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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-12-18
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T. NJ. Gathright. of coylngton, va.
&ho had been In Pittsburs for a week,
spent Sunday here with his father in
law, Mr.. A. J..Stonc, on Quincy street.
Miss Laura Williams returned Sat.
urday night from Plttsburg where she
had spent several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ]. Dorsey and daugh.
ter, Mary, are the guests OF friends in
Pittsburg.
Mr.. J. H. Barnes leaves this week
for Chattanooga, Tenn, to spend
Christmas with his daughter, Mrs.
VIII Reese.
Master John Gordon Mack, OF Nc
Keesport. Pa. is the guest OF his
grandmother, Mrs. Jos. Watherwax.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. S. Mack and Chas.
WatherwaX will come here the latter
part OF the week to spend Christmas.
Mr.. William McKillop is i'll OF ty.
phoid fever at his home on Walnut
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. PAUL., of Bait.
more, are here TO spend the holidays
with the formers sister, Mrs. Mar.
garet PAUL Smith.
Miss Grace Larimer, OF Mason City
this state. is expected TO arrive here
this week to be the guest OF Miss
Title Mckinney.
Jay Ayers and Herschel Barnes
who have been attending Ohio State
University will arrive home this week
to spend the holidays with the lat
ter's mother. Mrs. Lou Barnes of
East Park avenue. Mr.. Ayers moth.
er, Mrs.. z. F. Ayers, OF Mass, has
been here for week and will remain
until the first of the year, the gcust
of her, sister, Mrs. Barnes.
Mrs. a. Wrick and children are the
guests OF the formers parents Mr..
and AIRS. J. Brown in the First ward.
MIS- skatheft|e houghI who attends
Tho ueabbdy sdhool bt' Music in Bal
tlmorc arrived home Saturday night
to spend the holidays with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs, John Hough on Barney
street.
Mrs. n. II. C. Morrow was called 10
Cumberland, this state, on Saturday
10 attend the. funeral OF her nephew.
Ralph Lawrence which occurred in
Pittsburg on Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. W. j. Boydston spent
Saturday in Wheeling,
DR.. ]. w. Mcdonald has returned
'front.' n brief visit In Wheeling,
T. Miss, Dora Conway Is Ill Of Fhcu-
matte fever at the Watson hotel. tt'
Rev. G. W. Klnsey hes returned to
his homo in Warrington district from
Parkersburg where he had been the
guest of his son, Clarence Kinsey and
family.
Messrs. w. E. NELL. of Elizabeth,
this state, and C. II. NELL, OF Tulsa.
Oklahoma. are the guests OF theil
mother, Mrs. ]. Il. Neill on Chestnut
street. They will remain until after
Christmas.
Miss Name Mclaughlin, of Man.
nlngton. is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
] ]. GInkel, of CASTOR avenue
Miss Rebecca Fordyce returned this
afternoon from Wheeling where she
had spent Sunday with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. p. Hood, OF
Shinnstol Misses Katheryn Smith
and Katharyn Maxwell, Of West,
Union we're guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. p. b. Swearingen Sun.
day. e.s FSW
Alex, Zeck, of Grafton, the well
known plumbing contractor OF that
city, is here looking after some bust.
ness interests.
Fred weltner of the West Virginia
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The weekly dancing class will hold
its last meeting tonight until after
the holidays. Mrs, Ingram will pre-.
side ut the pIan2.
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Anti Tube rculosls, League.

The Anti tuberculosis League will
meet tonight at, 1910 o'clock at the
home OF DR.. c. o. Henry on Fairmont
avenue. Business OF importance will
be transacted md a large attendance
Is urged, !s,,is,V
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Mr.. and Mrs. Larney p Carr leave
tomorrow for Atlanta, Ca, where
they win spend Christmas with theIr
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NEWEST IN JACKETS
REALLY a PRETTY IDEA IS THE
LATEST MODE.
AehIrrIne" Sets on Garment That IL
Adapted to Almost Every Figure
Excellent Design for Travel
Ing Costume.

