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Evening journal., 1915-12-10

pany. at a meeting at No. COS Market
street this morning. decided to
merge the two companies. The first
named company was purchased by
the Wilmington and Philadelphia
Traction Company, owner of the VIII
mington and Southern Railway Com
pany, recently.
Plans will be made to operate the
Delaware City cars direct from VIII
mington to Delaware City. II will be
necessary to erect overhead wires
from New Castle to Delaware City
seven miles.
When this line is completed the
storage battery cars will be discontin-
ued. and the cars to be used will be
OF the same type as now used on the
Wilmington and New Castle line.
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HOPEWELL. POWDER
TOWN, FIRE swept
Dupont Plant Escapes When
Flames Wipe Out Virginia
Mushroom City
PERMANENT CITY TO
GO UP ON RUINS
continued From First Page.

Continued from First Page.
a powder plant in cornfeld. The
dupont mills and few scattering
residences is all that remains un-
scathed by yesterdays fire. A dense,
wavering pillar of smoke from the
smoldering embers forms funeral
pyre today.
Rebuilding plans are actively be-
gun. While little of the loss. osti-
mated between S750.000 and Sl,500,-
600 was covered by insurance, Hope
wells citizens started to build bet
ter and. this time. permanent city
Five militia companies from Rich
mond and Petersburg patrol the burn
cd area. The town is under martial
law. The powder plant suspended
operations, TO aid in the relief and re-
construction work. of which Major
Bowles Of the militia had charge.
Temporary shacks and tents were
reared to care for the destitute popu-
Lace. A large part Of the city's 30-
600 inhabitants have sought tempor-
AIRY refuge in Petersburg, City Point
and nearby hamlets.
An unusual cold wave added 20 the
suffering OF the refugees and citi-
GEMS relief organization was hurried
~ organized today. with Major
Bowles In command. While the MILF
ha prevented looting, many men
stood their own guard with rifles and
revolvers over piles OF personal ef-
fects saved from the flames.
The sixty acres OF the fire-sWept
zone today were nothing but black
piles of smoldering debris. The du-
Pont and Richmond FIRE companies
continued pouring streams OF water
all morning to prevent sparks from
being flung upon the powder plant.
Great stores OF gunootton In the ware
houses were under heavy guard.
The fire started In a three-story
frame Greek restaurant on Appomat-
tox street. about 1876 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, and quickly spread to
adjoining frame buildings in Hope.
we'll and at nightfall practically every
business house, hotel and restaurant
IN the town had been wiped out.
Telephone and telegraph wires
were soon out of commission and
news from the stricken powder town
came out in meagre messages. While
the precauiion of throwing water on
the bunk houses within the DUPONT
enclosure was made, there was no ap-
parent danger OF the flames spreading
TO the plants Of the company, these
plants being 500 yards from the rail-
road crossing. which separates the
company's property from the town
proper.
Negro Hanged for LoOting.
lust as a special train carrying th'
Richmond Light Infantry Blues
Battalion. under command OF Major
y. w. Bowles. and two companies OF
the Richmond Greys. under command
OF Major Fumler Bright. rolled into
the dre-stricken powder town. negro
was hanged for looting The Widest
excitement prevailed throughout the
afternoon and citizens wired Gov
ernor stuart for the militia Ad-
jutant General Sale issued orders.
and within two hours the militiamen
we're being speeded 10 Hopewell on a
special train. All the militiamen were
fully armed and carried full camping
equipment.
rhe fire swept from the northwest to
the southwest, consuming the business
houses on Broadway. poythress street
aud Railroad avenue, cutting a diagonal
Evening journal., 1915-12-10
LOCAL SECURITIES MARKET

Laird and Company, DUPONT Building,
furnish the following quotations Of local
securities: Bid. Asked.
dupont Powder Co. 4ia's lOoh lOlh
dupont Debenturc 6's . .l0l 1913
dupont & Co. Common
new .........-.......3S $50 800
dupont Common (oldl..... 99ia lOOM
Hercules Preferred .....lll JIG
Hercules Common $500. .395 405
Atlas Preferred .......... 9715 0siz
Atlas Common ...... .255 20O
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INCREASE I'M STEEL TONNAGE.

were small. though generally upward.
New York Central sold up - at l0i
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BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. lO.The United
States Steel tonnage statement today
showed an. increase in untitled tonnage
of O2403. tons over October.
The untitled tonnage totalled 7,lS9,-
4s9 on November 80 against GIGS, 452
on October 81.
On the stock market Steel sold up
rs 10 81 l-2, Immediately after publi-
cation of the tonnage report.
The untitled tonnage figures of sep
tember 30 were 5.3l7,6lS and 1924, ,592
one year ago.
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Patrick F. Dorsey,

