THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
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CHAPTER XVI Continued:
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O'Reilly joined In the laughter
evoked by this remark. IIo was quite
w tattered ns the poorest of Bctun
court's common soldiers; his shoes
treit broken and disreputable ; his cot
14 trousers, snagged by bnrbed wlro
fettf kmmblcs, and soiled by dnys In
frt oaddlo and nights In the grass,
were In desporate need of attention.
His beard had grown, too, and his skin,
wkcre it wr exposed, was burnt to
a mahogany brown. Certainly there
Was nothlajr about his appearance to
bespeak his nationality.
Ohm general continued : "I am direct
t4 lm this letter to help you in some
Mtcrprlse. Command me, sir."
As briefly as possible Johnnlo made
fcaown tho object of his journey. The
ifflcer nodded bis comprehension, but
Its he did oo a puzzled expression
frqssed his face.
''Yes, I reported that Miss Varona
fcad gone into tho city I took some
iuilns to And out Do you havo reason
b doubt"
"Not tho least, sir'
Then why havo you come all this
ry?"
"I came to find her and to fetch her
to her brother."
"But you don't understand. Sho is
actually lnsldo tho lines, In Mntan
fcas a prisoner."
"Exactly. I intend to go into Mutnn
kes aad bring her out."
General Botnncourt drew back, ns
toslshed. "My dear man!" ho ex
ttalmed. "Are you mad?"
O'Reilly smiled faintly. "Quito
robably. All lovers aro mildly mad,
believe."
"Ah I Lovers I I begin to see. But
how do you mean to go about this
lids Impossible undertaking?"
"You told mo Just now that I could
NS8 for a Cuban. Well, I am going
lw put It to the test. If I onco get Into
the city I shall manage somehow to
get out again, and bring her with me."
"Um-ml" Tho general appraised
O'Reilly speculatively. "No doubt you
Van get in it is not so difficult to en
tor, I bellevo, and especially to ona
Who speaks the language like a native.
Hut the return I fear you will find
that another matter. Matanzas Is a
felace of pestilence, hunger, despair.
ho one goes there from choice any
ktore, and no one ever comes out."
So 1 should imagine." Tho speak
Krs careless tone added to General Bo
kancourt's astonishment. "Bless mo I"
tw exclaimed. "What nn oxtraordl
lurry young man! Is It posslblo that
u do not comprehend tho tcrrlblo
ondltlons?" A sudden thought struck
ItJjn and ho inquired quickly : "Tell me,
fou aro not by any chance that hero
tfecy call El Deraonlo? I havo heard
Huit he is indeed a demon. No? Very
Well! You say you wish to visit Ma
tanzas, and X am instructed to help
ou. now can I do so?"
O'ltcllly hesitated an Instant. "For
Me tiling, I need money. I I haven't
& single peseta."
You are welcome to tho few dol
lars I possess.".
Johnnlo expressed his gratitude for
tfols ready assistance. "Ono thing
laore," said he. "Will you give my
koy, Jacket, a now pnlr of trousers
bud send him back to the Orient at the
Hit opportunity?"
"Of course. It Is done." The gen
Ifftl laid a friendly hand upon O'Rcll-
W"u shoulder, saying, gravely: "It
Vrauld relieve me Intensely to Rend you
buck with him, for 1 havo fears for
ttae success of your venture. Matanzas
M bell; It has swallowed up thou
ftftsda of our good countrymen; thou
frauds havo died thcro. I'm nfruld you
lo not realize what risks you aro tnk
teff." O'Reilly did not allow this well-
meant warning to Influence hlra. nor
tta ho listen to tho admonitions of
Uioso other Cubans who tried to arguo
with him out of his purpose, once It
camo known. On tho contrary, ho
proceeded with his preparations and
pent that afternoon in satisfying him
lf that Rosa had indeed left tho Pan
ftv Matanzas beforo Cobo's raid.
