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OLD ~B|[LETS-D0UX
TO COUNTESS READ
To MILLIONAIRE
Romance Of Other Days Con-
fronts Aged Richard V. Dey
in Supreme Court.

Love letters Of an aged millionaire
mine owner to . young and fair lady
Of title were read to-day to Suprem me
Court Justice Newburger and q Jury In
the suit Of Richard v. Dcy. author Of
the letters. against the estate Of the
late Countess Statra.
The letters were yellow-stained by
time. Some Of them were written more
than twenty years ago. when Mr.. Dey
was about sixty years Of age. The
handwriting was Arm and clear. each
letter and word being so ~skilfully FASH
Toned A. to give the love billets the
Appearance Of having been engraved.
The beautiful Countess. to whom tho
letters were psnned. died In Paris In
~. Her aged sdmirer claims that
shortly before her death he loaned her
u5.eoQ. no part OF which has ever been
repaid. Brothers of the Countess are
executors Of her estate. which was Of
considerable value. and they are de-
Pendants In the action Of the mine
owner.
Tue LISTERS were sprung to-day a. a
surprise on the plaintiff. Mr.. Dey was
on the stand under cross-examination.
The attorneys for the executors brought
form ne faded missives and showed
them ne by one to the old man. He
admived he had written each OF them.
Several were offered IN evidence and
rssd to the jury.
II the letters the Countess was ad-
dressed a. Charlie" while the writer
signed himself "Dlckie." One Of the
sotshes indicated that It was something
eS . regular custom Tor the old man to
ssvs money to the pretty Countess. That
lettsr. written April s. 1895, read:
Just . line. my dear Charlie. to lot
you know ! Am on this A. NJ. am
avfully sorry 8. b. went on that
eteamer with you. I fear you will
lose your best friend IND your
monthly allowance. send you a list
q bills paid. ! had to put $500 in the
bapk to meet the check l see you
didn't get away with the thousand.
! am afraid 1t will be very many
long months before you get any more
r~emittances. and all on account OF
8. y. You acted very foolish about
him after the doctor said II you
w1nted him he would step down and
out. ] fear he has done SO now. Yet
It may pas over. With love. in
haste. yours. DICKIE.
In another letter the old man scolded
his pretty protege about her female
fsdends. writing:
Ny Dear Charlie: II you had moth
inS. . would not be In such de-
mand.. Do stick to your old. true
friends. those who love and care for
y0i, m let that ID gang you
were with in N. Y. go TO the devil.
AN they care for 10 what they can
81 out OF you. Mrs. $. looked like
an old bag when she came to the
steamer that morning with 8. r.
Yea can bet she Is a tough. She
locked like the ghost OF Satsn-her
eaapd baesched locks and her blear
~. we're anythiag tst 0gs0esssss-
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WALL Street.

Politics determined the course OF
prices at the crtse. Of stock market
trading to-day. Overnight political de.
vclopments caused the specula.ive ee-
nent to turn sellers. and their unload
Ing during The first hour dragged Steel.
Union Pacific and Copper down ovor
one point below the closing Of yes er.
day. Rather heavy pressure was also
exerted asains. many Of the specialtles,
which have recently enjoyed brisk ad.
vances.
The selling force abated. somewhat,
after first hour. but the list still pursued
a downward tendency.
Increased selling pressure broke out 4
the afternoon period. Persistent unload
lug of steel. Union Pacific. Reading and
Copper dropped these Issues to the low
est of the day at closing time for losses
Of from ] to . points. The liquidation
Of standard shares. which first started
the reaction. finally extended to nearly
every stock on the list. and the market
In the ANAL hour manlfes.ed pronounced
weakness.
Tcdayis highest. lowest and last. prices o
stocks and OF net changes. as compared with yes
tcrday's final fisurs. are - follows:
The evening world., 1912-04-10

