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Cow Bows for cuba.

Mondays train from Roswell con
yeyed as passengers for Uncle Sam
twenty five COW boys under the com
mand OF G. l.. Ballard the well known
peace officer of Roswell Mr.. Ballard
saturday received message from
George Curry 20 enlist all the COW boys
he could and come at once TO Las CRU
ces. During Saturday afternoon and
Sunday Mr. Ballard recruited twenty
four young and apparently good men
nearly all COW men of several years
service. When the tram arrived at
Eddy an extra coach was put on TO
make the boys comfortable. Tic
names of the recruits are as follows:
G. l. Ballard, G.. T.. Cochran, j. G..
Hamilton, A. l.. Douglass, Jno. John.
son, Frank Murry, Chas Corbett,
Henry shermyer, VILE Ellison, Tom
Rogers, Cal JoplIng, J, r. Robinson,
V. l. Powell, G.. &. Waggoner, G.. T..
Powell J +. Shaw, NJ J Storm, G. A.
Crump, G. +. Wilson, J, 5 Cate, Oscar
de Montell, J. D. Pace, Oscar scoggin,
sam Miller. This squad will form a
portion OF Capt Flemming's company
with Geo, Curry as first and e. l., Bal.
as second lientenants. The company
will be portion of the famous COW
boy regiment now being recruited
through Montana Colorado, New Mex.
leo aud Arizona with Col llersey In
command. No doubt this regiment
will be among the first 90 land
on Cuban soil aud viii be well noun
ted good horses The regiment Is
well onicered and the men are young.
strong aud brave.
The n plso Tuesday Times had the
following 20 say about the boys
Captain George Curry will arrive IN
t'r ciiy early this morning ON the san.
- le freight train % meet his recruits
from Roswell and Eddy aud the squad
ut TO P1sp volunteers under lieuten.
ant 4. 4. Parks. Oi this cliy.
The santa fe morning train vii be-
held t0 await the ,hc arrival uf tle 4
a i train, 90 which part Di tHe men
are 10 come 10 this city. so that the
entire detachment are 90 leave this
morning via the a. q & IS. r. railway
lnr slntn Fe, where the men will stand
the final examination aud enlist for
service in the "ierrOTs.'
u De- understood that Hose Go. No 2
viii pass resolutions Ht nrXt meeting
tn hold open Duter w 4. Mitchell'f
job iu him when be- returns. Tie is
one 90 tlc men who VIII enlist iu thr
COW boy ugimtut
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Town Trustees.

The town board of trustees met
Monday night aud took ction to col.
leci the amount due the Ore depart
mont from Insurance comlauie- witch
ls 4 bepaIa io the treasurer of the
nra department. r.rg two cent 900
all POI mi Hm receive. iHr.ao 900
il.uttucD
iu tn..". appr printed tn quo
The iirr apparatus 90 good 8hlpe.
Thr Woodmrn OF the World aud
American Aid Assoc were noti.
fed 20 psy $3.50 each per month for
usc of town hall.
! o. Cameron was appointed eity
attorney tnh tiro owing p'undm
teL s.. "a. Angel commissioner OF
streets, j. H. Emerson huaucc. aud
j. r Mathrson health onicer
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Spain Ratified.
Weyler co be Dictator II
Revolution Continue
MANY SPANARDS DIE
IN FIRST FIGHT lN
CUBA.
France Trying 10 Got lnSultod for an
Excuse 10 Take a Hand.
France Wants Q Iiand.

sew York, May, The French gov.
ernment IL showing an inclination TO
make serious trouble over the seizure
Of the Lafayette, while emptlng
10 run the Cuban blockade L. 1, night,
The Lafayette rs a French val re-.
serve vessel which sailed from 'ortuul
Spain, two days after war wa declar.
ed dud was loaded with aims II am
muntIon aud also carried a nDnber Of
spanish army officers.
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Reign OF Terror In spain.

