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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-13

; Green Lyon, Marvel, Price, Ropes, Schanck.
Tcnney, Woodruff and Woodward IL.
! RcatJive-pr President Wiley, and Council
men Barry, Gray and SchuIiheis d.
The report wasSh hen received.
! The Committee Ga Printing pre- ented arc
/ port relative to the city printing, and RECON-
mended that the Committee be authorized to
make -ile most economical arrangement p.ac-
| ticable with the Union County Herald and
| New Jersey .journal to do the city printing.
| Councilman Tonney moved to amend, That
the Committee on PflLttng ascertain from
each of the papers i'll the city upon what
terms they will print the minutes: On what
terms the notices; on What terms the oldl-
nances and eXtra0I binary work OF the Coun-
Gil specifying by the square
Which amendment WAS carried
The report as amended was received and
the recommendation adopted.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY President Wiley
Resolved, Tha bert Mccullough be
and is hereby appointed Constable for the
Fourth ward, to iii vacancy occasioned by
the resignation Of Jeremiah NJ. Morris.
Which WAS adopted.
BY Councilman Price:
Resolved, That James N. HYDE be and he
is hereby appointed Deputy Receiver Of Taxes
for this city
Which was referred to tho Committee on
Finance.
BY Councilman lIanye!
Resolved That the committee on Fire De-
partment he and they are hereby authorized
to purchase steam fire engine for the use Of
Red Jacket Engine No. :, 1T u cost not TO eX
coed forty-five hundred dollars, so soon Us
the appropriation Tor the fire department has
been made.
Which was laid on the table by the follow
ing vote
Gray, Green, Lyon, Price, SchuItheis, Ten
ney Woodruff and Wcodward-lA.
Negative President Wiley and Councilmen
Barry, Marvel, Ropes and Schanck--5.
BY Councilman Schultheis
Resolved That Charles A. Wahi is hereby
appointed Health WardGnIor the city OF EilZ-
abeth, at the compensation Of three dollars
per day when engaged on duty as such.
Which was referred to committee on health
by the following vote:
Affirmative President Wiley and Council
men Barry, CoweIl, Dockry, Gray, Green,
Lyo f., Marvel, Price, Ropes, Schanck, Schulz
theis, Penney, Woodruff aud N0odWafd-l5.
Negative None.
BY Councilman Gray:
Resolved. That the Committee on Streets
and Highways are instructed to lay cross
walks ON the west side OF Spring street, across
Elizabeth. Lafayette, William and East Grand
street.
Which was laid upon the table by the fol-
lowing vote
Affirmative President Wiley and Council
men Dockly, Green. Manyei, Price, Ropes,
Schanck, Penney, Woodruff and Woodward
10.
Negatiyo-Councilmen Barry, Cowell, Gray,
Lyon and Schultz is5.
Councilman Woodruff moved that Council
adj urn.
Which VAS carried.
Wnereupon President Wiley declared Coun-
Gil adjourned to "Wednesday evening, the I7th
instant, at hslf-past seven O'Clock.
j. SEIPLE, Clerk.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25
POLICE JURY PROCEED1NMos

At q called meeting Of tn. no,;.I
held at the Court House or" Jsry
September 20. 1868. were presen, Iss.
Pope. CHM, Durable, Seven kssn.
Landry and II Hebert.l 0's'
The parish attorney applied &. 49,
time in which to make his~r.. 0oeer
corning the road running thryuss v \
b"b'"a plantation. which was s,.,, ms
On motion Of Mr.: Durable i "ea'
Resolved. That the parish ts, .,,L.u
he instructed 70 proceed torthe ;m"'S
ate cn'iection Of the back -taxo. dn. -:
parish f"r the years 1855, 1861 and 1ssS'
The following preamble and rs..J".
Ions we're offered by NJ. China and
Whereas in Consequences Of Il.
that q large balance Of the epec;sI 49,
tax remsins sncollected, sui isss..t
as It is highly important ths. n. .SSsSa
necessary to build tho levee kr.,."
the parish 'evee should be had 4,
early q period "a possible, therefore /: !.
Resolved, That the pres;dent q ~
jury be and be- is berrty .n,a,s ~
I'd to b " issued warrants Of M ss.,;.L
the amount Of two thpusaud a. I'M.
dred dollars. to be by him sid 10 snv
party OF parties who may wish u nv
the came ; the said warrants /, d bring
their par valne.
Resolved, That the amounts re.li,..d
from the sale Of said warrsn,s ,sh.A' (.
in the hands of the parish ,r.a...
rer. to be used in the payment "a, tk.
making Of said ~le,ee, when, il ,shaif IS
and received. 81 :
The committee appointed to revise the
'evee laws asked for further tine Iofay
port, which was granted. CIf
On motion it was fta!64
Resolved. That the president of Tho
police jury be requested to solicit ths
Of the parochisl a~ufhoritirs Of
parishes Of lberville and P.,j,& Car.
pee in the construction or repairs Of the
Known as the parish lev~e. the
of which crevasse are sike a..
'truct;ve to both Of tie parishes herein
named az sra aA.a9 -.
On motion IL was rssr sJaITg
Resolved, That the sum Of seu doisrs
De and is hereby allowed to A. D. Bsrs
'ow for his services as clerk pro TEN of
be police jury. be to furnish The printer
ctpy. Of these proceedings.
The minutes having been resdt -au1
approved, the jury adjusrnea WSsgut
lay, the I'd day Of October. -m.~.
A. D. BARROW, N. W. POPE.
Clerk pro tenn. President.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

