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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-06-22

Laffollette. Mrs. Fleming is Mrs. La
fOllettes grandmother, and with her
daughter is enaoute to Denver where
they will spend the summer They
will return to their home in Ohio, via
Oskaloosa for a more extended visit.
Helen Moore, a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. A. Moore and a 1915 graduate
of the Normal Training Department
of the local High school, closed very
successful two months termAofs school
at Star" over by Gately bridge, June
1C. Eight months preceding this term
she taught at Brush Street on the
Knoxville road and gave such good
satisfaction that she is again hired
for the coming year.
r. II. Hartman has just returned
I from a six weeks trip" through the
south. Kentucky, Tennessee, North
! Carolina and West Virginia, and re-
ports that in West Virginia they are
suffering with the worst drouth in
twenty years. They have had no rain
/ for sixty.two days, their blowing is
not done, and the corn is not yet
planted in many places. Oats did not
come up and all crops are backward
on account OF the drouth. Mr.. Hart
man Is supervisor OF agents for this
district of the Central Life Assurance
Society.
or former well known and popu
Jar PEOPLE Of this city. who dprins
1910 ana 1911, were at the head OF the
Lacey Hotel, the Des M0ines Register
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-06-22

and Leader this morning says: wv.
l.. Beattie, of Boulder, Colo, a former
Les MOines hotel man and well
known in this city, arrived here Sat
urday after having driven from Col
orado in his automobile. Mr.. Beattie
served as clerk at the Slavery Hotel
from 1898 to 1904, leaving there to go
to the Chamberlain when the hotel
was built. He returned to the Slavery
after two years in the hotel business
in oskaloosa and left Des Moines in
1912 to 90 to Colorado, where he now
operates the Boulderado hotel.
Independence. Conservative: Misses
Dollie and Mae Atchison arrived
home, Wednesday from Oskaloosa.
j addhx Hibune miss Hattie Spies
went to Okaloosa Friday for a weeks
visit with her sister. Mrs. H. X. j.
Schmidt.
Pella Chronicle: Mrs. Grace Beers
ma OF Oskaloosa was visiting with heI
lather, Henry Hoffman 0f this city
on Sunday.
Keokuk County News: Mrs. Ton
Beatty OF Oskaloosa returned home OF
Saturday after visit here at the J
A. Stirlen home.
Washington Journal: Miss Alic'
Brock and Miss Winnlfred Finnert.
OF Oskaloosa came Wednesday even
ing and are guests. at the Sam Berr.
nome IL. 4 II stf d48a
GrinneII Herald: Miss Ada Hurle'
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-23

For the benefit Of designers London
has established furniture museum
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COPPER CASH
In Large Amount is Exported
from China to Japan in
Past Year.

PEElNI. June g3-Thrtccn thou
sand tons of Chinese copper cash val
ued at 100000 Yen or about S2.lSO.-
600 gold was exported from Using
tau 10 Japan during the past year a
certain firm IN ShanWng atilI has in
stock many thousand tons of the cop
per nancy. and d is estimated that at
least twenty thousand tons in all have
been gathered IN by Chinese dealers
in Shan'ung province since copper
has become high enough in price to
make .' profitable 20 huy the coins
Tn" Chinese government has law
against The expectation Of the square
hole copper coins which Chinese carry
on strings. hut this has been disrc-
garded by japanese dealers Tho
value Of the copper cash varies greatly
in different parts Of China one Chi
nose copper cen, ,s usually worth ten
copper cash ~ the silver dollar is
worth about l31 copper cents. il could
hc changed into more Than 500 cop
per cash. an amount 81 copper far
more valuable ar present rates han
tho gold equivalent % silver dollar.
which Is about 20 cents
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Conscientious Directors
Are Derided i'm Britain

