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INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHAPTER XXIX.—(Continued.) For a long time Lord Aylmer sat lose !n angry thought. So thl3 was the meaning of Dick's sudden surrender, his dutiful acquleicmce with his un cle's wishes. There had been no break ing of his chains when he set sail for the East, no burning of his boats be hind him. Not a bit of it! No; the young gentleman had quietly—ay, and very cleverly—made the best of what to him was a very bad and very dis tasteful business, and intended to car ry on the Palace Mansions arrange ment in Madras Just as he had done In London. But somebody else had to be dealt with, the old lord's grim thoughts ran —somebody else with a brain a good deal shrewder than Dick’s, and a will like cold steel. Lord Aylmer would have something to do and say In the matter of Mrs. Harris' intended voy age to India, and he had no notion whatever of allowing his nephew, whom he cordially detested, to carry cut all his arrangements in triumph, and in spite of him. lie roused himself presently, and wt lit to the table, where writing ma terials were lying. Then ho forced him self to write an ordinary letter to Dick, t-ihrg him he was In town for a few days, hut was off to Aylmer's Fif Id to morrow; that my lady was better and l:e trusted Dick would bear in mind that he had to reinstate himself in his uncle's good graces, that he might get over Hie disappointment caused by his refusal to marry Mary Annandale, and therefore he trusted he would spare no pains to make himself indispensable to his old friend, Barry Boynton. And at the end of this meaningless and commonplace letter Lord Aylmer made r.n addition, which, like the scorpion's tali, contained the sting: “P. 8.—By-thc-hye, you will be in mgr r WROTE A COMMONPLACE LETTER, terested to hear that your little friend. ^ Mrs. Harris, has consoled herself for your absence, without Iobs of time. I saw her yesterday, with a gentleman, in an uncommonly well turned out open carriage—splendid horses, smart servants, In whltellverles,cockades,and all the rest of it. After a long and Inti mate acquaintance with the world I have come to the conclusion that soft eyed little women of that type have narvelous wisdom—they forget the past, give no thought to the future, :ake the hour as it comes and make i<e best of it. Sensible creatures!” , * And this most dangerous of all lies, he lie which was half a truth. Lord Vylmer dropped into the post-box, and n due time it went speeding over sea ind land in place of Esther Brand's clegram, "Boy—both well.” CHAPTER XXX. ILEmonth had by and still 'ord had come Dick to the >us heart so y waiting for In Palec) L n. * V tmiusiuuo, ur nut/, that Is not quite JL.. correct, for a long !ett.er ,r0“ Dlc^ ha<l come hy each mall, but they had never reached Doro , thy, «ach one of them having fallen In Lord Aylmer's possession. “I can't made out why your husband has never written, why he never an swered the telegram. I think I shall go Into (he post-ottlce and find out It It really went." “Amelia said It went," Dorothy re plied. She, poor child, had never ad mitted ns much to her cousin, hut she was prepared for the worst that could possibly happen. D ec's long silence was beginning to tell upon her, and she was not recovering us quickly ss j might be desired; Indeed, her doctor { and her cousin, loo, were for the most i psrt thoroughly uneasy about her And { yet. she hsd now been nearly at* weeks without a tins from Dlch—Dick, who had left her with auch fond words of low on his Ups- ay, and la hla eyes; I f>lrk, who knew (hat now. of nil times. Issum would be of greater value than ever they had been, when she was left alone in her hour of trial Vet h hid not written, there was no answer tw the telegram announcing the boy's birth there had come no weed nor etga out ; of the dnrh blnnhneee of hup# and fear. | doubt and 4 vpalr which was gradually creeping over her And after nil. ebe told heme If, It was ‘ not to he wondered at If lu< k had got n tittle tired uf her a etupld little thing Ube her as Ignorant ns n (till What wa« 'here in her to beep such n man a* Dtsh faithful and tfHW wiltft %km tilll *4 t* f (!,« » ifil w*. stretched between them? And then her eyes fell upon the bangle, which she always wore upon her left wrist, with Its bright beacon of hope and trust, Dick's last message to her—“Dln na Forget.” No, nothing should make her doubt him he was overworked, 111, something had happened to keep him from writing. “Don’t worry about It, dear Esther," she said bravely. “Dick would not leave me without a letter without some good reason for It. Please don’t doubt him; you don't know how good and kind and thoughtful he Is, you don’t, Indeed, Esther.” "No, I don't,” said Esther, dryly; then with an outburst of tenderness very rare In one of her serene and com posed nature, she cried: "Oh, don’t look at me In that reproachful way, darling. 