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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-04-07
CHAPTER v.

The old Sac, who had guarded her
rooftree, whether cabin or wigwam,
every night of her remembrance, sat
upright, holding his knife, on which
frozen blood was crystallized. Two or
three dead wolves lay outside the log
on the snow. But not one Of them
was frozen sitter than the Indian.
who, after his own fashion, had given
life itself for the safety Of his adopted
child.
Peggy would not believe he was
dead. She chung to his old shoulders,
and screamed to rouse him. The Sac,
who loved white men, and had never
failed to answer the appeal of his white
child, silently blocked the entrance OF
the log. His eyebrows were hoar frost.
and the dark ruddiness Of his face and
neck seemed crusted with rough silver.
Peggy's wild crying might have re-
sounded long in the hollow log, and
brought no person to help her. For
all around was the vast prairie stretch
ing from horizon to horizon. a CLARA
of whiteness unpierced by the smoke OF
a single fire. But two figures toiled
toward New Salem through the early
cold, wading with effort, and finally
making for the hummock in which they
recognized the submerged log. Lincoln
and his chain-bearer encountered
the frozen Indian and the crying girl
as they stopped to enter and warm
themselves.
High as drifts were piled in New
Salem streets, for this was the winter
known long afterward as 1.-THE winter
of the deep SNOW" people gathered
hastily through the undated storm
when word went around that Shick-
shack had been brought in frozen to
death. Lincoln and Antywine, in silent
agreement. stopped the OK sled they
had borrowed, at the door OF Rutledge's
tavern. Neither said, Let us take
him to his own cabin" In death, at
least, he should escape from the en-
yironment which Sally made, and be
publicly honored.
Antywine went directly to carry the
news to the widow, and Sally heard 1t,
making clicking sound Of disapproval
with her tongue.
She knocked the ashes out Of her
cob pipe, ltartly on the hearth and
partly in the dinner pot, which hung
from the crane.
Now don't that beat We! Gone and
froze hisself to death the first big snow
and New Salem seven miles from
buryin' ground! He always was the
most ill-convenient old In'jan! Took
him to the tavern, did ye?"
YES" replied Antywine, without
apology.
well, keep him there. I'll come to
the funeral. Funerals is no novelty
to me, buryin' men as often as have"
Neighbors talked in whispers around
the dignified figure stretched on
white-covered board under a canopy
of sheets. But Antywine and Lincoln
had themselves washed 1t, and dressed
1t in the Sac's best buckskins. They
found girded around the waist heavy
belt OF rattlesnake skin.
ITO Be Continued
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new law and announced that he would
listen to no more complaints OF wad-
throwing, fistcufing. and fighting. UNI
less the complainant could show that
blood had been drawn. Then the boys
were gloriously happy. The sallow
young schoolmaster. writing copies at
his desk, would suddenly hea: through
the drone Of study:
Master, viane Rutledse looked a.
me and drew blood!"
Master, Nancy Green's eyes are
drawing blood on me this minute!"
In November there was haze over
the landscape like bloom on grapes.
Indian summer fingered. Settlers had
not then learned the Mississippi val
leys sudden and bitter changes Of eli
mate.
Lincoln and Antywino were still alb
sent early in December, when Shick-
shack waited one evening behind
Minter Grayham's schoolhouse for
Peggy to come out. A Jet of boys and
girls seemed to spout forth, racing
down to Rock Creek. They could
almost smell their supper Johnny cakes
across the ravine. Peggy was hopping
brislily in the joyful midst Of her
schoolmates, when she saw her foster
father reckoning her at the foot
Of the bluff. She followed him.
Shickshack led her where there was
no path through ascending woods,
parting naked bushes for her, and help
ing her over fallen logs which had be-
come almost a powder Of flakes covered
with moss.
where are we going?" she inquired
more than once.
But Shickshack made no reply until
he had put loop Of deerskin around
him over his blanket, and lifted Peggy
on his back in this portable hammock
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FASHIONS FANCIES in GAY PARIS

HE pointed Marie Antoinette
bands have been gradually
elongated until now the
corsage itself is arranged
with the long lines Of the
deep point. The modes OF
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A WESLEY INCIDENT.
The First Methodist Lny Preacher
Was Followed I'm n Year
by Twenty More.

