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A Machine for Checking Moneys

A useful machine has been construct.
ed for recording and checking moneys
received. The device consists OF a stamp
which bears on its base an impression
plate holding the words received, name
and date. Figures are placed on three
wheels, on the shafts of which are a sec.
ord series OF wheels. so arranged that
any combination OF figures shown out
side the stamp are also shown inside.
and the same figures are thus printed on
the record paper in the TOP of the stamp
as are imprinted on the invoice paper un-
derneath. Each time the stamp Is used
the recoil of the handle carries forward
the record paper so as to present a fresh
surface for the next printing, and by a
simple arrangement inside the stamp no
receipt a be given without the record
Taper being moved. 1t is therefore i'm.
possible to give a receipt without record.
ing the transaction inside the apparatus.
The stamp can be adjusted and a receipt
given in one-ttird the time occupied IN
writing a receipt, with the further ad.
vantage that the apparatus cannot make
mistakes .-Chlcago News Record.
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ST. JACOBS OIL CURES MAGICALLY
SPRAINS.
Chronic Cases of Many Years Cured Easily.
MY BABY.

I awsited my baby this morning,
As l wait for him every day.
To come from his early breakfast
So loving and blithe and gay.
With his books slung over his shoulder,
And his little cap in his hand
To take sweet leave Of his mother,
To look in her eyes, and stand .z
A moment beside her, smile.
As he goes through the pretty rule
or kissing her twice. "Good-byl aood.byl
Ere he trudges away TO school.
I waited in vain for my darling:
I could not believe my eyes
When I saw him bound over tie threshold
Out under the bright spring Skies
So eager to join his comrades
A moment he could not miss,
He had gone away and forgotten
Forgotten my good-by kiss!
1t seemed as some cruel monster
Had snatched him away from my armsl
My child Had his mothers petting
No longer its soothing charms3
Alasi'tis the old, old story
The mother must take her placs
In his heart, in a far-off corner.
With her dear old yearning face
Sbrined dimly within his men'ry,
While newer, more thrilling ties
Wind in and out 'mong his heartstrings
AMI cling to his lips and eyes.
Comrades, and sports, and sweetheart,
Now one thing. nov another. .
Alas for my boy, he's my ''baby" no more
He's forgotten to kiss his motherI
Belle Hunt, in New York World.
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Smart ~COnjuring.

A corporal and two privates, having
in their custody a deserter, were resting
themselves at a country tavern not long
ago.
The deserter amused his guardians
with several entertaining sleight-of hand
tricks, but being encountered with hand
cuffs, complained that he could not dis.
play his skill to advantage, aud re-
quested to having his hands at liberty,
whilst he exhibited a trick which he de.
scribed.
This being agreed to, he proceeded t,
tie the hands OF the three soldiers and
his own together with q handkerchief,
and he was to loose the four with one
motion simultaneously.
The magic knots were tied, but they
all remained firm except the n which
held the deserter. This came asundel
with a touch, when he lifted up the sash
and darted through the window, leaving
his keepers raging at each other like
~ill-coupled hounds. The deserter has
not been seen since.-Yankee Blade.
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at seems to me-" groaned old Atlas,
under the heavy burden of the earth,
THAT I've got a mighty poor geographi,
cal situation. Chicago Tribune.
"How do you like your alarm clockif
asked the jeweler. "First rate" ''Yoa
didn't seem pleased with it at first.
"No. But it's broken now."--Wash.
ingtoa Star.
al don't sec why you think the cook
thinks of leaving; she is well paid"
Wife--''Ies; but she hasn't brought
one of Bertha Clay's novels with her. -
Inter Ocean.
J~ackson-"I met a man on the street
yesterday who reminded me Of you.'
Jenkins-".s tina: so. Howl" 'tHe,
too, has owed me ten dollars for more
than a month"
Clara--"I saw Ella on the street to.
day. Sne was trying to travel incognito."
Mamie -''You don't say so. What had
81 e done to disguise herseltr Clara
''she didn't paint."-Grip.
"Nill l find your husband at tho
club this EVENING"" Sim sure you will,
Tor he kissed me good-by and said his
work would keep him at the Office until
late."-Chicago inter. Ocean.
She--"lou are always sueering at
women who talk too much. Are you
hitting at mel" He-"Not at all.
There are lots of women beside you wAr
talk too much. '-Texas Sittings.
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n~o. W., MeeueA:

