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LABOR AoEMcIEe RESTRICTED.

CHARLESTON, June 80. - On ad-
vice Of Attorney General E. 7. Eng
land, State Labor Commissioner Sam
uel B. Montgomery has issued ruling
that all labor agencies operating IN
The state must take out license IN
each coutny IL which they do business
They cannot have an office in one coun-
ty and operate in other counties on
that home office license.
The rulink is issued with the pur-
pose Of restricting the operations OF
agencies which are working in the
state inducing lsborers employed
here to go into othsr stataS
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sorsnad. for NewIyweds.

DR.. and Mrs. Lyndon S. Smith were
given a pleasant serenade by several
young people at the home Of the bride
yesterday evening. The party, con-
sisting Of about thirty each assembled
with tin can early in the evening
and furnished one hour Of continuous
music.
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OIL AND Gas

county, the South Penn Oil company
has drilled test on the L. Sommer.
field farm through the Gordon sand.
It is a fair gasser. The Hope Natural
Gas company is due in the sand at a
second test on the C. c. Freeman farm.
In Ten-Mile district, Harrison county,
the South Penn Oil company is start
ing No. 5 on the G. W. Albright farm.
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COVERING Play Grounds

Workmen who are employed in put
ting up the local play grounds are
now busy covering the rought cinder
surface Of the grounds with layer
of soft dirt The present site OF the
play grounds was at one time hol-
low, but in recent years the hollow
has been made level with the street
nv a cinder filling.
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BITS OF
STATE NEWS

Here is en- interesting tale from the
columns OF the Wheeling Telegraph:
"Uncle Sam has put an end to a
profitable business that grew out of
the sale of Bibles. The fact was an.
nounced last evening by local federal
authorities, and the discontinuance Of
the business ends an investigation OF
several months. During that period
1t is said that thousands of Bibles
were disposed of by the genius who
was at the head Of the concern some
where in Virginia" as at present is
the popular way Of designating local
tiles. The genius conceived the idea
Of reading weekly papers from five
or six states. He followed the obituary
column and as soon as he noticed a
death, he addressed and mailed Bible
in the name Of the deceased to his
late residence, with the announcement
that shipment had been delayed, but
that the price would be the same. The
heirs receiving the Bible, jumped at
the conclusion that the deceased had
really ordered the Bible so they paid
for it. The head of the concern ad-
mitted to federal authorities that
nine times out of ten he sold the Bible
and added that they cost him twenty
two cents apiece by buying them by
the thousand. By accident the govern
ment discovered the odd genius who
was developing a profitable business
and put it under ban.
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MONONGAH
Visiting Here

Leo Deiling of Westernport, Nd,
arrived in Monongah yesterday to
spend the Fourth Of July with local
friends and relatives. While here he
will visit his sister, Mrs James Nc
Kahn Of Maple avenue. Mr.. Deiling
was formerly Of Monongah, having
been an employee of the Consolida-
ton Coal Company. While in Wes-
ternoort he has been employed with
the Maryland Paper Company.
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cinch the employment of an exper.
fence harvester who had been prom
ised S. per day for his work and the
man turned down the job. Not enough
hands can be secured to help cut the
wheat.
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MELVIN G. sPERRY,
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

County of Marion To.wit:
l, W. S. Black, clerk Of the Circuit
Court of Marion county, West Virginia,
do certify that Melvin G. sperry, the
above.named special commissioner, has
given bond as required by the decree
Of sale mentioned in the foregoing no.
tice, and otherwise as required by law,
Given under my hand this 18th day
Of June, 1917.
W. S. BLACK,
Clerk Circuit Court Marion county,
West Virginia.
June 16, %, 20, July Z.
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Good Practice.

