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\ Alter ma Ai.preclatase siallee a, tnt
d t4AsAtt Aais. soiiaa.s.
The entn. sontnia matron in the
81 0U0FMas aAa @aAtea ions. she hau
n NJ tSsnS iUt intruaas tons.
n KNOW, sac interrupted fmpa-
4 t5eaalis. Mr. ..onius t.tvpnonca u
I AApxvt YOU"
AR. Iso.ans." reiterated the wife al
THAI estiiiis..Ie person AMI. realsy, |
haseat t.gne IT, talN fartr.er. AS you
\ 0ee, / gov Tor the stree.
xAsse are sne isees--tnese mapies
& Anu popiars just III ifent 81 the toase.
u 10 l4ua ltlin them too nucn. IA pransh
$0G here ana There, TX yen u.il---ana
SAf1ke u ssr,ne sa even naial.e, {
viii return ny O'clock, anu Ii you
ART iil.ashed before tnen, You may go.
anaf come Daek Tor totil pay laief.r'
The Youth stared long after the de-
pAFank Mrs. toilIns, has fingers ruf-
f5tnk the nair OF n pazziea mead. Al
last ne heased neasy sigh anu
stiuue OF in the opponits direction to
that taken by the laay. a curious
smt8e ON his lips.
Lee FORESTER WAS tall and broad
unusually tail and hroaa-~-and this
may have accounted for the heavi-
hess OF the sigh in question. Also. he
was dressed very heeominxly, and In
the height of the autumn fashion.
Hts own eyes could detect no flaw In
his clothes or bearing, ana yet this
w0man--the sister OF the girl whom
he intended to make his wife--haG
promptly and on first sight assigned
Aim to manual labor, evidently mis-
taking him for some outdoor worker
hired by her husband.
Il Nothing like favorsng the idiosyn-
cfasies of relatives to he. unused the
youth ~ he STROBE into the first hard
ware store he came te and ordered
the paraphernalia essentia! for tree
slipping.
WE Lee Forester was an observing
s1kudent Of the things that took place
4hOut him. Otherwise II might have
|been difficult to have essayed the role
I3ven over to him by the mistaken
lin. Collins.
M 80rrester. the son of Battle For
X1Wter. amAlgamator of a dozen rail-
eAdA, had no reason To know the
13chniQue of tree clipping. but he did.
1efefnre. the naples and popiars OF
M 4bEent Mrs. Collins were safe.
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ss ~. ~ nv s,!ehu"us souhs man
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4 VIZ nay ~ ssrIa'nis descended 10 me-
Fosresters facefiousIy was due
s.p- sssss.. 80, $50,
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CHAPTER I.


This is the story Of how a middle
s49ed spinster lost her mind deserted
%M&r dom eEttc gods In the city, took q
8&Nxntehed hruse Tor the summer out
$9R town, and found herself involves
$41 ons OF those mysterious crimes
9At Keep our newspapers and detec-
A9lse agencies happy and prosperous.
& 0f twenty years | had been per-
s&ortly comfortable: for twenty years
had had the window boxes filled in
s spring the carpets lifted, the
snkntngs put up and the furniture
sNevefed with brown linen. for az
qny summers 1 had said good bye
SA1 my friends, and. after watching
aeeir perxpiring hegirs. had settled
EMQWn 70 4 delicious quiet in town,
where the mail comes three times A
~ and the water supply does not
u epend on tank on the roof.
MI And then--the madness Seized me.
When look back over the months
eDent at SunnysIdA. wonder that
M survived 1t all. AS ii is, ] show
- wear and tear of my narrowing
] have turned very gray
ktddy reminded me of 1t, only yes
uaE. ny saying that little blning
TIE rinse water would make my
Mtsery. instead Of yellowish
43ep. hate 10 be reminded OF
pseAsant things and snapped her
No" I said sharply. I'm not CO.
.I1 g uee bluing II my time OF life,
oeorch. either"
Ays nerves are gone, she says.
4laet awful summer. bu, she has
Gh 5eft goodness knows. And
- begins to 70 around with
en h her throat. all have to do
tAreateu 70 return to Sunnyxide,
- ~ frightened into d SEM
9e ~ cheerfulness--from which
~ Judge. that the summer there
n4yehtng but q success.
nqWopapar accounts have been
e1loo and incompIete---one Of
enf1oned me but once, and
N11y - the tenant at the time
MD h2ppsned-that / feel II my
~ what know. Mr.. Jamie
~ detective. sAid himself he
Aever have done without me.
~ eave me little enough
- pe1nt.
eeve to 90 back several
eoeN. 70 be exact--to start
"A that dime my brother
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A woman always wants her photo
graph to fatter her. but q man Ii
perfectly satisfied IL he gets one that
looks as fascinating and impressive
as he thinks ne does.
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HOME HELPS