What pretty pranks Dame Fashion
Is forever playing upon her daugh-
tersl One moment she opens her
lowered boxes and hauls forth coats
IA all degrees OF length; then while
you are thinking that only long, or
longish, coats are correct the last
box Is whisked open and there is the
sweetest thing Of ALA Jacket virtual
ly without tall
SO the good dame has been behay-
ing up to this. moment. and the wrap
she presents now is called the
''shirred Jacket" 1t has very open
neck. turned back with shawl revers,
three-Quarter, OF very short, wide XII
mono sleeves and gathered tail, fall
ing under gathered waist line that
one can only dub "dinky." This tail is
made Of the doubled goods, and as 1t
must be very full 1t Is made separate
from the Jacket, the line Of attachment
being hidden under the waist shirring
or silk cord Sometimes, too, the
shoulders OF the coquettish garment
are shirred, or the hmono sleeves are
gathered down the outside along q
line of trimming. and although the
whole effect of the little coat is
bunchy, II well made 1t is becoming
to any but the stoutest figures Black
satin in delicate summer weight Is
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the smart material for this coat, but
It Is also seen In rich colors, and its
province is to set on any gown of q
smart nature in the wardrobe. Very
dainty accessories go with It. some
times q handbag made Of the same
satin and covered with the identical
Irish lace or embroidered tetsste that
forms the collar. and not uncommon
ily the hat win show the same COM
bination. A neck chain that gives 1t
added smartness is called the chin
quapin." although 1t Is no more than
string of round and oval wooden
beads in every color kings blue in
two shades, violet, smoke gray, etc.
And, funny to relate, these dashing
beads can sometimes be bought for
twenty-five cents string.
Amy texture that presents itself as
good dust shedder Is adapted to the
style shown IA the illustration, bril-
liantine and poplin being especially
fine for travelling purposes. But do
be careful Of the color Of your travel
ing dress and, for that matter. Of the
color Of every other summer gown.
for many shade Of brown is tabooed
for summer wear and there are some
shades OF gray and green that are
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Feathers s.!l. wsrn.

In spite Of rumors to the contrary,
this is season Of ostrich plumes and
fancy ostrich feathers. Many Of the
smartest hats are trimmed with fancy
ostrich bands and feathers made up
in the form OF two long, straight
ouills. In some instances the ostrich
bands are split, and used as finish
for the edge Of the brim on both the
upper and lower Sides Emerald
green, coral. royal blue. purple. aad
white are among the modish shades
for these garnitures-
These fancy feathers are really
rather inexpensive as compared with
the cost of the uncurled French tips
and plumes which. though very ultra.
are almost prohibitive in price to the
average pocketbook. ok.-Harper's Bazaar
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AN OLD AND NEW SHOWER
Unique AFFAIR That VIII Be N0t Only
Gratifying but Profitable
20 Bride. 4

In the case Of q bride who win not
"go to housekeeping" as the country
folk say, or whose relations have al
ready well supplied her with household
necessaries, It is a pretty and new
idea to get up a shower which ema
bodies the various fortunate emblems
embodied in the old rhyme Of happy
weddings:
Something old and something new,
Something borrowed and something
blue.
The possibilities of such shower
are not Immediately apparent, perhaps,
but after a little cogitation 1t viii be
found to apply to articles which suit
the purse string Of almost any friend
and certain to mean qualification to
any bride.
For instance, among the things old
there are antiques Of every kind-siL
yer, furniture, china. and, last but not
least, old lace. Prints come within
the scope of this rhyme, so do copies
Of English classics. which are old.
however new the edition.
The possibilities Of the something
new clause are limitless and can be
stretched to coyer any kind Of novelty
that is desirable, from 10-cent appi-
ance to an innovation costing goodly
sum.
The borrowed item is not so difficult
az It would at first appear, for there
are books Of quotations, which are
certainly borrowed; any pretty thing
IN tortoise shell or other shell is boz
rowed from the original possessor
There are plaster casts or marble
copies Of famous statues and photo
graphs Of old masters and inexpensive
but capital copies Of old willow war,
with selections from the operas for
the musical performer.
For the blue clause no suggestions
need be made, as any trihe It is de-
sired 10 give can be sought in this
color.
The showery part Of the afternoon
is usually followed by feast, whether
q luncheon. suppor or buffet refresh
ment, and In regaling her guests after
gift feature of this sort It would be
charming idea have the table
tricked out in any antique damask.
silver, glass ETC.. which the hostess
can avail herself of from the household
treasures.
