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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14
RIPLEY MAKES A DENIAL
Reported Purchase Of Texas Central
wa. Erroneous

Io16ks- kan Dec L--President z ?
RIPLEY, Of 5he santa Re denies that his
read has purchased the Texas Central.
UT. Ripley SAYS that al reports % the
eaect that The purchase was abo-V 10
% made are erroneous. as The Santa Pc
does rot want tae Texas road The sohrt
lire from Aihueaergue % Galveston VIII
TIT 81 buat JUST SET. according u Mr
Ripley ard for This reason TO Texas ae-
Cuisitio1s can D. used jusz now TIE
contract for co-st-l-cring the s4nta Re
snort lre across New Mexico u connect
the Pecos lines Is 70 be let witnin q few
days
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14
WINE Of CARDUI

election. and made the change of votes in
the Third il order 10 save the county
The Third is a Mormon stronghold
There are 200 Mormons in Arizona
That territory has appealed for admin
sion 10 the Union many times. but in
vain. This winter it viii be admitted.
it is said AT the first election held it
win elect two Republican United states
Senators; also "a Republican member OF
the lower house. The word has gone
down there already. and from Fredonia
on the north 10 Bisbee on the south.
where the 1Iornons are strongest. a
change Of politics IS reported since cleo
zion.
-e same conditions apply in New Mex
fro
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14
Farmers institute Charters

Guthrie O. T. Dec l2-The wazalta
C9ua-y Farmers Tns-frt= Vas raa-se-e-
-o5ar TIE pr.retral place - hlsiness
wa - az Cor1e.l IRE p-ezGe7r 81 ths
lnst-rule Is q = Canterbury , 2 Davis
IS ies-prrsdeut ard z 2. Bzrren So
retary and treasure. Mezoers q The
executive committee ar g c Bsrtozz
= Il. Sqairez ard K. 4 Hz-ktzsx
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

1910 spring street, NASHVILLE 1ENN hafcn u, 4SJ-.
consider Vine Of Cardui the finest remedy who
IS suffering with q the Ills peculiar have been
health for At did much attention TO
but soon began TO Le constantly. lost appetite and suffered
with Indigestion became irregular and menstrual periods
flowed 50 Profy that LETT weak and Frustrated Tie least
would suffered
frequently VITA splitting headache tried doctors and medicines but all
and only expense and annoyance lost fen and became
nn and elna-i little would make
me he Wine Cardqi home blessing
doa cure W trh but by absolute merit soon found that general
health began could sleep had been able
for months, headaches and other pains gradually disappeared be
regular and the puse fo diminished Alter three months
treatment gained eighteen pounds weight
and certainly TO he grateful for the change me Of ardu
brought fullest confidence Of
suffering If they viii only give fair TIA Il viii them
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

ThnS ~ ths eVpeese that the rruSts
oan save in the manufacture ~ necessary
-Yes answered TIE disconnected enc:
but You der- realize how much is -
ing saved unless you own stock in the
trust. -yyashElgton star
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

THIS letter from Margaret Hen
bricks is a call TO every woman
suffering female weakness %
accept the health and strength Wine
OF Crdui viii give them. There IS
nothing IN this letter that cannot be
absolutely relied On a. II was written
by a woman who knows what it IS
70 suffer nipe years beyond the help
Of doctors. This medicine which
Margaret Hendricks advises suffer
ing women to take has transform ed
her from o sick. iscouraged Invalid
70 a happy woman rejoicing IN
health.
Have you been in poor health for
years;
Have doctors failed IN trying to
relieve Your pains that are caused
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-14

bv irregularities 2
Are you nervous and discouraged
Ifyou answer YES TO any of these
questions this letter Of Margaret
Hendricks points ont the way to
health for You. but if you neglect
this treatment It viii be at your
peril These troubles bearing down
pains. headaches and all the accom-
panying lis never go away
they grow worse This letter places
the responsibility Of your health
with YOU alone. VIII you make the
most Of the opportunity Wine Of
Cardui Is the medicine every weak
and suffering woman needs
All druggists sell sl.00 bottles.
Ask for Vine Of Cardui and accept
no other.
The Washington times., 1902-07-13
Nieces of Francis Joseph II.

