CHAFTEK IX.—(CoKTiHcan.)
An unpleasant, sinister look crossed
any listener’s face, but his voice still
remained bland and suave. “I am sorry
to differ from you, Dr. Brand,” he
said, "but I know him better than you
•do. I have seen him as you have never
.yet seen him. Only last night he came
to me in a frantic state. I expected
every moment he would make a mur
derous attack on me.”
“Perhaps he fancied he had some
reasons for anger,” I said.
Ralph Carriston looked at me with
those cold eyes of which his cousin had
spoken. “If the boy has succeeded in
converting you to any of his delusions,
I can only say that doctors are more
•credulous than I fancied. But the
question, is not worth arguing* You
decline to assist me, so I must do with
out you. Good-morning, Dr. Brand.”
He left the room as gracefully as he
had entered it. I remained in a state
of doubt. It was. curious that Ralph
Carriston turned out to be the man
whom I had met In the train; but the
.evidence offered bythe coincidence was'
ipiot enough to convict him of the crime
endeavoring to drive his cousin mad
such a far-fetched stratagem as the
inveigling of Madeline Rowan. Be
sides, even in wishing to prove Charles
Carriston mad, He had much to say on
his side. Supposing him to be innocent
of having abducted Madeline, Carrls
ton’s violent behavior on the preceding
evening must have seemed very much
like insanity. In spite of the aversion
with which Ralph Carriston inspired
me, I scarcely knew which side to be
lieve. _
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Larnston still slept; so wnen i went
out on my afternoon rounds I left a
note, begging'him to remain in the
house until my return. Then I found
him up, dressed, and looking much
more like himself. When I entered,
dinner was on the table, so not until
that meal was over could we talk un
restrainedly upon the subject which
was uppermost in both our minds.
As soon as we were alone I turned
toward my guest. “And now,” I said,
“we must eettle what to do. There
seems to me to be but one course open.
You have plenty of money, so your
best plan is to engage skilled police as
sistance. Young ladles can't be spirited
away like this without leaving a
trace.”
To my surprise Carriston flatly ob
jected to this course. “No,” he said, “I
shall not go to the police. The man
who took her away has placed her
where no police can And her. I must
fifti her myself.”
^F'ind her yourself! Why, it may be
moffths—years—before you do that!
Good heavens, Carriston! She may be
murdered, or even worse-”
“I shall know if any further evil
happens to her—then I shall kill Ralph
Carriston.”
“But you tell me you have no clew
whatever to trace her by. Do talk
plainly. Tell me all or nothing.”
Carriston smiled, very faintly. “No
clew that you, at any rate, will believe
in," he said. “But I know this much,
she is a prisoner somewhere. She is
unhappy; but not, as yet, ill-treated.
Heavens! > Do you think if I did not
know this I should keep my senses for
an hour?”
“How can you possibly know it?”
“By that gift—that extra sense or
whatever it is—which you deride. I
knew it would come to me some day,
but I little thought how I should wel
come it. I know that in some way I
shall find her by it. I tell you I have
already seen her three times. I may
see her again at any moment when the
strange fit comes over me.”
i /'
v X.
'■ l fSrMH ^ *antastlc
J |[ nonsense was
spoken so simply
and with such an
air of conviction
that once more my
suspicions as to the
state of his mind
were aroused. In
, spite of the brave
answers which I
had given Mr.
Ralph Carriston I felt that common
sense was undeniably on his side.
• “Tell me what you mean by your
strange fit,” I said, resolved to find out
the nature of Carriston’o fancies or
- hallucinations. “Is it a kind of trance
you fall Into?"
He seemed loath to give any in
formation on the subject, but I pressed
him for an answer.
“Yes,” he said at last. “It must be a
kind of trance. An indescribable feel
ing comes over me. I know that my
eyes are fixed on some object—present
ly that object vanishes, and I see Made
line.”
“How do you see her?”
