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The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-16
Misses Mo||ie Livingston and
 Minnie Garter are the Winners Log Cabin Democrats Successful Piano Voting Contest Ended Last Nght-Big Vote Cast in District
 No. Yesterday.

Log Cabin voting contest ill which $375 offered the two ladies receiving the highest number each district closed last night and the final count by showed that Miss Moe Livingston of this city prize in District Mo- and Miss Minnie Carter of Pickles Gap the successful contestant in District No. D. The withdrawal of Miss Eve Shaw in District Mo- practi decided that in favor of Miss Moe Livingston days but the race in District Mo- between Miss Mary Reeves Minnie Carter has been cos and the have expressed confidence that the final would show their favorite to be in tue lead Paris cashier of the Bank of Conway V D.. Hill cashier of the Faulkner County Bank and A. J. Witt selected committee to the vote They took charge ballots immediately upon the close of the test.
 The official report committee which made in about an hour after the contest closed, is as follows:
 District No. I find that Miss Molle Livingston leads and wins the contest.
 s'In District No. find that Miss Minnie Carter leads with So62 and Miss Mary N Reeves is second with vote 72672 therefore declare Miss Minnie Carter winner by plurality of 1o,39o.
 he foregoing statement is the best of knowl edge and belief
 (Signed) "A. J. WITT, JR.,
 "FRANK HARRIS,
 "V. D. HILL,
 "Judges." According to the official by the judges, the voe cludng who had withdrawn from the contest follows District No.
 Miss Molie Livingston S2,395 Miss Woods Livingston n.. - I5,4o5
 District Mo-
 Miss Minnie Carter, Conway Route ~~~-~~~-~~ S3o62 Miss Mary N Reeves, Conway, Route 2 72o72 Miss Ida Hogan, Route B Conway 5675 Blackwell 5o65 Mrs Sarah l.. Zellne Conway, Miss Hattie Gibbon 2oo Vilona Miss Margaret Thomas Greenbrier, R. Miss Oma Keathley, Enoa OPS
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-16

the work will at least require two days time, so come prepared to stay and to work.
 Fraternally,
 R. K. WILKINSON, Pres, Beryl, December IS.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-16
Mother of Mrs. Canada Dead.

Mrs. Martha A. Coleman, mother of Mrs. M. C. Canada of this city, died Monday at Bernice, La, at the age of S6 years. The funeral was had yesterday at Cabot, Ark.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-16
Two Cars of Oranges.

Two cars of oranges were re- ceived in this city yesterday for the holiday trade.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-16

Cotton IS selling at sc today. Price of seed, SI4. co per ton.
 Up to noon today 3S22 bales have been shipped from Conway.
 Number received since last re- port, 775.
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-12-16
WEATHER FORECAST.

New Orleans, Dec. I6.-Fore- cast to 8 p. m. tomorrow: To. night and Thursday, unsettled weather.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
CLUB SMOKER
FOR WOMEN

Wives, sweethearts and big sis
ters who experience curiosity as to
what men find attractive in S. A. A.
c. smokers will have a chance to
learn all about it tomorrow even
ing If they want to attend one.
The club has arranged a smoker"
free to members of the club ana
their friends, with a musical pro-
gram in the parlors especially for
the ladies', The music begins at
8:15 and the athletic numbers at 8.
The smoker has been arranged
with especial reference to the COM
fort and entertainment of the
ladies'. and they will not be ex-
pected to smoke. At the same
time no restrictions are announced
in case they express any disposi-
ton to sample the clubs cob pipes.
The gymnasium program will fur
nish the features of genuine
smoker, two boxing bouts being
listed, but the gore probably won't
flow fast enough to brighten the
fair sex. They will also see sew
eral wrestling bouts, with aero
batic and bar work and diving and
swimming matches. Referee, an.
nouncer and time keepers will be
in the ring, just the same as when
the men are there alone for long
evening Of athletic fun.
One of the objects of the affair Is
to convince suspicious wives that
a club smoker is legitimate ex-
cuse for being out late
And there is no little curiosity to
see how many women will appear
at a function garnished with all
the earmarks of fighting and
wrestling match.
Theh following we'll known wom-
en- are announced as patronnesses
of the occasion: Mesdames H. 8.
Burdick, w. A. Corey, J. C. Cum
bingham, F. F. Emery, c. M. Fas-
sett, M. G.. Martindale, R. D. Miller
and J. A. Schiller.
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BANKER TISDELLE.

