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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
The Confessions of an Old Maid.
wise and witty novel. A novel novel. de-
lghtful human document. TO be long and pleasantly
remembered. 81 90, Of booksellers, or
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time the first steps were taken TO define
the limits of Its Jurisdiction. In the sub
sequent chapters the author engages in an
instructive analysis of the Declaration.
LOVE FINDS THE WAY By Paul Leicester Ford,
by Harrison Fisher and decorations BY Mar
garet Armstrong. New York: Dodd. Mead 4
This dainty little romance. by the late
Paul Leicester Ford. Is here given an ex-
quisite presentation in a manner to mark
1t as one of the foremost OF the. seasons
gift books. Mr.. Fishers pictures effective
~ convey the authors suggestions OF the
characters. while the decorations on each
page are graceful and finely reproduced In
colors.
THE EMTIRELY NEW cYNIc's CALENDAR OF
Mumford. Oliver Hefford and Addison Miznep
San Francisco: Paul Elder 4 Co.
Much wit In few words. The "cynics"
who made this calender-the same ones
made the others that convulsed a large part
of the reading world a season or two ago
are not trying to lower mans faith in man
by putting big truths in little compass They
are trying rather to make the world merrier
while 1t learns. That Is the best part of
education Their publishers have dressed
their little book this year. as before in
gingbam. a sign of the homely truths to bo
found within. Mr.. Herford has dedicated
Ii In these words:
This Little Book Of Wisdom Great
II pleases us to dedicate
To that Rampsge0us Reprobate-
The World at Large.
Yet as we mark his Stony Phiz
And see him whoop and whirl and whiz
We can but cry--O Lord, why Is
The World Mt Large"
THE HOLY GRAIL. BY Alfred Tennyson New
York: ii. III. Caldwell
In this form is presented a handsome edi-
ton of Tennyson's immortal poem, with a
finely executed steel engraving frontispiece
showing Galahad in the wood. The book
is bound in flexible red leather.
POVERTY. BY Robert Hunter New York; The
Macmillan Company.
Although there is predominant note or
dependency In this work. the author Is by
no means utterly hopeless. He has inves-
tigated the condition of the poor and found
that condition not only shocking but to
some extent beyond the reach OF practi-
cable reformatory measures. A certain
percentage of the poor so habited as TO
resist efforts at their proper relief. or nj
least not TO help themselves when the kind
ly hand is extended TO them. The paupers
and the Migrants. he declares. as class.
prefer their degraded lives to honest and
seif-supporting industry. For the reason.
he believes. that tho struggle for existence
on the part of those who are honestly try
Ing TO make both ends meet In repellantly
severe. The real problem. therefore. Is TO
make that struggle less severe. to increase
the chance Of the poor worker to make his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03
MEMORIES OF A HUNDRED YEARS. BY Edward

MEMORIES OF A HUNDRED YEARS. By EDWARD
Everett Hale author of The Man Without a
Country" &c. Two volumes in one. New edf-
ton revised, with three additional chapters.
New York: The Macmillan Company. Wash
ngton: Brentano's.
1t was not only the prejudice which ex-
lists I'm some minds against a two-volume
work that persuaded the publishers of Dr.
Hale's delightful book of telescope remi-
niscences to reprint it in a single volume.
A demand was loudly heard after the
first issue for an edition which should con-
tain something more about the author him.
self. 1t did not seem right that he shouid
be permitted to discuss matters. however
important. without some consideration FOR
the personal equation. So. in meeting the
demand for new issue. the publishers
have persuaded the author to furnish some
new materials. and the work thus appears
OF the same time larger and smaller. In Its
general scheme. its original readers VIII
remember. il was discourse upon the hap
penings of the century as viewed by man
of ripe years. whose own life had covered
the greater part of the span. and whose
ancestors had kept diaries and collected
pamphlets and original documents and let
ters until the Hale establishment had be-
come Il veritable museum of literary and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