The RreHr VIEW OF IT The Richmond
Wing takes G-u. o. o Howard to tash
for saying in a recent SPEECH, that slave
~ bad dwarfed the intellect of the Afrj.
can race. and We think our contemporary
has most decidedly got the better of thu
christian soldier on that point when it
says:
This implies that the intellect of the
negroes has been dwarfed since their ar.
rival in this country. This is something
new to US. The common impression has
heel that on their advent here they were
n"mi'igated b~arbarians. many~ Of them
canniba's, ALI Of them a very low and up.
Intellectual type of humanity. All the
ideas and civilized habits thew
now po'seas were acquired here while in
a state OF slavery, aud from their white
masters. This, we believe. is the fact,
never before contested, aud still iucon.
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Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

The RAILROAD CHEAP Store .-Among
the most enterprising Of the Baton Rouge
merchants is Col. Huguet of the Railroad
Cheap Store. Those who desire to ex-
anime one of the largest and most extern
sive stocks Of goods W brought to that
city, should visit his establishment forth.
viii. He not slone offers the best quail
ities Of oil articles, but bis prices are so
low % to command universal surprise.
Every week new goods are received, so
that the stock never runs out of q perfect
assortment. We commend the Railroad
Chep Store to our readers.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

WAKE Url-Tbe police Jury at its
special session of Monday last. ordered
the tax collector to proceed forthwith to
the collection Of taxes fort the years 1856
'67 and 68. The pressing necessity for
mouey 10 the parish treasury prompts the
Jury to this course ; not so much that it
is wanted for ordinary parish purposes.
but because VI may require every dollar
We can raise for levee uses before the
river rises. This order to the collector
will raise the price of parish warrants to
the full value for which they we're issued.
Those having any for sale, should bold on
= while longer.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

Ma Arrests Tor fraud upon the revenu.
OF the United States Government are be.
coming so com non that they scarcely
excite any attention. The last of these
little eccentricities is the arrest of Gen
:. b. Steedman for s~windling the Govern
ment Of over six hundred thousand dol.
'asr: As his bond was only for one hun.
and sixty thousand, he can easily
afford to pay of his securities, and then
rave a snug little sum left. It is strange.
however, that in oil the arrests that have
been made for defraoding the Govern
within the past three years, 80 few
should have followed. Evi
'ently there is something wrong abou,
his SOMEWHERE. Either the charges were
'~nfounded. or the prosecutors and wit.
'esses were bought off. To a man m .
rec. this thing of swindling the Govern.
nent is a %farcical affair.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

~ The week has been remarkably
quiet in every particular. There are no
~losfe's, white or black, about the roads,
and but few visitors to the ferry from any
part of the parish. The fact is, the cane
and cotton fields absorb the attention of
farmers and planters to q degree that
prevents their thinking OF anything else.
We bear Of no complaints of hands 10 any
Of the fields, and thus We incline to the
opinion that employer and employee are
working barmoDiously together, as they
ought. for mutual benefit. Cotton pick
ers are in demand, but they are not to be
had for love, money, or any other con.
alteration. -f
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25
H fEkLINe Al THE NORTH. We quote
h. Mobile R.pisteI. Of the Sth:

H FEELING Al THE NORTH. We quote
thp Mobile register, Of the Sth:
W. were much gratii-d. yesterday, at
meeting Mr.. Theo II. Watson, Of Will
c x county. just returned from q probing.
I'D tom of the North. sh-nce be appears
to have brought y stock Of health, which
We trnst, will add ten years at least to
his life capital though thai wss a good
basis to operate on. Mr. Watson reports
the latest feeling in the North highly
favorable. to the country /; not from any
particularly Increased good will bsttha,
they are no longer apprehensiee OF being
compelled to RECOGNIZES the South a. a
" poor relatioo." His opinion, or to tell
the real truth, our own, derived from his
observations that cotton is not king
now. but queen. All the money lords are
crazy for her. and each expecting to revrl
in her charms during the cunning season
T'suslsting this into the matter of,fact
dialect Of the market, high prices are
now being offered for cotton even nn Feb.
rua'y delivery, and very gopd offers on
December delivery have been refused
The friends IF our section, we learn, en-
,ertain All encouraging vie " of our pnlit-
zeal situation, and truct that we; shall BE-
redeemed out Of al our troubles at the
next general election. 2. -
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

90 ~ The colored people of tho parish
finding their church At Bruly Landing to
b entirely too small to accommodate the
congregation. have purchased several lots
u ground at the ferry landing for the
purpose OF erecting another church. For
some time past they have been giving
e0t'rts'omeots in order to rsise money to
dsfrsy the expens .. and have met with
very fsir success. Bishop Billup.. the
pastor u using all energy to raise the
balance required, not alone among those
Of bic ows color. but bic calls upon white
o't's''' have BEEN literally responded 70,
II ws = to judge from tho games and
smounts that appear upon bic lists. He
y 'soguius Of being able to carry ont
N visbss of his aook, and ~ wiah him
=" s~eooo2 : p. tG ,yn-
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25
CUTTON FACTORIES.

Wherever cotton factories have beer
established in the South the investment
has proven Of q remunerstive character
In Georgia, where there are more facto
ries than in all the other Southern States
the dividends have been so grea: that
other mills are 10 contemplation before
the expiration of the year. In the other
States of the South the result has been
nearly the same, and would have been
better had the managers Of the mills
been more conversant with the business.
With the money that will remain in the
South after the sale Of the present crop,
we may expect to see factories spring
up wherever there is a chance to secure
operatives and q prospect Of success
Want of money has been the main draw
back to most Of these enterprises, aid a
dislike to have them owned or controlled
by Northern men. Louisiana has not
been as energetic in these works as she
ought, but there is some excuse for her
which cannot be claimed by other STATES
However, she is beginning to awaken
from her lethargy, and to recover from
the effects Of crevasses. and will soon
throw her weight into the car of South.
ern progress. From the Baton Rouge
paper, we learn that a cotton factory is
about being established in that city upon
. basis that promises complete success.
The capital required is n hundred
thousand dollars, and the shares are fixed
at the low sum of one hundred dollars
We are informed that there will not b.
the slightest trouble 10 securing the full
amount required. 1t is gratifying to see
that that little city is making every effort
to restore her prosperity Of former days
Baton Rouge cen easily be made q mar
1facturing place, with ample facilities to
tie whole State, aud at moderate
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

~ We took . pleasure excursion
from Plsquem:pe home last Sunday on
tho fssosite packet Welcons, under com
'msnd Of Capt. Barranco, a. clever . gen.
tleuan and a. popular an officer AZ ever
trod the deck Of Q steamboat. 1t was
pleasing to learn that the Welcome was
doing 40 excellent business, and we hope
she may continue 90 doing. The pleas
ure Of seeing friend Jumet, the populsr
CLERK, was lost BY bic vanishing into the
gloom OF Plsquemine when the boat
rescbed that famous leading place.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

Ihe Radicals are in great strait. to
patch up :" ratification " Of the " fifteenth
amendment 1t is now reduced to .
certainty that it cannot be "rati6ed."
even ny the coercion of the votes Of the
three unrepresented States. without re-
c"gn'zlog the validity Of the Indiana act
OF ratification. Acts Of repeal by other
must also be disregarded. It is
not to De presumed that the Supreme
OF the country would look upon
The amendment" thus forced through.
As at all binding.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25
STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH OF
West Baton Rouge. Parish Court -