The societies met on Sundays, but
never at the hour of church service,
and, when neither Wesley nor any
other clergyman was present, spent
the hour in prayer and religious con-
versation or eXhortation. From ex-
hortat!on before the society to formal
preaching before it was only a step;
but to Wesley 1t seemed very long
step, writes c. T. Winchester in
'Wesley's days Of triumph" in Cen
fury.
While in Bristol he learned, one
day in 1889, that one Of his converts,
Thomas Maxfeld. had been preaching
before the Foundry society. He hur-
ried up to London to stop it But his
mother-who since the death OF her
husband had been living in a room o.
the Foundry building-met him with
a protest: John. take care what you
do with reference to that young man,
for he is as surely called to preach as
you are" Admonished by this coun-
sci from one whose caution on all
churchly matters he knew to be quite
equal to his own, Wesley reluctantly
consented to hear Maxfield preachi
After listening. he exclaimed: ut is
the Lords doing; let him do as
seemeth to him good" Convinced In
spite of deep-rooted Discrimination,
he sanctioned the first Methodist lay
preacher. Within a year there werc
twenty
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night. except some noises at the open
end Of the log.
when she awoke II was light enough
to see overhead the ridged vault of
her wooden cavern. The snow cast
in a pallid illumination. She sat up
and called Shickshack. He remained
In a rigid attitude, with his back to
her, and his legs extending out under
a white lapful. His arm was hard as
marble in her hand when she touched
him. and he did no; turn his head.
Father" she screamed. "Father!"
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Of brown, and belt of kid to match.
This smart little bolero was edged with
fiat brown silk braid with a few
killings of taffeta, with FAINT tracery
Of gold thread.
The high collar Of the shirt was I'm
ished with hem-stitched cravat, and
the bolero was tied with a brown
crepe de chine, tied with knotted
fringe ends. The smart little hat OF
the Breton shape was tilted over the
eyes and was made entirely Of two
shades of brown straw, with clusters
of green leaves and bows of straw at
the back. I need not add that tha
smartest brown boots and suede gloves
of the same tone completed this ex-
tremely neat toilette.
Quite delightful are the old-fash-
toned embroideries which are used ON
queer taffeta trimmings in pastel
shades. A very smart cloth frock In
palest pastel pink, arranged with full
plated skirt, had panel OF old-fash-
toned trimming up the center Of thu
skirt and bodice, which also formed
yoke-piece over the shoulders. This
embroidery was carried out in soft
pastel pinks and blues, and was fur
ther decorated with some quaint braid
ings and shaded pink roses in raised
design. The neck and inner sleeves
were finished with rows Of Valen-
ciennes lace on finely plated cream
batiste.
This particular toilette struck me rs
being an excellent example of the pastel
cloth frock confined to subdued color
ings. It is a mistake, which even WELL
dressed women are apt to make, when
adopting subdued tomas, not to keep
to them throughout the toilette. l dis
like even the contrast of the generally
becoming black hat.
The best trimmings, except those OF
oriental make, used on the harsher
stuffs, are of faint old-world, subdued
and neutral tones. Some Of them re-
semble the work seen in old samplers.
but these, of course. are expensive and
are only used on beautiful cloths or
fabrics Of silken texture.
One of the features of the late spring
will be the embroidered blouse in vari-
GUS fabrics, from very coarse linen 70
finest batiste.
ELLEN osMoNDE.
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She was learning to use her lame leg
with a stoical determination which the
New Salem doctor encouraged. Though
never without her crutch, she oftener
carried than leaned on it. Shickshack
was evidently undertaking a journey.
and she looked anxiously through the
woods as some flakes Of snow melted
on her face, and up at the void peopled
as by winged white insects.
Father" said Peggy in the Sac
language, where are you taking me?"
ITO the young chief Yates" he
answered in English, trudging across
the ridge, sure-footed and muscular.
But he lives far away and won't
go! What will Antywine and Mr.. Lin
coin say when they come homer"
"Antywine and the chief Abe on the
survey trail. They not here to stop
Pedro Lorimer. He get you this time"
Has he come back again?"
Shickshack grunted. "At the Grove
two, four days. He tell the young
braves Black Hawk is on the war path.
Drive out old Indian! Burn his wig
wan! Old Indian help Black Hawk.
Me not need totem signs to find out
what he want. He say old Indian have
no business to keep white girl"
But, father, you cannot carry me
so fart" Peggy strongly revolted. She
wept, shivering against his back. He
descended toward q darkened plain
without needing her arguments against
his course, except to assure her he in
tended to hire a horse at the first
cabin.
The sloughs were frozen, and frost
blackened grass crisped under his feet
Nowhere could any farmhouse light
be seen, and the gentle flicker-like
insect wings had become a driving
storm of snow. Shickshack found the
road stretching southwest toward Jack
sonville, and plodded steadily along.
Jogging through an immensely Of night
and cold and drifting whiteness, Peggy
ceased to beg that he would let her
walk, and lapsed into such drowsiness
that he was obliged to shake her when
he set her down. BY this time the chill
windrows were nearly to his knees.
Unsheltered by his body, she felt the
dry spume spinning in her face.
Me have to put you in the log to-
night" said Shickshack. Snow too
bad TO go farther"
Every new Salemite had heard Of or
seen the huge hollow log strangely
left upon the prairie beside that road.
Once Sticky Green and another boy,
belated on a bitter night while search
ing for lost cattle, had driven wild hogs
out of 1t, and saved their own lives
in its Ioomy hollow. It doomed white
ridge, higher than Peggy's head, its
black opening already banked with
drift. Shickshack crawled in with his
knife unsheathed. A yelping, snarling
struggle was muffled by the log, until
something dark leaped past Peggy, and
ran across the snow.
wolf" observed the Sac. Him not
like to leave him good bed" i
Reluctantly, In spite Of the cold,
Peggy crawled past him into the deep
shelter, dragging her crutch. Her hand
touched something furry, and green
eyes shot flame at her. Shlckshack
hauled a cub from its cushion Of rotten
wood and threw II out after its mother.
Peggy was so drowsy that she re-
memberod nothing further q the
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the Louis XVI. period are visible In
color as we'll as in design and fabric,
and thus we see the vieux-rose, the
strong blues and the pale yellows OF
that period.
Then again we have the silk gallon,
the braids and the trimmings OF the
same date, the cutaway coats, the en-
broidered waistcoats, and beautiful old
enamel buckles and buttons, not to
speak of the directoire hat. =
The favorite waistcoat Of the mo-
ment is composed of white kid or white
suede. embroidered with beautiful
golden gallon, or worked with gold and
silver, with tabs and loops. This. OF
course. is worn with the Louis XVI.
cutaway coat, which may be OF silk OF
cloth, and plain skirt gathered on the
hips.
The waistcoat is brought into
sharp point IT. front, and so, indeed,
are many evening bodies.
A beautiful white and gold damask
brocade was worn at q big evening re-
ception here quite recently. The skirt
was laid In on the hips in big pleats,
but was almost plain in front, finished
with twisted cords to weight the skirt
at the feet. The corsage was cut a Ia
Louis XVI, that is to say, 1t finished
plainly with sharp point, swathed
across ON inner wsistcoat Of d'Alencon
lace over cream accordion-plaited chif-
fon. One side Of the corsage was Dor
dersd with gold leaves. on the other
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TER MAKE US GLAD.