which began in the beginning and has con-
tinued unchanged to this present time-the
conspicuous beauty of the fabric of life;
the great constant of the problem
There he exposes the scheme of the story
the rough Labrador coast and cruel sea.
with the hardships. hunger. cold and
starvation which the inhabitants face in the
long and bitter winters. Then, with deft
touch he portrays the human side of the
story, the tender love, the unselfshness.
bravery and fortitude of the fisher folk.
The antithesis is strong and there is con-
slant play of light and shadow
1t is to be expected. of course. that an
undertone of sadness should run through
the whole story. Gray is the prevailing
shade on the Labrador. and it must color
the lives of the people. But. as the sun
sometimes pushes through the fog and the
clouds even on the Labrador, so a CLEAN
of humor plays from time to time over the
pages of the story.
Child-life and mother-life furnish the
sentiment in the book. But ruggedness and
bravery. and the sterner qualities also, are
set forth as they are practiced In the lives
of the fisher folk The love story is SUBJ
ordinated. but is sufficiently strong to lend
interest.
PERSONAL AND IDEAL ELEMENTS IN EDUcA-
TON. BY Henry Churchill King. president of
0berlin College New York: The Macmillan
Company washington: Brentano's.
In the course of his preface President
King states his main thought which under
lies these Corrected auuTeSSeS III these lerIns-
Our age as has been truly said, is so
strongly characterized by "a stupendous re-
lance upon the trustworthiness of machin-
cry that one can hardly doubt that there is
constant need CT emphasis upon the personal
and ideal elements of life Both the scien-
tific and the Industrial expansion of our
time. which involve such universal use of
the mechanical as to both means and point
of view, are SO impressive that we are un-
consciously drawn into an oyerestimation of
mere mechanism. ard We are thus in danger
of forgetting that In education. in ethics. in
religion and In all true living it Is still true
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

Laurence Dunbar. author Of Lyrics OF Lowly
York: Dodd Mead ( Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
Mr. Dunbar describes and locates Happy
Hollow in his, foreword as follows:
Happy Hollow; are you wondering where
1t is? Wherever negroes coIonize in the
cities or villages, north or south, where
ever the hod carrier, the porter and the
waiter are the society men of the town;
wherever the picnic and the excursion are
the chief summer diversion, and the revival
the winter slime of repentance, wherever
the cheese-cfoth veil obtains at a wedding.
and the little white hearse goes by with
black mourners in the one carriage behind
there-there7,,is Happy Hollow Wherever
laughter and teats rub elbows day by day.
and the spirits OF labor and laziness shake
hands. there-there-is Happy Hollow, and
of some of i may the following pages show
the heart.
With this introduction to win the gym
pathetic and respectful attention of the
reader the author, who knows his own peo-
pie thoroughly aid possesses a rare gift of
expressing their emotions, proceeds to tell
some twenty-six tales descriptive of life in
Happy Hollow, gay and sad, boisterous and
quiet. sporting and domestic. His charac-
tiers are vivid and real and his hunior and
pathos are never obtrusive, but always
subtle
THE EDUCATION OF THE WAGE FARMERS; a
Contribution toward the Solution OF the Educa-
tonal Problem OF Democracy By Thomas
Davidson. author OF "a History of Eauca ton
Sc. Edited. with an Introductory chapter by
Charles N. Bakewell. Boston: CHM & Co.
A writer in the London Spectator has de-
clared that at the time of his death in
September. 1900 Thomas Davidson was one
of the twelve most learned men in the
world His intellectual activities had been
phenomenal. HIS work in behalf OF the
education OF men and women OF ali classes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-03

time the first steps were taken TO define
the limits of It's jurisdiction. In the sub
sequent chapters the author engages in an
instructive analysis of the Declaration.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01
WESTMORELAND.
Business Good Profitable Farming
Other Notes.

