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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
Coats,
Goats for So. so.

Coats for $2.5o.
IS coats will be $3.50. For
trimmed coats, braid trimmed coats,
plain heavy beavers.
Coats for $3.75.
The s. so and & coats will be
SS.75. Beaver and kersey coats, vel
vet collars, half silk lined.
Coats for $500.
IS and $40 coats will be IS. Hand
somely silk lined coats. q big assort-
ment for you to pick from.
Goats for $6.75.
Sl2. $3.50 and SIS coats will be
1918 Magnificent lot of coats. the
cream and pick OF this seasons pro.
ductions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
Had No EnesHy,

my blood was impure. boils broke
out and had that tired feeling. In
short, Was all run down and did no,
have any energy. After taking Q few
bottles Of Hoods Sarssparills 1 fell,
much better and I recommend this
medicine for purifying the blood and
building the system" James Hen.
derson, Hoodviile, Illinois.
Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy
to operate. Cure Indigestion, head
ache.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08

Glad Tia nEs 70 Asthma 81 n 70.
Foley's Honey and Ter gives quick
and positive relief to all cases. For
sale BY T. II. Thomss.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
hose present were:


Rudolph Oberlsnder. Of Moline
and Mics Bertha E. A. Lowe, Of Co.
Iona. were married Sunday evening
at the German Lutheran church bv
Rev. c. A. Mennicke.
Henry E. Thompson and Miss Jes.
sic May Campbell, of Galesburp,
were united In marriage yesterday
BY Justice o E. Cramer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
BULLET KILLS HIM..
Simon Poehlnan Succumbs
to Self-Inflicted In.
juries.
ATTENPTAT SUICIDE SUCCESSFUL

Tragic Termination Of the LIE Of IN O.d
Resident. Who Became Dsspoadsns Bs-
cause He Was Without Employmsas aad
Thought the World Had no Further Uss
For Him-rhs Funsrsl.
The bullet which Simon Poehl.
man aimed at his heart Saturday af-
ternoon has had the effect he desired
1t should. He is dead. The end
came at 1920 this morning at his
home, 1903 Seventh avenue. where
he had been suffering from the self
inflicted injuries since the shot was
fired. Mr.. Poehlman was an indus
trious man. He did not know what
it Was to be without employment
since the day he was able to do for
himself until q few months ago.
Failing to again secure steady work,
he became possessed of the idea that
the world and his friends had cast
him aside because he was getting
old. He sought consolation in
drink. This only had the effect Of
temporarily erasing the hallucina-
ton from his mind, and he concluded
that death was the one remedy left.
Poehlman was under the influence
OF liquor when he shot himself. He
told his family so, and said il he had
been in his right frame of mind he
would have never committed the
rash act. He was man in comfort
able circumstances.
Leaves . Wife and Family,
Poehlman is survived by his wife,
two daughters and three sons: Mrs.
Katie Kruger and Miss Lena Poehl.
man. and Simon, Jr.. Nicholas and
Charles Poehlman. He was a mem.
Der Of Island City camp, No. 500, M.
W. A.. and carried $4,000 insurance
in that order. He was born In Bay
reuth. Germany. April 10, 1S45. and
resided in Rock Island 20 years.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at 2 p. m. Thursday. Rev.
Theodore Kruger will officiate. The
funeral will be private.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08

No man can cure consumption.
You can prevent IL. though. Dr..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs. colds, bronchitis, sore
throat. Never fails. Sold BY Mar.
shall & Fisher.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
Rstalisy Of Croup,

Statistics show that thousands Of
infants and children yearly die Of
membraneous Group. We do not ex.
aggerste when We state that everyone
OF these innocents could have been
saved had Foleys Honey and Tai
been given them In time. Can You
afford to b without It In your house
hold9 For sale BY T. H. Thomas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
MCCABE'S
Clearing tho Goats, The Jackets and tho Canes.

great gathering Of over 500 stylish brought floor on
s' ana furious selling cut and shd
ane you have heard Of
% out every garment and you'll find mahes bsu
early in the possible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
Coats at all Prices.

Others at CLIO, $1.45. s1.6S. sl.ss,
1925. Only fraction Of real value.
For people who like to save money,
Tor people who want stylish warm
coat or cape at about half real value,
now is the chance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
Pleasant ssrprlse.

Miss Gertrude Boggs was pleas
sntly surprised BY 16 Of her friends
Monday evening at her home. corner
OF Third avenue and Twelfth street,
It being her 18th birthday anniver-
sary. The evening was spent in
games. Refreshments were served.
Those present were.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-02-08
IAsy Have Dc olassd.