“She seems to stand in a blurred
circle of light as cast by a magic lan
tern. That is the only way that I can
describe it. But her figure is clear and
plain—she might be close to aje. The
carpet on which she stands I can see,
the chair on which she sits, the table
on which she leans her hand, anything
she touches I can see, but no more. I
liayc seen her talking. Once she was
entreating some one; but that some
onvytas invisible. Yet, if she touched
So far M I could see Carriaton’s case
appt**e<j to he one of over-wrought or
unduly stfenulated imagination. His I
had always considered to be a mind
Y of the moat peculiar construction. In
his present state of love, grief, and
suspense, these hallucinations might
come in the same my in which dreams
come. For a little while I sat In si
lence, considering how I could best
combat with and dispel his remarkable
delusions. Before I had arrived at
any decision I was called away to see
a patient. I was but a short time en
gaged. Then I returned to Carrlston,
intending to continue my Inquiries.
Upon re-entering the room I found
him sitting as I had left him—directly
opposite to the door. His face was
turned fully toward me, and I trem
bled as I caught sight of It. He was
leaning forward; his hands on the
table-cloth, his whole frame rigid, his
eyes staring in one direction, yet, I
knew, capable of seeing nothing that I
could see. He seemed even oblivious
..to sound, for.J entered 4he room and
dosed the door behind me without
causing him to change look or position.
The moment I saw the man I knew
that he had been ofertaken by what
he called his strange lit.
My first impulse—a natural one—
was to arouse him; but second thoughts
told me that this was an opportunity
for studying his disease which should
not be lost—I felt that I could call it
by no other name than disease—so I
proceeded to make a systematic exam
ination of his symptoms.
I leaned across the table, and, with
my face about a foot from his, looked
straight into his eyes. They betrayed
no sign of recognition—no knowledge
of my presence. I am ashamed to say
I couid not divest myself of the im
pression that they were looking
through me. The pupils were greatly
dilated. The lids were wide apart. I
-lighted a taper and held it before them,
but could see no expansion of the iris.
It was a case, I confess, entirely be
yond my comprehension. I had no
experience which might serve as a
guide as to what was the beet course
to adopt. All I could do was to stand
and watch carefully for any change.
have for his regular breathing and a
sort of convulsive twitching of his fin
gers, Carrlston might have been a
corpse or a statue. His face could
scarcely grow paler than it had been
before the attack. Altogether, it was
an uncomfortable sight, a creepy sight
—this motionless man, utterly regard
less of all that went on around him,
and seeing, or giving one the idea that
he saw, something far away. I sighed
as I looked at the strange spectacle,
and foresaw what the end must surely
be. But although I longed for him to
awake, I determined on this occasion to
let the trance, or fit, run its full course,
that I might notice in what manner
and how soon consciousness returned.
I must have waited and watched
some ten minutes—minutes which
seemed to me interminable. At last I
saw the lips quiver, the lids flicker
once or twice, and eventually close
wearily over the eyes. The unnatural
tension of every muscle seemed to re
lax, and, sighing deeply, and appar
ently quite exhausted, Carrlston sank
back into his chair with beads of per
spiration forming on his white brow.
The fit was over.
In a moment I was at his side and
forcing a glass of wine down his throat.
He looked up at me and spoke. His
voice was faint, but his words were
quite collected.
“I have seen her again,” he said.
"She is well; but so unhappy. I saw
her kneel down and pray. She
stretched her beautiful arms out to me.
And yet I know not where to look for
her—my poor love! my poor love!”
I waited until I thought he had suffi
ciently recovered from his exhaustion
to talk without injurious consequences.
“Carrlston,” I said, “let me ask you
one question: Are these trances or vi
sions voluntary, or not?"
He reflected for a few moments. “I
can't quite tell you," he said; "or,
rather, I would put it In this way. I
do not think I can exercise my power
at will; but I can feel when the flt is
coming on me, and, I believe, can, if I
choose, stop myself from yielding to
it.”
“Very well. Now listen. Promise
me you will fight against these seizures
as much as you can. If you don’t you
will be raving mad in a month.''
“I can’t promise that,” said Sarriston
quietly. “See her at times I must, or
I shall .die. But I promise to yield as
seldom as may be. I know, u well as
you do, that the very exhaustion I now
feel must be injurious to anyone.”
In truth, he looked utterly worn out.
Very much dissatisfied with his con
cession, the best I could get from him.
■I sent him to bed, knowing that natural
rest, if he could get it, would do more
than anything else toward restoring
a healthy tone to h's mind.
XI.
