THE BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1920.
12
IPY-TIMETALM
THE TALE OP
FATTY
COON
Ill
BY ARTHUR SCOTT.BAILEY
CHAPTER XV.
Fatty Visits the Smokehouse.
The winter was fast going. And
cne fine day in February Fatty Coon
Crept out of his mother's house to
enjoy the warm sunshine and see
what he could find tb eat.
Fatty was much thinner than he
Fatty could not eat fast
had been in the fall. lie had spent
so much of the time sleeping that
he had really eaten very little. And
now he hardly knew himself as
he looked at his sides. They no
longer stuck out as they had once.
' After nosing about the swamp
md the woods all the afternoon
Fatty decided that there" was no
use in trying to get a meal there.
The ground was covered with snow,
nd except for rabbit tracks and
a few squirrels' he could find noth
ing that even suggested food. And
looking at those tracks only made
him hungrier than ever.
-'. For a few minutes Fatty thought
deeply., And then' he turned about
and went straight toward Farmer
Green's place. He waited behind the
fence just beyond Farmer Green's
house; and when it began to grow
dark he crept across the barnyard.
-As Fatty passed a small, low
building he noticed a delicious smell.
He had gone far enough The door
was open a little way And after
one quick look around to make
sure thfre was nobody to see him
Fatty slipped inside ' .
It was almost dark inside Farmer
Green's smokehouse-rfor that was
Kvhat the small,, low building was
called. . It was iJmdst dark; tyit
Fatty could see jiw.as well as you
and I can see in the daytime. There
was a long row Of ams hung up
in a line. UdernVath them were
white ashes, where Farmer Green
had built wood fires, 0 smoke the
hams. But the fire were ftt, now;
and Fatty was in no dinger of be
ing burned. '
The hams were what Fatty Coon
had smelled. And the hams were
what "Fatty intended to eat He
decided that he would eat them
all though of course he could never
have done that at least, not in one
night;" nor in a week, either. But
when it came to eating, Fatty s
courage never failed him. He would
' have tried to eat an elephant, if
he" had had the chance.
Fatty did not stop to look long
at that row of hams. He climbed
a post that ran up the sicLof the
house and he crept out alng the
pole from which the, hams were
hung. y .
He stopped at the very first nam
he came to. There was no serrseJ
in sroine anv further.' And Fatty
1 dropped on top of ihe ham ?nd4f!
lm
I T winking had 'n off aRrowneyes I. .had beer ,fi, .years
jIi.v:... t,..t,f! since they had met. With the dex-
hicr. delicious mouthful
Fatty could not eat fast enough.
He wished he had two mouths
he was so hungry. . But he did
rery well, with only one. In no
time at all he had made a great
hole. In the ham. And he had no
idea, of stopping, but ne am stop.
He stopped suddenly. For the first
ftbkig he knew, something threw
huh right clown upon tne noor. am
; the ham fell on top of him and
. .nearly miuvivcvi ov
-He choked. and spluttered; for
the ashes filled his' mouth and his
eyes, and. his ears, too. For a mo
ment he' lay there on his back;
but soon he managed' to kick the
heavy ham off his stomach and thet!
he felt a little better. But he was
terribly frightened.- And though his
eyes, smarted so he could hardly
see,, he sprang up and found the
.aoorway.
Fatty swallowed a whole mouth
t.ful of ashes as he dashed across the
barnyard. And he never stopped
running until he was almost home.
He was purrled. Try as he would,
he couldn't decide what it was that
hid fling him upon the floor. And
' when ne told his mother about his
adventure as he did a whole month
later she didn't know exactly what
had happened, either.
"It wars some sort of trap, prob
ably," Mrs. Coon said.
But for once Mrs. Coon was-nns-taken.
It was very simple. In his
greedy haste Fatty hadmerely bit-
v ten through the cord that fastened
the ham to the pole. And of, course
it had at once fallen, carrying Fatty
with it!
But what do you suppose? After
ward, when Fatty had grown up,
and had children pf ; his own, he
often told them about the time he
had escaped from the trap in Far
mer Green's smokehouse.
Fatty's children thdiight it very
exciting. It was their favorite story.
; And they made their father, tell
, it over and over again.
(Copyright. Orowt & Dunlap.)
