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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-05-01
TNE TENEMENT HOUSE MYS.
Terry"
CHAPTER |.

THIS habit of becoming late for
Breakfast, Jady Ashleigh remarked,
as she sat #down the coffee pot. rs
efo|lns upon your father Any news,
/ dear?"
lila Changed up from a pile of cor
|ltsP6hdenca through which she had
Oeea looking little negligently.
None ats all, mother. My CORE
sf9Aaeiee itjust the usual sort of rub
ORGANIZATIONS and gossip. Such a
~, Of invitations, by the bye
at your age" Lady Ashleigh de,
|eafed, athatis the sort Of correspond
shce which You should find interest
lou Know am not like that, moth
H. she protested My music is really
ue only part of life which absolutely
appeals to me. Oh, why doesn't Della
[,sy make up his mind and let father
Ano#' as he promised! Here
zones daddy num-
AshHlgh loitered for a mo-
AZ, TO raise the covers from the
s''Aes upon 2 side table. Afterwards
-s q, seated himself at the table.
4t. heard this morning." he said,
Nv, @O,n Your fiend Delarey. Ella. He
sn 54V 'h'o the matter very fully. The
saos'anee of it is that for the first
ri t~ oI your musical training he ad-
s'ses New York.
aaye nottinished yet. This cable
|s,. ne went on, drawing IA little
VI oioe6paper from his pocket,
I ~ ofopght to me this morning"
,o,a, aed 1t out before him and
b. - Ashieigh, Hamhlin House. Dor
H. s S'.ia ! tind a magnificent pro-
|Aolga ~ " for at Metropolitan Opera
|sur aa1n, Nar Have taken box for
sar n ~ engaged the best profess
b. q, - gro, and secured an apart
eaafer,aIst. .iand. our most select and
eolr br(ti fssidential hotel Understand
IT.. .aa, still IN South America. re-
h uaka - spfinS, but will do our best
b&ssob, youf Nughters year Of study as
sstasjs,. - = pSsible. Advise her sail on
Say oy Mauritania.
ser' an sat'fday'" Ella almost
Hlea,s snail noy'' Lord Ashleigh said
tAis w. you To ktalk over and discuss
Al d,4 'et 10 the rest OF the day.
,op, 5 ume onight YOU can tell me
Gus T. Nesaipli, pr rather We will dis
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ARR CHASED
Bi GERMAN 81 HHARi\i.

ABERDEEN, May 3.-Reporting
being chased by q German submarine
three Dutch trawlers reached this
port today They said other tra%lera
were sunk and they believed the en-
lire crews We're lost
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CHApT EK ".

There seemed 10 30 nothing al all
original tn the motheds pursued by
the great criminoloist when con
fronted with this tahleHu Of death and
robbery Ills remarks to the inspoc'
tor were few and perfunctory He
asked only a few lanedid questions of
Nacdoucal and Lenora, who were
summoned to his presence
Nacdoueal then turned to leave the
room. Lenora was about to follow,
but Quest signed to her to remain.
u should like to have q little con
versation with You about YOUR mis-
tress." he said to her pleasantly IF
you don't mind 7 viii ask you to ac-
company me in my car | will send
the man back with YOU
They descended in the lift together
and Guest handed the girl into his car
They drove quickly through the silent
streets.
In a few minutes I.enora was in
stalled in an easy chairin Quests sit
tingroom
lean hack and make yourself com
Portable" Quest invited, as he took
chair opposite to her. Il must just
look through these papers
The girl did as sheSwas told. She
opened her coat. The room was de-
lightfully warm. almost oyerheated. A
sense of rest crept over her She was
conscious that Quest had laid down
the letters which he had been pre-
tending to read His eyes were fixed
upon her. There WIS a queer new
look in them, a strange new feeling
creeping through her veins.
Quests voice brokeE an unnatural
silence
"Yon are anxious to telephone some
one" he said. you looked at both
the booths as we cama through the
hotel Then YOU remembered, think,
that he would not be there yet. Tele-
phone now. The telephone is at your
right hand You know dhe number"
She obeyed almost at bnce,
Number 700. New YoA city"
"You will ask Qu#t continued,
whether he is all riglt whether the
Jewels are safe"
There was a brief \ ence then the
girls voice,
"Are you there, James? Yes,
| am Lenora Are u safe? Have
YOU the Jewels? Where?
You are sure that yo3 are safe2 =.
No. nothing fresh III happened"
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IA 81, ..s..- IA s.,tA, --"' So. tila na@t !
He TttfF Tho room For II

