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The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-11-04
Oil and Gas Leases

George w. Mcdaniel to G.. Fl.
Winefordner ct al, III acres in
Starr township. Annual rental
$3.50 80.
William Ogg to SAM, 10 acres
in Starr township. Annual rental
/ 1874.
Thomas O'Neiil to same, 10C
acres in Starr township. Annual
rental, 500.
Albert Sims to same, 40 acres in
Starr township. Annual rental,
1924.
William Thornton to same, 10
acres in Starr township. Annual
rental, SO.
A. E. Woodland to same, AZ
acres in Starr township. Annual
rental, $25. 20.
A. E. Woodland to same, al
acres in Starr township. Annual
rental, $24.80.
Amanda Stone to the Webb
Summit Oil & Gas company, j. w.
Aurand, 81 acres In Gore. Joe
Griner, 80 acres in Gore. Elmer
Hamilton, 100 acres in Gore, f.
G.. Hickman, 80 acres in Gore,
Ham Lemon, 1S0 acres in Gore,
Charles Nunemaker, 276 acres in
Falls. No consideration given.
Robert Olive to A. l.. Thurman,
l05 acres in Marion township.
Annual rental, $lO5.
John Messbarger to A. L. Thur
man, 1875 acres in Marion town
ship. Annual rental, 1925.
Freely j. and Alice Carr to
Willis Floyd and Harry Godam, 81
acres in Perry township. Annual
rental, $37.
Isaac Kitchen and wife to same,
20 acres in Perry township. An
nual rental, 500.
Martha j. and Martin b. Note
stone to H. c. Godam ct al, 35
acres in Laurel township. Annual
rental $35.
Daniel F. jackson to Henry
Cooney, land in Goodhope town
ship. Annual rental, 500.
P. j. and Alice Kraft to Henry
Cooney, 678 acres in Goodhope
township. Annual rental, $67S.
John X. Miller to Henry Cooney,
l45 acres in Marion township.
Annual rental, $145.
w. A. and Lucinda Starner to
Henry Cooney, 5s acres in Good
hope township. Annual rental,
1858.
G.. G. Starner to Henry Cooney,
42 acres in Goodhope township
Annual rental $S2.
John and Catherine Weidner to
Henry Cooney, 85 acres in Marion
township. Annual rental 1856.
John and Catherine Weidner to
Henry Cooney, So acres in Marion
tOwnnhip Animal raptal xS0
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Valley Crossing

Husking corn seems to be the order
of the day.
Mary Anderson called on her mother
Mrs. Nancy Unger, one day last week
The following persons broke bread
with Noah McCowen and wife last
Sunday: David Willard, wife and
daughter Mary, Henry Keck and wife
and Clinton keck, wife and two sons.
Lew Conkle was to Rockbridge one
day last week on BUSINESS.
Amos Robson and son Frank, was
on our pixies with load of corn Mon
day.
Charles Unger, wife and daugh ter
Clara, and Bertha Kitchen and two
children were the Sunday guests of
Homer Kitchen and wife
Miss Ethel Iiegler was in the employ
OF Mrs. Shan Kuhn the past week.
Noah McCowen and wife were Lo-
gan shoppers Thursday.
Levi Gordon was a business caller
in this valley one day last week,
Lew Conkle called on Noah Nc
CoWen last Wednesday evening on
business.
Mary Springer was the guest of Mrs.
David Willard, Wednesday night.
Sarah Dillon called on Mary Ander-
son last Thursday morning.
Rob Gordon was on our pixies with
a load of coal Monday.
Nina McCowen called on Nancy
Unger last Tuesday afternoon.
James Anderson is in the employ of
All Bainters at present, doing carpen-
ter work.
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MI. Vernon

School Is progressing nicely al
No 10 under the management OF
Mrs. Alice Shiser, Of So Perry.
The following visited at George
Voorhees,, Sunday last we're: Vern
Kitchen and family Marion Kitch-
en- and family, and Ella and Sher-
man Lindsey.
Will Barnhart and wife and
Grace Denton, of Mt. Vernon, were
the happy guests of Marion Mount
and family, of Chapel Ridge, Sun
day.
Mrs. Nancy Odfeld and son Ira
visited John Kern and wife of this
place, last Sunday.
Charles Pleukharp and wife, of
Chapel Ridge, were in our vicinity,
last Sunday.
David Rose and wife passed
through this place, last Sunday
Walter Pleukharp and Charles
Oldfeld, of So. Boomingville, at
tended the ball game at Cedar
Grove, Sunday.
Orville Ilartsough, of Black
Jack, was the guest Of his sister
Mrs. Alice Slisler Of Mt. Vernon,
one evening last week.
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So. BIOOmingvlIle and Vicinity,

