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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1898)
SWT -r4$ t ( v THE RED CLOUD CHIEF. ) i I ' BE MBIEJIok. WBsL. -- n f1!Uc1F, fa r?r& s'.-.t4' ..o VliaUini y3 INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. CHAPTER VI. (Continued.) "Tho devil take those fellows," Dick was saying to himself at that mo ment, as he drove along. "They have either got a clue or they've turned suspicious. Snooks the other day and Laurence now. I shall have to mako up my mind to screw things up to a climax." But he had not now much fear that the climax would be a dlsagrceablo one for him; and he drove nlong over tho muddy roads as gayly as ever he liad done between the sweet Sep tember hedgerows. Yot when he drew up In front of the Hall It struck him that there was something strange about the place. For one thing, the usual neat nnd well-kept gravel was cut up, and In one place the low box-hedge which skirted tho now empty llowcr beds was cut and crushed as if a careless driver had driven over It. Ho was not long left in doubt. Old Adam camo to take his horse and led him "off to tho stable, shaking his head with" ominous sadness, and muttering .something indistinctly about a bad Job; and then Barbara opened the loor with scared, white face, and quiv ering lips which could not command themselves suillcleutly to tell him anything. "Good God. what Is It?" exclaimed Dick; his thoughts flying straightway to Dorothy. But It was not Dorothy, for In two minutes she camo running Into the room', tried to speak, and then, scared and trembling and sobbing, she found liorsolf somehow or other In his arms. Dick was almost besldo himself with 'anxiety, but ho soothed her tenderly, and patted her shoulder with a gentle, "There, there, darling, don't cry like that. What is It. dear? Tell me." But for a llttlo time Dorothy sim ply could not toll him. "I've been longing for you to come," sho said at last. Oh, poor Auntie! and sho Is all I have in tho woild In tho world." "But is she 111?" asked he. "Reincm ber that I know nothing." "But you got my telegram," she said, ceasing her sobs to look at him. "Your telegram? No! What tele gram?" "I sent one early this morning to you at Colchester," sho answered " 'To R. Harris. 40th Dragoons, Col chester.' Was not that direction enough?" "Well, scarcely," said Dick, halt smiling nt his own knowledge. "But about your aunt Is she ill?" Dorothy's tears broke out afresh. "She Is dying dying." sho sobbed. "Tho doctor says there Is no hope no hope whatever." "But tell mo all about It," he urged. "What is the matter with her? Sho was all right yesterday afternoon when I left. It must have been very euddden. Was It a fit?" "Paralysis," answered Dorothy mournfully. "Wo were Just going to bed, nnd Auntie got up, and all at once she said, 'I feel so btrange, Dor othy; fetch Barbara;' and when I came back a mlnuto afterward sho had slipped down on tho floor by tho sofa thoro and could hardly speak. Wo put a pillow under her head, and got Adam up, and Adam drovo Into Dovercourt and brought the doctor out as fast as he could; but Auntlo did not know him at all. And as soon as ho camo in, Barbara and I knew it was all over with her, for ho shook his head, and said, 'Wo had better get her to bed. Oh, no, it won't disturb Iter, sho feels nothing.' But sho did feel something," Dorothy added, "for when wo were undressing hor sho spoko several times, and always tho earne, 'My poor llttlo girl Dorothy all alone " and hero, poor child, sho broko down again, sobbing over her own desolation. "I begged and prayed her not to worry about mo, but It was no good. Dr. Stanley said she couldn't hear mo, and so sho kept on all night, My poor llttlo girl all alone." For some minutes Dick said never a word. "Dorothy," ho said at last, "I should like to seo her. Whoro Is sho?" "In her own bed," said Dorothy won dcringly. 'Then tako mo up there. Porhap3 sho will understand mo It I tell her something." So Dorothy took him up to tho largo darkened room whoro tho mistress ot tho houso lay dying. Barbara, filled with grief and dismay, eat keeping watch besido her, and sho stared with surprise to seo Dorothy come In, fol lowed by tho tall soldier, who en tered with a soft tread and went up ('to tho bed, where ho stood for a mo- i.'ment waicning UIQ uyniK wuiiiuii, mm glistening to tho Incoherent, mumbling pHwords that fell from her lips. "Dor 'fetWhy llttlo girl no ono alone y.Vnh! " and then a long sigh, enough Ml to break tho hearts that heard it. M "Just pull up that blind for a mtn 4viute. Barbara." said Dick to tho weep- frying woman. "I want to speak to your mlstres3, and I can't toll whether sho . "jwlll understand mo unlehs I can see . ) her face." f. i Thnn no TlnnUnrn .Inn, nn Mm hltnfl vi V, "" ...