He Ttff The room. For ii ~ mo
ments there was a profound silence.
Then a white face was pressed against
the window There was j. crash of
glass a man covered With snow
sprang into the apartmsntg He moved
swiftly to the sofa. and something
black and ugly swayed ilIhis hand,
SO you've deceived mel have you"
he painted Handed owed the jewels,
chucked mo, and given nj the double
cross Anything to say9i
Macdougal leaned forward. his
white face distorted with r4ssion. The
iife-preserver bent and qtivered be
hind him. cut the air with a swish
and crashed full upon the bead.
The man staggered jck. The
weapon fell from his fing}fs. For a
moment he was paralyzed iThere was
no blood upon his hand no cry
ailenee inhuman, unnatural, He
looked again. Then the Ii hts flashed
out all around him. The}e were two
detectives in the doorway. their re
volvers covering him-SJl ford Quest,
with LeROra in the bactground In
The sudden illumination} Macdougals
horror turned almost b hystericai
rage He had wasted hid fury upon a
dummy
Take him. men," Q4pst ordered
Hands up. Macdougai. Ytur numbers
up"
The handouts were u1on him be.
fore he cOuld NOVA
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FIRST INsTALLMEN7
s.nFoRo #CuEoT, eH'H'S'~''
''N" CAST,"

~, ,o,,ng man from the West had
inv in NOV York only that after
~ and his cossin, town born and
~. ~,' had already embarked upon the
| = Of showing him the erea' city.
En- occupied a table in a somewhat
is,;ecanf Corner Of one Of New
.s,s most famous roof garden res
I,nrsnts Tie place was crowded
nth diners& There were many nota'
karies to he pointed out. The town
Eop9s man was very busy.
/ ~Tau me!n the country cousin I'm
Leirad WHO Is the man at a table by
Eirsqle? The walters speak to him
4 though no were little god. Is he
/ miIIionaira, or a judge, or what"
~yonre id luck, Alfred the New
k -.or declared. That's the most in
E,rpstjBe nan in New fork-one Of
f. most interesting in the world
Ebats sanffd Quest"
WHO'S he?''
sanford Quest is the greatest mas
Esr in cIiminologl the world has ever
Known. He Is Magician a scientist,
Ehs pierpont Morgan of his prolo5,
kqn
SAY. do you mean that he is Dc.
bectige .
yes, he said amply, you can cali
BIN Just 10 the same way that
bou could call 1poleon a soldier or
Lincoln a statesdan. lie is dctec-
tlge, If You like to call him That, the
taster detective In the world
When Sanford Quest entered his
house an hour later he glanced into
Two Of the rooms on the ground floor,
b which telegraph and telephone OPP
eators sat at their instruments
Then. b. means of a small lift, he as
tenaed to the top story and entered
4 large apartment wrapped IN gloom
Until, as he cfossed the threshold, he
touched the switches Of the electric
fghts One realized then that this
Was man If taste. Quest drew up
sn easy chair to the wide-tlung win
doE, touching bell as he crossed the
Rom In a te~ moments the door was
oened and closed noiselessly. A
i0gas woman entered with a bundle
5f papers
The crimhologist glanced through
tie papers quickly. NO further in
lairies. Laiira ,"
She left the room almost noiselessly
'7He TENEMENT HOUSE MYS-
TT D. w
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IS
VERY ACUTE
OFFICIALS ARE AROUSED OVER
SHINING OF IN AMERICAN
STEAMER.
CONCERN IS FELT
Naval authorities Inclined to Believe
ibtfe N1as No Excusc for Bes-
t.ueticn of the Steamer
Outright.

WASHINGTON, May 3 -Graver
concern from the American stand
point than in any previous instance
is promised in the torpedoing and
sinking Of the American steamer Gull
flight enroutc from Port Arthur,
Texas, to Rouen, France
High government officials frank
ly admitted that they were anxious.
While they appeared to be inclined
to take il for granted that the sub
marine commander mistook the
nationality Of the Outright they held
that this was not sufficient to va
fly his course. Naval anhorit' 80 '"','
privately they feared the instant L.
or would have trouble 'ee''' sg a
good reason to Justify t .'h'''' 'iion.
distinctly more Sc than the
Frye ease. W. the officials held
hat y ~ ii!s''mander of the German
- Eitel did wrong in sinking the
frye there were certain legal ques-
lions involved which entitled the
commander TO the assumption he
reached. Adyices showed that he
Lad careful regard for the lives of
the crew. The officials believe the
commander of the submarine which
sunk the Gulflieht could not ples6To
anything except error or g -~'iaE IF, b
This is not the pfirfons werasoo
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WEDiSH -SSJ,L 81 NJ.
OFFICIALS INDIGNANT