] don't care none
Whut the weather In
II It's good hot sun.
Why. let 'er whiz!
I like ter see
The Jimsons nod.
An ter hear the bee
In the glory pod
18th his buzz, buzz. buzz,
An his yeller feet. ....
Like he useter was
In my boyhood sweet
II It's clouds-all right
I'll Jest take q few
Till the days half night.
An they's draps o. dew
On the burdocks leaves.
An the lily's lip
Jest hangs an grieves,
Like the drip. drip. drip.
or a weepy night
When no moon don't shine;
Mark clouds ''all right"
Gimme some in minei
Gimme some in mine!
Glad folders pain
Like the warm sunshine
Drinks up the rain!
! may sorrow some
Like q rain-wet sky
Glad I WANT born dumb
So I couldn't cry!
Glad my heart gifts weak
Till she overfiows,
An my both eyes leak.
An blow my nose!
II jes all JOY.
Was the on'y thing
The world 'ud cloy
Till I couldn't singi
4 wouldn't know II,
Not joy-not me!
II 'twould come an sit
On my lap. bgee.
II they want no sad;
We need Its rack
Fer to make us glad
When the glad comes backi
NJ. Lewis. In Houston Post.
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ASHIONS in late spring ma
terials are more or less pro-
nounced, and for the useful
frock, after the generalities
Of cloth end serge have
bsen exhausted. | should
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the lace fell softly. The sleeves, as far
as the elbow, were rather small, but
were finished with voluminous frills
Of the lace.
A great deal Of black Chantilly lace
ID worn over foundations Of whits.
held in at the waist with deep. point
ed band Of satin.
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THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.
.He buildod better than he'kncw., o-EmorrYs,on.

