieanOther inioute.of respite. to . tell a whole kitohenful of people that I nta ' I 'suspected they were .gone - to . get bigger fifraid..., come. what ,may, hero., I atop till fa. , Stones!, and dreaded • the giving away of the then iota ba9A,' 1 ' - whole . door. Running : into : ;the bedroom As . Having:'arrivetVat-ithatialiant resolition,' this fear bola ale; I - laid hold of ply cheittof the first-thitig - Idid was to look andbolt -the -drawers,, dragged it into the :passage; and. back doors, nod; see to the security of eybry. . threw it down against . the door: On the top shutter in the hoime. 'That .duty.petformed, of Ant r heaped my father's big tool-chest, I mode a, blazing lire; lighteti'my candle, and three chairs, and a: scitttlefut of Coalti- z and, sat down to tea, Os snug and comfortable as lust, I. dragged out the- kitchen-table rand possible... . ' •I _lnuit! hardly . believe now, with, rammed it Os7haril as' I : could :rgainet the the light in the rootn, and the 'sense of seett 'whole, barricade. _They. beard "me - as- they city inspired : by the closed.doors and shutters, :were coming up to the door with fresh stones. that I had ever felt even the slightest appre.' "Jerry said, ' Stop a bit!' and then the two ileilBloli earl* jn the day. I Snug 081 washed' :. .poaeukted together in „whispers.' - Lligened_ uprtlie - tealliings ;and even the 'eat seemed to',Oatalt the infection of .lnynood spirfts.: 'I never knew' the pretty creature so. playfal.l4 Oa, was that ; evening. rho tea-things put by, I toolump my knit= ling', ana worked away at. it solong:,tbat. I :began at•litat to got droway. - The fire.vtail eo hoightand , cenffiliting that:l could not muster reiolutiori enough to leave it and go to bed; gent-etariug-~ngily into -the blaze, - with tuy i iiiiittfng mylap 7 sat till the spiaahlnvoil the.riiin outside, and the fitful, tyllen, sobbing •orr-tf 'lnd-grew fay mirTa-1;7. be -giew fai 'fainter on my oar. lasesouuds I beard :before I fairly dozed.otf . to_pleep were the cheerful eraekling of the s fira'and . We steady purring of the out, 16 , 8111", basked luiurleusly. In the warm' tight, on the.:heartli. .• " . Three :trete the 'last sone& before I fell: . . .asleep; The, sound that woke me was one loud bang' at the front door .IStarted up, with my heart '(aw - the saying Is) in' my mouth, with a fiighttul znoteentary Habadtidrlng!it the recite-of. my hair I started. up hroathleis, nod oold, and motionless; tralt-• log int',Oileitco; - I hardly - know for what; ing,*at first, whether. I tutd:dresmed abent 'the bang, at tlsploor,.pr. whether' the! blow-had really been slynek tipon It. ' • or less: there eamell second bang, louder. than :the first. J..ran out into, , . the pasedge... . . . _ i,Whols,;tlterel' • : Let; usin,' answered a 'voice, which I re= cognized immediately as the voice of. Shifty. Dick::.' , • • . . • Wait .a bit, ray . thifir, and lot me sold n second voioe,:in ti; low, oily, jeering. tones of Dick's' ooMpanion—the nricke.llY.cio ver little Man.whoto . he called Terry.' aro alone in the home, my pretty tlear.:. Yoti may crack .your sweet voioe and thorn's nobody near to boor you: listen to. reason, my love, and let us in:. We'd'on't . Want cider _this time—we only wait a :very, neat:looking pocketbook thatiru happen,to . have, and your. late cioellerit mother's four silver tea-Bpath. that you• keep en nice rind clean 'op' the chimney-piec e . If you . let, - ,Re in - we won't hurt ahair of your bead, My chef. rub, and we promise to go away tho napment: tiro have. got what we want, unless you para• colony wish us to stop to tea. If you keep us_ out, WA. Omit ,_tio obliged_to_breakinto_pe house, and thou "And then," broke iu Shifty Disk, "we'll , math you!" . • "Yes," said Jerry, . .mrsh you, •my beauty: But you won't &rive its to doing that, will. pit You will let ue in . ;This long porleignio me limo to recover the - effect - It:hick thi — first - batrg - nt - the - door - had produced on my,nervos. The threats' of the rim — ylthilhe — tffillaThave terrified some wo men out'of their eenses; but. the only result they produced on me vrei violent 'indignation. ~ .