1 want to believe this Dick of yours perfect—I do, dear. Dut when we go on day after day, week after week, and I sec your anxious c-yes, see your fare getting whiter and v-htter—why, I can’t help fedlng angry at times, and suspicious, and—and as if I should like to kill somebody,” she ended passion ately. Dorothy did not speak for a long time, but sat tracing the words on her bangle with a very thin and fragile looking Anger. ”1 know what you must think,” she raid at last. "And I know what Dick’s silence must seem to you; but I prom ised to trust him whatever happens,and I always will. He gave me this the very last of all,” she cried, holding out her wrist—oh! so much too small for the pretty bangle now—towards her cousin, “and he gave It as a token be tween us; 'Din.-a Forget.’ I know It will all be right by-and-by, Esther, I know it will; but wait a little longer, before you condemn him, Jii3t a little longer.” The piteous appeal went straight to Esther's heart. “Well, I won’t men tion him again, Dorothy, dear, not for another month. We will talk about oth er things. Are you going for a drive to day? The carriage will be here at 3 o’clock.” “Just as you please, dear,” Dorothy „ ^ llotlAojltr "I think you ought to go. It Is good for you. and good for the boy, too, and of course you won’t have a carriage— at least, not such a carriage—always.” "No,” said Dorothy. Esther was busy making a wonderful bonnet for the wonderful boy. and she pinned in several folds of lace and tried several effects before she spoke again. "Isn’t It odd,” she remarked at last, “that Lord Aylmer has left his carriage and horses and servants in town all this time, when he is away. '^’Perhaps he never takes them out of town," suggested Dorothy. "Perhaps not. Anyway, it is very pleasant for us as it is," Esther replied. "Well, I shall go and get ready,” and, gathering up her bonnet and materials, she went out of the room, leaving Dor othy alone. Almost immediately Amelia Harris came in. bringing a bag filled with lit tle vases of fresh flowers. "Oh!” said Dorothy, "those are lovely. Is it a pretty place, Amelia? I suppose you have often been there.” “Yes, mr.dain; 1 have been there once or twice," Amelia replied. "It is a fine place, is it not?" Dorothy asked. "A very grand plcca, madam.” said Amelia, apparently giving all her at tention to the flower vases. "And Lady Aylmer—what Is she like?" Is she nice—handsome?” "My lady Is very handsome, madam,” said Amelia, putting the last vase in its place, and coming to put a fold of the window curtain straight. "Very haughty and hard-like, but very hand some for all that.” "Ah!" Dorothy sat In silence for a minute or two. Amelia Harris began to tidy JI ST A3 YOU PI.CASB. D*AR the little table between tb* window and tbe flreplare. “It •»«•!»•» aurh a pity that—** Dorothy began, intending to any, "tuefc a pity that Urd and l.ulr Aylmer did not get oa wall together," Thau aha broke off abort. auddealy ramawbartag that II trottM a<M do to apeak of Lord Ayl mer'a prlvata affaire la bit valor* wife, | ami aleo tbai aha «aa not auppuaad to knew m«r« them than Lora Aylmer btmaelf wuwld bo likely to toil ao new aa a«<tuatntame aa aba waa Amalia waa looking at bar with an eapeotani avp.aaaion, and Dofwtby made baata to Caleb bar aenteace. “It leeme aw b a pity tbat Lord Ayl mer baa ao hatr." aba aold a ufwaeaty Amalia Marvu not wnaatwroLy par tape mtawadarataod bir. “lord Aylmer has an heir, madam,” she said quickly, thinking that Mrs. Harris was Riving a keen eye to the future. "His nephew, Mr. Richard Ayl mer. is tfcs heir—he is In India.” "Ah! yes. really,” said Dorothy. She felt very sick and faint as she leaned back among the cushions. Amelia Har ris thought she was disappointed, whereas, In truth, Dorothy was only nervous and upset at the sudden men tion of her husband's came. "Mr. Aylmer,” Amelia continued, "Is In the army—In the 40th Dragoons. A handsome young gentleman, hut wild —very wild.” Dorothy got up. "Yes, I dare say, but I ought not to talk about him." she said, her voice trembling, and her eyes misty with tears. “1 must go and dress for our drive." CHAPTER XXXI. HE was sobbing passionately by the time she got Into her own room. "Dick, Dick,” she cried passionately, "It Is hard to deny you like this, for It was denying you, though I said noth ing. Why are you leaving me to fight my way through all these difficulties alone? I won't believe that you are false to me—not until you tell me so; but If It Is so, you ought to tell me!” She was sobbing passionately, and tha scalding tears ran down her poor, pale fac.