Quite crowd from here attended
the fair at Laurelville, Saturday last.
Mrs. Howard North spent a few
days of last week with Mrs. Beth
Landman, OF Washington G. H.
A. M. Thompson and wife. Emmitt
Clark, wife and children, Mrs. Lyna
Starkey and Mrs. Nora Dennis spent
| Sunday afternoon with j. A. Kitchen
and wife.
E. n. Cooper, wife and daughter,
Mrs. Oldfield will leave Wednesday
for Ethledge, Tenn.
Rev. Chas. Graham bought a valu-
able horse of Lesley Lehman recently.
Miss Maude lies accompanied her
aunt who has been spending few
days here to her home in Chilicothe.
G. A. Herkenstine, of Chillicothe.
was here on business last week
James Shaw, of Circleville, was
here for short visit Saturday.
Rufus Johnson and family passed
through here Sunday en- route to A.
Woodgeard, of Ash Cave.
Mrs. Catherine Lowery sold a valu-
able horse to Jessie Kitchen last week.
Mr.. Clark and family, of Gilspreville,
will take possession of their new house
here this week.
Mrs. Ada Clark spent Saturday
evening the guest of Mrs. Myrtle
Eveland.
Miss Blanche Hillday was the guest
of her father at Columbus last week.
The country was shocked early Mon
day morning to receive the news of the
death af VIM. Wine. No one knew
he was seriously i'll as he only been
complaining of sore throat for few
days. Early Monday morning his
throat broke inwardly and soon clog
ging up the lungs, causing death al
most instantly. DIR. Barton was call
ed, but nothing could be done to save
him. He is young married man
with family. He was a friend to
all, while everyone was his friend.
Everyone knew he was an Industrious
and honest good fellow and will be
sorely missed about our little village.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been made ITNoJE IJu
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kaChelmanCher resigns.

N. G. L. Kachelmacher has re
signed the presidency of th'
G. & H. G. & 1. Company and fol
the next year, to quote his owr
words, twill take things easy,
says the Ohio State Journal OF
Monday morning. Mr.. Rachel
macher has not disposed of any OF
his interests in the company and
will not do so, but says he wants
to get out of the harness fol
awhile, in part to have greater
freedom to enjoy the pleasures OF
life, and in part to have time to
give attention to other and more
pressing business interests.
Mr.. Kachelmacher's resigna.
tion was accepted at meeting of
the board of directors held Oc-
tober 23rd. in New York. At the
same meeting Mr.. H. S. Haskins
of New York, former vice presi-
dent of the company, was elected
to take the presidency.
Mr.. Haskins has visited this
town several times In company
with the Kachelmacher party
He is young man of progresses
ing appearance and pleasant
spoken gentleman who understands
his business, and will no doubt
improve upon the good work start
ed by Mr.. Kachelmacher.
A. L. Thurman was elected vice
president and F. j. Shaffer secre-
tary treasurer of the company.
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Band Dance.

The Logan band will give their
first dance for this season at Red
Mems Hall, Wednesday, Nov. 10
1t is to be hoped that they will
prosper in this venture as the pro,
ceeds are to be used toward bet
tsring the band, They expect to
have the membership to 25 men
for spring, at which time their
Saturday night concerts will start
and continue the entire summer.
Let all turn out and give the boys
q large crowd and thereby boost
the band. Admission soc. Ladies
free. Harry Rose, floor manager.
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IleSbOrO

Rev Rose preached quite an inter-
esting sermon at this place Sunday.
Quite a large crowd attended the
Literary at this place Friday even
ing, All reported fine time.
c, c, Harden of Ewing attended
preaching at this place Sunday morn
ing
Misses Merle and Myrtle Vancuren
and Miss Clara Leach were the Satur-
day evening guests of NJ. C. Ross and
family.
Michael Engle and wife were the
guests of his mother at Mt, Pleasant,
Sunday afternoon,
Isaac llankison and cousin were
seen in our midst Sunday evening,
Nathan Nimon, wife and little son
Clarence, visited John Nimon and
wife Sunday.
Mrs. Sarah George, of this place, is
the guest of her brother at Green
Lawn.
Nern Walker called on Nate MINI
on, Friday evening,
WRESTLING RUFUS.
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st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Logan, Ohio.