Paris May Z relegrams from Fran.
co spanish frontier says parties Just
urliyed from Madrid report reign of
terror an the principal cities at Spain;
riots yesterday aud last might iu Sad
rod. Sew le, Valencia and barcelona ui
the bl0udirst character Many we're
killed aud wounded and imm inse dis
truction to property both public aud
private. The press censorship Is $50
llgld that the outside world is kept in
ignorance of the terrible situilinn bur
it looks us % the dynasty b. doomed
aud Neyler is likely a. be reclaimed
diciIfur.
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RIr Nnvnl RntiIc cnmInr

Havana cab egiams 10 London says;
SIMPSONS entire fleet has left Havana
aud Is believed to have gone 90 Key
West II this report is true Il Is the
belief Ia New York that sampson has
been ordered 90 the south to help the
Oregon out oi Threatened trouble with
the spanish lutila from the Cape
Verde islands which is believed 20
have sailed 90 south American waters
TO destroy the Oregon, Marietta and
Nichieroy.
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The Oregon Coming.

New York May i.-The United
STATES battle ship Oregon aud her two
companions ieit Rio Janerio this
morning bound northward 10 meet the
American slips now hurrying south.
ward 90 their relief. They were close.
ly followed by four brazilian war
ships To protect them from attack In
neutral brazilian waters along the
cnast.
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k Wa NW o 2p M The 0rst
N,.t u luu4 h.tNreu s. iards uud
4 3. spldisrs occurred .tsdl. Cip
tam Dosseit. accompluIe by Lieut..
Leydrn uat detachment a the an
cavalry landed near Maucl, with a.
large lulplify of tmmun nn lad 9th.
er supplies ilr Gomrz' army The
Spanish eaylry attacked the detach.
mrni near ihe coast. and n ie gun host
i.muWon opened nre rn them kll
ling many ihe SHlaiir attempted
90 rrtrHfi Nul Ncre met ,y ihr lnauf
gr4.s H.l AHr. coming ? 90 meet ti,
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Easier Said Than Done.

Hong Kong May q. The governor
OF the Philippines was ordered by the
the government from Madrid to raise
an army OF 10000 troops and crush
dewey at one blow, recipture Manila,
and hold all Americans as prisoners OF
WIZ.
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More Riots In Spain

Paris May jnoUn. Spanish refugees
are pouring into France over the from
tier by every train. There rs large
mass of people outside the cities clam.
orous for a republic. In the cities tie
military element Is centering on Wey.
Ter Furious riots are IN progress
everyMhere.
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We VIII Keep the phIIIpenes.

Washington May 3.-The cabinet at
ts meeting to-day determined 10 hold
the Philippines aud Is now making
plans 20 send troops 10 garrison the
Islands The plans will be- concluded
as soon as Dewey's official report is re
port Is In.
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u. s. gun boat and troops, and receive
the supplies The insurgents imme.
diately fell upon the spaniards ana
inflicted q most horrible slaughter
Then the insurgents took the supplies
and proceeded to Gomez Camp. Capt
Dorsett and the other portion of the
detachment returned, arriving at Key
West to-day.
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Norfolk Va. hay "a large mum
Der OF rapid lire guns were shipped
from this place o. san Francisco To-.
day to be forwarded To Dewey 40 Man.
illa, Tho hospital ship Soace was ore
dered Co Key West at once. 10 Is re-
ported that q big battle is coming OF
between sampson and the spanish
llnnl
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RrIllsh ConsnI rlohbed.

Kingston, Jamlca. May i-The Brit
ish consul 10 Santiago de Cuba was at
tackled by Spanish mob, The consul
killed Spaniard aud was arrested
Three British war ships were at once
sent 10 santiago.
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.. S. Va shIps b porto RIO.

Kingston Jamuca May q Four
United states war ships were sen on
the sea at the eastern end of CuuI this
morning They are believed 10 be
bound tor Porto Rico II is reported
here that the bombardment OF the
Porto Rico coast Is set for sunday.
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Dewey Runs the PhIIIIpenes.

New York Ma, 3.-The Journals
I o'clock edition has disratch from
Hong Kong asserting that Dewey is In
full possession of Manila and Is form
ing provisional government for the
phtlliuino islands
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Tampa Fla. May A steam launch
has just arrived and report heard
firing all night. lt il believed that
SIMPSONS fleet rs bombatding Matan-
zas or some other Cuban port near
there,
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Supplies for Dewey.

Washington ID. C., May 5-The
Navy department today issued orders
to Capt. Glass 90 take command of the
cruiser Charleston at san Francisco
and convoy large military expedition
and snpIlIes % DeWey at Manilla.
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our Flag Is sun There.

