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Personalities of P1aywrights
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that we became acquainted at the Walnut
Street Theater. in Philadelphia.
Mr. Walters initial effort, Sergeant ameS,
had lust been produced, and had scored an uIl-
questionable failure He told me the story OF
the piece and it listened good but could
not believe it possible that the man opposite me
was capable Of winning place IN a profession oi
letters Eugene Walter IS not impressive %
the naked eve | had him IN mind ch1eily
when I spoke of the ease with which one mlght
mistake a dramatist for a prosperous tailor
Mr. Walter looks more like neat and gentle
manly mechanic He cannot be above thirty
wears of age, and his height and we1ght-he
IS about five feet and tips the scales IN the
neiobborhood Of a hundred and fOrty-1nake
him seem to be twenty-fOur- NY recouectlon
of his dress IS that he usually wears hannei
shirt | NAV be wrong as TO this detail, Dut-
IN any event, his general appearance Is suCh s's
to create the impression
His deneanOr suggests neither culture nor
education though, as / have SAID, ne comes 1i 'i
GOOD family and had excellent schooling Inc
I,a1ue Of erldition even so far as It concerns
the +ecbnic Of the drama, IN the writing OF
Dlavs. ne denies absolutely In tact, oeIeEt
that his horror of being thought what ne ci-l9
a bighbrow" leads Mr.. Walter TO assume q
contempt OF art and letters, though ne HsiS j.
not He possesses an 1ntu1tIve dpPreciatloH oL
the beautiful and vet, at a recent exhibition OF
fine paintings. his only comment was, Don
lets waste anv more time IN here- Play
yrights are born" q" he has gone on record as oh-
serving. You can't learn anything about
playwriting-
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
Charles Klein's Crit Made Him

CHARLES KLEIN IS OF very small stature;
~ a fact that probably accounts for the anec-
dote related earlier IN this article None OF
his family has been a skysCraper. Manuel
Klein. the composer. is not above five feet SIX.
and Alfred Klein, another brother, who or1gl-
mated the role of the elephant tanner IN '' "ang'
owed much OF his success as comedian 20 MS
brevity-that being as you know, the sou! OF
wit Charles Is the embodiment OF dignity
and takes himself and his work most seriously
I think | have never seen a photograph OF h1In
that did not show him IN his library, either
writing or reading some Ponderous tome He
has a fine head, with lofty brow and breaker
Of white hair.
No estimate of Mr.. Klein could be called
complete that did not take account OF his grIt
and stiCk-tO-it-ivenesS Connected with the
theater from his earliest yOuth.-he was call
bOv IN the company with relative OF NINE
he produced his first play when he was hardly
more than twenty. His misses were many. and
his hits few and far between; but he kept on
trying. until. with David Warfed'S first star
ring venture. THE AuCtioneer." he struck the
bull's-eve of the public approval squarely IN
the middle To-day he Is one of the wealthIeSt
of our dramatiStS and a couple Of years ago 1t
was estimated that his income could not be less
than three thousand dollars a week He owns
a charming home called Shirley Manor, after
the principal female character IN The Lion
and the Mouse" at Rowdyton, Connecticut
In the same town he operates hat factory, OF
which his son was until recently the manager
Eugene Waiter and His d" Hard Luck
IN the adamautine quality of his hard luck
story" no one far surpasSeS Eugene Walter
whose present income hovers above that
quoted as Mr. klein's 1t IS told that this
Young man was lodging on park bench when
Wagenhals & kemper produced his Paid IN
Full but am inclined to regard this tale as
more picturesque than accurate In sore need
of money he may have been. but the parental
Walters. who live IN Cleveland, were quite able
to prevent his lacking real necessities, and
Gene himself has always been in the way of
earning a living III the newspaper or the thcatrI-
cal business He served apprenticeship as
press agent of various attractions, and 1t was
while both of us were acting in this capacity
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AGENTS WANTED
CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE

CALIFORNIA LAND 81 acre cash payment. Balance
purchase % month per Close Francisco
No No tracts. Level Tlch, clear;
Ready pIow Irrigated Perpetual nights. ImmedI-
ate possession. Particulars, maps photographs free.
STEVENSON Colony 1914 Market Street, San Francisco.
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a highbrOw leads MI W dIIeI -
contempt OF art and letters, though he has II
not He possesses an intu1tIve appreciation o.
the beautiful. and vet, at recent exhibition OF
fine paintings. his only comment was, Don
let's waste any more time IN here- ray
wrights are born" he has gone on record as Oh
serving You can't learn anything about
playwriting
He's Dramatic Tornado
IF genius IS the quality of doing by instinct
without great thought or labor, obey1ng the
commands of a something outside OF oneself,
Eugene Walter IS certainly genius II It Is
as the philosopher has said, " an INFINITE caPac-
itv for taking pains. he Is nothing OF the SORT
He works by fits and starts, IdlIng unconScI9n-
abIv for months at time, and then completing
a play in a fortnight. ne FASTEST wy
was written in ten DAYS. Mr.. W alter netnod
Of composition really Is nothing more nor less
than ir1provisatiOn-th method children en-
plov when they d" make things up as they g
The tools necessary TO the process are one
large room. one outfit OF furniture ana one
exceptionally rapid StenOgrapher MI W alter
and the stenOgrapher enter the room me
door is locked. and work Is begun by placing
the furniture as 1t Is 70 be placed on the stage,
in other words. by setting the scene lhen
the Young drarnatiSt begins 70 act he Is all
the characters IN his play lie riShes ABOUT
the apartment, quarreling with himself. max
ing love 10 himself now standing here as one
person. and then racing 20 the opposite end ot
the apartment to be another Al the time he
IsspeaL,ing the words that come into his mind AS
natural under the circumstance. and the
Stenographer Is taking them at top speed NJ
the end OF an hour or two act Is finished. an
invisible curtain Is rung down. and. II the
amanuensiS hasn't tainted, as two dld IN one
dav Of work on Paid IN Full, the stage Is sr-
for the next act
OF course YOU VIII understand that, Def ore
the play reaches this point, the story tHc
situations and even some details OF dialogue
must have been carefully thought out. In con
nection with Mr. Walter. | should say that tncy
must have had time to assemble IN his mind
having popped in. like TOpsv. already grown
He goes about with what he himself described
TO me as '' "A SeethIng mass OF Stur IN my heti-
until the SeethIug mass throbS tor release
and then-the impromptu performance before
the audience Of one
The quicIlness Of Mr. Walters conception.
the InstantaneouSueSs with which drama -
formed for him. Is illustrated by an experience
of last winter
We had been TO witness a bad play one
doomed to close the following SATURDAY
Hopeless" I said as We left the theIter.
Hopeless" repeated Nr. Walter. but not
without possibilities. II that idea had been
mine ! should have begun with the oig >ltu1-
ton of the third act Then / should have
worked backward, using the story Of the
In five minutes he had sketChcd new play
constructed round the theme ut the old one. ani
II was a corkcr'
rs everyone knows. Eugene Walter Wa
married recently 70 Charlotte Walker. the
actress. and IL Is common knowledge. too. Jhlt
both were bitterly disappointed at DAVID
Bcl4Sco'S refusal 90 assign the principal role m
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Paul Armstrong. Halter Of Amenities

a DRANATIST OF pattern with Eugene
Walter, though drawn III holtcr. bLicNer
lines IS Paul Armstrong. % whom theatergucr~
owe Salomv Jane and Heir % the HoCrIh
Mr. Armstrong; contempt for the ordinary
amenities, the grJceS OF every dav. Is own
brother 70 Mr. Walters He Is a big. tine look
ing fellow. characterized bv tremendous yignr
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
FOR THE HOME

FNAMEIAC LEATHER FINISH five colors max IS
old leather your your furniture 500
can your dealer send direct Enamelac NanIsh Co,
I'd and Main, Racine, Wis.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
MINNESOTA REAL ESTATE

$50 BUYS lot 10 Fl $50 f. located main boulevard
from Minneapolis To Lake Muuctouka Terms S down
: per Mo Reference, Peoples Bank Write for particu-
lars Savage & Co, Railway Bldg, Minneapolis, MINI
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FOR SALE.

Two farms and hardware store for
sale. One farm contains 100 acres, the
other 200 acres. A good large brick
house on each farm and all other farm
buildings, a wind mill on each place
good water, everything in best of order
Both together for SALE only miles
west of the new Rail Road Station Mar.
ibel Wis. A good opportunity for some
one who desires to buy.
The hardware store is 40xG0 #, stor
les high. store below and dwelling house
on second floor, a good barn and /
acre of land, | mile west of Married.,
Wis, in the village of Rosecrans. A
good chance tor any one to start any
kind of business.
Come and see or write to the owner.
VIM. f. LUEBKE.
Married. r. T. ID. No. /.
Wis. Il
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Cure for Headache.

