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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-22
By "Hop''

Anstro-P -Prussian war. Out of 400, 900 men engaged. 10000 Austrians and 10.- 000 Frussians were killed or wound ed. One in eight as compared with one in three
 During the Amercan civil war, in the most sanguinary battle. 100000 fought. Twcnty-six thousand and five hundred of their number were left on the field. That was before the era of breechload- CTS.
 Still later in the century we find that the losses at Sedan Were not near ly so great. At this battle the combined forces of the French and Germans num- bored 100000, and the loss in killed and wounded was only 39,000.
 Coming to the campaigns of our own times We find 1t difficult to arrive at figures of comparison. During the South African and Russo-Japanese wars there were sanguinary engagements and heavy losses. But these losses never approached in number anything like the massacres of the old century's bat ties. Shell fire does fearful work, and the long rifle range Is effective in good hands. But the modern soldier does not walk blindly to the muzzle of the guns. He has been taught to know the value of cover. and that he can do far bet ter work crawling on the ground than standing up before grinning enemy to get SnOt TOT ms country sake. COt1 . parison shows the rifle of today an extremely humane instrument of war fare. The old musket ball inflicted a horrible wound when 1t did not kill out right: while the rifle bullet kills if Kill 1t must but when it mains mains lightly. Tn fact, too lightly, in the opin- ion of some experts.
 But we have other instruments and machines of warfare unknown in the days of the musl1et. Who shall say what horrors will be experienced when the hawk-like warplane hovers over the ex- posed trenches, dropping the devastating lyddite where 1t will?
 And yet the progress of the present war seems to prove my contention that the slaughter which will take place Is unlikely to furnish a parallel to former wars Of course the losses both on the German side and that of the allies are being kept secret for obvious purposes. But this secrecy cannot endure very long. and when the truth comes to light E will be found that the carnage, though ap- palling to peace accustomed ears, is nothing to the , carnage of the past. Though battles will be. fought on an un- precedented scale, with millions instead of hundreds of thousands. the number of killed and wounded is likely to be fewer both actually and approximately.
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Pleasant Superstitions

One of the pleasantest of the little superstitions that roost in the minds of even the most reasoning of folks is very little known, says the Buffalo News. A charming young Irish woman went through the motions of 1t at a picnic luncheon in the woods not long ago and none of the company had ever heard of it before.
 Instead of biting into her first sand . wich, she broke a corner from it took 1t in her right hand and threw it as hard as she could over her left shou1- der It was done with such aparent determination in the eyes of the young woman that the hostess asked her what 1t was all about
 ''On. I'm only wishing on the good piece,'" she said.
 Then she explained that the good piece" was for any fairy or elf who happened to be near at the time. If the first bit of an outdoor meal be thrown in this particular manner, she told them, he would take and eat it and to repay one for the kindness would do all in his power to further the wish made at the time.
 "It is very old folklore with us,'' she said. Some say it descended from the old Roman custom of pouring 1bations to the gods. but believe it is as old as the fairies.
 There are many things to wish on that everybody knows about like the new moon, piebald horses and plum pudding dogs. But every one does not know that you should wish when you meet cross-eyed person-7but never let the person see you-and keep them so until the wish has been thought
 "So many people think passing under a ladder a sign of bad luck. but one has only to cross ones fingers and make wish. If any one happens to be standing on the ladder he must be wished good luck too. That makes the passer's wish come true surely. they say.
 Passing the salt at the table is an other occasion for wishing only this time the wish must be made for the person to whom the salt is passed. The reason for this is that the salt is sign of friendship and in passing it, al though you pass good will with if. 1t may be strengthened by good wish. "If you are unpleasant enough to wish any harm, though. it will remain you again"
 yOu again.
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MISCELLANEOUS

10 WHOM 1f MAY CONCERN: Nofice
 Is hereby given that will proceed to sell on Saturday, October 31. 1914. be- tween the usual hours of sale. fourteen
 QD packages of whisky, heretofore seized for violations of the internal rev
 enue laws. John D.. McNeel. Collector District of Alabama. 10<2-3t-z3-so
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FARM BARGAIN WILT. TRADE