Minced chfyes and chervii are add
/ ed to the usual seasonings OF tomato
salad, with decided Improvement to
I the dish.
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A man never worries about losing
his reputation. because, to most OF
them, that couldn't be much OF a
loss.
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fure, II a bandeau is worn instead Of
the bow, il would be put around the
ehisnon. with q soft bow at the left
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Between tlse Days
= Tho dAva ShA ~aSw .

Between tlse Days.
Between the days the weary days.
| He drops the darkness ana this
| dews;
Over tired eyes his hands he laya
And strength and hope and life re.
Thank God for rest between tho DAYS.
| Else who could bear the battle stresk.
| Or who Withstand tho tAmpeM.s
| shock.
Who thread the dreary wilderness
| Among the pitfalls and the rockA
Came not the night with folded
| fiockse
Tho white iiEh. scorcies. and the
Stretches before as. parched witt,
heat;
But. by ana by. the fierce beams yNaa.
And 10. the nightfall. cool and sweet
With dews to battle our achiu.
feet,
For he remembersth our frame:
Even for this ! render praise.
Q, tender Master. slow to blame
the falterer on LIES stormy wayA
Aoiae with us between the daya.
British Weekly
A Catiand Law,
PUSSY caught a mouse FOR dinner.
But the mouse was wise and old.
Wait Bit" spake he unto her.
Have YOU never yet been told
That there 10 law In Notseeland
ihat pronounces II disgrace
To begin eat your dinner
Ere You 20 and wash your facs.''
Pussy felt ashamed. "A cat should
Do a. wells q mousie can"
Loosed her claws and In 4 ufPy
On the wise mouse lightly rnn.
very vexed. the pussy scoldsd.
Mouseiand laws would work dfs.
grace.
THIS shall he the law In Catlsnd:
After eating wash your face"
--ChristiAn Commonwealth.
The opening chapters OF our nav
serial story. The Circular Staircase
will appear In Few days exclusive.
~ In the Richmond vlrrinian.
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The average man would cling to his
wife forever If she would let him
alone. just as no clings to his teeth
until they begin to bother him.
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Stories and Standards for
Ric h mond Households
Reflections Of a Bachelor Girl
BY HELEN ROWLAND

Take care of mans digestion and
his devotion viii. take care of itself
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vently that he never would marry
/ again Ia she should die.

ventIy that he never would marry
again Is she should die.
The modern matrimonial agreement
y merely . matter Of I'm vots for
button your dresses up the back, II
you'll cook for me pray for me, wait
for me and keep the studs In my
shirts''
Nothing can equal the scoro with
which the woman In Z hobble ana the
woman in q bifurcated skirt regard
each other a. they pAse on the street..
A Trustworthy man h ono In whose
presence II IL perfectly ea1o for q
pretty girl to quicker up her llpu and
blows the curls out Of her eyes.
IN love making the more ert the
less heart,
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VlRGlNIAN'S DAILY PATTERN
LADIES' COAT SLEEVES

