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' Trr village, aa4 our. asst twa.
Xts traveled ler. ta a Iriwrt trail i.
f lag eniartsf aaarahsaulaa.
Ortr Ua oatry, mw m4 Ifefk
la i. a ata iy
Aa4 ansa. Nttar On Mat ui wait
le eaaght iMa a a leeel (raHki,
Ami aa B7 ansa (la loag ilaaaal.
VattM tng a rhyma ta tha alS aabaeaa.
fN kaaw, Had raa4ar. tk law a teta
Tha leeal 'WMT la alwaya lata.
lag I've waits, la half-lit raan
Of oaaatry etaUon'a dinar gleaan,
. Lasting tor hoaM Ira lingered near
Tha eUeat ralla with listening aar.
With aa auoh worda aa a methar would
glva
"Ta Bt a ta die ar teaeatne ta lira."
Swear word, may. 1 nave let loose.
Waiting, at night, for tha aid cahooaa.
Stretched, at last, aa tha oilcloth seat,
Tha shoes removed from say aching feet,
Whila muT lanterns their vigil kept. -There,
exhausted. Ft aouadly slept.
Slept, ta draam that I took a rlda
Over Klagara'a foaming tide.
. Oyer tha cataract, aana a groan,
1 Hitting my head on a big flat atone.
Then I awoke, and my teeth were looea;
Teaa only a jerk af tha aid eaheeae.
h Weary, again, I cloee the eye.
Dreaming of Klondike' e mountalna high;
Plains plied full of toe and snow.
Mercury seventy-nve below;
Keroeene held by a lira ta thaw,
. Whleky aerved with a croie-cut aaw;
8hlverlng, chilled with the bitter cold.
Crawling down In my ulster's fold.
Ah I The Hovelia poor excuse,
Tha lira la out In tha old caboose.
A brakeman cornea and butlda a flra.
- When thawed I anca again retire,
- ' To dream of hades, yawning red.
A pit with ooal and brimstone fad.
Tha heat becomes mora torrid now,
Tha sweat-drops roll from off my brow.
Jn midst of tortures after death
1 roll about and gasp for breath
Till Morpheus lets my senses loose.
ta tha blushing stove af tha aid caboose.
I "re shivered with oald or I've roasted
with heat,
, A thousand times been Jerked from my
seat
- I've sworn I never again would ride.
BhadsofQ. Washington! There I lied!
It's Jerked my toothpick down my throat,
Jt's jerked the buttons all off my coaL
'va been thumped and pounded la every
part
TU1 1 bold my breath to aea It start.
So facts beat sentiment What'a tha use
Ta talk about laving that eld caboose T
Bay It la folly, or call ms weak.
When tha bnaisira baag and tha axles
squaak.
0a X lava HI I lava It Tha ragged Deuaa
Can't tear my soul from tha aid caboose.
There are chunks of oea! la the murky air,
Tha passengers greaa and tha brakemen
' swear;
On a side track lewg far hours we Us,
Whila later trains go whlaatng by.
And then, when tha engine gets In Its work.
a-oowb me trail comes that awrui jerk.
-Jeaeah Bert SntUar, la Caioags later
f NITYB DPPDIJ'C TtTPVIT
houiu aauuuu u laiuxni
M At
lXTOV mmUfrrr for itM" .
T Iioanjhas4wltkatrUnf
lip In defiance to tbeaa warda, aa May na
Perrin ottered them, his va fUahinf,
bat tall f orm drawn to ha full height.
Pit la very much wha I expected, Uiat
yon should eondeaoend to threats, Mr.
Partin," I said, "but a condition of
things, nevertheless, not Nicely toimme
diately bring about the desired denou-
ment."
I was but 18, and I spoke with tha
Impetuous) feaxleeaneee which belong
' only to youth. Ah, had some kind hand
but for one moment drawn aaide the veil
of futurity, I might have tried even then
to soften their effect. 'Only a little while
ago Mayne Perrin and I had been
friends, on tha borderland of lovers, a
borderland his foot had crossed aa mine
had retreated. Rumors had reached me
In regard to him rumor which I had
asked him concerning-, and which he
hod not denied.
