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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Decatur City.

Miss Carrie Townsend spent Sun
day the guest of Miss Helen Deck,
who lives east of town.
Mr.. Cal Boord and daughter, Miss
Bertha, of Elk, attended the M. E.
Sunday school Sunday morning.
Miss Cozad. who is attending
school in Des Moines came Saturday
for a visit with her brother, J. c.
Cozad and family.
Mrs. John Woodland was guest
of her mother, Mrs. John Day We'd
nesday.
Mrs. Bluford Wilson and son Or
val visited with friends and relatives
in Leon Wednesday and Thursday
Epworth League topic Sunday
evening, "Abstinence the Glory OF
Manhood"
Sidney Grayson was Leon visitor
the first of the week.
Miss Nora Golfer entertained John
Lubbock and four sisters Friday at
ternoon.
Ora Black and family were guests
of her brother, DR.. Amy Black and
wife Sunday.
Miss Carrie Grayson is visiting
with friends in the country.
Prof Riddle spent Sunday at w.
H. Lloyd's.
Miss Ressie Creal spent Sunday
with Miss Hazel Riddle.
Miss Ida Surber and brother
George returned to Illinois the last
of the week.
Mrs. Ham Tullis, of Leon. spent
Decoration day the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Tullis.
Mrs. Ellen Kier who has been
quite sick was moved to the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Woodland
north of town Monday. She stood
the trip we'll and is getting along
nicely.
Mrs. L. Weaver and three children
of Leon, visited from Wednesday un'
til Friday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Tullis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
FairVieW.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Howell visited
at Mrs. Ryar's Sunday.
Mrs. D. B. Howell and children
were visiting at l.. P. Hastings Mon
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Overholtzer
we're Weldon visitors Monday.
Rev. Hopton, of Casper, Wyoming,
visited at the Frank Lewis home a
few. days the past week.
Roy Nordyke spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Leonard Hastings.
Lille Moore visited with. Marie
Scott Thursday afternoon.
The Epworth League officers who
were elected Friday evening are as
follows: President, Mrs. Mary Hast
ings; LIST vice president, Mrs. Eunice
Overholtzer; End vice president, Mrs.
Mary MAGELLAN; 3rd vice president,
Mrs. Mary Davis; 4th vice president,
Lille Moore; secretary, LYDIA Davis;
Isabella Hastings.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Williams
and children were visiting at L. p
Hastings Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Hopton, of Casper, Wyom-
ing, preached at Fairview Sunday
afternoon and evening.
Misses LYDIA Davis and Pearl
MAGELLAN were appointed delegates
from Fairview to attend the Ep-
worth League convention to be held
at Mt. Ayr. in a few weeks.
The children's day exercises will
be held at this place in the near
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Garden Grove.

Misses Alta and Vera Young, of
Weldon were here the latter part of
last week visiting relatives.
Mrs. Potts and her sister, Mrs. w.
II. Miller went to Centerville on Sat-
urday to visit with their brother and
family.
Mrs. Burgess, of Charlton, was
here the latter part of last week Wis
iting at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Arson Richards.
Prof. Reed, Of Osceola, was here
the latter part of last week and gave
the Decoration day address.
Mrs. Anna Woodbury., of Newton,
came last Friday to visit at the home
of her sister, Mrs. G. w. Hoadley.
Mrs. Geo Ayers, of Oklahoma
City was here last week visiting at
the home Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Geo. Jennings and left the last
lof the week for California in COM
pany with her husband for a pleas
ure trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Beard, of Kansas
City, were here last week visiting at
the home Of the latter's mother, Mrs.
Bruce and returned Saturday.
Miss Powers who has been teach
ing in the public schools the past
term returned Saturday to her home
at Alton.
H. J. Culver took his parents to
Charlton and Russell in his new
auto one day last week.
| Mrs. Julia Breneman, of Montana
was here Saturday. She has been
visiting at Weldon and was on her
way back home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keller, of Ackworth
were here last week visiting at the
home Of their son in High Point
township and returned Monday
Mrs. Josie Hamilton, of Chicago
: was here last week visiting her
daughter. Miss Fay Fleming, return
, ing Saturday.
Mrs. Leo Sullivan of Blythedale
: Mo-, who has been here visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Young,
returned home Monday.
Prof. and Mrs. B. l.. Nay, of Medi-
: apols, was here last week visiting
with several friends and went to
Humeston Monday.
Rex Bruce who has been attend
ing school at Ames came home last
! week and went to St. Joe where he
has position for the summer.
Seth Byrum and family expect to
move to Charlton this week, where
Mr.. Byrum has work.
Mrs. Rodgers accompanied by her
granddaughter. Miss Glassburner
went to Mt. Ayr Monday to visit rel
, atives.
Mrs. Coon, of Greeley, Colo, ac-
companied by her daughter, came
Saturday to visit her brother, Gould
Sanford and family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Kingston.
Locusts are plentiful in this local

