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Dakota to be Divided and the Southern
sS25 Half Admitted as a State. e e

II The senate committed on territories has
agreed tofeport d bill providing for the admis-
sion as 4 state, Of that portion Of Dakota, south
of the 46th parallel The bill is similar in
many respects to the bill reported by that COM
mittee at fhelast session of congress. It is in
most features like ordinary "enabing acts,n
III SProHies for anizihg state ID % known
-as Dakoa from that paff Of the territory OF
that name south Of the 46th parallel "a con-
sshtutional convention is to be held on the sec
ond Tuesday in December, Delegates TO be
elected Nov. IA, next This convention is to in
clnde 12O delegates, the unusually large num-
Der being required 10 represent the people of the
Eembryo state. Delegates are to be elected from
single districts. Usual grants of public land
for educational purposes are made and o pro-
visionincluded recurring tthe new state to
assume debts incurred for erecting such pub
Lilo buildings as are located within its limits
The bill leaves the northern part of the ter
srtory with q territorial Organization, but its
name is not yet agreed upon Penlbina, North
Dakota, Mandan and other names have been
urged upon the committee, but no selection has
been made, and the committee is open to sug.
gesfons Delegations lat present in the tcity
have Unlisted strenuously on the name Of North
Dakota, but the committee, while appreciating
the natural tenacity felt for the name, have
dnnsnimoua!y decided that II would not be .
good eeIeStiof1 llsN
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1900 q caa,a,ula,1Lti,a !,


Gdggs& Fosters warehouse, ST Paul, burned
on the 24th. Loss, $3.50, 000. IN
S.S At Emigrant Gap, Cal II 900 feet of snow
sheds l have been crushed gby the weight of Tho
snow. IA
Torkel Asgeson Of Black Hammer was killed
BY his horse Jumping o. q bridge aud crushing
him I'M n 2g -
The hospital building, tailor shop and bakery
Of the Michigan state reforma4o ON prison 81
Ionia were burned Loss oil tho building, 3l0,l
go; on contents, $500. A
The Welsh calyanistc Methodist Church, sit-
mated near the Normal school building, Man
kato, burned recently. The building was 4
email 1 wooden one, and was partially Insured
The ysllage Of 5Cassyille, ". va, was viaitcp
by ilro on the a2d, causing alossof s9o, COO ID
Ssclading two hotels, three business houses and
number Of residences. Tho Insurance. was
abput $12 0oQ
Msgory y AIlon's clothing store at Coraicans
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4 Rep,r,esentat iveI !Hewitt vindicatea,


In compliance with requests made By Repre-
sentative. Hewitt ar VI and Representative
Belmont Of the houisfl committee OH foreign az
fairs, have made public the letter addressed to
the former by the British minister, which was
submitted to the committee last Thursday It
is as follows: Nh *: e rs 4
British Legaio ion; Jan IA, ! 1884 TO Dear Mr.
Hewitt: In reply to your note yesterday, ask
ing me whether in the course Of the social visit
you were kind enough to pay me some days
ago, you said or did anything which could Be
construed as anapology for your actonin moy-
ing the resolution adopted in the o. Donnell
case, i have only tc.ssyI did not regard what
you said to me IN the Light of apology for the
resolution, but an explanation Of
the /. s peculiar Il: Scircnmst stances which
,prOmpted ition your part, III the interest Of
the friendly relations which exist between the
two countries. This impression was moreover
strengthened by your allusion to the modefate
language, nSyourt opinion, fiof the resolution
which you gave as Q reason why you thought
the request for delay in the execution Of DON
nel's sentence should be granted and by your
saying that other resolutions less considerate
In form had been proposed to you, and as you
were informed, would have been offered if you
had not framed one so satisfactory to both sides
of the house as not to meet with single OBJ
jechons which would have; defeated it T may
iadd1 could notpreslne there was any evidence
from what yau,said ofsanyS Of sincerity on
your part in moving the resolution in question.
Believe me yours very truly. !%2}ss u.
-. !, sf l. SACKYuLE WEST T..
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The palpth naadiDssfriots /

