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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
A TOUGH LITTLE CUSs.
That is what Cecil Rhodes Was, so
Says His Nurse.
From the New York Press.

From the New York Press.
London, Feb I've understand it, now.
Cecil Rhodes nurse has spoken. When
the writer went to see her the old woman
adjusted her cap, took a cup of tea by
way of inspiratlon-and then a flood OF
light fell upon the Transvaal. Mrs. Ranke
is her name.
ne was until he was 10 years old, and
Cecil kept her almost as busy as Loben-
gula was as long as Lobengula had any
thing to be busy about.
~ GU tell EN-" said Mrs. Ranke. that
Cecil will face the music. and he'll tell
the truth, too-and tell EN- they better
leave him alone-I know that boy-if
they know what is good for their peace
Of mind"
Mrs. Ranke poured out another cup OF
tea and then went into details.
There was three OF the boys. But
Cecil, he run things. You never knew
where you had him. One morning, be-
cause his mother scolded him, he jumped
out the window in his nightie. Twas cold,
too After him we went The next thing
we knew he was up on the portico lie
said he wouldn't come down until he
had his stockings, and we had to get 'em
tor him, finally, he was that domineer-
ing, was Cecil
"And he got into hot water in those
''Yis, should say he did. And he was
most strange when put out. When he got
angry he would get into dark corner un-
htl tlle hAdlltdht anu make u InOdilin ,
howlin noise. If his mother went to pet
him he'd often call her Mrs. Rhodes in
a queer tone. still a-growlin'. One day he
says to her in one of his tantrums:
You're not a lady OH says she, what
am l then? You're only Mrs. Rhodes,
he says, that contemptuous.
"Oh, he'd always get round you, some
how. | put some pots of jam on the tor
shelf once. Blest If two Of 'em wasn't
clean empty before you could turn around
. Cecil says |, very grave, did you
take that jam
% Yes says he. yes, Susan, and some ]
split, and Herbert and me wiped II VI
when you were out. I'm sorry it's gone
Susan. 1t was very good Make some
more'-and off he goes whistling. that
superior was he.
How he got at that jam 1 never could
understand. He'd tell you he did thing.
but he he'd never tell you how he did it,
and he was that superior!
Eyes. I've seen him since he was rich.
He was a guest at the house where l was
housekeeper and 1 told him about the
jam, and he chuckled over 1t. And, sir,
/ says, right out, when are you goin to
give up them Africa things and settle
down and marry? And he says: Marriage
Is more difficult game than politics,
RanlIe. He always was that superior"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
SOUTHERN NEGRO DIALECT.
Even Educated Southern whites
Fail to Write 1t Correctly.
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When Nile. YYette Guilbert gets back
to Paris she is going to sing some south
ern negro songs and give delineations Of
southern negro character on the stage
Nile. Guilbert, of course. is perfectly COM
petent to do these things, since she has
been to New York and Chicago, where
the genuine southern negro dialect Is never
spoken, and where a typical southern ne
gro is regarded somewhat in the light
of curiosity. However, it is not posi-
bic that Mile. Guilbert can make a more
ludicrous botch of either her negro dialect
or character sketches than is made every
day by the average New York and Chi
cago dialect writer's and swetch artists
who have created a typical southern ne
gro that does not exist and given him a
dialect that is not spoken anywhere under
the sun.-Savannah News.
Often have we been surprised and dis
gusted at the pictures and letter-press
published even in some of the great north
ern "high-class' periodicals as 'illus-
trative" of negro life in the south. The
pictures are wretched libels, and the COLO
quies generally printed with them are
monStrous inventions OF persons who know
nothing about the southern. negro. For
the sake of their so-called art these
great monthlies and weeklies ought either
to stop publishing such traYesties, or
ought to have good work done by artists
who are thoroughly familiar with south
ern life
So prone are people to fall into exag-
geration when attempting to reproduce
negro dialect, there are not more than
one out of q. dozen southern writers even
who can give the dialect we'll and truly
We make due allowance for the fact that
the dialect of the Virginia negro is not
that of the Carolina negro, nor that Of
the Carolina negro that of the Georgia
negro. So we should pardon the short
comings of Mile. Guilbert in a field in
which even educated southern whites fail
oftener than they succeed.
If one wishes to draw real southern
negro, or reproduce his quaint speech,
let him betake himself to the back coun-
try and select an elderly man or woman
| no new issue-and there make a study
| from nature Even then few VIII succeed.
1t has been said that the negro dialect
field in literature has been worked out
and that the supply exceeds the demand.
| This is true of certain sort of dialect
work, but the genuine stuff is very rare,
and it ought to command big price.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

