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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-24

ie'S @ A'So ueii'Vty sciNiCe.
adv.
Miss Maude Wolfe, who is
teaching at Dante, is spending
the holidays with homefolks in
the Gap.
Born to Mr.. aud Mrs. Fred
Gibson, Friday morning, a
girl.
Mrs. Kelso, of Norton, spent
a few days in the Gap this
week visiting Miss Virginia
Beverley.
Mrs. Casper, of Norton, spent
a few days last week in the
Gap visiting her son, h. r..
Casper
Misses Florence Mccormick
ana Grace Wolfe. who are at
tending school in Raleigh, n.
C., are visiting homefolks.
G. b. Crisp, who was for some
time clerk Mt the Monte Vista
Hotel at this place, has return.
ed TO accept the position he
formerly held, Mr.. Minnick
having resigned to accept a
position with Mr.. Parks, pro-
prietor of the New Continental
at Pineville, Ky.
Robert lmboden, of the Vir-
ginia and Southwestern. with
headquarters at Bristol. was
among the business men in the
Gap last week.
Miss Myrtle Flanary has re-
turned to her home at Wood
after a visit Of several days
with relatives in the Gap.
Get your oysters at j. d. An
derson's restaurant for Xmas -
adv.
Miss Margaret Petit, who is
attending school AT Winston.
Salem, n. c., is spending the
holidays with her parents in
the Gap
Creed Kelly. John Allen
Goodloe and Henry Mccormick
who are attending school at the
V p. l. in Blacksburg, are
home for the holidays.
Miss Fletcher Bailey of Gray
near Petersburg, Va, but who
is teaching at Toms Creek, is
spending the holidays with Miss
Janet Bailey
Miss lmogene Nickels. of
Wood, Scott county, is spend
ing several days visiting rela-
tives in the Gap.
All kinds of groceries, nice
fruits aud candies at }. d. An
derson's. \ large shipment of
Baldwin apples Just received.
Miss Allie Bishop and Gar.
: nett baylor, both of Cadet,
eloped to Cumberland Gap Sat
urday where they were united
in marriage.
w. b. Gilbert and j. a.
Slaughter, of Bristol, were bus
mess visitors to the Gap last
week.
G f. Hollenbeck, agent for
the Interstate Railroad at Ston-
ega, left Saturday for st. Louis,
whore he will spend the holi-
days with homefolks.
A. Fred Phelps, Il. T.. Thack-
er and ID. NJ Peterson, of Blue
field, spent Friday in the Gap.
Gus Tally, of Jonesville,sp
Sunday in the Gap visiting
his sisters, Mrs. w. T. Hudgins
and Miss Elizabeth Tally.
LOST Saturday night, Dec,
goth, between NJ. Mullins Il
Co.'S store and Post office, one
| LO.O.F. Collar. Finder will
please return same to +. IL.
Barron x Co store and be re-
warded. j. NJ, Stewart.
Mrs. Mary Pennington, 0
Dryden, is visiting her sister
Mrs. c. l.. Hlamblen, in the
Gap.
Miss Janet Bailey spent Fri
day III Norton shopping.
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-24

