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F. E. STBOTHEK, .
Wkem President Roosevelt first urg
ed tfce regulation of trusts and-cor-
porations by congress, the railroads
aid their friends pleaded that these
matters should bejeft to the individual
states, but bow whea some of these
states are even more radical than con
gress, oar railroad presidents are ap
pealing to the president to call off the
legislature and leave all theA regulat
ing bostness to congress.
The democrats of this city have put
up three canidates for councilmen' who
are all good men, but not one of them
hat never had the least little bit of ex
perience in municipal matters. The
time may come when our democratic
friends may wish they had the experi
ence and good judgment of such men
as J. H. Galley and C.C. Gray in our
city council.
' There is very little doubt now but
that the terminal tax bill become a
law. This will prove a good thing
for Omaha and Lincoln. The Omaha
Bee especially has made a long and!
bitter fight for terminal taxation and
deserves credit for it, wether it will
be of any benefit to Columbus and
Platte county remains to be seen, but
we are inclined to think that it will.
Aside from the fact that it is redeem
ing one of the pledges of the state plat
form, our people have not shown much
interests in terminal taxation.
In Saa Francisco the labor union
party has for several years been so
strong that it'easily electedall its city
ofidals. These officials, from the
highest to the lowest, seemed to have
proven themselves to be thoroughly
corrupt Especially since the earth
quake, when many new franchises and
privileges were to be granted, and
when one would think men would be
honest with their fellow men, these
grafters have raked in thousands of
dollars. But the day of reckoning is
nearest hand, also the day of grand
juries, to be followed by petit juries
and conviction and punishment;let no
guilty man escape.
We are glad to see that our state
has so amended the primary
law that all challenged voters must
swear to support the majority of the
primary ticket at the coming election,
bat there are many other defects in
ike proposed new law, especially as it
applies to this county. The man must
always seek the office, and not as we
A man who wants to run for a county
office must pay $5 for the privilege,
he must get up a petition signed by a
certain number of free holders. Now,
in a county or state where a nomina
tion means an election, it may be well
to put up these provisions, but what
we are thinking of is, how will it affect
the republican party of Platte county?
We now have a great deal of trouble
in urging good men to accept a nomi
nation; and if they, under thenew
law, mast put up money and get a
petition, why, they will not do it, that
is all. Our democratic friends in
Platte county may rejoice, but they
should remember that Nebraska is a
republican state, that the great major
ity of the counties are under republi-
control, and that as a whole, the
law will not prove an advantage
to their organization. The only
son why this legislature should
this primary law is said to be because
therepublkaa state platform promises
nek a law. Many of our state papers
condemn the law, and only a few
aphold it The more we know about
the law, the less we like it One
feature of this law is to be that pri
mary election day is to be
registration day in large cities, where
registration is required by law. One
can see at a glance that Omaha and
Lincoln, through the Omaha Bee and
the Lincoln Journal, are in the saddle
with the present legislature.
The PoatoSce department has a
twine famine, being unable to
aapprythe requisitions of
aY letters and other mafl. It might
ateuM cat up a lot of its red tape for
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The constant increase in inssailj m
attracting attention the world over.
In the United States tjbereare 350,000
insane patients and the cost of their
maintenance exceed' $40,000,000.
The increase in ratio to population is
alarming: Dr. Jones, the head of the
largest asylum in England, says:
"With the progress of civilisation m
tal breakdowns become more serious
and frequent In January, 1859, the
number of insane in England and
Wales was reported as 36,762, or one
to 456 of the whole population. At
the same date in 1906 there were 121,
979 insane, or one in every 285 of the
population; and 'probably an equal
number of potential lunatics not yet
reported.
True
Weatecm
The local paper should be found in
every home. No child should grow
up ignorant who can be taught toap
predate the home paper. It is said
to be the stepping stone to intelligence.
Give your children a foreign paper
that contains not one word about a
person, place or thing which they
have ever seen or heard of, and how
could you ever expect them to become
interested? But let them have a home
paper, read of people whom they meet
and know, of places with which they
are familiar, and soon an interest is
awakened which increases with every
arrival of the local papers all their
lives, and they becomeinteUigent men
and women, a credit to their ancestors
and strong in the knowledge of the
world.