~ 9tGci tdhcI ~ EltlUdiitlGI.
2I7 West Sixth NJ.
Coaches for Funerals and Wedd.n<s
Licensed in Delaware and Maryland
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DANISH STEAMER GOES DOWN

BY rhe United Press.
LONDON. Dec 10.-The Danish
steamer Minsk has been sunk by a
German submarine.
The Minsk displaced 1929 tons and
was owned by a Danish firm at
Copenhagen, from which port she was
registered She was built in 1911.
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STOCK MARKET
BY The United Press.

By The United Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. lo.-On expectation
of another favorable tonnage report,
United States Steel opened 3-s at 81 on
the Stock Exchange today. 1t was a
waiting market and price movements
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repulsed the British suffering heavy
losses.
In the Suvla Bay region at CALI
poll, our artillery scattered attacking
troops and drove enemy transports
ON the shoals OF Kimik-Lima Bay, !"
the statement added.
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BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA
FIGHT AT KUT -EL -ANARA
By The united press-

By The United Press.
AMSTERDAM. Dec 1O.-The Brit
ish in Mesopotamia have halted their
retreat from Bagdad and are making
successful stand AZ Kut-El-Amara. an
Official statement from Constantinople
indicated today. The Turkish war
Office reported several attacks by
British troops, but declared all were
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APPROVE MERCER. Direct
Cars TO Delaware CITY

Stockholders of the Wilmington New
Castle and Delaware City Railway
Company and stockholders OF the VIII
mington and Southern Railway Com
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ALLIES Continue
Retreat TOWARD
Greek Frontier
lContInued From pnre onel

CONTINUED From Page Onel
received in diplomatic circles today.
An Italian squadron appeared
while the Austrians were bomharding
san Giovanni di Medua, these ad,ices
said. No other details were given
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Permanent Vault
Ask your undertaken for
the Norwalk Steel Rein
forced Cement Vault.
James I. Chandler, ", W. 'pS Sials ats
ST. Tele-
UnneTt0kQr phones
12O3-2674
DEATHS.
William +. Kelley.
John II. O'Donaid.
Mary ]. AikeA-
John W. Stats.
Olive c. Reed.
DEATHS


1915, John n O'Donald.
Relatives and friends are invited 70 at
tend the funeral services at the residence Of
his son-n-law. William J Lilly, No. 51i
West seventh street. on Sunday afternoon
December H. at O'Clock. intermcnt al
Riyerview cemetcry
kELLEl--In this city. on December q.
1915. William H. Kelley.
Relatives and friends are invited 20 at
tend the funeral from the residence Of his
son-in-law. Homer sprague. No. 1908 Laurel
Requiem mass az 81. Annfs Church. In
iarment nt Cathedral cemetery.
AIkEN--At Newark. Del, ON December
S. 1915, Mary }. Aiken.
Relatives aud friends are invited "a
attend the funeral services, at her late
residence, ON Chapel street, on Saturday
December III, at , o'clock lnterment at
White Clay Creek Cemetery.
SJAATS-ln Marble Hail. Pa. ontDe-
cemher 8. 1915. John ". Stats. for
merlv Of this city
Relatives and friends are invited 10
attend the funeral services, at the
Chapel. Riyer,iew cemetery. ON Satur
day afternoon az l.30 o'clock. lntermcnt
at Ryer,iew cemetery.
REED-In this city, on December O.
1913. Olive G.. daughter of Anna r.
and the late Samuel j. Reed. In her
2ith year
Relatives and friends are invited ~
attend the funeral services at the resi-.
dcnce Of her mother. No. SOS Wes;
street. on Sunday afternoon. December
l2 az 4 O'Clock. lntermcnt Broad Greet
Friends burying ground, Hartford county
Md. Monday, December l3, at no0r
without further notice.
BFRRN-In this city, on December .
1915, august. Jr., infant son Of Au
g1lst and Lena Berry.
Funeral and mtenncnt private iron
his parents residence. No. I Sixth ave
nue. on Friday December 10. at
o'clock.
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sERn OFFICIlLS NE.