green asparagus; the, snowy bee, with It's
valence and tester; Its substantial chairs,
It's convenient workstand. its bright silver.
and brass candlesticks, and, above the
mantel. It's friendly eight-day clock.
Everything In 'the chamber Is asso-
ciated with its ruling presence and dis
plays her especial tastes and preferences
From the colors In the tasteful1y tinted
rugs, with which the floor Is spread, to-
the peacock feathers that droop from;
the tall vases each side Of the clock, sthel
character ana individuality Of the mis-
tress Is unmistakably stamped upon Gheei
surroundings. u slgs s;.s
Outside Of the House BeaY tiful'.s 81
Che yelvety lawn; bordered with sweet
smelling flowers, rustic baskets filled
with scarlet and white verbena and big
stoxes of pink hydrangea giving a pref
ty, quaint finish to other floral orna-5
rnentation. and crepe 4 myrtle trees with
their pink crimped clusters and darks
green leaves, making spots Of color
among the shade trees and Severgreens. aA
These things are all part and parcel OF
the whole which make up tile mind pic
5ture that istrecalled as IT lie House Beau
ttful. '''s# What illunined then, and what
fingers stil when many years have pass
cd as an afterglow Of lovallness ana frag-s
rance, Is IA the ecollection Of the spa,it5
Of love and union which gloWed with
more than an al chemists power within
every nook and corner Of .s.Tl he House
tiful, for wha tever5 came Within
the sphere of its rad lance wa trans
formed and interpenet rated with Its ,ip.S
lifting I'M flu ence. The y ears that have
passed have wrou gllt sad changes. The
House Bel utiful' has been pull Town
in the march y Of progress rose who
lived for ears wi hin its walls are scat
gard has claimed the two Who were for--$5
|5merly its maste and STRESS. But I'll
still survive In y the heart and thus en-
tshrined must ever be a factor for that
which 5is best In all time and all II ife.
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IRON Rust and HMildeW.s
In Old Virginia.