~ ti eagerly:and just caught acme' words : Less trouble the other . ' way''" • • , •. " Nothing more was• paid, but I board their ;footsteps retreating:treat the door. 'Are they going to try'the back door novq,?" I-bad hardly asked myself. that question be, fore I beard their voices at the other, tide Of the house: The back door wasmueh sMaller than the , front: built had•this advantage in tlitrtvoy — of strength=it was made, ofMi ---, oW;did: .caltboardsjoined lekgwitie, and strengthened &Ws ''.. tliefrgnt door, but wile fastened by'a_bar . and fitting at either and into•the wall. •• '- 'They must have, thd•Vvholo..oottage (lore - before they can break at that 'door 1' I • • tbaught to myself.' • And 'theyebon toubd Out -ea much -forthemaelves. • After five 'minutes of_banglng.at the back door; they gavemp-any . farther attack in thatdirectibu, and oast their atedliati, - _ - ddwn•with __mircet.otfury awful •to hoar, 'went into the kitchein etiddropped 7on' tho`.irindow-Bea -- To rd - stler a' nioment. • fauepentio andexcitement together were begin. ning totell upon me. The:persplrationbrOke .opt think : on-My foreheed; and I began te',feel had inflicted on my hands in • A:flaking 'the berrioado • ori the front door. I . • had not lost a particle of - illy resolution,. but I 'was beginning to lone strength.: 'node yam a „ •bettia - of rum in - the cupboard, , ther the shilorbad left !MIT its.thelast_time ashore. I drat* a drpp bf it... Never .., -- rheforeor 01100 have I put say. thing down my threat that - did-rae'half.iid g,getd . lis that ,:•iireeious mouthful of rum t • •i. • '-Twas still sitting in roy'Vrindow-seitt drying My . 'face.when I suddenly board their voices close behind me. They were feeling the out old° alba windoW against which I woe it-was protected, likc all the other :ivitideetti in the cottage, by iron bars. I list. erred 'dreadful suspense/ . for the sound of nothing of the • sort was audible. _They,lad:Oviaently.retillotied•'tin frightening • nto easily into letting them-in, , and and collie tuiprovided with•house-breaking tools, of any A. fresh' burst of oaths informed me ttiat they had,reCognized the' 'obstacle of tho .; iron bars: ; I listened breathlessly for: eotino warning of what' they plight do next, faa' their , voices appeared to die away in the distance. - ..lldij'rere:yetretiting-fronctlio window. Wore they else retreating from the house altoieth-. or t. lind they - given by the *it'd effecting ailetilraiteelin despair!'• ' ~..A long' silence Silence - which which tried MY: iiourage even' morn severely time the tumult of the first attack on the cottage.. Dreadfatauspicions now -beset me-on, their • beins.abieto,aocomplieh by - .:treachery what kney'tite:cciAtaie, I began to , doubt whether there might dot be ways of - cunbingly and •si, letitly'enteting it •agaiest wlireT4 I-. woo not providefi.•:Thetleking of the.ileok annoyed me'; the crackling of Om fire 4attled• * me:' leaked out twenti , times a minute. into the aorneis of the . passage, straining my eyes,:: holding my breath, anticipating . the most preposteretis events, the • most imperil- They really ,gone, or wtie thei ire'editig still ribctri(: the , battik?, Oh; ,vrhat have givap only' • to kitov,.