* and over her little cold hands. They recalled her to herself. "No, I will bo brave, 1 won't doubt you, my darling. There Is something I don't underaiand. I will wait a little longer.” She unlocked a drawer In her ward robe, and took out the large picture of Dick which she had hidden out of Lord Aylmer's way. "My love, my dear love, I will trust you and believe you,” she murmured fondly. "I will not give way again—I will be brave.” She heard the carriage draw uo with the usual jingle and dash, and hastily locked the portrait away again. Then she bathed her face In cold water, and tried to remove the, alas! unmistak able signs of tears from her eyes. Not very successfully, though she went out Immediately afterwards, walked Into the drawing room and found there— Lord Aylmer. "Ivord Aylmer!" she cried, then went quickly across the room to him. “Oh! 1 am so very glad to see you,"she cried. "I did not know you were In town." "I came up last night, dear lady,” he said, taking both her hands In bis and speaking In a very soft and tender voice. "But you are 111. you are not recovered, you are unhappy about someth ing.” "I?" murmuied Dorothy, evasively, “Oh! I am not so very well—hut-” "But you have been crying," said Lord Aylmer, still keeping her hands In his. "Perhaps,” Dorothy admitted. “Perhaps! I am sure of it,” he re turned. "But what Is the matter? If there Is anything that I can do, 70U know that you have only to command me." He laid stress on the words "you know,” which in any other circum stances would have teen enough to put Dorothy on her guard. Now, however, with her thoughts filled with Dick and his strange and Inexplicable sllene?, she did not notice the unusual tone. "Oh!" she cried Impulsively, "there Is something you could do for me If you would." “What?” he said eagerly. "Tell me." But Dorothy did not tell him. She wanted to say, "I am Dick’s wife, I am so wretched and so unhappy at his ab sence. Let him come home, and I will love and reverence you forever.” That was what she wanted to say; hut when she was face to face with the opportunity, her courage failed her, and she was afraid. (To he Continued.) CORONETS AT AUCTION. And the Bidding Was Not at All Brisk. Some .queer commodities find their way Into the auction room, but It U not every day that a coronet may be picked up at a bargain In a salesroom, says the London Chronicle. This was what happened yesterday, when a mar quis’ coronet was put up and knocked down by a Conduit street auctioneer. It Is odd enough that such an adorn ment should And its way Into the vul gar atmosphere of furniture dealers i and brokers’ nun, hut that anybody should want to buy a second-hand cor onet Is odder still. The biddings. It Is true, were not keen. They began at a couple of guineas and went up to 13, at which the coronet went Into the posses sion of some apparently plebeian per son—certainly r.ot a marquis. Hut then the article was no longer "prac llcable,’’ as they say on the stage. The | original owner, or possibly "an heir or i tin ai-slgnee," hud so Huts use for It that he had cut It In two and mounted ! It as a pair of wall brackets. It Is { commonly supposed that peers' corn- 1 nets, like royal diadems, are of gold. ■ That la not ao. They are of sitter, | "lithiy gilt," as In the case of yester- j day's bauble. This particular one bore j the kali mark of Ivdl, which suggeste ! that It may have been made lor the eori-ttatfen of William IV. That there I should be so little competition (or rent. I nets In their material form |« ea- I plained by the ferity with which they are worn There are probably not half a daaea peert living who have ever had on*. They are worn only at corona- i ties, and ih*n al lh« moment when the archbishop »>f Canterbury place* the n»»i on the sovereign's head, the as sembied peers ami peereeee* aimulia- j a*euety pul m ta ir stiver tireless with I their tiimeen velvet cape. Indeed, tt mar be ewapeeted that moat peers I-■ not even possess Ihfi tangible - badge of their rank. I j THE SKIPPERS TO BLAME. Wliy the Wounded Soldier* Suffered on tho Tr»n*porU. 'Vasiiixotox, Aug. 5.