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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04

ular convocation ut Masonic Hall ON the first
Friday evening. of each month. Visiting
COMPANIONS cordially invited.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04

LOO. F.-Hot Springs Lodge No. 112 meets
every Wednesday evening ut I. O. o. +. Hall.
Visiting brethren cordially invited to meet
with lis.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04
SECRET SOCIETIES.

NJ. w. A.-Camp of Modern Woodmen of
America meets every Monday night at /. U.
OF.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04

Hot Springs Encampment No 80, 1. o. o. r.
Meets ut l. o. o. Il. Hall ON the 1st and :,rd
Saturday evening of each month. Visiting
Patriarchs cordially invited to meet with us.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1902-04-04

w.R.C.-silas A. Strickland, r. G. No.
q meets at w. II. G. Holl. the econd and
fourth Saturdays of the month.
EMILY Nj. GRlPpEN, President
MANTLE B. GREEN, Secretary.
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In the East.

The alliance between England and
Japan is looked on in this country with
admiring satisfaction. II is to be a
check, il not a bar, to developments IN
the Orient which threaten to make our
interests there suffer. At least it is an
obstacle 10 the unexpected. Changes
on the further side Of the Pacific can
hereafter come only after long and wary
discussion.
The bearing of the event upon Amerl-
can affairs, is obvious.
The treaty in question has suddenly
transferred the focus of international
politics 10 the shores Of Asia. What the
future has in store no man a tell. Con-
sequently any proposition that he Unit
tel States shall impulsively and blindly
abandon the Philippines, a foothold in
the East gained legitimately and nat
urally, will come more appropriately
from the halls Of Altruria, or from a
lunatic asylum, than from the United
States Congress.
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Possibilities OF a steel Panic.


rom me NftfWih ANtflt9fs
OF all our Industries the manufacture Of steel
affords. perhaps. the most striking evidence OF the
unuyalled run Of prosperity that the country iSnow
enjoying. In spite Of the fact that our production.
both OF pig iron aud finished stcd. greatly exceeds
that OF any other country In the world, the demand
OF the home market is such that I, has ovcrtaken
our production. and even gives promise of eN-
cecdlngit. one ofthe leading ofncials Of thclargeSt
bridgc company Ia this country considers indeed
that we may shortly be confronted with a steel
famine Of serious proportions, SO greatly has the
home demand increased, that no contracts are
being made for export. and importAtions from
abroad are looked upon A. Inevitable. As nlustrat
ing the condition OF Affairs. the case may be mention
ed of an important southern road which has been
unable to secure delivery Of a much needed order
for - 900 tons OF steel rails, and In consequence II
now driven TO the consideration Of the question OF
Immediately importing 10000 tons from abroad.
II has been customary TO speak OF the recent re.
matkable development of our export trade a. the
overflow OF an Industrial development which had
exceeded the demands Of the home market. We
very much doubt ~ the HhlcSt prophets OF finance
ever expected 20 see tho day when the enormous
and rapidly Increasing output OF our steel Industry
would be overtaken By the demand for home con.
Sumutlon.
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Washington and Manila.

To THE EDITOR or THR SUN-Sir: Allow
me 10 express a feeling that while the dis
cus-ion n TO who were the European friends
of the United States in 1898 is very proper.
in order that exact justice be done 10 all par
tics. IL is hardly decent that the German views
and claims should he advanced just at this
time. The coming Imperial visitor. coupled
with tho German prctensions TO our favor.
one strongly Of the classic line:
"Timeo Danaos et dona fcrentes
II the Germans weres so much our friends
nj the time Of the war. why could not the
secrets of the foreign Offices involved have
been disclosed when anti-German feeling
ran high two or three years ago, ana when
Coughlan received a rebuke for his
plain ~~peukingP
lot the truth be told though the ceiling
fall but take 1t that, instead OF reading tho
Macchiavellian statements. of diplomait~t-.
from Admiral Dewey who was his friend Ia
Manila Bay-Admiral Diedrichs or Cap.
chichester Have We already forgotten that
August morning when Dewey requested Va"
foreign fleets to give him a little NOR" elbow
room. and when the movements Of the shipS
SO plainly indicated what might he *
pect.d from partisanship in case ot trouble
IN We have. then republics are indeed migrate
ful to foreign friends, as well a. 10 their Own
servants There Is not a man In she Amc1l-
can NAVY who was In the hay that morning
whose heart does not Yet thrill With the slraiu-
OF the star Span led Banner n he heard
II PLAYED by the band Of the .lnmortalne
rs She swept under the stern Of the Olympia
As between actions 4" prdCs'nt and .or
post f1cto words, ] confess my preference for
The former l. l. THEPoLPES.
NV lOEK, Feb -
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A Juror on Jury nniN.