Washington May q noon. Consul
Wiedan tclegraphs the state depart
ment that Dewey Is In full pot 'ession
of Manila. The wellthiest ilmhes
have rendered their legance 20 the
stars and stripes and petition the Uni
ted states for help.
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NsltIng O YanI,ee IInNe.

Key West May 3. There is great
activity among ilie vessels In this
yicInltyi something important is
about to happen possibly decent
upon Porto Rico.
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iNiilt,llltIu Iuh IL auoticna at iddy
y N town pound thunday May ~,
at inn a.. ,ne hluck jaCk burio brand
rd !. Il pu lrit Zip one h'uck jock
iuiiu SItnhh huid Wit thigh, one
mou'r tulCrd jack hurro uo brand:
one llFi drn Ick luTio; hand on
lcli shoulder !nd.stiuct Owner can
r,dum mstmeiy Iayirg charges before
G,y 90 sale
los llvgi
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John BullLles Low.

London May 6-The cont nental
powers again requested Great nritian
10 join In a movement 10 stop ts war
Great Britain refused Madr nd
mlts that Dewey is ia possession Of
Manila
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spanlsh snY cnntnred.

Camden, y. j. May, "a spanish
spy was captured at the shipyard here
to- day lie had complete plans Of the
gun boat Princeton IN his possession.
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Washington May 3, noon The Navy
department refuses 90 discuss the
Madrid dispatch saying that Samp.
son had eft Havana but admits how.
ever hat an important even. IS about
20 happen.
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Cuban GENERAL Killed.

Key West Fla. May 0 noon,-The
news has just reached hers Of battle
near Havana The Cuban general
Delgado was killed
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Sampson VIII u0et Them''

New York May o. The Tribune
extra says positively that Sampson
feet haa with riwn from Havana TO-
dAY.
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No Interventlon.

Washington May 3 The ndmuis
twiinn has determined There shs 70 b.
900 ioitlgn intervention uutil more dp
cisiyo iight0uT tlmn hus urcurtd ln
Phdipcnef itkrs place
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Don't Know They arc whipped.

London May 3. A Madrid dispatch
says that the spanish cabinet voted
not 10 surrender but 10 press the war
90 the last resources
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comlnr wIth be- Blr auns.

New York May 3.-The Tribune Lon.
don bulletins says that the spanish
Ministry has determined To- concentrate
its entire Spanish fleet In Cuban waters.
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Mnlnr nrnernI EItrIee.

Washington, hay t-The president
named Filz Hugh Lee 20 me senate to.
day as major general Ia L. 5. army.
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can,t Control her own.

Paris, May, "A state Of siege has
been proclaimed at Valencia, Spain on
account OF big republican uprising.
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At Manila Except 300
SpaniaIdS,


Special Telegrams 20 the Eddy Current
New YORK. May 7, . a. m. The
World In an early edition publishes a
brief cablegram from its stan cores
pondent at Manila, with the FIRST au-
thentic account of the battle at Manil.
Ia bay lie reports the loss Of the en-
tire spanish squadron, eleven ships'
three hundred spanish killed aud about
four hundred wounded. he Ameri.
can casualties were onl six sailors
wounded and none killed and not one
American ship even slightly injured.
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IT. Worth May 3 The troops from
his city were ordered south tonight.
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We Claim Our Store To
Be the Greatest
s0ssNs@s~sNsRsOs@

Headquarters in the city for Dry Goods,
Clothing, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Furnish
ing, Glassware, Tinware, Carpets Mattings,
and in fact for any and everything used in
the house, kitchen or parlor OF ON the the farm
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CAL un Hughes a Wihon ana order
tioe shaving mug.
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Washington May I, fl,
a. m. The naval bureau Of
navigationreccived Dewey's
official report in cypher at
10 n. m. 1t makes about 100
words. The dispatch is
now being translated by
chief of beaureau CROWN
shield and other cypher eX-
perts of the navy depart
ment.
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IF NOT