Among Betancourt's troops was a
luu who-hud been living In tho hills
fct fho time Ascnslo nud his family
fcnd abandoned their strugglo for ex
istence, and to him O'Reilly wont, This
flellow, it seemed, hud remained with
His family In the mountains somo tlmo
titer Asenalo's departure. It was
from him that O'Reilly heard his first
Hthentlc report of tho atrocities per
petrated by Cobo's volunteers. This
Mn had lost his wlfo, his Uttlo son,
tad all tho scanty belongings he pos
sessed. With shaking hands up
Mretchod to heaven, the fellow cursed
Me author of his misfortunes.
"I live for ono thing I" he cried
ihrllly "to meet thut monster, and to
Mfccser hlnv as ho butchers women
ad children."
O'Reilly purposely left his most un
fUasant task to tho last When his
arrangements had been completed and
be bud acquainted himself as far ns
feasible with the hazards ho was likely
to encounter, ho took Jacket usldo and
ftroko the news to him thut on the fol
lowing morning they must part As
ho had expected, tho boy refused .to
!Vn to biro. O'Reilly remained firm
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and Jacket began to weep copiously.
IIo worked himself up to a hysterlcul
crescendo which threatened to arouse
tho entire encampment. But O'Reilly
was unmoved,
"Bo quiet," ho told the boy. "I
won't let you go with me, and thut
ends It. It will bo hard enough for ona
man to slip through; two would bo
suro to full."
"Those Spaniards will skill youl"
Jacket walled.
"So much the more reason for you
to stay here."
At this tho boy uttered n louder
cry. IIo stamped bis bare feet In n
frenzy of disappointment "You das
sent lenvo me you dasscntl"
"Listen, people are starving In Ma
tanzas; they are sick; they aro dying
in tho streets."
"I don't cat much."
When Johnnlo shook his head stub
bornly Jacket launched himself Into a
torrent of profanity tho violence of
which dried his tears. Ills vocabu
lary was surprising. IIo reviled tho
Spaniards, O'Reilly, himself, everybody
and everything; ho leveled anathemas
at that woman, who hud come between
him and his beloved benefactor. The
latter listened good-naturedly.
"You'ro n tough kid," ho laughed,
when Jacket's first rngd had worn it
self out "I like you, and I'd tako you
If I could. But this Isn't an cntcrpriso
for a boy, and It won't get you any
thing to keep up this racket"
Jacket next tried tho power of ar
gument. He attempted to prove that
in a hazardous undertaking of this
sort his asslstanco would bo invalu
able. Ho was, bo he declared, tho ono
person In nil Cuba in every respect
qualified to shnro O'Reilly's perils. To
begin with, ho was not afraid, of Span
lards, or anything else, for that mat
terho dismissed tho subject of per
sonal courago with a contemptuous
shrug. As for cunning, sagacity, pru
dence, resource, all-around worth, ho
was, without doubt uncqualcd in any
country. He was a vcrltablo Spartan,
too, when It camo to hardship priva
tion and suffering wcro almost to his
liking. Ho was discreet discretion
was something he had Inherited; ho
was a diplomat diplomacy being ono
of his most unique accomplishments.
As for this talk about hunger, O'Reilly
need not concern himself in tho least
on that scoro, for Jacket was & small
eater and could grow fnt on a diet of
dried leaves. Disease? Bah I Itmado
him laugh. His cxpcrlcnco with sick
ness was wider than most fislcos, and
ho was a hotter nurse than Miss Kv-
ans would over be. Jacket did not wish
to appear in tho least boastful. On
tho contrary, ho was actually too mod
est, as his friends could attest, but
truth compelled him to ndmlt that ho
was Just tho man for O'Reilly. Ho
found It Impossible to recommend him
self too highly; to eavo his soul ho
could think of no qualification In which
ho was lacking and could see no rea
son why his benefactor would not
greatly profit by tho free uso of his
amazing talents. Tho entcrprlso'wns
difficult; It would certainly fall with
out hlra.
Johnnie remained carefully atten
tlvo during this adjuration, no felt no
dcslro even to smile, for tho boy's enr
nostness was touching and It caused
the elder man's throut to tighten un
comfortably. Johnnlo had not realized
boforc how fond ho had become of this
qunlnt youngster. And so, when tho
llttlo fellow paused hopefully, O'Reilly
put an arm around him.
"I'm suro you nro everything yon
say you nro, Jacket, and more, too, but
you can't go!"