Golden Medical Discovery" cures CON
sumption (which is s~crofula Of the lungsl,
by Its wonderful blood-purifying, ~invlgorat-
ing and nutritive properties. For weaA
lungs, splitting Of blood, shortness OF breath,
nasal catarrh, bronchitis, severe cougns'
asthma, n kindred affections, 1t is SOY
ereign remedy. While it promptly cures tne
severest coughs, 1t strengthens the sys'enl
and purifes the blood.
"Golden Medical Discovery" does not maks
Iat people more corpulent, but Tor INN, patsi
IN nesn, from any cause, 1T Is the ereaeess
nesn-oulder known to medical scignS
Nasty cod liver oil and its " emulslons,' are
not 70 be compared with it in eihcacy. ~
rapidly builds up tho system, and ncreases
the solid flesh and weight OF those reauceo
below the usual standard OF health oy
wasting diseases"
70 brace up the entire system after the
grlp, pneumonia, fevers, and other pr9ssal Jay
and strength, and to restore health and Vlgorr
when you feel rundown" and " used-uP.
me best thing in the world Is Or. fierc N i
Soiden Medical Discovery. IL pronlooes -,
sne po1iy functions, rouses every oIgsn ~
heaithtul action, puriies and enriches ~
blood, n through it c~leanses, repairs, Ano
mVlgorates the entire system.
treatise on Consumption, giving nuIn
GUS testlmonialsw with prototype, or neii-vone'
PoItralis or those cured, numerous Tsaet
ences, also containing successful Home Tsee
ment for chronic nasal catarrh, bronchitls
asInna, and kindred diseases. VIII pc nl l I
~ the Worlds Dispensary Medical Ass 1Sa
Ion o. buffalo, N. n, ON receipt OF st5 S SehSs
IN stamps, to pay postage. Or The fsoPlsi
Common Sense Modal Adviser, l,OOo psGess
! SV Illustrations, nj led for sl.t0.
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It was past midnight. Mrs. Bascomt
was reading a very interesting novel
She was surprised when the clock struck
the half hour, and laid her book dow.
Not that she felt sleepy, but she had just
determined that she would sleep doEn'
stairs in the new folding.bed in the back
parlor. There were portieres between
the rooms, but these were drawn back
and hung limp on either side.
The "bed" was a large handsome book
sase, with bric-s.brac on its top shelf.
Mrs. Bascomb let it down aud admired II
from all sides. 1t took up all the space
between the walls, except just room
enough for her to pass to the little table
under the mirror, where Towards revolt
yer lay. She now pushed this further
back and laid her watch and chain--her
welding present from her father-her
diamond graduation ring, her diamond
engagement ring and her purse, winch
she took out OF the pocket of her dress,
On the table in a shining heap.
az wonder IL he married the tall, thin
one, OF the short, homely one" she said
to herself, and, going out into the par
Tor, picked up the book again, and was
soon deep in the plot.
A noise reused her. She looked ct the
folding doors leading into the ball.
They were locked, she knew. Then she
turned her eyes toward the back psrlor.
ats the new folding bed getting
used to being open," she thought, con.
scious of a slight exhilsration IN the re-
gIon of her heart. Then she glanced at
a mirror, in which she saw the full.
length figure of a man standing back OF
the portieTes.
l have heard it said, or read some.
where, that every man Is ready to pro-
tect a woman from every other man ex-
cept himself. At that moment Lottie
Bascomb would rather have seen q tiger
standing ready to deyour her. Her next
surprise wa at his manner of address:
''Good evening, ms'am," and he
stepped from the p~ortiere and stood be-
fore her. "You needn't be frightened,
l amt goin' to hurt you"
"Nhat do you wantf' Her voice did
not ever tremble.
~ want the money your husband
brought home that he's goin,, to take to
New York Tomorrow"
81 don't know what money you mean,