Locusts are plentiful in this local
ity.
George and Helen Imhoff of Leon,
have been visiting relatives and
friends in this vicinity the past week.
Pleasant Bigger and family spent
Sunday at John Petticord's.
Emerald Merrill has been quite
sick the past week.
Frank Binning and wife took din
ner at Bert Redman's Sunday
Albert Nelson, of Pleasanton, Wis.,
tied over Sunday with Andrew Mel
son and wife.
John Rumley returned Monday
from few days visit with relatives
at Bloomington, Iowa.
Mrs. Arthur Ward spent Sunday
in Van Vert.
Mrs. Miller and family spent Sun
day at Ed Beers.
John Huffman returned home
Wednesday, having finished a two
years course in the military school
at Boonville, Missouri.
George Redman and family spent
Sunday at John Letters, near Grand
River.
Fred Beers purchased a fine black
driving horse of George Redman
Friday. Fred surely knows bar
gain when he sees it.
Grover Hamilton and wife spent
Monday at Van Vert.
Mrs. McCalla is visiting her sister
Mrs. George Hoffman.
Alex Housh and Charley Axes
were in this vicinity Sunday.
Ben Redman shipped car of cat
tie and a car of hogs to Chicago
Tuesday. He accompanied the ship
ment.
Walter Redman and wife were
Leon visitors Friday.
Mrs. Severns came Wednesday for
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Guy
Smith.
Mrs. Carrie Redman and children
and Mrs. Smith visited with Mrs
Arthur Richey Thursday.
Harry Traupel and family spent
Wednesday at Mr.. John Wilantt's
We think there are going to be
some new autos in our neighborhood
soon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
FairvieW.

Rev. Stephenson filled his regular
appointment at Elm Sunday.
Lou Kentner and wife spent Sun
day with her sister, Mrs. Reno Will
lis.
William Mitchell enjoyed visit
from his brother from Missouri and
his nephew Tom Mitchell from Davis
City.
Edward Bright and wife spent
Sunday with his parents, P. A.
Bright.
The primary election was quite
we'll attended at Morgan Monday.
Read the program for the Chau-
tauqua 1t will be the coming event
Of the season.
Several from this place attended
church at Elm Sunday.
Mrs. Reno Willis and little son
and Mrs. Riley Hatfield spent one
afternoon last week with Mrs. Don
Moore.
Several from these parts had bus
mess at Lineville Saturday.
Mrs. Blanche Dobson and daugh-
ter, spent Saturday night and Sun
day with her parents, P. A. Bright
and family.
Henry Dillon and wife had bust
nese at Leon one day last week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
PleaSantOn.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Cation, of
Parkville, Mo-, visited the J. H. Par
sons home last week.
S. w. Martin and daughter Ada,
of Mountain Grove, and Miss Ethel
Street, of Eaglevillle. Mo-, were over
Sunday visitors at Will Mccormick S.
Mrs. C. E. Morey went to Chari-
ton Saturday to visit over Sunday
with her daughter, Mrs. Lew Moffett.
Mrs. J. NJ. Harmon, of Leon, visit
ed her daughter, Mrs. Bert Chew
and family a few days the first of
the week.
DR.. L. T. Aldrich, formerly of
Mason City, has located in Pleasan-
ton as practising physician and
surgeon.
The people of Pleasanton enjoyed
fine speech made here Decoration
Day by Mr.. Burrows, of GAINESVILLE,
Mo.
A nice program was given at the
l.. D. S. church Sunday evening for
children's day.
A fine grand stand is being built
in the center of the park.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Il
Morgan.