fa'" The life of prisoners moro on
durable.
estimated that there are sim
seven hundred and nifty thousand ref
ugc"s and prisoners in Siberia Many
Of these have been sent 70 remote
places far away from the TRAM ST.
hcrIan Hallway American Rcd Cross
"orkcrs are looking after the prison
'la IN he Amur river district ri cast
crn Siberia In the territory wcsr Of
IIarhin the relief work Is chiefly in
the hands Of tho Swedish Red Cross
Workers Of that organization are pro-
F,ding medical supplies and cndcavor-
iaR 10 better the social conditions IN
prison camps
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Last year the United States exported
=. IS 900 bushels OF malt
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and stayed four weeks but when came
home would faint just the same and
had the same pains.
a friend who is n nurse said for me TO
try Lydia f. Pinkham' Vegetable Com
pound began taking it that very day
for | was suffering "A great deal. 1t
has already done me more good
than the hospital. To anyone who is
suffering ms was my advice is to stop
in the first drug store and get bottle
of Lydia T.. Pinkhpm's Vegetable Com
pound before you go home. Mrs. W.
c. Brown, 1909 Auburn Avenue, Cleve-
land, Ohio.
Why not take Mrs. Browns advice?
Write for free and heIpfwI
advice to Lydia +. Pinkham
Medicine Co. (cOnfidentiaD, Lynn,
Mass.
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uuaI meeting Of the sior kholdcrs Of the
! 4. bumHu Oh tompuus will he held on
Iuu, Both. lHlG. NJ " O'Clock %. m. in IN.
central Hnt cuisines. Office Of the said
Company NJ y" ~ chapel street Clarke.
burg West Va. county NJ Harrison
This meeting win be for the uurpp," n
oInriinr new nri,rr.. Tor The said com
nnul and for 1uN other business Of the
aforesaid Company that might D." properly
transacted therein
IT. g. SCHNEFFER Secretary
J. T. DOMAIN. President
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/ could not stand
it any longer. 1t
was all in my lower
organs. At times |
could hardly walk,
for ii | stepped on a
little stone | would
almost faint. One
day | did faint and
m husband W as
sent for and the doc
tor came. ! was tn
lion IN tho boapit,I
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Men with Personal SCrupIeS
Have Hard Time Escaping
Military Service.

IONuCy t,,o %, .,,.,,.,.,.,,
don,r nr rho .ss,o,.,,.d pr,.. ria,
heated 'ccIirf.g L,r,,l,d ..,, .,,
vent tho "Cong,,,u,,,,. ,l.,,,,," IL,
military gcr,ir, Tra.,, i.,,,,,, ~. t,r,..,.
a Bgurc. i, IN, rcr.,,o,,,,..',,,, .,,,g
cpr limos M no r,g,, ,a ,n .o,,,, ,n,r,
tdcaltst,r noe Crr, ur,,,'r -,
only pntinr b,,ir,, ,o,,,,,,,'s,,,,. ali.
iary service wbicb nYn,,.,g r',sr
whose consrio,ccg IorhiJ ,h,r, r.. ,,kc
human ITO No,w,,bg,,rd,,, ,,,, mar
li,,ncpt,r, oc, ,,.t,t,.t, -, mn
III, INJUSTICE M. Tho ,,,rnI.,, ~. ,,,rr-
inr such mon T., hon an ,no .r,.p.
4c,.nttoue Ohic,,or." ,r, ,J.i,..u ~
general dcrision and .ms,.,tnr
Tho ,crmg -, ,hn mir,,,', g.r,..,o
act ON ,hig min, ara .,n,,.r and
rafhc, y,r,,o I, Grant. ,Tc",n,,,r "n,,
tho rrcupd ~ , copg,,o,,,,org ,l,tcc
lion in tho undor,rk,,r ~ ,or,b,,,,,
gcr,irc .rhiq Ic,g,s nn dorI.,n, ~,
y.r,, ,,r.,i,,,,o. .,.,,,,,,,,.,,,',.,,, ,l.i,,
rion" rrinr,n,Ir, in ,hc b,rds ~, rho
tribunals IN which mo, r,ho ,,.,,r IN
csc,nr miI,,,ry sor,,cc n,ng, ,n,l,
\nrIr,II, m, do,.stnrr ~, d,nnr,r,
hnuyde have n,cr ,,I,rod r,rr,I,. IL,
tho n,reor,I ,to,,s and ,rcIrd,.c. ,,
,hoir ncr,hcrg GONE -, no.. ,r,,,,s
have hccn yc,,. Heel ~ ,r,o,,,,c
rro,cs,a,,nrs ~ g,,.,,,Ios ,,,,ns, g,.h,
,ng ,,b,I. char .ri',oc, ,n,,I,,,r,s IA.
e,,cro ,ross o,,,,tr,,in,, n,' ridL,r,,Io
and c,cmon, yc,, Tn,,
,r. Cnuor,II, r,cu.oL
d,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-23

.NNUAL MEETING or TmE STOCK
HOLDERS OF rHE ! l.. DOMNN
OIL COMPANY.
tOckhOldcrs II 'hr J L DOMAIN UlI CON
paHH
You will please taken office that Tho m.
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MANY PRISONERS
Who Spent the Winter in ST.
IBERIA Are Doing Farm Work
in Russia.