-.. .-" .... ....- ....- Iftnnu ici 1110 iceuio isovemuer unyngHi ln upon tho pallid faco lying so stiff - i;, ny uiiiuiJB mu iiiiiuwn, iiu mm ma nuiiu dupon tho nerveless one lying upon tho "t&licd-cover. "MIS3 UOHciyVvlie JBUJ"U loij Mknow mo?" But there was no sign, itfand ho tried again. U (fcd fj U "Mlaa nimsdalc, don't you kuow me, Dick Harris?" For a moment there was a death like silence, then tho dying woman muttered, ''Dorothy girl alone." "You arc troubling about Dorothy," said Dick, slowly and clearly, "and I have something to tell you about Dorothy. Can you hear me? Cannot you mako tne some sign that you hear me? Can you move your hand?" But no, tho hand remained perfectly still, still and cold, as If It were dead already. "Can you mako me no sign that you hear me?" Dick urged. "I must tell you this about Dorothy. It will mako you quite easy In your mind about her." Still she did not move or speak, but after a moment or so her eyes slowly opened and she looked at him. "I seo that you hoar mo and know me," said Dick. "You are troubling to know what will happen to Dorothy If you should die In this Illness. Is that It?" "Yes." Sho had managed to speak Intelligibly at last, and Dick pressed tho cold, nerveless hand still covered by his own. "I want to marry Dorothy nt once," he said very clearly and gently. "I should have asked you soon In any case. But you will bo quite satlslled to know that she Is safo with me, won't you?" There was another silence; then tho poor tied tongue tried to speak, tried again, and at last mumbled something which tho three listeners knew was, "Bless you." "Auntie, auntie," Bobbed Dorothy, in an agony, "say ono word to mo to me and poor Barbara, do." Tho dying eyes turned toward the faithful servant, and a illckcring smllo passed across tho worn, gray faco. "Old friends," sho said more clear ly than she had yot spoken. "Very happy," and the eyes turned toward Dick. "Auntlo!" cried Dorothy. "My litto girl," said tho dying wom- DO YOU KNOW ME? an. almost clearly now. "My dear, good child. I am quite happy." There was a moment's silence, broken only by tho girl's wild sobs, and when Dick looked up again, tho gray shadows had fallen over tho worn face, and ho know that her mind was at rest now. And In the quiet watches of that night Marlon Dlmsdalo passed quietly away. Just as tho tldo turned backward to tho great North Sea. CHAPTER VH. ICK stayed at Gravelolgh Hall until tho end camo, after which ho bade Dorothy go to bed; and ho put his horso in and drovo back to Col chester, which ho reached In tlmo for tho day's duty, be ing orderly officer for tho day. "I must stay In tho barracks all to morrow, darling; I am on duty," he explained to her; "but I'll get leave tho next day and como out hero In tho morning. Meanwhile, will you and Barbara say nothing of tho engage ment between us? I want to have a long talk to you beforo any ono else knows a elnglo word." And Dorothy, of course, promised, nnd Barbara promised too, believing qulto that Mr. Harris wished to say nothing about marrying and giving In marrlago while tho dear mistress of tho houso lay cold and still within It. It was a sad and wretched day. Tho nows spread quickly through tho neighborhood, and overy fow minutes Inquirers camo to tho door to hear tho details from Barbara and ask kindly for Dorothy. And about noon, by tho tlmo Dorothy had dragged herself out of bed nnd was sitting miserably be sldo the drawing-room firo, David Stovenson rodo along tho avenuo nnu told Barbara that ho wanton1 to seo Miss Dorothy. "Miss Dorothy is very poorly and upset, sir," said Barbara, who had a sort of instinct that Dorothy would rather not seo this particular visitor". "Yes, but I must see her all tho same," said David, curtly. "Whero is .sho;".: "Invthe drawing-room, sir," said Barbara. "But I dcu't think I can let IlIHl you go In without asking Miss Doro thyI" "Do you know." a3kcd