The graft Thing.
Old Oaks. .
The effort put forth by the G. A. B.
of Valley county to come in touch
with the patriotic sentiment of our
people has proved highly satisfactory.
With nearly one hundred essays sent
in, most of them of special merit and
all deserving honorable mention, the
judges found the task of awarding the
prizes a difficult one. The bursts of
patriotic enthusiasm from youthful
minds were inspiring, to say the least
and had they strickly borne in mind
the special points in question, vis.,
The best methods of encouraging pat
riotism, there doubtless would have
been many entitled to the first prize.
The G. A. R. and ladies are proud of
the children of Valley county and
they may expect other offers along
these lines in the future.
latin.
Helper.
The besetting sin of the children of
God is new, and always has been, lack
of faith. The Israelites .ad faith
enough in God to follow Moses out of
Egypt, but all that came out of Egypt
did not enter Canaan, they fell in the
wilderness because of their unbelief.
80 today many people have faith
enough in God to leave the world and
enter the church, but not all that
enter the church enter heaven. Many
fall through unbelief. Some seem to
think that all that God expects of
them when they become christians is
just to keep their names on the church
book and not do anything bad. If
they have the right kind of faith they
will soon know that they must study
the word and grow day by day and
earnestly strive to do God's will by
aiding all they can to advance his
kingdom on the earth.
AmtMisam Wins Point.
Central City NoapueiL.
Central CSty is not to vote on the
saloon license question this year, the
council at its meeting Monday night
decided that the petition presented to
that body asking for a submission of
the proposition, was legally defective.
This action was taken after the special
committee, composed of Councilmen
Starrett, May and Dye, had presented
a report. The committee reported
that it had made a thorough canvass
and found that there are 469 qualified
voters in the city. The law requires
that a petition for the submission of a
question at a regular election must
have 15 per cent of the qualified vot
ers as signers, or 71 names in this
instance. There were but 69 signers
to the petition submitted. Three of
these, the committee ascertained, had
moved away from the city, one denied
having signed it and one was found to
be not a legal voter. This reduced
the number to 64, seven less than the
required fifteen per cent. The com
mitteealso found that the residence of
the various signers had not been des
ignated as the law requires. Acting
on this report, the council adopted a
motion requesting Clerk Merre to not
place the title of the proposed ordi
nance on the ballots. Mr. Merrel
will obey the wishes of the council
and the question will, therefore, not
be brought to a vote at the regular
election. The license advocates, how
ever, say that, a special election will
be asked for.
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"Ton are very persistent, Mr. In-
said mas Prentice, petulantly.
"Haveat I a right to ber retorted
the man by her aide. "Haveat you
promised to marry me?"
8he looked at him out of the corner
of her eye as a coquettish canary
might look through the bars of its
golden cage.
"Possibly." she said, riatag. Til
look over my list and see.
She took from a desk a small mem
orandum book bound in soft gray
leather. Ingram saw on its cover in
silver script the word "engagements."
He gasped. He believed that Miss.
Prentice was a coquette, but he scarce
ly thought she would carry it this far.;
It was simply malice aforethought
cold blooded, premeditated method.'
His mind was so fixed upon one en-'
gagement that he forgot there
others. The book was one of
small indexed affairs most women
keep, and Ingram's eyes followed Miss
Prentice's pretty finger as it ran down
the letters to "L" She turned to the
page indicated and scanned it for a
1 don't find it here," she said, look
lag at him as if she had pinned him
to a mistake.
"Do you find any others?" he asked
sarcastically.
"Oh, yes, quite a number.
"Let me see them," he commanded.
There was no flute note in his voice
and the lines in his face were hard.
She smiled and quite Ignored the hand
extended to receive the book.
"I shall do nothing of the kind," she,
responded with spirit "These are
my private papers and you have not
yet the right to inspect them."
There was an accent on the "yet
which might or might not be signifi
cant, but Ingram missed the force of
it
"Oh, Katherne he groaned, as his
hand fell.
1 said not yet,'" she added, soften
lag, seeing that she might provoke
too far.
"Please let me see them now," he
"Will you promise not to scold If I
dor .