The sleeve Is the pert OF a garment
which always seems to get old .fAsh-
Toned hrst. This season sleeves are
quite SNUG In all tailor made coats and
the models illustrated will be found
quite up-to-date.
Both styles are made In two ptecea
and finished with 4 cuff. There II
only . little difference IN the cut Al
the upper part. ~ . glance at the open
pattern will show.
These sleevss may he used for cnatp
Of velvstcsn. tweed. cheviot, cloth ana
the like.
The pattern IL in sizes small, fnedl-
urn and large. Medium sise requires
Tor either Aieeve Us yard OF 4l-inch
material.
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1t is sometimes hard for a woman
to know whether to feel fiattered or
insulted when her husband vows for
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The best mystery story since The
I.eavenworth Caae"-'"The Circular
Staircase Read It in. the Richmond
virginia exclusively.
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To cool an oven while baking never
leave the door open, but cool II by
the hampers or removing one OF the
plates over the oven.
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The chicken meat left over after
making soup can be used in croquettes
and salads. Chop or mine 1t after
freeing from gristle and fat and sea
son ii lightly.
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To avoid UNPLEASANT odors that arise
rom cooking cahha.e. cover II with
Tires cf bread about half an inch
.hick during the boiling process.
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Kid gloves may he cleaned, when
lightly seiled, with a small piece
r oiled silk wound tightly about the
enger and ruthrd vigorously over the
Furface OF the wlove.
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The opening chapters OF our new
serial story. The Circular 0tatrcase."
will appear in few days exclusive.
~ In the Richmond vlrginian.
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To remove rust from steel articles
rub them with kerosene oil and lei
them soak "a hours. Make a paste
of emery dust and kerosene and rub
on TO give a polish.
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THE BEST OF ITS KIND

rs always advertised in fact II only paws
TO advertise good things. When YOU see
an article advertised in this paper year
that there is merit to IT because the con-
tlnued sale OF any article depends upon
merit and to keep on advertising one
have inlitators. but limitations are not adj
Vertised. They have no reputation to sus-
tam, they never expect to have any per-
sell them IL he studied your interests.
sixteen years ago Aliens Foot-Ease. the
antiseptic Powder for the feet, was first
and through people telling each other
what good thing It was for tired and
achlng rect 1t has now a permanent sale.
ana nearly 200 so-called foot powders
nave been put on the market with the
nope OF prohting by the reputation which
mas mas been built up for Aliens Foot-Ease.
,Wnen you ask for an article advertised
IN IN these papers see that you get it. Avoid
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Tile Is Most Sanitary.

OF all the materials used in bath.
rooms and kitchens for walls. floors
and even for ceilings, tho only perfect
one is the tile. The rest are merely
makeshifts made necessary on account
of expense usually.
The tile is absolutely smooth and
non-absorbent; in consequence It IS
very easily cleaned with soap and
water.
a core or sanitary base should be
used where the walls and floor Join
10 prevent the accumulation Of dust
which may become a breeding ground
f>r germs. Door and window trims of
tile may also be used
While tile may be obtained in prac
tically all colors, there is no color
that gives the idea OF cleanliness az
pure white does. As people realize
the advantages OF tiling in both the
kitchen and bathroom It is coming
into more and more general use. and
the ecOnomizing is done on something
else. One Of the great advantages OF
tile in the kitchen is that being vitri.
fed. even hot grease cannot be alb
sorbed, but Is wiped OF MS easily %
or OF a plate.
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RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS

Il had eczema on my hands for ten
years. l had three good doctors but
none OF them did any good. I then
used one box OF Cuticura Ointment
and three bottles of Cuticura Resolyent
and was completely cured. My hands
were raw all over, inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading all over my
body and limbs. Before had used one
bottle, together with the Cuticura
ointment, my sores were nearly
healed over, and by the time I had
used the third bottle, was entirely
well. To any one who has any skin
or blood disease I would honestly adj
wise them to fool with nothing else.
but get Cuticura and get well. My
bands have never given me the least
DIT or trouble up to now.
MY daughters hands this summer
became perfectly raw with eczema.
She could get nothing that would do
them any good until she tried Cuti-
cura- She used Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Ointment and In two
weeks they were entirely cured. I
have used Cuticura for other members
OF my family and 1t always proved sue
cessful. Mrs. M. E. Falin, Speers
Ferry, Va, Oct 10, 1909"
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Ireland. Perhaps Portrush in the
Emerald isle is even more popular.
England has Yarmouth and a score
OF big beaches, aside from those which
have been named. There are good
beaches in Wales ana along the Clyde
in Scotland. Spain has San Sebas-
tain across the border from Biarritz.
On the Bay of Biscay, also, in Area
chon, nesting among the pines, 40
miles from Bordeaux
Other and not so advanced" coun-
tries have also their summer exodus
to the shore. Tunis, for instance, has
number of popular resorts. What
Brighton is to the Englishman, and
what Dieppe is to the Frenchman.
that Rades is to the Tunisian La
Marsa is said to resemble Trouville.
Bathing is an indulgence that is
proper at any hour OF the day. Those
who battle don no special dress, but
enter the water exactly as they were
at the moment they decided to battle.
Then they stretch out on the sands to
dry. At these Tunisian watering
places such amusements as tennis,
shrimping and cafe concerts, as well
as sand castle building by the chill
dren, are we'll known
Finally America, not forgetting the
Philippines. The list is a very long
one. Palm Beach, where in February
the waters fine" and. indeed, the
whole Florida coast. The resorts in
California, the gulf coast beaches, the
almost endless succession of bathing
places on the Atlantic coast What
list there is of them. Narragansett
Pier, which has become the polo head
quarters of the nation; Asbury Park,
with it's Founder Bradley and it's an
nual baby parade reviewed by TitaniA
and her court, and Atlantic City, with
its board walk, its famous piers, and
bathing hour that begging one might
think at dawn and lasts till dark.
Miles of firm white sand, shelving to
the boundless ocean and washed by
the eternal surf-no wonder that those
who come from the interior to see
the sea for the first time have no trou.
BILE understanding its Vaccinations
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History Cleared Up.