to prospective investors about
them on the gold-yellow paper Of
his bank. Among his "prospects"
was "the mystic Isle of Padre" off
the Texas coast.
Selling the Isle of Padre is re-
garded by the sophisticated Texan
pretty much as selling the Masonic
temple to the hayseed who ranges
into Chicago.
The reef Is 20 miles long by
three miles wide. II Is extremely
rich in poor quality of sand. When
Tisdelle's bank failed for SCI 900.
he said he bought the island to
satisfy the pleadings Of a beautiful
real estate dealer of the gentler
sex. He claims 100000 interest
in the island.
The formal charge against Tis-
dele is that of receiving deposits
after he knew his little bank was
insolvent.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
THIS BIG FARM MAKES STURDY
MEN OUT OF LITTLE CITY WAITS

special Correspondence to The Press
RUTHERFORD, CAL, Feb. "a
One Of the most amazing and sue
cessful sociological institutions in
the country is the Boys Agricul-
tural farms here. 1t was not start
ed nor is It regarded as a sociologi.
cal undertaking, but as a charitable
enterprise. Yet from sociological
viewpoint this wonderful farm
community is a thousand years
ahead of Henry Georges junior re-
public or Upton fSinclair's Helicon
hall, since 1t Is not only self-sup-
porting, but practical and useful to
the world at large.
This boys farm is the only large
farm in the world run entirely by
boys All the work on this farm,
which comprises about 100 acres,
is performed by boys whose ages
range from to 10 years. Besides
several teachers who have nothing
to do with the farm work, there Is
only one grown man on the place.
The boys cut cordwood, care for a
dairy herd of over 100 cows, make
large quantities OF butter which
brings the highest market price,
attend to large garden which
produces all the vegetables they
consume. plant and harvest hay
and grain, raise beef cattle, hogs,
turkeys. geese, ducks and chick
ems; care for the horses on the
place; keep everything in ship
shape order and have time to help
out neighboring ranchers in gath
ering their fruit. Better than all,
these boys, who are orphans and
city waits, and most of whom had
never seen a stretch of green grass
larger than city park, run the
farm at a profit. Yet the in
stitution was established with no
hope Of other returns than Of max
ing good. healthy and useful boys
from homeless city waits.
The work Is not compulsory, and
each boy is permitted to select the
line which most appeals to him,
provided that his strength is equal
to the task. The day is divided
into three periods-study time,
play time and farm work time. Sew
eral teachers instruct the boys in
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24

mia grew up at Rutherford.
Theh farm accommodates go
boys, and there are always many
on the waiting list. The success
of the farm has encouraged Father
D. o. Crowley, of San Francisco,
to begin a campaign for money to
provide accommodations for more
boys. He believes that similar
farms should be established
throughout the United States IN
connection with city asylums and
retreats for homeless or neglected
boys. The Rutherford farm is run
in connection with the Youths Di-
rectory Of San Francisco, of which
Father Crowley is the manager.
The boys get all the wholesome
farm food they can eat; their ap-
petites are enormous. In the last
three years there has not been a
physician at the farm. The farm
also is solving serious problem
for the fruit ranchers of the district
who lack laborers. The boys work
faster and more efficiently than ia
panese orchard help and are much
more reliable.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
FINAL ACCOUNT AND HEAR
ING OF PETITION FOR
DISTRIBUTION
No. 1883
N THE SUPERIOR COURT OF

nv. 400
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
the State Of Washington, in and
for the County of Spokane.
In the matter of the estate of
James M. Doyle. deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
Floyd l.. Daggett. administrator of
estate OF James M. Doyle, de-
ceased. has rendered and presented
Tor settlement to, and filed in the
Superior Court of Spokane County,
State of Washington, his final ac-
count as such administrator, and
ans petition for final distribution.
and that Tuesday. the 10th day of
March, 1908, at 8 o'clock A. M. at
the courtroom of our said Superior
Court, in the city of Spokane, in
said Spokane County. has been
duly appointed by our said Supe-
rior Court for the settlement of the
final account. at which time and
place any person interested in said
estate may appear and file his eX-
ceptions in writing to the said final
account. and contest the same and
show cause, il any. why final dis
tribution of said estate should not
be ordered.
Witness, the Hon. VIM. A.
Huneke, Judge OF the said Superior
Court. and the seal OF said Court
affixed this 7th day of March A. ID.
1908.
II. A. KOONTZ,
County Clerk and Clerk of the
Superior Court.
BY +. Il. Burton, Deputy.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
INDOOR BASEBALL