"IS there any reason why I should
scold, dear?" he asked, with the ten
derness that lies half way between
hope and despair, ready to burn or to
freeze.
"Of course there isn'tBut you man
are so queer about some things."
"What for example?"
"Well, our engagements, for one,"
she hesitated.
"But how many engagements are
you entitled tor he said, with inde
cision trembling on every word.
Miss Prentice was very pretty, very
winsome, very exasperating.
"As many as we care to' make, of
course," she answered, boldly.
Ingram shut his Jaws down tight
She was hurting him sorely. He was,
perhaps, over sensitive for a man who
had known as many women as he had.
"Let me see the book," he said,
dulled to unreasoning obstinacy.
"Oh, very well, if you insist"
She gave the book to him. He
held it in his hand a moment looking
at the silver lettered word on its
cover. What secrets might be locked
within Its leather lids he did not know.
He did not want to know, yet he must
She smiled, watching him hesitant
with it in his hands. He could have
struck her in the face with it He
knew she was measuring his weak
ness. A strong man would have given
it back to her unopened, but Ingram
was incapable. Jealousy overmastered
Justice to himself aad to her. He did
not dare to look fairly at the woman
before him, and slowly opened the
hook.
Page after page, under different
dates, was fall of names! They were
a mere blur at first By degrees they
definlteness of outline and
intelligible.
'January 16 Mrs. Morgan's to din-
ut 7."
January 17 Theater with Mr.
Price's party at 8: JO."
"February 4 Reception at Mrs.
Brown's from t to IS."
"February It Tea at the Arts' Clab
atS."
And so on were the engagements
of' Miss Prentice enrolled. Ingram
threw the book to the floor.
"Bam," he exclaimed, angrily. But
ft was not the expletive that Invigor
ates aad encourages. It wss more
subjective than objective.
"Aad in the presence of a lady. Fie,
fie, Mr. Ingram, "Isughsd Mis
tics, recovering the discarded
aadam. He nude no effort to
It to her.
"Why didat you say they were that
of sagsaamsnlsr he growled at
as if she were at
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she exclaimed.
"Aw, I don't know," he replied, turn
ing away as a disfavored scnool boy
might turn from his beloved teacher.
He faced her again in a moment
"Why do you make me suffer so,
Katheriner he cried to her out of the
depths of his woe.
She laid the book aside and came
very near to him. Her step was that
of a slippered nurse at a patient's
side and her eyes were no longer the
hard blue that blue eyes may become
when they will
"Don't listen to me, Frank," she
said, laying her hand gently on his.
fl forget sometimes that hearts are
tender and words are swords to pierce
them. I wss only playing, dear. For
give me."
A half hour later he left the house,
and at his clab he met Will Forrest
He was feeling wondrous kind to aL
the world and asked Forrest to Join
him in a high-ball. In his ordinary
mood he hated Forrest ss one rival
hates another, and would not have
taken a drink with him except in a
crowd. Forrest appeared to be in an
amiable mood also, and the two men
sought a table in a quiet corner.
"Congratulate me, old chap," said
Forrest when the mellow yellow cur
rent that flowed between them had
swept their feelings close together.
"Only too glad," responded Ingram,
unctiously. "What's the objectr
"On my engagement of course."
"Sure, old man. Here's the best
I've got and many happy returns. I'm
always glad to see a bachelor depart
from the error of his ways. I'm going
to try it myself. Congratulate me."
Forrest emptied his glass and called
for a replenishing. It was In the na
ture of a hurry call. Hearts were
strenuous now.
"Good enough. Hurrah for both of
us, "laugneu Forrest "wnen oo you
depart from the error. My time lent
set yet" '
"Nor mine. I haven't had much ex
perience in that line and I suppose
it Is up to the lady to say when, lent
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"Of course, of course," was Forrest's
corroborative comment "Have an
other lugh-balir
It's my turn," Insisted Ingram.
"Have one on me?"
"All right all right -old chap.
What's the price of a drink betw
friendsr
They were at the
point when men
say things which they- don't remember.
or wish they could forget if they do.
"Say," ventured Ingram, when the
question of precedence had been sat
isfactorily settled, "who's the lady?
la the excitement I quite forgot a lady
was a accessary adjunct of an en
gagement Pre had so little real ex
perience, don't you know. Before this
time all mine's been superficial."