n9 neVTet1Iy u lnB lntel10f IecenMy fe3u6ed
TO review the Of Char emagne; Tower from
The Duluth asnd slsfslets sscre tar1ys: olds:
First esland deph rtneht Is 1Srobibited 81
law from Issuing to the pre- emptor & patent 81
his void entry. Such m entry may he can.
'e ssaobSaTss elagg u Il Isl
protesting bona fide purchasers refers to pur.
gchasers prior to tile t6r's entry, md moi
TO purchasers af teT the eltry s
IN Third As tie land dep ar tmenti transfers
the title TO q person quring equity against
the United States By q bona fde settlement.
and since tic stnlepN settler acquires no
such equities, and hence vests none of ,hia
grantee lPy 9 qony ance, the land department
eann0t ISSUE III phtent tpi sudH granteaI Any
rights he may haHs uhdbf the statutesmnst %
Asserted ID the tonrts ,s az
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There are 8 large number Of profta-
BILE gold mines il n orth Carolina, and it
IS said the yield of gold IS far greater
than i l any State east Of the Rocky
Monnta ten times greater in fact.
y Is affirmed BY scientific persons that
there il to-day far more gold ii North
Cafolina than there is in California.
Northern and Western capitalists are
finding this out, and it is q matter Of re-
cord that over 50, 900, 900 of New Eng
land capita was during 1883 put in min
ing machinery. ma ;is F5
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Ths areenba,,ck nationi,,a,l convent,on. a

&4ssS Ems 6feenpac6 y at1onal Convent dom g{e7s
Tip following Il The asial DALI Of theNa.
tonnl Greenback Labor party to nominate can
fdidates & for president and vice president
OF the United ststes, to 4 be voted
for at the coming presidential election, viii be
held il; the city Of Indianapolis; Ind, on We'd
nesdsy May %; 1854 Each state Is entitled to
four, delegates and four alternates AZ largo
each congressional district two delegates and
two alternates, each territory two delegates and
two alternates, and the District Of Columbus
two delegates and tHo alterpates Therefore,
all who are In accord with tie views set forth
IN the platform of said party in 1880 are RS
Epeotfnlly requested ia meet in convention In
their sevefal States territories and distriets On
or before May / and select delegates and alter.
nates to said convention y
lSignedl JESSE HAHrER Chairman. y
il I 3! IiEE 0RxSnAIrs Secretary
4 Tie fol- oWing are sthe nAniea Of i committee
appointed e assist tho chsiIman and secretary
II z Leonard, chairmsns Logansport,sInd.;;
John " Dc Potter, ;secretary, Ianaing Mich b
Charles Jenkins, Bslcit, Iowa, and W. 81 Ken.
worthy, 0skaloosa Iowa III & III Il
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Tex. With "a saloon adjoining, were destroyed
by frs on the morning Of tie 24thinAt The
other buildings were badly damaged. Total
loss, 350. 900 Apee ullpoWn Isl
N IA lib on I'D niS6t 81 tke aath destroyed sho
Hoist house engine roona and minor huil dinga
sconneeted NTH t6e work sef the Calumst Iron
d ssse m sSPs osnn sfslsS Tsss
ssasS ssanats Ut 'ss
rs Outstanding the sufferings and exposure
occasioned BY the food, the deaths in Cincinnati
last week we're fewer than for the correspond
ing week Of 1883 Last week the deaths num-
bered ninety -seven, and for the correspo ending
weeks Of 1883 and 1852 they were l45 and l0S
rsespeca4eiy rs d; i St i Ss I, q y
An explosion occurred in the Bank OF Com
merce, Montreal, CAUSED BY imsssenger named
Shaw entering ayault In which gasl was escap-
ing with alamp9 The windo ws: we're shattefed,
and the building othefwisA damaged. sShaw
and two clerks at the desks were injured, but
not thought seriously ES i \.
II "A fire Sunday morning at Peckson, Mich.,
destroyed the wooden buildings occupied by J.
J. Barnes as a, cigar store; the Union hotel
block, occapied by the Union hotel; Union Hall
.theater, Waldron d Curtis, drug store: jack
SON ssayinga bank; H h Case and @: @. Elliot,
1grocers; N.SHs Eokter, saloon. The block was
owned BY d. BE ebbard, and cost $125, OOO
/ Five frame buildiHgss occupied by William
A l boots md shoes; John Rath, jeweler;
Charles Alnba, barber md residened Of 81 J..
Barns; cigar store OF Butson Bros Seonfection-
ers; Barrett d Dallis; tnsmiths Moses Weiger,
saloon; were alsos burned u loss BY fire and
water will exceed s175, ,)ou Is ;l
About o'clock 81 tho esveningof the Esd .
west bound freight struck Andrew Peterson,
while lying drunk oa the railroad track three
quarters OF . mile west from Gokato, Wright
county, MINI. Conductor Suite brought
him back to Cokato The pilot struck him
in the back part OF the ahead; making q large
FRACTURE in his skull His recovery Is extreme
" doubtful. The stang est and most remark
able part Of the chFfsnce Is that this is the
same man who only filSess hours before was
with Peters Peterson, who waa killed near the
same spot by the af ternoon Messenger He re-
turned to town, after that accident, proceeded
to get drunk, and shout dark started for home
the second time, and lay down on the track and
was run over. Coroner q a:. Chiffon 81 How.
ards Lake was ttelegra phedS and is there view
ing the remains of Peter Peterson, which have
not yet been moved from the depot The cor
oyer thinks IT win mot :beE necessary to hold an
inquest over the dead body Peter Peterson is
known to the community by. the name Of
Coffee Pete, nand Andrew as aStrpnF Andrews
Both were ddicted 70 the nasS 81 strong drink.
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} Rsgular. Army !, Ho,t.a.