David, with exasperating calmness, "that I am Miss DImsilale's sole executor? No, J thought not. Then you will understand now, perhaps, that It Is necessary that I should seo her to llnd out her wishes with regard to the funeral for ono thing, !Uid to give her authority to have her black frocks made for an other;" and then, poor Barbara hav ing shrunk away scared and trembling from this new and strange David Stevenson, whom sho did not seem to know at all, ho went straight to tho drawing-room, going In and shutting tho door behind him. Dorothy Jumped tip with a cry al most of alarm when she saw who had thus entered. "There," said he, cold ly, motioning her back to her chair, "don't bo afraid; I shall not hurt you," and then he got himself a chair nnd set It a little way from hers. "I was obliged to como nnd seo you nt once, Dorothy," ho said, In n cold and formal way, "because your poor aunt mnde me tho sole executor under hor will. lint 11 rat let me say how very, very sorry I am that 1 have to come like this. I have known Miss Dlmsdalo all my life, and loved her al ways." Dorothy had softened a little at till?. and before he had ended his sentence began to cry plteottsly. David Stoven son wont on: "I don't want to speak about tho reason why she left mo in chargo of overything," ho said "at least, not Just now. Of course, sho thought that everything would bo very different with us. And then. too. sho was a good deal mixed up with mo In busi ness matters, and I bcllevo she wished that tho outaldo world should know us little of her affairs as possible. Now, Dorothy, It shall be as you wish; I will either simply hear your wishes about tho funeral and the mourning and all that, and tell you how your af fairs stand by-and-by, or I will tell you now, whichever you like." "I would rather know tho worst now," said Dorothy, In a vory low voice. Sho knew from his manner that he had no comforting news to toll her. "Then I will ten you," said he, In a strained tono; "and first I must ask you, did Miss Dlmsdalo ever tell you that she hud great losses during tho past two years?" "Losses!" cried Dorothy, with open eyes. "No; I don't know what you mean." "I feared not. Well, she had several terrible losses of money, and and, to cut a long story short, Dorothy, I ad vanced her several largo sums on on tho security of this property." "Then this go on," said Dorothy. "At that time Miss Dlmsdale and 1 both thought that everything would be different between you and me, and, In fact, that I was but advancing money to you. We thought that tho world our llttlo world here, I mean would never know anything about it. nnd sho was obliged to sell tho Hall to somebody. I gave her more for It than anybody else In tho world would have done, becauap well, becauso I wished to oblige her, and to help her over this dllllculty. On no account would I have disturbed her hero or havo taken a farthing of rent from hor, if sho had lived to bo ninety." "Then' this ia your house?" Dorothy asked. "It la," ho answered, quietly. "But Auntlo had a very largo an. nulty," ho exclaimed. (To bo continued.) COMPLETION OF THE BIBLE. Criirrally llellevctlto Ilavo lleen Iteachei) About A. I). 130. Scholars differ In opinion ns to tho date at which the books now found in tho New Testament wero completed, says tho Review of Rovlows, but It Is probable that this wns accomplished not later than 130. Many centurlss have passed since tho formation of tho old testament, but the new was all wrltton within a elnglo hundred years. Tho decision as to which books should bo received Into tho now canon waa not so quickly reached, for tho earliest fathers of tho church frequently quoto from other gospels, such as ono "ac cording to the Egyptians," or "accord ing to tho Hebrews," and the Syrian church accepted somo books not re ceived by that ot North America, or tho western church and vico versa. Thero'ls a legend that at the first ecum enical council of Nlcaea, 325, copies of the Christian literature then current' wero laid beneath tho altar and tho gcnulno hooka leaped out of tho maos and ranged themselves on the altar. It probably contains a gorm of tho truth that' at this convocation It was do elded that the books now received were apostolic or written under apos tolic direction, nnd tho others wero spurious. Bo that ns it may tho Judg ment ot several generations of