Montross, Va Nov. 26sh, 1904.
Business in all branches seems TO have
taken on more Lille since the election, and
all express themselves as being Satisfied
at the result, Notwithstanding the desire
Of many for the triumph OF Democracy.
John Taylor, highly respected color.
ed man, died near Hicata Tuesday.
Mr.. Alfred Scates, "A well known citi
zen residing near Tempensns, who has
been in bad health for some time, ia rap
idly improving. lie was attended by
DR.. K. ii. Stuart, who succeeded in cRus-
ing the passage Of two hundred large
gravel from his bladder. Mr.. Scates has
been missed from his church and public
business, and all are lad that be will
probably soon be out again.
Several farmers are still seeding wheat.
There IL more acreage in wheat than for
many years and the early seeding looks
well.
Mr.. James 7. jenkins, Sr, who hulled
l24 bushels Of clover seed on his farm,
"AtwiltOn," recently sold them in Alex
andria for $3.50 per buehel; and still
some say there is no money in farming
Mrs. Mary A. Muse left by steamer
Caroline for fredericksburg, where she
will spend several weeks with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Hayes Beckwith
Mr.. f. c. Harrington went on steamer
to Alexandria with fine lot OF clover
seed, for which be anticipates good
price.
The people generally are preparing for
winter. Large piles OF wood are being
accumulated, which Is being sawed up in
various lengths by engines that move
from farm to farm, which IL a new enter
prise, and il receiving patronage.
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Rolls Of Honor.

School No. 10, Chancellor district,
spotsylyania county, for second month,
ending November oath, 1904:
VeIma Johnson, Matte Griffin, Hazel
Johnson, Ruby Boothe, Flossie Oliver,
Katie Thorburn, Maggie Thomas, James
Thomas. Conrad Johnson, Ennis Mussel-
man. French Callahan, Evan Thomas,
Johp Reed and Clarence Musselman.
Enrollment. 25. Fannie Pendleton,
teacher.
School No. 2, Chancellor district, Spot
sylyania county, for second month, end
ing Nov. 25th:
EyslIne Wenger, Lille Eastburn, Josie
Terrell, Winfrey Mason, Lee Menger
Flossie Wenger and Emmit Wenger
Total enrolment, Is; average daily at
tendance, 1915. Ruth Jerrell, teacher
State Of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that be Il
sanior mariner OF the firm OF +. j. Cheney
a Co. doing business 10 the City OF Toledo
Conntv and State aforesaid and that sale
Arm will pay the sum oil one hundred
doIlars for each and every case o
Catarrh that cannot be cured by the us
NJ Halrs Catarrh Cure. Frank j. Cheney
sworn to before me and subscribed II
my presence, this 9th day of December
A. ID. 1886. w c,
Notary Public.
Halls Catsrrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood ant
mucous surfaces Of the system. Send 10
testimonials free.
+. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, {
Sold by all druggists, !5c:
Take Halls Family Pills Tor eonstipt
ton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01
Our Dress Goods Stock

Is full to overacwing with the newest nd most desnae l"'
RIGS in the most popular coOrng such as Panama Co'n
Zbolne Broad Cloth French Mixtures Flake SungS CheV'
;ots Sbirtwast Silks Mrrow Vevets Also beautiful line
Of Silk Medaons Have you those light sample Coats
the nobbest things Our line of Ladies Gents ana
Cbdrens n9erweoris complete both medium and heavy
weight. Give us look. We please you.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01

CAROLINE TEACHERS.
List Of Those Who Teach in the Pub
lie Schools in That County.


