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rrTT's EXPECToRANT

-. son 10 raise the ph'cgm, cause pleasant
' W .sd yea win wshe IN The morning, cough
G and cure for ''SSS SS %y and r.nASaTr .naa s
CoRpN S,,d by druggists ia 25c. aud 81 bottles.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE,
..wrRRAy STREET, NEW YORK.
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on THE EDITORIAL STAFF

OF the Chester (Pa.) Mars.
After he came out OF the Maryland peni-
Tertiary he operated extensively in North
Carolina, where he presumably sold goods
to merchants in that State for a large shoe.
house in Baltimore, drawing from - to $lj
on each sale and crediting the same on the
orders.
He s altogether "shrewd cove" and
the detectives in New York and Philadel-
phld are now OF his track, so that there IS
every Chance OF his again embIrking in the
shoe business within the walls OF some state
prison.
There are other firms in the city for whom
this "queer' one has gratuitousy pur.
chased goods, aud we may yet hear OF more,
since be seems well acquainted with Rich
mond and it, business houses.
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THE MANAGERS OF ST. PAUL'S
L CHURCH HOME ORPHAN ASYLUMl crate
fully acknowledge yanable donations during the
months of March aud Aprl from
MIR. JOHN NOTING,
MR. +. ". WOOD.
MR. W. -. WARWICK,
NEsSRS CHRISTIAN X WHITE,
MIR. I. O.. BLACK,
MRS. CLAY LRLWRY,
MISS VIKGiE DREWRY,
MRS. .GtORGE LEE,
Mrs. y. 4. ARCHER,
Miss LEARY. ap23.it
NOTICE 70 FARMERS AND OTHERS.
~ We have just received from North Carolina the
" HAlMAN YAM" tbe mpst prolific SEED ~ EFT
POTATO PLANIIsdS. Thlse who de ire tO
change their seed have opportunity To 90 so now
al smai cost. send your OtdeTs 10
f. ~. LAFON & co,
No. l7l3 Grace street
ap23 % Rchn.ond. Va.
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THE WEATHER YESTERDAY was cloudy
and temperate, with slight rains during the
day.
Thermometer YESTERDAY: 6 A. NJ, 40 {;
Q A. NJ, 80; noon. 60; Z. NJ, GO; z.
NJ, 81; midnight, 30.
Mean temperature, 56t.
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RECIIEY Topntntnx or

hEcTIFY ToRPiDiTY or THE LIVER,
"e"o'e oiIlouSness, dyspepsia, and Impsn new
sons ana 'igcr to the system. by using I.IRDro
.onrANfs COCA BEEF Tonic. Beware o. worth.
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EoR SALE, ONE HUNDRED GROSS

l. GERMAN HORSE AND CATTLE.FOOn--s
substitute for green feed. Gives appetite aad splr.
aud causes them 10 shed their rough coat Price p
dozen only 90 cel,s. Tor sale BY drusglsu saa
leed- sta.tgs. nh 13 iW
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TIE HoRsFoRD ALMANAC AND COOKBOOK
sent free.
RUNTORD CHEMICAL WORKS,
Providence, X. !.
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FRESH INVOICE OF KEY WEST CIGARS just
received by w. ID. BLAIR co.
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TIE EASTER EGG BREAKING OF the First
English Lutheran Sunday school netted
cutie a handsome sum OF money towards
the payment OF the debt on the chapel.
Prizes were offered for the five eggs that
should contain the largest amounts OF
money. The five prize eggs aggregated
go. %. Addie Diacont received the first
prize, a gold medal; Allie Diacont, second,
a silver medal; Rosa Krause, third; L'zzIe
I6e. fourth: and MollIe Hufner, the nth
prize. Mr. j. ID. X. Sleigbt delivered an
pprooriate aud most interesting address
20 The school and presented the prizes to
the successful competitors. The entertain
pent was in every way delightful success.
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81 ORDERED LIEBIG COMPANY's ARSIcATED
EXTRACT OF WITCH HAZEL In the case Of an old
indolent ulcer, attended With great suffering. and
which had resisted a variety tf constitutional and
local treatment. ! am happy TO say Il effected q
perfect cure In a fortnight
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VIRGINIA CLARErs very superior) at
CHRISTIAN a WHITES.
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oIsSoLUTaONS q PARTNERsHIPs.