—Concerning the unfortunate occurrences on the sh;ps Concho and Seneca that brought home sick and wounded from Santia go, the secretary of war gives out the following statement, after a careful investigation: “At the time they left Santiago, the general desire of convalescents to come home doubtless overcrowded both ships. From tho commencing of tho Santiago campaign until within a few days, the terrible conditions on that coast, where our ships had no shelter and always with a high surf, made tho landing of troops, supplies, ammuni tion, artillery and medical stores very difficult, and there is no doubt much inconvenience nnd suffering were thereby caused that were un avoidable. The lighters that went with General Shatter's fleet were lost on the way. Two tows of lighters were subsequently scut, which were also lost, and it was impossible to get supplies ashore except with the boats from the ships and those supplied by the navy. Later on u lighter was fur nished by the navy, which was the only one there for many days. “On account of the great number of sick nnd wounded, which was in ex cess of what had been anticipated, there was no doubt much suffering, especially among tlfo sick at Santiago. “The captains of tho Seneca nnd Concho did not report to General Hhafter nor to Quartermaster Hum phrey that they needed water. Had they done so, of course it would have been provided. Then also a large number of civilians rushed aboard to get away, and they occupied many staterooms that should have been given over to the soldiers. “No recurrence of such conditions will he possible hereafter, and no one rei-rcts more than the secretary of war that any thing of the hind should have happened. The general com manding that army, the surgeon gen erals and the quartermasters and com missary departments have done the best they could, but unfor-eon circum stances, named above, prevented the convenience* being provided that otherwise would have been furnished." SWALLOWED A HATPIN, lljlij lisa a Tin till an I a Half Inches iMng In lu Stomach and I.Ives. Chicago, Aug. —Little France* Nelson, l’< years old, daughter of O. Nelson, a merchant of Schlcssingcr ville, Wls., while playing with a hat pin six and a half inches long, a few days ago, in some manner managed to swallow it. The child was brought to this city, where prom inent physicians gave it as their opinion that it was an impossibility for such a small child to swallow a hatpin and live. liut in order to satisfy the parents they suggested that the X ray he utilized. The child was taken to a lioentgen labora tory, where a photograph of it* stomach was taken. There, plainly enough, wus to be seen the missing article. The glass head was down ward and the action of the stomach In its work or digesting had kept it up to the top of that organ. The point extended up about four inches in the esophagus. The little one was con veyed to a hospital, where the obstruc tion was removed by a simple opera tion. _ CarllsU Have an Cprlsln*. Loxdox, Aug. 5.—A special dispatch from Barcelona says a formidable ris ing of Carlists lias taken place near Lorida, Catalonia. Effects of an Explosion. Gai.esa, Kan., Aug. 5.—Another disastrous explosion occurred last night in the George McCullough mine, from which James Nichols lost his life and Tom Norville, ground boss of the mines, was seriously if not fatally injured. Mayor as » Ufa Bnver. New York, Aug. 5.-—Mayor Van Wyck, who has been summering at Freeport, L. I., yesterday distinguished himself as a life saver of no mean ability by rescuing three young wo men from drowning. If a man tips the Beaks at 300 his apinion carries greater weight with it. 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The story of the "Overland Route” has been told In rrosc and poem by those who have a right to claim tho best knowledge of It; those who tolled over the plulns driving oxen In spans, which pulled great caravans of freight; those who hopefully bore the heat and burden of the day. buoyed up and en couraged by the hope of on El Dorado In the mountains of the west—great, noble hearted men who sought In the glorious west the reward which seemed never to come near their doors la the populous east. They were brave and kind hearted, bold and gentle, and the stoiy writer loves to dwell on their ad ventures and depict their hair-breadth escapes, and tell of their hopes and their disappointments. In one sense theira Is the story of the lives of many who read, and a chord of sympathy Is touched by the skillful telling of the story. Everyone who has read these tales of the west has felt an Instinctive desire to see the spots, hallowed at bast In memory by some ntory, which has served to pass an hour away; and each one has longed for nn opportu nity. Those of the present day have the best of tho earlier members of this mutual admiration society, for they can now make the trip In comfort, free from peril, and surrounded by all the luxuries Incident to modorn travel. In ntead of toiling over the calcined track of those who preceded them, the trav eler of tho day simply selects “Tho Overland Route,” the Union Pacific system, and, as much at home as though In the quiet of somo New Eng land village, glides swiftly over a splendid roadbed, and allows bla eyes to feast on the magnificent scenery af forded. The highest point cn this “Overland Route” across the continent Is 8,217 rcet, at Sherman; henco those who rear the results of great altitudes are re lieved of that apprehension, as veiy little difficulty Is experienced. "Echo Canon,” says an English trav eler, "is a superb defile. It moves along like some majestic poem In a series of incomparable stanzas. There Is noth ing like It in the Himalayas, nor In the Sullivan Range. In the Bolan Puss, on the Afghan frontier, there arc In tervals of equal sublimity; and even as a whole it may compare with it. But taken for all In all—Its length (some thirty miles), its astonishing diversify of contour, Its beauty as well as gran deur—I confess that Echo Canon Is one of the masterpieces of nature." Such Is the verdict of one observer, and another In describing It is equally emphatic: "So far In our overland Journey we have met with no striking Instance of that most frequently occur ring feature of these regions—the can on. |Vhat in the far west Is so termed is sometimes a narrow chasm in the mountains,the bottom of which is offen the bed of a stream of water, the clIfTs on either sides being nearly perpendic ular or even Inclining towards each other. Echo Canon has every feature of Impressiveness—strong, determinate color, majestic forms and a novel weirdness. Usually the descent Into the canon begins soon after leaving Evanston; tbs air coming from the mountains Is Inspiring; the afternoon light is growing mellower, and all the conditions are favorable to the highest enjoyment. At Castle Rock may be said to he the true beginning of the exciting ride. "He must be a very close observer. In deed, who can comprehend all the va ried beauties and curiosities that fol low. The high abrupt wall on one Bide, so smooth that it might hive been cut with a saw, the lofty hills on the other side, and the gllmpae of moun tains whose snows never melt, are In spiring and Interesting. But they are not the only things that make a Jour ney through Echo Canon memorable #__ — M »* The Castle Is one of the most perfect of all those striking objects whose vast proportions show them to be the worn of nature alone, and yet whose sym metrical forms and adherence to ar chitectural rules seem to stump them as the works of roan. At first the cliffs are neither very lofty nor precipitous, though always picturesque. The slender stream creeping along beneath them Is fringed with the hardy willow, and on every ehelf. and up to the summits of the rocks, the dwarf cedars have obtained n footing, their russet foliage and dark spots of shadow giving a mottled ap pearance to the landscape. It Is al most Incredible, the tenacity which these cedars have on life; give them the narrowest ledge on the smallest cranny In the parched rock, and they go on growing, making up In hardihood and fantastic curve In trunk and limb what they lack In also. Soon tin cliffs grow higher, more barren, more savage In form. In ccl'T, also, th-y change. At the canon head they are if a yellowish gray. In some placet even aahen. now they aland up, stalk and bare, and of almost a blood-red color, At one point w« are whirled past a chaos of tumble rock; the whole face of a lofty cliff Has fallen at once, leaving the part yet standing of a frein. bright hue, that It wilt take a thousand years of summer sunshine and wins ■ r froet to totic Lack Into the general color of the surrounding heights. O n can well Imagine the roar, the volume of sound, that went rolling wr«u the bills when fell that mass. iHirtng the so celled Mormon war, when Johnson's army was on He way to I'tah. there errs a astuber of »to.ie work forint* sift a* suited on tho ersate •f Ike i.tffa f rom these old rock works, y«*M like rroe*' newts on high s splendid view of ike csMi may ho obtained V> It Kttoing. whoso language WO bate u»»l tlful description of this view, which wo cannot do better than quote: "From such a point of view as Hang ing Rock, or the ridges above it, a much better Idea of what one may term the tumultousness of the surrounding country can be obtained than from the bed cf the canon. The earth U spilt by a score of transverse ravines, which extend like blue veins from the main artery and mar the face of the country with shadow; Isolated columns, posi tive and brilliant In color, stand alone In tbelr chromatic glory, without a vis ible connection with the main rock from which they were originally de tached; old groups of conglomerate, much