The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters were ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter Of the Father OF His Country.
when the teacher propounded a Ques-
ton that stumped them all
why did Washington cross tho
Delaware?"
Why, indeed? Not a child could
think Of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side.' and. Of course.
that wouldn't do. Then little Annies
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crosses the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea
We'll. Annie?"
Because he wanted to get to Allan
tic City. "-Philadelphia Times.
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Don't Eat Scan.

Every now and then you get a faint
taste of soap in something you eat.
That Is because the pot or skillet or
saucepan has been cleaned CD with
ordinary yellow soap, and it has left
a trace of the rancid fat and nausea
ting rosin in the vessel. If Easy Task
soap is used, the cooking utensils are
made absolutely clean and antiseptic-
ally sterilized. Families that use Easy
Task soap seldom have a doctors bill
to pay. because it drives out disease
germs with the dirt. One cake of 1t is
worth two of other sorts.
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IL Was the Other wav

MIR. JONES'" said the senior partner
In the wholesale dry goods house to
the drummer who stood before him in
the private office, you have been
with us for the past ten years"
Yes, SIR
And you ought to know the rules
or the house. One of them is that no
man of ours shall take a side line"
But l have none, sir"
But you have lately got married ."
Yes; but can you call that a side
line. Mr.. Jones?"
Technically, it may not be-"
You needn't fear that having a
wife is going to bring me in off trip
any sooner"
"Oh, l don't. 1t is the fear that
having wife at home you'll want to
stay out on the road altogether"
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WHEN BEARS BREAK IN
They swipe che Butter and Coffee and
Smash Things Just for
Fun.

Bear fur has been so low in price
the last few years that have not
tried to- catch them If they would let
my camps along and keep out of mis-
chief" writes n New Brunswick trap
per in Fur News. But they quite
often break into the camps and then
have to kill them whether the fur is
good or not
IF they do get in camp butter and
coffee seem TO he their first choice.
but they generally smash everything
that will break and what they don't
eat they will destroy, and If they once
learn to break into a camp the only
way to stop them is the trap or gun"
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Why She BROUGHT Il un

DO you remember" she asked
that you said once that unless l
promised to be yours the sun would
cease to sinner"
Il don't remember It now, but I
suppose I may have said something
of the kind"
And have you forgotten that you
assured me that unless l permitted
you to claim me as your own the moon
would fall from her place in the
heavens?"
"Oh. well, what II I did say SO?
Why do you want to bring that up,
now?"
Il merely wished to assure you that
I'm sorry I didn't shut my eyes and
let her fall"
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The SOM Of the Soul

There is a song Of the soul which
not the lips but the life may sing. The
faculties Of the mind and heart NAV
form a choir for the high praise Of
God. Thus may all that is within ia
bless his holy name" Reason with its
majestic bass. love with fuIl.voiced
soprano. and conscience with clear.
toned tenor should be led by will in
the worship Of God There is a true
rythnS OF the life, music of the heart
that the soul may know, a secret hea.
ven in the breast, where already the
choirs of glory have begun their bar
monies.
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An Unnecessary System

You ought to have burglar alarm
system in your house." said the cleo
trical supply agent, so that you will
be awakened If burglar raises one
of the windows or opens a door at
night"
No burglar can get in here winnie
re are peacefully sleeping" replied
Mr.. Newpop. I'VE are weaving our
baby"
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Fine School.