Omaha Merchant to Visit
England With U. S. Retailers
C C. Belden ot l nompson-cemcn
company has been appointed as one
of 40 retail" dry goods' dealers of the
tt;- nati. who wHl visit Ehjfland
. eiimmer a 4 representatives of
1 the American Retail Dry Goods' as
MKMatinn. Thev will mspect Eng
lish stores and marketsand will be
entertained by he English retail
' dealers. Mrs. Belden will accom-
v pany her husband.
;; , ' Empero$ Is Improved
- ' i Tnkin. Df c. 23. EmDeror Vishi
hito, who has been ill a long time,
nrmtirlrA ut a nrirv council today for
' . the first time . this year. ' He au-
peared nearly restored to his former
health and his comoietc recovery is
i. ovoccttd MorUZt
MoreTruth
- By JAMES J.
CAN HAPPEN
Sister trims the Christmas tree,
' Candles gleam and glow;
Children, helpful as can be
Darting to and fro;
Sister says, "Let go that limb,"
Baby disobeys '" '
Which is natural to him
Up the candles blaze.
Hose cart Five and Engine Two,
Hook and Ladder Four,
Drag a writhing pipe line through
A smashed-in kitchen door.
W That's about the only way
Some folks ever learn
That although it's Christmas day,
Things like trees will burn.
Father, playing Santa Claus
For the little folk,
Lights a cigaret because
He just has to smoke;- ,
Lets the blaze' run up the match,
Leaps a little higher,
Children cry as whiskers catch:
"Santa's all ori fire."
Father's hair and moustache gone,
Wrapped up in a sheet,
Fire laddies carry on
Till the flames are beat.
Family has but little 'cause
For its Christmas cheer,
A sadder, wiser Santa Claus
Father 11 be next
ADDING INSULT
In some cities you have to have a doctor's prescription to get a ton
of coal, which makes the coal ost you twenty-five- dollars a ton. instead
of eighteen. wx -
) CHEERFUL THOUGHT
If Mr. Bryan does as much for the reformers as he did for Mr. Cox
there won't be any blue' laws. J
NOTHING IS WASTED
- Judging by some of the steaks the butchers are selling the packers
are using the leather that the shoe men can't find a market for. ,
(Copyright, 1920, By The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
The Bee s Short Story-
CHRISTMAS IN THE
HEART
By A MARIA CRAWFORD.
With her aching arms full of
bulky bundles and 'a pint of cran
berries in a thin paper sack dangling
losely from one chilled hand, Polly
made the rounds qfthe market house
for the second time Christmas Eve,1
searching for a holly wreath that
would cost no more than a quarter.
For she had exactly .30 cents left
and she had to save car fare, for
she and Tom had bought a little
bungalow in the suburbs and it was
too far .for her to try to walk home.
"Couldijft you let me have a small
one for a quarter? she asked a
countryman plaintively. "It won't
seem like Christmas unless I have
a holly wreath and I've spent all the
money that I had with me."
It was with that humiliating, ex
pression on her lips that Polly saw
Fred Harper, snugly warm in his
great fur-lined overcoat, approach
ing her witfr the well remembered
carMainir look m
look m his handsome
terous swiftness of a moving pic
ture operator, memory shifted the
scene back t.o her last meeting with
him. It was at .la college club
dance and she hadNbeen thritlingly
happy because Tom Fuller had just
asked her to marry bim. Then, as
fate would have it, Fred Harper had
proposed the same evening and she
had told him that she loved Tom.
She recalled vividly the cold, hard
look that had come irj.to Fred's eyes'
as he told her that love did not
thrive on poverty and that sheliad
better think twice before she mar
ried a dreamer like Tom. ' ..
"Wall. Polly, it's good to see you
again," he said. "I've been thinking
about you all day, wondering if you
and Tom still lived in this little city.
I'm on my way south and, remem
bering that I had a sister living here,
defcided to stoo over. Are you pur
chasing something more?" he asked
laughingly, extending his hands for
her (bundles. "I' have Sis's car
around the corner. Let me run you
home?"
"I'll, sell this one for 30 cents."
bargained the countryman, holding
up a pretty wreath shining with
crimson berries. '
Polly handed over the last penny
that she had in her purse. It Kod
was noing to drive, her home she
couldiafford to spend her carfare, too.
bhe sank back upon the handsome
ly upholstered cushions of the auto
mobile with a little sigh of relief.