"Here, too. But your remark re
minds me that the lady in my case
is Miss Katherine Prentice, the love
liest woman that ever"
Ingram sprang unsteadily to his feet
and held up his hand in warning.
"Stop there," he said, almost in a
whisper, which was all menace. "You
are a dd 11 pardon me." He caught
himself hastily and became calmer.
"Miss Prentice is engaged to me," he
finished stifly.
What might have happened at this
unexpected Juncture did not because,
at the critical moment which would
have been physical rather than psy
chical, a third man, Henry Vance,
came up to the table. Forrest and!
Ingram restrained, the rising tumults!
within them. They had sobered. They,
greeted the new comer, but did not!
ask him to remain. Vance took the,
Initiative.
"Don't be going yet Ingram," ha
said, taking a chair. 'Sit down again,:
for a few minutes, at least I have:
something to ssy to both of you, and
I'm fortunate in finding you together
in this quiet corner."
"Thank you, no, I must be going."!
said Ingram, with an effort to be
sollte. Forrest roes ss If to go with him.
"Here, now, I insist upon your stay
ing, "urged Vance, in the positive
manner of a friend who could disre
gard ceremoay. "It is important that
both of you should hear what I have
tossy. So sit down and listen. Then
you may pack yourselves off if you
are dissatisfied.
The two men sat down, but with
extremely bad grace, as Vance could
see, but his own huslufss wss of mora
Importance to htm.
"Thanks," he said, looking from one
to the other. "And now to the object
of the meeting. I am to be married
to-morrow morning at ten o'clock and
I want you two old friends to stand
by me to the finish. Ton know, of
course, that Miss Prentice and I have
for some time, sad yes-
a letter from ner
mother In London to come over by the
next steamer. We had a little talk
this ufternooa aad concluded that the
thinn we could do was to
as over tncether ss a slight
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aim. Then they
haaas with each other fervently. After
which they shook hands with the man
who had asked them to stand by him
to the inish. Vance wondered why
they had not shaken handa with him
first, bat he asked no tasettoas. He
was too selfishly happy to want to
know what other people's troubles
were. Or their pleasures, for that
pleasures,
matter.
Kite
"March winds are stowing,'
old man."but before them few kite
riages scud. Tet I remember back la
'49 when the old York road was full
on windy days of kite carriages rush
ing on at the rate of 16 or 2t miles an
hour.
"Many a glorious spin I had with my
father In a carriage drawn by a couple
of enormous square kites, each three
times as. tall as myself. On a level
stretch of road aad with a good wind
blowing we skimmed over the ground
at a good 25 miles an hour and once
we covered a measured nuTe in a
shade over two minutes. Our longest
run, a Journey of 15e miles, we made
one day in ten hours.
"Boys who want fun should build
themselves kite carriages."
! CAPT. COFFIN'S
OPPORTUNITY i
By J. C fUJUBJt.
fin mi ii?
(Oepyrlcat by Dally
Cfc)
Oa October
contained the
1 the Fairfield Beacon
following newa para-
graphs:
The schooner Bluebird, Capt Tom Cof
fin, sailed yesterday for the Rappahan
nock to finish discharging. The Blue
bird will return to Fairfield. and load
a cargo of grain for Baltimore.
Next Monday Capt Honiday win
take a party down to Mattapoasett In
let on his fast sailboat for a fishing
bout Fairfield is sure of some big
fish or some big stories.
On Monday night Mr. Pounce of Bal
timore will deliver the final speech in
favor of prohibition in Clark's halL
The election la on Tuesday.
Apparently these items bear no rela
tion. Really, they are links in an im
portant chain of events.
Two days before he sailed Capt Cof
fin had been sternly informed by Capt
Holllday, la response to an earnest re
quest for his daughter's head by the
former, that his suit wss refused and
that he would gratify Capt Holllday
by ceasing his visits to Miss Nanle
'Holllday. Capt Coflu would have
beea unworthy of the name of lover
had he not disregarded this decree,
and he saw Miss Nannie the next
night but wss depressed by her re
fusing to entertain any clandestine
methods of attaining their mutual hap
piness. She sweetly bade her lover wait un
til her obdurate father Should relax
his opposition. She, on her part,
would wait for him forever. On his
Journey to his vessel Capt Cofiw bit
terly arraigned his sweetheart as of
adamant aad entirely heartless, but
remorse had him for its prey by the
time he had weighed anchor and he
sailed down the hay more In love with
Nannie than ever.