"What If 1 do play cards for money?"
he had answered me. "I neither lie nor
cheat, nor owe any man anything'. I
wont make any the worse huaband for
It, Nannie, if lean gain the prettiest g-lrl
In the village for my wife." '
"If you mean me, Mayne Perrin," I
answered, "I would rather see myself
lying dn my coffin than a gambler's wife.
A man who will gamble will do anything
else."
' "You have made me love you," he aaid,
lowly, his face whitening, "with your
coquettish way 1 1 could not understand.
Did you do it for thte end?"
"I never did it," I Indignantly ex
claimed. "I liked you yea, I loved you
never; but tad I given you all my
heart I would atill have coverage to
stretch my hand Into the fire and snatch
it ' from the flames, though it was a
scorched and atricken thing forever."
( "Then, even were I not a gambler, aa
you term me, your answer would be the
tame?" I wondered at his cahnneaa,
though I little dreamed the effort it had
.oat him and all that lay beneath.
"The iime," I aaid, curtly.
"And dare you Judge another?" The
words burst forth with seething, hissing
corn. "You dare aay you have not
taught me to love you by the arte of
arhidh only a woman U master? For
our future and for mine you are re
rponalble, but you will be aorry for
jhiel"
Then it waa he uttered the threat and
when by my anawer I had but torn atill
wider apart tha bleeding around, he
turned once more, while I atood on the
itepa of the porch, to repeat the words.
His face livid with pa salon, and then
trade down tbe path. ,y., .
"An Idle threat," J, thotagU ta myself.
"Aa though my aapptneaa would eve
jie wiimu Mayne Perrin'a grasp." I
seald have lattgfeed load in any aeour
Ity and my forgetful neae of tha troth
that in aotna degree lay hidden in nte
worda, the truth that when the young,
handsome etra rarer came to our village
1 had accepted with a mile and a blunb,
tha attentions) he had ahowtred upon
me, attentions which la my girHab -aajraaeo
-aad vanity ware M no little
worth thai wttta the maars, heart lay.
at,-my , feet I com Witt
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4g2t est fJtr.Cit t-J ial I wesrs
I mi frt7.t 1 ba I'ayJjs
ieCg. EU X daaarre nay punish
ment? . . . . ..
One year after, X on year older and
wiser, mj lit en aappineaa eaaa to aaa la
the love welch flooded ray path with
aunahiaa. Por the flrattlnie, trembling
with aha weight of my own joy, 1 re
membered the auffaring I had caused
another, remembered wdth a new abil
ity to gueaw at 1U measurement, remem
bered it with regret. Butoad I wished
It, I could not have put that regret Into
words. I bad never seen Mayne Perrin
alnee that day. Be had disappeared, no
one knew whither.
"He aaid I would be aorry, and I aaa."
I thought once, amid the preparations
for my wedding, "I wish I had said one
kind word," and after the thought, fleet
log se the sorrow, earn f orgetf ulneaa.
We had been married two years two
hPPT. hPPy yeara and Will and I
were lovera yet. We had a pretty farm
a few miles outside the Tillage, where I
waa Joyous as a bird and busy aa a bee
from morning until night. One after
noon in May Will came in on hia return
from town, saying, even aa he kissed
me: "I have brought an old friend of
yours, Nannie, home wdth me. lie la
very anxious to see you."
An old friend I Neither Will nor I
were backward In hospitality, snd I
quickly followed him Into the parlor.
Did a cloud, darken thesunahine, did the
air suddenly grow chill, or did merely a
presentiment of evil greet me on its
threshold, as with band outstretched
snd a smile of welcome, Mayne Perrin
came forward to receive my greeting. I
tried to make it cordial, but I fear I
failed. Even my huaband seemed em
barrassed. The stranger waa the first
to put us at our esss.
"I wss scarcely surprised to bear of
your wedding, Mrs. Drayton," he aaid.
"I trust it la not too lste to offer my con
gratulation i."
Ths evening psssed pleasantly and
quickly, and I could aeo that Will waa
sorry 'when our guest rose to leave.