but my husband is on his way to New
York now. He left to.day at noon."
She had risen from her chair and
forward to reach the revolver.
But she could not outwit the disap-
and enrased burglar.
He sprang to intercept her, and
his foot against the folding-bed,
throwing himself across it in his attempt
10 retain his balance. There was a grind.
ing, whirring sound aud q complete dis
appearance of one of the principals in
this affair.
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On that same night a belsted citizen
hurrying home was accosted from the
lower window of a house he wa passing
in the residence portion OF the city.
"Sir, oh, sirl'
He stopped, for it was a woman's
voice, pitched at an alarm key.
"WllI you please find the policeman
on this beat and send him here in
stantly2'
"Can I be OF any assistance7"
mo. It's a burglar, and I have him
safe"
The policeman arrived, and with him
the passer.by she had accosted, whose
services were not required, however.
The policeman went to the telephone and
summoned help. Meanwhile he took up
a position where earlier in the evening
the folding-bed had stood. 1t was now
shut up, and looked merely a massive
bookcase again.
When the patrol wagon arrived, this
desk became an object of immediate in
terest. One b~lue-costed official was
stationed on either side and two at the
foot. Mis-. Basconb and the now awak,
ened Kitty were detailed at a little dis
lance.
"Nowi" said the sergeant, and he
manipulated the desk as Mrs. Bascomh
had shown him how to do, a moment
before.
1t came down on the run, and there,
limp and half-sroothered, was the trapped
burglar, his forehead cut and bleeding
, from a chance incision as the bed had
shut up with him in an explosive EN-
brace.
$50, Clever Jim, you're at it again
Here you are, said one of the policemen
as he snapped the bracelets on his wrist
You're pals not IN it this time," as Ii
handed him over to two of the force.
"Tnat's him." said Kitty, ''that's tn
man that was lookin' for a girl as h
said was his sister. oh, the villyunw
He wa taken away, tried aud con
Victei and sent up for five years, but h
never opened his mouth as to his methoc
Of getting into the house. 1t is quit
,afe to infer that Mrs. Bascomb peve
rasorted again to that very commo
practice of ladies who mail late letters
Of leaving the house door ajar. An
he folding bed will remain a desk t
The end of its days, unless 1t shout
again be useda as a burglar trap.-DetroI
Free Press.
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: HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Dissolved in tears-Salt.
"Lights out"-The ~absconding cash
Ter.
"I1l just make a night of it," sail
the SUI as he went down.
The largest part of most people is the
wish bone.-Atchison Globe.
Can a newspaper war properly bo
termed q scrap of paper2-Texas sift'
ings.
II a great lawyer is a legal light, is a
great electrician an electric light2--
Life.
He--"It ! should-er-ask you ia
marry me-" She-"You'd make
the thirteenth. "-Life.
He-"What can I do to prove my
love for youp She-"Don't speak
about it any more."--Siftings.
Women are not cruel to dumb ami
mails. No oma will willfully step on
a mouse.-Rlchmond Recorder.
A despatch from Montana says the
Crow Indians show, fight. No doubt
they have caws.-Lowell Courier.
1t is odd that there is one thing a
self.made man was never known to do;
and that is to "fnish" himself. Puck.
"My wife," said squills proudly, sis
queen of the tea table, and she never
reigns but she pours."-Drake's Maya
zine.
"That's "a new way to pay old
debts,'" remarked the tailor, when
Chappy came in aud paid him in full
Truth.
A Germantown baker sent fifty BIZ
gingercakes to the local almshouse last
week. A very nice dough-nation.-
Philadelphia Record.
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from Eagle from Toxic.