To THr EDIToR or THF Nr. IL "
fair 10 ascribe as "a Sinking Of duty IL"
natural effort every sclf-re-pecting citizen
makes TO keep him from jury duty
The disgraceful and contemplate treat
mont n Juror is subjected 90 l. enough 20 out
rase the feelings Of any man; Locked in n
dirty. badly ventilated room. low-ceiinged.
cold draughty. hardly better than a closet
rickety chairs. filthy spittoons. foul and
neglected locked in like criminals, the KEY
taken away by tn" TAILOR it might he at least
lie left with the foreman In case OF nrel; trapped
like "a rat ia n cage in case OF. accident.
marched ia couples 10 meals In charge Of 81
policeman or two, to "a shabby, t"emlng. sec
ond-ClaSs restaurant, with shocking table lInon
and dirty glasses. bad service. poor food not
allowed AT the jurors expense TO choose "a
uuict. neat restaurant lust n nearby where
a decently served meal ma be had with ct
ioVment marched back through slush ara
snow up the great flight OF. Court lious'
steps al danger Of life and Limb, again
hnddled wet and damp and locked IN tl'
dirty. cold little room, threatened In case OF "a
disagreement with imprisonment for on
night refused communication With re
Judge at 34u I. NJ. who had gon" home i'i
the night. neither old age or sicku,-. r.
spected degraded. iusul'ed.
l. Il u wonder once having suffered 'i@
indiCnity to Use every effort to escape AZ
other inniction so degrading to our man
hood and citizenship
The writer Of this went willirclv. fholfh
blindly. when called. to do his dury. lu' VIII
never again subject himself II D. can h' pos
sibly avoided. TO the ignomny Of suy1 % ,io-
alton, AIiN'h'
NEW YORK, Fob ~.
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The Tammany Leadership.

When we apply the ordinary tests to
Mr.. LEWIS NIXoN's assurances that he
is the Tammnny Boss full and absolute,
and not a nero intorregnum TO be OIL
lowed by RICHARD CROKER, should fort
une- favor the latter gentleman, we are
not assured. Mr.. NIXON may think that
he knows, but certain facts rob his
thoughts of any decisive value.
In him we see "A gentleman placed at
the head of Tammany Hall who, in open
competition for the place, would have
about one chance in a million, roughly
speaking. Undetermined as is his polit-
ical or intellectual outfit, we will do him
the credit TO express unqualified BELLE
that he is not by nature treacherous.
Consequently. il is impossible to imagine
that he, being not in part but in whole
the beneficiary of Mr.. CRoKER's political
preference, would repudiate Mr.. CRoKER's
wishes when later made known to him..
Protests now cannot convince people that
IL Mr.. CROKER asked Mr.. NIXON for the
return of what he has given TO him he
would not cheerfully and faithfully COM
ply. His logged support Of Mr.. ANDREW
FREEDMAN is enough to prove the cor
rectness of this diagnosis Of MIR. NIxoN's
leadership. At the most that is an un-
known and unknowable quantity.
Seven months must go by before the
September primaries rome to make the
situation clear.
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TIE ROYAL RECEPTION.
An Extraordinary Entrsvaganza.
Performance nop oofr0 on.
IN TWO ACTS.


Time-Now'
race lo'H ~. u. 49,.
The caH-Srb CoNMIrTtk OF the M'foh'
RECEPTION 'oANirIth' ,r'' NHhAN, a nANA
expert pthAAN HAbAssApoh' = I'""''N'
ACT l.
Chorus of SuB COMMITTEE:
lie no YOU hear US hollerln',
The good yacht Hohen1ollern
Is living westward on the breeze:
And NC must all he ready.
With n strong null and a steady,
To do the very hest we can TO plcaSe.
,vho, ,ne y,ch, 81 the Fmnrror William
- ~ INC German realm.
Has reached this side
O, the ocean wide.
And hung I'd her tired helm.
NJ ,.t.r, t.,u Ts,,
,rrs. ,oh,c ra,l
~ on"s,s rs.e,,,or
- ~, hi, .rr
u wm ~ w. 49, ,.
y foohohs ,o.N, "o"~ 10 80
eApcV' '"PF''"' wv 'ON' P0'' ' ~
SUB COMMITTEE
w 80, 80 show thcn what
u nv
We INNS OF ne ,osa oIo,n''
OF the owner OF 'ne yacht
CAPT MAHAN'
Ay' ay' lor MaSo' ~"
Hath told us so,
And Mayor 10"
Doth surely Know
FooHoRS-Where's His Royal Giglets, the
Prince
SUE COMMITTEE:
Wen dine them
And whit them
Ana rush thcm
And lush them
And make them so happy
They wont know a thing
Ven dance them
Ana nr.nce ,hcm
And root them
And m them chuck full
~oHons. honk-I say where, the
pnncer
C.,r N.u,x
~ n.hal, ,no, a shin he comes.
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I~rrcparablc Loss at Mount Atho,.

