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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29

The presence of the diaspis penta
gona, which destroys the mulberry
tree, and thus menaces the silk in.
dustry, has become so serious In
France, that the government has pro
hibited the Importation of Italian cut
flowers from May to November 1 OF
each year, the period during which
the pest comes to maturity. During
the year 1911 Italy exported 6,19S,720
pounds of fresh flowers, valued at ST.
631 800. OF this amount, continental
countries took nearly all.
The Italian ministry of agriculture
and commerce, in order to protect the
florists of Italy and elsewhere. has re
Gently published a list of plants
which are recognized as subject to the
infection Of the pest. 1t includes roses
carnations, Yiolets. the lotus, japonica
eatalpa, the ceanothus americanus,
woody nightshade, spindle bush, null
berry, jasmine, hop, persica, saliva and
many others.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
NO SATISFYING PASS FIEND
Comedian Relates Story That Would
Seem to Be Almost the Limit
Even In That Line.

Raymond Hitchcock is to be credited
with this story, says the New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati Times
Star. He deserves it, for of late he
has MIXED cows from the wrong side,
fused with his wife on the deck Of
an ocean liner and been kicked into
the water by a motor boat in his hunt
for first page position and something
better than a No. headline. can old
friend of mine came to me last win
ter" said Hitchcock, "and asked me
to get him tickets to the show in which
was then appearing. I would if I
could, old chap l said, but honestly,
can't get 'em for you. I have no &C
count at the box office, The only way
In which 1 can get you tickets would
be to pay for them out of my own
pocket
Jaw said he, any old place will
do. / don't care where I sit. See If
they won't let you have a pair for me.
Explain to 'em that I'm an old friend. !"
Mr.. Hitchcock admittedly lost his
temper He pulled a fve-dollar bill
out Of his pocket and walked toward
the box Office window. They had
been standing in the theater lobby.
'T'll prove to you," he said, sourly.
that I have been telling the truth"
And to the man behind the cash reg
lister: 1.-TWO seats at dollar and
half each" And then he handed them
to the persistent pass CRATER. ''Now,"
said he, ct hope you're satisfied"
Yep said the other. I am, and
my wife will be tickled to death. But,
gee, my sister-in-law will be disappoint-
ed because I only got two"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Size and strennth.

Increase of population is not neces-
sarily a good thing of itself, nor is a
low birth rate necessarily bad thing.
Increase of population does not even
make any necessary additions to the
national strength.
England would be stronger nation
than she is today If her population
had not out-run her food supply. Many
thoughtful observers believe the same
true OF Germany
Patrons of the prize ring used to
say that a man weighing $50 pounds
weighed enough 4 man of that weight
was deemed big enough to encounter
any adversary, and additional weight
was thought as likely to be a him
drance as help.
The rule may hold good with ma
tons as with men, though to be sure
no one knows where to draw the line.
But the nation which is much too big
to feed itself has taken on q handi-
cap, to say the least.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
GREAT CROP IN DoUGHNUTS
That DeIicacy Would Satisfy
World for Many Years.

A Kansas miller has figured that if
the present Kansas wheat crop were
baked into loaves of bread, each eight
inches long, there would be 6,400,000,-
600 loaves. If these loaves were laid
In line end to end they would
stretch out a distance Of $50, 1888
miles; three times the distance from
the earth to the moon, with 10000
miles to spare. Laid in line on
the earth's surface they would girdle
the globe 33 times and have enough
left over to lay two lines from New
York to San Francisco. Baked into
ordinary griddle cakes they would
make a stack 100000 miles high, and
IL a man should undertake to get
away with the stack, eating a griddle
cake every Is minutes for 16 hours
every day, he would have to live
live something over $4,000 years to
finish the meal. AS the -four neces-
sary to make a loaf of bread will
make ten fat doughnuts, If the Kansas
wheat crop were worked into flour
and baked into doughnuts, there
would be $4,000, 100000 doughnuts.
That would be 43 doughnuts for each
man, woman and child at present liv-
ing on the globe.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
HAD HEARD OF THE BANDITS
Great English Actress Thus Explained
Why She Had Put Her Money
In Her Trunk.