HARDIN, June 22-At least quar-
ter Of million NJ The prisoners Of
var and refugees which were in ST.
IBERIA during the winter. have been
sent back into Russia to do farm work. !
This has relieved the congestOd con- /.
di,ionS In many districts and il les
Sening the work Of The foreign Red
cyess oaslAls who aIs sndeayoginS tOl
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portable but powerful hydraulic
press has been invented Tor bending
largo pipes 10 any desired curry"
without injury
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CEMENT BLOCKS.

Lime. plaster. cement, sand sewer
pipe. etc. Prices right, quality Ind
service our specially Both phones.
G. NJ. WEST. Feed Supply Store.
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four Weeks
IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Brown Finally Restored to
Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Cleveland. Ohio. For years I 7uf-
fcred so sometimes it seemed as though
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BGT0pGT RANDOLPH Q[ST[R.
and LILLIAN CHESTER w.
s Ssss ILLUSTRATED e. c:D:R1oDEs ! y.
3 ILLUSTRATED &C.D.R1ODES n.

Tn afraid I can't tonight" refused
Gall hastily, and indeed she had good
reason why her voice should not have
Its firm and true quality just now. Il
will accompany Doctor Boyd, though,
with pleasure" and she started toward
the music room.
Rev. Smith Boyd was cut OF from
the ordinary lies about not being
In good voice, and suffering from a
slight cold, and such things. He hest
tated a moment. and then he followed.
The Bedouin Love Song. the Garden
OF Sleep. and others of the solo roper.
toire which Gail had selected FOR him,
came pulsing out of the music room,
first hesitantly. and then with Eore
strength, as the friendly nearness be-
tween himself and the accompanist
became better established.
Presently, the listeners in the library
noticed an unusual pause between the
songs. q l~ow-voiced discussion, and
then. the two perfectly blended voices
rose In . harmony so perfect that there
was moisture In the eyes OF two Of the
ladies present.
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the sensation that mo room vas turn.

the sensation that the room vas turn.
ing dark.
The house was very quiet. Mrs. Sar
gent and Mrs. Davies were upstairs.
The servants were all in the rear Of
the house, or below. or in the upper
rooms, at their morning work. He
turned swiftly and closed the door of
the music room, then he whirled agUa
towards her. with ferocity in hin sysa-
He came slowly. every movement q
him alive with ponderous strength. ~
was G maniac. He was insane. He
was frenzied by one mad thought
which had swept out OF his universe
every other consideration, and the glut
to kill was no more fearful than the
purpose which possessed him now.
Gail. standing slight. fragile. her
brown eyes staring, her brown hair
disheveled about her white brow. felt
every atom Of strength leaving her, de-
voured in the overwhelming might Of
this monstrous creature. The sheet
of music, which she had been holding
all this time, dropped from her nerve
less fingers and iuttered to the floor.
That noise. slight as 1t was, served
to arrest the progress Of the man for
just an instant. He was In no frame
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anything upon which he had Sc. his