Those in charge Of the affair may
elect to wear old-time costumes, and
the bride may be invited to "a bygone
days party or anything which viii
keep her unsuspicious of what Is In
store
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equally unpopular. The restriction Is
against the deeper, more sombre.
shades. and the dull, liEeless tones; so
II there is degree Of brilliancy, or a
soft palIor in the material It does not
matter what color It is, for after an
the edict is more against the tone
than the color. For example, although
brown is hot color there Is q pale,
tender tint that is much seen in. loose
travelling coats. this, In satin lining
reversible garments. whose outside is
OF rich cream tussore When the
coat is turned. as It may be at any
time. the lining is Of the tussore. also
Nhe deep shawl collar and cuffs. and
the coat of the brown satin. There
are no smarter garments for travelling
than these reversible coats. and wheth-
er OF satin or not they may cover one
piece frocks in very simple textures
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NEGLlGEE FOR WEDDING GIFT
Loose Klmono Of Persian Lawn OF
Paris MusIln ls Suitable for
Bride.

4 neglIgee that win make wedding
gift Is loose kImono. reaching below
the waist and held to the figure BY
ribbons drawn through eyelets at side
seams
Persian lawn or Paris muslin Is
serviceable. the edge finished with q
German valenciennea an inch wide.
a rayed disk design is drawn as a
border around the neck and down
each side og the fronts; It may outline
the entire negligee These are work
cd alternately In warm pink and deep
baby blue. the stxaight rays running
from center Of Eve French knots In
black, or sometimes from an outline
the color of the rays. with the black
knots inside.
A finish Ia given by adding to the
outside edge quarterineh blue rib
bon sewed on with machine stitch Ia
hlaok and o. TIE under side 3 pink
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Let Him Do The Guessing

"Gargle your throat with cooking
soda. and ! think you win be able to
go te your dinner"
WHO is this spealing?v asked Mrs..
Brown. startled
"Oh. that you win never know" an
gwered the voice
Mrs. Brown was greatly amused and
decided to try the remedy Her
throat improved and she went TO the
party. During qiRneg, ahe eheuqed
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hit are not likely to occur often in
game with Walsh pitching. He
is spit ball pitcher entirely. He
uses his splitter" and a fast ball
with no curves. On this occasion.
Payne signalled for either spit
ball or a fast one, don't know
which. Walsh shook his head In
reply, and Payne gave him another
signal to which he again shook his
head.
You don't want this one2" Payne
mumbled in his mask, but loudly
enough for me to hear as he gave
another signal. Walsh nodded as
sent.
Now here is what passed through
my mind. after listening to the hint
carelessly dropped by Payne. Two
were out at the time, man was
on third base, who, II he scored.
would put us ahead. and the count
on me was two strikes and no balls.
MY flash Of thought must have been
instantaneous. / try never to pay
any attention to the monologue Of
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time that catcher throws the ball back to the
pitcher until he delivers it again, batter
should never take his eyes OF the pitcher.
All Of the grooves" of batters are carefully
catalogued. Every hitter in baseball, with the
possible exception Of Lajoie and Wagner. is sup
posed to have what Is known to the profession
as groove certain real or imagined weak
ness. Some pitchers work to fool batter and
others aim at his groove" Young and Powell
are Of the second type, and 1t is this style Of
pitcher that always try to make pitch to the
limit. as they have to depend absolutely on
their control
The catcher is obviously included in the
guessing match which always results when
batter faces pitcher. recall funny instance
OF "Har Chase making Ire Thomas look Ike
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TWO strikes and one ball on me In
q game in Cleveland. He walked
out Of the box and part way to
the catcher to receive the ball.
Easterly, catching, signed for an
offering that did not coincide
with "Cy's" idea Of the exigen-
cies Of the situation. The old
fellow shook his head twice.
which Immediately forced me
to conclude that 1t would be
neither a curve nor a fast one.
OIdring was on first base at the
time. and / guessed that "Cy"
must want to waste one, think
ing he was going to try ts, steal.
When the ball came to me about
chin high, ! at once concluded
that my diagnosis waa the cor
rect one, and l let It go. But,
when about two feet in front OF
me, 1t broke across my letters, a
beautiful strike, and had not
even taken my bat OF my shoul-
der. "Cy' had dished up spit
ter from somewhere IN his as
o01fnnnf and I dtdmf& nxrnv, fxv,x,~<,
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whIte Hose FashIorabIe.

white hose are just now receiving
the big share Of attention. says the
Dry Goods Economist, due to the ar
rival Of real summer weather and va
cation periods. The demand Is so
much ahead Of the immediate supply
that it is common thing for buyers
to be told that deliveries cannot be
made under ten days to two weeks
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INTO an argument, and have
his pitcher shoot over q fast
! one. He tried this on me in
the first worlds series.