What a glorious feeling of luxury
pervaded her tired body. Just be
fore Fred slammed the door an old
woman extended a palsied hand "A
little Christmas gift, sir? A dime,
maybe?" she begged piteously. '
Go to the associated chanties,
he told her brusquely. "Christmas
gift indeed 1" snorted Fred sharply,
turning to Polly. "I don't ujelieve in
Christmas. Its a mockery, just a
sort of 'I'll give you something, hop
ing that I'll get something better in
return." As for charity Lord, the
poor are always with us. Why don't
the beggars get out and kick for
themselves?"
"She was too old," stoutly de
fended Polly. "'Why, she must have
been 70 at least."
"She wasn't always old. She knew
that this day was inevitable. Why
didn't she save something? But lets
forget beggars you and-II It's
great to see you again, really great,
Pollyl" He shot a quick, quizzi
cal glance at her.. "There never was
but one Polly in this world for me.
but a better man beat me to her."
She smiled at that, flushing a little
with the pleasure that all women
feel in compliments, . deserved or
'ftherwise.
"I've always known that when I
saw you again, Fred, I would have
on my oldest clothes, my hair would
be wispy and my nose sadly in need
of a powdered chamois. And vet
ii bavt hoped that by fomi kind
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE '
year, i
TO INJURY
providence, I would be spick and
ispan and my house in order when
you appeared upon tne scene.
"And so," he paused dramatically
you haven't forgotten - either! '
PoWdered nose or not, you'll always 1
be the loveliest woman in the world
to me.v "He sighed and glancing
down, saw a toy gun sticking out ol
one of dier parcels. y Going gun.
ning?" he questioned with an ob
vious effort to avoid any more per
sonalities.. "That's for little Tom. He adores
guns, just like big Tom."
so you have a son! He turned
to look at her.
Polly flushed with eagerness. "I
want yoa to see our baby. He s
dear. Red headed, of course, and
he has Toms big blue eyes. Hcs
the wonder of the age."
"All that junk you were carrying
for him?"
"Most of it and some cranberries
for jelly. I forgot to order them
this- morning and turkey does not
taste just right without the fixings."
she laughed. "Then I have a silk
shirt for Tom in this square box.
I've had it put away downtown for
six weeks. I was afraid to take it,
home sooner because it would be
just like me to open it and show it
to Tom before Christmas."
"VJhUt difference WOUld. that
mKC. urawicu ntu, f ........
buying gifts is sheer nonsense. 1
have my sflpretary mail checks to
mother any the girls and she al
ways buyslcigars for the men in the
office and 'candy for the women
clerks. Then they make me sick
thanking me for the silly stuff, Rot,
f-.5lj-. t-J 'T Ihinl.- '
I say, all of it. '
"You don't really feel that way,
do vou Fred?" There was concern
in Polly's soft eyes. .
do. Here we are. living in
the 20th century and holding on to
all the barbarous customs of the dark
ages. Siv thinks that I ought, to
stay over tomorrow, sit around and
gorge -on turkey and stuff and yell
'Merry Christmas' to every grinning
fool in sight. Boshl I think kids
ought to be given red apples and a
stick of candy and let that end the
matter. ...
It was Polly s turn to looic at mm
quizzically. She had been thinking
(nrtim'itii a airl would be. mar-
ried to a man like Fred, who could
give her softly-cushioned cars ana
furs and servants and all the other
wonderful things that wealth can
buy, but now she thought pityingly
of any girl who would risk her hap
piness with a man to whom there
was no Christmas anu no ui
spirit of Christmas in the wona.
"Why, Tom's home!" cried Polly,
presently, pointing to a little bunga
low nested in a clump of avergreens.
"He's put wreaths in. every .single
window. The extravagant fellow!
And he's lighted our Christmas can
dle in the front window. See how
brightly it shines through the dusk!w
"Same old dreamer, eh, Tom
laughed Fred, greeting hirn heartily.
Wreaths and candies ana v.nrisii
trees! I suppose you have , brace
let or some other highly useiui gm
for the missus hidden away! If I
had a wife I'd hand her a check and
tell her to go out .and blow herself
to a new limousine or something.