From that day Mayne Perrin was our
constant visitor. Once when we were
slone he even touched lightly on the
past, with a laugh at bis own hurt It
would have seemed bitter mockery to
tell him of that after regret of mine, so
I said nothing i but spite of 111, I cosUd
not feel at my ease. Perhaps it was that
ones or twtos I caught his glance fixed
on me, when he did not mean I ehould
detect it, with a light of mocking mal
ice in his eye, but I was not well this
summer, and waa apt to have foolish
fancies. Then, too, Will had grown so
fond of him that hs would only have
laughed or raprored ms for indulging
laeoohfony.' ' V. ;
' i Bo the summer wore away, the harvest
waa gathersd, and the leaves abed their
requium of color enr the land, bat in
aay heart It was sprinrtUne, now with
hops and promise, for. In my mother
arms lay ths little helpless messenger
of God a goodness and. Jots. All my
pride, all any happiness, Will shared.
and it seemed as though' this wss
IDLE TURK AT, I THOUOtiT.
daughter of ours but seemed to closer
knit the bond between us. Still my time
now, of course, was baby's, and when
several times through the winter Will
did not come home until baby and I had
been long asleep, I tried to still the anx
ious feeling at my heart by remember
ing that this was so, and that he, a man,
needed change. But after I had un
dressed baby and laid her away in her
little crib, the hours would pass slowly
and wearily until I could not sleep If I
tried, and the first harsh worda I had
beard from Will were utttered when he
found me, wide-eyed and pales waiting
and watching for the sound of. his
horse's hoofs or his welcome step in the
hall.
, I ssw less of Mayne Perrin in these
times, but, though Will never said so, I
knew thess evenings were spent with
him. When the first suspicion of how
they were spent came to me I knew not ;
but It grew and grew until certainty
took Its place. Will had grown silent,
anxious, abstracted, fitful and moody.
Even baoy failed to rouse him, and I
watched him with a sinking hesrt,Jong
ing to speak, yet hardly daring. Alas!
It waa for him to break the silence.
One day I put into hia hands (3,000,
my little all, asking him to deposit it
for me. It had been event me the day
De fore on tbeselllngof some bonds from
n-hlch he had determined to withdraw
it
"It is baby's nest egg," I ssld, with a
imile. "If her father prospers I hope it
may be her dower. Tf not, we have it
For a rainy day."
"All right, Uttle wife," he answered.
'I will be back early to-night Don't
put baby to Bleep until I come."
Hew bright and cheery looked the
little parlor as the hour drew near when
I expected him. Even baby seemed to
know her blue ribbons had been put en
for an especial purpose. But baby's
bedtime had long psssed, and baby's
eyelids were fast closing, spite of her
anxious endeavors to keep "the sand
man" away, -and atill hs earns not. At
bur I knew the 'letter endeavor fruit
less, and aoIsadly mtMtfcs fchmrfk
Ma at4 laid away ths MtUe on
In her erlb. My supper wag untested s
X could not eat. A strange, terrible op
pression wss creeping over me. Mid
night had long struck, and still I was
alone. . Baby had awakened and been
huahed to sleep again. I could not read,
I could not work, X could only pace
wearily to and fro, and watch and wait,
At last, as ths dawn was breaking, the
distant sound of a horse a hoofs broke
the stillness; but when, a few moments
later, my huaband entered the room, I
ataxic) back. So changed waa he I
scarcely could have recognised him. To
night be tittered no word of reproach
at finding me waiting, but threw bin
aelf down with a groan.
"What is It, Will?" I questioned. "Tell
me, desr. Is not your trouble mine?"
Then he told me how the money I hsd
given him tbst morning hsd been lost
not a dollar saved. Mayne Perrin had
met him, tempted him aa he had been
tempted 20 tlmea before, and aa before
he had yielded, playing on and on with
the gambler's vain hope of redeeming
what he had lost, until nothing waa left.
Our nest egg, baby'a dower was gone.
I could not reproach htm. I could only
soothe and comfort, praying with him
that the lesson might be one be never
would forget
Spite of our loss the next few weeks
were happier, for Will waa more at
home, and seemed relieved to hsve made
full confession. In March we went over
to his father's, whose farm lay distant
from ours some seven miles, to spend
the anniversary of our wedding. We
had a bright, happy dinner, baby now
alx months old the honored guest.