I.THOUGH Carris
ton stated that he
came to me for aid,
and, it may be,
protection, he man
ifested the greatest
reluctance in fol
lowing any advice
I offered him. The
obstinacy of his re
fusal to obtain the
assistance of the
police placed me in a predicament.
That Madeline Rowan had really dis
appeared I was, of course, compelled to
believe. It might even be possible that
she was kept against her will in so»ie
place of concealment. In sufh case it
behooved us to take proper steps to
trace her. Her welfare should not de
pend upon the hallucinations and ec
centric Ideas of a man half ont of his
senses with love and grief. I all but
resolved, even at the risk of forfeiting
Oarrlston’s friendship, to put the whole
matter in the hands of the police, un
less in the course of a day or two we
heard from the girl herself, or Carris
ton suggested some better plan.
Curiously enough, although refusing
to be guided by me, he made no sug
gestion on hie own account. He was
racked by fear and suspense, yet his
only idea of solving his ‘difficulties
Beamed to be that of waiting. He did
nothing. He simply waited, as If he
expected that chance would bring what
he should have been searching for high
and low.
Some days passed before I could get'
a tardy consent that aid should be
sought. Even then he would not go
to the proper quarter; but he allowed
me to summon to our councils a man
who advertised himself as being a pri
vate detective. This man, or one of
his men, came at our call and heard
what was wanted of him. Carriston
reluctantly gave him one of Madeline's
photographs. He also told him that,
only by watching and spying on Ralph
Carrlston’s every action could he hope
to obtain the clew. I did not much
like the course adopted, nor did 1 like
the look of the man to whom the inqui
ry was intrusted; but at any rate some
thing was being done.
A week passed without news from
our agent. Carriston, in truth, did not
seem to expect any. I believe he only
employed the man in deference to my
wishes. He moved about the house in
a disconsolate fashion. I had not told
him of my interview with his cousin,
but had cautioned him on the rare oc
casions upon which he went out of
doors to avoid speaking to strangers,
and my servants had instructions to
prevent anyone coming in and taking
my guest by surprise.
For I had during those days opened
a confidential inquiry on my own ac
count. I wanted to learn something
about this Mr. Ralph Carriston. So I
asked a man who knew everybody to
find out all about him.
He reported that Ralph Carriston was
a man well known about London. He
was married and had a house in Dor
setshire; but the greater part of his
time was spent in town. Once he was
supposed to be well off; but now it was
the general opinion that every acre
he owned was mortgaged, and that he
was much pressed for money. “But,”
my informant said, "there is but one
life between him and the reversion to
large estates, and that life is a poor
one. I believe even now there Is a
talk about the man who stands in his
way being mad. If so, Ralph Carriston
will get the management of every
thing."
After this news I felt it more n«n
ever needful to keep a watchful eye on
my friend. So far as I knew there had
been no recurrence of the trance, and
I began to hope that proper treatment
would effect a complete cure, when, to
my great alarm and annoyance, Carnie
ton, whilst sitting with me, suddenly
and without warning fell into the «««■»
strange state of body and mind as pre
viously described. This time he was
sitting in another part of the room.
After watching him for a minute or
two, and just as I was making up my
mind to arouse him and scold him
thoroughly for his folly, he sprung to
his feet, and shouting, “Let her go!
Loose her, I say!” rushed violently
across the room—so violently, that I
had barely time to interpose- and pre
vent him from coming into contact
with the opposite wall.
rrosa COXTIS JSO.>
A Judge of Ribbons.
In one of the large department stores
up town is a pale-faced, red-headed
child with a pair of heavy spectacles
that Impart a solemn look to her deli
cate face. She stands all day in front
of a counter hung with gayly colored
ribbons, and it is her particular duty
to take ribbons out from the electric
light of the shop to the street door
and decide there whether or not they
are exactly the same shade. The shop
girls have learned that her Judgment is
to be relied upon, and it was the acci
dental discovery of her exactness in es
timating colors that gained for her the
novel place she occupies at present.
All day she ta kept running backward
and forward between the ribbons and
the door deciding whether ribbon is
cream or white and the complicated
questions as to tints and shades. She
Is an Important personage in her way,
considerably more exalted !n position
than the young cash girls of her own
age. Her duties are really important,
and out of the yards of ribbon that are
dally sold over the counter every sale
which depends on a question of match
ing is decided by her.—New York Sun.