Next in rank would come the nieces
of Emperor Francis Joseph II. led by
Marie Annunciata. born July 81. 1876.
and Elizabeth (Amelia Eugenia Maria
Thcresia Caroline Louise JosephineJ.
born July Z. 1878. Both are daughters Of
Archduke Karl Ludwig, the Emperor's s
brother, from his second marriage with
and infanta heir of Bavaria, is an alb
hess. being at the head OF convent IN
Prague, the Eradschin.
One degree farther removed in their
relationship to the Emperor are the
Archduehesses Marie-Anne. Marie Chris
tine, Gabrielle. and Isabella. twenty,
twenty-five, fifteen, and fourteen years
old. respectively. the daughters Of
ArchdulSe Kari Ferdinand and Elizabeth
an imperial princess OF Austria and cou-
sin to the Emperor. TIE two elder sis
ters are favorites in the court circles
of Vienna. while the younger ones are
still romplng girls.
The father OF this quartet OF arch
duchesses was a lineal descendant of
Emperor Leopold II of Austria, who
married Marie Louise. a Spanish In
fanta.
OF the non-reigning branch OF the
kouse of Hapshurg. the Tuscany line Is
closest to the throne. aHd here are the
Princesscs Anne Marie, born October II,
1879; Ma-rn-ete. born October 13, 1881;
and Germane Marie. born september II,
1884. all daughters cf Ferdinand ", and
hls second marriage with Alice, Princess
ol Bourbon Parma The father was
Grand Duke 0: Tuscany in name only,
and his only official act was protest
against united Italy, the result of the
war Il la5g-G 90 letMeen france ard Aus
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Closely Allied With Austria.

That high politics will play an inpor-
tant role In the contemplated marriage
goes without gainsaying, and that a
princess of the house OF Hapsburg will
be selected is highly probable. The
King of Spain has among his many titles
also those Of an Archduke OF Austria and
a Count Of Hapsburg and the history of
the two realms of Austria and Spain is
so closely interviewer as to be almost in
separable King Alfonsos mother. the
former Queen Regent Marie Christine. is
an Austrian princess. the daughter OF
Arch5uke Karl Ferdinand. and Spain
owes its f-st entry into the rank Of
great nations. rs 2 world power" to a
marriage of Spanish princess with an
Austrian prince. The latter was Philip
THE Beautiful" a son OF Maximillian 1
QiG3-l519). who married Infanta Jo-
hanna. the heircss of Ferdinand and Isa-
belle of Spain.
OF Philips sons, Charles succeeded as
Duke OF Burgundy and q516) as King
Charles OF Spain. Three years later
he was. as Charles V. at the same
time Emperor Of Austria G519-t556). the
first monarch in whose realm the sun
never set" From that time until No
vember !. 17Co. when Charles II 1866
l7c0) died. the Austrian line OF Haps
burg occupied the Spanish throne.
in point OF ancestry. the Hapsburs
house is probably the Oldest dynasty,
though TIE beginning OF the famous fam.
lily is almost legendary. The present
ruler OF Austria Hungary traces his an
cestry back to Everard III. Count ri
Nordgau, 4 somewhat indistirct terri
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Duke Karl Theodor. while he has not
renounced his claims to royalty. and
| eventually to the throne of Bavaria, has
taken upon himself the practice OF med
/ icine. not as a mere pastime, but as a
profession. and he is justly termed one
of the most famous ocriists in Europe.
True, he practices much for charity.
but he does not disdain TO take hand
some fees.
The duke is father OF the widowed
Countess Sophie Hons-Velt. of Toerring-
Jettenbach. the beauty" of the Wittels-
bachers, twenty-seven years old, hence
of that time of life when widows are
said to be most dangerous, particularly
to a wooer only sixteen years of age. In
her case King Alfonso would marry
strictly into the family" for the Bra
gangas from the side Of the mother OF
Countess Sophie are Of old Spanish des-
cent.
Spanish grandezza might object to a
queen who was once the widow OF a
count, though the latter figures as most
illustrious'' in the German peeragc.
Moreover. in this case the queen would
be first cousin to mere lieutenant OF
cavalry. Otto Seefried, who married
four years ago. Duchess Elizabeth
Maria Augustinal. the beautiful daugh-
ter of Prince Leopold ard niece OF the
prince regent.
Similar "mesalliances" need not be
feared in a connection with the house Of
Eapsburg fer there the inhcxible rule
that any descendant Of the imperial
house who marries beneath his o. her
rank. or even without the consent Of the
head Of the family, must resign all
claims to succession. is strictly upheld
In the case of Austria. the most eligi-
bic princess would naturally be Arch
duchess Elizabeth Marie Ciienrietta STE
phauie Girelal daughter Of the iIl-fated
Grown Prince Rudolph and Stephanie. .
Belgian princess, VINO has since married
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TO this union, among them four girls
who might be termed available. The
oldest is Princess Adelgunde Marie
Augustine Theresa. The formidable
"Almanach de Gotha," the ''peerage" OF
continental Europe, relentlessly gives
her age as thirty-two, the date of hel
birth being October II, 1870. but she is
an attractive woman and ambitious
Besides. it is not merely a favorite
stock in trade of noveIists, but an ev-
eryday occurrence, that young fellows
will fall in love with girls very much
parties should desire this union the age
of the bride would certainly not be any
hindrance of weight
Three Eligible Sisters.
Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria has
three every eligible sisters in point OF
age-the Princesses Hildegard. Will
trude, and Helmtrude. aged twenty one
eighteen, and sixteen years, respective
ly. Like all the Bavarian princesses,
they are pretty and robust. If this term
may properly be used in connection with
royal blood. being very much given to
outdoor sports. including hunting in the
Bavarian mountains.
What has been said OF Princess Adel-
gunde in point CT ambition applies in
still stronger force to Princess Klara,
who is twentyeight years old. She is
daughter of Prince Adalbert, another
uncle of unfortunate King Otto, and
Amelia, a Spanish infanta.
OF the ducal line OF the house OF Wit
telsbach there are several daughters OF
Duke Karl Theodor and his wife. Marie
Josepha. a duchess of Braganza and
princess OF Portugal. The latter fact
again may count for much in the selec-
tion TO be made. This branch of the
Wittelsbachers. however. has pronounc-
ed democratic tendencies. which might.
and probably Will. initiate against a
choice.
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Negro servants absolutely ruin prop
er enunciatiou." she complimented.
Yes" l twaEged again. and hating
arguments said no more.
Southern women are so languid, ani
nearly aIl are widows"
Yes" twenscd cnce more-a2d
when I came 70 think of it lots Of rs
ere widows.
That woman was positive patent
Sitting process machine. and taxed all
my good-breeding to be polite.
WAS l widow. or only divorced -
Pcor Jones is really dordJ
How many years had been wild
ow?"
WHY had ever married." tAlas,
whyy
How many children had r.
Did l think l would ever remarry?'
Had I found more happiness in mar
ried than in single life?" And a couple
of thousand more questions which, she
having no possible interest in me, could
not have interested her.
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HAT MOST CHARMING BEINC THE WOMAN WHO CROSSEXAVNES