One OF the very best remedies for a
ed to me recently by Finnish serv-
ant girl She took raw potatoes with
out either washing or pairing and cut
them into thick slices. These were
laid close together on the forehead and
temples and kept in place by covering
with large handkerchief folded cor
nerwise and tied in the back.
In short time the pain disappeared
As the pieces Of potato get hot replace
with cold fresh ones.
They give all the GOODNESS OF Ice
without the incidental dampness, and
there is not the burning sensation ice
often causes.
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TN Before The Bar.

N. II. Brown, an attorney of Pitts.
field, Vt, writes:"We have used Dr.
Kings New Life Pills for years and
find them such good family medicine
we wouldn't be without them" For
Chils, Constipation, Biliousness or Sick
Headache they work wonders, 25c at
Henry Hinrichs.
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LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Mr. A. c. Miller left Tuesday for
Chicago.
DR.. Simon took business trip to Mil
waukee Tuesday,
Miss Libby Zeman is visiting with
friends at Racine.
Miss Esther MINI is here from Mil
waukee on visit.
Mr.. John Schmidtman wss Milwau-
kee visitor Monday.
Miss Margaret Dempsey left Friday
on trip to Chicago.
Miss Elena Bergeron was visitor at
Green Bay Saturday.
Mr. George Auermiller was Milwau-
kee visitor Sunday.
Mr. W. Oswald of kossuth was call.
er at the PILOT Office Friday.
Atty. L. J. Nash was at Milwaukee
Tuesday on business.
Fred Voelchert spent Sunday with
friends at Sheboygan.
Mrs. H. f. Ljebenow is visiting with
friends at Milwaukee.
A daughter was born Monday to Mr.
and Mrs Johu Miller.
Atty. A. L. Nash was at Milwaukee
Wednesday on business.
Mr.. A. W. Dassler of KEEL was in the
city Friday on business.
Mrs. Emil Meyer who has been i'll is
on the road to recovery.
Mr.. p. ]. Murphy of Cato was a caller
at the PILOT Office Saturday.
Mr.. Herman Paulus left Friday on a
business trip to Chicago.
Mr.. A. J. Fanta left Monday on a
business trip to Chicago.
Mr. f. T. Zentner was at Milwaukee
Wednesday on business.
Mr.. George Wits left Tuesday on a
business trip to New York.
Arthur Hammel from Kiel spent Sun
day at his home in this city.
DR.. ]. F. Mullholand of Kenosha is
visiting relatives in the city.
Mr. Jos. Philip of Franklin was call
err at the PILOT Office Friday.
Chas. Stretch, register of deeds, took
a trip to Kaukauna Tuesday.
Mr. H. A. Schmtz has returned from
a business trip to Milwaukee.
Miss Emma Hessel of Escanaba is Wis
ting with Mrs. Jos. Williams
Miss Cora SEEKER left Tuesday for d
visit with friends at Sheboygan.
Miss Rose Beberitz is visiting rela-
tives and friends at Green Bay.
Mr.. Jos. Kirt of kossuth was caller
at the PILOT Office thursday.
Mrs. John Healy and children left
Monday for visit at Milwaukee.
Mr.. Charles Spindler departed Tues
day on business trip to Chicago.
Mr.. VIM. SEEKER of Milwaukee visited
with relatives here for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Reuther were visit,
ing relatives at Kiel over Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Anton Waack left Mon.
day on visit to friends at Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Clark of Chica-
go are visiting relatives in the city.
Mr.. Henry Kiel of Mishicot was a call
err at the PILOT Office Saturday.
Mrs. Edward Hoffman and son George
is visiting relatives at Fond du Lac
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Wendorf spent
Easter with relatives at Sheboygan.
The Misses Georgia and Hanna Mel
son are here on visit from Chicago.
Miss Leola and Mr.. Erwin Cary were