THE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
l heretofore existing between ASDREW j. NIL
LER aud ROBERT NELSON a. general partners,
aud GkOhGE ". CHlLDS as special partner, and
conducted in the city Of richmond uEder The name
Of MILLER & NELSON, has this day been DIS
solved 0y The consent Of all of the pirlners.
Wines our signatures and seals this IL b dly OF
Npii. 1881. \. ! MILLER, IsEAL.l
ROBERT NELSON, lsEAL.i
GEORGE ". CHILDS, lsEALI
St0te u Virginia, Cty Of Rtchm0nd-to wn:
LTAYEwELL ELLEIT. notary public for tie
ciivof Richmond. Ia the State Aforesaid. ceriify
That ANDREW }. MILLER and ROBERT Nbii-
SON. who's nipcl are signed 20 the foregoing VII
ting. bear.Bg date the l3 Gay Of April, 1881 a.
Snowicdgei The same before me la my city alore-
said.
Gwen under my baud this 10 day Of ApFll,
1881. IA/tNELi. ELLEII, y. y.
St1te NJ PeHasyicGntG. city NJ Phtodetpht0--
t. nit:
I, LEWIS CASSIDY, the subscriber, notary pun.
lie Tor the city of Philadelphia, tn The Sinit Of
Penn. ylYania. certify iha' GEORGE ". tHflD>,
whose nam" "a sF1ed Ia The foregoing writiDg bfar-
Ing date the l3tn Day If April, 1881 acknowledge
the same b fore me IN my city Aforesaid
-- Given under my haud this I3,a
\ NorARY's (day OF AprlI. 1851.
( SEAL. LEWIS CASSIDY,
'-----' Notary Pubic.
Dl76w
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PERsoyAL.-Nr. Ed. 5. Young, assistant
general ticket agent Of the Northern Central
railway, was 81 the city yesterday. pr.
Young is not ouly Il fine railroad'man put
an expert angler, throwing the fly win
great success. ,o.
George G. Spann, Esq, young lawyer
Of Atlanta, Ga, is ON visit TO our ci'y'
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WaRcns, &c.
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IRON BtTlERS.
DPoWN'S IRON BlTTERS

~ -fAre highly Tc. = --
l,lmMended for
81 diseases re-
,p,N prTTYRSI quluug Ger IlRON BII ItRS
ihVN lsin and en-.
.reni TONIC. cs-
r-,, Tonic. .n,ciany DY>- Cure Dyspepsia.
iprPsiN. INDi
iGF>ItON. IL
iTERNITTEST-
.FFVFR. Los
SIRENGTli.i
WANT UF ArPE-
nth LACK or
,oox r1rTFRS IENERGY. elcIIRON BITTERS
iErriche> h =
blood. strength
c,,rn'ete ,u, The muscles. For Delicate
and gives new
Nife to the.
..,,,.,r.ner NERVES THEY Females.
ACT LIKE
CHARM on The
digestive G or
gaus. removing
all OYSpeptic
symptoms.
TRY THEM.
lqoV BITTFRS sofa by al drug IRON BlTTERS
ciSts.
Write for the
s,-s trre,izer. : y 4 B)oS-. 4 sure ReyiVer.
SENT FREE.
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- that al IRON BlTTERS are manufactured by
Brown CHEMICAL COMPANY and have cross
q I'd ilne. on The wrapper.
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4 J MILLER HAVING PURCHASED
~. the Interest of Robert Nelson and George W.
Chlld., will con i1ue the
SAW, FILE, STEEL. and MACHINE BUSINESS
al he Did stand, nos 1926 aud 1923 Cary street,
under The hriD. IA ne Of Al J. MILLER GO.
aDl7.IV
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Professor MARTIN FRELIGu, MD,

81 west Twenty-four,h street, New York.
Beware Of counterfeits and cheap, worthless imi-
tatlons. Also cures PiIe., Catarrh Neuralgia, Rheu-
matIsin, Hoar,cness, ana Sore Throat. Sold in 6fty
cents and dollar sizes.
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SMOKED SALMON at
cusIsrtAs 4 wurg's.
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4itllmond 1ispatth.
SATURDAY. %, 1881.

Hs> THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
rs LARGER THAN THE COMBINED CIRCU-
LATIoN OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY NEWS
PAPERS OF THE CITY.
:
Entered at the Post-0fice at Richmond, Va, as
second-class matter.I
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BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.

GROWN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
iY l6-eoily Baltimore, Nd
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New YORK, March 90. 1881.

from New York OF which they knew abso-
lutely nothing. Mr.. Stokes said: ''The
first intimation had about the affiir was a
letter from MesSrs. Thurber d Co., Of New
York, stating that they had received a letter
from Messrs. Schultz IL Co., OF Philadel-
phia, with an order from c. p. Stokes 4
Co and that they would ship al once the
canned goods, coffee, sweet and olive oils,
etc.. amounting 10 $1,000. ] wrote at once
that we had ordered no such goods, and it
must be mistake. The next morning re.
ceived telegram from Thurber &C.
knowledging the receipt Of my letter and
requesting Inc to hold goods subject to his
order, and TO reply. telegraphed
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CHOICE QUALITY LIQUoRs.