One Of the most curious exhibits at
Chicago will be an iron eagle, made by
4 famous lacquerware manufacturer of
Toxic. The eagle is two feet high.
measures five feet from tip to tip OF
wings. and weighs 1873 pounds. The
lead is made to move freely. Over S00e
Gathers are clearly defined, each worked
by hand. The lines on each feather may
be counted by hundreds, aud in order
that they SHOULD be uniform a different
tool was used after every third or fourth
line. The general pose of the figure IL
Impressive. Chicago Herald.
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ZIG Bus. S Lbs. Dat. From One Bus. See,

ZIG Bus. S Lbs. Oats From One Bus. Seed.
This remarkable, almost unheard-of
yield was reported tothe John A. Zalzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, by Frank
Winter, of Montana, who planted one
bushel of Great Northern Oats, care
fully titled ard irrigated same, and be-
lieves that in 1894 he can grow from
one bushel of Great Northern Oats three
hundred bushels. lisa wonderful oat.
If YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT
with Sc postage to the above firm will
receive sample package of above oats
and their mammoth farm seed cata-
logue. A.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any cuse of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY 6 Co, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known /, j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectlr honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
wALDING, KIS~AN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent FREQ.
Price. zoe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
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You can tell more about a mans
character by trading horses with him
than you can by hearing him talk in
prayer-meeting.
THmRE is something wrong il you
feel spiteful whenever you see an
other woman wearing a better bou-
net than you can afford.
THERE are plenty of places where
a preachers testimony will do the
Lord more good than in o patent
medicine advertisement.
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-=- ----
Oregon Has a Rabbit Pest.

A Westerner. speaking Of the number
of rabbits in Oregon, used a somewhat
startling phrase to emphasize the fac
that the State is overrun with the pests.
He SAID in the most serious way posi-
bic: "There are enough rabbit tails in
an Oregon wheat field to patch Texas
mile in its raggedest place." This ii
supposed to be the language of the soil,
the decadence Of which causes the higi
literary critic to mourn. The quotation
is literal with the exception of ons
word. He didn't say Texas. New
Iork Tribune.
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she-"How did the amateurs do the
trial scene last night" He-"Immense.
". 1t wa. the greatest trial l ever lived
through. Statesman.
He--"What a beautiful picture Miss
Blanche Rouge makes besides the por-
tiere." she-"Yes, she Is ex9uisitely
painted. Texas Siftiugs.
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Taking the earth as the centre OF
the universe and the polar star as the
limit of our vision the visible universe
embraces an aerial space with a diam
eter of 400, 600, 000, 900 miles and a
circumference of 1929, 742, 600, 900
miles.
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Best of all

To cleanse the system in a gentle and
truly beneficial manner, when the
Springtime comes, use the true andper-
feet remedy, Syrup of Figs. One bot
tie will answer for all the family and
costs only so cents; the large size 1871.
Try it and be pleased. Manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06

IT always begins to rain blessings
from heaven the very moment the
last tithe Is brought into the store
house.
MANY Christians give the Lord
some Of their burdens, but those that
are extra heavy they try to Lear
themselves
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Schoolgirl must raise some money
ilomewhere. owe my landlady six
weeks board. Stuart-Can't you
Itand her of any farther? Seed
eigh-Great Scott! no; she's dis
apt enough already. -Raymond's
Monthly. -
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He Had His RpasonS.

ise~nberg-See here, Bloomb urg;
you vas der only member vot didn't
subscribe to der fund for coal for der
synagogue. Bloomberg-Vell, Wy i
didn't subscribe? Choost because /
was the only member yot knows der
'emble is heated vid steam!-Puck
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Tho Unexpected.

ue-Why, Miss Elder, this is q
Lntprisel 1 thought you were abroad
this winter. She-Oh, no. You
haven't heard, then? / am tol be
married next month. He-Well,
we'll! this is startling news: but then
the unexpected always happens
Judge.
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Ethel - My! These Western men
are unconventional. / hadn't known
that young MI. Breezy, of Chicago,
half an hour before he was calling me
by my first name. May (quizzically)
VIVA did you call him? Ethel
'energetically)-I called him down
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English opthalmic authorities say
that the incandescent lamp j~udiciously
placed and shaded is superior to any
other artificial illuminant in its effect
on the ewes.
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The hottest place in the United
States last summe was Bagdad. Ari-
iona, where the mercury often
reached 40 degrees in the shade.
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A MODERN INVENTION.
IL MRS. NJ. L. RATNE.