drcws. Apsley. Arnold of Rhode Island.
Atwood, Avery, Babcock, Baker of Mary
land, Baker of New Hampshire. Barney
BarthOldt, Bartlett of New York. Beach
Bennett, Berry, Bingam, Bishop. Blue
Boatner, Boutelle, Brewster Bromwell.
Brosius, Brumm, Bull, BurreIi, Burton of
Missouri. Burton of Ohio. Calderhead, Can
non, Catchings, Chickering, Clark of To-
wa, Clark of Missouri, Cobb. Coddine
Coffin, Colson, Connolly, Cook of Wiscon-
sin, Cooke of Illinois, Cooper of Florida
Crowther, Crump. Curtes OF Iowa, Curtin
OF New York. Dalzell, Danford Daniels
Denny, Dewitt, Dingley. Deliver Doven-
er. Draper Elliott of South Carolina. Erd-
man, Evans, Fairchild. Faris, Fenton
Fischer, Fletcher, Fowler, Gardner Glib
son, Gilet of New York. Ginett of Mas
Grout. Grow. Hadley. Hagor Haii Of Mis-
souri,, Hallerman, Hardy, HGrmer. Har-
rls, Harrison, Hart, Hatch Heatwole,
Homer of Pennsylvania Hemmenway
Henderson. Hendrick, Henry OF Conneeti.
cut Hepburn, Hicks, Hin OF Connecticut.
HIT of Illinois, Hooker, Hopkins Howe
Howell, Hubbard, Hulick o. Ohio, Hulins
OF west Virginia, HUI of Iowa, Hurley,
Jenkins, Johnson of Indiana, Johnson OF
North Dakota, JOY, Kerr, Keifer, Knox,
kulp, Lacey. Lawson, Lefevre, Leighty,
slayer, Low, Mahany. Mahon. Mccall of
Massachusetts, Mccall of Tennessee, Nc
Cleary Of Minnesota, Mcclellan. McCor-
mack. McCreary of Kentucky. Mecer.
Meyer, Miles, Miller of West Virginia
Minor Of Wisconsin, Moody. Murphy,
Noonan, Northway, Odell, Often, over
street, Owens, Parker, Paterson, Payne.
Perkins. Phillips, Pitney, Poole, Price,
Prince, Pugh, Quigg, Ray, Reeves. Rey-
burn, Royse, Rusk, Russell of Georgia.
Saurerhering, Scranton. Settle shannon,
sherman, Simkns, Smith of Illinois,
Smith of Michigan, Snover, Sorg. South
ard, Southwick, Spalding Sperry, Stable.
Steele, stephenson, Stewart of New Jer-
sey, Stewart of Wisconsin. c. w. stone.
w. A. Stone. Strobe OF Nebraska. Strong,
Sulloway, Sulzer, Taft. Tarsney, Tawney.
Taylor, Thomas Tracewell Tracey. Tee
loar, Tucker. Turner of Georgia. Turner of
Virginia, Updegran, Nanvoorhs, Wads-
worth Walker of Massachusetts, Walsh.
Wanger, Warner, Washington, Watson of
Indiana, Watson of Ohio. Wellington.
White, Wilbern, Willis, wilson of Ohio,
Wood, Wright.
Nays-Repubhcans. Isl; democrats, 81;
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
"GUEssING on HOGS"
The Fever Now Prevalent i'm New
jersey.