Why so foolish as to claim that which We
cannot make good? We are ready to prove
with the very best goods and lowest prices
that our store is place all economical buyers
should visit.
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THERE SAMUEL RUMMAGING IN THE CHEST

children We're behind F'lory, and l found
afterward that Charley, who had great
notions Of being smart and brave,
though he was 50 little, because he was
a boy, had the poker, shaking it at the
stranger. The man laughed and said in
such a pleasant voice, pleasanter than
his smile even: Nov, don't you be
scared, children. am Samuel ]. Weth-
erhed."
The man said that as if it settled ev-
erything. and we all felt that it did,
though we had never heard of Samuel
j. Wetherhed in our lives. We felt that
Janey said that night that she was sure
she had seen his name in The Mission
airy Herald, and he must be a deacon
who gave a great deal to missions.
Samuel j. Wetherhed went on to tell
us more about himself, though l am sure
we should have been satisfied with the
name. Il have a married sister who
lives in Wareville. She married a man
of the name of Stackpole," said he, and
we all nodded wisely at that and felt
that it was an Introduction. We knew
Mr. Stackpole. He was the man to
whom father had sold his woodland. at
went to visit my sister last week." said
the man. II haven't got any settled
work Yesterday my sisters husband
saw your father, and he told him how
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Illustration druWn by Gcorgc TaIium.