STATE OF LOUISIANA. PARISH o?
West Baton Rouge, Parish Court =
In matter succession of James Ajax.
Jingle, deceased. No. 7O4. f.1T
BY VIRTUE of . commission TO me d.
rected in the above entitled and number.
ed succession. of date the Goth day Of
September =. d.. 1869, fromvtbe bonora.
ble the Parish Court in,aDd for tie psrich
of West Baton, Rou.e, State Aforesaid l
will offer at public sale to the last and
highest bidder, on the Smitb6eld plaDta.
ton. the present residence Of james &.
Devall, 10 this parish of West Baton
TUESDAY. the 26,h day Of October Id,
1859, at IL O'Clock M, the hereinafter
described land and movesbles belonging
to the succession Of the late James ~
Jingle, TO Wit: =,
A certain tract Of land situated. lying
and being in this parish of Wet Bstossa
Rouge. and designated - per certificate
M. 2S42. or patent iseued u said James
A. Jingle .ty. the Government II the Uni.
sVU 0tHlt0 Vi hUIcTIC0 Oh tUC OSu Wy
.. d. 1845, % being the north
west quarter Of section nine. 10 townsbiP
seven (wsst Of the Mississippi riverl q
range eleven ssst il the district Of lands
to sale at New Orleans, contain
ing one hundred and sixty acres, together
oil and singular The ou,ldings ssd
improvements thereon.
A lot of. mares spd colts, cows sod
household foroiture, two ole rines'
'ne LIT Of crockery wsre and Kitchen
also four sbsres in the csP,tsa
'tock Of the Baton Rouge, Crosse Ie's
/ Opelousas Railroad Company.
The land to BE- sold 10 lots Of MY
40) scFss - per act Of the Leg;els>ess
4 1869. Plot Of Same to b made -
Inhibited ono day Of sale.
Terms Of Ssls-Cash on the spot
Nv. OURALDI IT,, {
epszo .zzos = s.slrg ~s
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

~ Our worthy fellow-citizen, W. B
Chsmberiin. Esq, returned home this
week after 40 extended tour through the
Northern States. He thinks the tide of
opinion is turning 10 favor of the South.
We are pleased to end him looking 40
we'll. aod TO notice The marked improve
ment in bis health. -.-.H
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25
STATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF
West Baton Rouee. Parish Oouvt.-

west Baton k0uge. Parish O0uFt.-
In matter succession Of Landry Ian.
dry, deceased. No. TOO si6g5o-
Whereas Mrs. Irene Trshsn has applied.
to this court for the administration Of ths,
above eotitl-d and numbered succsssion.
Notice is hereby given that oil. legal
opposition to the appointment % ssid
Mrs. Irene Trsh~n a sdministrstSSsas
aforesaid, must be filed in the ~Clest's
Office Of this Court within ten dsys5 from
the first publication hereof
0. N LsRLANC, Clerk,
CLERKS Office; West B"uge, this 25th
day Of September .. d., 1859. ]%
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

~ The body OF a negro man, evident
"a steamboat deck-hsnd. was found float
ing 10 the river, yesterday. opposite tn.
"Oakes plantation" No marks of vim
'ence appearing, q verdict If " drowned
"cc'dent'y" was returned by the corouer,s
jury. .'
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25
RADICAL REMEDY FOR CHRONIC CuNsER
vAr1sM 1.-The New York WHrtd ssys :.

RADICAL REMEDY FOR "CHRoNrc CoNsER
vAr1sM The New York World says /:
A Maine paper-lo,I Of course = hints
that, in case the proposed fifteenth amend
ment fail Of ratification, there is still y
remedy for /" chronic Conservatismw said
remedy being the power which some OF
our most eminent public men hold to be
vested in Congress to regulate suffrage
in the several States BY law Or. in
other words. 1t is part cf the programme
that if the people of the several States,
or three.quarters of the several States,
refuse to consent to the imposition of this
fifteenth amendment upon them. it is yet
to be imposed upon them maugre Tier
consent. This is certainly a new dodge
that what tbree-quarters Of the, States
disallow, Congress has the right 10 force
upon them. 1t may, perhaps, not be the
easiest matter in the world, even for such
reckless s%coundrels as now manipulate
government, to carry out this view
That it is even intimated Is a palpablp
of the extremlties to which
is reduced, and the absolute.
ly lswless temper that possesses and in
spires it. .~gt v-f~.u
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