Bright and early the trim sailboat
of Capt Holllday bent Its course to
Mattaponsett Inlet with a Jolly party
aboard. With Capt Holllday went
Mariners Lusby and Wright Ship
'Chandler Joyce and Shipbuilder Ins
ley. Last, but not least was Joe,
sable of countenance aad wide of
grin, the crack cook of the western
shore, whose triumphs with the crab,
the oyster aad the corn pone were
discussed -with watery mouths by
those who had partaken of these
dishes. The start was made Monday
morning aad the programme was as
follows: Reach the inlet at ten o'clock,
fish all day, sleep In n cabin on the
shore, fish until ten the next morning,
.and arrive in Fairfield by two p. m.
Tuesday.
It was highly Important that the
town be reached before the closing
xrf the polls, as the election was to
'determine whether Fairfield would go
.-"wet" or "dry" for the coming year.
Each year the prohibitionists had
.sought to get the ascendancy, and
While they had been beaten It was by
such n small margin that the users
"of liquor felt uneasy until their vic
tory bad been won.
Every man oa the sailboat consist
ently believed is the doctrine that as
long as a man had the money to buy
it a drink should be obtainable, and
they were anxious to record their bal
lots against such oppressive, and, to
use the words of Capt Wright: "un
constitootional Interference with man's
liberty."
"Are you sure you'll get us hack
in time to vote, Wllllamr asked
Capt Wright swallowiag as if his
throat was dry.
"IH get you to Fairfield intinw to
get your dinner and then vote. Esry."
replied Capt Holllday, "and 111 do it
if I have to tack every mile of the
way. Ton don't know this hysr
By the time the Inlet had
reached andthe party were hauling la
fish the schooner Bluebird had fin
ished discharging her cargo at anoiat
on the Rappahanaock aad haviag
taken in sumcteet bsllsst spread her
sails to a sou-west wind for Fair
field. The wind went down with the sun,
and Monday night found .ths Bluebird
off Mattaponsett Islet barely
steerwsy. Capt Cofim
the spokes of the wheel plunged in
deep thought to fact the mete of
the captala had bean s
during the voyage that Mr.
the mate, had several times shifted
a Jig tune on hie M ps to "AuM
Syne," out of deference to the
dent humor of the skipper.
from hw position in the how he
out: "axubnora, hard a
the wheel to
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mim tad SCHRASTS
If you are not a custo
mer at our store we ask
of you to at least call and
see our provision coun
ters. All goods fresh
delicious and quality no
better to be had aaJl on
I us though you don't buy
KEATING and SGHRJUI
Eleventh Street.
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and then nailed the mate as to what
he saw.
"There's a host adrift" replied Mr.
Wedge. "We nearly busted into her."
As the schooner fell off the boat
came close enough for a negro sailor
to leap Into her aad pass her trailing
painter to the mate.
Capt Cofim, deep 'In his love
thoughts, paid no attention to the find,
but when he came oa deck at the
first streak of daylight and saw a
boat named Nannie, with her painter
beat to the schooner, his eyes fairly
started to bulge, and when Mr. Wedge
came aft aad remarked that the boat
was a dandy, he fetched the mate a
blow over the. back that unsteadled
that atheltic officer.
"I see my way, Charlie ," sung out
the skipper, and to the mate's aston
ishment Capt poflm began a lively
Jig oa the quarter-deck.
From the sedge-covered coves ef
Mattaponsett Inlet a hall came to the
ears of the crew of the Bluebird:
"Schooner, ahoy."
"Ay. ay," replied Capt Cofiw,
throngh his hands, trumpet shaped. "'
"Our sailboat went adrift last night
aad I think you've picked her up,"
sang out a voice, recognised by Capt
Coffin as belonging to Capt Holllday.