The members Of the Consolidation
Coal Company baseball team had one
of their best practices yet at Trac-
ton Park yesterday evening. Practi'
cally every member Of the team was
out, entering into the game with real
vim.
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SPECIAL NOTICES
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALE

SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALE.
By virtue Of the authority vested in
the undersigned special commissioner
by a decree of the Circuit Court of
Marion county, West Virginia, entered
on the fourth day OF June, 1917, in the
charcery cause therein pending in
which Emma Martin and Mary j.
Robey are plaintiffs and Four States
Coal Company, and others are defend
ants, | will, on MONDAY, JULY 9th,
1917. at 1900 o'clock a. M, sell at the
front door of the court house OF Ma
rion county, West Virginia, that GER
tain lot or parcel Of land situate Gu
Teyerbaagh creek, in Lincoln district,
Marion county. West Virginia, contain
ing 51.S2 acres, more or less, being
the same property which was conveyed
to the Annabelle Coal & Coke Company
by Mary j. Robey and others, by deed
dated August /, 1911, and recorded n
the office of the clerk Of the county
court of Marion county, West Virginia,
in deed book IT'S, at page 451.
l will except from said land all OF
the Pittsburgh seam OF coal underlying
the same; all of the oil and gas under
lying SAID tract of land, together with
all mining rights, easements and priv
ileges, and all rights-of-way for oil or
gas lands heretofore granted.
Said tract of land has not been cul-
tivated or farmed for some time and
Is not in good condition.
Terms Of Sale: Cash on day Of sale.
Given under my hand this 18th day
Of June, 1917.
MELVIN G. sPERRY,
Special Commissioner.
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pressure of the thumb.

pressure of the thumb,
Heads which show signs Of cracking
open after a prolonged wet spell In
warm weather should, like common
cabbage be used first,
The late variety will keep In cool
cellar for winter use
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Exchange,

The ladies of the Palatine BAPTIST
church will ! hold an exchange next
Tuesday morning in the old Dollar
Savings bank building opposite E. G,
Jones' store. Home made bread, pies,
cakes and many other edibles will be
for sale.
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With all the loafers that exist in
this section, despite the vagrancy law,
farmers are finding \ exceedingly
difficult to hire man to help them
with their harvest, soon due, says a
Martinsburg newspaper which contin'
ues. Last night farmer was here to
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HoRsEs. cATTLE. ETC.

FOR sALE-Horse. harness, buggy,
wagon; bargain. Inquire by Bell
phone Slraight's store, Gray's Flats.
6.27.tf.2519
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WANTED

The West virgInian is on sale al
cry evening at the following places:
UNION NEWS co, Street Car sta
ton and B. & o. Station.
WATSON BUILDING NEWS STAND
Main entrance Watson Building
FA1RMoNT NEWS co. 124h Maih.
Street.
CLYDE S. HOLT, Main Street
MORAN q PRUNTY, corner Bridge
and Water streets.
!. H. M'CLosKEY. corner Sixth and
Locust avenue.
A. G. MARTIN. Main street.
HAMILTON DRUG co. corner Tenth
and Virginia avenue.
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EAST SIDE
- NEWS =
On PonIe,s Corner.

The ladies' Of the First M. P. church
church will hold an exchange next
this evening on Poples corner.
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LosT AM FOUND

FoUND-Bunch Of keys. Owner can
have same by calling at this O!dce,
Box 25os. 5-2s'lt sSOs
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New Root.

Tho Monongah postohice has recent
" been bedecked with a fine new
single roof.
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wANTED-Girl for general house
work. 10Y Ridgely avenue. Call
Consol. S65. 6-3O.St-25S6
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MAID wanted for general homework
in small family. Very desirable place,
Good wages. Apply els Benoni Ave.
Bell phone 377. 7-2-1t-25SO
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FOR SALE - Machinery. one stone
crusher aud one #. dry pan made
by Phillips & McLaren Co, OF Pitta,
burgh, Pa. Five sets Of screw sand
washers. One 50 inch ian made ~
B. 7. Sturvant, Of Boston, Mass. One
"a inch Buffalo fan made BY the But
falo Fan company. 80 It. OF SIS inch
and 60 IT. Of 21S inch shatting with
hangers and pulleys. One SO II. +. sta
tionary steam engine made BY the
Skinner Engine Co, OF Erie, 20, One
100 II. P. boiler, made by the American
Iro, Works, Of Erie, Pa. One duplex
pump, made by the West Va, Nine
Supply Co., OF Clarksburg, W. We. One
20 H. P. upright boiler. For further ins
formation and prices write Tygart Val
ley Lumber Company, at Grafton, w
Va.
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JAMES A. MEREDIqH,
special CommiasIoner.