| ~ NV "hO 10 INV u
travelling salesman of Ciucin-
natl, spent Sunday in town.
Melven Garrison has about
completed u nice two story res
idence on Gilly Avenue.
Misses Kate Brown and Myr.
tie Wolfe, who are attending
school at Sullins College, Bris-
toll, arrived in the Gap Thurs
day to spend the holidays with
homefolks.
w. G. Mathews came in Sat
urday from the V. z. |. school
at Blacksburg, to spend Chris
mas with his parents.
Rev. Remmer, Of Norton,
preached ut the Holiness church
at Cadet Sunday night.
LOST-One bunch of five
keys near the Post Office Sun
day afternoon. Finder please
return same to Wise Printing
Co.
Sam Nickels, who is attend.
ing school at Richmond Medi-
cal College is home for few
days.
Miss Marie Dougherty pianist,
at the Amuzu Theatre left Sun.
day night for her home in Gin
clnnati where she will spend n
few days. Mrs. Chapman is fill
ing the vacancy.
j. b. Giltner, of Dante, spent
Saturday in the Gap enroute to
his home in Joplin, Mo, for the
holidays.
Miss Eugene Buamgardner
left Thursday morning for her
home near Staunton, where she
will spend the holidays.
Miss Josephine Kelly return
ed Saturday night from Lynch
burg, where she is attending
school at Randolph Macon. for
the holidays.
Mrs. Frank Baker has return
ed from visit to relatives in
Middlesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. b. Skeen, of
Turkey Cove, were shopping in
the Gap Saturday.
L. G.. Morris, who lives in the
valley above East Stone Gap.
killed two fine hogs last week
that Melted nearly one thous-
and pounds.
Carson Perry, of this place.
has taken the agency for the
Harley-Davidson W speed
motorcycle, and received one
last week to use in demonstrate
ing the many advantages of
this up to-date machine.
John b. Payne, of Lexing-
ton, Ky, spent Monday in Big
Stone Gap on business.
Percy Marlborough has re.
signed his position in thelInter-
state Railroad Office here and
| left Wednesday for New York.
where he will spend few DAYS
before returning to his home in
Richmond, where he has po-
sition.
Miss Currell and cousin. Miss
! Watkins, of Greenville, 5. c.,
left Saturday morning for Lex.
lngton, where they will spend
the holidays.
The Post will be published
next week as usual, we having
decided not to follow our usual
custom OF missing an issue dur
ing the holidays,
j. Q. Fuller has moved into
his handsome new residence ON
the corner of Swanee Avenue
and East Third Street. This is
one of the incest residences In
the city.
We hope all our readers and
trends Will n ave a merry
Christmas this year, and thai
they will begin the new veal
with brighter prospects than
ever before.
Or. Bowyer, of Stonega, anC
a. II. keeder, general manager
OF the Stonega Coke & Goa
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-24
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mutual Drug Company will
deliver all your orders free. ~
adv.
Miss Myrtle Riggs, of East
Stone Gap, who is teaching at
Honaker, was in town Satur-
day.
MISS Flora Bruce, who i S
teaching at Dorchester, is home
for the holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Sprinkle. who
is attending school here, is
spending the holidays with her
parents at Dante.
Gen. and Mrs. r.. A. Ayers
and son Harry, are spending
several days in the Gap with
their daughter, Mrs. l.. O. Pet
tit.
w. II. Gildersleeve returned
to johnson City last week after
spending several days in the
Gap on business.
j. b. Giltner, Of Dante, spent
Saturday in town.
II. f. Swami, of Bristol, spent
several days in town last week
on business.
II. b. Pres sley, of Cincinnati.
was among the travelling men
in the Gap last week.
Miss Sarah Shields, one of
the teachers here, left Friday
night for her home in Cincin
natl, where she will spend two
weeks.
Miss Winnie Mullins, who is
attending school at Salem, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. NJ Mullins, in the Gap.
Mrs, Sara Mars has returned
from a visit to her daughter in
Norton.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. b. f. Olin-
ger, of Olinger, spent Friday in
the Gap visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
j. s. Mullins.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Smallest Deer In the World.

The 'mousedeer" of India and Africa
is the chevrotain. one of the smallest
hoofed animals. 1t stands less than
twelve inches in height at the shoulder.
The prevailing color of the fur is
brown. finely speckled with yellow.
The spots are large and sometimes run
into each other and form stripes. The
underparts of the body are white. 1t
possesses the peculiar habit Of walk
ing on the tips of it's hoofs. This lends
stiffness to the legs which has gain
ed for the chevrotain the reputation of
having no knee joints. 1t has no horns
or antlers. But. as in the. case of the
musk deer. the male is provided with
large canine teeth or tusks in the up
per jaw. 1t is of exceedingly timid
disposition and lies hidden in the jun
gle throughout the day and only ven
lures to feed in the early morning and
after dusk in the evening.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
MonqoIian Iamas.

Every third man in Mongolia is
lama. Some live in tents with and on
their relatives, while others live in the
temples. The temple lamas are of the
lower type. They are coarse and filthy
and much inferior both morally and
physically to the tent lamas. They are
not unlike those sometimes seen by
travellers in the Lama temple at Pek-
ing, China. The lamas living in tents
among the people are of better class
and are much respected and looked up
to all over Mongolia. Sumo. which
consists of the two temples and their
outbuildings, forms one of the largest
and most important lamaseries y outer
Mongolia. There are about 900 lamas
living here. some quite young. as Same
is an important theological school. This
lamasery or monastery is town in it.
self and very interesting. Lamas may
be seen here Of all ages and degrees.
On the tops and corners of the temples
are prayer wheels covered with gold
leaf. These contain long prayers writ
ten on rolls Of script. and the wheels
revolve in the wind. - National Geo
graphic Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Invo!u ntarv Eastinc.