The following il complete list oi the
teachers in the public schools OF Caroline
county and their address during the ses
sion:
BOWLING GREEN DISTRICT
White-Miss l.. B. Glassell, Miss Annie
McCauey, Miss Blanche Patterson, Bow.
ling Green; Miss Kate Wright, Shumans
VILE; Miss Kate Sknker, Sparta; Miss
Mertine Bowles, Bsgby; Miss Alice Car
ter, Mrs. Andrew BrOaddus, Sparta; Miss
Hortense Andrews, Whites; Miss Maude
Davis, Upper Zion; Miss Alice Samuel,
Sparta; Miss Bertha Myer, Return; Miss
A. W. Davis, Central Point Miss Mamie
Motley, Upper Zion; Miss II 6 Gould
man, Bowling Green; Miss Elnora Pritch'
ard, Milford.
Colored-Mrs l.. l.. Graves, Mrs Mag.
gle Fortune, Bowling Green, Mrs. Y. A.
Taylor, Milford; Miss Mamie Samuel,
Bowling Green; Mrs II. 5. Young Ideal;
Miss Isabel Scroe egins, Central Point;
Miss l.. f. Hill, Passing; Mrs s. s. Redd,
Return: Mr.. W. q. Young. Upper u on;
Mr.. W. J. Young, IDEAL; Mrs. T.. A Pol
lard, Shumansyille.
PORT ROYAL DISTRICT
White-Miss NJ. l.. Brooks, Mica; Miss
l. |. Lefoe, Summit: Miss c. b. Kay, Miss
NIB. Hearn, New London; Miss A. j Gar
rett, Miss Eva Wright, Port Royal; Miss
Mabel Pitts, Lent; Miss Mamie Travis,
New London; Miss v Il. Draft; Wood
ford; Miss NJ. l.. Gouldn, Rappahannock
Academy; Miss Palmer Coleman, Delos;
Miss Mary Arnett, Moss Neck.
COlored-Miss C.. b. Brooks, Moss
Meek; Miss Harriet Osborne. Ezra; Mics
Lutte Jarvis, Guiness; Miss NJ. }. Walth'
all, New London: Miss Alice Campbell
Rappahsnnock Academy; Mr. L. d. Pen
dleton, Port Royal.
REEDY CHURCH DISTRICT.
White-Miss NJ. X. Burruss, Penola
Miss Garlic Saunders, Dawn; Miss l.. &
Burruss, PenOls; Miss Burta l.. Wright
Ruther Glen; Miss NJ. l. Wortham, Han
over, Miss Georgia Hill, Point Eastern
Miss c. V. Terrell, Penola; Mr.. K W. Fox
Edgar.
Colored-Miss l.. A. Garrett, Dawn
Miss NJ. A. Weaver, Miss B. Z. Scott, Pc
nols; Miss NJ A. Thomas, Dawn; Miss
Rosa Taylor, Penola; Miss n. NJ. Burrell
Calmo; Mrs. j. w. Baylor, Ruther Glen
MADISON DISTRICT.
Mrs NJ. d. Chewning, Blsnton; Mrs. A
l.. Waller; Goodies; Mrs. Ada Ii. Blan
ton, Balty; Mrs A. +. Seaman, Welch
Miss A. W. Hill, Burruss; Miss Grace
Moncure, McDuii; Miss F. l.. Faulkner
Golansville; Miss 5. s. Williams, Welcb
Miss Eva H. Smith, Miss Lilburne Smith
Golansyille; Miss Gwendoline Cobb, Pc
nole; Mr. l. b. GOodloe, Paige; Mr. g
W. Davis, Blanton; MIR. A. p. Smith
Chilesburg.
CoIored- d-Miss l. E. Hill, Paige; Miss n
G. Miles, Miss II. b. Carter, Balty; Mis-
l.. B. Hill, Ruther Glen; Mr. Reginald
Hill, Golsnsville
Mr.. John Washington, OF Milford, tn
efficient Superintendent of Public SCHOOL,
of Caroline, takes a deep interest in tn
schools. the teachers and scholars and II
the subject of education generally.
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RIPANS

There IS scarcely any ondition OF III
health that is not benefited by the occa-
sfonal use OF q RI'P.A'N'S Tabule. For
sale by Druggists. The Ffye-Cent packet
4 enough for an ordinary occasion. The
family bottle, 90 cents. contains A'uppp
for Q yasv
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01

Parties leaving the city for an extend.
ed stay can have THE FREE LANCE mail
a to their address for any length oitime-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01