$50 they say that you are
the best base runner in the
American league" was his
opening line. "Well, you are
not up against American
league catchers now, young
fellow. Let's see you steal q
base II you get down"
/ paid no attention to him,
although he evidently hoped
that I would turn around and
reply, so that I would be
caught or my guard. And
fnot in conceit, but, as a his
torian, / relate the sequel. I
did get down to first base,
and by pretending ] was GO
ing to steal, made him signal
to Overall to waste two balls.
Then. when he had to put .
strike over, / went down.
Sometimes a catcher VIII
overnlav hia mart N fhfa rn.
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spect, and remark dropped by him win give
of this sort happened to me in Chicago one
day last season, with Welsh pitching and
Payne catching
Payne dropped remark. which set my mind
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sort Of instinct which some players have and
others never attain. A man seems to do It BY
intuition and often cannot tell just what con-
crete hypothesis leads him to reach certain
conclusion. But believe me. It Is great art for
ball player to have. q great ait. and cne "a
be cultivated
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ing right. He has almost clairvoyant ability
to outguess pitcher.
In some games. have been able to guess
right almost every time that the pitcher has
thrown the ball to me and yet have not beer
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six nickeis in a game last sum
mer. Thomas formerly played
on the Yankees, and. a. the time,
Chase's sign for the squeeze
play was given by putting his
right hand to his nose. Ira had
seen him give this many times
when they were team mates.
But on this occasion. Chase
was playing on the New York
club, and Thomas was catching
on the Philadelphia team. 1t was
in the eighth inning with the
score tied, and a New York rum
ner. on third base, champing on
his spikes to get home when
Chase stepped to the bat. One
was out. "Hal" went through
the usual preliminaries OF knock
ing the dirt out Of his spikes, FIX
ing his hat the firmer, as If he
expected to take long run and
didn't want to be called back to
get the cap, and splitting on his
hands. Then he put the first
digit Of HIS right hand to the side
Of his nose.
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working and which led me to forecast what
was coming. This cue and the resultant con-
elusion drew, based on the hasty hypothesis
OF Payne's remark. resulted in timely base
hit The conditions and circumstances OF the
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"Oh, that you win never know" an
swered Mrs. Brown. laughing. and
rang ofE.Ldppincotk's.
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whlsker trimmer OF his, which
Is a high, fast one in the vicinity
Of the neck, IL a villainous ball.
A pitcher Of Young's type would
Just as soon tell the batter where
be is going to try to throw the
ball, because 1t is generally known
that he is pitching at batter's
weakness.
So batting In the big leagues 10
largely game Of thought. The
man who outguesses the pitchers
accumulates the most hits and
the largest batting average. Lajoie
is the only exception to this that
can recall. OF course, self-con-
fidence is an absolute necessity to
any successful hitter, but the
Cleveland second baseman is more
chock full Of reliance in his own
batting ability than any other
player / know. 1t is not conceit.
just faith in his eve. He shuffes
out to the plate, almost carelessly,
and bangs his bat down two or
three times as II to say to the
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blCRnss We0S6 AAAeS Ht+-t< ff--A@t -~--~>-
.ssYou can't get one by me- his
manner appears to challenge. He
is simply bulging with confidence.
He is the one hitter and the only
successful one ever saw who appar
rently doesn't try to guess what the
pitcher is going to throw and really
doesn't care. Pitchers have never
been able to discover any groove"
that he is concealing. He simply
wades in and hits at any kind OF
q ball. He Is one batter in thou
sand.
Tyrus Cobb, the Detroit star, is
the exactly opposite type Of hitter.
He is thinking all the time he 10
at the bat. figuring, planning, to out
guess the pitcher and the iielders, in
baseball .parlance ''to cross his OPP
ponents, legitimate procedure. II
he thinks that the third baseman
expects .bunt, he will hit it out.
He never chases q bad ball, and he
makes pitcher work to the last
notch. He worries many Of the
men In the box by his restlessness,
ana hacarsa he In congtantlv guess
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UUAO 70 bVt g 4Ates
There is a great diff
ference in pitchers. Some
are easy to outguess,
and others are as bad as
a jig-saw puzzle, and ]
never worked out one
Of those In my life. !
know some men who
have mannerisms In the
bog which betraY defin-
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verse English on It. It was q case Of him out
guessing me. The veteran Cleveland pitcher
Is as different from Walsh in his style. as white
Is from black. "Cy" relies on curve and a
fast ball. never using "spitteE Young had
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coming Thus Chase double-crossed Ira. A
ball player Ii trying to outguess the pitcher
from the time he leaves the bench until he
sits down again. He doesn't terminate his
engagement at the plate. AS soon as bats
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he repeated the old sign very de-
iiberately.