By The United Press
ATHENS. Dec. 10.--After under
going severe hardships on the trail
from Nish to Monastir, the Serbian
prime minister, NJ. pashitch and forty
Serbian deputies have arrived at sa-
lonika. They set out today for
Athens.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
ADVANTAGES or GOOD ROADS
No Factor Contributes More to Pros
perity and Happiness Of the Rura!
Communities

The convention of the Virginia Road
Builders association draws attention
TO a subject Of prime Importance to
the people OF this state. Scarcely any
single factor contributes more to the
prosperity and happiness of rural
communities than good roads. says
Tire Richmond Dispatch Good
roads mean easy and quick communi-
cation. economy In transporting farm
products to railway or market, con-
venient access to the outside world.
and higher average of citizenship.
wherever they are found. Virginia
has done much of recent years to
make its highways measurably equal
to those of most other southern states,
but much remains to be done. The
people as a whole must be educated
to a proper understanding OF the eco
nomic and sociological benefits thai
good roads confer
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08

Local control has failed to give US
a good road system. Let us not go
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
ROAD
DING
IMPETUS TO ROAD BUILDING
Secret CT Maintaining Country High
way Lea IN Kscplns Il Well
Rounded Up and Drained.

over good read, we can haul prod
ucts to market at any season OF the
year and get full benefit of the highest
prices. It is simple matter to build
a good country road. as II is not abso-
lutsly necessary that II should be
briii Of gravel or crushed stone. The
secret Of the maintaining of the coun-
try read lies in keeping 1t well round
cd up and sufficiently drained, by ar
ranging It so that the road Is about
foot higher in the middle than it is at
the edges.
A good dirt road well maintained is
not an expensive proposition. writes
Eu-ene ]. Hall OF Oak Park. ILL.,, in
Farmers Review. Shortly after every,
heavy rainfall 1t should be dragged
with split-log drag. This will fill
all of the ruts and depressions and
produce a smooth surface well round
ed up in the middle of the highway.
After being rounded up with split
log drag. the roads are made firm
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08

as soon as they are old enough to rus.
tie for themselves.
The spring chick should have & spe-
cial place to roost and the cockerels
as soon as they can be distinguished
should be separated from the pullets.
Did your young chicks die of indi-
gestion during the first few days? You
probably fed them too early after
Matching. Next time feed them moth
ing for thirty-six hours.
Wet feeding is going out of favor
and why shouldn't it? Natural food
for young chicks is dry.
Rolled oats make an ideal food for
the baby chicks.
Do not feed much corn in the sum-
mer time. n makes fat.
With large fiocks hopper feeding is
doubtless a labor saver, but the small
flock will do better from the hand.
Give the chicks all the range posi-
BILE in summer. A light fence run
around portion of the orchard makes
an ideal place for them.
The hot sun will kill very young
chickens. They should always have
plenty of shade.
1t is just as important to spray the
interior of the brooder. with kerosene
as it is to spray the poultry house
later on.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08

convict-BuiIt Bridge In Colorado
Stones Were Taken From Nearby
Hillside and Result Is Ornamental
as Well as Economical.
----s -evs - ~ ssSa slaa =
and solid by means of heavy roller
or system of rollers. This will leave
a firm, solid roadbed which will not
be seriously injured by heavy traffic.
This system Of road building is
being followed in many parts of the
West with splendid success. When
ruts and holes are formed in road,
the jolt and jar of the wheel makes
them deeper and forms pocket fo-
holding water from the first rainfall
This softens the roadbed and dee,
Id holes are soon formed. while Il
there had been no ruts or depressions
there and the road had been wei
rounded up, the water would have ru
off into the bitches on either side. anC
the surface of the road would be firm
and In perfect condition.
Another good thing worthy of care
full consideration In the building of our
good country roads Is that Of the con.
struction of permanent and lastint
culverts. Culverts built of stone o.
concrete cost more than wooden
bridges, but they will last a hundred
years and they will not rust or need
repainting every year. as iron truss
bridges do. In the end, they are the
most economical kind of viaducts.
The advent of the automobile and
its employment by the more prosper
Gus class of farmers has given great
impetus to road building. too; and
the time is coming when we will have
more and more good roads in the
middle West.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
FARM !
POULTRY
WORK IN THE POULTRY YARD
Young Chicks OFTEN Die Of Indigestion
When Fed Tco Early After Hatch
lnq-corn Makes Fat.