Jim Overton and wife were trad
ing Morgan Monday.
F. NJ. and VIM. LoWrance deliver
ed eggs and wool at Lineville Sat-
urday.
The Petty sale at Morgan We'd
nesday was we'll attended and stock
sold high.
Roe Dillon went to Leon Friday
for a load of flour for the Morgan
store.
Lawrence Poland and wife spent
Sunday at the Ed Mcdowell home.
VIM. Foreman and wife spent
Tuesday with F. M. Lowrance and
family.
Willis Dillon is building an addi-
ton to his cattle shed.
Henry Dillon and wife went to
Leon Thursday to see DR.. Woodman-
see.
Il, VIM. and F. NJ. Lowrance and
daughter Olive and Doris took an
auto ride Thursday with Mr.. Percy,
a candidate for sheriff, and his
brother-in-law, Mr.. Bason. They
passed over about rs miles of the
country roads and spent the night
with Herbert Cozad.
Morgan township roads are surely
good. Autos are seen almost every
day now going full speed.
Roe Dillon brought out load of
goods from Lineville Saturday for
the Morgan store.
Herbert Cozad and family were
Lineville callers Thursday.
Mr.. Estes, of Leon, made flying
to,,r of the county Saturday in his
auto. He distributed Che ballots to
the trustees in each precinct.
Mrs. Albina Lowrance went to
Leon this (Monday) morning with
her son, F. M. and Miss Olive. She
will visit her granddaughter and
great grandchild, Mrs. Flo Snyder
and baby. Miss Olive will attend the
summer school.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
JACK

A black Kentucky Mammoth Jack
with white points, stands Is IL hands
high, has good bone and good style
and is sure breeder.
Will make the season of 1912,
commencing April 18th, at LATE
Mitchells barn in Leon, Iowa.
This Jack has been examined and
found sound except his feet which
are affected from laundering.
Terms-$1O.OO to insure colt to
stand and suck. Parties parting with
mares or removing from the county
forfeit the insurance and service fee
becomes due at once. Mare and colt
will be held for service fee. Caro-
will be taken to prevent accidents
but will not be responsible should
any occur.
W. Fl. AXES, Owner and Keeper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Center.

Rev. St. Clair spoke at Crown
Chapel last Sunday on "Character
Building" from students stand
point, to a good sized audience.
Mr.. Baker secured Joe Leeper' S
and Dan Alleys job of saving after
they agreed to furnish as much as
5000 feet.
Dan Alleys father, from shenan-
doah, has been visiting with his son
the past week.
An auto party from Leon came out
on Joe Leeper's high grade road.
Mr. and Mrs. Manchester, of Eden
township, attended church at Crown
Chapel Sunday.
w. A. Allbaugh traded farms with
George Rosencrans.
Chas. Keim rented Lawrence
Clark's pasture
Road superintendent Stewart is
placing steel tile near George
Dunn's farm house
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Bl:adney.
Fine weather.!

Fine weather!
Quite a number of farmers re-
planting corn. Those who got a
stand have their corn plowed over
once.
Willis Frost was in this part OF
the country last week shearlng
sheep.
Mrs. George Cartwright was call
ing at the Gardner home Friday at
ternoon.
Miss Nora Johnston closed a sue
cessful year of school work with a
picnic in the woods on Friday after
noon.
Lloyd and Alta Snyder spent last
week at the parental home assisting
with farm duties.
How beautiful day in June, with
sunshine and roses and birds in
tune.
Grace Beavers is attending teach
ers' meeting in Leon. .-
Joe Shields and family were visit
ing at c.. Weldon's Sunday
Quite q number from these parts
are expecting to be in attendance at
the Chautauqua this year, as the
program promises to be good as
ever. 5Sf gss tS ss 8
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
ZEMO FOR YOUR SKIN.
Eczema, Pimples, Rash and All Skin
Affections Quickly Healed.

No matter what the trouble, ecze-
ma, chatting, pimples, salt rheum,
Zemo instantly stops irritation. The
cure comes quick Sinks right in,
leaving no trace. Zemo is a vanish
ing liquid. Your skin fairly revels
with delight the moment Zemo is ap-
piled. Greatest thing on earth for
dandruff.
Zemo is prepared by E. w. Rose
Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo-, and is
sold by all druggists at 81 bottle
But to prove to you it's wonderful
value it is now put up in liberal size
trial bottles at only 25 cents and is
guaranteed to do the work or your
money back. Sold at Bell & Robin
sons drug store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
Ixilgore.