A fine 1SO-acre farm in Tennessee river valley district, between Decatur and Huntsville, for Birmingham property; 150 acres of this land Is in cultivation, the balance in woodland; has a modern, s-room residence. several tenant houses. nice barn, smokehouse, fine spring, sev- eral wells and good roads: a family can live well on the products from this farm.
 FORD BROS. R. & INS. co.
 Phone 6174 3l6 N. Fist St.
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FOR SALE

RATEs-On" cent . word . day: no ad. fnl<cn for less than 2Sc for first inser-
 fton. Cnsh must nrcOmpany order.
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NICELY furnished rooms in steam iSeat- ed apartment; all conveniences; close in with or without board. Phone Main
 6003-J. 1O-l8-7t
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CASH FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY. Have idle funds. anxious to invest at once in business or semi-business prop erty. Call Garland Mourning. with Tar rant Realty Co.
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FOR RENT-ROOMS

RATES-One cent word . dnys ad. taken for less than 2bc for first fuser- fton. CR-h must HrcnmDnNy order.
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FOR RENT-Lovelya room with connect ing bath, brick house, steam heat hot and cold water. etc; gentlemen only:
 references required. Apply 604 N. 20th st. 10-1s-st
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NICELY furnished front rooms; house screened, hot baths at all hours; price reasonable 2212 4th ave, N.
 9-8-tf
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WE HAVE CLIENTS DESIRINd TO MAKE LOANS IN AMOUNTS $2oo0 5000. 5000. $500. 6 AND PER CENT. PROMPT ATTENTION TO APPLICA- TONS. JEMISON REAL ESTATE GROUND FLOOR FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. 6-1s-su-tu-thu-tf MONEY TO LEND ON IMPROVED REAL ESTATE. PROMPT ATTEN- TON. J. B. GIBSON. 08 EMPIRN BLDG. PHONE lda 12-3-tu-th-su-tr
 FIRST MORTGAGE LOANB Negotiated on city bu1ness and cis and suburban residence property. Low ntss and prompt attention; purchase uAey notes bought.
 HENSON REAL ESTATE q IN0 co.
 m North 1oth Street
 213% -Ns-ts -tnu
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FOUND

FOJND-At kress store. purse with :, sum of money; owner on describing
 same and paying cost of adyertis-
 ing can have same.
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Important Notice

Effective Sunday. October & Southern railway trains s and sS, operated be- tween Birmingham and Atlanta, leaving Birmingham 5:3O D. m.. arriving II :50 a. m, wiii be discontinued. Birmingham-New York sleeper will be handled out of Bir- mingbam on train 24 at p. m.
 JAMES FIREMAN,
 Assistant General Passenger Agent
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sTALK WITH ALAN JEMISON.
 lc03 Jeff Co. Bank Bldg s-s-t
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT

FOR RENT Modern, S-room, brick veneer house in best part of Norwood, right on car line; an ideal house and mod ern to the minute. If you want a good home see this. Price only $40 ''The Live Wire" HAGGARD REALTY IO., S0l-2 American Trust Bldg. Phone
 TEA Main.
 1o-21-s
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 FOR SALE-Two extra good residence lots. 50x200 each, high elevation, close to car line, in Edgewood, the coming residence place aroung Birmingham. away from the smoke. also a nice To- acre farm, three miles from the city of Gulfport, Miss; would exchange for good cottage close to car line or farm on railroad Address Dorse. LOS 18th st, N. Birmingham, Ala 10-2l-2t WANTED-To own a summer home in the Land of the Sky. I can sell you one $500 up. M. c. Youmans, Henderson vile. N. c. 10-22-2t FOR SALE-Corner Ave. and 17th st, 100x140; rents for s57 per month; ware house property. l.. G. Pettyjohn, 17e2 9th ave-
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Easy Prey

Easy Prey What want to see." said the re- former, 'is city that knows absolutely nothing of graft" That's what I'd like
 to see," replied the politician. "wounld' it be gold mine for the right parties?'
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TWO connecting furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 1912 7th ave.
 q-30-tf
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FOR SALE.

ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
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ONE CENT 4 WORD|0NE CENT 4 WI
|DONE CENT A WORDONE CENT 4 WORDONE CENT A WORDI
FOR SALE

RATEs-One cent . word . dayy 10 aA
 taken for less than 25c for first fnoor. ton. cnsh n,ust nrcompsov srd~p.
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s,a. oo TO LEND

l want to place this money at once. Improved property in the old city limits only, and not oyer 50 per cent of valuation; money in hand and client anxious to lend at once. Gar land Mourning, with Tarrant Realty Co.
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HOTELS

WANTED-FEMALE HELP fKNE dentSl ~ofk. to { 5. m. BsntSl Collegs. Ave ? and 1oth st 1o-s-tf
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WANTED-MALE HELP

WANTED-A competent hotel chef, one who understands his business thor oughly: $100 per month. Address 2S00 Juniper avenue, Birmingham, Ala; must have first-class references 10-22-3t WANTED-Experience solicitor for a good proposition to work the colored trade. Phone Main 3909-W, between 8 and 12 o'clock a. m.
 NANTED-Solicitor unmarried, will pay salary to right party. Apply between 7;30 and 9:3O a. nl., ISIS 9th ave. E. ". Wiikey.
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kODAks

and 4A each. Prompt attention and
 work Ii E best. Covell Co., s-s1-tf
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IF Mrs. M. E. Bliss wishes to hear from
 her son, Eugene NJ. Bliss, write to Mrs.
 B. F. Floyd. Senatobia, Miss. 1O-21-7t
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PERSONAL

LADIES' SHOES IN ALL THE SNAPPY STYLES; 8 KIND FOR $.s5 REMNANT STORE, 2017 END AVE.
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FOR SALE
 WANTED-To trade first-class, 7-passen- ger automobile in first-class condition for vacant lots or negro house and lot; prefer Woodlawn or East Lake. Address Q-7s, care Age-Herald. 10-20-2t-tu-th
FOR SALE

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN 61a acres in North Birmingham on Belt R. R. Finest truck garden in the county.
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B. J. BURNS CO., REAL ESTATE. PHONE 7es.
 10-a-tf
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NICELY furnished second floor bedroom
 to couple or two men; every conven-
 fence and close to business district; rent very reasonable. 2113 9th ave-, N 9-22-tf
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WE buy second hand clothes. shoes, for
 cash Phone 15S1 21lG Second. 1-2O-tf FREE dental work, 1 to D. m. Dental College, Ave. F and 20th st. l0-S-tf
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WE will build you a home. Birming-
 ham Building and Imp. Co. 4l4-15-ls American Trust Bldg. i-i6-tf
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FOR SALE-6ls acres on Belt railroad. in North Birmingham, 5000 per acre. l.. G. Pettyjohn, 1702 5th ave.
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SHAVING 10c at 1929 4th ave. 1l-2s-tf WE sharpen safety razor blades better
 than new. 25c dozen. Send them parcel
 post Robert Prowell Stove Co.,. Birming-
 ham, Ala. 5-14-tf
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WANTED
Scoop

RATEs--One cent . word . Iayg no ad. taken for less tfnn 25c for first inser-
 fton. Cn-h u,ust nccowurny order.
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L. G. PETTYJoHN, 17o2 9TH AVE.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-05

had no appetite. Since l have taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the aches and pains are all gone
and I feel like new woman. cannot
praise your medicine too highly. Mrs
AUGUSTUS LYON, Terre Hill, Pa
It is true that nature and a woman's
work mas produced the grandest remedy
for woman's ills that the world has
ever known. From the roots and
herbs of the field, Lydia E. Pinkham,
forty years ago, gave to womankind
q remedy for their peculiar ills which
has proved more efficacious than any
other combination Of drugs ever com
pounded, and today Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is recognized
from coast to coast as the standard
remedy for woman's ills.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, are files containing hundreds Of
thousands of letters from women seek
ing health many of them openly state
over their own signatures that they have
regained their health by taking Lydia
E. Pinkham' Vegetable Compound;
and in some cases that it has saved them
from surgical operations.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-05
SOME ODD DEATH REPORTS
New York World Priats Humorous
Returns Alleged to Be Taken
From the Records.