A remarkable feat of involuntary
fasting was performed twelve years
ago by a corporal in regiment of
French colonial infantry. On his way
to work one morning a man heard
cries proceeding from a disused mine
near Brest At the bottom of an eX-
cavation nearly 100 feet deep Corporal
Andre Desrats was found in so weak
a condition that he could scarcely ar
tculate a word. When he recovered
his rescuers learned that after acct
dentally falling into the mine Desrats
had been imprisoned for twenty eight
days without anything to eat or drink.
But pig can beat man. Dir. W. B.
Carpenter in his Manual of Physiolo-
gy'' records that pig weighing 100
pounds was entombed by the fall of a
portion of the chalk cliffs at Dover.
It was dug out 160 days later and
found to be- still alive. but reduced in
weight to forty pounds.-London Mail
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Open Spaces In Cities.

Along with the new keennesS over
social and economic reform England
has developed a number of other vir-
tues in the past score of years. One
is an appreciation of the value of open
spaces in cities. and one is the increas
ed determination to preserve ancient
landmarks. Every few months an ar
ticle appears in the Times or some
other influential newspaper acquaint-
ing people with the danger that threat
ems some historical or long cherished
spot. and usually the money necessary
to save the property has been forth
coming Indianapolis News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Effect of an Explosion,

1t seems incredible that an explosion
could be Of such force as to cause an
ordinary steel rail to wrap itself twice
round the trunk of a large tree, yet
there was just such result from the
discharge of gelignite at Nanaimo, B.
G. Twelve workmen lost their lives by
this explosion. The rail was lying on
the ground fully thirty feet from the
spot at which the explosion occurred,
yet it was lifted into the air, sent in
the direction of the tree and twisted
round the trunk thereof, just as if it
had been piece of piano wire. 1t was
so tightly wrapped about the trunk
that it cut deeply into the green wood
and caused great splinters to start
out on all sides. The explosive re-
sponsible for this unique occurrence is
one of the most powerful preparations
known, composed of nitroglycerin. nj
trocottOn, sodium nitrate. sodium car
Donate and wood pulp.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
AdditioNaA Neuos PAGE Har s. Wehster, SocaA Sdtor
Anna M. Brennan.

Miss Anna M. Brennan was born in
Parkhurst, P. O.. Dec. z, 1862. She
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Brennan. living in Parkhurst
until she was fifteen years old and then
came to the States. living with her
mother and brothers on the Brennan
brothers farm on the Barton hill road.
About two years ago she moved to
Orleans with her brother Ernest and
her mother, who died last December.
Miss Brennan has taken care of her
mother faithfully in her declining
years even when she was not we'll her.
self. She has been to the hospital
three times and in the last few years
has been more or less of an invalid.
She had always been cheerful and did
not wish to be a burden to anyone.
Her good example cannot be forgot
ten. She died Monday morning. Sept.
8 at 7.45. The funeral was Wednes-
day, Sept. 10 at 1.3O. Rev. E. w.
Eldridge officiating. Interment at
Pleasant View cemetery. The de-
ceased leaves four brothers, Nathaniel.
Richard, John and Ernest and one
sister, Mrs. Ella Twombly, who mourn
her loss.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10

w. s. SMITHERS. Pastor.
The Sunday services will be held as
usual with sermons at 1870 a. m. and
7.15 p. M. Bible school following the
morning service, to which all not now
members of Sunday school are
invited.
Sunday the choir sang the anthem
''The King of Love, My Shepherd
Is," Mrs. Kinney and Mr.. Miller sing
ing the solos. At the evening service,
Mr.. Kinney and Otis Smithers sang
duet. "Hold Thou My Hand
Midweek prayer service Wednesday
at Z. 80 o'clock followed by meeting
of, the Sunday school board.
The Orleans County Sunday School
association will meet in the Metho-
dist church Sept % and "a. The
opening service will be at 1.3O p. m,
Tuesday, the convention closing the
following afternoon. Your presence
will help make it a success.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10