Some person may find it hard to be-
lieve this story, but it is true. every
word of 1t.
When Irving and Terry, the cele-
brated English artists, came to Kansas
City in the spring Of 1900 it was their
first tour this far west From Kansas
City the company went to st. Joseph
and the trip was begun about 10
o'clock in the morning. Miss Terry
was standing near her train at the
Union depot, talking to Laurence Irv-
ing, a son Of Sir Henry. Presently
Miss Irving's maid approached and
whispered to the actress that she
needed IS to pay for some drayage
and other incidentals.
II haven't that much" said the ac-
tress. Laurence, lend me S."
The younger Irving Immediately re-
sponded, but out OF curiosity asked
the actress what she had done with
her money.
TN my trunk" said Ellen Terry.
I'm your trunk" calculated Mr..
Irving. why in your trunk?"
Train robbers!" said the actress.
Don't you know that Missouri is
noted for it's train robbers?"
And it was no jest. AS matter of
cold fact, about all that any member
OF the Irving and Terry company had
ever heard about Kansas City was
the towns intimate relations with the
James boys.-Kansas City Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
REAL ORIGIN OF THE PEARL
Science Has RudeIy Shattered Poetic
Idea That Has Been Held
For Centuries.

For many centuries, even until COM
paratively recent times, it was The
common belief that pearls were drops
Of dew that gained entrance into the
shell of an oyster, and were there
transpired into lustrous gems. Arab
and Indian divers still believe that at
certain seasons oysters come to the
surface and suck in the rain-drops
that later become pearls. Science,
however, has rudely shattered this
poetic fancy, and discovered the real
origin to be a worm. DR.. Hugh NJ.
Smith gives some interesting infor-
nation on this subject in the National
Geographic Magazine.
We now know that almost any for
eign body-a grain of sand, bit of
mud or shell, piece of seaweed or
small animal-may by its irritation
cause the mollusk to cover it with
nacre and make it the nucleus of a
pearl; but the largest part of the an
nual pearl-crop of the world is due to
parasites that normally pass part
Of their life-cycle within the she'll of
the pearl-oyster.
| Minute spherical larvae of marine
worms known as Cestodes become en-
bedded in the soft tissues, as many as
forty having been found in one Cey-
lon oyster. AS the result of irrita-
ton, the oyster forms a protecting
sac about the intruder, and then, if
the larva dies, it's body is gradually
converted into carbonate of lime, and
the pearly mass proceeds to grow
with the shell.
If the larva lives, it may pass into
the body of the strengthened trigger
fishes which prey on the pearl-oysters,
there undergoing further development
Ultimately it reaches the body of the
great rays, which in turn eat the trig-
ger-fishes. In the rays the worms at
tain full development, and produce
larvae that are cast into the sea and
lind lodgment in pearloysters. Thus
the cycle is begun once more.
We may literally accept the saying
Of a celebrated French investigator,
that "the most beautiful pearl is in
reality only the brilliant sarcophagus
Of a worm"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Electricity in Arabia.

New light on Arabia is being shown
by the installation of a modern cleo
trio plant in the palace Of the sultan
at Oman. This is the first instance
of the operation of electricity of any
sort in that country. The innovation
was brought about by an electrical
promoter from Hyderabad, India. He
also has obtained permission to oper-
ate a commercial lighting and power
plant, and will proceed to erect the
buildings at once. One set of ma
chimes will be run at night and the
other in the day, principally for the
purpose of propelling fans. Electric
fans are welcome in Arabia. Fans are
badly needed, for the old methods of
'punkah-pulling" had been compli-
Gated by the difficulty in obtaining
energetic pullers. Power will be fur
nished by oil engines, and direct cur
Nrent will be used. All equipment
probably will be of German manufac-
ture. One of the recent purchases
made at Cairo, Egypt, by the sultan
of Label, an Arabian sultanate, is an
electric dynamo to be installed at his
highness's palace at Label, eighteen
miles northwest of Alden.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Bicycles In France.