Water fountains for the young
chicks are all right II they are kept
perfectly clean. Too many people
neglect them and they become foul
and cause disease.
For very small youngsters a GOOD
drinking fountain can be made by fill.
ing a teacup with water, placing sau-
Ger over II and then turning 1t upside
down. Stick a thin piece OF wood un.
der one side of the cup and the water
will run out and fll the saucer.
Do not let the old hen run with the
chicks all summer. Take her away
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Diseourases Sitting Hen.

most comfortable position it can as
sumo. If 1t attempts to sit. the posi-
ton is difficult to maintain. and the
sensation of feeling air currents in
stead of eggs. disconcerting After
having been kept in this box for two
or three days a hen usually returns
to laying eggs.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Hen Is All Business.

Chickens have no sense OF affection
for their owners but they will repay
kindness OF warm. dry quarters and
good food and clean water by laying
more eggs. A hen is all business.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
White Holland Turkey.

II is claimed for the White Holland
turkey that IT is the hardest variety
known. the most quiet in disposition.
among the heaviest layers, quality of
flesh surprising all other breeds; ear
ly maturity. maturing the FIRST sea
son.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
TO DISCOURAGE SITTING HEN
Screened Coop With Bottom Made o.
Narrow Stats, Widely Separated,
Is Quite Satisfactory.

A device which has been used with
some degree of success in discourage
ing hens from sitting, consists Of a
screened coop provided with a bot.
tom made of narrow Stats which are
quite widely separated. When placed
inside of this, hen finds standing the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08

The self-feeder is not good for young
pigs. as under Ave months OF age they
will eat too much.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Interest in Dragging Roads.

The neighborhood where every
farmer takes an interest in dragging
he roads will soon find itself pulling
out OF the mire. IA.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
Alfalfa More Popular.

Everywhere alfalfa is used 1t is be-
coming more and more popular. The
better It Is known the more 1t IL
sown.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08

We are enabled to give our readers, old
and new, the benefit of this money-sav-
ing club offer, only because of very spe-
cial arrangement with the publishers of
INGALLS, MAGAZINE.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-07-08
PekIn Of Chinese oriqln.

The Pekin duck Is or Chinese origin.
Like t,ie Aylesbury. II is afHksta.pln-
msGod duck. aud tue legs ere set far
hack siYlna Them an upright carriage.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-29
When the World Was New.

The world is biggest when we are
young enough to conceive Of the pas
ture as an empire and the city block as
a republic. Time is longest when we
are young enough to see day as an
epoch, a week AZ an era, summer va
cation by seaside or lake shore as eter-
nifty itself. As we grow older the
world grows smaller. and SO does time
Space and time are nothing for boy OF
man save as he holds measures FOL
them in hand or in memory. The boy
understands ten feet because that l.
three long strides. and ten years be
cause he has just lived them. Now We
have lived another ten and yet another
but the first ten were the longest ant
are the truest measure, for the mOr'
years we are granted the more scorn
full Of the gift we grow. though thu
more insistent. too, In our demand TO
more.-C0llier's Weekly.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-29
Garaoyles of Notre Dame.

The gargoyles Of NOtre Dame are
commonly associated with the medic
val spirit and queer obsessions of old
Paris. AS matter of fact. most Of
them were executed under the direction
of Violet lie Due when the cathedra.
was restored. no earlier than the mid
die Of last century. Mr. Henry Hens.
who is an authority on architectural
subjects. declares that most Of the gar
goyles carved for Notre Dame at the
time Of the restoration were done by
an Englishman named Frampton
though l believe this fact is now re-
membered by very few."-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-29
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
. . . . . {, . . . . Q