Special service Friday evening,
Nov. 5th. Archde aeon Dodshon
will lecture on "rae great reli-
gious drama" service 7; 80 p. M.
everybody welcome.
Sunday, Nov. 7th, 1909 Morn.
ing Prayer and Holy Communion
1890 a. m. Let every communi
cant try and be present at this
service. Evening prayer and SER
mon 1900 p. M; subject, "The
Tares and the Wheat"
A. w. BUoKLANp,
Rector
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The Opera House picture show
will give special entertainment
on Wednesday evening. Nov. II
for the benefit of the Village I'm
provement Society. Admission 10
and S cents as usual Keep this
in mind and turn out and help US
to put up the rest room.
Nov. 4, 2w THE SOCIETY.
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Reward

or five dollars from now on Civ
on to any one for information that
will convict any person or persons
OF chalking, soaping or in any
other manner defacing the window
fronts of the business houses of
Logan. GEO II. BIsHop,
Merchants Police.
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Sans Creek

The pumpkin show at Laurelville
last Friday and Saturday was largely
attended and was success as both
days the weather was fine.
The Columbus and Southern Il. r..
coach was loaded to oyertlowing with
corn huskers last Saturday coming
home for the election the 2nd. of No
vember, with the intention of eXcer-
cising their right of suffrage in be-
half of the very important office of
the Real-eState Assessors.
Daniel Schwalbach, the famous
hunter and trapper, accompanied by
his sons, Henry and Orland, Edgar
Turner and Leroy Brokaw started
across the fields last Monday evening
in quest of Mr.. opossom. We hope
they Will be successful In catching
him.
ii, IL. Mcdowell, of near HAYNES
r. o., steps high; its a girl.
Miss Maude Nanfossen. of this place,
was the over Sunday guest of her
friend, Miss Nellie McCabe, of Adel-
phia.
Preaching services at this place was
well attended last Sunday evening,
services being conducted by Rev.
q. w. Tuitle.
Henry SchWalbach, wife and two
daughters, Clara and Catharine, were
the sunday guests of the formers
brother Daniel.
Il. r, Vanfossen, the merchant of
this place, was seen hauling a load of
goods from Laurelville, Monday, to
this place.
Rev. James Bethel, of Pike Run,
was on our streets one day last week
peddling beef. Success to YOU
James. Come and see us again with
more of the same sort.
Theodore Houston was a business
visitor at Adelphi last Monday after
noon. We suppose to buy some
cigars for use on election day. Sue
cess To YOU TheO UNcIE Epu
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Possibility.

Angelina Manayunk Don't you think
II was dreadful OF the photographer to
tatter me like that?
Her Dear Friend Oh, / don't know.
You might want to use the picture to
send in reply 10 matrimonial adver-
tisement.- Boston Traveller.
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Her Tactful Initiation.

Prudent Swain-If | were 10 steal a
tiss. would it scare you so that you
would scream? Timid Maid-l couldn't;
fright always makes me dumb.-Tols-
do Blade.
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Fair at the Red Mems Hall,
Thursday, December 2. Don't
forget the date. A chicken din
ner, also plenty to eat. drink and
wear. Everybody invited.
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FOR RENT room house on
north Walnut street. Gas, soft
and hard water. Inquire of q. c..
Hengst at Rempel National Bank,
Logan, Ohio.
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Mrs. Elizie O'Hare and daugh.
ter Bertha, of Bremen, spent Sat.
urday and Sunday with relatives
in and near Logan.
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Miss Jessie Disbennet, Of Enter
prise, was the over Sunday Of Miss
Irma and Hazel Comfy.
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Mrs. G.. o. Grady was in Mel.
sonvllle, last week attending the
funeral of her COUSIN, Roy Young.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Dougherty
were in attendance, Wednesday,
at the wedding of their niece Miss
Effie Wolfe to Mr.. POstOn.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Will Keynes and
Kathleen Petit spent Friday and
Saturday in Columbus.
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Mr.. T. D. Trimmer, of Orland,
was business visitor in Logan,
Monday.
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Mr.. Harry Chidester, who was
painfully injured some months ago
in run-a way accident, is able to
be upon our streets again.
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Mrs. Belle Jones, of Marysville,
arrived in Logan, Tuesday, called
here by the illness of her mother
Mrs. Oliver Brooke.
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Mrs. Nan Wharf and daughter
Goldie, of Creola, visited the for
mer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Price, several days last week.
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Mrs. Sarah Amerine is visiting
her son A. j. Eckhart and family
in Tt ledo, this week.
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Mrs. Fred Preston, of Athens,
visited her daughter, Mrs. Julia
Dew, Thursday and Friday.
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Mrs. William Savey of north
Walnut street, who has been con-
fined to her home for some time
past, is able to be out again.
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Miss Martin, of Macarthur, is
the house guest of Mrs. George
Gladman.
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Mr.. Harry Miles, of Columbus,
spent over Sunday in Logan with
friends.
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FOR SALE-S0 head of breed
ing ewes and other sheep. Call
on VIM. Funk or Jason Msldrim,
Logan, Ohio.
Oct. 2S, S-w.
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Miss Mary Beck visited relatives
and friends in Columbus, several
days this W eek.
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Use Dermatine after shaving