No woman can possibly object to
saving a dollar on q pair Of 0xfords
or pumps as eood-lookine % these
we are selling at $40. Tan pumpe,
tan, black or patent Oxfordscseveral
styles, all sizes and widths. Fresh
from the factory and made espe.
cially for US.
SUBWAY floor. Old Building.
The evening world., 1912-04-10
22c to SOC Zephyr Bingham, l5c

WV S~Fy wv
Standard Scotch Bingham with a small guam.
tity Of 22c American Bingham. In the effective
plaid patterns characteristic Of this class Of goods.
A clear saving of a half to q third.
Superior Woven Tissues, l0c yard
Such as are selling in some stores at l6c a yard
and arc reasonably cheap at that price-for they
were woven to sell for l8c to use. Our price
made possible by an enormous purchase, is lcs'
than actual mill cost. Stripes, checks and plaid
in attractive colorings.
Subwa y floor. Old Building.
Children's Dresses
Formerly 85c to $3.50, at CSC to 81
Certain styles in plaid Bingham and percal,
dresses that we are disseminating. For children
of 2 to 6 years.
Girls white lawn guimpes, with cmbroider,
insertion. tiny pleots ut each side. and lace edging
sizes 2 to ID years, Soc.
Subwa y floor. Old Building.
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FLOAT AND FREIGHT CARS
SINK IN HUDSON RIVER.
Tug Captain Discovers Leak in
Time to Cut Loose
From Craft.

Car float No. IS OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad. with a train Of eleven box
cars aboard. bound from Jersey City to
the foot of West Fo~rty-seventh street.
sprung Q leak OF the Hamburg-Ameri-
can piers In Hoooken early to-day. Capt.
The evening world., 1912-04-10
DO YOUR CHILDREN
need BUILDING Up ?
Thousands Of

thousands oil
hers use
Father Johns
NJ edicine in
their families -
a tonic and body
builder. WI 9 n
the little ones
become weak or
run down. The
nourishins. pure
God elements Of
which the medi-
inc Is
1--WE flesh and
,trcngth an 4
bring back the
lush Of health.
II 10 . safe med
.cine to use. be-
cause IL IL free
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A Queer Fellow.

From the Pittsburgh Post.b
Hes an odd sort of chap. Won't ar
que about the tariff"
whats his reason for not arguingf'
Says he doesn't know anything about
10
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80? AZ the Mvthi inning t0ta Following are the solutions of the pktMS rpNnhn0M the sixth Mnhg
= FRET K. Rationale at b@,M Mutt eemvs clean steal n~st ektto hhab aU aNceanhhdd double
Sr@ half Americana Mh- Two bagrY MTko i kneM manon second jump third: homer;
Thee e "a aHe in the "rMh hmMs . hn IN todys pictures The mue. I'LL Zoe published
cSmoUoU.. Fans should SAGE their sduHons adc compare their tWh rh those thee official bx1 score
Solutions of Nuh mnns-rrt hLk Nationals mMrrpo: high foul 0mt base on balls "~Mkrfhehe"
rnn~0 caught between M:m and second Runs l. hits Il a%s o. left on base o. Touir runs Second half Amer
leans at battle fans hehnE; two base hit rr hit by mhd ball; fly to entire runs o. hits Il er o. left
on MeL Total runs Z Solutions NTH ming First half Nationals at bNrre uamprdn;m d HIT run
Basel Total runs. 8 second hail. Americans at bA-snnea @Me; foul @tm mhm the box safe stolen bG
hit hhAn ny out Runs o. hits Il errors Il left base J. Total runs g
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from alcohol or dangerous drugs In any
form. Not a patent medicine but q
doctors prescription with more than so
years Of success. Get a bottle today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-18
BEHR DOWNS WILLIAMS.
National Clay Court Champion Loses
at Longwood Club.

