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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
OLD DOMINION NEWS.
Roblnd the wrong Man.

Suffolk. Speciai.-After q duel in
the dark. between Joseph j. Brinklcy,
a merchant at Corapeake. y c., aud
a burglar. who was looting his store,
the burglar fed, but IS believed by
Mr. Brinkley TO be severely wounded.
The storekecper was unhurt The
breaking Of Brinkley's place Is the
last OF a series of burgiaries which
have recently been perpetrated, it is
thought, by the same gang IN this
section of Virginia and Carolina.
shortly before midnight two young
men who ehanced 20 pass the store
saw a light In the store, which proved
20 be from n match in the robber :
hand Brinkley was found at his
home near by, and taking a shotgun
returned with his informers. whom he
stationed nc the front door. he enter
ing by the rear door. which the I'M
truder had left open. The burglar
imcdiatcly opened FIRE with O big pis-
TOD. several bullets from which were
found IN the woodwork. Brinley fired
one charge of No. z shot I'm Che thief $
direction. bat before hc could Shoot
again the latter had escaped through
window. Biodhounds followed the
trail two miles and lost So I'm a swamp.
The cash drawer had been riled OF =
few dollars
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
witte and Rosen Sail.

New York. Special.-The Russian
commissioners who successfully con-
Guided 2 treaty Of peace with the en-
VOWS OF Japan at Portsmouth. n. H..
started on the return 10 ST. Petersburg
Tuesday. sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm
III. Before leaving the city. Mr.. Witte
and Baron Rosen made a farewell call
upon the japanese diplomats. Baron
Komura was unable TO see the Rus
SLAMS because OF his illness. but through
Minister Takahira he sent them a cor
dial message OK farewell.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16


New York. Spcc,al-Selling 100000
in bonds one day and buying them
back the next but one. a holiday inter-
vening. in order 90 keep within state
ments I'm the New York Life Insurance
Comrany's report go The Super.ntend-
emf or Insurance. was the sensational
disclosure made az the session of the
executive Insurance nvcstigaung CONF
mlttee The fact was drawn from FL
munc ID Randolph. treasurer OF che
Sew York Life Insurance Company
late in tho day after Attorney Charles
IL. Hughes. OF counsel to the committee
had lohorcl for over an hour 90 SET 81
direct answer from Mr.. Randolph GO @
direct question.
The inquiry had dragged through a
mass OF figures almost the entire day.
but 30 was not until near the hour FOR
ending the session that the sensational
feature was brought out
Earlier In the day sir. Randolph had
handed Sir. Hughes a schedule OF SYM
dictate UNDERWRITERS and transactions
OF the New York life for the last zen
years This statement was 90 show
and q -ootuOto 20 the schedule so sta-
tod that the company had participated
in mo- syndicate transactions that had
been closed out at n loss. Anon
these transactions was the underNrit-
ings of the naricaron syndicate. or Tn.
teruatonai Mercantile Marine.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Rome. by Cabie.-An Italy IL Suf-
fering from terrible depression b.
cause OF the news from the South.
where one % thc worst earthquakes
ever experienced occurred Friday. AZ
though the earthquake was felt ali ov-
er Caiaaria ana Co certain extent
ia Sicily. fhe worst ncDs came from
Pizro and Mcatcieone and fr1n he
eighteen villages which are sa.i 20
have been completely destroyed Ac-
coril-g o. thc latest news reccivo1.
370 persons have been lmed sra a
great number Injured. 10 ia a. yet
Impossible to even estimate the prop
erty losses.
The shock was felf ar $50 O'Clock
Friday morning. lt lasted sor eish-
teen seconds az Catanzaro and soon
thereafter WAS felt az Messlra. Rem
gino. Montcieone. Martlrano. stefac-
oni. Picpio. TripariL Zmararo. Cessaa-
iti. Nadia, Ouvani and other points.
Scenes OF indescribable terror en-
sued. Women. aroused from their
sleep. rushed half clothed INTO he
streets. screaming with fear. CARRYING
their babies and dragging along their
other children. ana calling for hclD
on the madonna and the salnrs. me
men escaped into the open vsh their
families. AN calling on their ;avorite
saints Tor protection. The cafes were
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Tiais. Caucasia. By Cable.-A hun
droi social democrats were killed or
wounded in conflict with CcssacNs at
tie town ham ana many were trampled
to death ln subsequent panic. Two
thousand social democrats had forced
am entrance into the town hall. which
was closed owing 20 the celebration ot
a religious holiday. the beheading OF
John the Baptist. Revolutionary
speeches were made and the chief OF
police ordered the meeting TO dispense.
Part of those present obeyed. out the
remainder refused and some revolvers
We're dred 4 large force OF Cossacks
drawn mp outside the building then fir
ed @ vouey into the crowd time and
time again. killing so and wounding
upward OF 90. I'm the ensuing panic
many persons fell and were trampled
20 death by their comrades and the
pursuing COssacks.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
MINIATURE CAMERAS.