Mr.. Jacob Snider and Miss
Virgie Snlder, of Somerset, spent
over Sunday in Logan, the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Rhorer.
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Dermatine for all skin irrita tion.

Mr.. Marion Kitchen, of Cedar
Grove, was in Logan, Tuesday.
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Dermatine for chapped face and
hands, cuts, burns, gargle, etc.
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FOR SALE-Five good yearlirg
rams. Call on or phone W. w.
Marks, r f. ID. 3, Logan.
Oct. 2l, 4w
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-09

sion, and went out into his room. and returned with roll of typewriter foolscap. and read Do cuments I and II and Ill., the documents of a birdlke little heart.
 And finally, as the Muck-Raker, with absent w. he sid ERousS 9ouG 5ohn enoag1
 Then. after while: T guess you're right. John Yes, you're right, I'm afraid.'
 You see,' said the Muck-Raker, embarrassed and apologetic, and, as is apt to be the way with embarrassed and apologetic persons, talking a bit weight little bird: you simply couldn't you simply couidn't-oh: Well' you couldn't m-m-well. you
 II understand" said the Crippled Hero. "Go ahead and do your worst. I'll stand it"
 So, the next day, when the Pallid Child had the Crippled Hero wheeled himself off to the back bedroom, and the Muck-Raker, passing very cross face between the portieres, said:
 Say, Pallid Child, I've got to work, you know. here all the time and work.
 Why, John," she said, sliding slowly off the couch; "why, John!" And she turned a bewild- cred little pale face toward him, and he nearly gave up.
 But he didn't. Instead, he said: "And the Crippled Hero, you know. he wants some time to himself. (Lordie, but those Ancestral ,Quali- ties were indeed, unleavened bread, and very in- digestibleD You mustn't here so much"
 "Oh!" said the Palld Child, landing the floor with both high heels together. "oh!".
 You mustn't here at all, Pallid Child. When we want to see you, we'll call on you."
 "oh!" said the Pallid Child again, only this time it sounded more like "ooh!" and came from the depths of vibrant little body. "Ooh!'
 And very straight, her pale little pointing toward the ceiling, she swept out of the room; her garments somehow seemed to have taken on weight, a perpendicularity; they did not futter; she very majestic.
 The Muck-Raker listened to the diminishing click of her heels down the tiled hall He went back to his typewriter and banged out line. He stopped to wipe his brow, which very wet, Again he started bravely at the keys. But he was missing them, or, rather, missing those he aimed at. He stopped again, puzzled. His hands were trembling.
 The Crippled Hero came wheeling from the depths of the apartment He rolled ty behind the back of the Muck-Raker, who did not turn, and went on into the front room, where he very silent.
 The Muck-Raker went back to his typewriter and pounded. The Crippled Hero had not moved; still he sat before the curtained window, gazing at his vague and doleful reflection. The clock the mante ticked resoundingly.
 It ticked thus, with it's tactess idiotic cheerful ness, for days this fat-faced, resonant little clocA The winter was passing into a clustering
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-09