What" exclaimed Ira, you're
not giving me that sign. thinking
I'm not jerry to it?"
That's right, Ira" answered
Chase carelessly. II had forgot
ten you knew. but it goes any
way"
This conversation was carried
on while Plank was paving
around in the box and preparing
to pitch. AS the tall southpaw
wound up, Daniel started in from
third base. Plank delivered a
perfect strike, and Chase half
hunted and half hit the ball, which
allowed Daniels to. score. Hal
had beaten Thomas at his own
game. He had given sign that
Thomas knew, and which the lat
ter did not for a moment think
had been passed out seriously.
Therefore Ira did not signal for Q
pitchout as he would have done
Il he had guessed the play was
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by Payne. He can't intend to waste
q ball, ! reasoned, because the man
is on third. and he doesn't think
he is going to try to steal. Then
It struck me.
Can it be a curvef' / asked my
self surprised. But he never
throws one." | argued in my mind.
Then remembered the surprise
betrayed in Payne's you don't
want this one" The remark, mum
bled in his mask, had supplied the
key. took a chance. 1t was a
curve, and I called the turn. It
was the first and last one Walsh
ever threw me, and probably he
would have slipped 1t over, had It
not been for Payne's poorly sup
pressed surprise. That cost Walsh
the game. It must be remembered
by the reader that all this giving
of signals and reasoning took place
in about minutes time. A ball
player must think fast.
Old "Cy" Young. one Of the
Solons Of baseball, crossed me once
in almost the same way with re-
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OF baseball to let the fret one go by to get
look at the style. King would say;
He liked the looks of that Let's try him
on another" Then up would come curve.
favorite trick Of his is to get the batter
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early innings OF the first game,
Sweeney had his hand split open
with one Of Ford's eccentric spit
ters. The Highlander was never
the same again. He did not pitch
the wonderful ball he is capable
of In that series. He had no con-
fidence in the numbering Mitchell
to handle his "spitters," to think
fast; in short. to outguess the bat
tiers.
Some catchers have a very busy
habit of talking all the time to
annoy batter in an effort to dis
tract his attention from his work.
John King, of the Chicago Cubs,
known in baseball as a bad man
with batter, "chewed" incessant-
ly during the worlds series in
which we won the championship
from the Cubs. He seemed to
want to distract attention from
the pitcher. A favorite line OF
his was:
Nov. let's try him on a fast
one"
1t is sort OF an unwritten law
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reticent man. and his remark surprised me.
Walsh bad refused to pitch until he had re-.
sceived certain sign. This made me think
that it was not going to be splitter or a
fast one, evidently the first two signals given.
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c6tcner. IN only Few instances
does the pitcher give the signals.
So much faith have some pitchers
in certain catchers that they pitch
altogether different brand Of base
ball to other men. This Is particu-
llarly true of Krause, the Philadelphia
left handler, who pitched such sensa-
tiotnal ball in the season of 1909, and
of Ford, Of the New York American
league club, who was the thrill Of
the league last season with his
double breaking spitball. Krause had
NO confidence in any catcher except
Ira Thomas, and Ford could not work
harmoniously without I'D" Sweeney.
These catchers did all the thinking
for the two great twirlers, and their
work in the box was purely me-
chanical.
Krause ranTed ten straight VIC
tories in row before he fell, in
q ten-inning game with the st. Louis
team, then, as usual, In last place.
The secret is this. Thomas was catch
dng him for the ten he put on the shelf.
Lapp was behind the bat for the
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that the becret OF
success Is the start,
absolutely. Speed Is
q great asset, but
the start Is every
thing.
Outguessing the
nifnhnr and catcher "a
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alaventh, and 1t fell Of and smashed. Krause
pitched without confidence in his catchers
Judgment to outguess the batters, and he lost
The same thing was true Of Ford in the
post-season series with the Giants In the
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'7E7Fhat are you going TO DO. Gal asked Ira
frame up something here7"
Thomas did not expect to find out anything
by the question but wanted to drag. Chase into
conversation to get his mind of his work