home from Milwaukee to spend Easter.
Mr.. W. G. Maertz Of Maple Grove
was a caller at the PILOT Office Tuesday
Capt Tim Kelley who was home for
Eoctar ratnrnad tn Milwaukaa Tuesday
For SALE House and lot of the late
Mrs. Anna Hoyer, 14ll Marshall street.
House supplied with all modern i'm
provements. Price reasonable. Inquire
on premises. Al
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| and payable on or before April 2Oth.
Al MANlTOWOC WATER WORKS.
Miss Isabel Meyer from Milwaukee
spent Easter with her parents in the
city.
| Mr.. Thos. Savage of Manitowoc Rap
ids was caller at the PILOT office Fri
day
Mr. +. j. Sachse, postmaster at Hlka,
| Wis, transacted business here last Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs j. Best Of Milwaukee
were guests for few days at the Seidl
| home.
Mr.. Noel Nash of the Two Rivers
Chronicle was in the city Friday on bus
mess.
Mr.. Thos. Brown Of Franklin was n
caller at the PILOT Office Friday.
Mr. f. E Rogers returned Saturday
from Colorado, where he spent the past
| month.
Miss Marie Striebel of this city spent
the Easter holidays with her parents at
Milwaukee.
Miss Emma Weinfurther was home
from Milwaukee to spend Easter with
her parents.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Koch left Tues
day for kaukauna to attend the funeral
of relative.
Mrs JOS Willott and daughter Ada
left Wednesday for visit at Milwaukee
and Madison.
Mr.. Frank Steiner of Kossuth was u
! caller at the PILOT Office Friday.
The Misses Florence Crocker and
Genevieve Goss of Milwaukee are guests
at the Barnes home.
Mr.. and Mrs M. II. Dempsey, Mr.. &.
II. Tegen and Mr. B. j. Dempsey left
Monday for Chicago.
Miss Emma Schlei of Chicago, who
had been visiting ut the Brose home, re
turned to Chicago Tuesday,
Supt. Chas. Meisnest left Tuesday for
Madison to attend the county superin
tendents' convention.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Bolt and family
from Frankfort, Mich, are visiting
with relatives in the city.
Mr. Gustav Kohlmeier of Kossuth was
caller at the PILOT Office Friday.
Mrs. Schulz, widow of the late Louis
Schulz, left Friday for Milwaukee,
where she will reside in future.
Mr.. Jerome Ledvina, teacher of Dist.
No. of Centerville, spent Saturday and
Sunday with Manitowoc friends.
Miss Clara Schumacher, who is attend
ing the Milwaukee Normal School, spent
| the Easter vacation at her home.
County Treasurer Robert Bubolz spent
Easter at his home in Maple Grove, Mr..
Bubolz is proving a first class officer,
Mr.. John Arndt, assistant principal at
the Business College, spent his Easter
vacation with his parents in Centerville.
Mr.. Jos. j. Korop, prominent bust
ness man of Wayside, was tn the city
Friday and made the PILOT office call
Inspector of Rural Schools w. E. Lar
son left Monday for Madison to attend
the county superintendent convention.
Mr.. Jerome Ledvina teacher in dis
trict No. 4, Centerville was in the city
Saturday and made the PILOT Office
call.
Judge Kirwan is holding court at She.
boygan the spring term having opened
Monday. There are AS cases on the cal
endar.
Senator Randolph and Assemblymen
Wehrwein and Ledvina, who had been
at their homes over Easter returned to
Madison Monday.
Mr.. julius Lindstedt came home Sun
day after spending week on his farm
in the Ontonagon valley. He returned
to the farm Tuesday.
When building house you first erect
the foundation. An Abstract of Title il
the foundation Of your property. Prices
furnished. Property looked up free.
Manitowoc County Abstract Co, A. Z.
Schulze, Mgr, opposite Court House.
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Unsympa athletic.

