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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
IN APPROPRIATE ATTIRE.
~Cassandra's Gown Was Somewhat
Gay, but 1t Wasn't a First
Funeral.

Mrs. Lang, busy at her desk, became
aware Of the swishing of silken skirts
along the corridor without, followed by
a light tap on the casing Of the open
door. She looked up to see her colored
maid, Almena, smiling coyly on tho
threshold, relates Youths Companion.
AS she met her mistress eye she re-
volved slowly on her high heels as on
a pivot, to allow her costume to be in
spected. 1t was Of black silk with a
pattern of purple pansies-rather large
panies the conspicuousness Of which.
in fact, had fastened it's bestowal upon
Almena-and the effect of them was
now EXCHANGED by the addition of a
deep girdle of purple velvet, numerous
bands and bows of purple ribbon, and
q large hat made of purple violets.
Every becoming" said Mrs. Lang,
approvingly, land very festive. 1t
made owe capitally, and it fits you like
a glove. Are you going to a party
Almena?"
NOM" said Almena, brightly.
pleased with the compliment. 'Ain'
goin' to no party dis time: jes' a
funeral. Cassandra Jones done los
her husban.'
"a funeral-Cassandra Jones!" ex-
claimed Mrs. Lang. why, I thought
Cassandra lost her husband over a
year ago."
"Yas'm; but she done los him agin.
Pore Classy ain never had no luck.
Fuss it's pip git her chickens, an mex
her Turkeys lost 'emselves jes' about
Thanksgivin' time, an now eff faint
a husban' agin! 1t sho' is hard on
Classy"
1T surely is" agreed Mrs. Lang;
and she added, cautiously, Don't You
think perhaps she would understand
better how much sympathy you feel
for her tiff your dress-if YOU
changed to something a little quieter?
Truly, Almena. that new gown does
seem rather gay for a funeral"
Almena stiffened and looked Of
Tended; then, with an air of patient
oondescension to an obtuse intellect.
she explained.
"Taint like twas a fus' funeral for
her fus' husban'. Mis- Lang" she said,
with dignity. oven 'Phonso died !
went in plain black; yas'm. plain
est kind o. black. and o crepe veil
borried from a wilder. But faint de
same bout Lucius, dom you see. Mis-
Lang? Lucius, hes ins' Cassy's Sec
ond husban'-an' purple an black bein'
second mourning, dis we're gown come
in right handy to celebrate de obse-
uuious occasion"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04

lips. For the moment I forgot king
and cardinal, prison and the future,
all-ali except that this woman, so
pure and so beautiful, so far above
me in all things, loved me. For the
moment, | say. Then l remembered
myself. / stood up and thrust her
from me in a sudden revulsion Of
feeling. you do not know me-" l
said. "You do not know me. You do
not know what l have done"
THAT is what I do know" she an
swered. looking at me with a wondrous
smile.
"Ah, but you do not" l cried. "And
besides. there is this-this between
u.s." And l picked up the cardinals
letter. 1t had fallen on the floor.
She turned a shade paler. Then she
said. open it! Open it! 1t is not
sealed, nor closed"
I obeyed mechanically, dreading
what I might see. Even when l had
it open l looked at the finely scrawled
characters with eyes askance. But at
last l made 1t out. 1t ran thus
1.-THE kings pleasure is, that M. ie
Berault, having mixed himself UP with
affairs of state, retire forthwith to the
manor of Cocheforet and confine himself
within its limits, until the kings pleas
ure be further known.
RICHELIEU."
On the next day we were married.
The same evening we left Paris and
retraced, in her company, the road
which I had twice traversed alone and
in heaviness.
A fortnight later we were at Coche-
foret, in the brown woods under the
southern mountains; and the great
cardinal, once more triumphant over
his enemies, saw, with cold, smiling
eyes, the world pass through his cham
Der. The iood-tide, which then set in,
lasted 13 years; in brief, until his
death. For the world had learned its
lessen and was not to be deceived a
second time. To this hour they call
that day, which saw me stand for all
his friends. "The day Of Dupes."
THE ENID
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Revival at Sullivan.