Il rum. the Boston Globe.
Deckertown, N. j., Feb. 5.-This is the
season Of the year when hog guessing is
prevalent. 1t is a species of gambling
peculiar to northern New Jersey. 1t is
l't known to be popular anywhere else
- me country, except possibly, in a re-
mote corner of Long Island.
Hog culture is a science in these parts.
ahe average Sussex county farmer
Knows how to grow the latest, LATEST
nosS on the least fodder of any man in
'He world. He prides himself on the
,aise amount of pure leaf lard he can get
." lAe shortest possible time and at the
vast expense. The breeds were import
~ ana the owners claim they have been
vastly improved by wanowing in the
Hites Of upper Jersey.
\, ISM. a bad business either, this bust
VS. OF raising champion swine There
m farmer, Peter Scott by name, VINO
80 80 ear raised So hogs averaging $50
Tad TX cents pound for his pork, which
and "a 4 snug profit for a year of panics
v. Ile sport of hog crossing is finely de-
at r. mere are hundreds of experts
lG same Most of them are old farm
VINO travel around with Hora ce
rubIeJ Whiskers and wear oVeralls and
Vel poots that reach the knees. The
ms blood doesn't care so much for the
sand how to run rape me measires around
porl,I necks, loins and stomachs of the
p5ingg victims and guess within a few
NhQS of their exact weight They size
s w. hog in mighty short order, and they
t ,aer net their piles on the guess or have
hafeff ogss recorded by the landlord of the
COZ 10 front of which the hog guessing
r'ute5t always takes place. The act Of
con- uln- always costs the guesser a
NE oi drinks Of apD.ejack.
boaSS sport for this season is now IN fun
f9Vm. A description OF the gamesat one
LifTh is typical of them all This was
falr ~ regular back-number hotel,
early 300 sports narticipated They came
es fen" all directions. Some of them lived
5r Twelve miles away. They arrived
MT vehicles. Most IF the contest
ina hoofed it," as they expressed it.
rear norses were tied in big shed in the
VI the tavern. -Four hogs were on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
A Physician Talks.
THE REMARKABLE STORY AND
AFFIDAVIT OF DIR. LEWIS
BLUNDlN.
AFFLICTED with Paralysis for Twenty,
hve Years-A Case OF World
Wide Interest.

u
i've Years-A Case OF World
Wide Interest.
IRON the Philadelphia TBes.)
Lewis ID. Blundin was born in Al II
Bridgewater, Pa, and is now a resident Of
Hulmeyille same state. He went through
the war as private, sergeant and hospital
steward of Company c. 2Sth Pa. Volunteers
As result of an attack of typhoid fever in
Ga, his kidneys became affected and this
finally developed into spinal disease, which
lasted through his army service. In &c he
was mustered out and entered Jefferson
Medical College, Phila., as a student from
which he graduated two years later. The
remainder Of the story is best told in his
own words:
zone day, after had graduated, was
lying on a sofa at my home in Manayunk,
when felt cold sensation in my lower
limbs as though the blood had suddenly left
them. When / tried to move them / was
Mortified at the discovery that was para
lyzed from my hips to nv toes The paral-
ysis was complete and pin or a pinch of
the flesh caused no pain. J could not move
. muscle. / called in DR.. William c. Todd,
of Philadelphia. He made an exhaustive
examination of my case, and announced
that my trouble was caused by inhamma-
ton of the spinal cord, and that / would
likely have another stroke Of paralysis. |
consulted DIR. |. W. Gross and DR.. Pancoast
of Jefferson College, Philadelphia, and DR..
MorehOuSe, of Philadelphia with the same
result.
Zone day last September l decided to try
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
j had always been troubled with q sort Of
vertigo after my first stroke Of paralysis to
such an extent that when l got out of my
bed my head would swim and / had diff
Guilty in saving myself from falling. Ny
appetite was bad digestive organs ruined
and NO assimilation of food. In addition to
nv many other ailments, rheumatism held
a prominent place. By the time ! had
finished the first box Of Pink Pills l was
comparatively free frem these minor ills
First one all would disappear, then another
until the pills got to work upon the founda-
ton stones of my trouble-paralysis. Before
] had taken the six boxes Of pills, was
sitting in nv chair and one afternoon, when
/ felt curious sensation in my left foot.
Upon investigation found it had hexed, or
in other words, become movable, and /
could move it. From that time on my inn
provement was steady and it was not long
before / was walking around on crutches
with little or no discomfort. 1t was three
years before taking the Pink Pills that had
been able to use the crutches at any time;
and feel sure that Pink Pills have done
me more good than all the doctors and all
the medicine in the country and as they are
not costly can easily afford the treatment"
Sworn to before me this 18th day of May,
1883. GEORGE HARRISON Not. PUBLIC
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
stock Exchange Fun.