The number of bicycles in France
appears to be on the increase, Judging
from the latest returns for 1911, which
give total OF 5000. 626, as compared
with 2,697,406 Of the previous year.
The. total revenue from the tax on bi-
cycles last year amounted to upward
of nine millions OF francs, or about
half q million francs more than in
1910. The ten departments having the
greatest number Of bicycles last year
were those Of the Seine, with 309. 75s;
Nord, 169. $50; Seine-et-Oise. 1921;
Gironde. 1880: Pas-de-CRlais. 70.61o;
geino-Tnferieuro. 62,997; Maine-at-
Leirs. eo.2eS: .gAsae-st-LOire. 6s,6ss;
9siAo-@t-AGmrna. S1.ssd; LetTot. 81 40.
EAe &eDaRtm@me w@ Dc gzmaI1egt
aAeg yss - q WIN ssH
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
McINDOE FALLS

Miss Bertha Bedell spent last
Tuesday and Wednesday at Wells
River the guest of Miss Ida Bell Lar
row.
Miss Mildred Phelps of Barre
spent several days last week with
Miss Abbie Van Dyke.
Miss Ellen Cudworth returned
Saturday from Lisbon, N. H., to
spend Few days with her aunt
Mrs. E. F. Flood, before returning
to her home at Chelmsford, Mass.
Mrs. Moses Hoyt of North Hav-
erhill, N. H, visited Mrs. nj. d.
Hunt the first of last week.
The grammar school did not KEEP
last Thursday on account of the
sickness OF the teacher, Miss Mar
gaert Coveney.
H. d. Chamberlin returned Sat
Woodsville, N. H.
DR.. Leonard Dickson who has
been visiting relatives here left
Thursday for hiA home at Chin
ook, Montana.
Miss Gladys Mcdonald spent last
Wednesday at East Ryegate the
guest of Miss Orpha Bedell.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Aiken spent
several days recently at White
field, N. H., guests of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. John neir.
Mrs. Pearl of St. Johnsbury was
the guest of Mrs. A. M. Bedell part
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Winch and
daughter, Miss Flora Winch motor
ed to Corintt Sunday to spend the
day with Mr.. Winch's mother.
Miss Florence Gibson has gone to
Northtield, Mass, where she has
entered the Mortified Seminary.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Bagley of
Bradford were guests at ]. H. Good
rich's Thursday.
c. B. Duncan damned his thumb
quite badly Saturday while work
ing in the hardware shop.
NORTH MONROE
Mr. and Mrs. George Bort drove
to St. Johnsbury and Danville Sat-
urday, returning Monday.
Rodney Astle is sick with meas
les.
Mrs. Babcock is stopping with her
daughter, Mrs. S. j. Astle for a few
days. ..t.s. =
William Brown and Mary Good
win visited Mrs. Brown in Ryegate
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Emery were
in McIndoes Saturday.
Miss Pearl Bort has returned to
her work in Ryegate after a few
days vacation.
Mrs. Florence was a visitor a.
the Plain one day last week.
The school in the Harding dis
trict was closed last week on ac-
count of measles.
Sam McBurney was at the Plain
Saturday looking after the measles
cases.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
BIRD AND BOTANICAL CLUB
Program for Annual Meeting at
Fairbanks Museum