16, at two O'Clock. Program: Topic,
Christian citizenship. Devotionals,
roll call. reading. 1.-THE Widow and
the Judge" Mrs. e. w. Eldridge
solo. selected, Miss Lillian Doe
paper, "How May We Become Better
Citizens?" Mrs. Mary Ordway; poem,
''Not Battle but Worldwide War, .
duet, Mrs. Bartlett and Mrs. Dickens.
Social hour.
EVANSVILLE
Mrs. B. Hilliard is working at Or
leans.
J. E. Waterman has sold his farm
to Ellie Clark.
George Bickford and son have bought
the Clark farm.
Earle Drown of ST. Johnsbury was
home over Sunday.
Albert Gallup fell and hurt his hip
quite badly last week.
Mrs. L. A. Drown is at Irasburg
working for few days.
John King has gone to visit his
daughter in Massachusetts.
Mrs. Snow of New York is visiting
her father, John BrownlOw.
Miss Mildred Montieth commenced
school at Orleans last week.
Milford Gray of Morgan is working
for the Pike Mfg. company.
Harry Caswell and family visited al
Gaylord Fox's the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Morrison were
on visit to Toronto last week.
Henry Prescott has sold his farm to
Ed. Porter of Bloomington Center.
Mrs. Parker of Irasburg visited
friends here Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Roy Bickford has been quite i'll
the past week but is now recovering.
Sidney Murdoch of Montreal is visit.
ing his grandfather, John Brownlow.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wilkie of Bartor
visited at u. w. Browns over Sunday
B. j. Durham has gone to work fol
the Pike Mfg. company in their shop
Miss Hazel Alexander commenced
her school at Bloomington Center las
week.
Dana Clark of Irasburg has moved
onto his farm recently purchased OF
Ed. Aldrich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mary Hall and family
of Pixies Station visited at Fred Eos
ter's the past week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
ORLEANS

Miss Eva Ducharme is working for
Miss Bassett again.
Clarence SWEET is working in H. S.
Trips grocery store.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynn Eldridge Sunday, Sept. Z.
Ralph Harris is working in sthe
Orleans Bakery out of school hours.
Mrs Grace Black of.North Adams,
Mass, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. R. Smith.
DR.. Hight, chiropodist, will be at
Valley House the third Thursday and
Friday of each month. adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Bean and the
Misses Waterman went to Bingham,
Me-, by auto last week.
Miss Doris Spafford is home from
Chautauqua, N. Y, where she has
been spending the summer.
Mrs C. E. Corwin of New York city,
! who has been spending week at G..
E. Gays, has returned home.
Fred D. Pierce, town treasurer, will
be at the Valley House here from nine
until four p. m. on Friday to receive
taxes.
Mr. and Mrs NJ M. Taplin, Charles
Taplin and Hugh Rowell were in Bur-
! lington last week. They made the
trip by auto.
There will be social dance at LIE
Beau Lac Boat Club house at Bar
ton on Thursday evening. Madame
Brooks orchestra.
Otis S. Smithers left Wednesday
morning for Union Springs, N. Y,
where he is to teach the sciences in
lakewood seminary the coming year.
! One of the workmen on the bank
block, Martell by name, of Burlington,
broke his leg below the knee Monday.
One of the girders of the vault carried
away the staging with the men on it
and fell on Martell's leg. The girder
was estimated as weighing about a
thousand pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Turnbull, Leon
and Randolph Turnbull, Alton Doe and
T. Stanley went to Boston Friday by
auto. Leon and Alton returned Tues.
day, Randolph stays to attend Gushing
academy and Mr.. and Mrs. Turnbull
will later attend the state fair al
| White River Junction.
Tuesday morning the veneer mill
whistle woke everyone up to announce
fire in the engine room. After 6
time the fire alarm rung and the com.
pany turned out but the fire was out.
It was about a. m No material
damage was done but good deal Of
excitement was caused.
The Mothers club observed Grand
mothers day on Tuesday, Sept. I'd. al
the home of Mrs. Frank Hardy. There
were about twenty-seven present, con
sisting of grandmothers, mothers ane
small children. After the business O.
the club, good program was rendered
which was made up of readings ,anC
music. After adjournment, the com
pany was invited to sit out on the lawn
where dainty refreshments were servet
bp the hostess and all seemed to hav,
a very pleasant time.
The Orleans Woman's Christian
! Temperance Union will entertain tn,
Barton union at the home of Mrs
Jennie Jones Tuesday afternoon, Sept
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Killed By Freight.

Patrick Ring of Lowell, Mass, was
killed by the way freight going south
Friday afternoon, He was one of the
gang working on the culvert near the
Brown farm in the town of Irasburg
and did not hear the train until too
late. He was struck in the head.
His father came from Lowell and re-
turned with the body Monday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
The Way 1t Felt.

Here's something queer said the
dentist You say this tooth has never
been worked on before. but | find
small flakes of gold on my instru-
ment"
81 think you must have struck my
back collar button" replied the vic
tim.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
Congregational Church Notes.