like Inverted wine-glasses In shape, and plainly banded with several strata of color, sprout like so many monstrous mushrooms; and, clasping nil within their basin, are the circling mountains cf the Wahsatch and Uin tah Ranges." Shrill blows the whistle as we cut across the pioneers' road, and the echoes are prolonged, striking against the red cliffs to rebound from height to height and die away up In the ebagtry ravine. Wo have passed tbe "Steam boats.'' the "Rock of Gibraltar," and the "Monument Rock,” standing lonely In its lonely ravine. As we flash by wonders numerous and unnamed, u»o afternoon sun is streaming down slant rays and lighting up the southern able of the cliffs and casting long blue shadows across our path. Tho some what harsh and Incongruent colors of rr>ck and foliage are brought Into harmony, and the mind suddenly re ceives the I presalon thst the won derful picture presented by the cliffs of Echo (.'anon Is one to dwell In tho memory for a lifetime. At last the locomotive, giving another resounding whistle, passes round a sharp curve; Pulpit Rock, famous the world over. Is on our right hand; we ran almost touch it. We have entered a valley running at right angles to the canon: tills la the Weber. A few momenta more and the train slackens Its sp^ed at the cluster of houses called Echo City. Pulpit Hock Is so called both from Us shape and from the supposition that Brigham Young preached from It his first sermon In Utah, addressed to the pioneers then on their way to Salt Lake Valley In 1847. Weber Canon! To those who have made the great transcontinental trip over the Union Pacific railroad, the name will revive the memories of a host of Imposing scenes—the Devil's Gate and Slide; the Wllhelmlna Pans; the turbulent Weber Itlver sweeplns onward and awakening with its angry voice the echoes from cliff to gorge; the long, black tunnels; the dizzy bridges, a kaleidoscopic change of wonders of nature and art. To those who bare not yet made the notable tour, who have yet to learn from ac tual sight the peculiarities and gran deur of western scenery, the name will serve to put their expectation on tip toe, for, of all the canons passed through by the rail between the Mis souri river end the Pacific ocean, this one has earned the reputation of con taining the most wonderful scenes, the strangest sights, some that will be long remembered for their wildness and grandeur alone; and others, be cause they are most striking examples of some of the distinctive features lu western scenery. It Is a trip which everyone should take, varying the climate, the altltudo and general environments of basinets and care, and It can be taken so com fortably and at. such reasonable ex pense In the splendid cars of the Union Pacific system that It should be de cided upon at once as the one next to be undertaken. F. P. BAKER. With a Wall of Water* The Idea of protecting buildings against fire from without by means ot a water curtain, to be made to fall all around the structure, appears to b« gaining favor, having the Indorsement of Borne of the most experienced pro fessional experts in this line, and the plan is exciting special attention It) Chicago, where It Is being applied to the great public library building. Th« arrangement Is extremely simple. A seven-inch steel we'er main Is laid around the top of me structure, upon the broad stone table formed by the top of the coping, this pipe having con nection with force pumps situated In the basement, and. through perfora tions properly arranged, Insures the in troduction of a substantial sheet ol water from cornice to pavement, around the whole or any Imperiled por tion of the building. The arrangement of the system of piping Is such a* tc enable operating In prescribed sec tions; additional relays of smallet pipe* are also placed In position above windows and doors, in order to com plete the curtaining ot those points In the most serviceable manner, should the curtain In the train be broken by wind Impingement against the build tug. II »« la IVai'HiMt* Al|cr« “How do jrcu i renounce the n*m« of the ttecretary of War?*' t* a fjud* tten asked many time* every day. and aa la meet casta people do not know a dlffttvnt pronunciation Is given by each. “Align*.** hard g, "Awejar," ant “Al|er'‘ have been the tv-ot frequent prua it Delation*. Aa Camp Alger ha* caused the name to he on the tongue of an many, the prtsate mrstsry mi ashed tu give the istrat yMSsarte lion, an all may now mat ensured that they have It right if they any “Ahljer.' proa otter tag the it *t two letters aa ui the eieiamattoa “ah," hrtagiag la th* I In the nnly way It ran le t suae tat ed aad lbe last three tetter*. The r