The Holley-Mason team woke up
after they had apparently lost to
the Walkovers yesterday and
batted out on the long end of a Is
to IL score. The Union Iron works
team had fun with the Cubs, run
ming up a score of 81 to 8. They
raped out total of % hits.
The Cubs were formally rein
stated in the Indoor league yester-
day, after having been suspended
for playing Varnell in the game
with Blair. AS condition of re-
instatement the Blair game will
be played over.
Cooks team beat the S. A. A. C.
yesterday by score of to s. Linn
was a mystery the club boys
couldn't solve.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24

all the public school studies, be-
sides giving them courses in
scientific and practical agriculture.
The great dairy barn is a model of
its kind, with concrete floors,
cream separators and other fixtures
that make both for cleanliness and
efficiency. The steam engine run
by boy engineers and boy firemen
operates a circular saw where boy
wood sawyers saw up all the wood
required for the farm. The en-
CINE also operates modern laun-
dry, butter plant and a plant to
chop chicken feed, grind alfalfa,
etc.
On reaching the age Of 10 years
the boy is given a generous sum of
money, new clothes and placed In
the employ Of some worthy farmer
Of the district, thus starting out on
an independent career. Many OF
the graduates have prospered ex-
ceedingly and all have done well.
One of the most successful Of the
younger farmers of central Califor-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
WASHINGTON.

The new vaudeville bill this
week carries severa; recruits from
the legitimate and Is interesting
throughout. Walter Perkins has a
comedy number in his special
sketch, and there Is another happy
sketch by Georgia Gardner and
Joseph Maddern. Katherine Nu-
gent has the single act of the week
and makes good In 1t. The novel
ties of the bill are the Trolley Car
trio in a stunt full of ridiculous
surprises. oJhnnie lie Fevre and
frankie st. John in singing and
dancing, and Bell and Washburn,
i. the last named adding a Mohawk
eIsnaiden's song to their act.
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NOTICE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the first meeting Of the
trustees and stockholders Of The
Union Loan and Trust Company,
of Spokane, Washington, will be
held at 8 o'clock, p. m, on Tues
day, the 3rd day of March, 1908,
at Room 20 Wolverton block, Spo-
kane, Washington.
f. Il. GOODALL
GEORGE X. STOCKER
February 8, 1908.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
COlUM BiA

The opening performance of "Oi1
Heidelberg" last night was tri-
umph for the Curtiss Co. The play
is one requiring elaborate produc-
ton and careful rendering to make
1t effective. A new leading man.
Willis j. Hall, made a favorable
impression, and Virginia Brissac
was as effective as usual in her
part. Willard Feely, Mockbee and
other members Of the company are
placed to good advantage in the
cast
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
LADlES'CHAMPlONSh
ROLLER RACE

The ladies' championship Of the
city on roller skates will be de-
cided tomorrow night when Miss
Zella McDaniels and Miss Agnes
Ross skate a mile race at the
rincess rink. This race was to
have been skated Saturday even
ing, but owing to a bad spill early
In the contest it was postponed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
AUDITORIUM

The Shirley Co.'S second presen-
tation of THE Lily and the Prince"
opened last night to the usual first
night attendance. Miss Shirley and
George McQuarrie have the leading
roles, and Anna Cleveland played
Lucretia Borgia, The production
was strong in each particular and
was appropriately staged. 1t will
DO the bill for the week.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
RECRUITS REACH FORT

d. and G. companies of the Third
infantry at Fort Wright have been
filled out by the arrival of AZ re-
cruits sent from st. Louis. An.
other shipment of 80 men expected
in a few weeks will bring the COM
panies at the post up to practically
full strength.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
THEATERS
SPOKANE

The finery and fun that can be
crowded into a lazy mans vision
Is the scheme of THE Dream
City" at the Spokane Wednesday
and Thursday. Little Chip and
Mary Marble, with big company
of singers and comedy characters,
make up the troupe.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
Columbia Theater
Geo. M. Dreher, Manager

Geo. M. Dreher, Manager
TONIGHT AND ALL WEEK
The first production at our prices
of Mr.. Richard Mansfield's
greatest success
"OLD HEIDELBERG"
Presented by
THE CURTISS COMEDY CO.
With Mr.. Willis A. Hall as prince
Karl, and a cast of fifty.
Special scenery and costumes.
Same jolly prices-Gallery 10,
balcony 20, lower floor 30, box and
loge seats so. Seats always sell
ing six days ahead
Get in line for the big Labor
Temple Benefit March 16 and week
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
GONZAGA GAME TUESDAY