anything upon which he had set his
wish must be his, or else every victory
he had ever gained would be swept
aside and made of no value. He must
accomplish. or diei
He was without God. this man; he
had nothing within him which non.
coded, for a moment. a greater power
than his own. In all his mental i'm
agery. which was rich enough In ma
teriai things, there vas no conception
OF a deity, or of a need for one. To
what should he pray, and for what.
when he had himself to rely upon?
Worship was an idealistic diversion. q
poetic illusion, the refuge of the weak.
who excused their lack OF strength by
ascribing 1t to a mysterious something
beyond the control OF any man He
tolerated the popular notion that there
must be a God. as he tolerated codes
Of social ethics; the conventions which
laid down, for instance, what a gentle
man might or might not do, externally,
and still remain a gentleman. In the
meantime, II a man-made law came be-
tween him and the accomplishment of
his ends, he broke 1t, without a trace
OF thought that he might be wrong.
Laws were the mutual safeguard OF
the weak. to protect themselves
against The encroachment of the
strong; and II was In the equally nat
ural province Of the strong to break
down those safeguards. In the same
way he disregarded moral laws. They.
too, were for the UNFOLDING Of the
weak, and the mere fact that they ex-
listed was proof enough that they were
an acknowledgment of the right of the
strong 10 break them.
There is a mistake here. II lies in
the statement that Allison recognized
no God. He did. Allison. Not Allison,
the man, but the unconQuerable win Of
Allison, a will which was a divinity In
itself. He believed in 1t, centered On
1t all his faith. poured out to 1t all the
fervidness of his heart, Of his mind.
Of his spirit. Of his body. He worshiped
It!
So II was that he came to the con-
sideration Of the one thing which had
attempted to deny itself to him. Gail!
A flame ragged through his veins
which fairly shook him with It's VIC
lence. 1t was not only the reflex Of
his determination TO have her, but II
was the terrific need of her which had
grown up In him. Have her? OF
course he would have her! II she
would not come to him willingly, he
would take her! She was not to be
considered In n any more than he had
considered any other adverse factor in
the attainment of anything he had de.
sired. He was possessed Of . rage
now. which conferred itself upon one
object. and n alone. Gail! She was
his new summit. his new peak, the
final n where he had planned to
rest; but now his angry thought was
to attain 1t, and spurn 1t, broken and
crumbled, as had been all the other
barriers to his will, and press ruthless
ly onward into higher skies, he knew
not where. II was no time now, to
think on that. Gail first!
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through which she had leafed. and was
gradually sorting her music for the
yacht party: instrumental pieces here.
popular Things there. another little pile
Of old-fashionei glees which the as
sembled crowd might sing, just here
a little stack of her own solos. nearby
the rector's favorites. between the two
their duets. II was her part in one
Of the latter she wal humming now,
missing, az she sang. the strong &C.
compartment of Rev. Smith Boyd's
mellow voice. She was more peace
full this morning than she had been
for many days.
The butler came through the hall,
and Gail looked up with q suppressed
giggle AZ she saw him pass the door
She always had an absurd idea that
his hinges should be oiled.
miss Gan Is not at home. air." she
heard the butler say. and Gail paused
with q sheet of music suspended in
her hand, the whole expression OF her
facs changing. She had only given
instructions that a person should re-
ceive that invariable message.
Il beg your pardon. sir!" was the next
observation Gail heard. In q tone Of -
near startled rsmoastrancs ~ vss
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(TO BE CONTINUED
AVOIDING Disaster.

The parish priest had spoken seri.
ously to Murphy several times about
the wasteful habit of treating, and
urged him when attending market TO
keep his change in his pocket until no
reached home. and then hand it over
to his wife.
Some weeks afterward his rever
ence. passing through the market, no
ticed Murphy and a few companions
leaving a public house. Nov. | saw
you in there a moment ago." began
his reverence.
"Ach, sure OF cudn't hip it, yer
rivirince!" said his parishioner. Sure
OF fist foun' a hole In me trousers
pockit, an was Altered Old lose the
change afore Old git home!"
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North Wind. Mr.. North Wind, we
know, is never warm. He is always
tearing around SO much himself and
blowing and raging SO much that he
just keeps warn himself and is too
selfish to care about other folks. But
we will tell you what to do, Mr.. Snow.
Here, in the woods, you fall around
the trees. Don't cover up the holes
and hollows where the rabbits can get
shelter, but fall around the hollows
and the rabbits can crawl in and get
nice and warm. Then fall in Just that
way around the homes OF the little
squirrels, and the homes OF the birds
who have come too early, or of the
little sparrows who have such q long
winter trying to keep warm.
I'm the cities watch the trees
where the little birds 60, and be very
careful, oh, so careful, not to cover
up the holes. Fall so you will make a
big strong fort where the little ami
mails can creep inside
Now the nov decided it would do
just what the fairies had said. 1t fell
steadily all day. Snow banks-snow
drifts-everywhere there was snow.
The trees were heavy with it, the
ground vas covered deep with it. Lit.
tie boys and girls who had put away
their sleds until next winter, brought
them out and began sliding down the
hills as fast as they could.
But the little birds and the little
animals couldn't get warm sliding
down hill. They couldn't get warm
like the big ladies and the big men
walking fast on the streets, they
didn't even have rugs thrown over
them like kind masters put over their
horses on cold days. AS soon as they
felt Mr.. North Wind and saw that IL
was beginning to snow, they trembled
and shook all rel For they thought
that they would feel the cold so much
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Birds slaughter Blocks.