III Leave for three mont take efrees Mareh
4, e granted Second Lieut. Edward IS. Plum.
n,er, Tenth infantry 1.heresis ionof Capt
William Ss Patten as SECOND lieutenant; Eish.
teenth intantr, has been accepted BY the prsai.
'dent The adjutant general has been informed
OF the death OF Capt Kinzie Bates, First infan.
nc Scott TO beica plain and Second Iaenk N III
Phistert To be frat lieutenant. Tho president
has detailed Capt ". lyman, of the Fifth In.
fsntEy, to bs deputy the laiera
lyanss 4 ,Bdcila nan q .tRe dnrteeHth fan.
place IN tho war depar tment
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4 rio criminal Calendar Id


q a prominent and rich young merchant in
Montreal has married the notorious woman
known as THE Countess. ~ ~ so s
e. Marks & Sons, jewellers Of Troy. N. u.
were robbed fof between $40, 600 and $4,000
by burglarE RI; RE
d: a farm hand, Louis Oberndorfer Of Clay
i City, Ind shot Nancy schieIe and then him
self because she refused to marry him Al
IA n Walter c. Shepard, for four years the trusted
bookkeeper Of Francis G. Brigham & Co, Bos-
ton has beensarrested for embezzleHent Y d
4 -aYe thousand photographs III Col.
sudeikin's murderer have been circulated
throughout Rnssia Areward OF 10, 600 roublea
lis offered for his captureor s, 900 roubles for
information leading to his arrest n Is b
& friedrich Baum. q well known merchant Of
Dallas, Tex, has been arrested onseyen charges
of forging bills Of lading IN connection with
the famous Texas 7 acihc cotton swindfes, for.
which .Easton Oammock ID Awaiting trial,
wns jailed in default Of 81, 900 bail 81
~ Dr. Elmore, well known citizen Of Lune,n.
burg county, Va, returning home, was met b
q negro, who asked him IL he had ever been sto
hell Gilmore replied no, and the negro said:
sIes time for you to be there, = and fired a.
Elmore twice without effect The negro at
tempted to run, but Elmore shot him dead Il,
r. Bradley, collector Of customs ut Emer-
son, was arrested BY provincial police and
brought to Winnipeg the 9th, charged with
Ecertsin mapifests Of coal consigned to the ca
madam Pacific railroad, the duty on which jwas
many Thousand dollars. He g also charged
with the embezzlem Of ID, 900 from the Gus
tom house. Bradley's properly IN Emerson
was siezed BY the crown. rs ~ Ss;I
5.R Az Mnrr;axi;lJa N " 1Er. n ~ u Z
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y. Glensnccan has returned to Paris from
London ruyei, pleased With Tho ament dweil.
ings Of tkas cit but was horriiisd III tie slu,ns
which aurpass III 10 ling Alsh and .wretched.s
noes Alythipg III Psri4 The inn hi 81 %.
cihltsna itit9E giiah poll struck him as & re.i
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THE BAD LANDS COW BOY
a. PACK sRD n iiahar.
IL nIIssou El lj'.' 4 ORA