BOSTON, July 1S.-R. N. Williams of
Philadelphia, national clay court cham
pion. was defeated by Karl H. Behr of
New York in the Longwood Cricket Club
single championship tournament 'yester-
day in a brilliant five-set match.
Another closely contested five-set match
was between G. F. Touchard of New
York and Nat W. Niles of Boston, the
latter finally winning.
F. C. Imam Of New York and E P.
Larned were put out of the eastern
Well and j. Newell of Boston. This was
the only upset in the doubles. The sum-
maries follow: !"
LONGWOOD SINGLES-FOURTH ROUND
6; p Gardner jr, Boston, beat Craig Biddle,
j. E. Jones, Providence, beat L. H. Martin,
Boston. 63, e. 63
New York. 60. 60. G-3.
:, A; S. Dabney; Boston. beat F. c. Inman, New
N. c. MeLoughlin. San Francisco, beat R. n.
d Il Eshr; Ssw TsrG; beat R; y: williams,
w. NJ. Hall. New York. beat J. o. Ames. Prov
idsnce " f Si,. "a ho es @ hea, ron.,,,,
New York. 81. CO. ell, lie. 60.
EASTERN DoUBLEs-sECoND ROUND.
Nelson. Concord. y H.. a.i. s@i. co anu . y
r. p. Halloween and j. Newell Boston beat f.
P. Larned and F. o. Inman, New York, 6-3,
6-3, SO, GI.
G. F. Wales and Ripley Dana, Boston. beat Il.
l. Davenport and C. R. currier, Boston, SO,
Il. c. Seaver and G. T. Putnam, Boston. beat
s. Henshaw and J. d. E. Jones, ca, 1-6, sc.
6-3.
W. ]. Clothier, Philadelphia. and G. P. Gard
ner, jr.. Boston. beat Gardner Beals and w. X.
Shaw, Boston. 6-1, 6-1 90.
H. n. Hackett and l.. E. Mahan, New York,
beat F. ]. Sulloway, Concord, n. H., and K. II.
n. W. Niles and A. s. Dabney, Boston beat H
]. Fitzpatrick and r. Tunis. Boston, 81, Go,
6-1.
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<n9ERIlNENI @1l1ENT
IN Happenings

inches Of reach should make him the
greatest fighting machine in the game
| You have to hand it to Carl for one
| thing: He perseveres. Nine of ten men,
| In Carts case, would have hoped back to
the switch engine long ago.
| 1t is strange, but true. that 1t often re-
| quires several years for ball player 10
be appreciated by the home fans. Nc
! Bride is one of those who for years was
| the object of displeasure by many local
patrons Of the game, though there was
never time when he was not doing capa-
BILE work for his team.
But change has taken place and Nc
Bride has become one OF the most pop
ular men on the team.
This Is McBride's fifth season as a men,
Der of the Nationals. Though he plays a
position which subjects him to certain
amount of danger because he covers the
bag on all attempted steals. Mcbride has
missed but three games during his con-
nection with the team, most remarkable
record and one which indicates the play
er's earnestness. Not unlike other play
ers Mcbride frequently gets in the way
of opposing players spikes and has his
feet and shins scraped. yet these injuries
are too trivial to cause him to take. a
lay-off. one reason why Mcbride has al
ways been popular with the various man
ayers he has played under here. BY his
perseverance and consistent good work
Mcbride has finally won over the fans,
who instead of being his traducers are
now MS boosters.
Nothing travels farther or Is more puz-
Zling as to its origin than rumors con-
corning base ball. For the past few days
1t has been whispered about that Wash
ington had a deal on for Ty Cobb. Shanks
and $4,000 were said to have been Of
fered. and that the final announcement
OF the swap was to be made within the
next few days.
1t is. Of course. needless to say that
there is not the slightest ground for any
such statements, yet the story has been
circulated with such persistency that a
portion Of the patrons of the game here
placed enough credence in it to really
get worked up over 1t.
Just how the rumor started no one
knows. which is usually the case with
these dreams.
1t stands to reason that Detroit could
not think of parting with Cobb. 1t would
mean the killing Of the game there and
SO far as the reported offer Of the WASH
ington club is concerned ii Is absurdly
small when Cobb's valuesi is taken into
consideration. If Cobb were put on the
market today the bidding would be so
spirited that the Detroit club could come
pretty near to naming its own price for
the player.
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Other American League Games.
Athletics and Tigers Split.