The next afternoon Will rode Into
town, promising to return early, as the
next day we were to atart for home. We
waited supper a full hour, then sat
down without him. His mother's anx
ious questionings, his father'a wonder
ment as the evening wore swsy, drove
me almost wild, and I waa glad to say.
good-night and seek the rest- and quiet
of my room. Slowly the long hours
wore away, while I wrestled on my
knees In agony for full well I now knew
what this absence meant. Once more
the tempter had been at work. The
sentence I had once uttered: "I would
rather see myself In my grave than a
gambler'a wife," rang In my ears, and
my heart grew hard and bitter.
"He haa been detained," I aaid as
bravely as I could, when wo met at
breakfast. At noon ths sky grew
threatening, and severe snowstorm
was predicted, and when thefirstflakea
were falling one by one. Will buret in
upon us.
"Are you ready ?" waa all his greeting.
"We will have to hurry to reach home
before the storm." In vain they urged
him to watt. "I am going," he an
swered. "Nannie can do aa she likes."
"I am ready. Will." I replied, and with
baby in my anna took my place by his
stds. For an hour he wss silent, the
snow falling faster and thicker. Then
he burst out abruptly:
"You think you are going home. Do
yon know that you are homeless, house
less, penniless, and your husband la a
thief? Nannie, Nannie, would that I
could diet"
The reins fell from his hands. In the
keen, biting sir and the clouds of snow,
his head f'.l forward on bis breast and
sob after sob rent his frame. For a mo
ment I waa appalled. Then it seemed ss
though I had known always this must
come, ss though all my life I had been
looking forward to this moment.
"now did it happen. Will?" I ques
tloned. "It was my first Ions," he anowered,
"that of your money, that troubled me.
and when Mayne met me yesterday and
asked me if I would not win it back,
something said 'try.' I played all night,
Nannie, alone with him, and when lie
bad won everything from me he
laughed in my face and told me to tell
my wife that be had made good his
word; that with him she would at least
have had a home."
"Ought not the house to be in sight?"
I questioned, roused into action by the
growing cold and darkness, the present
engrossing the future. Will started to
his feet and locked anxiously about,
then fell back with a groan. "Fool that
I smTiie muttered. "I have lost the
road." '
Colder and darker It grew every mo
ment. I hushed baby's faint cries on my
breast, though my heart sank with ter
ror. Could she survive this exposure ?
"It Is Just ss well," I said, bitterly,
"since we are homeless, that the end
should be here, only do not dare kill my
baby unless you kill ms too."
, But Just then something glimmered
in the darkness. It was tha light from
'our own hearthstone, which ere lonff
we had reached in safety, but when I
had laid my sloeiplng child In her warm
nest, the Ice about my heart melted, the
bitterness fled, and I crept sobbing to
my husband's . breast, murmuring
words of forgiveness and love. For
well I knew, whatever ill the future
hold In store for us, the tempter would
hereafter tempt in vain. But the next
day we waited in vain for Mayne Per
rin to claim the deeds and money he
bsd won, until at nightfall we learned
that we were saved. He, too, had set
out In that storm, had lost hW wsy and
perished. Remembering how near
death had come to us, yet psssed us by,
we tried not to rejoice that our free
dom had been bought at such a price,
while the prayer came from both our
hearts that in that last solitary hour he
had Bought and won peace and forgive
ness from his Ood. N. T. Ledger.
Ho Pity far Mr,tee la China.
They make short work of pirates in
China. In July last a vessel in charge
of Chung Kwed, tha son of a wealthy
merchant at Singapore, whila on its
way to Canton was seised : and na
aground by pirates and looted of its
full cargo of silks and money. The
Canton authorities immediately sent
a gunboat down the river and tha pi
rates, to in number, ware captured.
They were taken In triumph to Ban
Ling, near Canton,'' and, were con
demned by a military tribunal and ba
headedla thacoorasetfafswhoors.
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A Sitlafaatary fSaaad Barm.
Round barns ar becommlng quits
common In soma parts of the country.