Mrs. Malaprop--Y Young Sharp will
have to apologize before I'll speak to
him again.
Miss Interest--Did he insult you?
Mrs. Malaprop-Did he? The last
time | met him | told him that my
uncle, Lord de Style. had locomo-
tive atacksia, and he had the impu-
dence to ask II he "whistled at cross
ings" He's an unsympathetic brute.
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Dorothy lay back in a wicker chair
on the yeranda, looking out at the
rapidly deepening afterglow. Suddenly
a faint, hoarse co-e-ce came across the
paddock. She looked up wonderingly.
A dark swaying form was coming to-
wards her. lnstinctively she shaded
her tired eyes with thin white hand.
Then She sat up, her golden hair
streaming round her, her eyes strain.
ing to make out the newcomers face.
II wasn't--it couldn't be
And then with sobbing cry of
"Dorry." he fell on his knees beside
her, and dropped his head upon hex
Lap.
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Chicago & North Western Railway.
NORTH BOUND

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Train
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saudth
Mol and l7nakn
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Leave Manilowuc d ~ a m
Arrive Two Rivers b 50 a IN
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CREAM SUPPLY EXCELLENT.
@1a1e Dairy Inspector Has visited %
NaSries in the North Yakima Dis
tria-Is Well Pleased.

THE milk supply of North Yakima
n above standard and the milk now
coming on the market is better than
ii ever was. The creameries are In
tine shape and among the producers
II cream the conditions are fairly
good This statement was made last
night by Il. w. Hanson. deputy dairy
and food commissioner and state dairy
instructor, who las been in North
Yakima for week and who, in that
sinfe. examined IS dairies which sup
ply cream for use by the creameries.
Covered Much Territory.
II have been going the rounds with
the drivers said Mr.. Hanson land
while it has been tedious work it has
proven the most satisfactory method
III I was present when the cream was
turned over to the creamery men.
have been over the routes in the We
mas, Cowiche, Naches and Ahtanum
valleys. I did not touch the Mckee
and the country east of North yakima
will see. those places on my next
TIM. Among producers of cream
IND conditions fairly good: from fair
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If you desire a clear complexion
take Foley's Orino Laxative for con-
stipation and liver trouble as it clean
SEES the system and purifies the blood
and blotches soon disappear. Foley's
Orino Laxative cures chronic consti-
patton by restoring the natural action
Of the bowels and you do not have
to take medicine constantly. North
Yakima Drug Co, A. d. Sloan, Prop
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kiIlS 10 Sion the LNicnu

The worst foe for IL years of John
Deye. of Gladwin. Mich. was a run
ming ulcer. He paid doctors over
100000 without benefit Then Buck
lens Arnica Salve killed the ulcer
and cured him. Cures Fever-Sores.
Polls Felons, Eczema. salt Rheum.
1nfallible for Piles Buns. Scalds.
Cuts, Corns. csc at G. G. Cases drug
store.
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FEARFUL TALE
TOLD IN LETTER
Mrs. A. G. Elder Receives Il Letter
from Her Sister in Turkey Tell
in OF Massacre OF Armenians.

Friends in North Yakima of Miss
Emily Richter sister of Mrs. A. G.
Elder of this city, will be greatly in
terested in letter recently received
here from her from her mission field
in Turkey in which she tells of the
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The Bargain Sale.

Edith-These bargain sales are go
ing to be the death of me yet. 1 went
into store the other day where they
were having a sale of preserves.
Ethel-Well, let's know the worst
and have it over. Did you preserve
your presence of mind?
Edith almost got crushed in the
jam.
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to good, speaking generally. Some
were poor and none were excellent.
The cream itself is well handled. All
the diaries have excellent facilities
and from now on the quality will i'm
prove. The tendency is upward.
State Takes n Hand.
Hitherto competition has prevent
ed better conditions. If one creamery
refused a product the other would
take it. The state has now stepped
in and decided that it will be the
Judge. After June12 failure to COM
ply with the regulations will be dealt
courts. have distributed pamphlets
outlining the requirements to all in
terested. The conditions are not sew
ere. The floors must be tight, no
manure will be tolerated against the
sides of the buildings but must be st
a reasonable distance, buildings must
be cleaned and kept up, in short the
ordinary rules of cleanliness must be
observed. They have now had one in
spection and a caution. I was COM
PEELED to condemn a 10 gallon can of
cream which ! found unfit for food
and I closed the dairy of Ed. Hackett
in the Ahtanum. had visited him be-
fore and the conditions were intoler-
able. We are going to have pure milk
and cream.
Good Words for Fitch.
~. e. Fitch was with me Friday.
He will act for the state having been
appointed a deputy, of course without
pay. The city is cooperating with
the state. Mr.. Fitch is a good man
and a conscientious one. The city
should feel proud of the work he is
doing and the state Us ready and will
ling to cooperate. n going about with
him 1 found that there is great will
lingness to comply with the requests
of the state. Those who are doing
their best cannot be subjected to the
competition of those who are careless
and unclean. That is where the
state, in protecting the public will pro-
tect the man who is doing his best.
Visited Many Diaries.
"My work has taken me to 65 dair-
les which are cream producers ex-
clusively. The dairy animals are me-
dunn stock but the tendency is to i'm
prove. There are a number of very
good herds Just now / have been ex-
aiming more particularly the quality
of the cream. Later l will return. We
will make a winter examination as to
barn conditions. At present the ma
jority of the animals are out and are
merely brought in to milk In the
winter when they are in the barns we
will go into the existing conditions
with regard to housing, etc. / carry
my records with me and will be able
to tell the next time what has been
done with reference 10 suggestions
now made. The milk and butter of
this district will in time be par ex-
cellence.
81 would like to make suggestion
of the value of a few cows for the
orchard The land must not be ex-
hausted. Cow, if of the right kind will
be a most valuable adjunct to the
fruit producer
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Hundreds of thousands of people
-1s. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea
AZ a family tonic. If taken this month
z win keep the family well all spring
III Ii fails get your money back. 50
.,.saJats, Cases drug store.
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Slaughter at TarSus.

mains but they saved their school
building. They have 5000 refugees
in the compound. Now begins the
work of hospitals and orphantges.
Pray for these poor people who are
friendless and homeless and so hum
gry-food all destroyed. Don't know
how many have been killed and
wounded.