He telephone rang
briskly in Mrs.
Howard Bascomb's
pleasant home, and
stepping to it, she
received this mes.
sage from her hus.
band:
.'Helloi Is that
you, Lo:.iea I've
concluded to leave
for New York this
o The boy is
on the way to the
house for my grip.
You know what IN
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Mamma-Lloyd, have you given
any fresh water to your gold fish this
morning? Lloyd-No, mamma; they
haven't drank up what they have in
the globe already. -Harper's YOUNG
People.
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seMETIME, soMEwnERE

Meier toll Us that all the sndsAvor
We make shall brius frultaSs nsvet,
That there's no such place as heaven,
That sinners cannot be forgiven,
That sin, like the wound on the finger,
May heal but the scar will yet linger,
Nor vanish through years or tears.
The answer speaks never to doubt u',
EadeAvor resps HARNESS. about US;
Willis happiness comes to the mssseS
And FIRE may restore wiited grasses,
When wrong to the stubbls fields rights1.
ID blooms as it meier had been blightsd,
a meadow of fragrance for years.
Edward S. Dreamer, 10 New York SUI
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The Georgia thumper" grasshopper
has a wing spread equal that of a robin,
More people have died from colds
than we're even killed in battle.
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Motormen who ring gongs with
their feet get peculiar pedal malady
which they call 'trolley foot"
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Your wife can buy several articles for u;
Arms line; you mail the order to 3. A. Hall,
Gharleston, S. O., and save 81; Your wife is
happy, your are, and so will Hall be. Free
catalogue,
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In a square inch of the human scalp
the hairs number about 1000, and the
whole number On an adult scalp is
about 120, 200.
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DR.. Kilmer's SWAMP Roof cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Bin9hamton, N. Y,
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LAUGH AND GRUWFAT
a HEALTHY TONIC FOR INvAL.
IDS OF ALL kINpS.

Humorous Anecdotes Cleaned from yari.
Gus sourees-something to Read which
WIN Make Anybody Sleep wen-Bette,
Than Medicine When Taken Before Re.
firing.
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Tested by Time. For Bronchial affections,
Coughs. etc, Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs have
proved their efficacy by a test OF many years
Price % cts.
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A gas well with a pressure of ovel
4,OO0,00 feet near West Muncie,
Ind, is on fire, and all efforts to
check the flames have SO far proved
futile.
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The --latest pattern of rapid-fre guns
throw a projectile through the air at
the rate of 22S7 feet per second, o r
1868 miles an hour.
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THE Christian who is not helping
10 take the world for Christ is not
tollowing very closely In the footsteps
IF his Master.
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George-"1 thought you were study
ing oil wells in the West" Fred-"On,
1 gave it up; it was such a bore, you
know."-New York Mercury.
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A wonderful stomach corrector-Beecham's
Pills. Beecham's-no Others. % cents q box.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06

The diamond has been found on all
continents and in almost every country
in the world,
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Constipation, and all troubles with the liver
are cured by Hoods.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06
0fCourse You Read

The testimonials published in this paper relat
ing to Hoods Sarsaparilla. They show peyonc
a doubt that HOODS CURES.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06

Alcohol is distilled from sweet pota-
toes, one bushel of the potatoes yielding
a gallon of the fluid.
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Is sold on a guarantee. 1t cures Incipient Con.
sumption; it is the Best Cough Cure; &c, &c.. u
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The pearl is only carbonate of lime,
is readily effected by acids and burns
into lime,
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uaf1icted with soreeyes use Dr.. Isaac Thomp
sons Ege.Water. Druggists sell at25c. pet bottle,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06

The speed of the newest rapid-fire
guns is at the rate of 1868 miles an
hour.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06

Every pontoon used in the French
Army weighs 1868 pounds and has a
buoyancy Of 1858 pounds.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-04-06

Trained dogs will hereafter aid the
French life-savers on the coast.
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~uTu Jo,. fda Gct6sE aud NAH Il. ~
leave the door ~opsn-=.t won't take .

TvuVV EHO VVVE WV TE-F "
moment" 49,
Taking a wrap from the hat-tree 10
the hall, she threw 1t about her, saw
that no one was passing, and slipped
put. 1t took her only a moment to drop
that card in the box and run back to tina
house. The door was sjsr as she had
left it, no one was on the street; but 10
hat one moment