SACRIFICE! SACRIFICE, SACRIFICE,
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Dear Sir,-FareweIl. No, no. it is most
too lonely word to say. And am re-
minded OF what the poet said:
Farewell, farewell, Is "A lonely word,
That always brings a sigh.
Give me rather that good ola WOrd,
Goodbye
Then let me say goodbye, and In doing
so glance over a period OF ten years, for
lust about ten years ago our acquaintance
began; It's true under circumstances not
pleasant on my part, on account Of my situa.
tiOn: but as the lrishman would say, " bar
ring this" otherwise it was agreeable. And
for three long years together, day after
day, without interrupllon-Sun eX-
ceplcd-yOu IN the capacity OF foreman,
in the capacity Of "haDd " under you.
And during this long time nothing occurred
to mar the pleasantDess between Us. Good
feeling mutually prevailed from beginning
to end. A space OF more than five years
eapses, and we meet again, sad TO say, and
with shame do | write il, under tue same
circumstances as our first meeting.
During the interval OF our first separation
and second meeting you have advanced IN
position socially and morally advanced IN
the scale in every way. II, ALI palniul
TO say-have gone the other way.
HIS POETIC GOODBYE.
But we meet; the hearty shake OF the
hand, the words OF sympathy, The pleasant
look, the kind treatment that you did meet
me with, and for now nearly year that you
have so nObly evinced towards me, awaken.
ed that spark OF manhood within me, and
which had allowed to lie dormant. | re-
peat. by your words and acts Of kindness
awakened the spark OF manhood within, and
so kindled il that once more resolved TO be
man, and now that the time is on hand when
| shall again go out into the world, go
resolved in the future TO keep that "yltal
spark" of manhood frightened, and en-
deayor, SO far rs possibly can, to retrieve
what can OF my terrible past. And j know
full well that l have your best wishes, and
cannot 20 without depressing to you from my
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heart, sincerely and earnestly, my gratitude
and accept from your humble servant bis
heartfelt thanks.
God bless you Is my prayer, and may
you e'er be surrounded in the future as the
past has been 10 you.
May you continue 10 advance In life and
position; that when will have come for you
10 leave this earth, may it be said OF you,
" II Is well and good he lived. We miss
him.
l don't Know rs | can say any more.
Goodbye. Your humble friend.
j. PETERSON PRICE.
HIS FAvORTTE GAME,
in which he Is now engaged;bf constituting
himself special purchasing partner or agent
Tor firms, and thereby gaining little. ready
money, to be credited on the bills as COM
missions on sales, while 1t never yields him
large dividends, requires vast amount OF
bold etfrontery and shrewd cunning, and
shows the finish OF his yillainy. Ii is neY-
ertheless remarkable that he never works
his wits in schemes for larger sums. This
is explained By those who know him, who
say that while he has passion for this kind
OF adventure he lacks the nerve to work
JOB in which the hazards are great.
His operations in other cities are varied
and extensive. In Cincinnati, in 1873, he
played the part OF
GOOD YOUNG MAN.
His life in that city during a period is
represented as being beyond reproacb, as
he followed theoretically the business OF
sewing-macbine agent.
We next bear OF him in Rochester, New
York, in 1877, which place heentered with
out hash, cash, or credit" On his ar.
rival he chanced to attend a temperance
meeting which was being held by the Young
Mems Christian Association, aud addressed
the a>semblage in such earnest. eloquent,
and pleasing periods that, finding he was
open TO an engagement, they employed him
TO deliver
TEMPERANCE LECTURES
at salary OF S2j per week. He followed
this calling for three weeks, when his rest
less spirit left for other and more exciting
fields OF project. At one time he kept a
dry-goOdS store on the Eastern SnOre OF
Mary land, and at another time he is said TO
have been
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During the past week several Of our mer.
chants have received notifications, bills,
and invoices Of goods from firms in New
York and Philadelphia Of goods bought by
them or their agents OF which they have
no knowledge. In consequence much tele-
graphing and correspondence has ensued,
and in some cases The goods have actually
been shipped and received by parties to
whom they were consigned. 1t being eyi-
dent, therefore, that some sharper ac-
quain;ed with this locality has teen opera
ting in the North by a false representation.
a representative Of the Dispatch visited
Yesterday the several concerns for whom it
seems this unknown party had been act
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MFR. Aubin's letter reads: "YOur de:crip-
tion of the man who claimed to be Mr..
Scates is correct. The man also gave me an
order for two barrels OF common glue at
81 cents" The letter further stated that
the glue bad been shipped by the manufac-
turer, George Uiton, of Boston;
J. {. Virtue, alias j. p. Price, alias
Morris. alias Wick, alias Michael, alias
Williams, who is evidently now perpe-
tratng these frauds, is the most con,
summate sharper living, and has hgured
in and about Richmond, as well as
other parts OF the country, playing this
same sort OF purchasing game and obtain
ing small sums OF money thereby Tor years.
Indeed, IL would seem to be pafect mania
with him. He is a shrewd, clever Fellow,
and as he was born in Richmond we shall
give some O.
hts EvENTfUL LlfE,
which will show the character OF the man
and his persistent vlllainy. He was born
ON Fulton Hill, in this city. His name was
originally Maurice, and, as far w could be
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on THE WRONG TRACK.