dew), and ''the Military Lady," whose Captain Child.
 But-alas!-when the jolly little dinner was over. and they had finished chatting over the cof- getner escorted the Actress Lady to her apart ment (taey were both in love with her, hence this move moveme,t in concert) and had gone. and the host, had taken the Military Lady back to her home under the roof, when all this had hap penedr the Muck-Raker, returning, found
 Fouud what?
 He found the Pallid Child perched upon the right atm of the Crippled Hero's chair. just as he had found her few weeks before, returning from hls undertaking trip.
 When she had gone they looked at each other long, this wise Muck-Raker and this foolish Grip pied Hero. Then said the wise Muck-Raker: Ut won't do, Crippled Hero; it won't do will it2" ly but wit Withal stanchy ~ NO, John. t it won't % do can't.''
 And again in the room which such a short time before had been filled with such joyous sound, there heard the odiously complacent ticking of the heartless. fat-faced little clock.
 It might be ticking yet, measuring of doleful and interminable minutes had 1t not been for Liz Zie, the Mysterious Gentleman, and the Man Who Smoked Cigarette.
 Lizzie the housemaid who had charge of the floor on which was the apartment of the Muck Raker and the crippled Hero-a cheery, humming, buxom girl, with little eyes and humorous wrin- kles and with Q store of Celtic blarney which more sn m up bes ao5 one sma M @
  name which the Muck-Raker had given to her. The Muck-Raker called her Sloppy Lizzie.''
 The Mysterious Gentleman had the apartment twin to the Muck-Raker's, separated from 1t by a long hall just the width of corpulent dowager (no dowager ever came there, though). He was the Mysterious Gentleman" because he had long spare white hair which he combed back in an in- teresting fashion, because he had been actor and had wife in an Insane Asylum.
 The Man Who Smoked Cigarette-well, he was A Plumber.
 You see the Mysterious Gentleman detested o1n frfo HOhf Ha af ha rays of electric light stimulated the growth of certain bacteria within the pancreatic gland thus causing auto-ntoxicaton, and hence badness (also earache). So he used only kerosene lamps.
 Which meant that Lizzie had to clean lamps. Now, lamps cleaned with rags. And when you have cleaned lamp with rag, you want to get rid of the rag. In the easiest way possible. The easiest way was to drop it into the Mysterious Gen. tleman's refrigerator. He didn't use ice believing it highly unhygienic (being made of water).
 We'll, the refrigerator being, by this time stuffed with oil-soaked rags, the Mysterious Gentleman
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-01-09

finally standing out in the street, unclothed in the of the building, out of of the closed win dows of which smoke was oozing .iKe greasy and unelean fog. Everyone thought everyone else had turned the alarm; so that the fremen were not getting there very fast.
 The Palld Child, up in her little room on the top floor, had been Q the last awakened When she got the stairs she could just the last of the futtering and ghostly human avalanche was for the street. the clear-aired, wide-open street. But the second floor she stopped abrupt suddenly of the Crippled Hero, immobiiized there in his bedroom, in the depths of the apartment.
 She stood there, long moment it seemed, un- certain, limp with fright longing for safety, then a resolve went through her in blindng wave and she plunged into the narrow hall between the two apartments
 Immediately she was driven back by a suffocat- ing puff of smoke She charged in again. this time with crackle, tongue of fire shot over her She retreated into the main hall. whirlwind of hot black yapor followed her there. She ran up- stairs.
 She ran up several flights till the smoke much thinner, then, going through to the front, stepped out upon the fire escape A shout came from the fastncreasing group in the street below. Don't jump!" cried a fat man, very proud of his self-possession.
 She came down the escape slight futtering and white little object. In the center of the fa- cade, at each floor stone balcony From balcony to balcony iron ladders diagonaled. She like a little white moth flying there against the wall Come on, lots of time!" roared the fat man reassuringly. bur at the Da!cony or the second story she stopped tried the window; and then her made brusque movement, there was tim kle of broken glass, and the stupefed throng her go through the gap, into the house az n. She showed vaguely white within moment, then dis appeared "a column of black smoke began to pour out heavily through the aperture.
 My God, she is crazy!" cried the cool fat man; somebody ought to get her out. Where's fire men?"
 But the Pallid Child was not crazy; she was simply the prey of fine frenzy; without hesitat- ing she charged into the depths of the apartment, toward the in the rear, where her vision show ed her the Crippled Hero, chained. She went through the front parlor. sprang through the ond (upsettng typewriter), and reached the row bath room between the two sleeping chambers. But there, huge hand seemed to fatten itself faccdly and dramatically her nostrs, over her mouth; huge. soft, black, inexorable hand. Her lungs made tremendous effort for air, failed; a velvet cloak fell about her head-and with the last shred of her strength she staggered back, stumbled across the front rooms, and fell across the window sill. With her head out through the