Polly slipped her hand through
Tom's arm and there was a wealth
of tenderness and the light that
never shone on land or sea inner
eves as she looked up at him. ipm
can't give me limousines or dia
monds, but he does give pic
ihing that; money cant buy, and
that's lqye and the real, happiness
that it brings. Whyit' Christmas
in the world because' it's Christinas
in our hearts." C '
And when Fred had gone she put
her arms around Tom's neck and
whispered in his ear the sweetest
message he could hear. "Oh. Tom,
you'll never know how much I love
you. Think how miserable I would
have been if I had marired a man
to whom the blessed spirit of Christ
inas time it pot tangible, reality."
Dog Hill Paragrah
By George Bingham
Sidney Hocks caught a nice wood
en leg in the drift that floated
down Gander creek Saturday after
noon. H saVs that is just his luck
to find something valuable and then
not be able to use it.
The Mail, Carrier, believing as he
docs that coming events should cast
their shado(ws, today placed a cow
bell on his horse.
Columbus Allsop's wife was seen
sweeping the' floor today, and he
says he guesses company is expect
ed. C. ol C. to Hold Christmas
Luncheon in, Dining Room
A special Christmas luncheon will
be served to members of the Cham
ber 'of Commerce this noon in the
main dining rooms of the chamber.
Every member and guest present
will be presented with a gift by the
chamber Santa Claus, President
Robert S. Trimble, acting as toast
master, will introduce Rev. Thomas
Gasady, who' will deliver an ad
dress on "The Spirit of Christmas."
Man Insists on Singing
In Court House; Is Jailed
Speoial Investigator Carey Fond
of the county attorney's office was
attracted by the warbling of a man
standing on a stair landing in the
county court house. He investigated
and found the man to be filled with
Christmas "spirit" the liquid kind
When the musical one refused to
leave the building without singing a
few more Christmas carols. Mr. Ford
called a police patrol.
Girl Swallows Drug When
Police Come to Take Her
May Barnholtz, 20, Sioux City,
la., alleged to have run away from
home December,10was picked u by
police Wednesday at the Edwards
hotel. Before she submitted to ar
rest she left the hotel room for a
brief instant, during which police say
she swallowed a large dose of a
drug. She is now in a critical con
dition in the St. Joseph hospital.
Common Sense
INVEST IN HUMANITY.,
i By J. J. MUNDY.
' .If you have but little money to
Spend for Christmas gifts, find some
poor boy or girl whose heart you
may gladden by a remembrance.
If you have larger resources,
choose dtie or more whole families.
You may think, with what it costs
to live, you have all you can do to
remember your own family on
Christmas day. . "
While this may be true in a sense,
it does not require a large expendi
ture to bring joy to the heart of a
boy or girl who might not receive
another gift otherwise.
Endeavor to find some child whose
environment is bad, whose better
nature is not cultivated in the homt
life. - '
1 Try to win the confidence and af
fection of such a child by giving
something which that child wants,
and after-Christmas make it a point
to have a visit with that child and
sec if you cannot change his or her
viewpoint of life. '
That little Christmas gift and sub
sequent interest in behalf of a boy or
a girl may result in making a man
or a woman of Honor out of a
human being who otherwise might
be ait enemy of society. , x
Wouldit not "be pretty good in
terest fnthc investment?
(Copyright, 1SI0, by International Featura
, " ftervlee, Inc.)
Is December 25 Celebrated as
Christmas?
(Copyrlfbt, 1920,. Bjr The. Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
Grea"t as the feast of Christ
mas" is, no one knows anything
definite about its origin, who first
celebrated it, or when or where
or hew. In fact, no one really
knows if December 25 is really
the anniversary of the birth of
Christ, because the celebration
of birthdays was originally a pa
gan rite which the early Christ
ians studiously avoided.
After Christianity had become
well established, . however, this,
prejudice against the birth-feast,
died out, and Pope Julius direct
ed St. Cryil to make a strict in
quiry as to the precise day "on
which"" Christ had been born at
Bethlehem. Cryil reported that
the western churches had always
held that the Saviour was born
early in the morning of Decem
ber 25, but that other communi
ties of Christians held , to other
dates. In some eastern churches,
January 6 had been fixed, not
only as the date of the birth of
Christ, but a'so of His manifesta
tion to the Gentiles, while April
20, May 20,' March 29 and Sep
tember 29, were the dates on
which commemorative services
were held in other churches
In spite of the fact that, as St.