•ediat.they were : both, " about fa - that interval of silinntfl • J•was .. staitled at lest out of my" suspense In the most aWful.mannar...-,,A, about from one of them reitehefi my, ears " en,p, sudden dovin • the kitchen chimney. It was so uneapeoted :end so horrible in the•stiliness, that' I screamed • for the feat time pinto the . attack on the ,4‘n.scrin:boqin g a had: never aug goofed to rate-That - the, two 'villitino might Mount upcm.tharoOf..•l ,•.'!;.. ; Let in,..ytd she-devil 1' - roared' ti voice 'down the chimney- • • - r•• „ r • There , was , another, pause... Alto , make ' from the wood fire, thin and light a's it was in . • tho rod Mate of the eMbers et that' moment, 'Lad evidently oblidged llie man AO take his. .I . fate' from. the mouthiof the chiMney.. , .leou'ri "ted the tteeende , while itawnee. att;l i.oottjectur, • getting JO • hreelb,agein, iln„,-Mea r lthatt, halia minute, there come r chother Oman Let u's in 'Or, 'the alltiee dotin ; ova . . Burnit t 'Duni coeatit t"-TherelasLnething easily combustible: but thelhatokett the'fboll. 0 a • nd, that bed; heett soaked•mith thelheavy. :had. now fallen inecesantly-, for .:mare, : than ,six hours. ,BUrn • the pfacecycr, gew - : • ives :; siilf casting - eh* *ply.' In my mind 14' disoover what pootiibte7ilatidei :there could be•of fire,•eneetthe heavy stores . ' 14 0 0; ;30.1A0IW:Jts?*,;ij, fgom, being torn np;by hligh winda t CAM* thundering thawit ??,”r3(l .41e 1i!°9n41°147, op firnished place, with" ibo it,' Would7haeOestt , egt- on. fire e , '.`vtityouerharet fitter a g - i l4tirnittied.gave,Out oAlnell'of horningasiiirthe filitlahoirer .emitersiWfileh the ~ tlr4 y eon, =ME =III lIIM lIIMI 4 .1.% '.1.: , .. ,. ...i: - I . X. fii 71: a ..lii: A. P. :I'.',. t 7 /,(1:-.Lf I:i;l.l•E'i'lL__,..• ‘i...:j. , ?.7.1 - ' 1:-.. - . - ,..filri. - 2.) (111;J.I'sfr.m . '... 1- ...10,-D `NO;9 '2 2• j" MR „ Pei an inatattt I.• 'ittood quits ' petrified • be fore ,this new proof; of the'devilieh 4460014 r of, the ,villains. outside., r;;Bitt.,,tbe tiontlitentt danger I was now in, reintiledect.tojmyaensety7t, immediately. [Vhere woe it large.......cou'lttl_of Waterin and)” ran in,a,t.onetirto fetch it,'.',Before could get book to theltitek r . : en r aageo'ntistOnebhd boon tin : own . :dowlt, end the- thior'4as 13everitl-pln f iri e ., rii • -• J,•i :; had wi};otih4h ae hit the ; einOulderitiego'l On fora moment - or two •Inerei ',and to..pc*, the witoie efty,eanfutbf,Watercverrilla-,firuit ;111tforitflie third'aioad came down,' the • shim ney.. The 'live opibers on thii . flee'r dieptilied of after that: The,man on' the; roof mast Wave -heard thillasing of 'the `fire'` tat put it out; itiothave felt the.change prcalueed-.' in .theatmeapher&at the v meuth' of tb'o shim ney, for after thithird atone had deatainded, no more followed it. As for either of the... , ruffians tlieinsol4a gropping ., down 'by the' , sameroad along whioh'the atones had come that was not to to dreaded. Tbe chimney,' as Ewell knew by.'eur experience in cleaning it, was, too narrow to give pacaage to anyone abovci the ciao of n small boy. l . loo'ked upwaed as that comforting roftee. tion-cr d inr - croon"! my min( looked up . and saw, aaplainly'aeT Bee the paper Ism now. 1///* ing on, thepoint of knife enining through the inside of the. roof just over my, head:l Our, cottage batl,no upper story, And our' roams' had no ceilings. • Slowly_and .wiok9dly the,'. _knife wiggled he - Way•through . the• lry. 'wide .thntoh lietween the rafters.