Burlington. lows. Feb. S-The
Western Base Ball association 10 In
session behind closed doors to Or.
range . circuit for SO. Il 10 said
Ottumws has been put In in Quincy 3
place. and possibly, Des Moines
dropping out, the circuit will proba.
bly, be st. Joseph. Sioux City, OF.
tumwa. Dubuque. Cedar Kapide,
Rock Island, Peoria and Burlington.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
Smallpox All Around "a.

The vaccination Of the peo-
pie goes rapidly forward. A
great number were vaccinat-
ed yesterday. The report
that smallpox had already
broken out here helpen the
thing along very much,
though the report in each in
stance proved false and ut.
terly without foundation.
1t ia learned though, be-
yond all question, that this
disease has broken out ir
Virginia, and it now seems
to be cnly a question wher
it will creep in on Us, being
now entirely surrended.
\ dispa lch from Norfoll
says: "Advices from Cedal
Bluff. Va, state that small
pox is prevalent in the Toln'
Creek coal district, on th'
New River branch of the Nor
folk and Western railway
and that some towns alons
the line are quarantining. .
News and Observer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
After Forty Years.

Washington Jan. 31.-At'
ter fighting his claim through
successive administrations
for forty years, William 5.
Grant has finally succeeded
in getting his bill of $77,9S9
from the government. Presi
dent Mckinley has signed
the measure thatpassed both
houses and Grant, who il
now seventy-three years old,
will be able to enjoy theco'n.
forts that money brings after
suffering an abject poverty
since the war.
In March 1862, Grant was
a prosperous government
contractor, furnishing sup,
plies to western posts. Nag
on train provisions worth a.
bout 100000 taken from
him by the acting secretary
OF war, a southern synlpa
thizer, who turned over tht
teams and stock to the Con
fedora tes. The government
refused to pay for what i
did not get. Grant has beel
suing for his money eye
since.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

From within a party there
hns not been for many a day
su sharp a slap as Senator
Wolc0tt gave the Republi-
cans last Thursday during
the discussion on Senator
Teller's resolution: ..
II understand the Sana Tor
from Rhode Island (Mr. AID
rich] to say he wished party.
discipline upon this side OF
the chamber was as strong
us it is Upon the othet. | de-
sire to say that | wish 50
too. l wish that the men,
bers of the Republican party
on this side Of the chamber
would stand by the principles
and tenets of the party. AND
not 20 off at the behests o'
an Indianapolis convention.
who want tc fasten the gold
standard upon this coun'
try" Manifestations OF ap
plause in the galleries.
Senator WOlcOtt has not
yet been tanned. and it th'
Republicans do rot in some
way discipline him he is Ger
tain to make them trouble
lCitizen.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
The Wrong Hymn Beck.

Sam was a good old color
ed minister of the Methodist
One Sunday night
he began the service by an
nouncing hvrnn from a book
which he held in his hand.
Turn said he, Ito page
76-page 76 and sing. wid de
voice and de understan' en-,
hymn on page 76.
CAS- I. was goin' down our
ally,
l met a cullard gal named
Sally"
"No, brederen | must have
made a mistake; try hymn
on page 67-turn to page 81.
Ill read the fust two lines Ol
de hymn on page 81,
"Shoo, fly, don't bodter
me;
b'long to Company d."
Nov, dat don't sound
'zactly right. ] neOber heer
ed such a hymn sung, in di'
church. b'lieve de Bapt'zi
cullard hrudder, who's a 10
Gust preacher, and who me
me dis evening in de dark
stole my Meffdist hymn boo|
and put his Baptizz hymn
book in de place of it. "-Ex
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

One hundred and seven
witnesses were summoned to
appear in the court of com
mon pleas at RI VIENNA, o..
in the case wherein Mary 81.
len Rogers sued Voiney Rog-
ers for divorce on the grounds
that ha wing lived with her 40
years he meyer took her any
where, not even to church. -
Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Citizen: President Dole con-
tinues to declare that he did
not come over to promote
anprxation and that 1t is be-
meath his dignity to talk a.
bout it. Perhaps then he
just dropped in to meet Gro
YER Cleveland.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
JOHN ". DYER,
BLACKSMITH and WHEELRIGHT
(ST. JUDE, N. C.)