John Chrysostom, writing in 386,
states, "the matter of the precise
date is very difficult to deter
mine," Pope Julius established
the festival of the Christ Mass in
Rome about the middle of the
fourth century, and before the
end of that century, the date had
been accepted by all the nations
of Christendom, and has come
down to the present day unchang
ed, despite a nuruUer of altera
tions in the calendar.
WHY
HOLDING A
Adele Garrison's
Revelations
The Plan Madge Made.
Not in many months have I been
so angry at Dicky as I was when I
heard his calm announcement that
he had cancelled the reservation
which had expressly ordered the
ticket agent to keep.
If there had been no housing crisis
awaiting me at home' I should have
yielded gracefully to his dictum,
even though his procedure wap'not
particularly calculated to increase
atiy adult human being's self-respect.
But the thought that, he was either
stubbornly ignorant of or cruelly in
different to the tasks before me
made me so furious that I had hard
work to force my tongue and face
to the chilly composure I wished.
"Will you pease repeat that?" I
said, icily, at last "I cannot believe
that I heard you aright."
Dicky stared at me.
"Getting on your high horse,
aren't you?" he said.- "But it won't
do you a d n bit of good. And
I'll repeat what I said a dozen times
if you wish. I cancelled your res-er-va-tion.
I-can-celled-your-res-e-va-tion.
And what-are-you-going-to-do-about-it?",
I wanted to sceam, to fly at him
as a temper-tossed child might do.
But, instead, I chose a far more ef
fective course: , I looked at him a
moment steadily, then I turned on
my heel. ' '
Madge Is Prepared.
"Nothing just now," I-said even
ly, walking out ol theToom'and into
my father's, which ,1 knew1 was
empty, he having gone fo? his.morn
ftig walk. With a sudden thought
that such a strategic mow might
be wise, I had no sooner entered it
(ban, leaving the door open, I darted
hoiselessly down the hall to the
sleeping porch which Dicky and I
occupied, snatched up my packed
suitcass and bag, and ran back with
them to my father's room, concealing
them to his closet ,
Trth I darted back again. I was
assured by the souna' of the angry
voices comintr from the livinsr room
khat Dicky would have far too much
on hand with lus mother s wratn 10
bother with my movements for some
minutes to come, so I gathered my
hat, traveling suit and all the little
last things which I had spread out
ready for my journey, and took
them back to my father's room. No
sooner had I triumphantly salvaged
the last article than I locked the
door, and, sitting down, began- to
take stock-of the (Situation.
, I must get north. That was cer
tain. But Dicky had made it im
possible for me-.to go from Cedar
Crest. Fortunately, the agent knew
nothing of my real reasons for hur
rying north, -arid he, no doubt,
would think it a most natural thing
for Dicky to cancel my reservation
with him. But rkl should go down
emd demand it again I would be.
lowering my dignity, and, Dicky s
and give an opportunity for unkind
comment upon the part of the vil
lage gossips, of whom I guessed
there were many. ,
Not that I cared a whit for
Dicky's dignity in those first min
utes of white hot anger against him.
But I have always dreaded anything
which would be apt to attract com
ment to my affairs, and I realized
only too welt how effectively Dicky,
whether premeditatedly or hot, had
tied my hands. '
What She Feared.
I sprang to my feet, threw wide
open' the window, then began to. pace
up and down, my infallibie remedy
for clearing my brain when I want
to, think out a situation. In a flash
it came to me.
There were hair a dozen other
stations within e?sy motor access of
Cedar Crest. I' would summon a
taxi, go to any one of them, and get
a ticket as far as Richmond. From
there on I would trust to luck and
my own wits. Thanks fo Dicky's
liberal allowance, my own prudence,
and my father's generosity. I was
provided with plenty of. money for
almost any emergency, including the
possibility of having to hire motor
cars from one town to another
through Virginia and the states
north. , '
My spirits, almost my good
Only One Day More
of the Big Hoosie;
Christmas Club Plan
Union Outfitting Co:
Make Her Christinas Last
AJ1 Year With a Labor
Saving Hoosier. -
A $10 Box of Xmas Gro
ceries FREE With Every
Hoosier Sold on
Club Plan.