With that Jacket flung off tho cm
brace and, stalking away, seated him
self. Ho took a half-smoked cigar
from the pocket of his shirt and lit It,
scowling tho while at his friend, Moro
flinn onco during tho evening O'Reilly
detected his sullen, ungry eyes upon
mm.
General Botnncourt and several mem
hers of his stnff wcro un early tho foi
lowing morning ib bid their visitor
good-by. In spit of their efforts to
make tho parting cheerful It was plain
that they had but llttlo hope of over
again seeing this foolhardy American.
Johnnlo's spirits wore not In tho
lenst affected by this lt'-copcealcd pes
simism, for, as ho told himself, ho had
tuonoy In his pockets and Matanzas
was not many miles nway. But when
ho camo to part from Jacket ho expert
diced a genuine disappointment Tho
boy, strangely enough, wus almost in
different to his leaving; he merely ex
tended a limp-, dirty hand, and replied
to O'Rollly'B parting words with a
careless "Adlos !"
In hurt surprise tho former Inquired,
"Don't wo part good friends?"
"Sure 1" Jacket shrugged, then
turned away.
Jacket was a Ukablo youngster; his
devotion was thoroughly unselfish; It
had not been easy to wound him. With
keener regrets than ho cared to ac
knowledge O'Reilly set out upon his
Journey, following tho guide whom
General Botnncourt hud provided.
It wus n lovely morning, sufficiently
warm to promise a hot midday; the
air was molBt und fresh from a recent
shower. This being tho rainy season,
the trails wero soft, und where tho rich
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Author of "The Iron Trail," "The
Spoilers," "Heart of the Sunset," Etc
red Cuban soil was exposed the trav
elers sank Into it as Into wet putty.
Crossing a rocky ridge, O'Reilly and
his guide nt last ciucrged upon an
open slope, knee-high In grass and
grown up to bottle palms, those queer,
distorted trees whose trunks uro swol
len Into the likeness of earthen water
jars. Scattered hero and thero over
the meadows were tho dead or fallen
trunks of another variety, the cabbage
palm, the green heart of which had
long formed a Btaplo nrtlclo of diet for
tho Insurrcctos. Spanish axes hnd
been at work here and not a single
tree remained alive. The green floor
of the valley farther down wns dotted
with the other, the royal kind, that
monarch of tropic vegetation which
lends to tho Cuban landscape its pe
culiar ind distinctive beauty.
"Yonder Is the' eamino," said the
countryman, pointing into tho valley;
"It will lead you to tho main rood;
and there" ho turned to the north
ward "Is Matanzas. Go with God,
and don't drink tho well water, which
Is polluted from the rnlns." With ri
smile and a wave of the hand the man
turned back and plunged into the
Jungle.
As O'Reilly descended the slope he
realized keenly that he was alono and
In hostile territory. The hills and tho
woods from Plnar del Rio to Orlcnto
wcro Cuban, or, at most, they wcro
disputed ground. But here in the
plains and valleys near the cities Spain
wns supreme. From this moment on
O'Reilly know he must rely entirely
upon himself. The success of his en
terprise his very life hinged upon
his caution, his powers of dissimula
tion, his ability to puss as n harmless,
helpless paclflco. It gave him an un
accustomed thrill, by no means pleas
ant The road, when ho camo to It, proved
to bo a deep gutter winding between
red clay banks cut by the high wheels
of clumsy cane carts. Inasmuch as no
"You'ro a Tough Kid!" He LauQhed.
crops whatever had been moved over
tho road during tho past season, it was
now llttlo moro than nn nnzv. RtlrL-v
rut Not n roof, not a chimney was In
sight; tho valley was deserted, nero
was a fcrtllo farming country and yet
no Uvlnir thlncr. no sound of Iiolla. nn
voices, no crowing cocks, no lowing
cattle. It was depressing to O'Reilly,
and more, for there was something
menacing and threatening nbout it all.