PHILADELPHIA, July 1S.-Detroit
began a five-game series with the Ath-
letics yesterday, In which it is the avow-
ed purpose of the Tigers to end such
chances as the Athletics now possess for
the pennant, and all but made good their
first days program. The westerners won
the opening game away off. - to 1. and
it was necessary to relieve Bender in the
ninth and to so eleven innings for the Ath-
letics to take the second number, which
they did by the score Of to 4.
There was big crowd out and all sorts
Of excitement. Danny Murphy, captain
of the champions, was put off the grounds
by Umpire O'Loughlin in the first game
for claiming that the Detroiters stepped
out Of the box and hit illegally and argu-
ing the point too long. Cobb made him.
self the big feature Of the proceedings,
getting seven successive hits-three sin
giles, three doubles Snd a triple-on his
last four times up In the first game and
his first three appearances in the second.
~ R.H.E.
Detroit .. "a 20 1 o 6 0 0-13 20
Philadelphia -. 1000 900 1 5 Z
R.H E.
Detroit .. o = o o o o. 90 o. IA 3
Philadelphia. o 90 OO1-5 9 o
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BY j. ED GRILLO.

While there is undoubtedly lot of diff
ference in the class Of the teams of the
American League, there is not such a
difference in strength between the team
which is leading and the one which is in
last place that the former can afford to
toy with the latter.
Base ball is much too uncertain q sport
to allow the strong to trifie with the
weak and have any assurance OF victory.
A team which will hustle as hard against
a weaker rival as 1t would against its
strongest foe is sure to make a better
showing than the one which takes for
granted that it cannot be beaten.
TO make five runs in a single inning
and tie score is. OF course, not an
every day occurrence but 1t has been
proven that tail-end team Is just as
apt to accomplish this feat as one which
Is prominent in the race. Hence 1t does
not pay to take any chances. The defeat
OF the Nationals in the second game yes
stored away. would probably have been
prevented had the locals been up against
team which had pennant ambitions. In
der such conditions there would probably
have been a change OF pitchers the In
slant that Vaughn began to hoist the
distress signal. but as 1t was a weak
team which was making the rally it was
not given credit for being able to over
come the lead which the locals had stored
up, and that Is where the mistake was
made.
During the present hot spell it is well
for a pitcher to husband his strength
whenever 1t is possible to do SO. The
strain of working nine innings at top
speed under a broling sun can easily be
imagined and the pitcher who cuts loose
only when he has to stands a better
chance to go the route than the fellow
who pitches himself out In the early in
nings, and then finds he has nothing left
to finish with.
Carl Morris is coming back. The second
spasm in the pugilistic career of the Okla
homa giant dates from his victory over
Con Comiskey, whom he whipped in a
punch. Carl Is now going campaigning
a second time for the title.
Carl is the confident boy. In fact. he's
the identical fellow that put the 'con" In
confidence and knocked the Con out OF
of Luther Mccarthy and Jim Stewart
seem to warrant little nope OF the Sapulpa
mans final success.
Apparently Carl has everything fight
err should have except the instinct Kindly
and genial by nature. his inclinations are
against Furnishing anybody severely. That
his gameness Is indisputable IL shown by
his battle with Jim Flynn at New York
when he took a terrible lacing from the
fireman.
But his disposition is against his ring
success even though his 340 pounds Of
weight . feet inches oe hetght and Isl
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Batted for Allison in ninth inning.