The Woman's Missionary society
held a weIl-attended and profitable
meeting at the parsonage Tuesday af-
ternoon.
The work of installing the pipe organ
will be completed today and the carpet
laid as soon as possible, after which the
pews will be put in place. Several days
will be required for this work and it is
hardly expected a service will be held
Sunday, but a week from Sunday, Sept.
q, reopening will be held. By post.
poning the service week ample time
to have everything finished in proper
shape will be given
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-09-10
A Modern Heart.

do you see that lady over there?
She broke my Cousins heart"
"Was she so cruel?"
mo, but the day before he broke of
his engagement to her she inherited
100000 marks."-Fliegende Batter.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-02-28
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FiAZELTINE coe,,aevz eu.~ c>,rc4ueeAca.
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knife cut? Was it" And 40 she
ratified on, her own ills swallowed up
at length in her anxiety over my in
significant injury.
Murphy. meanwhile. had sunk into
insensibility through loss or blood. and
lay now, breathing stertorously. One
OF the officers had already telephoned
We're making a diligent search OF the
stable. AS for the Cinnamon. they
had fed at the first alarm, and 1t
looked very much as Ii every one in
any way connected with the outrage,
save only Murphy, had gone with
them
O'iIara, who had been put, nominal
~. under arrest, and who was now
awaiting the pleasure OF his captors,
availed himself OF the first moment OF
Evelyns silence to address ME.
IT'S been a long chase" he said
and there was something OF pride in
his tone--"but you see got him dead
to rights at last. He's mixed up with
the most lawless gang Of highbinders
New York has known for years. l
haven't got down to all his history
yet, but I've been handed a good
stack OF II. and II won't be hard to
put the screws on him now for killing
up to Cos Cob. | didn't know 1t was
you he was after tonight, but do
know that he had u hand In the plot
that fixed another Chink this very
evening" young fellow named Ling
Fo. who was pumped full OF lead just
as he was turning from the Bowery
into pell street"
II was from O'Hara that | learned
our present whereabouts. The stable
was not more than half dozen blocks
from the intersection OF the two
streets he had Just named.
The fate OF our driver we could only
conjecture. Before the policeman |
laid the facts and they promised me
that he should be found And then.
after half an hours waiting, q substi-
,ute driver Was secured from neigh
boring garage. and Evelyn and | were
permitted to continue our interrupted
journey homeward.
At the Cameron house, as though
our cup OF excitement were not al
ready filed to Drumming, a fresh ex-
perience awaited us-an experience
OF such vital significance as to over
turn entertained conclusions and shed
wholly new light upon our darkest
perplexities.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-02-28
CHAPTER XXI.
The Scuttled Shin.

Checkabeedy met us In the hall-an
unusually agitated Checkabeedy. with
his ull-iowled rubicund face ruddy
beyond the common. and his tiny gray
eyes twinkling like twin star sapphires.
Our adventure, thrilling as ii had
been. was subjugated, IL not indeed
| for the moment forgotten, in the pres
! enCe of this unwonted suscitation. For
I the buffers aplomb was sort of fam.
! lily fixture which nothing short of the
most extraordinary happening could
either unsettle or upheave. To find
him in such case, therefore, argued
either cognizance of exceptional de-
velopments or possession of mon
strously important tidings; and at
sight of him We both paused In mute
expectancy.
There is person, sir" he began.
making vain effort to control his voice
| 10 1ispassion, "a foreign person-what
is called a Chinee, think, sir--in the
reception room. II | understand him,
sir, he is a consul or something like
that And he has brought with him
himself. sir was in doubt about al
lowing them TO wait. but they told me
they must see you. sir, tonight with
out fail; that il was matter to your
interest. sir. They have been here
over an hour. now, and | have never
taken my eye off the reception-room
door Seeing AZ how those mysteri-
Gus things happened at Cragholt, sir.
| was fearful lest something more OF
the same sort might be contemplated.
And poor Mr.. Cameron lying up there
with that nurse. Bryan, who, between
you and me, sir. | don't trust nohow."
Evelyn was scarcely to be blamed
for trepidation equaling, II not sur
passing. Checkabeedys.
Don't see them. Philip" she urged
with nervous vehemence. Please
don't see them. II is some trick.
feel Il is. Checkabeedy will get them
out OF the house al once. Won't you,
Checkabeedy?"
But | was In far different mood. OF
late matters had been shaping them.
selves. apparently. towards a climax.
In a quiet way. avoiding the spectacu-
larry aggressive, and aided not a little
by chance, we had drawn nearer and
nearer to the veil which hid the truth
IL there had come to me now the OPP
portmnity for another step. II must not
be disregarded. My whole inclination
was TO welcome II. Therefore smiled.
res ssuringly. at Evelyn. as said:
Really. my dear girl. you are IN.
necessarily alarmed. There Is not
cannot be. In fact--the slightest pos
sibi,ity OF danger. On the contrary
their visit, whoever they may be. In
In all likelihood pacific. But IL Il would
make yea any less uneasy. Mr.. Checsa-
seedS asafl wsit near the open deer.