w. Jim Still had business at Tom
Guthrie's Saturday.
r. The Smith boys spent Sunday with
relatives in this vicinity.
Sharp Robinson and wife went to
GAINESVILLE Friday for a few days visit
1 with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H.. Mcdaniel and
sisters Mary and Anna, were in Leon
Saturday.
u Hazel Moore, Zelta and Capitola
Robson are attending summer
school in Leon.
Ben Robson and family were Wis.,
iting at Steve Latta's Sunday.
@S Quite a crowd gathered at John
Pullen's last Thursday night to have
a good time. Ice cream and cake
were served.
J. b. Mcdaniel and son were bust
ness callers in Leon Saturday.
Mrs, VIM. Robson and daughter,
Sarah, spent Sunday at John Rob-
ison's. s - -.
Floyd Webster spent Saturday
night with Lee Mcdaniel.
John Hubbard was Sunday Wis
itor at Jim Stills. 49,.
s w. "A. Moore had business in Leon
one day last week.
George Mcdaniel and Jessie May
nard were visiting friends in Leon
Saturday night. = $751;. D.,
Harve Mcdaniel and family were
Sunday visitors at Mr.. Bryant $, near
Snow Valley. %, "a
Those who spent Sunday with
n George and Maggie Mcdaniel were
/ Floyd Webster, Jessie Maynard, An
ma, Nellie Minnie and Lee Mcdaniel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
To the People of Leon.

We wish to again call your at
tention to the fact that we are sole
agents in this city for Meritol Pile
Remedy. Our success with this rem
edy has far exceeded our most san
guine expectations. Therefore, we
are pleased to recommend and guar
antee every package of Meritol Pile
Remedy. Stempel & Cherrington.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-06-06
A Good Investment.

There is no better investment than
a fifty cent piece in bottle of Meri-
toll White Liniment: i Muscular and
rheumatic pains, swellings, lameness
and soreness Of the muscles are
promptly relieved. Meritol White
Liniment is especially recommended
as ~ eneral pain killer az unusual
ri Stempel 9 Chsrrington.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01
SUCH LITTLE BRAINS.

Paul Is years old and has a habit
of forgetfulness when it Games to keep
ing things in order and returning them
70 their proper place. II was found
the other day that a household neces.
sity was missing and, as Paul had
been accustomed to using it, he was
brought on the carpet and cross-exam-
ined. His mother had tried every
means she could think of to impress
him with the habit of order and as a
last means appealed to his manhood
and said, why, Paul, haven't you any
brains. that you cant remember 10
put things in their proper place.
Yes" said Paul, but, mother, they
are such little brains"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01

Quincy, May 31.-Two old soldiers,
one of them a resident of the Soldiers
home and the other a citizen of Quin-
cy, were sitting on bench at one or
the corners of the public square here
Memorial day morning. They were
talking over the political situation in
general, and their thoughts turned to
the supreme court election.
81 tell you, am interested in that
boy, George Cooke" said the Quincy
man. Il say boy because l have
known him since he was a mere lad,
and that recalls a little incident about
him when he was surely in a bad
plight. That happened about 20 years
ago. George told me about it one day
several years after right here in Quin-
cy, and We were sitting where
We are sitting now, chatting. A sQuir-
rel was playing over there but few
feet away, and George was telling me
about another squirrel that he wanted
to change places with in this park the
time speak about. I want to tell you,
dad he said-and he always calls me
dad-'there once was a time when l
wished l was a squirrel
What's the matter, George says
I. DO you want to be nutty?'
"'Wel, not exactly replied Cooke,
but l want to tell you l was pretty
nearly nutty that day and in this very
spot
And then George went on to tell me
his story, and it really made me weep
He told me how, when he had read in
an Aledo paper an advertisement for
men to take county rights for a teach
ers' atlas, he was out of work and out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01
WOULDN'T 1T JAR YOUi

IT, after you had apprehended
thief carrying away some of your prop
erty, you had regained your stuff and
let the poor fellow 90 unprosecuted,
wouldn't it jar you If you found that
he had gotten away with something
else OF yours that you hadn't noticed
he was carrying? Probably it would.
Anyhow, a certain man who makes
Rock Island his home most of the time
and who found himself flimfiammed in
that manner recently felt that a seri-
Gus nick had been put in his faith in
human nature. This man, whom we
will call Mr. Jones, because that isn't
his name. was rooming at a Rock
Island hotel. In his room he had a
shotgun. Passing a seedy looking indi-
vidual in the street. Mr.. Jones noticed
he was carrying that same shotgun.
Promptly taking possession OF his prop
erty, Mr.. Jones headed the thief for
the police station. but on the way lis
tened to the fellows pleading and
finally let him go with an admonition.
Returning 10 his room, Mr.. Jones put
the gun in its place and then made an
investigation, which revealed to him
that the thief toward whom he had
shown mercy had gotten away with a
razor and some other trinkets. Next
time Jones catches a thief he will al
least search him before turning him
loose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE To HAVE
BEEN JAKEs
(Tampico Tornado.