Most 90 us have seen small cameras.
says writer Boo the Scientific Amori-
can. in fact comparatively small ones
are to be found upon the market
Upon close examination however. we
Gud chat the smallest hoX-camera htted
with finder shutter. stops and dia-
phugh S. rathcr cumbersome to carry
in the pocket Iflt were NOT quite nec-
csslry to have finder and the rest of
the accessories we would probably
have little difficulty ODD locating SOME
very small cameras OF the pin-hole
type. which mako very unsatisfactory
Instruments Tor anything hut expert
mcnt
Referrine to the illustration. vo have
two camcra, photographed upou 81
mans hand. SD MS to show their rca-
tive Sizes. The smallest one in tho
picture. the outside measurements OF
which are ONE and one-fourth inch by
one and onc-fourfh inch hy one ANA
threc-fourth inch. requires only D. brief
le-cript on. a~ lt is merely d single
exposure camera having few of OBJ,
necessary features chat Eo Cd mak,
up the practical instrument. This ltu
camera nUl take % picture ihree-fourl
inch ly thrccfour,h inch. aul B.. pro
yIded with disk shutter set for in
Simultaneous exposures.
The larger camera shown n the pho
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Oyster Bay. ~ g.. speciaI--Presi-
dent Roosevelt took summary action in
the case 90 frank So Palmer Public
Printer and head of the Government
Printing d. ce at Washington.
last Monday The President directed
Mr. Palmer to send him hla roaisnation
to take effect on che 18Th Instant Al
the same time he directed aim NOE to
tal,e any further action in rhe ease of
Oscar J Ricketts, foreman of printing.
and T. a. Hly n division forman. Ina
che Government Printing Once
whose rasiguauous Mr. Palmer had ge-
Quested
Ira direct dlsoheiicuce GO the Presi-
dents Instructions. Mr Palmer On ths
5th instant. nouled Ricketts, aud Hay
that the time which they mIght have
Ina which to answer h's charges would
Dee extended until SATURDAY tae 9th in
slant AS this was "a violation az the
I Presidents specific Instructions. and as
I the ease of Ricketts, ana Hay had been
placed iu the hands Of tlo Keep COM
mission for Investigation the presi-
dent feit ir was time to take positive
action regarding AR Palmer. Tie there
I fore removed him from office by tele-
/ graph and direttei aim a. turn over
\ the Government printing Ohce 20
/ Foreman Ricketts, ri om be- has deslg-
mated as acting Public Printer.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
800. 600 Dividend Declared.

New York. Specialize directors
OF the Sloss-Shefheld Steel and Iron
Company declared a scrip dividend OF
S2.5O0.O0O common stock. payable TO
the common stockholders Of the com
pany October > next. The regular
quarterly OF Ia per cent on its pre-
ferred stock and the usual semi-annual
dividend of 2is per cent. on its com
mon stock also were declared. J. y.
Wallace. president OF the Central
Trust Company. was elected a mem
Der Of the executive committee. 10
I'll the vacancy caused by the death
OF William +. Strong.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

tagraph is quite complete in every
DETAIL and is capable of turning out
work. Z feel slfe ln saying commensu-
rate with thc sku OF the operator
This camera takes twenty-five pictures
upon "a OHM nve-eighth inch Wide. made
hy cutting conveniently wide corn
mcrclal hm into strips. rhis srripping
process has Co be- done in the dark
room. anna Is best accomplished by us-
ng sharp knife. cutting against
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Atlanta. spec. al --- Ati1nf1s CIV
yellow fever ease rrsa.tcl fatally
shortly after ncca -rcs6av. Tne pa
tient. J G.. CarutAeTs who Arrived
from Pensacola laSt Frllay and Who
was sent TO the detention hospital
several miles frcm tho city. died after
an attack OF yellow fever C pro
nounced eype- No other cases have
reached here and Rane = expected
with the vigorous precautions thxr
have been taken TO exclude even suS-
pleious cases froza eGtsite points
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE.
Says That BE Is Not Now a Car6i'
date For Any Office.