New York Letter in Philadelphia Ledger.
Sixteen bald-headed members of the
tators in the galleries by parading around
the board room Gin the absence of the
chairman headed by William French,
who usually wears a wig, but who dis
companied by a boy carrying a banner,
bearing the device: I'VE are the Norther-
land Brothers. No relation to the Suth-
erIand Sisters" After awhile one after
the other of the paraders stepped out of
the procession until Mr. French was left
alone, and he, all unconscious that he was
the sole survivor, proceeded some ways
before he discovered, to his confusion,
that be had a monopoly of al the fun.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
Dcbs to Lecture Feb. II.

The committee in charge of the arrange
ments for the lecture by Mr. Eugene v.
Debs in Savannah has arranged for the
lecture TO be given in Odd Fellows Hall
next Friday night, Feb. p. Mr.. Debs will
arrive in the city Friday morning and will
be entertained by the committee. Saturday
he Will be rendered drive over the city.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
LOCAL Personal.

Mr.. Henry ]. Sccmann returned yestcr-
day from a trip to New York and TO Hart
ford. Conn.
Rev. T. J. Pitcher and wife Of Stellaville
are IN the city. visiting their son, Mr.. A.
G. Pitcher on Drayton street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Is. 1896
RAIL AND CROssTIE.

J. J. Griffin, Esq, one OF the best known
railroad men in the south, is In the city.
AIR Griffin was formerly assistant freight
agent Of the Southern railway. with head
quarters al Atlanta. and is now the gem
eral agent Tor that company at Jackson
and has a lame leg which is the effect
OF wound received az Gettysburg. where
ne was one Of the OElethOrpe Light In
fantry, the corps that Illustrated Georgia
in that sanguinary battle. Mr.. Griffin =
friends In Savannah are always glad to
see him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

The turpentine trade has been notified
that the freight charges on stills to all
points, local and competitive. in the ter
ritory OF Savannah. have been reduced to
simple hrst-class rates. Heretofore the
railroads have charged three times first
class rates on turpentine stills
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 81, 1895.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

Work has commenced on the short-cu;
from High Springs TO the South Florida
railroad, and when the work shall be
competed the passenger trains from Sas
vdnnah to Tampa will run Through Hi~h
springs, instead Of connecting with the
savannah, Florida and Western trains
az santa Fe Junction. The Plant system
Is masking arrangement TO erect shops at
that point.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
Rettcr Place for It.