womau's siftinCs and there would not
have been even enough ashes left OF me
TO do duty for 4 cremation urn.
There are women who cannot see one
swathed in a new glad-rag OF any kind
without being seized with a curiosity
panic. through the desire to know
where you got It. how you got it. who
made it, what it cost. and a hrni:el
ether details that axe exasperating.
Let widow whose income is proSle-
matical or speculative appear little
letter Groomed than usual, and forth
with the incrisitive fend looms up AMI
wants to know how she managed it; and
let the aforesaid widow flash out in a
new piece of jewelry and the same fiend
will spend wildly sleepless nights,
tossed by = storm of guesses to evolve
the why's and sources of the generous
possessions and dozen other ques-
tions.
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ions, is nothing less than an unpro-
yoked assault, and the woman so cru
ely iDcol!catc deserves &c be killed then
AID there.
II IS not sympathy in such cases. but
an orcrweenins curiosity. lacking every
sense Of deli,acy that snould hold the
sorrows Of a2other socrcd.
It IS often relief fer one in trouble
to unburden the whole sad story to a
woman upon ~hc#o Judgment and dis
crction reliance can be placed. but even
then the listener Should be careful to
soothe and comfort. rather than to re
open and bruiso. the torturing wound
by qEosti9n-probIug.
This is the most serious and saddest,
when curiosity should halt il reveren-
tial mood before the distress signals
that proclaim great sorrow.
There is yet another class who. pro-
Tossing the most Astounding friendship.
cannot meet another woman without
seeking to know the whole story of a
life.
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My politeness oozed out in short or
der. and excusing myself | sought my
friend and tearfully begged her to take
me home. IL she did not want TO fish me
ont OF a real bad mix-up.
Now, that woman prides herself on
hail:nS from genuine old lnickerbocke-
stock, and by birth. education, and en-
"iroHment can La claim to ell the pre-
negatives of cultured womanhood, but
she was inquisitlve. rude. and ill-bred.
and after my friend allayed by fears
that possibly looked like q museum
freak. l congratulated myself upon my
escape. A little longer exposure to that
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tria. Thus. in the parents of these three
princesses, two of the mediatized Italian
principalities. Tuscany anc Parma, are
represented. The Pope may not deem it
a bad stroke of worldly policy to have
cne of these princesses become Queen of
SDain
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Not many moons ago, as matter OF
courtesy. accepted an invitation tc
accompany friend TO a hen party. Now
do not particularly enjoy hen parties
for which guess a house full OF broth
ers ard being the only girl may he re-
spcnsible, but went prepared to be On
my very best behavior.
The first womGn to whom was intro
duccd said
You have the New York look, but
the Southern twcng.'
Yes" l twanged in reply.
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II you are well-bred and polite. you
don't like to tell her in so many words
that it is none of her business" and
when you hesitate TO answer she is apt
TO feel horribly injured and add insult
,o injury by remarking in an offended
tone and with an indescribable manner:
"oh. you need not tell me # you don't
want to-" with the result that you must
either be very rude and risk her enmity
for nfe. or you will parry the question
as best you can.
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4 woman who makes a mystery of
herself does herself a great injustice,
and is more OF less an object of cruel
suspicion, and yet If she is level-headed
she VIII not acquaint her women friends
with matters that are purely personal,
but discretion is a waste OF forethough,
when the inQuisitive friend. despite re-
luctant and evasive replies. continues to
question without the slightest sense Of
delicacy.
\ woman who guards sacredly her
love affairs is always the woman to be
admired, and yet her women friends
often resent most pointedly this reserve
and will ask questions that are ill-bred.
unfoeling. and positively cruel. for
which no excuse can be offered.
\ man. unless 1t be matter directly
concerning MIN. will not question and