Aa Important Adjunct.
"Sadie is all right, but her father
don’t like me."
“But you're not going to marry the
father.”
“Not exactly: yet he controls the
check book.”—Philadelphia North
American.
Likes and Dislikes of Birds.
It is said that birds are nearly as
sensitive in their likes and dislikes as
dogs. Some people can never gain the
friendship of a caged bird. A bird has
to learn by experience that it is safe
with a human being before it will re
spond to kind treatment.
These Dear Girls.
Minnie—That Laura Plgg had the
impudence to tell me that I was be
ginning to show my age.
Mamie—Beginning to? Laura always
did have a conservative way of con
sidering anything.—Indianapolis jour,
nal.
DAISY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How lacmihil Former* Ope rote This
Deportment of the Form—A Few
Hint* as to the Care ot Lire Stock
and Poultry.
N exchange of the
Farmers’ Review
publishes the fol
lowing:
“Prof. McFadden,
a prominent Scotch
veterinarian, in the
discussion follow
ing a paper . read
by him at the New
castle Farmers*
club on the subject
of tuberculosis, stated his belief that
999 human beings out of every 1,000
that became affected by tuberculosis
are infected from tuberculosis human
beings. The hubbub raised about the
danger resulting from tuberculosis
milk is largely bosh. So long as the
country is filled with consumptive peo
ple expectorating tubercle germs
everywhere It seems hardly worth
while to spend any great sums
of money to prevent the possibili
ty of spreading the disease through
dairy products. The chance of be
coming affected in this way is al
most Infinitesimal as compared with
the liability resulting from constant as
sociation with tuberculous people.
Calves, fed exclusively on milk, even
in herds known to be seriously affect
ed, rarely contract the disease until
they are shut up in the stable with tu
berculous animals. Nearly always, ap
parently, the disease is contracted
through the lungs and not through the
stomach.”
The Farmers' Review regards the
above as poor logic. In the first place,
if it were true that the danger is small,
there would yet be no reason why it
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XFORD SHOWS. ENGLAND, 1896.
should be Ignored. We, however, fall
to see that the danger is small. A tu
berculous animal 1b, if affected In the
lungs, constantly throwing oft con
sumptive spores. These at first are
moist and do not blow about, but In
time they get dry and become a part
of the dust, rising often from the barn
floor and seeking the lungs of the ani
mals and of the workers about the
barns. The same is true of tin pastures
where the cows summer. The germs
become dry and are blown about by
every breeze. They can not only get
Into the lungs of the animals, but of
workers In the Helds, and even of the
people passing along the roads. In a
thousand ways people are exposed. The
milk is a dangerous medium ef Infec
tion where the udder Is affected by tu
berculosis. It was formerly supposed
that consumption showed itself only In
the lungs, but It Is now known that it
takes possession of other organs of
the body, and sometimes even establish
es itself in the joints. Therefore it is
not apparent always that a person has
become infected, even when they are
far gone with the disease. The healthy
people may be able to throw off these
germs, but partial invalids fall an easy
prey. By all means continue the war
against tuberculosis, both in animals
and humans.
Froaan Poultry.
Poultry frozen during the winter as a
means of preserving it for later use
should always be dry picked, says a
writer in New Tork Produce Review.
Only the very choicest goods should be
selected for this purpose, and extraordi
nary care must be taken that the stock
be thoroughly cold and dry when
packed. The treatment varies according
to circumstances of weather, etc. Prob
ably the best results are obtained when
the stock can be frozen by natural out
door temperature. But in seasons and
localities where this is impossible the
freezer may be used successfully. Cases
only should be used, made of planed,
well seasoned lumber. For old tom tur
keys the size is 36x22x18 inches, and for
young toms 36x22x15 inches; these
should be of inch lumber. For
chickens, ducks and geese the
size Is 30x20x about ten inches (or
deep enough to allow for two lay
ers) made of five-eighths inch lumber.
Two layers of poultry should be packed
In each case. Stow the poultry snugly
and closely, striving to have as regular
and handsome appearance as possible.