! q . . . . 9 . . . . . .
Governor-Park Trammell.
Secretary of State H. Clay Craw-
ford.
Attorney General-Thomas F.
West.
Urea surer-J. c. Luning.
Comptroller-W. V. Knott.
Commissioner of Agriculture-W.
A. McRae.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion-W. N. Sheats.
Adjutant General. C. r. Fos-
| ter.
State EXaminer-Ernest Amos.
State Chemist-R. z. Rose.
Board of Trustees Internal I'm
proyement Fund-The Governor,
Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney
General and Commissioner of Agri-
culture.
Board of Education-Th Cover
nor. Secretary of State, Attorney
;eneral. Treasurer and Superintend-
ent of Public instruction.
Board of State lnstitutions-The
Governor. Secretary of State, Treas
lUTbT. y al
er of Agriculture, and Superintend-
ent of Public Instruction.
Board of State Institutions-The
Secretary of State, Treasurer, At
torney General, Commissioner OF
Horticulture and Superintendent OF
Public Instruction.
Board OF Pardons-The Governor,
Secretary of State, Attorney General
land Commissioner of Agriculture.
| [. 5. Senators-Hon. Nathan p.
Bryan, jacksonville; Hon. Duncan
III. Fletcher, Jacksonville.
L. S. Congressman-First District,
stephen NJ. Sparkman, Tampa; Sec
lond District, Frank Clark, Gaines
willie; Third District, Emmett vii
lson, Pensacola; Fourth, District, W.
j. Sears, Kissimmee.
County Officials
Circuit Court Judge-Hon. +. 4
Whitney, Arcadia.
County Court Judge-Hon. c. NJ
Trammell.
/ Circuit Court Clerk. A. John
son.
Prosecuting Attorney-R. B. Huf.
faker
Tax Assessor. ]. Boynton.
Tax Collector. P. Murdaugh.
Treasurer-W. G. Jones.
Sheriff-John logan.
Supt. Public Instruction.. A
Parker.
Supervisor of Registration-P. W
Daniels.
County Commissioners. c
lSwindel, chairman: A. I. Mann
Barlow: F. B. Swearingen, Fl
Meade; r. H. Bryson, Winter Haven
IL. E. Lancaster. Bradley.
Board of Public Instruction.. c
lOwens, chairman; C. A. Parker
Barlow. superintendent; z. NJ. Law
lPartow: j. W. Keen. TT. Meade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-29
Why the Genius 10 Born.

It il a strange and perhaps sad fact
that most men and women endowed
with the finest sense and apprehension
for good literature have no gift or tai
ent for effective expression in letters.
and It Is AZ strangely and equally true
that many Of those who love music
most cannot play any instrument or
sing even the simplest song. The
world is crowded with people who
have the acutest eye for form. color.
motion and linear grace who cannot
either draw or paint
And 1t Is that he may serve all OF
these superiOr-and yet unfavored-
people that the writer. the musician
or the painter is born and equipped
At his best even a genius is only the
involuntary mOuthpiece. interpreter
illustrator of his time.-Minneapolii
Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-29
A Medieval
Tale
Bv ESTHER VANDEVEER

Medieval times were prolific of sto-
ries Of the devil, who was supposed
to be going about making bargains for
souls. A great many such tales illus
trating his methods have been banded
down to US from that age in which
they were believed by those who cir
culated them. Here Is one that has
remained dormant for many years. 1t
was told me by an American multi
millionaire who bought a castle In
Germany and found the legend among
papers that had not been disturbed for
hundreds Of years.
Count Caspar Ardenreid, the lord of
the castle in question, was In love
with Bertha, the daughter Of neigh.
boring Baron Cronsheld. There had
been a feud between the families, and
Cronsheld refused the young count the
hand Of his daughter.
One evening the count was sitting In
his cabinet. discOnsolate that he must
be deprived Of his love. when the door
opened and a man entered wearing a
pointed beard and an upturned mus
tache.
"Who are you," asked the count,
land how did you gain access to me
unannouncedY
II am the devil" was the response
land have come to help you to win
the hand of the girl you love-"
Leave me; you will require soul tc
pay for your assistance"
"You are right. ! must have the
soul of your firstborn child"
"Begone. l say; will have nothing
to do with you"
"Then you must give up all hope o
4 union with the Countess Bertha. He
father will never yield"
The devil stuck to his work, convers
Ing with the count and constantly get
ting him under his satanic influence
Caspar asked him how he would &C
complish his object, and he said tn
baron was skillful chess player. TIL
devil would taunt him into playing
game, the winner to name a HUSBAND
for his daughter. Caspar. who wa
desperately in love. finally consented
but only after wringing from the dev
certain condition. He might redeer
his child's soul II he could beat tn
devil at Il game Of chess. This did nc
seem likely. but it was the only hop
Satan would give.
The bargain having been strucl
Satan sent the baron word that he ha
heard of his remarkable skill at ches
and challenged him to contest. III
baron. much battered, invited the cha
lenger to his castle. Satan appeared
the person Of an agreeable young ma
giving evidence by his rich attire an
general lavishness Of being gran
parsonage. He told the baron that
would play him game of chess, Il
. stake to be what he had named to Ca
!. par The baron. supposing that
q wanted Bertha for himself, consente
! OF course the devil beat the baron, al
!. the winner named for husband f
y his daughter Count Caspar Ardenrei
a The baron consented. cursing the trio
: ster at the same time and wonderil
a why he had befriended the lovers.
q Since there was nothing again
= Count Casnar but the feud with whit