The following is complete list Of the
teachers in the public schools OF Caroline
county and their address during the SEQ.
sion:
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01

1 600 tons Leaf Sumac, for which
the highest cash price will be paid.
We are headquarters for Leather,
Rubber and Cotton Stitched Betting.
John q. Hurkamp Co.,
Fredericksburg, Va.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01

Scarf pins, rose gold, green and roman
gold. artistic designs, set with diamonds,
pearls, rubies, sapphires. ne. Our scar
Din line is full of good things suitable for
presentations the year round. Norris
the ieweler.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-12-01
For Over Sixty Years.

Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over sixty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
1t soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pains, cures wind collie, and
is the best remedy for Diarrhoea.
Ii will relieve the poor little sufferer
Immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world. Twenty
five cents bottle. Be sure and ask
for MRS. Winslows Soothing
Syrup and take no other.
Norris, the jeweler and optician, backs
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-24

Desire Drummond was writing the
first entry in her new diary, for It was
New Years cay. She had opened the
little book with a queer sense Of unac-
quaiDtedness ard hesitation. She al
ways felt that way about opening a new
diary, she told Roxy, the cat.
Il feel as if I'd ought to be introduced
TO it, Roxy" she laughed softly. When
you've written in the old one SG5 times
-summered and wintered with it ard
told ii how bad your rheumatism vas
you feel at home and real intimate with
II. But when you open a creaky new one
that won't stay open, but Keeps shutting
up as If 1t didn't want anything TO do
with you or your rheumatism-when you
co that, Roxy, il makes you feel like a
perfect stranger"
She made a wry face as the little white
pages creaked ard protested against
being turned. But she turned them reso-
lutely, and dipped her pen in the ink bot
tie.
I'm thankful it's nice day, Roxy. |
always like to write Pleasant the first
word in a new diary. 1t seems a kind Of
propitious way to begin the new year.
'Blustry' or Showing or Cloudy starts
you in wrong. You'd feel all these
things, too, my dear, if you kept a diary"
In tiny, old-fashioned, neat letters the
suffering pen traced Pleasant" op the
clean page of thencw year. Then Desire
paused and looked m|edItatiyely out OF
her window searching for inspiration.
A faint dab Of red caught her eye from
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-24

the CHEEKY crate in a contentcd little
heap to cream over again those first
treasured chapters before the misunder-
standing folded them in.
Turn backward, turn backward, G,
Time, In your flight!'
answered greetings lay on the desk at
her elbow, and the pen bristled in its
rack with impatient waiting; still Miss
Belle dreamed on.
Here's a letter for vor, Niece Farms
worth" Aunt Roxy hGd toiled upstairs
and pushed open the door as she spoke.
There were no preliminaries with the
blunt old lady ana she omitted the COM
mon courtesy Of tapping on the panel,
as useless, seeing it was only Belle"
Not by the postnan, qleried the
girl, a rose color suffuslng her anxious
face; but luckily the old auntie did not
notice the signal of the heart.
20; a boy brought it Il moment ago.
s. me business of the society, ! pre-
sumo and Aunt Roxy waddled down
stairs to her coy corner again without
even a suspicion Of the purport Of the
message that could not wait to put in lis
appearance in the conventional way.
Hurriedly opening the cream-tinted
envelope with its gold and blue mono
! gram on the corner, Belle thanked lIeav-
en- for once that her aunts eyesight
v.or ,np, ,f tho horf. ,bna che .1oI.
Dearest, ! saw you to-day. The old
love is warm in my heart: and | want
your forgiveness. and the old-tlme on
iidence. Am hungry for your presence
would have starved to death long ago
had it not been for the image. Am COM
ing to see you this evening; going to
make a New Years call. Allan"
Things are better than they have
seemed for a long time" again modified
Miss Farnsworth, folding the gold and
blue monogram over her delighted heart,
"and people aren't so bad after all,"
That night as the happy stars looked
down over the rim Of the new cycle and
winked at some millions Of crisp resolr-
lions going up to the Recording Angel.
Belle Farnsworth. very much alive.
watched her lover out of sight around
the corner, humming softly In her old
fashioned way.
zone is not Obliged to be hyp0crit.cal
after all, | find she whispered to tho
beaming cupid lowering near, "and my
New Year calls turned out lovely in
spite Of everything
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-24
The Old and the New
Vo,ro BY
ears Josephine c. Goodale.