1 Vc. e seems to be an economy of space
in a circular itractare and the fact that
It is possible to hay a silo in tha can
ter, away from tha street of ths changes
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the greater number of thess round
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given In the illustrations. The frame
of the uter wall of the first story
Is made of 2x12 inch studding
three feet apart. Above the sec
ond floor, these atuddlngs are only 2x6
Inches. The whole is covered with S-
BASEMENT OR FIRST FLOOR PLAN.
Inch drop siding. On the first floor is
a row of double stalls facing a 9ft al
ley. Tbe gutters back of tbe stalls are
20 Inches wide and five Inches deep on
tbe south side of tbe barn, reaching a
depth of 7 inches by the time tbey get
round to the north end, so as to fur
nlsb drainage. A liquid manure cis
tern is situated Just outside of tbe
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Tbe main entrance to tbe first floor
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down through ths floor to ths stalls
below, through which the feed is
thrown. On tbe second floor there is
room for hay. farm machinery, grain,
horse stalls, etc 8caffoldlng Just above
tbe second story adds greatly to ths
SECOND FLOOR PLAN.
hay capacity of the barn. A commodi
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east corner, where the separator stands.
Milk Is run through tbe separator sim
ply to clean and aerate It, after which
it Is bottled for market
The silo walls are made of studding
2x12 Inches and covered on the Inside
with three thicknesses of -lnch
boards, with a layer of building paper
between the courses. Tbe outside ia
covered with sheathing, merely to cre
ate air spaces between the studding,
which insures perfect ventilation. Aft
er being filled the contents of the silo
are merely wet down on top with 40
or 50 palls of water every other day
until five or six applications have been
made. The total cost of this barn and
milk house waa about $3,000.
Grading Up tha Flocks.
Two often the farmer starts from
the standpoint of tbe fancier. A farm
er who has a flock of common stock
that pays fairly well, kills tbeiu off
and replaces with fancy stork, pure
bred fowls, giving them no extra care,
will find they prove a failure. Scrub
stock will endure privation better than
stock that has been bred for the show
room. What the farmer wants Is not
pure-bred poultry but pure-bred males
to cross on common stock. lie Is after
best returns, not beauty. The best
market In the future for pure-bred
stock will be for pure-bred males to
cross on common stock. Tbe breeder,
who could appreciate tbe situation
could sell all be could raise. Tbe male
Is balf the flock. By using pure
bred cocks and the best and most
thrifty of the common bens, tbe flocks
may be graded up and tbe grades hare
the special qualities of the male's an
cestry and tbe hardiness of scrub fe
males. But tbe mixed males should
not be used for breeding. Always
breed the grade hens back to pure
bred males. In getting stock for cross
ing it pays to give good prices for
good birds. The choice of Individuals
is as Important as the choice of breeds.
Secure the best out of a large flock if
possible. Agriculturist
Winter Protection for Working Horses.
It la undeniable that horses at work
on cold, blustering Winter days suffer
severely from the chilling temperature,
especially where the are compelled to
pause every little while after severs
effort A shoulder blanket can be
made from the forward part of ' a
warn-out stable blanket or from old
carpeting. Cut ths material so that It
fits around tbe neck and strap it across
the front- This will protect the ellal
organs, and -win In no way interfere
with the harness. -It in In the Interest
of humanity and stay ao save a val
uable horse from gklinwm
Wasting
in Children
can be overcome In almost all cases
by the se of Scott's Emwlsion of
Cod-Lircr Oil and the Hypophos
phites of Lime and Soda. While
it is a scientific fact that cod-tircr
oil is the most digestible oil in ex
tstence. in
CGOTT'C
ETJlULBIOn
it Is not only palatable, but it is
already digested and made ready
for immediate absorption by the
system. It ia also combined with
tbe hypophosphites, which
supply a food not only for
the tissues of the body, but
for the bones and nerves,
and will build up the child
when its ordinary food
does not supply proper
nourishment.
Bt sure you get SCOTT'S Emulsion. See that the
ban snd 6h srt on ths wrapper.
All druggliti ; 50c. snd li.oo.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
Mr. Charles Dudley Warnrr'e vinws and ob
servations of "The l'U'turesiiiH in American
Life and Nature," as uttered In a very pleasant
talk with Clifton Johnson, form the subject of
especially Interesting; article In the January
Magaslne Number of The Outlook. Mr. John
ton, whose ak.HI an an artistic photographer ie
now known to most readers of Iwoks and ina
atlnes, Illustrates this article with several pic
tures of Mr. Warner at his home, and with other
photographs taken for this special purpose.