'Batted for Allison in ninth inning.
" n..... " 1 -
Three base hits-Ainsmith and Mcbride Double
plays-McBride TO Morgan to Gandl: Foster
to Morgan to Gandil: Allison to Austin to ku-
tina: Austin to kutina to Stephens Hit by
pitcher-By Hughes. tAustin). Umpires-Messrs
Evans and Westervelt. Time of game hour
For seven innings it seemed that dual
victory for the Nationals was assured.
Six runs had been scored Off the Browns
twirlers up to this time, while but a single
tally graced the board for the Browns
Vaughn was pitching most effectively up
to the eighth. But when the Nationals
took the field in. this inning Griffith sent
Roach to short and retired Mcbride.
Vaughn struck out Adams. the first man
to face him. but walked Shotten. JantZen
hit a sharp grounder to Roach which
would probably have resulted in a. double
play. but Roach funfbled and both hands
were safe. Vaughn then walked Kutina,
filling the bases. Pratt hit a slow roller
toward first which Gandil got and threw
home. but too late to make a play. La
porte singled and so did Austin. Hogans
out scored the fifth run>and the score was
tied.
Though Vaughn led off the ninth with
a double to the score board and was sac
rificed to third by Moeller, he was left, as
Foster famed and Milan popped up.
In the tenth the game was won. With
one out Pratt singled. Lap0rte flied out
and Milan muffed Austin's fly. allowing
Pratt to score what proved to be the win
ming run.
The Nationals made their runs in the
third and sixth. single by Vaughn
nd doubles BY Moeller and Milan fol-
wed by a sacrifice fly netting three.
Three more came in the sixth when Nor
gan was walked and Mcbride, Shanks
and Moeller hit safely.
The Browns first run in the third was
the result of Laporte's double and singles
by Austin and Hogan. The score:
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BALL PLAYERS WORK IN MIDSUMMER
COMES FAR FROM BEING EASY TASK

o OUT the after
OF the and
calin For ham
to Of
tnath a
a to
edge and be hustng
GU of
o.
to the
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Bakers Batting.
TRACK IN GOOD SHAPE.
For Holding of Interdepartmental
Games July ~.

The track at Union League Park, 18th
and streets northeast, that will be
used by the athletes in the games of the
League Saturday.
July q. Is in fine shape. A number Of
expert trackmakers have been rolling and
grading the turns, which are banked to
allow speeding. and some fast time will
be made In the relay race. where top
speed must be kept up at all times in
order to cross the line winner.
Working in the departments are some
very speedy runners from all over the
country, who have not had an oppor-
tunity to show their ability.
banner crowd will attend the games
judging from the large advance sale Of
tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-18
CHICAGO HEAVERS TOUGH FOR
TYRUS, NATIONALS EASY
Iris Speaker, Leagues Batting Leader, Also
Has Trouble Connecting With Offerings
Of Walsh, LANCE and Co.-How
Best -Four Batsmen Work
Against the Pitchers.

DETROIT, Mich. July 1S.-Four Won
derful batters are iris Speaker of Boston,
Ty Cobb of Detroit, Joe Jackson of Cleve-
land and Frank Baker of Philadelphia
They are probably the very best ex
ponents of batting who clout from the
off-side of the pan. Up to and including
Mondays games, Speaker was the pace
maker not only for the other three left
handed batters mentioned. but also for
all the other southpaw hitters and the
right-handers as well in the American
League. Cobb was close up. with Jack
son next in line and Baker following. In
fact, Home Run Baker is far in the rear
Of the other trio
After Speaker had garnered three hits
in FIVE times up Monday he owned bat
ting average OF .4OS, the result of 13o
hits in 331 times at bat. His best hitting
has. been against the Maps. the Texas
wonder connecting for thirteen safeties in
twenty-six times at bat. an average of
500. Next in order. the ST. Louis pitchers
have suffered most at iris hands. He
He has also batted in excess of 400
against Washington and the Athletics.
The Chicago pitchers have held him to
the smallest average. 300 mark.
Senators Easy for Ty.
Strangely enough, Cobb has also been
weakest against the White Sox pitchers.
His mark Is $40 against Chicago. ST.
Louis New York. Philadelphia and Wash
ington pitchers have been duck soup for
Tyrus, especially the former, against
whom he has batted .479, making thirty.
Ave hits in seventy-three times at bat.
Cobb has batted for exactly the same
mark against Cleveland pitchers that
Joe jackson, the Nap star. has against
Detroit's fingers. each bingling safely
twenty-five times in sixty-six times at
bat average of .379. Jackson has been
more effective against the Chicago pitch
ers than either Speaker op Cobb. owning
1893 mark against Walsh. Lange and
company. He has batted twenty-six
points less against the Browns than
Speaker and thirty-eight less than
Cobb. although his high-water mark Of
AL Is against st. Louis. Philadelphia
Is the only other club against which
Jackson has betted better than 400, as
compared with four for both Speaker and
Cobb ..sss
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Cravath's Batting Beats Cubs.