Toward noon tho breeze lessened
nnd R became Insufferably hot A
bunk of clouds In trie east nromlseri n
cooling shower, so Johnnlo sought tho
nearest snauo to wait for it, and took
ndvantngo of tho delay to eat his slen
der lunch. He wns meditatively munch-
Ing n sweet potato when a sound nt
nis duck caused hlra to leap to Ills feet
In alarm. He whirled, then uttered
un exclamation of uinuzement. Suntoii
not fifty feet nway was a bare-legged
Doy, similarly engaged In eating a
sweet potato. It was Jacket Ills
brown checks wero distended, his
bright, inquisitive eyes wero fixed upon
unewy irom uoucatn n delimit bcowL
"Jacket l" cried tho man. "What thn
uovIPure you doing hero?"
"You goln' to let mo como along?"
challenged tho Intruder.
"Sol You followed me. after I
I didn't want you?" O'Reilly spoko re
proachfully; but reproaches had no
effect upon tho lad. With a mild ex
pletive, Jacket signified his contempt
ror Bucn a weak form of persuasion.
"Sco here, now." O'Reilly stenned
closer. "Let's bo seuslblo about this."
But Jacket scrambled to his feet nud
retreated warily, stuffing tho uneaten
portion of tho sweet notnto Into his
mouth. It was plain that ho had no
commence In O'Reilly's Intentions
Muttering somethlnir In a mufficd
volco, he armed himself with a stout
suck,
"Come here," commanded .tho.Amerl
can. Jacket shook his head. Ho mndo
n painful attempt to swallow, nnd
When his utterance beenrao more dis
tinct he consigned his Idol to n warmer
ploee than Cuba.
"I'm a tough kid," ho declared.
"Don't get gay on me."
The two parleyed briefly; then, when
satisfied that no violence wns Intended
him, the boy snt down to listen. But
ns before, neither argument nor nppeal
had the slightest effect upon him. He
denied that ho had followed his bene
factor; he declnrcd that he wus a free
agent and at liberty to go where he
willed. If It so chanced that his fancy
took him to the city of Mntanzns at
the Fame time O'Reilly happened to
be traveling thither, the circumstance
might be put down to the long arm of
coincidence. If his compnny were dis
tasteful to tho elder man, O'Reilly was
free to wait nnd follow later ; If was a
mutter of complete lndlfferenco to
Jacket He had business In Mntnnzns
and he proposed to attend to. It Tho
boy lied gravely, unblushlngiy: Nev
ertheless, he kept a watchful cyo upon
his hearer.
"Very well O'Reilly told him final
ly. "1 give In."
Jacket's face Instantly lit up. He
radiated gopd humor; he hitched his
body closer.
"By ! I get my own way, don't
I?" he laughed.
"Indeed you do." O'Reilly laid a
hand fondly upon his loyal follower.
"And I don't mind telling you that I'm
moro than half, glad of it. I I was
getting lonesome. I didn't know bow
much I could miss you. But now we
must make somo plaus, wo must have
nn understanding nnd decide who we
are. Let mo see your real name Is
Narciso "
"Narclso Vlllar."
"Well, then, I shall bo Juan Vlllar,
your brother. Henceforth we shall
speak nothing but Spanish. Tell mo
now, whnt was our father's name,
whero was our home, and what are we
doing together?"
During the breathless interval be
foro the shower the two eat with their
heads together, talking earnestly. As
the wind camo and tho cooling rain be
gan to rattle on tho leaves overhead
they, took up their bundles and set
out The big drops drenched them
quickly. Their thin garments clung
to them nnd water streamed down
their bodies; overhead tho sky was
black and rent by vivid streaks of fire,
but they plodded onward cheerfully.
Jacket was himself again; he bent
his weight against the tempest and
lengthened his short strides to O'Reil
ly's, ne tried to whistle, but his teeth
chattered and tho wind Interfered, so
ho hummed a song, to drive tho chill
out of his bones and to hearten his
benefactor. Now that ho was nt last
accepted as a full partner In this enter
prise, It became his duty' not only to
share Its perils, but to lessen Its hard
ships and to yield diversion.
Tho rain was cold, the briers beside
tho overgrown path wero sharp, and
they scratched tho boy!s baro legs cru
elly; his stomach clamored for a com
panion to that solitary sweet potato,
too, but In bis breast glowed ardor
and pride. Jacket considered himself
n fortunnto person n very fortunate
person, Indeed. Had ho not found n
.brother, and did not that brother love
him? Thero was no doubt nbout the
latter, for O'Reilly's eyes, when he
looked down, wero friendly nnd Inti
mate. Here was a man to die for.