Lam now we'll prepared to
do your smith and God
work on short notice. |
now have on hand for sale q
new two-horse wagon that |
wish to sell. Call and exam
inc it. Repairing hacks, wag.
Ons, etc. u speciality. Call.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

"The very minute that the
news is announced OF the an
nexation of Hawaii one hun
dred ia amilies OF my state..will
make preparations to leave
for Honolulu with the inten-
ton of making their perna'
nent homes on the islands.
said +. J. Mackey of Sou3t
Carolina to a Washington
Post reporter.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Charlotte Observer: Char
lotte is free of smallpox. The
only remaining case in the
vicinity is in the house OF de-
tention outside the city linn
its. it is almost too much
to hope that there will he nc
iurther development Of the
infection-so many black and
white people were In contact
with. William Jackson, who
died Thursday.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
President represents the re-
publican party Senator

DuOlVVuu PuI ~ N"'*eo
Chandler WAS the only east
ern republican who voted for
the Teller resolution, which
WINS adopted by a vote OF At
to 32.
Those who have heen black
guarding Spain for trying to
buy the friendship OF the u.
s., through trade concessions
offered in the negotiations
for a reciprocity trenty be-
tween the United States ami
Spain, to include the pro
ducts of Cuba and Porto
Rico, which are now under
way, will doubtless he snr.
prised to learn that the first
step in these negotiations
was taken by the United
States Minister to Spain, un-
der instructions from the
Department Of State, but
such is the fact. Just why
this administration should
have gt ne out of it's way to
make such a practical dem
onstration Of it's friendliness
towards Spain, each individ-
nal must determine for him
self; hut it seems to be all a
part of the same deal with
Spain which pacified Congress
and the people for a time. ny
sending a U. S. warship to
Havana.
The House by a vote oi
1873 to 81 passed the bill to
pay $2SS.OOO to the South.
=. ern Methodist Book Publish.
ing Company, for damages
sustained by the Company
/, during the war.
No Senator presents more
F., unique arguments than Sen
O. ator Tillman, of s. c., an
his latest, on the silver ques
). tion, was one OF his best. Ht
said, as ne walked down uh'
aisle: Before 1873, we uset
r to go on two legs. One lei
!. was gold and the other lei
h was silver. Then we cut on
! leg off, but not content wit
Il that, we placed the cut o'
+ leg ON our shoulder, and nov
h we 60 hopping along on on
). leg with the other leg on on
y shoulder" The Senator i
q Illustrated his remarks by al
n ton and when he ended b
~ hopping around on one les
n. bending over with the ina,
a mary burden on his shoulde
" there was such a burst 4
h. h. laughter and applause tht
no the Vice President had I
he sharply demand order.
The only democrat VT
Id voted against the Teller re'
n. luton, declaring U. S. bon'
~ payable IN silver at the Gt
no. ernment's option, was Sci
he tor Cafferey. Of La.
ot The Lodge gold bond re
So olution having been defeat
mo- by a vote of So to "a in t
,st Senate, the gentlemen wi
or. have been paying board bi
nd in Washington with the id
h, that legislation for &c
~ bonds coul.1 he secured ire
liz. this Congress have at Is
II got their eyes open to fa(
inf known to most people frt
sne the first day OF the session
,ry the absolute impossibility
4 re- gold bond legislation.
ev' Washington, Jan. 31.-S
nat ator Mason, cf Illinois, '
$ I'm introduce a resolution
esl- mandiDg pence with Cuba
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
DIR. J. NJ. HOGSHEAD,
Cancer Specialist,
BANNERS ELK. N, E,

No KNIFE; No Burning Out.
Highest references and endors.
ments ofprominent persons sue.
cessfully treated in Va, Tenn.
and N. C. Remember that there
is no time TOO SOON to get rid Of
a cancerous growth-no matter
how small. Examination lree,
letters answered promptly, and
satisfaction guaranteed.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
SURGERY FOR CRIME.