From ne ran Man Gazette.
Nothing less than an archaeological calamity
has happened or Mount A,hoS. where eleven cen
turtles Of Byzantine art. architecture and trad
ton have persisted utterly In the flames, Fire
broke ou' a few days ago IN the Monastery OF -.
Paul and the entire building. with all It's contents.
were destroyed. The monastery dates back
eleven centuries, It's library was rich in manu-
script documents OF the Byzantine enpcrors, and
the interior was a treasure house OF byzantine art.
The reliuuary was fun OF objects Of the highest
interest. Among other objects II con
tanned Nha, a tradition OF the CrccE Church holds
10 he the Identical gins presented In homage by
the Three wise Men OF the Fast at Bethlehem. Al
80, ,ertShel
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JOHN McCoNvILlE Of Bayonne learned
on Monday. when he used profane and
vulgar language in public. and then insulted
a woman who demonstrated that what is
every ones business is sometimes some
one's business. Mr.. MCCoSvIILE was in
a street car when he INDUCED his inclina-
ton to be vile, and 1t appears that about
all the other passengers in the car fell on
him and punched him. Then a policeman
arrested him and a wise and just Judge
fined him. JOIN is vulgar and stupid
and we doubt that he ever was OF as much
use in the world before as he is now. He
is a living monument OF the fact that IL
pays Z be decent. Many JOHN McCoS-
vILLEs nave not been punished yet. but
their time will come.
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The city Of Paterson has received a
large amount of unpleasant advertising
within the past few years. The assas-
~sination of King HUMBERT by BREsCI,
one of its inhabitants, the Bosschieter
case, the Grazing of MARY MCMAHON
by strikers, were of themselves enough to
do serious mischief 10 any city's repu-
tation. But the fire of last Saturday
and Sunday has brought a great change.
Bigger cities would have staggered un-
der il. The usual spectacle would have
been a stricken and grateful munich
pality, with relief rushing in from every
point of the compass. But the outside
world, and Paterson, too, promptly dis
covered that the burned city had an
other programme. The outside world
heard Of Mayor HINcHLIFfE.
The Mayor gave a sign of his calibre
on Saturday night when in the frenzy
Of excitement he relieved the police
with the militia, closed the drinking
places and shut of totally the turbu-
lence and crime which have invariably
attended great fires. Next day, TO the
hrst oler oil help, he replied: Paterson
needs no charity. She can care for
her citizens herself" And this attitude
he has resolutely sustained.
A finer city will arise from the ruins. =
said Mayor HINCHLIFFE, and on the
morning after the fire Paterson was
already busy rebuilding herself. And
those Of her citizens who cannot help
themselves, she will help, not only 10
temporary succor but to the means of
getting on their feet again.
Last week, TO name Paterson wa TO
think OF her bad reputation. To-day
the country is talking of her courage,
her independence and her generosity.
This is no small piece of good fortune.
II is debatable whether it does not de-
cidedly outweigh even an $s.ooo,ooo
fire. One man has twisted Paterson's
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
Christian Science In the German ReIch7tas.

To TIE EDITOR OF the SUN-Sir. 4 de-
spatch in yesterdays SIN told Of "A German
medical professor, and court preacher. both
member Of the lieichstag. who associated
Spiritualism. lunatic asylums and sUindling
with Christian Science. Christian Scientists
and others who read 1HE Sun may not all
know that Fraulein Schoen. whom the Reich
stag doctor and court preacher denounced,
is a follower of Mrs. Eddy, and those who
assemble NJ her services are representative
men and women OF Germany. and OF Europe.
temporarily located In Berlin.
break the crust OF the earth's surface than to
invade the conservatism of European and even
of some democratic American institutions.
the triumphal entrance OF Christian Science
into their chief capitols Is a matter Of aston
ishment. Science and pagan superstition.
have always fourished side by side. IL is
curious to observe how little effect the I'M
CO lsing and combined efforts of the ortho-
doy foes Of Christian Science in America and
Europe have made upon, public. opinion
statistics, both AZ home and abroad. demon
strate that Christian Science during the past
wear has added 20 per cent. TO its churches
and TO its million and a half OF followers
Without. a single auxiliary or advocate of
extraordinary power, the achirysments Of
Mrs. Eddys book. Science and Health.
have exceeded the conauests of any of the
great masters Of organic or psychic science.
even those whose grasp of intellect was as
massive rs that of Aristotle, Bichat, Halter,
CuVier. cullen or John Hunter. In every
department OF experimental science religion
aud medicine perhaps excepted the speCu-
lations Of the great thinker are constantly
tending. to coordinate all phenomena; and is
a matter Of every day inquiry why scientists
capable OF elevation and ompasS Of thought
do not scientifically sCrutini?e the curative
properties Of the phenomena. Of Christian
Science. The modern Ephesians who still
worship IN the temples of Diana. where their
gain IL great. valnly attempt 20 interpose
their puuv power 20 obstrGCt the majestic
course of the therapeutics of Christian Science
They seem TO admit OF no interruption, but
sweep on absorbing all their enemies into one
grand vortex. JOHN Henry kFENE.
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Observation-Disclosures Ticket Choppers.