Chris tians certainly decided upon tho valuo of these hooka nB distinguished from many others written at about that time or inter, and tho council ot Carthngo (397) la said to havo fixed tho ennon. Tho word "canon" was first used by Athannslus, In tho fourth century, In tho sense ot "accepted" or "author ized," and Jerome and Auguatlno hold tho present new tcstamont as cauonl. cal. Ncit to Muu In Intelligence. Sir John Lubbock makes tho remark able statement that "when wo consid er tho habits of nnta, their social or ganization, their largo communities, and olaborato habitations; tholr rond wayB, tholr possession of 'domestic animal; ,and YenJnonio rasqs. of. 8lave3'musv.uo-auiinuflu.taatthey1 nave a ia tiu.u. w ..win. iiuxi to man reaf forms tho subject of another pro ln the scale of Intelligence." Ourtlon. Six chairs are nlaced close IS A GREAT JUMPER. WHY HIGOINS IS CALLED THE HUMAN KANGAROO. Some or mi Kitmortlltinry reiiu lie- Ncrltinl Mini lllutrtttl Into it (Ho of t-'ciC Without HrenUhiK a Mlnln Ouo. In the otr.md Magaalnc Oswald S'orth writes of tho extraordinary lumping foals of John lllgglus, "Th Human Kangaroo." From this article wo quote: The curious thing about Mr. Hlgglns Is that ho Is considerably below mod ium statue, being but G foot 3i Inches In height. He Is not ot twenty-six years of ago, and comes from Black burn n district famous for tho num ber and variety of athletes It bus pro duced, lllgglus' various feats are truly remarkable, whether considered merely aa Jumps, or as dramatic spec tacles, Ingeniously contrived and bril liantly executed. Tho photographs re producer! here were specially taken on the stage of tho Pavilion theater, In Piccadilly Clious. One ot the feats which Mr. lllgglus la shown performing is ono of a num ber of very extraordinary tiiel: Jump?. Clutching his dumb-bells, the wonderful little man gives a few kangaroo like leaps, ami then rises Into tho air and alighta right in tho middle uf a case of eggs! And yot not nn egg Is cracked, although tho ath lete la scon to linger In their mliUt for a moment and then rise graceful over the back of the chair. We ask"d him how this waa done, He said ho couldn't tell; It was partly an effort ot will. When ho alighted for that fraction of a second on the eggs, ho did not, of course, exercise a single ounce of his weight, but completed tho Jump by certain strenuous move- INTO A BASKET OF EGGS, tnfnts of his shoulders and the upper jart of his body generally. Often people in tho audience have doubted that tho eggs were real eggs'. But such persoiis aro always courte ously Invited on to the stnge, not mere ly to examine- the eggs nfter the jump, out before, and during Its accompllhli ment. Beyond nil doubt tho thing la genuine a really, graceful and beauti ful feat, calling fqra .extraordinary agility and supploncss, and oxtrcmoly careful judgment, A very curious trick Jump is seen In another picture given. The subject is Mr. Frank Munro, Mr. Hlggliu' manager and agent, who, of courup, docs not usually "oblige" in this re spect. The nssiMnnt, arrayed In a silk hat (and, of course, other things; only tho silk hat is a sine qua non), takes up hla position firmly near a table. It would neer do for him to wobble about eiratically. Well, a lighted candle In a candle-stick i3 placed care fully on his hat, and, this done, the Jumper retires some dlstnnco to take measurementa with hla eye. The reproduction of tho photo, fully cxplaln8 this rcmarknblo performance. It Is, Indeed, a tremendous jump from tho other side of the table right up on to the candle with both feet to gether. The flame Is extinguished with a quick movement of the foot from the ankle, nnd then the athlete sails grace fully down on to tho atage. In tho photo, ono dumb-bell drop ped by Hlgglns In his lllght Is just about to drop on to tho tabic. And these missiles certainly do fall around with alarming promiscuity. Tho stage ON TO A MAN'S FACE, nt tho Pavilion was fairly corrugated with deop dents from them, nnd thoy often disabled a chair or scared an Incautious attendant nearly out of his 'u-jts. ttiYct nnqtUqr, , qandlQ-QxUnaulBhlus together In a row and on the seat of the (ith me deposited two lighted caudles In e.indlo-stleks. Taking 1:1 dumb-bells and bounding hither and thither like a veritable Spring-Heeled Jack (ho does this to keep himself In form), lllgglus