/
Smithsonian Institution. AZ
ter years Of scientific investi-
cation, declares that science
will put an end to NIL crime.
says the Pittburg Dispatch
This is the calm judgement
of a deeply learned man, who
has devoted his life to re-
search. Prof. Gates announc
ps, not az a possibility, hut
as a fact, that the murder in
a mans brain can be remov'l
ed by the surgeons knife.
liza man IL naturally a
thief his brain can be cut
and treated 40 that all desire
to steal shall disappear. No
matter what criminal tend
en"y il developed, it can be
cnred.
1t is not a question of
building up will.power, OF
fortify,ng moral sense. 1t Is
simply a question OF surgical
and medical science. The on
ly dificulty-and t is one
that exists in all diseases-is
in tracing the trouble to its
seat.
Prof. Gates explains the
process scientifically with the
employment of many techn',
cal words that are nore or
confusing TO laymen, but the
principle is simply enough.
The brain is the directing
power of the body. 1t does
not act rs a whole, because
if it did a man could not dc
two things ut once. III
could not walk and think a.
the same time.
Ifit were divided up int
compartments. for instance
cell No. | might rule the arm
cell No. 2 the eye, and 40 on
If the relation between tn
, eyes and cell No. 3 be estah
lished, and n means OF keep
= ing it under observation b
found, it would be imposs
= BILE to determine the infiuenc
D of sight upon cell No. 3. |
+ is very 'nu:h the same wit
' regard to the muscular syI
= TEN. If the part of the blai
r which direct the eye are di
J. eased they will rot act matt
;. ally. If the seat OF disord'
v cured there will be no mo-
:, trouble.
= 1t is the same " t
p thoughts andiInpressi"ns, {
:, Prof. Gates says. II n ms
y is inclined to murder or ste'
1t there il something wrOr
% with his brain. If the di
eased part can be definite
~ placed, it can he either e.
~ out altogether or treated
'" as to become healthy, VIII.
il the victim bee omes a healtl
" man.
Ia The resulte flowing fro
this are Of supreme impO1
!, ance to the race. 1t "
~ mean the doing away oi
~ punitive measures. Capt.
ne punishment. prisons and p
10 itentiari-s will be banisl.
Ils from the world. There v
40 be places of detention on
ID and hospitals.
III When a person has co
IN init ted q crime he will
st placed in a jail until he c
It's he examined by experts, W
Nm will determine the form OF
- disease and the cause, u
:, trace it to the part OF
OF brain which ia affected. I
brain will be laid bare a
the maIgrowth cot away;
sn. u, ifig is discovered chat
Flll trouble is the result of dec
de- of that part of the brain,
at will be built up and us
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Washington, Jan. 31.-Sen-
ator Mason, cf Illinois, will
introduce a resolution de-
mandiug pence with Cuba at
any cost. 1t is high time to
stop the horrors there enact
ed. be says. He will call upon
the President to end the war
"even if he is obliged 10 use
force"
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

Playing the voters forsuck
ers il a very old republican
game. but it il to be played
again this year, and, It it
wins, in 1900. 1t is the reg
ulati0n three card monte po-
litical trick. The republican
administration, through is
President and Secretary OF
the Treasury, ia manipulate.
ing the cards 80 that in sec-
tions where some silver vot-
az are necessary to win. the
cards will show the republi-
can party to he a great
friend to bimetallism and
many fairy stories will be
told about what Mr.. McKin.
lev expects to accomplish for
silver through International
birnetaIlism, and in sections
where the gold standard sen
tilnent il held by a majority,
the cards will show the repub
licans IN their true colors-
supporters of the single gold
standard. To beforewarned
il to be forarmed, and it any
real friend Of silver gets
caught in this game, ne Will
deserve to he caught.
Car Reed cracked the par
ty whip and compelled the re.
publican maj 'rlty Of t h &
House to stand upandrouN'
pd against the Teller resoln
ton. declaring bonds to l't
payable at the option OF th'
COVE nne t. X ei IL NJ
dndgpr, whatever else h" ma!
be. He is for the gold stand
aid and for gold bonds, AM
he simply compelled p
House to endorse the paw
ment of bonds in gold hy d"
f.ating the Teller resolution
although there are lots OF re
publicans who would rathe
that he had killed the resolu
tion by the pigeon,hole met
od. II many Of the rqpub|
cans of the House had dare
to vote AZ they though
there would have been enoua
of them with the solid demo
cratic vote to have owe
thrown Reeds plan and [
dopted the Teller resolution
Senator Chandler, who h'
been CONSPICUOUS in his chan
pionship of Mr.. Mckinley
bimetallism, has this to 81
of the latest attempt OF Il
latter to carry gold on o1
shoulder and silver on Il
other: "The President
trying to satisfy the go
people and also prosecute i
ternationnl bimetallisl
which IL n very difficult thi1
for him to DO, because t
former are not in favor
any kind of bimetallism.
he declares in favor ofpayi
the nationol debt in the bt
money in the world, in def
ence to the gold people, a
refrains from saying that
best money in the world
gold, in order to avoid q
turbing the bimetaliists.
may be sagacious policy, I
it will be difficult to pur'
it much longer, if Secrets
Gage and his assistants
to continue to declare, on
cry possible occasion. Il
international bime etalli
is impossible, while the Pr
dent maintains that he
prosecuting negotiate
with other nations. I
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Smith, was reading in
the paper this morning about
n Texas man who was struck
by lightning while he was
swearing. Remarkable oc-
currence, wasn't it?
Brownie, | don't know.
II lightning was to strike q
Texas man when he wasn't
swearing it would be much
more remarkable Chicago
Daily Times.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Franklin Press: We have
on our dead head list a num-
Der of men who have Rev y
prefixeo to their nan es, and
they belong to different de-
nominations too, who per
sistnently refuse to notice
our reminders often g n t
them. Church members by
the score in the same row
When they die we wonder
where they have gone.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Mrs. Gladstone has just Gel
ebrated her seth birthday.
The elder of the two daugh-
te,s OF Sir Stephen Glynne,
she was married to Mr.. Glad
stone on July 25. 1889. Her
sister, Miss Mary Glynne, On
the same day became nthe
wife of Lord Lytte. ton. tx.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