One of the great objections to
homemaking is the large number
of hours that must be spent in
the kitchen each day; but the ob
jection is being solved for many
a mother this Christmas, jaring
from the fast-growing member
ship in the Hoosier Club at the
Union Outfitting Company.
Those who join the Hoosier
Kitchen Cabinet Club have the
advantage of "Easy Weekly
Terms' and in addition - every
Cabinet delivered before Christ
mas Eve will be chock full of
Christmas Goodies and Gro
ceries. Just one day remains to take
advantage ot the Hoosier Club.
Advertisement.
BEATTY'S
C6-Operative
' Cafeteria
Pay Dividend to Those Who
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DOWN HOME" the UuCh rinf
clearer,
"DOWN HOME" our frlende are dearer.
And Heaven, somehow, eeemt-nearer,
BETTER GO
TO SEE '
"DOWN HOME"
AT "SUN" NEXT WEEK
HUSBAND .
v New Phase 4f
of a Wife
humor, came rushing back to me at
this plan. 'There has always been
something in me' which longed for
adventure, something to happen out
side the beaten track of things. And
since Dttky's return from the war
and the close of the epiode of Milly J
c. -t.u " J ' .1 . u i i i Ji "1
:.. r:i '. i i r ,
ill IdlliJT even iiidiiucis 1UL lilC. Jk
This.trjp promised all sorts' or
exciting 'possibilities it the tales ot
the railroad strike were not exag
gerated. It had the zest of a thing
forbidden, also, and was not tainted
by any qualms of conscience on my
part. I was a woman, experienced
in traveling, would be in no danger;
was leaving no responsibility be
hind, and was sorely needed at my
destination. There was, only Dicky's
very certain displeasure in the way,
and I am afraid that in my wrath
against him I didn't spend much
time over that objection.
The sound of Dicky's rushing feet
along the hall to our room arrested
my attention. Would he notice that
my baggage was gone. and. if he did,
would he guess where L had taken
it? I "found my knees trembling
with the uncertainty, sank into a
chair to wait for my irate husband's
next move. . , j
(Continued Tomorrow)
Free Bridge Endorsed by
Omalia Real Estate Board
The Omaha Real Estate board
unanimously endorsed a free bridge
for Omaha at its meeting in . the
Chamber of Commerce. Ed P. Smith,
who was present, declared that with
falling prices of material and labor
the bridge could be constructed for
$1,500,000. John L. McCague, chair
man of the Chamber or Commerce
bridge committee, said 'a report on
the matter would be made at a meet
ing of the committee Tuesday.
Parents Problems
How can a " timid little girl
of 10 be helned .to a greater self-
confidence? V
The family ishoulH listen respect
fully when Imchild expresses an
opinion; and,"when possible, fol
low a suggestion she makes This
will teach her the value of good
judgmentand : the pleasures of
using it.
Under a new process iron is coated
with copper by painting it with a
varnish made of pulverized copper
and copper oxide in crude oil, then
cnMertprl tv har. which volatilizes
the oil, reduces the oxide and fuses
the metallic copper to the iron.
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I'M THE GUY
I'M THE GUY who thinks he's a
fancy dancer.
So whenever T get out on the floor,
I put in a few of my own steps and
I've got to admit that they are really
classy. Every new dance I see I
like to try out with sonic variations
of my own. , .
Everyone watches me, for I'm
quite an attraction. They all know
I'm a genius as far as inventing new
steps goes.
Ol course. I don't always get away
with' them, as I ought. to because it's
hard for mo to find a partner who
can fpllow me. In fact mpst of 'the
firts say i can i oancc anyway, jiui
know better.
True I haven't any ear 'vfor music,
and don't pay any attention to what
is played, but I learned to dance at
a school, and I never miss a count,
unless my partner trips me, or
throws me out.
h k I know some; of the fellows laugh
at me', and persuade the girls not to
dance with nie. Bur I should worry.
They're just green with envy. I don't
mind a little, thing like that, how
ever. I wouldn't like it, either. If
some other fellow were better than
I am. That, of course, is mipossible.
Be that as it may, I'm going to
keep right on with my fancy work,
in spite of all hints, siuers and jibes.
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