Turkeys should be packed backs up and
legs out straight. Chickens, ducks and
geese should have the breasts down on
the bottom layer and up on the top lay
er. Pack old toms separately and
never mix them with young toms and
hens, and never pack old fowls and
yoang chickens together. Each should
be packed separately and the kind neat
)y stenciled on the outside of the w
the profit. Yon cannot begin to prac
tie® winter dairying in creameries un
til you educate the farmers to feed their
cows so that they will give milk dur
ing the winter. You need to begin
. *t the foundation, and educate the
farmers to feed their cows so that they
will give milk, and send it to the
i creamery. Then when they have
abundance of pay coming In regularly
all winter, they will have money to
pay their current expense. It will not
take all the summer to pay the accu
mulated grocery bills of winter; but
they will be ahead in the spring and
the summer will leave them more prof
Educating a Colt. .
The old saying relating to the bend
ing of the twig applies as much here
as elsewhere. If “we come Into the
world a bundle of susceptibilities, but
soon become a bunch of iron habits ”
then surely the habits should be of the
right nature, says an exchange. For
the self-same reason that the mother
recognises the necessity for correcting
the tendencies of the child in order that
right habits may be formed^" ftff'TK'lt
must early be taught to know its mas
ter. It was a wise trainer who first
took his colts In his lap the first day.
held them until they ceased struggling!
and continued the practice until the
little creatures came readily, expecting
to be caressed. Our domestic animals
are to be made the servants of man,
but for this to be possible, education
is necessary. That this may be the
most effective it must commence at
an early age. It is but the unfolding
of the latent powers inhering in the
animal constitution. For safety and
for service it is not only wise but nec
essary that all animals be early in
structed in the line of work they are
afterwards expected to excel in. Halter
break early, teach the colts to obey the
wojs1 and to come and go at command
Hitch the yearling alongside a safe,
fast walking horse, and fix the habit
before any weight Is applied. Let it
also know what the harness means in
every respect, and so grow into its life
work as it grows into a knowledge of
what Its master desires. There can be
no question but this course, wisely ap
plied, will insure safer and better
horses than otherwise is possible. At
the same time the danger of overtrain
ing and overtaxing is certainly to be
avoided.
Poultry Raising Requires Patience.—
The farmer’s wife has more patience
and fidelity in her make-up, and for
some reason also seems to have more
knack. Because of these traits, the art
of poultry raising is more readily ac
quired by her; and why should not more
women pursue it as a source of reve
nue?—Ex.
When stock la frosen In natural out
door temperature the caaee may be
tilled at once when the thermometer
le below aero, but It above aero only
one layer should be frozen at a time.
Use no packing material whatever, and
be sure to protect from wind while
freeslng. When solid frosen the stock
should be put away and kept where It
will not thaw out, preferably In cold
storage. When the poultry is to be
frozen artificially the cases may be
filled full and placed at once In the
freezer. In this case It Is well to con
struct the cases so that a slat In the
eldee of the box may he removed and
left off until the stock Is solid frosen;
the quicker the freezing the better.
In the freezer the cases should be sep
arated by slats to permit free circular
tlon of air around them. Some pack
ers get excellent results by freeslng
the poultry separately and packing af
ter frosen. Some of the very finest
frosen poultry Is handled In this way
at near-by points, and Is not packed at
all until ready for market, when It Is
packed In straw and shipped for
Immediate sale before warm weather.
But for large lots, sent from a distance,
which have to be placed in storage
again upon arrival In market. It Is best
to pack in cases before freeslng.
All-the-Yaar Cresmetlai.
On operating creameries a gentle
man says: A man who runs a cream
ery for only five months in the year
will find his patrons becoming thor
oughly dissatisfied with the receipts
from their cows. It cannot pay a man
to teed cows for twelve months from
which he obtains cream for only five
months; and the man who runs a
creamery can never afford to make a
profit out of the losses of his patrons.
Put that down as a solid fact. And the
man who furnishes skill and helps to
make the profit of his patrons larger,
will get a larger share for himself. If
a man, running a creamery will try
and extend the manufacturing season
Cor a few months more he will find
he will get so little cream that the
running expenses will run away with
—i■■■» -
MUSIC A LA GOLF.
Ohm ■ Freshness tnd Tirlsty tm
Criticism.