CHICAGO, July 1S.-Cravath's batting
gave Philadelphia the opening game of
the series with Chicago yesterday. 6 to 5.
After Chicago took the lead Cravath's
triple in the third put the visitors ahead.
Moore's wildness was responsible for the
locals tying the score, but Cravath's
home run. which cleared the right field
screen, gave Philadelphia the winning
run. Score:
r. H. E.
Chicago......... . OOO12 1905 IL 3
Philadelphia. o 2 3 o OOOlo6 1
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'Batted for Petty in the tenth inning.
tBatted for E. Brown in the fifth inning.
Washington ...... o o 0 0 0 O-6
st. Louis. .......O o o o o II
Left on bases-Washngton. Z: st. Louis,
of Brown. 3: of Adams, 1. Innings pitched
BY Vaughn. 8: by Petty. l; by Brown, 4; by
Vaughn. 80: against Petty. 5: against Brown.
"A; against Adams q. Hits made-Of Vaughn,
Q; OF Petty. /; OF Brown. 8; Of Adams, ..
Adams, 3. Two-base hits-Moeller. Milan, VIII
liams. Vaughn. Austin and Lnporte. Sacrifice
fy-Gandfl Sacrifice hits-Moeller Mcbride and
Krichell Double play-krichell to Austin
Wild pitch-yaughn. Passed bal--Williams Um.
pires-Nessrs. Westervelt and Evans. Time OF
game hours and 20 minutes.
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PLAY INDIANS SUNDAY.
Post Office and Giants to Meet
Aborigines.

At. Union League Park, 18th and H
streets northeast. Sunday morning at 1890
the Cherokee Indian base ball club, which
is on its annual warpath after. the scalps
OF its paleface opponents. will have a
struggle with the Post Office team. which
defeated it last year after a hard
struggle.
Big Snake and Roaring Bear will be
the battery for the Indians. Ferguson
and Kraft will be in the points for the
Post Office. The Indians play the Wash
ington Giants In the afternoon at the
same park,
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NATIONAL LEAGUE GAMES.
BROOKLYN Defeats Cardinals.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 1S.-Brooklyn
took the opener from st. Louis yesterday,
Z to 1. Rucker was effective in all but
the sixth inning, in which the locals
scored their lone tally on a single, a
stolen base and another single.
The game was stopped by rain in the
fifth and resumed after a half hours
wait under protest of Manager Bres-
nahan, who announced he would file an
objection with President Lynch. konet-
chy made his first error in fifty-three
games. Score:
R. H. E.
Brooklyn. . 90 3 OOO-7 IL O
st. Louis ....... o o 90 O001 4
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Giants Trounce the Pirates.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, July IS.-New York
opened its series here yesterday and won
one-sided game blythe score of 10 to 2.
Neither Camnitz nor Adams bothered
the league leaders, who hit both freely.
Mathewson was a puzzle all the way,
and was not scored on until the last two
innings, when his club had lead Of ten
runs, and he took things easy. Score:
r. H. E.
Pittsburgh. o o O o o OO1 1-2 Z 4
New York. 2 o o 3 0 y O--1O Is 8
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All Pick on Browns.

Baker owns a 400 mark against only
one club and OF course that is George
Stovalrs lowly Brownies. The New York
twirlers have Bakers number even bet
ter than the Washington fingers have
Jackson's. their respective marks being
$50 and 800.
Tha Aopa On Sheso four star on.sade