To THE EDIroR or THE STS-Sr: \ policeman
don't have to Join the United States Army II he
considers himself NJ treated He can get appointed
on the l. where he VIII have to work twelve and
fourteen hours a day without any dinner hour and
forIess than half the wages he receives OH the force.
! don't think that any OF them VIII resign after they
read your editorial In to days issue, n any intend
doing so they better walt and take their two weeks
vacation with pay before getting out. l.. CHOPPER.
Gateman Manhattan Railway Company. sixth
Avenue Line.
NEw YORK. Feb. -
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community. A test case will, Of course,
be presented to the courts in the matter,
but there is no way OF enjoining the
collection Of the tax in the meantime.
People must pay it and live in hope OF
having their money refunded to them
from the Government afterward. 1t Is
certain that within three or four months
at the farthest all the war taxes will be
repealed and this obnoxious clause will
pass away along with the rest. But
this cannot affect its operation previous
to the laws repeal. Plainly Congress
should take this matter up at once and
not only repeal this law as soon as posi-
Bile, but specifically absolve all persons
from penalty for past neglect of it.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
Valentines Day.

From M NsU Orleans Timss-Dsnoerat.
Re you my valentine. and III engage
To go forthwith upon a pilgrimage.
Alone Aye. n ! nusti-but verify.
The path were smoother " you went with me-,
And vhither' soo,hly. where do lovers 70
When 70 their patron saint they bow them lout
You know mott True. Ills man whose weary knees
Are worn with kneeiing 10 Saint Praxedesi
why. that's in Rome, and Rome Is far you saw.
And rough, and haply dangerous. the wayi-
IT'S freely granted. Put tie rood saints shrine
Is there; and, sweet. I'D win my vAentnel
What do ] hear, A dolt to cross the sea,
And you-and you my Valentine viii be,
Busst| forsweari-no pilgrimage for mel
CLINTON SCOTLAND
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THE hill.
u Provides for Legation IhhldInv IN
PekIn, hIns,

WASHINGTON. Feb. i5.-The House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs to-day COM
pleted the Diplomatic and Consular bill for
the coming fiscal year. 1t will contain a
provision appropriating 100000 for a lega-
ton building at Pekin; the emergency fun
is increased to 81, 800; $1,000 is provided for
an international conference OF the Red Cross
at 81. Petersburg; tho pay Of the Consuls
at st. Petersburg, Budapest, Dawson City,
Ensehada. Mexico; Freiburg. Germany;
Guatemala City; Patras, Greece; P~ernamhu,
co; Port Llmon, Costa Rica; Pretoria; Puerto
Cortez, Honduras; Santos, Brazil, Stan.
bridge, Canada, and Three Rivers, Canada.
is increased.
The Consul at Chinkiang Is transferred
by the bill to Nankin, and Osaka and Hiogo
to Kobe, japan; Aarau TO Lucerne, swift
erland, and the Consulate at Rotterdam
Is made a Consulate-General The fund for
contingent expenses Of United States Consul
lates is increased by s. 600.
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The New Tax on Loans.