stands well away front the chair most tomoto from tho caudles, and tukr-t In the situation with hla keen eye. lie next gives a few more skittish frolics, ami then one, two, and up over the chairs with In describable elan. He pumps through tho air with curious slownesa, and ac tually alights gingerly on tho llght"d candles which he carefully extinguishes, one with each foot. Having success fully accomplished this, tho Jumper seems to rise off tho tips of the randier, anil alights gracefully on the groun '. bowing to his admiring audloncu, Of course, tho whole of the Jump takes only tn,y or three seconds, but It calls 1 SxirHfe1 EXTINGUISHING A CANDLE, for marvelous nicety of judgment an.l delicacy of movement. Now and then It happens that Hlgglns only extin guishes one candle. In such entes ho always performs the feat over again. Mr. Hlgglns Is next seen In the vory act of ringing a bell In hla lllght ono of those bells you push down sharply. It a placed on a chair, which stands on a table, so that the mere Jump, to say nothing about the bell ringing, la worthy of notice. Of course, doubt ing Thomases have their say about this remarkably clever feat "It la an electric bell rung from the wlngu at the proper moment," and so on. Nothing but n close examination of the bell In situ will convince audi people. A curious thing is that Hlgglna nevor practices. He considers hla ovenng's work before tho public qulto enough practice. Another remarkable thing Is the way In which he has attained, after yeara of perseverance, his pres ent position as champion all-around Jumper. Fearlessly he has attacked professional and semi-professional men, who havo made ono partlcul.tr kind of Jump1tholr specialty. For ex ample, there was) tho match with Grtgson, of Grlmslmw Park, for XSO a side. Tho conditions waro "stand, one cro3s, aud four Junps." That Grcgson was a 'specialist waa evidenced by tlio'bettlng, wiilcli was tlirqo to one against Hlgglns for tli6 cross, nnd ten to ono bn him for the match. Hlgglns, RINGING A BELL IN FLIGHT, however, won the cross by ono and a half inches, nnd tho Jumps by nine feet! What may be called the athlcto's most sonsutlonal Jump is also shown. Hla victim for this occasion only was Mr. Frank Munro. Aa a rule Hlgglns hna to content himself with a paid tin darling as corpus vile, unless there happens to bo some one In the audi ence burning for distinction. A chair Is placed on the table, and tho as sistant leans back with his elbows on tho tablo and the back of his head resting on tho scat of the chair. When all Is In rcndlncs3, and tho audience suitably worked up, Hlgglns retires slowly to tho other end of the stage. Hero he dips hla shoes Into a preparation of lampblack and oil, so that "his mark" may bo proot posltlvo of successful accomplishment. Then giving tho usual preliminary leaps, and carefully calculating distances wlh his eye, he bounda Into tho air, lin gers for an Infinitesimal porlod on Ms subject's faco, nnd thon descends to tho stage on tho other side. The or deal past, the subject rises bashfully to tako that ahnro of applause to which the big smuts on his noso and eyes entitle him. Another illustration depicts Mr.( Hlg glns' showiest feat Jumplug over tin ordinary brougham. Of course, Hlg glns docs inijUpap ofT.Uw ground clean Uovei-oUwiK&rrlsgol -no- hunian Oj)ivki could do that. Observe the small tablo 2 ft. 2 In. high, which Is placed cloao - W to tho ner.r hind wheol. Taking aa great a run aa tho atage will nllow Hlgglns springs lightly on to tho tabic, pauses for a moment, then rlscB with an extraordinary bound right ovor and across tho top of tho brougham. Ono opines that the valuo of the car riage deteriorates nightly, mainly on account of thoso dtimb-bella, which aro discarded In lllght. Often they fall on tho carriage and knock It about. Or one will fall on a lamp, and butter It Bomewhnt. But It la a grand feat thin Jumping over n full-sUed hroughnm splendidly engineered so aa to bring down tho houso tho moment tho "Hu man Kagaroo" alights on tho enrpcta placed on the other side. SIGHT SEEINQ IN DELHI. Homo uf the Woiuteri of tho Indian t'lly llptrrltipil !y Tlillnr. You may like to have nn account of the day I spent nt Delhi. I went down on Sunday by the morning train, arriving about a quarter to 11, and had a hard day's sight-seeing that would havo done crrdlt