The- downpour lasted but a short
time, when tho sun camo out nnd dried
the men's clothes; on the whole, it had
been refreshing. When evening camo
tho Vlllar brothers sought refuge In
an old sugar mill, or rather In n part
of it still standing. They wero on the
main calzada now, the paved road
which links the two main cities of the
Island, and by tho following noon their
destination wns In Bight
O'Reilly felt n sudden excitement
when Matanzas came Into view. From
this distance the city looked quite ns
It did when he hnd left It, except that
the blue harbor was almost empty of
shipping, while the familiar range of
hills that hid tho Yumurl that valley
of delight so closely linked In his
thoughts with Rosa Varona seemed
to smllo nt him llko an old friend. For
tho thousandth time he asked himself
If he had como in time to find her, or
If fate's mnddenlhg delays had proved
his own and the girl's undoing.
O'Reilly know that although Matan
zas was n prison nnd n pesthole, a girl
llko Roso would, suffer in perils infi
nitely worso than imprisonment or dis
ease. It was n thought ho could not
bear to dwell upon.
Signs of life began to appear now,
tho travelers passed small garden
patches nnd occasional cultivated
Holds; they encountered londed carts
bound Into tho city, nnd onco they hid
themselves while a column of mounted
troops went by,
O'Reilly stopped to pass tho tlmo of
day with n wrinkled cartman whoso
dojected oxen wcro resting.
"Going into tho city, uro you?" tho
fellow Inquired. "Starved out, I sup
pose. Well, It's as pleasant to starve
in ono plnco as another."
' Jucket helped himself to n stalk of
cane from thtf load and bega to strip
It with his teeth,
"Will tho soldiers allow us to enter?"
Johnnie inquired.
"Of course. Why not? The old mnn
laughed mirthlessly; then his volco
changed. "Go back," he snld, "go back
and die In tho fields. Mntnnzas stinks
of rotting corpses. Go bnck where tho
air Is clenn." Ho swung his long lash
over the oxen, they leaned against tho
load, nnd tho enrt creaked dismally
on its way.
It Is never difficult to enter a trap,
and Matanzas was precisely that
Thero wero soldiers everywhere, but
beyond an indifferent challenge nt tho
outer blockhouse, n perfunctory ques
tion or two, Nnrclso and Juan Vlllnr
experienced no trouble whatever In
passing tho lines. Discipline, never
fitrlct nt best, was extremely lax at
tho brick fortlnns along the ronds, and,
since these two refugees were too poor
to warrant search, they wero waved
onward by the sentries. They obeyed
silently; In aimless bewilderment they
shuffled along toward the heart of the
city. Almost beforo they realized It
they hud run tho gantlet and had
Joined that army of misery, fifteen
thousand strong. Tho band of Spain
hnd closed over them.
CHAPTER XVII.
Rosa.
"Look!" Jacket clutched at O'Reilly
and pointed n shaking finger. "More
beggars! Chrlstol And those little
children I" The boy tried to lnugh, but
his volco cracked nervously. "Are they
children, or gourds with legs under
them?"
O'Reilly looked, .then turned his
eyes nway. He and Jacket had reached
the heart of Matunzns and were facing
the public square, the Plaza de la Lib
ertad It was called. Matanzas ap
peared poor and squalid, depresslngly
wretched; its streets were foul and
tho Plaza de la Llbertad grim mock
ery of a name was crowded with a
throng such ns It had never held In
O'Reilly's time, a throng of people who
were, without exception, gaunt, list
less, ragged. There was no afternoon
parade of finery, no laughter, no noise;
the benches wero full, but their occu
pants were silent, too sick or too weak
to move. Nor wcro thero any romping
children. There were, to bejsure, vast
numbers of undersized figures In the
square, but one needed to look twice
to realize that they were not pygmies
or wizened little old folks. It was not
strnngo that Jacket had compared
them to gourds with legs, for all were
naked, and most of them Iiad bodies
swollen into the likeness of pods or
calabashes. They looked peculiarly
grotesque with their spidery legs and
thin faces.