Sullivan-Rev. Charles Reign SEQ.
Vile. a noted r~evivalist, is holding a
meeting here. A tabernacle 75x100
feet mas been erected, with a seating
capacity Of 1000. Every evening all
available space has been occupied, and
q number Of times crowds collected on
the outside. People com a distance
of 60 and rs miles to hear him, many
remaining in the city to attend the
services. Two hundred were added to
the church in Ave nights.
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Shaved While He Slept.

my first day in India" said the
tourist, II was surprised when I awoke
in the morning to feel how smooth my
face was.
by Jove.' 7 said, how slowly my
beard grew yesterday. hardly need
to shave to-day
1T is, however a matter of religion
with me to shave every morning, and
so I babe the native servant, a man
provided by my host, to fetch my shaw
ing things. The native smiled.
f" But yor are already shaved, SIR
he said.
Already shavcd?' said I.
+" Yes SIR he answered. I shaved
you while you slept. That is the GUS
tom here
Il found that he vas right. I found
that in India these wonderful native
servants shave their masters in bed
every morning with out waking them.
"All through my stay in India I was
shaved like that. It was almost enough
to keep me in that hot and horrid
country forever."--Louisvil Courier
Journal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04

IF I had me wa-ay," said Policeman
Barney Flynn, with conviction, livery
wan iv tn polls magistrates iv tn
city w'u'd be out carryin' a locust FIR
to PREPARE thin FIR their juties on
tn binch."
Locust" being a technical name for
a policeman's club, the full import OF
this remark must be readily apparent,
and Policeman Flynn had good reason
for making it. His beat at the time
lay in a district where there was a
most troublesome gang of hoodiums.
Among them were some who had
passed from what may be termed
"hoodlumism" to actual crime, al
though of a somewhat petty nature.
Just on the verge of manhood-possi-
bly, about Is years of age-they lived
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
AUeues Bad Bookkeepjnu,

Kansas City-An investigation a.
the Kansas City post office, which has
been in progress for the past two
weeks by nine inspectors sent here
from Washington, has brought to
light a shortage of $2,759.77 in the ac-
counts of an employee. The shortage
has been made good by Postmaster
Harris. The discrepancy arose, he
says, from bad bookkeeping.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Minister'S Wedding a Surprise.

Cameron-Tne marriage of Rev. Ed
ward Wallace Waite to his organist,
Miss Nellie Grant, first became known
through a st. Louis paper, and caused
no little surprise. Mrs, Waite is the
daughter of J.. w. Grant, a travelling
salesman of this city. Rev. Mr.. Waite's
first wife had been an invalid 20 years,
and died about two months ago.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Recluse Dies From Lockiaw.

Cape Girardeau-Pat Scott, 70, a
recluse, died at a hospital. His death
was caused by lockjaw. He was an
inveterate morphine user, and filthy
needles, used to inject the opriate, are
believed to have started the tetanus.
Scott was a wartime merchant Of st.
Louis, and later a contractor on the
Iron Mountain railway when built. He
lived in a hut on the banks of the Mis-
sissippi.
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What Springfield Normal Wants.

Springfeld-The net general assem-.
bly, will be asked to appropriate not
less than $500, 900 for the erection and
equipment of buildings for the new
state normal school located here by the
last legislature.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Repented of Her Act.

St. Louis-Because her husband
compared her with other women, Mrs.
Mary Sommers, %, drank carbolic
acid, and screamed for help. Sent to
the hospital.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Gets cincinnati,s Prettiest Girl.

Cincinnati, O.-Miss Nan Pullen,
daughter of Richard PulIen, said to
be the prettiest girl in Cincinnati, is
engaged to George B. Longstreet, st.
Louis.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Storinu Ozark AppIes,

Springfeld-Sixty thousand barrels
Of Ozark apples will be stored at
Springfield, to be held until prices I'D.
vance. Another train load will be
shipped to Europe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
An Indication.

St. Louis-Statistics furnished by
Secretary Morgan Of the Merchants
exchange, indicate next years rail
road tonnage will be enormous.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Heir to Vast German Estate.

Kirkwood-Leo e. Hintzelmann, a
Kirkwood grocer, it is reported, be-
comes heir to vast German estate on
death OF uncle
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Died on Her Wedding Anniversary

st. Louis-Mrs. Eta Anderson Luc-
cock, wife Of Rev. Nathaniel Luccock.
died on the nineteenth anniversary of
their wedding. Bishop Fitzgerald
preached the funeral sermon.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Blind Veteran Dies From Falls.