to a ynnkoe. I wont to the Jama Musjld, which Is, I think, tho finest mosquo of Its kind I havo seen. It has two minarets, each 730 foot high, so I had an opportunity of gratifying my tasto for blrd'a ovo views again, and certainly this was tho best I have ever Been, for, apart from a magnlllcent view of tho city, I could see many of tho famous rulua which cluster profusely for miles round Delhi. A little to the south, near the Jumna, stands a tall shaft, surrounded by ruins, which was act up by tho Emper or Foroz Shah, who reigned at Delhi tho fourteenth century. Then, thrco miles to the oast, I could seo tho ritlnu o lino old tort, and not fur from it tho tomb of Humalon, the second Mo gul emperor. Scores of other rulna could be seen In tho distance and I much regiotted that I had not tltn.? to drive around and seo some of them, but no doubt I ahnll have another op portunity. When I rarao down I waa shown some relics of Mohammed, In cluding hla foot print In stone and a' hair of hla beard. Tho keeper ot tho relics, who kept them vory carefully locked up In a small casket, could nut explain why his hair was red. I then dtovo to the palace, which contains much Iras to seo than tho fort at Agra, and I had not much time to see what hero wus. The private hall ot audi ence Is very lino, nil In white marble, and you can seo tho pluco whero tho peacock throne used to stand, whl'jh waa valued, If I remembor rightly at Xu.uuu.uou. It wus carried on by a Persian gentleman nnmed Nadir Shah, who Is said to have possessed himself of a fow trifles, amounting In all to tho valuo of 14:,uOO,QOO. Tho- pearl mosque Is extremely beautiful and ut tho purest white marble, but It la .not equal to the pearl mosque In tho Agra tort. ' nl j t Kitreinltlci. Sho "Every ono says sho has such" very small fcot." Ho "Yea; sho'rt heard It so often that It's given her tht big lcad." Yonkera Stateaman. RECENT INVENTIONS., To prevent rubber lraota from wear-1 lng out quickly a promoting slipper of woven wlro Is mndo to cover tho solo' nnd extend a nhort distance UP tho sides ot tho boot. To prevent cutting tho hide ot an an imal when skinning It, a new knife has a dull blade lying parallel with tho cutting blade, which keeps tho lattor away from the hide. J Electricity is used to opcrato a new railway gate, a small motor bolng geared to tho rocking shaft on whlca tho gato arm Is mounted, to bo oper ated by a controller In the gatcman'3 shelter. I A western mnn has palonted a grain elevator In which compressed air la used to carry tho grain, a receiving vessel being mounted at tho end of a suction pipe, which draws tho grain Into a blast plpo and forces It with the air to tho top of tho elovator. A combined spring shacklo and oil ejector Is attached to anchor cables and towing hawsers to lessen tho li ability of breakage, tho spring being set in an oll-contalnlng casing with nn oyelet at each end to which tho cablo In a storm depresses tho spring and forces oil through tho perforations la the casing. Expansion pulleys are to be used on machine lathes, tho now pulley con sisting ot a flat disk, In which aro bet a scries of abort shafts, witlaisecqnd, disk haying slots in It to adjust tho shafts so us to Increase tho circum ference of tho circle In which thoy movo. Two pulleys can bo operated by one lever to Increase and decrease la an opposite equal ratio. Shrubs and small trees can bo pro tected In winter by a straw ropo, which Is easily mado in a newly do- , signed box of oblong shape, having transverso notches cut In Its sides at short intervals. " A cord Is placed la tho box with short strings attached to It to fit tho notches, bo they can b drawn together and tied around the straw which forms tho rope. To catch queen bees and drones aa thoy attempt to leave a htv a trams Is placed ovor tho opening, having a depondlng screen with openings largo enough to permit tho passaga ot tho worker bees, a number ot open-end. cones being set on a partition in tho center ot tho frame and opening Into a rcmovablo chamber. Tho largo bees crawl through tho cones Into the trap and can then bo taken out.' A Kentucky man has married the granddaughter of the girl who -refused1' I tjilin.li I'll'1;' U .'i h xY. . tA ,jpiroil All tho world practices the art ot acting. 1 c'sjs u NPfV j j 'l 1,1 1 .1 ' I 'd j!&r&m WT J? amMAj: A4!. "y-aHKBEBKR Atu. -. "W