When de groun's all kiyered Wild blue
grass blades. 81 N # u ss
yYha de snow ain lef' SO long,
An de trees commence throwir out dey
s4 shades Ii s s;5s s5@
An Yer hears de red-bird's aongi
Bout do time de gun gifts up In de Sky, NV
AM de sGt.dder's a-gettin' warm, Ell
Seem Ike m breff sorter comes wi 'r sigh
Fl A-senterin' long droppin corn.
F'r m'mine kinder draws mo over
TIDE spring house down de bill !. z MI
VIA de WINS so sweet wild da clover ss58s
An. yer hears de swish o. de mi III
Da ain no place wha do grass's 50 green
L or do breeze so cool, or dc air 80 clean 81
Wha dc birds y happier, as day COOS ans
bills, az e. Il
AS dat springhouse 'mongst hilla W
So It meks me f'rgtt bout nl'hos u Esa
An 4 cyarn riocollct bout mrow.
Kase m'rhem'ry's a-dWeilln', as n nmpies (
On dat spr.nshouse 900, an do Ted-bird's
w,d DC sroun an uttered via roses M
whlle IS sets aar aos'tn' a-s,pp,a' mist
aai!ps. isss
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q. 81. ..-----------
FR1LLs OF FASHION.
Colored laces increase in favor.
Accordion pleats have a new lease OF

Colored laces increase In favor.
Accordion pleats have new lease OF
life
Belts Of Silk, embroidered by hand IN
blackfnnd gold, are new. s s.,
< native v6lle striped with tiny ~hite
hairlines Is attractive.
h The winters long fur stoles are re-
npoduced now IN staffeta and lace. j Il IS
1,rirn tho skirts OF your sowns witt,
deep folds which give the. effect OF
ftucks. ~. Y !,
the material set with Lace insertions 10
1,he handkerchief my lady carries with
g black costume Is flounced with black
chantilly NJ
RI Ordinary twtne IN Its ma ttral color IS
woven into designs to form striking
4 Some of the linen shirt waists have!
no collar, Tho neck being finished with
embroidered sca1lops
The fashionable contour has lost It's
elm haughtiress and aims nov at dim
pied plumpness. Ss3J b
. Ornamental stocks are OF net covered
with opalescent spangles put on to over
lap each other.
A successor 10 the wrlst-bag ls the
poekctbook or wallet hung on chains or
on two leather handles.
h "A pretty frock OF Parsfal blue has
big mcdallons Of Scluny lace set In the
panels Of skirt. waist and sleeves.
one can now get underwear in semi.
made FORM, after the fashion Of the
senli made robe gowns so much IN vogue.
Goats, blythe way, loose or belted in
black. white, or even lace, are very.
fashionable now, and there Is a. whisper
that very pale. pastel colored lace ones
will be worn during the summer.
Il "A very odd, but stylish costume has a
skirt OF green linen and a white lace
Jacket OF the old blazer style. over a
thin waist. Collar. suff and big pocket
flaps are Of linen with edgings OF mar
now gold braid. 5 Is
Another Of the same color, but lighter
weave is made very simply. The skirt is
built of three scant flounces, and the
plain blouse has a square cut yoke. " On
lit, and around the edges Of each flounce,
are embroidered graceful spray OF
daisies. III 80 u !, & iSs5s &
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THE CELESTIAL SURGEON.

II Z have faltered more orEless
IN my great task OF happiness;
If 1 have moved among mysrace
"A nd shown no glorious morning face;
II beams from ha ppy huma eyes
Have moved me not II morning skies.
Books and my food. and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart In vain
Lord. THY most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad wake; N
Or. Lord. II too ODD urate j i.
Choose Thou, before that spirit die,
a piercing pain, killing sim 4
And to my dead heart run them In!
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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FAREWELL BUT
/, WHENEVER YOU
WELCOME THE HOUR