Cape Characterization falling into a
cistern twice in as many days. Henry
Koch, a wealthy brick manufacturer
of this city, died of the shock. A vet
eral of the civil war, he became blind
a month ago..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
No Stock in "unwritten Law"

St. Louis-The grand jury has re-
turned two indictments against Pa.
trolman Mcnamara, VINO killed his wife
and paramour.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Expert Testimony.

Tom-We read a good deal about
proposing in the moonlight" but I
don't believe it's the usual way, do
YOU?
Dick-No. always propose In the
dark.-Detroit Free Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Major General Of Confederate
Grand Lodge Of Masons,

Kansas City-The Masonic grand
lodge of Missouri held a three days
session here, and concluded with in,
stallation OF n~ewly-elected officers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04

How can we expect that a lock type
canal Will be on the level under re
publican management.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04

Pacifc-"Aunt' Nancy Lane, col
ored, died here, nearly 100 years old.
Although unable to read, she could
quote Scripture by the hour.
Major General Of Confederate Vets.
Joplin-At the annual reunion OF
the Missouri United Confederate Vet
Grams, held here. John r. Stone, Kan
sas City, was elected major general.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Found Dead on Track,

Springheld--The body Of an uniden-
titled man, badly mutilated, was found
on the Frisco tracks near Burnham,
six miles south of Willow Springs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
) 5 Secured $500.

Center-The Farmers and Mer-
chants bank of this city was burglar
lied at night. The officials claim that
I'll the robbers secured was about $500.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-10-04
Traces Of Oil and Gas.

Valley Park-Traces OF both oil and
gas have been found In a well at Ran.
kin. III miles west OF this place. The
well Is | A0a feet deep.
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Facts About Alaska.

Alaska is an interesting region. In
area she is twice as large as Texas.
with California thrown in. but her
resident white population numbers
only about 10000. though in summer
whites. In fur. fish and minerals she
is rich. Since her annexation she has
furnished s50,000.0 900 OF furs. $60.000.-
900 of fish and $4,000. 900 OF minerals.
chiefly gold and silver. Her output
OF gold. which was 100000 in 1904.
was Sl6.o0o.000 In 1905. and will be
fully s26.oO0.00o in 1906.-Lesiie's
Weekly
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sALLoW FACES
often Caused by Coffee Drinking.

How many persons realize that cof-
duces muddy. yellow complexion?
A ten days trial of Postum Food
Coffee has proven means. In thou
sands of cases. Of clearing up bad
compilations.
A washn. young lady tells her expe-
rience:
"All of us-father. mother. sister
and brother-had used tea and coffee
for many years until finally we all
had stomach troubles more or less.
1--WE were all sallow and troubled
with plmples. breath bad, disagree
able taste In the mouth. and all Of us
simply so many bundles Of nerves.
1--WE didn't realize that coffee was
the cause of the trouble until one day
We ran out of coffee and went to bor-
row some from neighbor. She gave
us some Postum and told NJ to try
that.
although we started to make It..
We all felt sure We would be sick IL
we missed our strone coffee. but ve
were forced Ia try Postum and were
surprised to flnd Il delicious.
1--WE read the statements on the
pkg, got more and In . month and =
half you wouldn't have known -.
We were all able 70 digest our fooA
without any trouble. each ones skiA
became clear. tongues cleaned ~ ~
nerves IN me condition. We 1oVoe
uso anything now bat roGtun 1heeo
q nothing hke Il. Mare o3voo ~
luGtuA O. Hattlo Ceoe1r lg9G4,
Raad ths utxlo b6o1; sIAo oo68 ~
wsllstnA. sAeesb : s1ae : 4
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nciousness and viciousness beh,nd
.nem. Any one Of the nine across IN.
throat would have caused death Ths
A s,ao wounds In the back Indicated
not .he work of burglar but the
red. ~ hao'
me detectives doubted that n wo.
man could lie In faint for five hours
ana then be so cool and unexcited a,
MIS- Myers was when discovered
AFTER examining the premises careful.
iy the detectives held a conference In
the woodshed and agreed that Mrs.
myers herself was the murdercss. The
detectives examined her hands close.
~ ana found dried blood beneath her
ilnger nails and around the edges ,f
them. They found that during the
hight q lire had been kindled in the
parlor stove and that woman,s
nishtgown had been partially burned
there. The sleeves. which were
soaked In blood. remained unburned
In the stove. Upon window sill in
the Kitchen, hidden behind the cur.
tain and wrapped in cloth, was
found pair of scissors. Their points
lifted exactly into the stab wounds in
the dead mans back In lsireau
drawer. with the shaving material of
the dead man. was found the blood.
smeared razor with which his throat
had been cut. The detectives search.
ed further. They even took off the
backs OF pictures hanging upon the
wall. They pulled out an organ, un.
screwed the back of II and found
tucked away In an obscure corner, the
1ewelry and money which Mrs. Myers
said the negroes had stolen from her.
Beneath n pile of blankets III a
closet was found black felt hat
which had been literally soaked in
blood. An effort had been made to
wash II before II was put beneath the
blankets, but there was blood in
plenty upon II. With the hat was n
shirt, the sleeves of which were
bloody. and a pair of bloody cufrs.
When confronted with these things
Mrs. Myers merely smiled and stuck
to her first story about the negroes.
She was not arrested. but was watch.
cd closely by the detectives.
For month the murder was a rnys.
terry. Mrs. Myers stuck to her first
story. The police believed that there
was man somewhere. lover of
hers. who had helped in the murder.
but there was not the slightest clew
to show where he was.
Hat Gives the Clue.
Then one day. as detective was
examining the mans bloody hat found
In the closet. he saw inside the crown
n label with name upon 1t, but 1t
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TO DIVIDE ATLANTIC FLEET.
Several Cruisers viii Be Taken to
Asiatic Station After Maneuvers.