cOPENitAGEN, May 3.-ofiiciais
arc indignant Oh the receipt OF de
tails Of he sinking OF the Sw24iah
steamer Aida by q German subma-
rinc IN the North sea last night.
Sixteen men and three women mar
roWly escaped death.
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the perfect automaton. His eyes, in
stead Of being fixed atiho back Of his
masters chair, were asimply riveted
upon the stones, A queer little feeling
of uueaslness disturbed Ella for the
moment. 1t passed, however, as in
glancing away her attention was once
more attracted by ting sparkle OF the
Jewels upon her bosom.
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ckpreR II.

|asi'.s as' to Y y ii, ! believe. lord
b. sa oasak after dinaer that eve.
d. 'Het IN have finaliy decided.
sapg.. ss4ol nee eur friend nalareya
If 81 20 leave US Saturday ?"
b. 81 ~ plAse Ella murmurea.
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tive in tie Wofld walk.
to the spiders Web -
Any chance OF gettin
asked laconicilly.
None" vhs the
You've done lnough
~Wny this 4nimu.f
friend Maedoutal?
You and Il lv
against one arttl
Ike the life yoa i,
years ago. or yau.MANV
suffered nothing
Il let yous
the mans voice
month has pap
dougal, Mr. SAT- -
got the AsiileiE 81
settled an old n
OF one greatet &
a pleasant nis3 "a "a
. f.. f. : :.: s.: s. !: ::
his head a nor m
for the purpos 4 il
We failed to Il III a#W'I
used to kpeIt# M MM ~
SDooth brick , gsa2S ~ rs
only exit twel, I-zx~z.~.~sa/ !
rn,,aan means
Science yon b.70y Too,f
my DAYS, Yot 2/Hlw0T
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-02-03
NO CHAOS EXISTS
ON LONDON DOCKS

London. Feb. 3.-The newspaper
chlrSe that chaos exists at the London
docks, with the implication that high
Wages nave caused The dock lalorers
to drink instead of work, is denied Dy
}. 90. GToo t.Al, cha nan o. lie ,.e-
and warehouse committee Of the port
OF London authority.
Mr.. Broodbank admits that the con.
scsticn has at times been severe since
the outbreak Of war, but the improve.
mcnt toward normal conditions is rap
d ard q few weeks ought to see the
Uharves f9irly well cleared.
The real trouble, he says, is due tc
the fact that the needs of the army
and navy come before those of the
merchants, Military and naval ship
ments are enormous Although the
war called away large numbers of re
servists from the docks, there are
5000 men employed this month as
against 1000 at the same time last
year III addition, the London por.
authorities have had to send som.
fling like 1900 trained stevedorcs To
French ports, particularly Eayra. a..
help handle the military zh,prin
there.
To mention some Ct the ad lit.cra
burdens that war has thrown upon tn
port Of London, the years sugar sup
ply purchased by the government has
to come through here: about $50 army
transports ply in ard out of the
Thames; merchant ships are diverted
to London which ordinarily are berth
ed in other ports now closed for naval
reasons; and all of the various sup
plies such as Australian wool, lately
help up by the exploits of the Emden,
ere beginning to arrive.
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TWO MORE ENTRIES


Mr. Doherty has an unusual record
as criminal officer. He has devoted
himself TO the big game''-the rob-
bers and gunner, and has spent little
of his time with crap shooters and
other petty offenders.
Although he has had many dealings
with persons of desperate character,
Barney Doherty has yet to shoot his
first criminal and has never even
struck but one. His friends claim thai
his service as policeman, chief of po-
lice and constable makes him splen-
didly equipped for the position of sher-
if and that he should be elected to
this position as a reward for his long
years of hard work for the people.
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CANAL NEEDS DREDGING.