Chicago. Special want to make
my position perfectly clear. I want 90
say to you that not only am I not on
nouncing q candidacy. but I am not
permitting O candidacy"
In these words William Jenniugs
Bryan administered q check 90 the on
thusiasm which. 90 the jefferson Cinb
banquet given In Mr. Bryan's honor.
greeted the speeches advocating his
nomination Tor the third time FOR
President
Il am not now" said Mr.. Bryan. "a
candidate for any Office. have never
said ,hat I would never again Dee a
candidate for Office. but I want 90 say
now that talk OF candidacy for omcc
does not affect me as it once did I
believe that my place fin history win
be determined. NOT 10y what the people
are able 90 do for me. but by what
am able TO do FOR the people. CAP
plause and cheers.) think o. Us TOW
too soon 90 choose "a candidate toT
/ President 20 make the race three
/ years from now. ~ is too early fc
pledge ourselves to any one man.
trust that before the time comes fC
name a man for the next presidential
race light may Dee thrown upon ou'
narty's pathway and that "a man mas
/ be- chosen who viii Dee able to do fo'
/ She party more than ! have yet hcei
] anI. I'D un
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

glass. the knife being guided hy a me-
liIc-edgeG ruic.
Do may NOT Doe out of place Co say
right here that my best negatives were
obtained hy using weak developer
and by ~uspcndmg ,he nim ln res
bottle. which allowed me fo view che
dim during fhe developing process hy
holding thee bottle up to Che sunlight.
The fixing GOO. was conveniently per-
formed in wlde-mouthed bottle. The
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
MOtorman Also Had a Gun.

Richmond, Special.-An unknown
man held up a Chestnut Hill ear and
attempted TO force Conductor c. r.
Salmon TO give mp his money at the
point of a pistol. He was driven of,
however, by Motorman Crymes, who
began firing at him. This is the sec
ond car to be held up this week. The
first was successful, a conductor be-
ing robbed OF SIS.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
Don't Want Negro Redmen

Nashville. Specialize Tuesdays
session OF Great Council Of Improved
Order or Red Men OF West Virginia. a
delegation offered n resolution protest
ing against the organization OF negro
tribes OF Red Men and and requesting
righted.
The California delegation introduced
a resolution commencing President
Roosevelt for the part he took in bring
ing about peace between Japan and
Russia
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Richmond. Special.-C. III. Cutten-
den. the man who attempted to Kin
his wife because of jealousy, was held
I'M ~ 900 bail for trial He fired
twice at her with a shotgun, but she
was not injured. Commonwealth 5 At
torney Richardson said that the
youn woman. who Is extremely
pretty, had been a faithful wife 20
Crttenden and he viii prosecute HIM
vigorously for his attempt to kill her.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Washington. Special L. Lewis.
United States district attorney for the
eastern district Of Virginia. has ten
dered his resignation 10 the Depart
ment Of Justice and it has been ac-
cepted. Robert II. Talley. OF Norfolk,
has been appointed to the vacancy.
Mr.. Lewis is the present candidate on
the Republican ticket for Governor OF
Virginia
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Tn blowing de.L many persons
make the mistake OF blowing round
and round DO m the same old way,
year after year. until on an sides or
the neld there forms a ridge or high
bank near Tire fence The proper way
IS 10 plow "a held with back furrow.
one side at time aud an around the
held. Country Life in America.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
Two Good Swimmers Drown.

Tampa. Fla. Special--A Tribune
special from Fort Myers. Fla. says p.
J. McNally and NJ Douglass. white resi-
dents of Fort Denaud. were drowned
while crossing the Caloosatchi river.
Their boat capsized in midstream and
although both men were good swim
mers they could not reach the shore.
Their bodies have been recovered.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

The English langna ge. according 20 y
Gcrnan statisticlan who has made a
study OF the comparative wealth az
languages. heads the Est with the
enormous Vocabulary Of 10000 words.
German comes next wlta $4,000. Ital-
ian with -5.o0o, French with $4,000.
Turkish with e2.s0o aua Spanish With
~. philadelphia Ledger
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
A DimcaIt Position-

Two Irishmen were crossing a bog
when one OF them fell into mudhole.
His companion. running TO q nearby
farmhouse. asked the loan OF a spade.
What 20 yOu want il forF asked
the farmer.
want "a dig him out" was the an
sv~er
How far in IS be sunk:" questioned
the farmer.
ZIP 60 his ankles"
Then he can walk out easy
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
ADMIRAL IOGO'S SHIP BLOWN Up
Nearly Six Hundred Killed and All Japan Now
I'm Deepest Gloom
THE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD

In Lasebo Earbor Sunday Night, the
japanese Navy Department, An
nounces. the Battleship Mikasa Was
Destroyed by Fire Starting at the
Base Of the Mainmast and Subse-
luent Explosion OF the Magazine.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

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psoeld sen souvf az . lsuSnV lqsIu
6gpunS lsel .xlLeq5nQQ s8Wsf % 19p
-lnm 5Ql ElIA Gllq 51lz1sgs lug1zsA =
no saucr ugUloIled AZ SooIo.o 0S,I ~
uoouIsl5s kepssOL pslse1zs sSA ssuxsr
Il pGoId-IUi0eds D X alHAsqsv
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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Toxic. by Cable-The Navy Depart
ment announces that the battleship
Mikasa has been destroyed b. fire and
the explosion OF her magazine. causing
the loss Of 500 lives. including men OF
other ships who went TO the rescue.
The FIRE started from an unknown
cause az midnight Sunday night. Sep
TENDER 80. Before the officers could Doe
rescued the FIRE reached the art maya
zine. which exploded. blowing a hole i'm
the port side of the vessel below the
water line end causing the ship to
sink.
An Investigation is now being held
to determine the cause OF tho fire.
TOGO NOT OF BOARD.
Admiral TOGO was not on board the
NIikasa when the disaster 90 the battle
ship occurred.
The disaster Co the battlesh-p has
cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa
was Togos fogship and was endeared
10 the hears of ,he people.
The ship was az anchor in Sase1o
harbor when the fire started az the
base OF the mainmast az midnight. TO
spraed with great rapidity. expiodine
the after magazine an hour after The
ire had been discovered. The Mikasa
sank in shallow water. and 80 Is Dee
1ievel that tho shin can De repaired
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

~Begorr2 he can't exclaimed Pat
Hes In wrong end uD-~-Harper'
Weekly.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16

Norfolk. Va. Special THE steamer
AragOn. lumber laden from George
town. s c.. 20 New York via Norfolk.
which stranded two miles south %
False Cape. on the Virginia coast. The
Aragon aud the lumoev-laden barge
Saxon. which went ashore with the
steamer bat was subsequently, toated.
arrived here this afternoon apparently
ullnIlrel
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-09-16
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
Disturbances Eiscinctiye and Severe
in Paris Of Italy
80 REPORTED DEAD IN TEE soUTB

Shock Before Daylight Is Said 20
Have Completely Destroyed Is VII
lagos and Wrought Widespread Loss
Of Life and Property IN the South
ern Extremity OF the Peninsula
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16
Lonu Search Well Rewarded.

The romantic story of how the DR..
Arnold Pam, one of the foremost law.
yers of Vienna, laid the foundation
for his wealth is related in the news
papers of that city. About a quar-
ter Of a century ago local jeweler
named OFT died, leaving a fortune Of
100000 forms. He was bachelor.
and he left no will. nor were the
courts able to find out the name or
whereabouts Of any Of his relatives.
Arnold Pam devoted himself to the
task of finding them. For months he
followed clews in Austria and Ger
many and was finally rewarded by
finding not one or two relatives but
thirty. The money was handed out
to him to be equally divided among
the claimants, while he himself re-
ceived 100000 forms, a record fee.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16
The WAY In.

Mr. Stingiman's antiquated steed is,
to put it mildly, somewhat attenu-
ated. AS if to make up for the thin
ness of its body however Nature has
given the animal a head many sizes
too large.
OF course people talk about that
horse, and Mr. Stingiman doesn't like
it. The other week, for example, he
had gone to the expense of a new col
lar for the brute.
Ten minutes after delivery he was
back at the saddler's with the collar.
you blunderers!" be observed in
the polite way characteristic of him.
you've made It too small. | can't get
1t over his head"
cover his head?" calculated the
saddler. Man, it wasn't made to go
over his head Back him into it,"
And Mr., Stingiman was quite rude.
London Answers,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16
To the New Baby.