He said they had received some time since .
letter from the Weed Sewing-Machine Com
pany, Of New York, stating that their
DAVIS e. Co.'S representative, Mr. Scates.
mas purchased from them twelve macnnrs
and several machine parts; that the goods
were ready for shipment. They slId, illr-
ther. Mr.. Scates had given them no refer
ence, but intimated that be intended pIylng
cash, and they desired to know Their (DaVh
d Co. - wishes in the matter.
Mr.. Scatcs knew at once from the receipt
Of this that some one had been operating
with bis name, and wrote accordingly, ell
closing 4 description OF
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23
There Were Tears on His Cheeks.

"Lord bless you but I had never giv en him a second look. I knew that he was Norwegian, slow but solid, hardly able to speak word of English, and never cared whether he had a rela- tive on earth. Perhaps it looks bit hard-hearted in me, but I am driven from morning till night, and I must drive the men under me. When want a hod-carrier I look for muscle, and when I have found muscle don't look further for sentiment"
 "How did the accident happen ?"
 "He stepped off the scaffold."
 "And is badly hurt?"
 "Yes, though I think he will pull through. Any man might have blun- dered as he did, but since have learned how it was with him I've felt womanlsh in my heart"
 How was it?"
 "Well, he had just got his bod filled with bricks down there when two or three of his countrymen came along and told him that his baby boy was dead. They had just come from his house on Russell street to bring him the news. He came up on the scatfold with his bod, probably intending to notify me of his affliction. His eyes must have been filled with tears, and as he stepped out he missed his distance and went to the ground. There were tears on his cheeks when we picked him up, and the only word he uttered was to speak his dead boys name. had looked upon him only as an old Norwegian, but found that he was husband and father man with love and faith, father who went home at night to coo with his baby an& kiss the wife who had left all be hind to follow him over the sea, and tell you I feel like asking his forgive ness and doing all I can to soften tho grief which has come upon his humble home. ."-Detr0H Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23

from the room. The lady on entering the apartment had laid aside her wraps, and when she intended to depart looked for them, but could not find them. They were afterward found hidden in the garret. Mrs. Crawford and the lady ealler were positive that Annie Louisa i,ad not entered the room, but knew that Mary Dooley had been in the apartment several times.
 Detective Wilkins, of the Morrisania police, was informed of these facts and he kept a close watch on the servant girl, as he at once suspected her of be- ing the thief and incendiary. Last Sunday afternoon, during her absence, the detective searched her apartment anu found several articles of stolen prop ertv belonging to the Crawford family. ,7HIsNthen waited for the girls return, and when she came back at ten o'clock at night he accused her of the theft and arson. She at once confessed to both charges, after which she was locked up in the station house.
 The girl took her arrest with the ut most coolness. In reply to the ques- tions of the police she admitted that she had been the thief from the first. She acknowledged that she had deliber- ately planned to have the child sus- pected of the thefts and to have her punished and persecuted in the most inhuman manner. She was shrewd enough to see her mistake in making too many admissions, however, and tried to remedy the matter by trying the we'll known insanity dodge.
 Detective Wilkins said to the Justice, after she had been committed to cell 'sI think that woman," he said, referring to Mary Dooley, ''is the wickedest crea- ture I have ever seen. It brought tears to my eyes when I saw the child chained to the wall. I don't see how she could have slept with the child and listened tc the clank of the chain, knowing that she was the cause of it."
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23
A Dog of Many COlOrs.