With enough dynamite in the wagon
to blow up a whole section of the
Rocky mountains and having it shak-
en-, jounced and pounded around by
the jars of a runaway mule team,
Jake Hartsook had a hair raising ex-
perience last week on Jack Hellier's
farm northwest of town that made
Linn think every minute would see his
start towards the pearly gates. There
we're about 20 pounds of dynamite in
the wagon that Mr.. Heller and Mr..
Hartsook intended to use to blow up
willow stumps. Mr.. Heller got out
of the wagon to open the gate and
away went the mules with dynamite,
Jake and all. The wagon bounded
and rebounded over stumps, rough
places, ETC., with the dynamite rat
ting around in the wagon box. Jake
yelled for help, did not know whether
to grab the touchy stuff and hold it
in his lap, pray, swear or give up in
despair. Mr.. HELLER says he did all
four and lot more and that his war
whoops of distress could be heard a
half mile. The mules ran about half
mile, hitting all the rough places
0nd when they finally stopped, Jake
got out of the wagon trembling and
with the sweat standing on his head.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01
DECIDE YOURSELF.

The Opportunity Is Here, Backed by
Rock Island Testimony.
Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read Rock Island endorsement.
Read the statements of Rock Island
citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case. OF it:
P. c. Beselin, 1924 Fifth avenue,
Rock Island. Ill, says: 81 still rec
ommend DOan's Kidney Pills just as
highly as l did in 1909. 1 have to
do heavy lifting in my work and this
10 doubt was the cause of my kidney
trouble. The worst symptom was
backache accompanied by pains in my
sides. The kidney secretions were
unnatural. Seeing Doan's Kidney
Pills advertised got supply at the
Harper House pharmacy. They en-
tirely relieved my troubles
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01
When Cooke Envied the Squirrel

of funds, so he walked over to Gales
burg, and then beat his way on a
freight train to Quincy to get one of
the jobs. He was an hour and a quar-
ter too late to get the last county
right. He was disappointed, but he
did not give up right away. He went
about Quincy looking for work. But
he did not get any-he looked too
much like a tramp, he told me, and
finally, in despair, he sat down here in
the square to figure out how he could
set square meal. He saw the squir-
rel jumping around, care-free. eating
acons, and he envied it. Finally, as
last resort, he went down to the river.
got job as stoker on boat going UP
to New Boston, where he got of and
went to work in the harvest fields.
and that is the story of Justice
George A. Cooke of the Illinois SUI
preme court, and the squirrel. How he
afterward worked his way through
Knox college with the aid of the Pear
sons fund, which it took him five years
to pay back after he began the prac-
tice of law; how he bucked the line as
one of the stalwart figures on the
Knox football team; how he led on
the athletes of the school,; how he
pitched in and thrashed another stu
! dent who repeatedly guyed him be-
cause he did not have as fine clothes
as some of the other boys, and how,
finally, he graduated with honors, de-
spite his handicaps, all these things
are familiar to me. for l have known
George Cooke since he was boy.
Maybe that's the reason he calls
| me dad" said the old soldier.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01

(SterlnS Ga2ette.)
The wedding party wended its way
70 the grove south OF the river and
there, In lovely spot, where pleasant
hours OF courtship have been passed,
the wedding ceremony was performed.
No stately church edifice built by
man, no gilded altar, no polished pews
nor polished floors were there no
stately organ or trained choir: there
was an absence of ushers. bridesmaids
and parsou heavily gowned. No curl.
GUS crowd thrOnged without the portal.
In place Of this display and grandeur
they We're surrounded by an edifice
of natures planting stately for.
est tree, while the green sward OF
the yerdant grove furnished velvety
carpet. There, I'm this beautiful spot
where the Creator ordained such
events to occur, the young couple, true
lovers of the simple life, took upon
themselves the VOWS which united
them until death itself should part.
The rustic of the leaves in the tree
top murmured natures sweet benedic
ton, while the blue bird, the robin
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-01

BY j. M. c..
MINISTER FROM MISSOURI.

1t is related that at funeral of one
OF Rock island county's Goddess citi-
zens held in a nearby village the local
minister, who preached the funeral,
was called upon to read a highly lauda-
tory biography Of the deceased, pre-
pared by a young lady member Of the
congregation. The account of the late
neighbours earthly career closed with
the statement that he had lived and
died a firm believer in the Christian
faith. The minister read the lines out
in a strong voice till he came to the
last statement Then, as he grasped
its import, he gave a start, hesitated
and made lame finish. Folding the
paper deliberately and lifting his eyes
10 the faces of the Borrowing rela-
tives and friends he commented:
"We-e-e-ll, hat may be so, but I never
saw any evidence Of it since l came TO
this place"