Acute and w~ell-founded alarm was
exhibited in the financial community
yesterday over the announcement by
the District Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue in this city that he had received
instructions from Washington to apply
the internal revenue tai TO certificates
of stock deposited with banks or
trust companies Is security for loans.
The matter, which is known in Wall
Street as the . tax on loans may have
portentous consequences if it does o
receive the speedy attention of the
national law-making body.
The law, according TO the official con-
struction just promulgated, imposes a
tax of two cents per 500 Of par value
Of any stock so deposited hat a con-
tingent event may arise requiring its
sale. By far the larger portion Of the
transactions Of the Stock Exchange
are accomplished, as every one knows,
with borrowed money, The Wall Street
broker pays cash for the stocks he buys,
his customer only depositing with him
a margin Of the entire sum required.
lnd DTOhCf, III oIutI 10 carly OuJ the
transaction, borrows the money. All
Wall Street houses are thus enormous
and continuous borrowers of money,
and they must deposit with banks, or
other private lenders from whom they
procure funds, stocks or other collateral
a security for the loans. If, as from
time to time happens, the broker with
draws a portion Of the collateral, making
good the amount with other securities,
he must, under the new rule proposed.
pay q tax also upon the stock that is
substituted. The law exempts bonds.
The tax on sales Of stock outright has
been prescribed beyond dispute. and has
been observed. But 1t Is now held that
any stock which has been so hypothe-
Gated that there is o contingent posi-
bility Of Its sale at some future time
must also be taxed.
Such q mandate does not appear
clearly In the war tax law itself, and is
only deduced from the terms Of the
statute. We understand that the ques-
ton was tentatively submitted to Mr..
GRIoGs when he was Attorney-G General
and that no decision upon it wa ever
made by him. Some months ago, how
evor, the question involving the present
construction "a raised concerning a loan
negotiated by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company from the Girard Trust Com
pany Of Philadelphia, and the Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue held that the
stock held as security for hat loan was
taxable. After some delay, Attorney
General KNOX upheld the Commissioner
OF Internal Revenue at all points. Then
upon the protest Of the members Of the
Stock Exchange here it was again re-
ferred back to Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue YERKEs for reconsideration,
and Commissioner YRRKEs has now In
structed his agents in this city TO en-
force payment OF the tax.
The very serious importance OF this
matter must be apparent TO every one,
even TO those not intimately familiar
with Wall Street and its transactions.
The collection Of this tar win mean the
loss Of millions Of dollars to the financial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
Pncum onia In Different states.

To THE HpIroR oP THE SUS-Sr: In regard TO
the prognosis In the case Of the Presidents Son. IN
isD prof. Austin FLINT. Sr., published an article on
In which he stated that In his practice
he had found at buffalo. y. y, nearly all cascS re
covered while In Tennessee many were fatal.
Ny experience has been a confederation OF his.
In northern New York my cases although severe,
all recovered. In Virginia many were fatal: IN
Louisiana nearly all were fatal, while here In Yon.
kcrs most have recovered.
YoSkKRs, Feb. II. GALusHA y. BALCH. NJ. u.
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To rHE EDITOR OF TIM SuS-.Sir on the south
side Of state street, Springfield. Mass. there may
be seen In letters OF gold this legend. "Dr. Plumb
Brown" Would you have your goose coorcd
otherwise In
pTTrsFIELp. Mass. Feb. II.
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For the first time in many EAR there
Il no Ohio man in the Presidents Cabinet,
and none holding any one Of the higher
executive or diplomatic offices, and there
is no native or former resident Of Ohio or
the bench of the Supreme Court.
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disaster into something very like good
luck. II looks simple after IL IL done
all works Of genius do. Mayor HINcH-
LIFrE ia a man worth keeping ones
eye On. Good luck TO himl
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Name of the Empcror,s yoe,,

To THE EDITOR or TIE Srs-SF: The name 10
be given 90 the Emperor'S yacht Is not as 50 often
stated. the Meteor. but the Rhcinrold. This I'm.
formation came 20 me from a thoroughIy trust.
worthy source In Germany, VAN
NEW YoRk. Feb. u.
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Not Exactly q Distillcry.

Prom ne Philadelphia Ttwss
judge Craig Blddle was oscorting 3 visitor W
Philadelphia over the cily. and a. they passed
the penitentLAV the visitor inquired blandb.
Judge. Is that q new distilleryi-
Not exactly answered the Judge. -bvs y ss
roctifying plant
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Extremes

Hes a thorough crank
Yes"
Yes. he used TO be = CHRISTIAN Scientist hcl'v
ing he wasn't sick when he was. and now he ms
gone clear 10 the opposite extreme. keeps a cHnl'aI
thermometer, and believes he's sick when he 'nt-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
C~onhdenoe I'm Her.elf.

Agnes-Yes I'm very fond Of skating, I th,ns
] could live at the North Pole.
There ISM q man there.
sefore there would be-
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His Fnend-I s'pose you dunno when the hos'T
Be in.
The once Bay-Bctcherifc ! dol II ] DIDN'T
] vouldn be sttin' with me feet on the d''k lac
thisi