Little kicking cuddling thing.
You don't cry-you only sing!
Blinking eyes and stubby nose,
Mouth that mocks the budding rose.
Down for hair, peach blows for hands
Ah-h-h-h! OF all the baby grands"
Anyone could wish to see
You're the finest one for me!
Skin as soft as velvet is;
God (when you were only his)
Touched you on the cheek and chin
Where he touched are dimples in.
Creases on your wrists, as though
Strings were fastened round them so
We could tie you tight and keep
You from leaving while we sleep
Once I tried to look at you
From strangers point of view;
You were red and wrinlSled then
/ just loved, and looked again;
What / saw was not the same;
In my eyes the blessed flame
OF a fathers love consumed
Faults to strangers eyes illumed.
Little squrming. cuddllng thing!
Ere you shed each angel wing,
Did they tell you you were sent
With a cargo of content
To home down here below
Where they hungered for you so?
DO you know, you flawless pearl
How we love our baby girl?
Baltimore American.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16
De Brazza a STRANGE Personality.

Count De Brazza, the explorer. who
was sent to Africa by the French gov
eminent to reform administration
abuses, and who lost his life there.
had an odd-looking personality. A
Paris correspondent says: He had
the strangest physiognomy l can re.
member ever to have seen, and the
most serpentine form-tall, 1.-the, ex-
tremely thin. The profile was as the
skeleton of an eagle, but the nose very
long. The black eyes had | know not
what that struck me as Hungarian and
ophldian. The jet-black hair was cut
close enough to resemble skull cap.
The complexion had the color of a not
very fresh lemon under black gauze.
The eye was evasive and one could
not conceive him as ever having
laughed"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16
VIII Have No nsunken Crave

Harve Durand, wealthy pioneer
resident of Fond du Lac, Wis, has fin.
ished constructing his own grave as
we'll as that for his wife. He is not
superstitious and has had no Fremont
ton that the end is near, but he has
a horror of what he terms "sunken
graves" BY building a brick vault
several feet beneath the surface of
the ground and placing heavy slab
of stone across the top, Mr.. Durand
believes that the graves will not
sink, as the earth can be tamped ever
the slab after the caskets have been
deposited in the vault. Mr.. Durand
erected a large granite monument
bearing the names of himself and
wife in the family lot at Rienzi ceme-
terry some time ago.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16

The receipts from the passage were
about $149,4S0, leaving profit for
the line of $93,9S0.
There are $40 souls in her crew.
The wages in the engineering depart
ment for one trip would be about $9,-
900, victuallng department $4,000,
wear and tear $3,75O, sailing depart
ment $2,700, pilotage in New York
harbor $19776, pilotage in Hamburg,
Dover and Cherbourg waters $3.50;
tugs at $40 an hour for berthing,
stevedoring, custom house, 'longshore-
men, Marconi wireless telegraph and
miscellaneous $12,252.36, and expenses
CT restaurant $4,000; total, $55 ,500.12,
leaving balance of $93,96S, equal to
interest on the cost of the ship 3d.
100000, at the rate of between Clio
and 2 ITO per cent.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-16

as he handed her to u seat with the
words he tore of his own mask.
She gazed for an instant into his
clean-cut, high-bred face and with a
graceful motion removed her own
mask.
The two gazed searchingly at each
other for longer than strict propriety
would allow. He saw the most beau.
tiful woman he ever had looked upon,
with the white complexion. the lus.
trous eyes, the long lashes, the full
red lips, the rich coloring and con-
trasts of the daughter of the South.
She saw the strong features, the fash
ing blue eye. the clear complexion
the blonde hair of the trNe northern
gentleman.
A flush suffused her features. In
an instant his mind was made, as
decisively as in any business deal.
He threw discretion to the winds.
81 know not who you are, but
would fain have leave to pay you
my addresses-yea, yet further,
who have known you but few mo-
ments now and here declare my love.
am no knave or fool, my name is"
mo, no; | refuse to hear it," she
said, rising and interrupting him, "for
cannot make my identity known,
nor will 1t be of any use to follow me.
| thank you and respect you for your
ardor and your frankness. | know
that you are a gentleman and knew it
when | accosted you. may say that
am not unworthy of your avowal
in any way. 1t pleased my fancy
to see if | could inspire just such an
avowal as you have made. | have
had my emotion, you have had yours.
Good-by."
And before he could speak or move
she had vanished through the door.
He pursued furiously and arrived at
the outer entrance just in time to see
her jump breathlessly into an await.
ing carriage, well attended by driver
and footman in livery, and be driven
rapidly away.
That was the end of the episode,
but many times as Charles Livingston
sits in his well-appointed home,
watching his brown-haired wife and
tow-headed children at work or play,
his mind turns back and he muses.
wonderingly.