morning they started, told me about
the money and charged me to say MOTH
ing concerning it to the others. ut is
always best when there is money to be
sell" said father. He showed me the Sc
cret drawer in the chest in the dark
bedroom, the existence of which l had
never suspected before, though l was -
years old, and he taught me how to
open and shut it. If the house caught
fire, / was to get the children out first,
then go straight to the secret drawer
and save the money. If there had been
no possibility of fire, l doubt if father
would have told me about the money at
all, and I would have been saved a great
deal of worry.
The money was on my mind constant
ly after father and mother were gone.
should happen to that money while I
have the charge of it," 1 knew what a
serious matter it would be, because ia
Their had not much money and was saw
ing this to buy cows in the spring, when
he expected to open a milk route. l was
all the time planning what I should do
in case the house caught fire and in
case the robbers came. The first night
after father and mother went | did not
sleep much, though the others did. We
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the milk pals for me. and all his spare
time he was at work upon our Christ
mas preparations as busily as we were.
He found some boards and tools of
fathers and made some wonderful
things with them. There was a nice
box, which he showed US how to line
with flannel, for mother to keep knives
and forks in, n little boat for Charley
and a number Of other things
l felt much easier in my mind about
the money after Samuel j. Wetherhed
came.
We had given Samuel the bedroom
out of the kitchen to sleep in. He said
he would rather have that because it
was so handy for him to build the fire
in the morning, and 1 did not have the
first suspicion that anything was wrong
until the night of the day but one be-
fore Christmas. I had been sleeping
we'll since Samuel came, through feeling
so safe, though I had, as l afterward
remembered, often started awake, be-
cause l thought I heard noise, but
that night ! did not go to sleep as soon
as usual. l was very much excited
thinking about Christmas and father
and mother coming home. Samuel had
gone down to the village that morning
and got letter for me from mother in
which she said that they were coming
home Christmas morning, since Uncle
William was we'll enough to be left.
We were all delighted, the more SO be-
cause we thought that now Samuel
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! off my dress and lay down. Before day.
/ break | had my plans all made. l tried
| to treat Samuel just as usual when I
saw him in the morning, and I guess I
did. After breakfast l carried Il pitcher
OF water into the parlOr as if | were
going to water the plants. Then | light
ed match and touched it to one of the
| candles on the Christmas tree to make
1t appear as if I had only wanted to see
! now it would look, and then | touched
1t to the tree, and it blazed up. l waited
until | dared wait no longer, and then
| dashed on the water and screamed
fire at the top Of my lungs. They all
came running in, Samuel first He
rushed for more water, and the fire was
out in minute. but the tree was badly
| singed, and the children began to cry.
Now, don't you cry" said Samuel.
III go this minute and cut another
tree"
So Samuel started off and Charley
with him, and then I made Flory and
Janey go up stairs. You two have Just
got to go up stairs and stay there while
fix surprise" said I. Surprises were
favorite amusement with us children
F'lory and Janey laughed and ran off
up stairs in a minute.
| set some mOlaSseS on to boil. Then
got the money out of the secret drawer
and made six little parcels of it. rolled
as tightly as / could and wrapped in
letter paper. Then as soon as the mo-
laSses was boiled | made popcorn balls.
Luckily | had enough corn popped.
When | called the girls down stairs. [
had two plates of corn balls. The balls
in one We're of extra size with strings
attached all ready to hang on the tree,
and in six of them We're hidden the lit
tie rolls of money. The balls in the
other plate were smaller, and those were
to be eaten at once.
When Samuel and Charley came
home, / gave them some of the little
corn balls, and when Samuel had set up
the tree | hung on the others. Then l
thought the money was safe, but Won
dered all the time what l should do if
Samuel should come to me and ask me
right out where the money was, for 1
did not want to tell lie.
That night We all went up stairs as
usual, but did not go to sleep. 1t was
not very late when l heard Samuel |
moving about below, and presently he |
came to the foot of the stairs and called .
me.
l went to my door. My heart was
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could stay and have our Christmas tree
with us. He laughed and thanked us
when we said 50. but in a moment aft
erward | noticed that he looked very
sober. even sad. We'll. thinking over ev-
crythin@ made me very wild. awake,
and | guess it must have been as late
as II O'Clock when I was sure I heard
somebody Gown stairs in the sitting
room. which was directly under our
room. ! thought at once that it might
I've - rohhcr and perhaps ! ought to
speak to Samuel in case h" should not
hear tn" nOisr. | waited till heard the
noise AGAIN very plain and was sure
that | knew whore it vaa-somo unc
trying to orcn the door Of tn" dark bod
room. which stuck and had to be forced
down before pulling. The children did
NOT wake and made nm NV mind that
I world mot spral; TO them and get them
scared to d,oth. 7 thourht that 7 1yould
,rn down stairs very. s,rt1v stnaI mast
tho ei+tino. rnnp, dnn,, ana ~, tbrnunl,
tho o.lor v.oy to tho kitchen and wake
nm S,r,uol
ana ,,,t -, my. dross T,bop +
vent do,,., stofrs ana 7 DOM bo1iova 7
,,,,.,1, any. ,,,,,,.,, .,,oi,, tbon a cot s,v,
r,i,+ ,i,r},, .t,i,,i,,,r r,,,,, tt,o ,1o,I.
r',irl,,, nnd I,,,ar' : bal ,,t 1,,an
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i'll disposed person there, certainly not
one who would do us HARM Then. too.
it was winter, and we were off the main
Travelled road, and tramps seemed very
improbable. We had enough provisions
in the house to last us for weeks. and
there was Il great stock of ffrewood in
the shed. Luckily the barn was con-
nected with the house, so l did not
nave to go out of doors to milk-it was
fortunate that 1 knew how-and we had
only one COW.
Mother staid up all that night and
baked, and father split up kindlng wood
ANA got everything ready to leave. They
started early next morning, repeating
all their instructions over and over. we
felt pretty lonesome when they had
gone, l especially, not only because |
was the eldest and felt a responsibility
for the rest, but because father had Civ
On me Il particular charge. | was the
only one who knew that there was 1888,
some money which father had from the
sale of wood lot in Wareville a month
after we had moved and had kept in the
house ever since, locked up in the Sc
cret drawer in the chest in the dark
bedroom.
Father had been intending to drive
over to Wilton, where there was a bank,
ana deposit the money, but had put it
off from one week to another, and now
Wilton was too far out of his way for
him to go there before going to see poor
Uncle William.
Father called me into the parlor the
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three girls slept in one room, with
Charley in a little one out Of it. and we
We're all locked in.
The next night l slept a little better
and did not feel so much afraid. and
the next day Samuel j. Wetherhed
came, and we all felt perfectly safe aft
er that. He came about 10 o'clock in
the morning and knocked on the south
door, and We all jumped. | don't sup
pose anybody had knocked on that door
three times since we had lived there. it
was such lonesome place. We We're
scared and did not dare to so to the
door, but when he knocked the second
time l mustered up enough courage. I
told flory, who was as large as and
stronger, to take the carving knife hide
it under her apron and stand behind me.
OF course | thought at once of the
money and that this might be a robber.
Then | opened the door a crack and
peeped out. The minute | saw the man
who stood there l did not feel afraid at
all, and F'lory said afterward that she
felt awful ashamed of the carving knife
and afraid that he might see it and be
hurt in his feelings.
He stood there. smiling with such Il
pleasant smile. He did not look very
Old, not near as old as father and he
was quite well dressed. lie was very
good locking. and that, with his pleasant
smile, won our hearts at once. lie more
than smiled-he fairly laughed in such
Il good natured way when he saw now
we were all perkng, for the younger