Your daughter should attend my
school of education"
she shant! She's attended one,
and she's positively"
"Ah, but I teach new system.
When my pupils are asked to recite
they are trained to refuse"
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Il mere are tHe
great French re-
sorts, where in
summer you may
see the peo-
pie whom I'm win.
ter you note dri-
wing in Bots or
drinking I'm the
cafes. T h G ir q
seems almost a
burlesque of bath
ing, for they ap-
pear in as vivid
n blaze of color
and in as elabo-
rately construct
ed costumes, and
they are as much
swayed by the
rules of fashion
here as in the
boxes of the opera
In Paris. The
French WON en-
make the ocean
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Tho Reason WhX.

One of the travelling statesmen Of our
town came home to spend the holi.
days with his family, wife and small
daughter
Everything went lovely until the day
arrived for his return to duties, when
his young daughter was very reluctant
about letting him go.
The conversation ran thus:
PATERNITY do you care II I go
away; I'm no relation of yours.
am /?
Child-Yes. you are! You're my IA
Their by marriage.
Father-Well. Then how is your
mother related to you?
Child-She's my mother by borna-
tion.-Mack's National Monthly.
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She Know the Worst.

Mistress (hiring servanD-I hope
You know your place?
Scranton, yes, mHml The last
three girls You had told me an
about Il.
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His Busy Season.

"How's business?"
Brisk" answered the druggist. I've
bought tickets for two picnics and four
excursions this morning, and donated
goods for several indoor affairs"
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A mans argument Is nearly always
Galf convincing.
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For Red, Itching EyeIids. Cysts, styes
railing Eyelashes and All Eyes That
Need Care Try Murine Eye Salve Asep-
TIC Tubes-Trial Size-25c. Ask Your Drug
gist or Write Murine Eye Remedy Co.
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1t takes more than church fairs to
make fair church.
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dedicated to the bath and they have AT.
tained fame which makes them places
OF interest the world around.
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LII the shores OF all the
oceans are b 8 hing
places, but there are GER
tain beaches which have
been chosen, some by
the favored few and more
by the merry multitudes.
for sporting in the surf.
ThPHn resorts hnun hoo.
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The Way of the
Cross Leads
Home"
:::::..::::::::.:;:.:,,:::.;.:::;,:

HE way OF the cross leads
home! 1t must be so else
why this longing after Cal
vary. "as the hart panteth
after the WATERPROOF" as
heart of man for the Spirit
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A Ruskin Thouaht.

To be content in utter darkness
and ignorance is indeed unmanly,
and therefore we think that to love
and find knowledge must be always
right. Yet wherever pride has any
share in the work even knowledge
and light may be i'll pursued.
knowledge is good, and light is
good, yet man persisted in seeking
knowledge, and the moths perish in
seeking light, and if we who are
crushed before the moth will not ac-
cept such mystery as is needful to
us we shall perish in like manner.
None but the proud will mourn
over this, for we may always know
more, if we choose, by working on,
but the pleasure is, | think, to hum
bic people, in knowing that the
journey is endless, the treasure in
exhaustible.-Ruskin
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Soma One Had to STAY,

A mar whose duty it vas to in
spect the prisons of a South Amer
lean republic arrived late at night
at one Of them and asked a ragged
"gaucho" who opened the door
where the chief of police was.
"The chief, sir" he answered,
'1ives at his farm three or four
leagues of. He seldom comes"
"And the second of police"
"The second has not come fol-
some time, sir. The poor man hal
his wife ILL.,"
"And the officer of the guard?"
"He has been invited to a dance"
"And the gendarmes?"
"The gendarmes, sir, finish their
duty at 6 p. m. and don't return
till next day."
"But this is a scandal There il
nobody here to explain things. And
you-who are you?"
Il am the prisoner, sir"