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Iue CdlnoIlC OHurcH, eltuei dt ANOAAo
or in Saxony. he secured an appoint
ment as curate in one of the most pow
erty-stricken districts of London, that
of German Roman Catholic Church IN
Whitechapel.
The Kings Ancient Family.
The King of Spain also coTncs of an
ancient family. that of Bourbon. 1t is
/ traced back TO Robert the Strong. Who
died fighting the Normans in 500 The
direct ancestry Of the Spanish house.
Bourbon -Anjou, is considerably younger.
having at its head Louis XIV. King OF
France, who was born September >. 1898.
The immediate ancestry of King Alfonso
dates back to Ferdinand. Prince CT As
turia. bern October II, 1884. He mar
ried. in 1901. Princess Antoinette Ther-
ese. a daughter of Ferdinand |. King
of Sicily. who died shortly after the
marriage A second marriage was con-
templated with the eldest daughter of
Lucien Bonaparte. but this so enraged
the Spanish people that the King had
to abdicate. May 6. 1908.
he resumed the Spanish throne again
in March. 1914, and then married Maria
Isabella, daughter CT King John VI OF
Portugal, who died four years later.
Ferdinand's third wife was Josepha.
daughter OF Prince Macmillan of Sax
ony. who also died. and fourth wife
was Marie Christine, daughter of King
Francis l OF Sicily. who became the
mother of ex-Queen Isabella H. Since
then the ancestry of King Alfonso is OF
sufficiently modern date to preclude rep
etit:on.
The Asturian stock has never been
strong physically. and Alfonso has in
berited this weakness to an almost
alarming degree. Hence it is that his
mother would ally him with the sturdy
Ha1sburgers or Wittelsbachs.
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II people want you to know anything
they viii tell you without impertincnt
questioning on your part If they fancy
that any little tid-bit Of gossip viii in
retailing II. but there are people who
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There is nothing on earth as lovely
and lovablo as a cultivated. weil5red
woman. Men seek her. women are at
tracted TO her and children love her,
but the woman has no thought of. nor
consideration for. the feelings CT others
is to be feared and avoided. She will
not only wound you ruthlessly and
wantorly. but the replies that are given
reluctantly will often be misconstrued
to your detrimert and repeated accord
ingly. particularly If they should be
love affairs. Those should never 6e dis
cussed under any circumstances, but
should be regarded as ones own, to be
treasured SO sacredIy that the prying
of curiosity venders may not desecrate
memories that are the sweetest part
OF womaIs life.
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by naughty reserve and comparative
isolation TO enjoy even a medium i'm
munity from the impe-tinence CT self
constituted friends.
When people are talking or telling
you any pleasant incident listen and
accept the story for what it is worth.
It docs not concern you who or what
the persons may be who figure in the
recital. One sensible question regard
ing any point not exactly understood is
all right. but 10 keep up rapid fire
as il you doubted the word of the mar
rator takes ell the vim and life out Ct
good story.
If yor let people alone they are apt
to tell you all they know. and what they
do not know they will make up. and
tell It all the same. out to start cut
ard oross-examine, as II you were in a
court of justice. is nl-bred and pre-
suming.
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Count Lonyai, Hungarian nobleman OF
ancient descent. Archduchess Elizabeth
Marie was born at Laxenburg, Septem-
ber 9 1852
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Peopil who continually interrupt a
conversation by wanting to know the
minutest details are exasperating to talk
to. You cannot mention name but
what they want to know all about the
owner. and the Interruptions come
Who Is he? What does he do? How did
you happen to meet him? And of course
woman always asks-has he any
money? Cash seems TO be the criterion
OF mans eligibility for the most
trifiiDg courtesies. and the one and only
standard OF worth in the estimation OF
many.
Friendship does not want to be in
closed by barbed wire fence, yet I, Is
often necessary to hedge ones self aoout
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p cnrrsa We Eli know her.