RANDon SHuTs.-Nv more caves arr
reported rs occurring on our parish front
for which are truly thankful. although tn
danger is hot over BY some weeks. If D'
"ther work is required of Us this season
than building the two levees now under
proposals, we shall have cause for con
graduation. 1t is not generally known
that We have q river front of nearly forty
miles, every foot Of which is leveed. t.
save ourselves from being flooded out,
and that our parish only averages about
twelves miles in width. This may ap
pear a small matter to some Indifferent
persons. but to US it is a matter that re-
ouires continual watchfulnpss and IN
expenditure Of money to keep up. Those
parishes lying 10 our rear, aud which are
projected by our ~levees, ought 20 be
thankful that an energetic and enterpris-
ing class of people have charge of the
immense bulwsrk that shields them fro"
ruin. Times are not what they we're ante
beUum, and it requires no small amount
Of ingenuity to protect ourselves and
those who COVER under our sheltering
wing and who never cfrr a dollars worth
IF pecuDiary or other assistance. The
parishes We refer to are loud 10 the praises
Of the fertility Of their lands and the
Inducements they hold out to emigrants.
but they never say a word as to how
they are maintained so /; nor did we eve:
hear of their official organs telling emf.
grants that remote levees prevented
those lands from overflow and made them
valuable and iDhsbitable. This is not
written to elicit praise from others, nor
to herald our acts forth to the State at
large /; but it is written to awaken, if
possible, 10 their minds the fact that our
money and means may not always be
forthcoming. and thus drown them out
while being drowned out ourselves
Large crevasses cost money to close, and
when crops are destroyed ny overAows,
cannot always command the
means to repair the breaks. 1t 10 tl,ep
The shoe pinches. What is then the in
Why that those who receive
should pay for them. We will
light the river as long as we Can +; we
will do all that men can do to protect
themselves. but there is a limit to human
as we'll as human pockets
they play ont the game is up.-|
shoo'd tbis article fall under the eve of
hose who vaunt so loudly of the value
# their lands. we hope they will take
nto consideration the condition of those
Who protect their lands, and whose efforts
ender them 50 valuable.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

Inc New York Sun has this in refer
e"ce 70 mrs. Stowe "Old graves re-.
opened anc distorted view of the rem.;ns
y. toe dead taken and presented bv a
new process. Apply to Il. B. s.. Office
Of Atlantic Monthly. Boston" ~
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

~ Those having old iron and brass
for sale End ready purchasers in 4essrs.
J. 81 o. Arbour Of the Baton Rouge Foun
dry. The highest prices paid.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-09-25

WHAT We Saw IN Recommendations
mine is q gay place yet, aItboughgrestly
shorn Of b.. ancient splendor and bust.
Dess reDown We visited that little burg
q few days ago, and we're not at all fav
orably impressed with her progress 10
the sciences and fine arts. Svme few old
acquaintances that we came across look
ed quite cheerful at if they hoped for
better days. no matter how far Off
K".r"oy's emo drug establish mcut was
the busiest place we saw, if We excep,
. Fritz's.' where an amateur band were
enjoying themselves by playing for Gu
excited individual who appeared to bave
st. Vitus' dance. Biehler was doing verv
we'll, and maintained bis reserve with
considerable decorum. Our confrere.
Ward, Of the South. we found buried
under an avalanche of exchanges, and
seemed so absorbed 10 their contents that
be was onIy startled by the cry of a sub
scrlber to pay up (which was stentoriaI!y
applied by bis right bower snsnks
Seeing bis company, the pleasant little
bio was Immediately pardoned. MANY
other things we saw. aud many individu
ais recognized. but a recital would scsrce
~ amu'e our readers, therefore we shall
pass them BY with creditable indifference.
But when about to take our departure on
a passing steamer. at a reasonable hour
OF the night. two strangers to the town
we're camped on top Of a pile Of shingles
[ waiting for a down boat) snoring most.
Justify. and awakening the night with
'he hideous echo. A T%eutonic admirer
was holding a lantern over them 80 thai,
hey could see how to suore properly,
ND another bang up gentleman was
'az'ng contemplstingly on. It wac a
'obIe spectacle. care they asleep ?,
Ve m'destly asked of the stalwart Ian
holder. "Of curse dey is,"gruut-
y 10 'e'uct"nt'y ; dOct you hear dem
I" We heard and msrvelcd at
be sounds. "Wby, my untiripg friend, d.
o you bold that lantern 80 couspicuou.ly }
'se'ayed p asked we iu pathetic &C
80 dat der shteaupoat Gun se+ h
er town. and don't pass py and not take :
em felIers spoard," con~desceudiugly was
10 response. Pass py I" roared the
Ang'up gentleman (; "if der shteampoa, J ]
Pars dem fellers shnore, dey thinks der .
ay7el ish playing der banner 10 BIsoue.
me. and dey keeps on down der river
ke mad !" Just then the boat rang Der
'rting. bell and we went on board verv
vorsoIy impressed with somnolept n
|aquemine |"