In these days, when golf to crowding
In popularity every other form of out
door sport, It to also—in Kngland, at
least—giving a freshness and variety
to musical criticism which will be ap
preciated by the lay mind that to not
educated up to a knowledge of the
technical tertns usually employed In
describing musical events, says an ex
change. Here to a report taken from
a recent London paper, of a classical
concert at St. James’ hall: "An enor
mous crowd assembled last Monday
night to witness the foursome compe
tition over the St. James hall links.
Punctually at 8 o’clock Dr. Joachim
drove off from the tee, Signor Platti
responding with a lovely low shot,
which left Mr. Gibson within oaky
reach of the green with his brassey.
Mr. Rles footled the second subject
and Dr. Joachim was badly bunkered,
but using his niblick on the G string
in masterly style laid his ball dead,
and the flrst movement was halved
amid great enthusiasm. Staring one -
up at the scherxo, Signor Platti began
the second movement, and outdrove
Dr. Joachim by at least twenty bars.
Mr. Gibson approached cleverly, and
in the trio there was nothing to choose
between the opponents, the coda (con
sordini) resulting in another half. Mr.
Gibson and Signor Platti were now
dormy. but the latter, being obliged
to play pawky round a dangerous pis
slcato passage, lost a good deal of
ground, as Dr. Joachim’s drive and
Mr. Ries' second were both long and .
straight.”
SOME LATE NEW THINGS.
An adjustable handle for carrying
traveling bags is arranged so that it
can be fastened to either side of the
bag by riveting a pair of bracelets In
to which the endB of the handle lock
to each side of the bag, thus allowing
the bag to be carried either flat or
edgewise, as desired.
Pneumatic car-fenders have recent
ly been patented, consisting of a num
ber of elastic tubes set in metal frames
shaped like ordinary fenders.
A new folding table has a drawer
set in the under portion of the table
top In such a manner that It cannot
be removed when the legs are folded
up, the legs covering the front of the
drawer.
A recent improvement In monkey
wrenches consists of a lever lying par
allel with the handle to tighten the
grip of the jaws. To operate It tb*
lever is raised and the jaws screwed
I as tight as possible by means of the
usual thumbscrew, when the lever la
forced downward, thus closing the
jaws mare tightly together.
To remove coats and hats out of the
way and yet place them where they
can be reached easily when wanted a
new device consists of a bracket or rack
to hold a number of coats and bats at- -
tached to a rod running up to tha
ceiling of the room in such a manner
that it can be raised or lowered to tha
desired height and fastened either by
a thumbscrew or spring cateb.
A recently patented coin separator
and distributor has a long, flat metal
feed chute Into which the coins ara
dropped at one end, the other end be
ing lower, so that the coins will roll
down to the coin-holders, each holder
having an opening into the chute '
through which the coin drops, the sise
of the coin determining which tube it
belongs in.
The heating of flat and sad irons by
electricity has Just been patented, the
device having the inside next to the
bottom hollowed out and several coils
of wire placed therein, connected with
an electric circuit by means of wires
running to an electric lamp socket, the
passage of the current through the
colls heating the bottom of the iron.
A handy little coin package is made
of metal and is fitted with a sliding
section around the barrel portion,
which can be closed and fastened with
a loop when the package is full.
\ H°w I.lttle Things Do Harm.
'Oftentimes it is little faults, little -
carelessness in conduct, little blemishes
in character, the “no harms’' that make
fairly good people almost useless, so
far as their influence goes. There was
a great light house out at sea. One
night the men lighted the lamps, as
usual. Some time afterward they saw
that there appeared no light upon the
water where ordinarily there was a
bright lane of beams. They examined
their lamps—they were burning bright
ly. But they looked outside and there
were millions of little Insects on the
glass, so thickly piled there that the
light could not get through. In the
morning they learned that a ship had
been wrecked close by because the
light had been obscured by the in
sects. Here is the lesson, says Dr.
Miller: The lamp may be burning
brightly in your soul or in mine; but
little faults—pride, ugly temper, sel
fishness, half-heartedness, bad habits
of tongue, carelessness about paying
debts or keeping promises, a hundred
other things—may so cloud our lives
as to obscure the image of God in our
souls. Perhaps some soul has been
lost because your lamp does not shine,
out with a clear light. We counsel
you young people to be good, beautiful
in character, faithful in all duties—
careful not in the smallest way to din
the luster of God’s grace within.
In Italy there are more theaters in
proportion to the population than i&
any other country.