There seems to be 81 general impress
siion that wheat viii ru1e lower this year
than during the last but the fact cans
MOI be determined until much later in
the season. armers will probably
find il q paying crop, however, but
should lay an anchor to windward by
planting ether crops that are sure toFbe
in demand Good farmers have long
ago ceased TO put all their eggs in one
baskat. 9 u: VI
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MnMA III "a, No, b, oil d; ibid NAV

q Sa,nlsJ5 j Nj \ Il \ !, 4''I n
ls aats NS / Z 100 as 4
Barley No. 2, 5sss4 i q ii. u
. CHICAGO heat spring, seslc@915I o;;s
a9ss spr5iaag, xssl0 I
s. Oats SEC SS 81! Il. NJ "!
d I, 81 B
u Barley-62@ 8Scc
a Flax Seed--$1 SO, 4: -
N PorkS 1612H@ 182T3 X III
Il Iard-8 600 487llSS
E5 Hogs 8. az Is
Castle 555 Il III Al
PAUL Wheat No. i hard go: No. II
hard 9995c No ~ egular. B eoe,. No 3
rs Gssad ESasss rev. nised ssse
Date No, mixed, 81 5c@3211Sc
y. 3 Barley No 500; MOB extra 80; No
/ afoaad fsad 6pSiSls 80 s3sss
a 'BranS IL 50@ 13. 90. 4 ;IYt
sa Rsled ssEhls q sae ~; timothy
5ss ~ Yf I'D ooi 4 81 I I
~ Timothy Seed $1.lG .fiYs4 AZ ~ q
Ss Clover Seed -35. 50@8 50 .fs
" PotafOes-42 "a 3F
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!. q s,inn ssots f.,s,, a a :, II, ~


The tenth annual grand encampmentS of the
7 Infspehdept ordsr d ODD aFells as Of Mime
aota was opened Wednesday; the Goth, at q
O'clock Mt id Fellows hall 81 Paul There
full at fendSnee of deleg ateH "a
III The fepoft Of tie grand iafch Was pre-
sented. 1t showed very favorable state OF
atfhiE fS9. twsat deputy district grand
report Of ths grand tive to the
Sovereign grand Hodge awas presented IL
showed that the report of the sovereign grand
sire denoted o net gain the last official year Of
,O5O, maknga total membership Of s4aS, g97
II, the, United iSssatssi endampment member
ship y, 110. not gain, 4G77.
Mr. illiams' report us grand treasurer
shoEs receipts; $780, ~ expepdi ture of grand
eFppSraprpsat 1or the sslst e pin treasury
The ncampnent proceeded to the electiono
SQficcrsf the follo result: 81 SS5
ss Grand Patriarch hohi6s Riley, ST. Paul m
Grand high Priest W. K Read, Ianesboro
;s4 rana Senior Wara q Brain
IS sSs b !! Scribe aRd Williams
Grand, Junior Ward ~ "a finges, Hi lion.
Grand Inside senhne IA G Long, 81 Paul
Grand Representa- tivse-C ". Smith, Mime
,apolis, eleeted 1855, for two years)
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mont III presenting to tho United States the src-
Staelatesmship Alert }Si So, II gis
i Iii. Hohinson IN. III was on hand, however,
TIL lnterp0se objec tiona IL 81
nm orstso Ma. oaal Convention. u