The Fairbanks Museum will en-
terrain the 18th annual meeting OF
the Vermont Botanical club and the
18th annual of the Vermont Bird
club on Friday and Saturday CT this
week. The supper at six o'clock on
Friday at Pythian hall is open to the
local members Of the two clubs nnu
to other townspeople who may desire
to attend. All such are asked to
communicate with the Museum re-
garding tickets. The following pre-
liminary program has been issued:
Friday Morning, 1000 O'clock
Business meeting Of the clubs.
Some Additions to the Flora of
the West River Valley, Lesion A.
Wheeler, Townshend.
Christmas Trees and Snow, ]. A.
Chaplin, Middlesex.
A Wren's Unusual Resting Place,
Miss Helen Sheriff., Northampton,
Mass
The Summer Meeting of 1912, Mrs
Nellie F.. Flynn, Burlington.
Friday Afternoon, 200 O'Clock
The Red-eyed Vireo, the Farm
er's Friend, Miss Mabel E. Stevens,
st. Johnsbury.
Misapprehensions Regarding the
Northern Violets, DR.. Ezra Brain
erd, Middlebury.
The Franklin Bog, DR.. George P.
Burns, University of Vermont.
Five Years Observations of the
Hartland Nature Club, Mrs. Pearl
e. Underwood, Hartland.
The Botanical Manuals of the
United States, Prof. A. X. Peter
sen, University of Vermont.
Additional Bird Notes from Ben
nington County, DR.. L. II. Ross,
Bennington.
500 p. m, supper, complimentary
to the visiting members OF the clubs
will be served, to be followed by the
annual roll call.
Friday Evening, S.15 O'Clock
A lecture will be given by some
we'll known ornithologist, to be an
nounced later.
Saturday Morning, 900 O'Clock
Some New Botanical Finds for
St. Johnsbury, Miss Inez A. Howe
St. Johnsbury.
Some Notes on the Dandelion,
Prof. Henry M. Seely, Middlebury.
Birds Of Hartland, Mrs. Pearl e.
Underwood, Hartland.
Notes on the Flora of Stratton
Franklin, Berkshire, Newport Is7
land Pond and Hartland, Jay G.
Underwood, Hartland.
An Old-time Herbarium, Mrs.
Clifford H. Smith, Burlington.
A Bird Nesting Experience, Miss
Sara E. Graves, Waterbury.
Plants of West Haven, George L.
Kirk, Rutland.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29
Bic Population May Cause War.


It is pointed out in the report of the
Malthusian league that the enormous
Increase in Germany's population
(about 100000 annually iSFery like
ly to drive her into war owing to the
necessity for new markets, but a re
port OF the royal Prussian statistical
land bureau has shown that the phys
teal deterioration due to overcrowd-
ing In the large towns is so bad that
In Hamburg the recruiting efficiency
has fallen AZ per cent, and in Berlin
10 80 per cent. OF it's proper value On
the other hand the recruiting EN-
cheney Of France (where population II
on the decline) has increased. and
Mr.. Hilaire Belloc contends that
France IL much better equipped for
war than Germany.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-29

MackinaV Coats
800, $50, 800, $50, now 600
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little lost child at the very instant his
sister had dropped It.
Maybe he's gone home. Do you
think he's gone homer" asked Mrs.
Jarr. Hes SO venturesome. I'll give
him the best whipping he ever had In his
life II only can find him and II he
hasn't been run over or hurt! Maybe
he's gone home. I don't blame the
child II he has. wish I had gone
home myself, But just the same I'll
punish him good. You wicked child!
You put this into your brothers head"
This Rst WAS addressed to little Miss
Jarr. whom she gave a yank, and hur-
ried on. looking hither and thither for
the strayed little boy.
Maybe we'd better wait near the 20.
lice station" suggested Mr.. Jarr. THE
police will pick him up. as they picked
up little Emma"
Mrs. Jar gave q disapprovins gasp.
Hell keep away from the police.
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He's too much like his father to have
anything to do with the police" she
said.
IAN hot! All hot" chanted a seller Of
sausages.
Yes. am all hot" Mrs. Jarr went
on, but speaking TO her husband and
not the frankfurter man. do you
think he stopped at one OF the dancing
pavillons to watch the tango?"
II don't think Willie Is much interest
cd In the tango" rejoined Mr.. Jarr
"MayhS- he stopped to peek In under
the side canvas to see the moving pic.
lures at one OF those free-shows-if-you-
buy someth ng-to-drink."
DO you think my little boy only
thinks OF buying something to drink
like some other people I know"
'.Well. he likes sarsaparilla and lem
onade." faltered Mr.. Jarr.
1T would be a good thing II his
father did, snapped Mrs. Jarr.
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POWER GOING TO WASTE.