In country districts where shelled
snails are abundant q thrilling thing
it is to see robin, goldfinch or thrush
capture a snail and HE them to a Ger
tain smooth-topped stone. there to soar
high in the heavens and repeatedly
drop the unhappy snail until finally
the shell is triumphantly cracked open
as you would . nut.
These slaughter blocks. anvils of
stones are to be found almost anywhere
that birds and snails are common. Il
is. to be sure. no easy matter. to catch
the resourceful birds in the act: but
even IL your patience goes unrewarded
the crushed and broken houses OF
shell scattered near such stones tell
the tale.
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DIFFERENCE IN BOYS WORK
Country Lads Tasks Are Useful and
~man-suiIdins, While City Youth
10 Unemployed.

It Is very sad, of course, the letter
the country boy wrote telling what
he did after school.
The boys account Of his a~fter-school
work begins with gathering eggs and
carrying in stove wood, runs along a
list of labors that would exhaust two
men and a team, and ends with then
l go to bed"
That country boys a~fter-school
tasks consumed long and weary hours.
but every stroke was clean, useful,
man-building labor and more joyful
than joyless, too.
Far more sorrowful would be the
letter Of a city boy narrating his do
tngs between school and bed. With
too many boys q truthful letter would
be a record OF misemployed hours
filled with mischiefs and meanness.
without n stroke o. useful, body
building and character-developing
work or exercise.-Buffalo Enquirer.
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R R4W Sl EyENING
AIRY lALt(D WARY
Sss Sc
HOW THE SNOW WAS KIND.

1.-The fairies" said daddy, were all
around today doing sc many kind
things that no one knew about. You
see it was such a cold day, such q Bit
terly cold day, and quite a change
from the nice spring weather that
there had been lately.
"The fairies thought first Of all OF
the little birds who had come from
their warm winter homes, and of the
little animals who had awakened from
their winters sleep, and they set
quickly to work.
They went to different parts Of the
woods and some went to the parks in
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aIter the warm
weather.
But to their
e surprise,
they didn't feel
cold at all! They
found all the lit
tie holes and hol-
low 8 protected
from the O
At first they went
1 n i d Q always
looking out to see
that the snow
didn't bury them
in.
wv h g n b 9
SNOW SAW fh a
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Painting Walls.

Before paint or calcimine is applied
to walls every crevice should be filled
with plaster or cement To the calci.
mine put one-quarter pound white glue
in cold water overnight and heat grad.
ually in the morning until dissolved.
Mix eight pounds of whiting with hot
water; add the dissolved glue and stir
together. adding warm water anti
the consistency Of thick cream Use a
calcimine brush and finish as you 90
along. II skim milk be used instead
of water the glue may be omitted.
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to reason, but some instin, urged him
to speed. He crouched slightly. as a
wild beast might. But the flutter OF
that sheet of music had done more
for Gail than 1t had for him. It had
loosed the paralysis which had held
her, had broken the fascination of hor,
ror with which she had been spell
bound. Just behind her was a low
French window which led to a small
side balcony. With one bound she
burst this open, she did not know how.
and leaped over the light balcony
rail, and ran across the lawn to the
rectory gate, up the steps and into the
side door. and into the study, where
Rev. Smith Boyd sat toiling over =
sermon.
ITO RE CONTINUED
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squirrels in the parks whisking their
bushy tails and heard them say, The
snow is really lovely and not a bit
cold and heard the little birds whis
per, This is wonderful, we don't shiv.
er at ALL then the snow was ever sc
glad it had fallen as the fairies had
asked"
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Flu.ter Of a Sheet Of Music.

FWC FUttCE OF q JUCCt OF NfutFgI
Gail. In a pretty" little ~rose-colored
around her white throat and at her
white elbows. sat on the floor of the
music roc amid a chaos of sheet mu-
sic. She was humming . gay little
song suggested by one of the titles
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the cities, ana
whispered to the
snow which was
falling fast:
an o w o u
know, old snow,
that you can be
very, very cold IL
you want to be.
You know too that
you can be really
quite warm II you
will only fall
where you will be
n shelter from Mr.
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That ouoht to Cure Her.

A man out West, who married q
widow. has invented a device to cure
her OF eternally praising her former
husband. Whenever she begins to
descant on his noble qualities. this In
genious No. 2 merely says: Poor.
dear man! How l do wish he had not
diedi"
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A High Sounding Name.

- Htoh sounding Name.
A small boy n day asked his moth
er what kind Of pie she was making.
Lemon meringue pie" she an.
swered.
The little fellow disappeared, but
presently returned. Mother" he said.
what did you say ID the pies middle
namef" (.
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The se..ew .. !.

rs there no hope about the links
rich old uncle?
None. whatever. The doctor told
them this morning he vas likely -
uvs for years."