~
Farewell! but W. henever ~ ou welcome the
hour ~ # # III XII sss AZ M s5SSs s
That q Wakens the nigh t-song Of mirth
IN your bower. WI s5s
Then think OF the end who once vel
coined 1t, too, ~
Aid forgot his own griefs to be happy
with you @ 55s 5li IL III
His griefs may return, not q hope may
remain M s56
or the few that have frightened his path
way Of pain, \. IN 3Es Ok
But he ne'er will forget the short Vision
that threw s IS M III j3yt w 58
It's entertainment around him while Blinger-.
fip with you
Let Fate do her worst; there are relics I, 81
of JOY; e. 4. 8s .E
not destroy; # l,sis q, sgss
Which come in the nighttime Of sorrow :' ~,
and care N e 5 III
And bring back the features that Joy
-; used to wear. ss
Long, long be my heart with such memo
ries filled! III
Like the vase in which roses have once
been distilled. # rs W ~ ID;
You may break, you may shatter, the
vase, If you will. qJ
But the scent of the roses will hang
THOMAS MOORE
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{ DAILY MENU.

The turnpike road to most mems hearts,
find
Lies through their mouths. or 1 mistake
mankind.
Breakfast.
Iced melon.
Cracked wheat. Cream.
Buttered toast shirred eggs.
Coffee,
ga good dinner is better than fins
coat - roverb.
Dinner.
Cream OF corn soup. II,
Chicken pie. Roast Lamb.
Tomatoes with Frencli dressing.
s5@ Corn pudding. Fried egg plant,
Lima beans. White Potatoes.
Blackberry dun pllngs.
Coffee. Isl ~
sit down TO snat nourishm er,t which
is called supper. IS shakespeare.
Supper
III Sliced pineapple. Cheese straws.
X Risen swaffles Tongue sandwiches.
Iced milk. Honey iced tea, q
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All, WHAT rs LOVE75

All what is love It is a pretty thing,
AS sweet unto q shepherd as a king;
fsi And sweeter too 4
For kings haye& cares that wait upon a
Es;}s st5 crown, s'sfFSa35i 5 &C.
And cares can make the sweeter love to
frOwn. s 4s.;SSfFs
All, then, ah then! S5 "a So
1 # ScountrySloves such sweet desires gain,
4 What n lady would mot love a shepherd
swain n Il; :.
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IF SHE BE NOT
FAIR FOR ME

s y .
Shall I wasting In despaire, Z. y.
Dye because a womafl's faire?
&Or make pale checks with care,
Cause another's rosie are? Il Il, IF
$Bc she fairer than the Day, ss
CIR the flowry meads In May,
If she think not well of me,
What care 1 how falre she be2
Shall my seely. heart be pined,
Cause see a woman's kinde III 81
Or a we'll disposed nature, s
Joyned with q lovely feature?
BE she meeker. kinder than .S33s 1.
Turtle-dove or pelican; H n IS
If she be not 80 to me, & 5
What care how kinde she be!
Shall q won1ar's virtues move
Me to perish, for her love. q & 4
or her we'll deservings known,
Make me quite forget mine own
Be she with that goodness blest, II
(which may merit name OF best,
IT she be not SUCH to me,
What care I how good she be!
Cause her Fortune seems too high,
Shall Il play tho fool and diet
She that bears a-noble nlinde,
If not outward helps she find.
Thinks what with them he would do.
That without them dares her WOO.
And unless that rlinde ~ see,
What care I how great She be!
Great or Good or Kinde or Fare, }s5
I will ne'er thes more d spair,
II she love me this believe RI fs
Il will die ere she shall grieve. III
If she slight me when 4 WOO,
i can scorn and let her go. 81
For, If she be not for me,
What care I for whom she be Z I'D
| George " theirs, 15SS-1667
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NJ Decorative summer porch pillows, COW
cred with brilliantly colored cottons in
strong color and designs suggesting In
[ dian blankets are marked 81.
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The double corsage buckle set is an
oblong buckle I n prong effect, 18th back
piece and small buckle for the shirt-waist
front to match. NJ y gss III q N:
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Brass jardlnieres for ferns or palms
are now much favored. New ones re
quite capacIous, with a perfectly plain
surface. N K