Iiih olh YEAR
TIC GA Year, struggling in deaths cruel
thrCcs,
Lies boar and angulshed in the Gardening
night,
Reluctant soul, to take his tlral flight.
Wlthln ms mana, with dregs Of mortal woes
Denied, behold tie cup full well h knowS
lie pressed TO lips of strong men In their
might,
Who, ~vanquishod, fell in HES rc'ent,ess
ngnt.
!" irony of fate, tho wealIiing rose,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-24
TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS.
They Come as a Happy Thought at
the End OF the Dead
Year.

Oh, dear, another year gone, life
slipping by, a herd of old mistakes,
faults, trooping out the portals of the
Old, dead, used.up year into the new.
1t Is uncomfortable. Danish them,
wave them back!
With what force?
All, a happy thought-fresh resolu-
s.ons. They stand beside one Instant
ly-that Aladdin's lamp of belief in
yourself is a remarkable stunt" The
crisp, brand new fairies smile at the
ancient, ghostly crew. nod with their
shining crowns, and, soft-muttering, The
ragged lot Sink to the shadows of the
things we try rot to remember.
We do this every year, forgetting
that we have told the same story time
after time and that the law of con-
secutive justice rolls on sereneIy while
we babble and remain ourselves
N. .. Timos-Democrat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1904-12-24

the implanted house set diagonally
across the road. Though for -four years
Desire Drummond had not willingly
looked at the small old house, yet for
four years she had always seen it, Wien
she looked out of her window. 1t was
right there, an uncomcly blot on her
'view'-huw could she help II? The
splash of red color was in L OF It's tiny
PANIED front windows, and for the mo-
ment Desires heart beat a little faster
than usual. When had she seen that red
signal flag before?-but it wasn't a sig
nal flag Of course. Delight was drying
something red in the sun; probably she'd
washed out a spot in that old red table
,over.
But how familiar and-good the little
flag looked. Desire sighed as she went
back to her diary again.
Unusually mild for New Years she
wrote carefully. 1T looks as if we We're
going to have an open winter, Rheh-
matism ahead" She smiled a little to
herself as she wrote those two words.
Desire liked to have little humorous
touches in her diaries, she said YOU
didn't feel quite so much as il you we're
writing your W memoirs, Though of
course nobody'd ever read 'em-unless
Roxy.
Suddenly as if of its own accord quite
uniniluenced by the slender old fingers,
the pen began to write again. There's
a red flag in Delights window" 1t wrote
rather faster than usual, with not so
much painstaking attention to i-dottinss
and t-crossings, But it's probably a
spot drying in her red table spread. 1t
isn't likely to be anything else after four
years
The little book creaked shut, as il re-
lieved at the chance, and Desire Drum
mond gazed out of her window again, not
looking at the little old house across the
road, but seeing it and its red signal nag,
and nothing else. Roxy leaped heavily
10 the window sill and looked out, too,
The big gray head rubbed lovingly
against the little gray one.
I'm not looking, Roxy, but rs there
- see it," Desire murmursd Nistiully'
"You see it, too. you know you'd u. You're
looking down the road at the neeting-
house, but you see Delights red Has'
You think it's a spot in her table-spread
driving in the sun, but you don't know ii
is. You're thinking maybe it isn't, just
rs | am
Roxy's soft purr pleaded guilty to the
Sharze. It was four years--but Roxy
nly knew it was a long time. a very Ions
v~3e,-slaee sbe bad been allowed 70