The chief statistician Of Wisconsin,
In examining death certificates Alsd
by physicians with the state board of
health, has discovered and disclosed
come of more than local interest.
They reveal such alterations of sense
and science in the diagnosis of dis
ease and the causes of death as to
merit consideration from reformers
who wish 10 put nearly every act Of
human life under medical supervision.
A few instances must serve to illus
trate the nature of q multitude. One
report is this: Went to bed feeling
we'll, but woke up dead" Another
says: DO not know the cause Of
death, but patient fully recovered from
last illness" A third reported: Last
illness caused by chronic rheumatism,
but was cured before death" Still
another: Deceased never had been
fatally sick" And this: Died sud-
denly; nothing serious"
Some reports are mere absurdities,
such as: kicked by a horse shod on
the left kidney" Died suddenly at
the age of one hundred and three. To
this time he bid fair to reach ripe old
age" Deceased died from blood poi
son, caused by a broken ankle, which
is remarkable, as the automobile
struck him between the lamp and the
radiator" A mother is reported to
have died in infancy"
The significance of these reports lies
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-06-05
Smile, and Others VIII sm,,.

In an elevator Of one of our large
stores ! saw lady turn her head
and in so doing. struck another lady's
face with her feather. the lady struck
was angry and seowled at the first
lady, and in SO doing turned her head
and struck with her hat ornament an
other lady. This lady turned her
head and struck another lady's face:
this lady was annoyed. but she had
seen the others. and as she looked mn
she saw two gentlemen with broad
smiles on their faces, and she smiled
and soon the others in the car saw the
humorous side, and there were smiles
upon smiles in that gloomy store ele-
vator
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CHAPTER TX.
The Ghost at the Feast.

TIC SHOSI dt tic Cd6I-
The next day he appeared bright
and early with his copy of the Studio.
There" he said, holding it before
her eyes. She took it from his hand
and stared long and earnestly at the
reproduction.
do you think it like me?" she in.
CURED innocently.
Amazingly like you." he declared
with conviction.
She turned the page. He was watch
ing her closely. AS she looked upon
the sketches Of the half-nude figure a
warm blush covered her face and
neck. She did not speak for full
minute, and he was positive that her
fingers frightened their grasp on the
magazine.
1.-THE same model" he said quietly.
She nodded her head.
"Hetty Glynn, am sure" she said.
after a pause. without lifting her eyes.
Her voice was low, the words not very
distinct.
He drew long breath, and she look
ed up quickly. What he saw in her
honest blue eyes convicted her.
Sara Wrandall came into the room
at that moment. Hetty hastily closed
the magazine and held it behind her.
Booth had intended to show the re-
production to Mrs. Wrandall, but the
girls behavior caused him to change
his mind. He felt that he possessed
secret that could not be shared with
Sara Wrandall, then or afterward
Moreover, he decided that he would
not refer to the Hawkright pictures
again unless the girl herself brought
up the subject. All this flashed through
his mind as he stepped forward to
greet the newcomer.
When he turned again to Hetty, the
magazine had disappeared. He never
saw 1t afterward, and, what Is more to
the point, he never asked her to pro-
duce it.
He thought hard over the situation.
The obvious solution came to him:
She had been at one time reduced to
the necessity Of posing, circumstances
evidently known to but few and least
of all to Sara Wrandall, from whom
the girl plainly meant to keep the
truth. This conviction distressed him.
but not in the way that might have
been expected. He had no scruples
about sharing the secret or in keeping
it inviolate; his real distress lay In
the fear that Mrs. Wrandall might
hear Of all this from other and per
haps ungentle sources. AS for her pos
ing for Hawkright, it meant little or
nothing to him. In his own experience,
two girls of gentle birth had served as
models for pictures Of his own max
ing. and he fully appreciated the ext
gencies that had driven them to it.
One had posed in the altogether"
She was a girl of absolutely ire
proachable character, who afterward
married chap he knew very well.
and who was fully aware Of that short
phase in her life. That feature Of the
situation meant nothing to him. He
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the next instant, she recovered her
self, and, giving the lace quick flip
that sent its odor of sachet leaping to
his nostrils, responded with perfect
composure.
isn't there a distinction between
posing for an artist, and sitting for
ones portrait?" she asked.
He was silent. The fact that he did
not respond seemed to disturb her aft
er moment or two. She made the
common mistake OF pressing the ques-
ton.
why do you ask" was her inquiry
When 1t was too late she wished she
had not uttered the words. He had
caught the somewhat anxious note In
her voice.
I'VE always ask that / think" he
said. tits habit"
"Oh," she said doubtfully.
"And BY the way. you haven't an
swered."
She was busy with the gown for a
time. At last she looked him full in
the face.
That's true" she agreed; 81 haven't
answered, have I? No, Mr.. Booth, I've
never posed for portrait. 1t Is q
new experience for me. You will have
to contend with great deal of stupid
ity on my part. But I shall try to be
plastic"
He uttered polite protest, and
pursued the question no farther. Her
answer had been so palpably evasive
that it struck him as bald, even awk-
ward,
Pat, disgruntled and irritable to the
point of profanity-he was a privi-
legged character and might have sworn
IL he felt like 1t without receiving no.
tice-came shambling up the cottage
walk late that afternoon, bearing two
large, shoulder-sagging bundles. He
had walked from the station-a matter
Of half mile-and it was hot His
employer sat In the shady porch, view
ing his approach.
The young man drew a chair up to
the table and began the task of work
ing out the puzzle that now seemed
more or less near to solution. He had
pretty clear idea as to the period he
wanted to investigate. To the best of
his recollection, the Studios published
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ment to inspect Hetty's wardrobe, os-
tensibly for the purpose of picking out
q gown for the picture. AS matter
Of fact, he had decided the point to
his own satisfaction the night before.
She should pose for him in the dainty
white dress she had worn on that &C.
casion.
While they were going over the ex-
tensive assortment OF gowns, with
Sara as the Judge from whom there
seemed to be no appeal, he casually
inquired If she had ever posed before
He watched her closely as he put
the question. She was holding up a
beautiful point lace creation for his
inspection, and there was a pleading
smile on her lips. 1t must have been
her favorite gown. The smile faded
away. The hand that dangled the gar
ment before his eyes suddenly be-
came motionless. as if paralyzed. In
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London's Modern Fire BRIGADE.