Gonzaga has basketball game
with the Cheney normal team for
Tuesday night in the college gym
nasium. The normal team has
speed but 1t will have to go some
TO handle the Gonzaga boys.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
Barren Island AS
Busted Bank Asset

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-Archie Tis-
dele, learned the mthem htmemt
dele, banker, learned the meth
DDS Of high finance and capital
lied any number Of things, writing
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PANTAGES

The vaudeville program opens
tonight with the Colby family In a
comedy sketch leading the list. The
balance of the bill contains a num-
Der of varied specialties.
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SP0!k!!!!||!!!!!!: .! ! !!!s!!!!E!!A!!yRE

81 Dark Tonight
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
7.es JOE WEBER'S
Production of the Musical Gayety
"DREAM CITY"
From Weber's Theater, New York
d With Little Chip and Mary Mar
ble.9 Book by Edgar Smith. Music
by Victor Herbert.
Company of 60. Americas most
fascinating beauty chorus. Seats
Tuesday.
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pANTAGES' ThEA1fR
e. CLARKE WALKER, Mgr.
Phone 1898
UNEQUALED VAUDEVILLE
TnMlGAT AND AL WEEK

The Colby Family, high-class vo-
calists in Gan Evening at Home"
Hugh j. Emmett and Mrs. Emmett.
musical, mimicai and ventriloquial.
Stanton and Sandberg, late come
dams of the Runaway Co., of New
York. Philbrooks and Reynolds, in
a comedy sketch, Miss Steno, the
Stenographer." The Randalls, ex-
pert and sensational sharp
shooters. Claude Roode, sensation
al slack-wire artist.
Prices 15c and Csc; matinee
daily 2:30 p. m. any seat 15c.
First evening performance 7:15.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
NOTICE OF SALE OF STOCK OF THE UNPAID
ASSESSMENTS OF THE HORN SILVER MINING co.

There delnauen the hereinafter described stock Of the Horn Sill
March and July. 1906 February
certificate
will be
the OF
day and at such
the ghestb
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-02-24
Classified Ads
Miscellaneous
e Real Estate

LYNNE HOTEL.

LYNNE F1OI EIs
319 Wall st., right ~ the river;
no nicer place In town for regu-
lar or transient roomers: coy.
quiet and respectable: secluded
but close in; only 2h blocks from
Riverside av.; rear entrances from
Post ST.; hot water all the time;
moderate prices.
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CUT RATE WOOb YARD

Green cut seasoned tamarack and
fir four foot wood. delivered. per
cord ................. $500
Yellow pine. foot. delivered.$5.50
16 inch tamarack and fir. rick.$2.40
yellow pine, 16 inch. per rick.$2.15
Delivered free inside Of mile
circle.
o. NJ. JOHNSON. Prop.
Phone 6410. EFT Main Av.
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BY order
f. CHURCHILL.
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QUEEN COFFEE HOUSE WANTS
1000 men to take lunches: our
coffee is known all over the city.
337 Front, SIS
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The Press. 25 cents month.
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For sale or trade-Four room
house; barn. chicken coop and
water. Inquire E16l9 Ross
court. -28
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Spokane Artificial Limb House,
legs, arms. trusses, braces. made
and repaired. Sherwood bldg.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

gate, while the of the band withdrew the way
they had come, ultimately stopping about eight
hundred yards away.
BY Doctor McGiHcuddys advice all of US re-
sumed our seats
Acting almost in unison CuriOuslv evidently
moved at the moment by the thought,
several of proceeded to take bit of extra
insurance. by slipping spare cartridges into the
hammer chamber OF pistol cylinders. usually
carried empty for purposes of better safety against
accidental discharge. l am sure | should have been
glad to have pistol into which | could have emp
tied the entire contents of my full belt for the
odds against looked rather long.
The Brdles, two thousand of whom had come
over from Rosebud to attend the sun dance, were
we'll known for ugly, desperate lot. Indeed,
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
a Strenuous Lesson