From the Detroit Tribune.
Mr. Tillman says he has a brick in his
pocket for Mr. Hill We unhesitatingly
advise him to shift it to the seat of his
trousers, where it may become Of use to
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
Chinese Soldiers HIoyn r. p,,s

VANCOUVER, B. c., April 1O-Thc steamer
Empress OF Japan, which has just arrived
from the Orient, brings news of terrific
explosion, in which n large number OF
Chinese soldiers were killed, at Kiang Gin
Two regiments revolted, and Mt II signal
from their leader they seized the guns OF
the forts an d proceeded to kill off all of
ncers and new regiment of soldiers re-
Gently arrived. In the midst of the mas
sacre magazine exploded, and all hands
were blown to pieces. Two battalions
must have been wiped out of existence, as
not soldier lived to tell if the magazine
went off by accident or designedly.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
SALEM NEWS

Capt. w. W. Brand is in town v,s,.,,,
mond. Ao" >icn
Mrs. 81. w. Hundley ia reno,.ed -,
better. Her friends are yerv nna.s, ~
about her. UNEASY
| Mrs. L. A, Palmer returned Last even.
Ing from several weeks visit to he,
aunt In Bedford City. "e'
Capt. ]. T. Sayers ia living IN ~,
conscious condition, and Little hona -,
his recovery Is entertained.
Judge Blair adjourned his con,, nos
terday. His next session ia A. E5ena
Court House beginning Wadnesdav.
April Is.
Charles A. Mtnnich, whose f.uu,
lives on Chestnut street, is AZ hons ~
Is employed ct the Eureka coal mines
In Mcdowell county, w. Va, and will
move his family to that place next
week. he says wages are good and the
prospects frightening every day.
The primary contest for declaime,a
medal ut Roanoke College came off yes
terdsy evening with nine contestants.
six TO be chosen. DR.. Hildreth and
Messrs. John Hatcher and Sheldon Row.
man acted as judges and decided in IA
vor OF the following young gentlemen:
VIM. McCauley, Jr., James Frsntz. n.
3. Bales, W. G. Shakelford, R G. Koiner
and - Miller, of W. Va. The final
contest tor this deolaimer's gold medal
Will be held In the Ciceronian Hall Fri
Gay night preceding commencement.
The death Of Major A. l.. Pitzer.
whlie ~ was not unexpected, touched
the hearts of many friends in Salem,
Wnere ne spent the greater part of his
NJ
FRIEND and was greatly Devoted to his
church, being at one time as we'll known.
perhsps, as any layman in the Balti-
more Conference. He died at 1890 A.
m. yesterday and his funeral will take
place as Trinity Church, Roanoke. to-
day at 2 p. m. and the interment will be
in East Hill Cemetery, Salem, about
4:30 q. N.
The Churches.
At the Methodist Church DR.. IT. F.
Carson will preach in the morning and
Rev. G. Dorsey White at night. The
pastor, Rev. II. II. Kennedy, has about
recovered from his recent sickness. but
is still! too weak-to preach.
Dr: l.. a. Fox will fill the pulpit at
the Presbyterian Church at IL q. m.
Rev. c. Armand Miller spends his
last Sunday at the College Lutheran
Church and will preach morning and
night. On Monday he will leave with
bis family for Buena Vista, where his
father hiss charge OF the Female School.
Al the Episcopal Church services in
the morning by she rector, G. w.
Hubbard. At night Mr.. Hubbard breaches
at Hoilins.
DR.. Taylor will occupy his pulpit at
both services.
Rev. g. Dorsey White will preach at
Hanging Rock church ct IL @. m. to-
day.
TIE Leymen'S Union will ell nine
appointments to-day and will begin two
protracted meetings next Tuesday
night one At Hanging Rock and the
other at Oak Grove schoolhouse, with
John Oakley, Jr., leader at the former,
and j. 3. c. Brown, Jr., in charge OF
the latter.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
LANGOON NOW A FREE MAN.
Tho Death of Annie AIcGrath Remains an
UnsOlvcd Mystery.