Panama, Feb. Sc w.,
are now optimistic regarding et tSa nar
m n'alIe of th- channel through b the tho
ouieOra .doD, where the slid.. 10,
d. Occurred. For the past month
'eas'hs operations have been more
IMAM able to keep ahead of the ipcom.
ing SOIL and there is no longer anv.
'er'ouS anxiety abut assuring a safe
passage to battleships during the for.
ma, opening of the canal on March s.
on o o'n. Goethals and the. pther canal
engineers are of the opinion that a.
iea'' years hard and STEADY drea..
lns VIII be necessary before all move.
-', ~ OF earth will have ceased.
Notwithstanding the hapdic.n :. A..
siiaeS traffic through the waterw.v :.
,ao.a as is shown by the toll. col
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WHERE BREADS PRECIOUS.
tBN Associatcd PreSs.l

Frantfort-on-the-M Main, Feb. 3.-rhp
wasting of white bread by German
school-children is the subject of a let
ter in the newspaper of the Rhine
Province from teacher, who points
out that it is the duty of parents to
bring this extravaganza to an end and
thus help the Fatherland during its
crisis.
The writer says the children often
leave their homes after a scanty break
fast and take large package of bread
and butter with them to school. He
declares the scholars often are unable
to consume the whole of the food ant
thereupon throw it away in the streets
He suggests the official prohibition Of
the practice of bringing food to school
and also of the sale of all bread et.
cept of war bread" made of rye and
potatoes to children for their imme-
date consumption. In this way he be-
heves great wastage will be pre-
vented and at the same time the au-
thorities will be helped to meet the
married. shortage in whoet flour. Hs
concludes that the children viii alsa
become more healthy if the~ arr
forced 70 consume proper breaFfast
before leaving for school and thot Z
they are kent from eatino dYri,n
school hours they will be ready to eat
at their midday meal more of the veg
etables they usually refuse and which
are so ABUNDANT in Germany.
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PRAISE FOR ARTILLERY.

Petrograd, Feb. 3.-Tribute is paid
to the German artillerymen in an ac-
count Of a minor incident during the
fighting west of Warsaw.
The Russians were on the defen-
sive, with the Germans opening I'D a
wide attack on their positions. A Ger
man battery of six guns were moved
out into the open field to shell the
Russian artillery went about their
work, although they must have known
that we would soon make it hot for
them. Our observers soon got their
range and the third shell fired from
our batteries on the left destroyed
three Of the German guns, killing full
ly half Of the entire German force O.
artillerymen. The others sought shell.
ter, but quickly returned and brought
the remaining three guns into action
against our trenches again.
"They had only time to fire two
rounds when another shell from our
battery sma7hed two more guns, de
stroying their crews.
But those artillerymen had been
given their orders, and their bravery
was dauntless. The surv' vors, after
short interval, returned to their sin
gle remaining gun, and kept it gone
until another Russian shell laid it low"
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VISITORS ARE DECREASING.



Berlin, Feb. 3.-The number of visi-
tors from the provinces and abroad
to the German capital has fallen off
over % per cent since the outbreak
of hostilities. In December only %,
GG3 persons came to the capital as
compared with 100000 in the same
month of the preceding year. Among
the countries with which Germany is
1t war Hritons and French totalled all
together only seven Belgians, 81: Rus.
slams, ia, and Portuguese, >. There
was an influx of 513 Swedes, 532
Lanes, 81 Norwe i2ns, 2G9 ua,cA. %
6"'ee, AMI - Italians, but othe. u.c.
ual counties were represented by
y cry small groups.
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WOC5MeN RESOLUTIONS OF
RESPECT.

Resolved, That in the death of Sow.
DR.. l. H. C. Cook, one OF the Camps
former physicians and most beloved
members. Leaf River Camp loses one
of its most faithful members.
Resolved, That W. extend to the
family and friends of our late brother
our deepest sympathy in this their
hour of bereavement, realizing that the
community at large in his death loses
man of sterling worth, who was
loved by all who knew him for his
many acts of kindness and skill in re-
lieving suffering humanity.
Resolved, That our charter be
draped in mourning for period of 80
days.
Resolved, That a copy Of these res
buttons be spread on the minutes Of
this Camp, a copy be furnished the
family, 4 copy be furnished The Hat
.'csaurS Vows for publication.
Geo. w. Wheeler,
w. J. Fowler,
E. M. Haynes,
1t Committee.
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against the allies" He adds: "The
administration of these United States
has been the catspaw of German ma
nipulation long enough"
The London Times, however, says
of Mr.. Bryan's letter: 1T will be
read with satisfaction by all unpreju
diced champions of neutral rights"
The Times makes the further COM
ment that Secretary Bryan's defense
of American neutrality can be unpala
table only to those who wish to see il
surreptitiously infringed, and alto seth.
er his letter commends itself to us as
an admirable exposition of a policy
which becomes the greatest of neutral
peoples"
Mr.. Griscom belongs to a class CT
Americans who are much more Eng
fish than the English-more English
than the London Times. They are no
more concerned about the honor and
the welfare Of the United States In
this war than are the pro-German OK
tremist who BLACKBOARD President VIII
son and Mr.. Bryan for not allowing
Germany to use the United States a.
q military base.
Neither of these elements beliey,
In honest neutrality, and their g,ie,
ance against the administration j.
hat It has maintained an honest asa
'rnlity.
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sAxoNY BECOMING BETTER.
fBy Associated Press.)