-O'Reilly nassed n damn hand across
his eyes. ''Just Heaven I" ho breathed.
"She she's one of these'!"
The reconcentrndos overran Matan
zas In an unclean swarm; streets and
plazas were congested with them, foi
no attempt was made to confine them
to their quarters. Morning brought
them streaming down from the sub
urban slopes where they lived, evening
sen them winding back; their days
wero spent in an aimless search foi
food. They snntched at crumbs and
combed tho gutters for crusts. How
they mnnaged to exist, whence came
tho food thut kept life in their miser
able bodies, was a mystery, even to
tho citizens of the city; no organized
effort had been made to care for them
nnd there wns Insufficient surplus food
for hnlf their number. Yet somehow
they lived and lingered on.
At the tlmo of O'Reilly's arrival tin
sight presented by these Innocent vic
tims of war was appalling; It roused
in him a dull red rage at the powei
which luid wrought this crime and nl
the men who permitted it to continue,
Spain was n Christian nation, he re
flected; sho had set up moro crosses
than any other, and yet beneath them
she had butchered moro people than all
the nations of tho earth combined.
This monstrous, coldly calculating ef
fort to destroy the entire Cuban people
seemed to him tho blackest infamy oi
all, and ho wondered If It would be al
lowed to succeed.
Fortunately for the two friends, Gen
eral Betancourt's generosity served ta
relieve tliQm from nny Immediate dan
ger of starvation. After making n few
purchases nnd eating with the utmost
frugality, they began their search,
Later they stretched themselves out to
Bleep on tho stones beneath the portalei
of tho railroad station.
They spent a horrid, harrowing night
for now the general distress was
brought home to them more poignant
ly thnn ever. At dawn they learned
that these people wero actually dying
of neglect Tho faint light betrayed
tho presence of new corpses lying
upon the station flagstones. From
those still living, groans, slgha, sick
mutterlngs rose until O'Reilly finally
dragged his youthful companion out ol
the plnce.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Dog Is Man's Friend.
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in affection, fidelity, intelligence, serv
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men, cultivating tho spirit of kindness
and humanity which mnn still so sore
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Ho simply says: "Monoy can't buy
him."
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A New Excuse.
Jimnile had gono to bed 'way. up tho
dark stairs and into his scary black
bedroom. Shortly thereafter his moth
er heard him call In a frightened volco,
"Ma, I wlsht you'd come up here."
She went up.
"Ma, won't you keep the light burn
ing In here? I uh It's so dark I can't
sco to' sleep."
How 'Bout the Trip Back?
The thing he liked to do best of nil
wns not to go to n family reunion. Ono
was on tho schedule, however, and ho
had to go. It meant a long rldo on
the train. He was telling n friend
about It
"Yes, I'm going to a fnmlly reunion,"
he said, "and there's Just two tilings I
don't llko nbout it First, it's the. trip
there; secondly, It's tho being thero
after I get there."
Which Judge Is Right?
An Eastern judge the other day
found u man guilty of disorderly con
duce for kissing his wife when sho
didn't want hlra to kiss her.
"It Is n woman's inalienable right
to refuse to be kissed if she doesn't
want to bo kissed," this Judge said,
adding, "and sho doesn't forfeit this
right when she mnrries tho man."
But, on tho other hand, Judge Gra
ham of San Francisco officially rules
that n husband .may kiss his wlfo
whenever ho pleases, whether It
pleases the wlfo or not
Indeed, so firm aro the judge's con
victions upon the subject that ho was
moved to put his decision In verse:
Be a cave man, seize your mate
It she shows you signs of hate;
Let her scratch, let her blto,
But kiss her,' boy; It Is your right.
Take your choice of decisions, Mr.
Mnrrled Man. We refrain from ex
pressing our opinion ns to which is tho
Vlght one. We're married. Washing
ton Herald.
Tnat's what is done
fcmakinAOra&eNUtS
food Darfeyand
other grains are
used with wheat.
This adds to food
value and flavoij
and the sum total"
requires less wheal.
The melted barley
inGrapf'NutS also,
helps dhjest.other
foods.
For anecoftomical
nourishing and
delicious"-' tfbod
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