the intervals Of naggg the peaceful smoker Fostering the Park
Commissioner and writing admrng letters himself to the
newspapers Dr. Pease finds time od tho State because Il
sells conhated specimens Of the demon instead Of pouring them
into the
Not in many day has the city harbored busy person Al,
Doc Pease But he scsters his energies What somebody
TO him. he must suppress something preferred
apply him to the chimney nuisance fails shut him IN with
Anthony Comstock and let them plan the millennium
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Women Who Needn't Wed
In Order to Find a Home
By Sophie Irene Loeb

Nc Co. Tbs Nsv Yoss Evening wosiAp.
the cases OF children OF humble meAna
as we'll as OF the children OF well-to-do
parents who have overlooked this salient
point for protection In later years have
brought present day mothers to a real
ization that the greatest asset q girl
may have is the ABILITY to earn hcr
! livelihood.
! Gone is the day when a daughters
dowry was the chief considerat ton,
with its consequent wall Of "My king
dom for a husband!' No longer 10 It
necessary that a woman In order to be
healthy. wealthy and wise" may ONLY
choose marriage as the method and
means.
| Commerce. trade. business has made
avenues by which she need not sit In
the BACK parlor with the knitting nee
dies Nd JUS; walt until HE comes
along. But she can choose some line o.
work that makes marriage unnecessary
as merely a means OF livelihood; and
then II "he" comes her way. well and
good. Also she has CHOICE In her
| decision: for she Is Independent OF his
AID.
Besides. given an interest In the work.
there Is something SATISFYING In that
| weekly pay envelope which makes FOR
| strength In the summing up Of all
things.
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HitEE shots rang out!
CThrec shots for cents.) But Mrs.
Jarr dabbed . worry wrinklod
brow with q powder pad and almost
hoped II was q triple tragedy OCCASION
ing the sound rather than . light heart
ed holidayer breaking clap pipes In
shooting gallery.
I'm sure do not wish q human crea-
ture any HARM" whimpered Mrs. Jarr.
But II only some people don't know
could be shot without II hurting them
that Ii. I mean seriously-rd DO very
glad. l wish the list Of victims TO conf
prise the person who first said New
York was the ideal summer resort. the
miscream who encourages the beliet
that little trips here and there are the
real comfortable way to have q vaca-
tion and that the third bullet should
pierce the fiend In human form who
has been responsible for the general
belief that Coney ISLAND Is tho place
for parents and children to have q Joy
Gus time!" 4
Mr.. Jarr made no reply. but holding
the other hand Of little Miss Jarr M
helped the complaining mother 4
bury his lately lost hut now restored
darling along as they glanced down
the street and into tlx noisy. riotpu,
| Concessions" for the now missing Mas
ter Jarr. who had taken up the role OF
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9 Co. THE New York Evening WORLDLY
by lagoons Of salt water. When the
first cricket showed up he was pstssd
and pampersd.
1t was even suggested that no should
be milk-fed and bedded down on . sofa
pillow. He was treated upon according
to the antique formula for the welcome
cricket about the house.
Then ten thousand Of his relatives
appeared In the house all at once. When
hair brush was picked up from the
bureau. about forty crickets-lsrgs.
black, sinister-looking brutss -Wurs
found underneath the brush. Thsy
darted through the air and lsaped ag.
gressively on the picker-up Of che
brush. and-YES. they BIT! Bit had.
Let the bugo'ogists nsht this out. But
the crickets. herein advertsd %. Dur.
And they still bite.
The ten thousand were followed
promptly by . million.
They paid no more attention b The
pounds Of tar camphor put about the