Queen Victoria has erceh-
trio tastes in the arrang, ,
ment OF her bed, according to
| the Whitehall Review. At
| Cimlpz she uses two mattress
ca, the one with the springs
on top.-Ex.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1898-02-10

IN .,L/ I,lnL+ y #
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-14
THEIR CHRISTMAS BIRDS.
5000 Pairs of Pheasants for London
'Dusmen.


'Busmen.
From the London Mail.
what does this ribbon on your whip
mean 1t was Daily Mail representa-
tive who put this question last night to
the driver of a Shepherd s-bush bus
What does it mean? Why. them's the
racing colors OF Lord Alfred Rothschild,
only you can't see the blue and gold by
this light
And why are you sporting them to-
night?'
You'll see in about two minutes, if l
am not disappointed"
And so the representative did. The bus
stopped at the London generals roadside
office. in the Uxbride road. The conductor
skipped across to the office, and imme-
diately skipped back again, swinging three
brace of pheasants.
That's what were flynn his colors for
them birds You knew-of course you did
that Lord Alfred Rothschild gives us each
a hrsce of pheasants every Christmas
Il thought he gave the birds only to the
bus men who pass his house in PiCcadilly?'
mo: we all get them; every one of the
London generals and the road cars men,
drivers and conductors, gets his brace
But why has your mate brought three
brace for this one bus"
He amt my mate; he's an odd man: my
mates resting. There's a brace for him,
and brace for the odd man. and / takes
the other oh, there amt no nigglin about
it. There's 5000 of us, and we gets two
birds each
Why does he send you this Christmas
present.
Why His goodness of heart You see
hes a coachman himself: and we all know
him. and give him the nod all over London
and when he's coming along. why, of
course. we pull up If he were a fire en-
CINE. Oh. he's a good sort, is Lord AL
fred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-14
Formerly Mrs. Tom Thumb.

FROM the Boston Herald.
The handsomest dwarf this country has
ever seen. the Countess Magri formerly
Mrs. Tom Thumb, is still well-preseryed
woman, and has just been giving demon
strations of cookery at food fair in Bos-
ton. She wore a small white apron, and
while preparing the dishes on a raised plat
form lectured entertainingly about the
cooking she had encountered during her
travels over the earth. The countess was
born in Massachusetts fifty-siX years ago,
and her real name was Mercy Lavinia
Bump. She was married in 1863 to Gen.
Tom Thumb, who died fourteen years ago,
his widow taking another husband, not a
dwarf several years later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-14

angry scratch on her cheek and Elsie was
crying Justify from pure sympathy. OF
course, L held an inquiry. The maid had
been coming upstairs with an invalid's
meal for mother-in-law. The servant held
the big server over her head and moved
hurriedly. Just she reached the landing
the children Were making rush like a
young foot ball team There was a coils
ION, crash, a wreck, a series of falls and
the screams of alarm that had assaled my
ears.
My wife took the ground that the maid
must be a once discharged. l insisted that
we must know the whole truth before a
verdict could be reached. My wife is
handling the prosecution, and no Sleuth
hound was ever more determined to get his
prey. Jack, my oldest son, has the defense,
and is just as determined as his mother.
Now. you can realize how l am placed. j
can't disagree, like jury. There is no
court of appeal. l am slowly but surely
convincing myself that my only hope is in
brDing the maid to disappear"