DRESENTLY they entered the o-rce. the ten Of
them, each with the outline OF me sn0"IS
beneath his blanket, grunted a grr- HoW. s1d
squatted the floor facing the agent, WIN tAsl
backs against the north wall OF the room. neales'
the door-a scowling, sinister lot plainly come 0a
no honest errand-
After sitting in absolute silence fully ten Hn'.le
the Brule chief whose name L have forgotten a taL
powerful buck of fOrty-tIve. with narrow sell e'1
ferret eyes turned 70 ChangrO the interPreter and
growled. You tell agent we want s--t- 81
You tell him. Louis, replied Nc'H lcrddy, !
am advised by his agent that he and MS peopS
come fully rationed for the round triP-
You tell agent ne must give Us grub. Now
nowl" fercely demanded the chief. ~
Looking the chief straight IN the eye. a nan
smile on his face McGilhcuddy quietly answered
Louis, just tell him to go to hades He gets no S
at this agency -.
Instantly the chief bounded 20 his feet. swltI
crossed to the doctors chair, and arZr-E snaAlLS
his fist in the Iatters face, hoarselE s17ited, =
You don't give US grub now, III Kill very "Al'
man this reservation! VI
For an age. it seemed. the chief stood and VIC
Gihcuddv sat confronting each other. WICAsa WIC
scowl on the chiefs face. smile on Nelilcudq5 ~
Presently | saw Mes Jaws tighten ana IHe1
without a word. he sPrang upon the .ei. SeilsT IN
him bv the throat and shook him TIL his me ,e1
to the floor. then rushed him to the - Whfiea
him round till a full II not fair ta---- was plr
sented, and then landed duly upon --e target a -
hard a kick as any / ever saw deliver on d =!
for goal sending the chief sprawling nearly ten ler
from the door hurt of person and spirit r ne Inas
nitv and half smothered from the chokirE little ne
maddest, most hideOuslv Snarhng thing ever S1" i
Immediately his nine henchmen ran out anu
helped him to his feet -
Instinctivelv we all lined up outside he tool'
backs to the wall. and among us, 20 o"- SurpIlse,
came by magic about q dozen OF sword ~ so''Ls -
policemen each lingering first the trigge- and men
the hammer of his rifle. like guitar PLAYER tr1-F
ming for the key TO a tune -.
Reckon the balls plumb open nov. an - !,
swing partners. drawled Charlie tar'ey,,,-'"
only remark made by anyone l can now r-eaH-
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

they had been spoiled by an agent that lacked
most of the good qualities McGlihcuddy possessed
Honest enough in his adnnistration, he was AFRAID
of his charges and they knew It and took advan
tage therefron when and how they P-eased-e7en
to the point of subjecting him TO downright insult
At Rosebud Agency, not the agent but Spotted
Tail exercised authority Indeed. It was common
report that more than once Spot forced the agent
read to him letters written the Indian Bureau about
agency affairs and snatched and rc- up several ne
did not like and threw them IN the agent face
And it was a band Of these bronze beauties now
approaching with some demand sure to be arrO'
CANT and utterly unreasonable
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
The Dread Waiting

FOR a few minutes it was touch and 60 US
single shot and 1t would have been all over IHs a.,
very few minutes. Escape was quite as .rpoSSt;oss
as help. Indeed, the one troop OF CaVal-. al 70.
Sheridan eighteen miles away. and the c"o uOOEs
at Fort Robinson. sixty miles distant II presel.
opened. 1t was therefore great If only a 'e-- -.
porarv relief when presently the chief anc ms - ~
sullenly withdrew through the gate and rere'
toward his band. So
MamaI but won't hades pop good and pen,
in about half hour. when that old cgEce S'y a.
gits back with his bunch TO finish the bali. ; e.
we II sure make EN- think We can dance s.i.-t - y
the music stops" expressed Conleys wholly g
perienced view OF the situation. -,
Major Bourke said the doctor, you are - -
senior officer present VIII YOU assume co.i'tlane
No doctor answered Bourke. yoa are IL =
supreme authority here / am on duty detaeneu ~ II
my arm of the service and, with a grlIa si--1 IN
approval, you seem 70 me 20 he dong lul1e "
enough Command me as Your aide %.
Without a word. Sword and his men had ~
peared toward their camp below the bluff a AiG crt;s
wards distant as soon as the BrulcS leit- -
withdrawal was no small source Of anxiety IL
notwithstanding their apparently eNceIei. 49, re
through the crisis IuSt past, neVert heeSS tHlS -
first really serious test Of the LOYALTY OF ms
However. we were not long left IN doubt -, -
deed our doubt most gratefully releNeo ,,sss
we got over the violent attack OF he-ir1 UI'
superinduCed by the manner OF their return s,s
We had been watching the Brule chiet anu Js
band like hawks. Apparently none had oeeI
tached. and they still IN conference S9
hundred yards away tesa
Mrs McGilcuddy and Mrs. Blanchard had on uSo
brought the office. for whatever poor pro's'@
we could give them. = md
Suddenly out of the hidden valley beneath = 10 10
west of us rose a thunder of hoOfs that seeIieu
Cozti1asa pass II