cracks and crannies than the meat
raised dog does to dog biscuit. When
a closet in which winter duds had been
packed away was opened. II was found
that the invading crickets had EATEN
UP TWO SUITS OF CLOTHES AND
A DRESS. leaving nothing but the
seams and stifferins!
The cricket on the hearth may be an
agree able bird. But . billion. crickets
In che home stack up into q Numid!an
nuisance,
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Now this was unkind. Mr.. Jarr hadn't
moistened his lips since arriving at
Coney Island. But the thought gave
Mr.. Jarr a mental vision Of large
glass Of amber fluid. cool and refresh
Ing, with foamy top upon 1t. white
and enticing.
There he goes!" cried Mrs Jarr.
And she pointed overhead. Rolling
and rumbling and racing on a trestle
that groaned and shook beneath the
strain OF its motion and weight. q
rackety roller coaster car whizzed and
dipped and shook from side to side as,
going at terrific speed. It took a high
elevation and then swooped down q
and fright greeted the ear. and then
| the rackety car on the rickety aerial
tramway rumbled on and was gone.
Our Willie In that thing?" asked Mr..
Jarr.
II saw him. know It was he!'
walled Mrs. Jarr. "why did you give
him q quarter? rou know how he
teased to make me permit him TO ride
on those dangerous things ! read In
the paper only last week.
She did not finish recounting what she
had read last week. but wheeled and
turned back In the direction of the gate
way OF "Peterson's Pilgrims Progress.
the Death Defylng Deiirium Dips"
She bore with her little Miss Jarr,
swinging out In the air like the infantile
tail to q maternal comet.
Mrs. Jarr was at the roller coasters
starting point Just in time to seise Mas
ter Jarr. who was riG.ng of on his last
nickel. Then Mrs. Jsrr turned around.
Lets 60 home at once" she cried.
But answer came there none.
| Mr.. Jarr was lost somewhere back In
| the crowd.
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her own living. You know what Is the
trouble with a great many OF our mar
rlages' II Is that girls marry as the
only way to 4 decent living.
my daughter has shown skill In dane
ing. so I am having her taught that. I
would rather see her happily married
than the greatest star on earth. But
just because of that I want her. II nee
essary. to be Independent"
Mrs. McMillin but voices the senti-
ments Of many mothers in similar posi-
lions. The experiences In the past In
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creature, 10 another one OF those posts
and a highly swattable beast.
1t may be lucky to have A cricket
around the house But It 10 scandalous-
ly annoying and perverhve OF sedate
conduct to have A MILLION crickets
m!sbehaving around your domestic es-
Enlistment.
/ would not have believed that such a
thing could be unless / had been
through the experience myself. As .
matter OF fact. l am going through It
yet.
Tho domestic establishment Ii on the
Southern New Jersey coast. The house
il built on land dredged from inland
waterways OF the sea and Is SURROUNDED
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As the Boy Saw Him.

ERE Is another proof tina, we can n',s a.
ourselves as othen ste Us. This time u
10 supplied in . story told by Cong 49,
man Claypool Of Ohio
Some time ago. said the Congrsssnsn, "tHs
ticket agent Of en- OHIO railroad wss called to tas
brass. haired window Of his little Office. Before
the window stood . mOthshy little vomsa 10
side her stood . bsishtfsced boy.
"Plesss ar." sid the notheFly little voasL,
sddsssAns the sssnt, what tims does he nsss
train leave Tor Co,umbw"
1T have u a<e, MADAM" answered the
agent. with slisht cir Of annoyance. II have
sirssdy told you that 10 las thsa ax tipes u
tbs isk hour"
u know ysu AssA ~" oakh sstumsa ~
aotAsly litxs vsass; IN SsAn.s ~ 80
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