III Maating af the democratic national COM;
limit Mas held hi Cticago on the ed
'tsss!F Tie first thing done which was regarded
with special signif canoe was the first ballot on
the time for holding the nvention. Dates from
early in May to- the mil die Of August were pro-
posed, theeaTfiHr dates genera ag being regarded
as in the interest Of ST Louis AMI sthese dates.
wers takef up md Rctad hpo1ss theraNgas cor
responding interest on the part Of repxeGenta-S
isdves Of the rival frStba Hot WRs 1or
the 10th Of May, the vote begin N tossa s
ae aas G e tas @
i strength Of the respective cities; Of ST Louis
and Chicago the latter getting twenty -one votes
for location and the Former seventeen. The
next ballot on tho date fixed on the 24th 81;
was agreed upon, to the Bth 81 July. Threei
ballpts for the loeat tom were the last re-i
sal vas prsssh.ed 81 tho W. ";
3secndse commit and agfeaatdi upon:
met I'M city Of flashing tom t5n the 22d OF
February 1884 has pointed Tuesday, the
/ 9th day q duly next, at noon, as the time, and
chosen tho city Of Chicago as the place, for.
holding ~ national Demo ratc convention.
4 Each state is entitled, representatio therein
equal to double the number Of senators and
lives in con gress the United statea
and the pistfis s arss entitled sdes to.
diaereaong 5of ! 'EElie Convention as Is
their admissisn. All Democ ratic citizens Of the
-Untsd irresp ec6ye Of past POLITICAL assoc
oiations and differences, who can unite with nsi
an effort for q pure, economical and consti-
lgoyerhme cofsliaIi8 sited to Join.
In sending delegates to- the convention I'M
The call is signed BY the nleinbers OF the
national ID Democratic cofnihit tee. On motion Of
! McHehry Of Kentucky it was resolved that the
Palmer house, Chicag July It'll next The COM
mittee then I'D jonrnel
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HAN and Rivsr Hlotss.

Michael scanlsn, brakeman on the Hastings
Dakota road, was run over and killed By 4
train near Vormillion station. 2 \, AZ
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Fong Al Chuck, a Chinese athlete 81 Port
Sssata, e,e,is tsainipg to meet Sullivan.
Bnckly q Co, dry goods Utica, N. y. failed
:for $50 0oo. win resume business Ii Marcel.
John Osplliyan, q ST Louis lumber NOR
Chant. assigned. Assets, as, 600; liabilites not
re- Cedar Key, Fla has . population ofsss,0 oo-
and but four deaths occurred there during
The: steamer Great Eastern has been pur-
chased By the British government for coal
sS Ehe deacons Of the Fifth Avenue Baptist
+ church, New York, cut down the appropriation
ior music one-half, and the choir, Whichis the
Gess N the city have rendered their resigna-
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PROCEEDINGS or CONGRESS-.