F course we all know her.
The moment the subject Of
" asking questions is broached
We recall with shudder some
woman Of our acquaintance with a
genius for cross examination that would
make prosecuting attorney turn his
face to the wall while he blushed and
wept.
Equally, Of course, it is the tactless
woman who asks questions with a sort
Of rapld-hring attachment that tangles
ND all the varied emotions Of your
heart. soul and body.
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rross-examine as does a woman. Not
that men have q jot less curiosity than
women. because as fact they have
very much more. but man has mo.e
dellcacy and will refrain from questions
that woman feels no ccmpunction in
asking.
II is ccten mere the result Of thought
lessness than Of malicious intent. but
the fact remains that one is often
wcurded deerly and wantonly by prob
ings that have no Justification in inteu-
tion or fact.
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QUEST OF A KING FOR A BRIDE AND SOME ELIClBLES

bertine. line OF the
dynasty. and almost
barren of progeny.
while the elder. or
Ernestlne. line. con-
sistinS CT Saxe-Tci-
mar Elrenach. SAKE
Meiningen HildbGrg-
hausen, SAKE hlten-
burg. and SAKE CO.
burg-Gothc. Is -four
ishlng. This line, how
ever, is chiefly COM
posed Of Protestants.
While the royal Sax
ons are usually con-
sidered as rulers of
one of the petty states
or central Europe,
their house is un-
doubtedly the most
important OF the Old
World, for members OF
IL occupy no less than
ten thrones in Europe
those of Great Brit
ain, Prussia, Portugal,
Belgium. Bulgaria,
Saxony. Saxe-Weimar,
Saxe-Altenburg, Sake
Meiningen. and Sake
Coburg- Gotha.
In point OF Catholic
orthodoxy the royal
Saxon line is fully
equal. If not superior,
to the houses of Haps-
burg, Wittelsbach, and
Bourbon. One of the
sons of King George Ia
a priest. He was for
merly an officer OF
cavalry, but suddenly
resigned his commits
sion in the army, and
after having. with
some difficulty. OBJ
tained the permission
of his uncle, the late
King Albert, to enter
holy orders. COM
menced study for the
priesthood. and was in
due course OF time or
dained. Declining to
accept the allowance
from the Saxon treas
ury to which he was
entitled as a prince of
the blood. and reject
inc all OfTarS maia IN
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have seen sensitive women who
were bravcly bearing an agony Of hu-
initiation through some domestic or
financial upheayal driven to the verge
of hysteria by the probing and question
ing. cool and viruIent, of women pos
sessing such unqualified interest in the
others concerns IS they conceived
licensed the friendship to make an at
tack at once cowardly and absolutely
uniustifable by any pall!atiug ccnsid
crations.
Friendship is not IN open sesame for
impertinence. Tor does It carry with it
patent grant pTlvileging enc to its
abuse by a disregard of it's noblest pre-
negatives.
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persist in probing every sensitive nerve,
and jumping upon all your tender corns
AT once.
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4 friendship that Is worthy Of the
name will shield its object, not only
through personal regard, but Will
also seek to hide from the world at large
all information calculated to reflect di-
rectly CT indirectly upon its object
II woman who really loves her hus-
band finds herself the victim Of do
nestle grief of any nature. If she is the
right kind of woman, she does not want
the matter discussed or bruitcd about
BY anyone: and for a woman TO take
advantage Of ones humiliation to come
rushing in with an unpardonablo gush
and "Oh. you poor dear. / an so sorry!
Do tell me all about III" and forthwith
open up gatllngsun fusiliade OF ques-
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1t is good rule when being turned
and twisted. and s-examined and
sifted TO call a halt in the besilning BY
asserting very positively. You need not
ask. because l would not tell you the
truth, and do not care to lie to YOU"
hufly, disagrecable reply, but charge
that up to profit and less, AMI it VIII
not matter.