•, It stopped for- a • • . little and then ,eame.tha sound 'of tearing. That, in its turn, stopped too; tharn_Was_a_l ; great fall of dry theta_ on' the - floor, 'and' saW:4lle yeayy,-hairy-L - hand:.-of - Shifir 01014 •• . armed with the knife, come through; after the fallen fragments. Ile tapped a thO rafters •: midi-the-bit-eh :of - the,knifairin - test their Btrength. , "Thtink God, they wore substantial. ' and close together 1 Nothing lighter than a . lint•Shet would Hire inland to 'emove any piirt of them. • The tnurderetis,hand was. still tapping 'with the - knife-When I:bearda shout from the maw Jerry corning from the neigh'boriniod of, say , lattices' Stone shed in the . . back, yard; The ; hand UndicnifddiaaPpeared instantly.- I - Wtydr - , tO Oa' baok.door; and put :my ear, to. it, anti lloth:the mon were now firths shad: . ado the most desperate •offorts.' to- call to • mind_what , tools and other things Wore - roft In '- it which might he used against me. But my 'agitation confused me. I could remember no thing dut my. father's big atone -elavrovhielf was far to heavy and 'unwffifdly tO bd used on the roof the'eolthgo. I was still puziling my brains and Making my head swim to neo pose when I heard the men draggiug seine thimfout of',the shod. ,At the ,same instant ' when the noise naught my ear, the remota branpaflashed across me likdlightning Of some beams of Wood whlclibad lain in the shed for 'years fait . ..". I had Lardy' time en feeicerMin that they -Weie 'removingone ortliesebeams,' before I heardBhifty !Pick stiy.t6Jerry . , l 'Which door r.lo Tboc. • front;' wail the answer: ',We've creek-. ed it . already; , we'll have it down in,,na.tinnf.'.. Benses less sharpened by danger than minx would have understOod but' too easily 'from these words that they wereabout to, use the beam as a battering•ram against the ,door. •• When that conviction overcame me, _I lost . _ Souragomt inst. I felt. that the door moat coma dCwn,tha t no suoh barricade as I had constructed could support It for more' than a" Tow minutes ngal ouch' shOoks as it wall now to receive. • I eau do np more to keep the • house against them," I said to myself, with . .my knees knocking together, and the tears at last beginning to wet my cheeks: ' '1 mu.si,trust to the night and the 'thick .. 'darkness, and s'avoMy life by running for it while tldre.is yet time.' , " , . • I huddled on My eloak and hood, and had my band on the bar ' df-the-back - doit — rlw en a piteous Mew from the bedroom 'reminded Me of the.existenca;af-pitar.P3l. t• lieii'ed,al,i4dtii iu the distance, aQ , if they,Were i•unniag out,tci:pursuo tile. .12. ion, par uE Clip top of I'dy'tipeed, nitd the hoitoi "It - t , itsizio - durlCtlittr - tWonty • two would lmve.found it usolem to follow me. 4oir ;944 wee ,befiuu l xertcled:the . form-'t - . plooo, toc nliiolt I contd . fly-, Our rorup 7 inan not , toll you. ~ remember that'iluid )uat,sensannonglt to Itnep the wind, at my')ipok' (Ilivildii:6l3Berved ilinl!Oginninfi Dr the; ovet!nii it tirow'tkivliid.fioiLrinn2, r " • nod-tolgo on rosOlutely 'tbr'oiigh In ull:Other reppeota I was by this time: bltlfj!o; ,, inazodby,rllotfl . 6a. gone thretigl4., , .ll.lt4Lalt, eo liaqopod 9/4 t4o,wlnd,!indolutngokaft4 L ai . ; I ol ' mprvedlta i dkroptionpittlyin t4„ .. ,ifoyenjßg• Perta—tiO'dl ~ of .pro,idontlally it still Vow steadily dine' field ) ' 4 "' blown foi ,hours pastl lCiitl r reatlied'ttie farin , ; train'*4l • When' I' mad& my a 4, ,!.. • arm door;:t had.all gon ~o; bed bat., ihe 'farineeceld cot een,.whomae iqtaug upilata c; oven his pipe and newspayna:..;;;Jßflt.lFulS9l"o,4r-,-;!tx • tronitli onouglkto,gox-olg,i.folLifor.dtl tell. 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