There is dog at Brighton, England, "a remarkable dog-a large maltese. Sometimes that dog has purple body, with yellow head and green tail {; sometimes he is scarlet and puce. He is kind of rainbow dog. The fact is he belongs to dyer in the town, and being naturally white he takes any other color easily, and now he gets dip in one vat and now in another, and he forms sort of canine advertisement. It is fun to see this dog, who is quite unconscious of his distinguished condi- tion, come up to other dogs wagging his yellow head and green tail, and the way that those dogs, after regarding him out of the corner of their eyes for & minute, tuck their tails between their legs and "scoot" is a caution. Some time ago, man who had been occasion ally victim of the Gold complaint, |" was going down to Brighton for the race week in great health and spirits, when, driving from the station, he sud- denly came on this dog. "Hello, hey 1! Whats that? Hey hey what apur- pie dog with green tail Oh, Tor oh, Tor got em again l" and he turned round and went back to London, firmly persuaded that he was again victim to D. T.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23
Life in the Army.
HARDSHIPS THAT THE PRIVATE MUST EN-
 DURE-MANY REFORMS NEEDED.

A soldier at Fort Laramie gives the following not very agreeable picture of the life of private soldier in the United States Army:
 The first touch young man gets of army life is at the "recruiting office in some of our large cities, and I must say that any man who has passed through one of them will acknowledge that they are disgrace to any civilized country. The sergeant in charge makes every recruit sell his clothing, and he (the recruit) is lucky if he gets $4 or t5 for $50 or $60 suit of clothes, the man who buys them whacking up with the sergeant afterwards. Next ia order comes his trip to that beau tiful nest ot chilIs and fever, JeIerscn Bart"chS' near St. Louis. Here he is let into the mystery of cleaning horses, the goose step, and last, but not least, the mys- tery of trying to get on the outside ot army pork and navy beans. Here also he gets learned to tighten his belt around an empty stomach. Next to this comes the draft of from thirty to sixty or one hundred to some regiment on the frontier, where after untold misery he may arrive in from three days to three months. After joining his regiment his captain tells him his clothing is not fit to be looked at, and he has to draw a new outfit, for which he has to pay the company tailor the following exorbitant prices: Altering pants, $5 per pair; altering blouse, B i; altering dress coat, $5, and so on. Many recruits get dis gusted with this, so the first money they get they desert. Many men en- list in the army under the impression that there is no work to be done. Now I will give you detail of what they do here. Immediately after reveille they are marched to the stables for an hour, thence back to breakfast; that over they go to work, either digging trees, ditches, etc., or go building houses, cutting wood, and a hundred different other jobs too numerous to mention. Somebody writing an article in news paper states that after five years man ought to leave the service with $1 ,000. Now, how can he have it when he only gets SIS per month? Deduct $1.5 50 for washing and fifty cents for tobacco, not to mention $1 he may need for sundry small things, and he has $10 per month or $500 for five years left. But the greatest skinfint can't save one-half o1
 this amount. You must take into ac-
 count that if he wants glass of the
 worst kind of beer he has to pay ten ol
 fifteen cents for it and twenty-five cents
 for a glass of the worst whisky ever sold
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23
Local News a Speciality.
TERSfs:
"OF THE EARTH, EARTHY"

Have they told you am going
 To the land of rest? l am very patient, knowing
 All is for the best Yet the summer light is dearest
 Ere the soul departs, Nature seems to draw the nearest
 Unto dying hearts Have they told you am leaving Earthly things behind? Love, perhaps, was but deceiving, Friendship proved unkind Yet the sunshine, slowly stealing Down the soft green slope, Brings back all the trustful feeling, All the dreams of hope. Have they told you am hasting To fairer home? Yes but here are roses wasting, Blossoms white as foam; Here the sun-gilt vine-leaves wreathing Round our cottage door; Here are solemn fir-trees breathing Fragrance evermore. Have they told you am setting All my thoughts on high? Yes but can learn forgetting While old haunts are nigh? When the bracken plumes are swaying On our pine-crown'd d hill, can almost hear you saying That you love mo still. Hush! hear footstep falling On the garden plot, And voice speaks, softly calling, Yet I answer not Till l feel your arms around me, On my face your breath. Love and faith have sought and found me This is ife-not death. pod Words. SARAH DoUDNEY.
Connecticut western news., 1881-02-23

"DoN'T you think we ought to sepa- rate our husbands ?" said lady to her friend. "Do you not see how excited
 they have become? They are beginning to call each other OK and 'ass' and all sorts of disagreeable things" "Ob
 mo-" was the calm reply. "Let them go on. They have known each other for more than twenty years, and ought to know what they are talking about, "