/, ". s. Black, Clerk Of the Circuit
Court Of Marion county, West Virgins.
do certify that the above named spe.
cial Commissioner has executed bond
before me IN the penalty as prescribed
by said decree and otherwise condi.
toned according to hw.
W. S. BLACK,
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STORE ROOMS FOR RENT

FOR RENT-store and ware room on
corner Fourth and Cliff streets. APP
ply at same address, from 6 till 8 p. m.
626.4t25l7
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Successful Finance shows yon hoWtc
make the big profits bankers make
when they pay you 8 or 4 per cent Iot
use OF your money. Send for Q nlonth's
subscription free. Successful Finance
Sc, broadway, New York. q
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WANTED at once. 4aundry woman.
Cooks Hospital. 5-25.ti No. 1884
WANTBD-Waitress at Bartlett hotel,
Warrington, W. Va. Good wages
and work not hard. Apply In person,
or call Bartlett hotel, either phone.
6.29.St-2526
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GIRIs WANTED at Fairmont stoglt
Co. Must be over 16 years Of age.
Good wages. Apply liz Merchant ST.
est No. 244G
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One of the first, if not the first, case
under the new vagrancy law develop
ed in Marshall county. The Wheeling
Register tells of it in tho following
printed yesterday:
The trial Of David H. Peoples, prom
inent and wealthy citizen Of Cameron.
before Mayor Teagarden, Of the city.
yesterday morning on the charge OF
violating the new state vagrancy law
resulted in the case being dismissed.
1t developed from the evidence that
Mr.. Peoples is a director in one OF the
banks Of Comeron, owns farm or two
Pennsylvania and several pieces of
property in Cameron and that his time
was pretty we'll occupied in looking
after his business affairs. His reputa-
ton is above reproach and he has
a wife and several children, two OF
whom have graduated from the Cam
eron high school and are now attend
ing college.
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q SSIF led Isl
ONE CENT A WORD CAS- WITT oRo
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOLDING FRUIT CRATES sushs
sire. Big stock for quick delivery
Order now for future needs md have
them ready when wanted. Handiest
crate made. Folds into small space
rite Tor catalogue, We sell the clagk
Double Disk Getaway Harrow BIS
gest selling harrow in West virginia
Does double the work with half the
labor. Hedges & Oyster Coz Lumber
port, W. Va w.ts.s29 No. as 81
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FOR RENT = Furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. Modern con-
veniences. Call Bell 232-R 6.SO.3t-25S4
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ROOMS TO RENT

WANTED - Hospital nurse wants
short calls. Bell phone 95S.R.
6.2S.3t-2524
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West Virginia will have the largest
peach crop in the history of the state
it now seems cer1lin, if the weather
conditions continue favorable till the
yield is picked and shipped, says the
Martinsville Journal. The increase in
the crop this year will be made almost
exclusively in the great fruit belt in
the Eastern Panhandle. The CONNER
cial orchards in that's section embrac'
ing Hampshire, Morgan, Mineral, Har'
DIV Grant, etc. are without exception
planted on high ground. The frosts
of the spring whit severe in some OF
the central counties of the state, did
not effect the trees in the counties
named.
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FARMS FOR SALE

FOR sALE-Good Ohio farms. H. H
Weber, Atwater, Ohio. 6.25-26t-25O6
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Grain and Produce

CHICAGO. June 8O.-Both sellers
and buyers held of in the wheat trade
Yesterday pending Congressional ac-
ton on the food bill. Prices kept with
in narrow limits and closed at exact
" the sane as Thursdays finish, $2.01,
July, and $1.S1k, September. The
outcome in corn ranged from &c de.
cline to Nc advance and oats lost a
shade to 5s9hc. Provisions suffered
losses of tic to Csc net.
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FOR SALE-6.room house with bath;
Big lot, Apply S25 Jefferson street.
A.20.tf No 1895
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U s MUST BUILD Ian 4DEITSCE AID
BEAT LAX WITH ALI The PlASs PREP
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HELP WANTED-FRMAlE
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HOUSES FOR SAFE