The article is essentially readable, end has
much of Mr. Warner's characteristic humor
tti a year. The Outlook Company, 13 Astor
I'lace, New York.)
CALIFORNIA.
lY'raonuIly-Condiicteil Tour
via
IViiiih) lvania lliiilroad.
American and especially trans-continental
travel has been revolutionised by the I'srsoD-ally-enduclod
lours of the fenneylvania Kali,
road. California, the "land of promise." the
dream of tbe tourist, has been made easily aad
comfortably accessible. Through trains of pa
latial appointments run between the Atlautla
snd the I'ssBc, affording ample opportunity to
visit the must interesting points en route snd
insuring a degree of comfort and special alien
l.un not olhef wiseaitalnabls. The nest lour to
California under this matchless syetera Will
leave New York, I'biladelphia, and I'iltsburg
Thursday, January 27, vlsling ft. Louis, Kl rasa,
rian i'lrgo, HI venule, Los Annies, I'aaanenA,
Hanta Harbara, Monterey, Han K rancisco, Sai
Lake City, Ulenwoi d Springs, Colorado Spring
and Manitou, Denver, etc. Round-trip rata, in
cluding transportation, meals, carriage drives,
hotel accommodations, and l'ullnian aceniamo
dntions, en route, and Pullman berth Los An
geles to !an Francisco, and transportation in
. all for ills, MIOoofroin all stations east of fltta
burg : with hotel accommodalioim, ' meals,
transfers, and carriage drive, through Cali
fornia for four weeks, 1124.00 additional. Aa
experienced cliaperun will aocoiupauy the party
for the benefit of the lady tourist.
For itineraries and tub Information, apply ta
ticket agents: Tourist Agent. Ill Broadway,
New York : or editress tieo. VV. Iloyd, Assistan
i cncrul ragssenger Agent, Hroud htteet ela
tion, i'hlludL-lplua. 1-13-at
TO ( I RE A OLD IX 0!i: DAY
Take laxative Quinine Tablets. All Drug
gist refund the money if It falls to cur. lie.
lMt.7ra.
FLORIDA
lVrsdiinlly-Cdiidiictetl Tour viu
I Viiiisvlviiniii Kaili'oiid.
With Its matchless climnte, ita orange gloves,
its rivers and lakes, its boating nnd bathing, its
fishing and hunting, snd its primeval foicst.
Florida presents unrivaled nttractlous for the
valetudinarian, the lover of naturo the siiorte
iiian, and tbe explorer.
Tbe first Jacksonville tour of the season via
the I'ennsylvaiiia Knilroad, allowing two weeks
In Florida, leaves New York by special trail)
Tuesday, Jnuuary 1i. Kxcurison tickets, includ
ing railroad transportation, i'ul nian accommo
dations (one berth), and meals eu route in both
directions while traveling on the Hpeciul train,
will be sold at the following rates: New York,
SWUD; Philadelphia. 4K.0O; Canadaigua. l5i.H5;
Krie, IM.K5; YYtlkeslliirre. iO,Xi ; I ittnlmrg.
tM.OO; and at proportionate rates from other
MllltS.
For tickets, Itineraries, anil full information,
apply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, UVi
ilroadway. New York ; or address Ueo. W.
Koyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent.
KroadHlreet rJtalion, Vhiladelphie- l-IS-3t
Look! Look!!
Look at yourself when you buy
clothing at my store. I keep con
stantly in utoek the bast and finest
line of Hats and Gents' Clothing,
Furnishing Goode, Underwear and
Caps. Call to aaa ay stock.
W. B. BOTEB'S BROTHERHOOD STORE
SnrSUIT, PaWKA.
$4
pen day SURE
aUry on OoataiaaaoM.
DO yon moat AoeoraMr, (Ma tsuvoysswi
rr ytcr maud, at good waft, tt jour? saw
Aeew or to trt'ulf Ui. itss4c. in rtmas
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