"Can't you bring her Into the inletl
We are marooned here.
k
"Ay. ay." shouted Capt Coffin, aad
la a few minutes the Nannie, rowee1
by n negro sailor, with Capt Com
in the .stern, approached the. mouth of
the Inlet
"Hello. Tom Coffin, Is that yoar
sung out Capt Wright
"It's me." replied Cant Cofim. "Is
Cap'n Holllday thercr
"Bring the boat In, Coffin." cried
that gentleman, stepping forward.
"I'm glad you picked her up."
At n sign from his skipper the negro
stopped rowing and the boat lay mo
tionless some 60 yards from the land
ing. "Capt Holllday." said Capt Cofim,
"before I- bring in this hyar boat I
want to know If I understand you
that Nannie and I were to be mar
ried oa Thanksgiving eve."
"N-o-o," roared Capt Holllday. "nor
for a thousand Thanksgivings."
"Pull back to the schooner, Boh,"
commanded Capt Coffin.
As the boat moved away from the
inlet Capt' HoWday's companions be
came frantic.
"We can't leave this hyar blasted
place until to-night when the Chlngo
teague steamer passes." groaned Capt
Wright
"By that time the election win he
over, and there won't be a dramshop
in Fairfield." moaned Mr. Iasley.
"they can't beat them temperance
people without our five votes."
Capt Holllday turned pale. It waa
a 15-mile tramp over .the sedge to
the nearest village, and barring his
own boat It would be necessary to,
wait for the steamboat. The elim
ination of his favorite drinking place
loomed up before the captain's eyes,
sad he groaned audibly.
"Come back." he shouted to Coffin,
"It's Thaakaglviag eve."
As he spoke a ripple on the gilded
surface of the hay told of wind com
ing, aad before a glorious sou-west
the sailboat aad the schooner
to Fairfield. The five men
to the voting place aad whea
at eight the liquor men had won by
three votes Capt Wright muttered
with sweat on his brow: "S'poee we
n missed votingr
Negro Joe cooked the wedding din-
Negro Bob waited oa the
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la
fa lsokmg,ap some uiHg claims hi
I found myself making m?
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.queries In a way that gave me no fce
formation. I waa rather surprised as
this, aad a few days later expressed
myself so to n friend of the don's. Ha
couldn't see through ft. bat said ha
would find out why things were thus
'In n conple of weeks he came to ma
aad said:
- "Seaor, I now know why Boa ES'
.tanso gave you such coldness."
. "Whyr
"A year ago he waa la the mine
with one of your coaatrv
At that time he was fat love
with Americans. Together they di
business mnch business. It was
pleasant between them. They were
.like sisters. If one said so then the
.other said so. Nothing waa the trou
isle for n long. long time."
; "And then. there was trouble ehr
- "There wwas. My goad and amcire
.Mead Boa Estaneo, he saw his
.chance."
"Chance for what?"
"To beat that American out of thoa
sands of dollars many thonaande. He
Improved that chance and' did heat
"Aad Is that why he is
Americans nowr
"Ah.no. When your compatriot had
been beaten he went to the conrta. He
said It was a swindle. He called for
Justice."
"And did he get Itr "
"Not at all; but what did he do?
Instead of leavlag the case to the
Judge, whom my Mead could hava
bribed for 5.sae. he demanded n Jury;
and it cost my friend four times that
aunt to keep what he had swindled. It
.was very bad policy very had. It
gives my countrymen the idea that
you will not give ua what you call a
square deaL " Baltimore American.
an ffiafSj wVewVusve
Some rofts say Foe
Others declare he waa
others assert that he waa a
crank. Tet he had the pecaliar
of thinking. He wrote of whist
chess: "Whist has long been ha
for Its iafinence upon what has
termed the cakulatiag power:
men of the highest order of intellect
have been known to take anf apparent
ly Hnaccoontabfe delight in it whOe
i mmm n m I m am 4UtA ma m .
aww in invujoaa. we
occasion to assert that the
powers of the relective Intellect
more aecraeury and more
tasked by the unostentationa
umugnts (checkers) than by nil
eiaoorate frivolity of
One ef He Merita.
"I do so enjoy grand opera."
"Tea. one caa talk all
without feeling that one has tost the
tareau or it aaywaere." Cakasje Kee-o
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