Il dn the senate bill rep BY HI. lillian,
from, the.c commit tee on CONNIE VAS passed
giving the secretary Of warSA "a compel
sthe alteration Of railroad oil her3 hidS 6s ssan.
ming nayigable waters e the stafaa.
which may be obstruc tions To naviga 83;!5
"a bill was introduced to enlarge md Strength
sanstHe shy levee on the MISSISSIPPI kriyer The
bill for Furnishing persons for falsely person
ating United States ofh cera Of employees passed.
a joint resolution was adopted appropriating
$1,000 for the contingent fund Of the aenate to
defray expenses ncnrTeds IN nYaaigatons.
The national bank bill was again debated. Al
L Dhfing the session the speaker laid before
the house the following message fromthe pres
ident: To the House Of Representa- ives---I
transmit herewith the report Of the secretary
able body, and through you the people nf the
United States may become appyised OF the, gen
erpns contribution mad sby hef Britainio mai
esty, 8 goyernments wards efforts for the re-
liefof lieut.. Greely's Arctic e5pl6fing party
stesmship Alert pHEsT9R A Arthur \
Whenfhe reading Of then age was finished,
Mn Randall called for the. reading Of the report
in full The offer was 80 generous coming
from a friendly power, it ought to be treated
Will IobpeCLitl Iu6 I6pUTGOI Hl6I 66GI6LAFyUlOI
state was read and several times applanded.
Mr.. Randall asked unanimous consent that
heoommpnica be spread upon the Journal
of the house. He further asked that the com
munication be referred to the committee on
foreign affairs with the object Of having more
formal and appropriate cognition Of the act
sI object p claimed Mr. Fnnery.
Mr. Randall thenput his request ID the form
ofSa motion, and was agreed to, Messrs: Fin
sn,'rty and Robinsoh N. y; lone voting I'M the
nsrsy declared III fho Unitea States should
notbe put to shame by the acceptance Of any
ssWe are too Tgreat o nation he said, teto
humble ourselves SO far as to receive assistance
of that sort II we have no ships Of our own
We nave money enough to buy them, and the
SBritiah dag shall not float over American sea-
accepting the offer will sign their political
death warrants, and the party that fayors It
w1llinsult the Irish American voters, who will
resent it at the next election. X Il
The military app riatiop and post Ydpte
bile PASSED tile HOUSE y ~
The Senate was not in session On the esrd. ~
NJ Tho house committee on ways and means,
through Mr.. Morrison, reported the bonded
spirits extension bill stating it was not h unans
imous report Referred to the committee Of
the whole. 4 Mr. Belford offered i resolution
giving delega tlherigh To vote tees.
Referfed9 The house co1ffnit tse ON the public
ibsfy rep rted 10 the house 4sehats bin pro-
SMdfng for the erection Ut d cong ressfonal librh
~ The provisions Of this bill were diBcussed
very fully in the senate, and arc generally
prominent architects; among whom il w II.
Wilcox Of St Paul, who is now here The day
was mostly passed in receiving reports Of CONS
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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-09-23
The Art of the Manicure.

81 never in my life saw anything
like the rage in Saratoga for getting
ones hands done up" said a girl to
Clara Belle. "When you 90 out rid
ing bill-bOards advertising rival
manicures stare at you from every
corner and scare your horse worse
than a railroad train, so huge and red
are the letters. / do assure YOU that
the girls up there, on the average,
take their hands round to the artist
three times week. AS the operation
lasts an hour or more, and you can't
leave your hands, like pair of gloves,
to be cleaned and called for, the loss
of time is considerable. Well, Clara
Belle, dear, | have funny true story
to tell you about this manicure rage
You remember Miss, the brunette
who used to play lawn tennis FIVE
hours day at Newport, laze in the
Casino five more and ffist al the
time. She's in Saratoga now, and,
would you believe it. engaged to the
fellow we called Gawkyns, because he
looked So precious green"
"What-marries him because he's
green?" | exclaimed.
mo, no, gosling; we thought him
green, and she doesn't, | suppose.
Anyhow, When he followed her to
Saratoga, and spoOned on her harder
and harder, and she realized That the
hand-squeezing period of nj urlship
was coming on, she made up her
mind to render i. as agreeable as
possible to him. Of course be had
incidentally clasped her hand good
many times, and she hadn't minded
that these casual grips disclosed to
him palm little horny from con-
slant use with tennis bats; but now
she wanted to impress him softly,
sentimeutally, mushily-don't you
unders and! So she went five days
in succession to a manicure, and at
the end of the course of treatment her
hands had been soaked to The softness
of mush and polished to the smooth
ness of satin. Then she was ready for
him. at happened one dark evening
Oh the back plaza of her hotel. He
sighed and fumbled round until she
kindly put her hand in his way.
There were other folks sitting there,
but in q shadow, so that they didn't
see what be was up to. Well, he got
her hand and gave it a long. eloquent,
expressive squeeze. Then he drop
ped it as though it had been blister
ing hot, rose to his feet, and, turning
t. the next girl, CALCULATED: Veal
ly, l bswg pawdon!" He thought he
had squeezed the wrong hand because
he found it so strangely soft. "And
how in blaIes was | to know that
you'd had your hands changedw he
subsequently complained. Its a
gweat improvement, me girl, and all
that, but l wasn't up to it."