washington.-When the maneuvers
of the Atlantic fleet are completed
this formidable array of sea fighters
is to be dispersed. Rear Admiral
Brownson will take some OF the best
armored cruisers to the Asiatic sta
ton, and the other ships will be sent
to places along the coast, the princi.
nal rendezvous of most OF them to be
at Hampton Roads.
Admiral Brownson will pay no duty
calls on his voyage. and 1t Is not con-
templated that he will return the WIS.,
its of either the English or French
squadrons.
1t is pointed out that Prince Louis
of Battenburg. who recently visited
the United States with an English
squadron. was returning call made
by an American squadron under COM
mand of Rear Admiral Cotton. and
that It is not the custom OF navies to
rush back to return friendly visit OF
A foreign power, but that such court
estes require due deliberation and for
mai methods.
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Another DID a, Powers.

A few days ago Gov. Cobb. OF
Maine. and Hon. W. r. Pattangall.
prominent in politics in the same
state. were together on train. Mr..
Pattangall is lawyer and an editor.
the writer OF the humorous "Meddy.
bemps Letters" appearing in his pa.
per. the Machias Union.
In the course Of conversation. Gov.
Cobb remarked to Mr.. Pattangall: IL
don't see why you and Llwellyn Pow.
ers should be SO extremely antag.
onistic to each other. Neither Of you
ever fails to give the other q rap
when there is opportunity"
At this point an interested listener
in the car leaned toward their chairs
and asked: rs 1t really true that ex-
Gov. Powers is of Indian descent?"
well. the Indians deny it." Mr..
Pattangall answered. In his inimitable
manner
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RANGE CASE oF ACClE MYERS; -=::z'----~
STORY OF A WIFE'S AWFUL. CRIME

.,.,s city. Mo.-'Ts Mrs. Agnes
10 be the first woman hanged
m.sourl. or will Gov. Folk COM
her sentence OF death to one
Its imprisonment?"
ssse questions are being asked by
n everyone In Missouri. Mrs.
!. was sentenced to be hanged
% The supreme court had re-
i her a new trial. But the gov
n granted her q respite until
tember 3.
n Myers was convicted Of the
Ider Of her husband. Clarence My.
Her motive was that she might
tree to marry Frank Hoffman.
tman held the husband while the
kless wife cut nine great gashes
\, throat, face and chest with his
razor.
ke supreme court 1t passing upon
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N.ver Wore Underwear.

Altoona, Pa.-William D. Fouss. OF
Drab. Blair county, who II 81 years
old never wore stockings until three
years ago. He has never worn under.
wear. gloves or mittens. never used
tobacco in any form, and never was
sick 4 day in his life. He performs
All the labor on his 40-acre farm. and
never stops for rain. beinG frequently
1000 TO the sltn. eunmer anA :tan.
~. regardless Of bucw. rain or shine.
~ hafhee his feet N - lncnee Of
vater a 1 s.apr1nS thost dleeance
fssa a. 80 snses IT. 4 : -
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case pronounced 1t the most afro.
3 murder ever committed within
state
bank Hoffman was sentenced to
banged the same day as Mrs. My
June 80. The governors respite
tnded TO him also. and II neither
spite nor n Communication is grant
September 3 the guilty wife and
paramour will both be hanged on
same day and hour.
History Of the Murder.
Pc murder of Clarence Myers was
most cruel deed ever done In this
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ALICE WILL TRY TO RETAIN RANK.