The London fire brigade is RAPIDLY
becoming completely motor-equipped
FIRE fighting organization. Today Lon
don. possesses 81 motor appliances and
two motor fire floats. It is now pro-
posed to spend in the near future.
100000 in providing SO motor ESCAPE
vans, 43 electric escape vans. "a pe-
troll or petrol electric motor pumps, u
motor turntable ladders. IL motor lor-
ries. motor ladders, Is motor
cars, and motor canteen van, or 24S
new motor appliances. In three years
horses viii be unknown In the LON
don fire brigade.
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was in no doubt concerning Hetty. She
was what she appeared to be-: A gen.
tlewoman.
He admitted to himself that he was
under the spell of her. It was not
love, he was able to contend; but
it was a mysterious appeal to some
thing within him that had never re.
vealed itself before. He couldn't
quite explain what 4 was.
In his solitary hours at the cottage
on the upper road, he was wont to
take his friend Leslie Wrandall into
consideration. As friend. was 1t not
his duty to go to him with his sordid
little tale? Was 1t right to let Wran-
dali go on with his wooing when there
existed that which might make all the
difference in the world to him? He
invariably brought these deliberations
to a close by relaxing into grim smile
of amusement, as much as to say:
Serve him right, anyway. Trust him
to sift her antecedents thoroughly.
He's already done It, and he is quite
satisfied with the result Serve them
all right, TOR that matter"
But then there was Hetty Glynn.
What q her? Hetty Glynn, real or
mythical. was q disturbing factor In
his deductions. II there was a real
Hetty Glynn and she was Hetty Cas-
teton's double, what then?
On the fifth day Of series Of rather
prolonged and tedious sittings, he was
obliged to confine his work to an hour
and half In the forenoon. Mrs. Wran-
dali was having few friends IN for
auctior-bridge Immediately after lunch
con. Sac asked him to stay over and
take a hand, but he declined. He dis
not play bridge.
10 An CoNT0TUUDl
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One Himself.

Gertrude Vanderbilt had been lunch.
ing with q friend at Murray's. AS they
left the restaurant a seedy-looking
mendicant approached Miss Wander.
bilt and held out his hand.
Cant you give me a few pennies.
LADY," he pleaded. I'm hungry and
a broken-down sport myself"
Miss Vanderbilt had coughed up
quarter before the full impact Of his
remark struck her, then she began to
laugh.
II suppose should have given him
. dollar" she observed. AT least the
man was brave"