Dresden, Feb. 3.-Criminality has
diminished in Saxony during the wa,
to a remarkable degree, according to
the police commissioners reports. In
Dresden the number of frauds has
been reduced by forty per cent and
burglaries by seventy per cent. This
occurrence is not attributed to the
calling up Of the members of the ha-
bitual criminal classes among the
men drawn to their places In tn,
ranks Of the army. but is due to psy
cholosical reasons, in the opinion OF
the noted criminologist, DR.. Robert
Heindl.
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CHINESE STEAMER LINZ

Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. p. - Dis
patches received here from Ictin-
state that Chinese corporation las
been formed to operate a steamship
line to American gulf ports, New
York and Philadelphia American ana
Chinese capital will be involved. and
the dividends will be guaranteed by
the Chinese government, in return OF
advantagious freight rates on certain
exportabie products
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Girl Discussed as Man.

Moscow, Feb. 3,--Among the wound
ed brought here today is nineteen-year-
old OLGA Kraslnikoff. who has take
part in nineteen battles, ana iinai'r
wGs wounded in the foot, necessi,atiu>
hospital treatment She enlisted sew
eral weeks ago rs man. and kop'
hidden her identity until today. She
has been awarded the Cross Of s.
George. fourth class, for meritoruu-
conduct
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Announcements
For State Revenue Agent

The News is authorized to announce
Stokes V. ROBERTSON as candi'
date for State Revenue Agent, subject
to the action of the Democratic prl-
mary.
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CANADA WANTS
0Couunno0 NOM Page 0asl

Fighting between the British and
tie Turks in Arabia continues, az
though only small detachments are in
volved.
Nothing Of Importance has occurred
in the western part of the war zone.
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interests OF this close knit together
now close If the wheat the foreign
who raise no wheat feel the sting of high prices If the
on Is too low do think
you do have another think coming The
neasure regulates the pice Of mites. The price offered
IN Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri has been low.
the foreign demand that comparative few have changed
dis TAIL Mule held their mules just
& have held their the price
selling basis and the the
of mules is the climb The of the worth
Twill sell for S12O00000 money
Mules in Kentucky Tennessee Missouri selling
3ofy to sixty dollars
The farmer last learned the business
4dcng his old woul1-te buyers
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The News is authorized to announce
BARNEY O. DOHERTY as a candi-
date for Sheriff, subject to the action
Of the Democratic primary.
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For Sheriff.

The News is authorized to announce
\ e. HARRISON as a candidate for
Sheriff of Forrest County subject to
the action of the Democratic primary.
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PRACTICAL CHARITY.

can he ma,o mat larger contributions
girls who l w, a, nome and abroad "a
s aap ~no Will will make their debut in
to refraip , society shortly have agreed ID
tainments. ance In enter,
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STOCK BREEDERS ORGANIZE.

Sanford, Fla, Feb. 3.-The Seminole
County Fair opened here today and so
great is its success that it will be
made an annual event. Four days will
be devoted to. the fair, and there are
all sorts of attractions and big num-
Der of visitors. The principal gather.
ing for the fair is that of live stock
men from all sections of Florida, who
will meet tomorrow and organize the
Florida Live Stock Association To
morrow will be Live Stock Day, and
experts from the experiment station
1T Gainesville will speak.
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The News is authorized to announce
r. J. NIXON as a candidate for Cir
cult Court Clerk, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary.
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The News is authorized to announce
II. X. McLEMORE as a candidate for
Circuit Court Clerk, subject to the
action of the Democratic primary.
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HELP WANTED

reliable white
woman to cook and keep house lot
for,ilv of four Send references and
state wages. Address P. 0. BOX
ooo 3-4t-p
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IS election the full pros
andidates looks like the people Forrest
od bunch to select from with the field
throws mud whose friends with his knowledge
al ought to be rebuked the polls sensible ct
MINES public
nd run the gauntlet of mud Singing political campaign the
II good government
pds should oscountenanoed pablo
hight to object the being every
man Should and with their influence
ppn another Some people take license
at "eyeythng is fair poi s.. That
~ should not obtain among a people