According to Dame Gossip the coming winter
VIII see changes In the timebound etiquette of
social life in the capital that will consterna
ton among the old-timers. 1t seems that Mrs
Alice Longworth has already declared herself
and her social campaign as matron Is already
mapped out Needless to say. absolute independ-
ence characterizes her attitude. One fruit of her
trip abroad is her newborn conviction that a
married woman should retain her rank as her
fathers daughter and not fall to her husbands
level
AS the case stands. Mrs Longworth is
one OF throng. n mere ant in the social hill. and
she ranks not as the daughter OF the head OF the
nation but as the wife of minor representative
1T congress. She must be subservient to tradi-
tion, and her duties are mapped out by social
laws rigid as those Of the Meles and PersinnR.
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Pe-ru.na Restores Strength.
switzerIand's SIX Production.

Few people PROBABLY suspect the
extent to which Switzerland figures
among the silk-producing countries Of
tho world. which. SO far as Europe II
concerned. have always been supposed
to be France and Italy. But Switzer.
land exports annually silk to the value
of about s2o.00o.oO0. nearly all going
to European countries.
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NEW DEPOT NEARING COMPLETION.

The union station. which when COM
pleted will be the finest In the country, is fast
nearing completion. The engineers in charge of
the extensive operations have attacked the diff
cult problems that confronted them from three
different points. and are working on the terminal
depot the north approach and the south approach
at the same time The extensive tunneling bridg
ing and filling necessary for the approaches Is
well under way. The concrete foundations for
the building which are about As feet deep. have
been placed and the material for filling in be-
tween them has been delivered. The granite and
brick work OF the east end OF the building Is al
most finished.
The amount of material and the extensive eN-
cavation necessary In the work of construction is
extraordinary The filling within the limits of
a, nj ,,ia -
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fill the and
will all
mound $50 high
coach
deposited hill
be as a
To
cubic yards MONTH
of deposit would require about oo4o trains
distance of 900 miles
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OF Mrs. Fairbanks wife president
embassy the ball arons and she attained sort of in her
earl of the
small succeeded
The Ordway new era., 1906-08-24
PRINTING OFFICE OFFICIAL ousreo.

The man who was the fmmedtate chuse Oh the
issuance by the president of the order declaring
where workmen are employed by the government
to be open shops" has been discharged from the
public service. He is W. A. Miller. and for the
past six years has been assistant foreman OF the
bindery in the government printery.
While the charge against Miller was insol.
ence and insubordination It is generally believed
that he was ousted through the Efforts OF the
labor organization which he defed.
Miller first came into public notice In 1908
when the employees Of the printing ONCE demand
ed his discharge for alleged arrogance In conduct.
but primarily because he had abandoned mem
bership In the bookbnders' union. Miller was
euspended at the time, but the president directed
that he be rsinstated. and subsequently ordered
he printing ONCE, but all departments whore work
y "open shopD." ~
fhas he had turned out ei.so00oo worth Of work
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There died at the Georgetown University hos.
pital the other day man who for some time has
enjoyed unique distinction. This man VII.
liam Il. Padgett and the last day for many
months. up to the time OF his fatal Illness. he was
n regular caller ut the White House with the war
rant for the presidents salary. Padgett an
employc of the treasurers Office.
President Roosevelt gets his salary the last
day OF each month In the shape OF n check.
The presidents salary OF $4,000 u year is
divided into eight checks of Si.i66.6T each and
four checks oil si.lGG66 each. Two months out
OF every three the president gets check for .he
larger sum and the other month he gets one cent
less on his check.
This has been the custom for many years and
4 mistake was never made but once. That va,
fhp mi InIc
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IL ~ ner. She struggled with him
.nen tainted. and did not re-
~usciousness until nve hours
s,o. when It was daylight.
ks,,,n nyers said that Z small box
lns her 3swelry and Z purse
y Ms Is. money IN y had bsen u
ssssy erandsd = Nveals.
q ne very eF1t ~ dpeeettves
oelieve = ~ 6ebsJ, Ihey
4 nserpeu u 5 Giziejy y
'als y - 4: ! I -