4
=. PHILADELPHIA, April 10-All doubt
concerning the fate of Samuel p Lang
don, who has been in DURANGO vile for
weeks, on suspicion of being implicated
in the death of Annie j. McGrath, was re-
moved yesterday when Langdon walked
out of the county prison a free man.
District Attorney Graham appeared he
fore Judge Gordon in court of quarter ses-
sions No. ? early in the day and an
nounced his purpose to abandon the prose
cution against Langdon for lack of evil
dencc. There was nothing in the case, he
said, to warrant the commonwealth in
sending it to the grand jury. LAnglon
was Immediately discharged from custody
on sn order signed by Judge Gordon
1t is understood that Langdon has made
u statement to the district attorney which
made out such clear case for himself that
it was doomed unwise to take the matter
before the court on the habcas corpus pro.
ceedings.
LaDgdon's liberation will go far tc
strengthen the theory advanced by many
that Annie McGrath died by her own hand,
following an attempt to end the life OF he,
companion. AT the same time the failure
Of the authorities, after autopsy and chem
ical analysis, to discover a scinti!la of clcT
rs to the agency of death stamps the case
as one of the profoundest mysteries in pc
lice annaln
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
VINTON

Mrs. Rieley, Of Salem, visited friends
here yesterday.
William Nimrod, Of Chamblissburg,
was In town yesterday.
Rev. q. I. ID. Collins will preach in
to night
The father Of W. w. Hamilton, of
few days.
Olifson Gish, Of Bedford City, who
mas osen ON visit to relatives here, has
returned homo.
At the Baptist Church to-day at IL
O'Clock Rev. w. w. Hamilton will dts.
cuss "Ssnctiflcation.
Rev. Csmm Jeter. of Franklin, passed
through town yesterday On route to
rssricK TO take charge Of school.
mrs. Eugene Tayloe and her sister,
MISS Mary Powell. ex pect to leave us in
. rev days for o months stay with
friends In Bedford.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
FOR CITY CONsTABLE.
T AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF
CiTv CONSTABLE
And solicit the influence and votes OF the citizens
of Roanoke.
W. p. CAMP
Trashy Medicines.

MANY such food the market. Botanic
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pounded medicine, the reault Of forty
years practice by an eminent PIN ysician.
1t is the best blood purifier ever offered
to the public, and is guaranteed to euro
II given fair trial. Try 1t for ali skin
and blood diseases, including catarrh
and rheumatism In its worst form. One
bottle OF 1t contains more curative and
building-up virtue than dozen of any
other kind. Try The Old Reliable ="
SEQ advertisement. elsewhere. For sale
by druggists.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
After a Big Slice of New York c,tv

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, April l0-Thc heirs
OF Robert Edwards, to the number of POO
who claim that their ancestor owned land
in the heart of New York city, held an en-.
thusiastic meeting here yesterday, and in
augurated plans to get hold of the estate.
Their assertion is that Edwards came into
possession of the land in 1850, and that il
Is now in the hands of persons to whom it
does not rightfully belong. A communi-
cation from the executive committee OF
the heirs was read, stating that there was
such an estate and that certain men in
New York had agreed to advance money
Tor litigation purposes il they were vested
with power of attorney.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
prohnbly CONC to Their DEATH.

ST. JOINS, n. F., April 10. - Heavy
bodies of Arctic ice drove along the shore
in the neighborhood of st. Johns ycstcr-
day and crowds of fishermen started over
the foes in search of seals A wild snow
storm overlook the fishermen. 1t is feared
that many have been caught and will not
be able to return. Much anxiety prevails
for the safety of the men, as death is al
most certain in the storm. When such
storms swept the ice fields three years ago
twenty lives were lost in II similar man-
nor
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-12
Charged with a Brutal murder

WINNIPEG, April 10.-Thc village of
Holland, near Winnipeg, is excited over Il
cold bloodcd murder. Last Wednesday
morning, on the main road, mile from
the village, was found the body of Han
nah Hatton with the skull crushed in and
throat cut from ear to ear She was the
young daughter Of n prominent farmer of
the district. Last night Robert Moran I,
man servant in the employ Of the youn {;
girls father, was arrested for the deed
The detectives charge that he was GRIM
inally intimate with the girl.