FOR SAl4E-Four room ncase WlElt
bath. For information call or ed;
dress A. C. Kendall. Mining Machine
office. S.15.tf No 2021
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Clerk Of said Court,
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WANTED-A young man wanted to
learn the shoe business. Store ex-
perience preferred. Shurtleff & Wei
ton. 6.2S-St-252S
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WANTED-Riveters, holder.ons, rivet
heaters and caulkers. Helpers for
above. Apply T. Hall, Hope Nat. Gas
Pump Station, Downs, w. Va.
6.3O-3t.2535
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WANTED-Competent Labor Fore
man. Give address, telephone mum.
Der and salary expected. Address P. O..
Box 4O2, City. 6.29-5t-2527
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WANTED-2O linemen's helpers, good
pay, free transportation, steady work
Apply Dispatcher's Office, First street,
Monongahela Valley Traction Com.
pany. 6.2S.6t-252S
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
Helping the Laundress.

II declare to goodness, have got the
backache so today just can't lift that
tub" said the laundress, as she looked
at 1t on the bench In the laundry.
"Why lift it?" asked John.
"And how do you suppose 1 am
going to get 1t emptiedf" asked the
laundress, sarcastlcally.
'Siphon 1t out" said John.
Then he went to a closet where ODDS
and ends were kept, found a piece II
rubber tubing, filled 1t with water, and
then, holding both ends. placed ons
In the tub and trailed the other az 81
the sewer opening In the floor, u y
moment the water was runnlns our
nicely. while the laundress steod With
her mouth open. watching NOW easy
It Was.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
w. N. u, ST. LOUIS, NO. 24..1917.
Friend of the Animals.

Barnum and Bailey's success in
rearing rare animals Of the Orient
while in captivity Is principally due to
the extraordinary magnetism and af-
lection of one called Andrew-no one
ever heard his last name-the giraffe
man. He has Travelled all over Africa.
Animals love him. A few years ago
when a monkey was MANNED in the
circus and was to be killed, Andrew
lnterceded, saved the monkeys life and
nursed him back to health. The mon
key is now Andrews shadow. Among
his other small pets, each Of which has
some special cause of gratitude to the
kindly trainer, are blind dog, house
cat, parrot, a chicken and a white
rat. Wherever he sits they take pos
session of his lap, shoulders and knees,
and talk to him-and Andrew talks
back. They all seem to understand
him perfectly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28

ness with which the multlmllllonalre's
daughter came to the phone was an
intimation that his ring was not entire.
ly unexpected.
"This is Montague" he said, when
Miss Richlander's mellifluous "Maiu
four six eight-Nr. Richlander's resi-.
dence" came over the wire. Then
what are you going to think Of man
who calls you up merely to beg OFF,
he asked.
Miss Richlander's reply was merclful
and he was permitted to go on and ex-
plain. 'Tm awfully sorry, but 1t can't
very well be helped, you know. Mr..
Durham has returned, and he wants
me at the bank. I'll be up little later
on, If can break away, and you'll let
me come. Thank you, ever so
much. Goodby."
The Lawrenceville Bank and Trust,
lately installed in its new marble-ve-
neered quarters, was only four squares
distant. AS he was approaching the
corner, Smith saw that there were only
two lights In the bank, one In the vault
corridor and another in the railed-off
open space In front which held the
presidents desk and his own. Through
the big plate-glass windows he could
see Mr.. Durham. The president was
apparently at work, his portly figure
filling the padded swing-chair. He had
one elbow on the desk, and the fingers
Of the upllfted hand were thrust into
his thick mop of hair.
Smith had his own keys and he let
himself in quietly through the door on
the side street. The night-watchman's
chair stood in its accustomed place in
the vault corridor, but it was empty.
To suspicious person the empty chair
might have had its significance; but
Montague Smith was not suspicious.
The obvious conclusion was that Mr..
Durham had sent the Waterman forth
upon some errand; and the motive
needed not to be tagged as Interior.
Without meaning to be particularly
noiseless, Smith-rubber heels on tiled
floor assisting-was unlatching the
gate in the counter railing before his
superior officer heard him and looked
up. There was an irritable note IN the
presidents greeting.
"Oh, it's you, at last, is tit" he
rasped. "You have taken your own
good time about coming. It's a half
hour and more since sent that note to
your ROOM"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
stenooranher Too Radiant.

The elder Swift, founder of one Of
the great Chicago beef concerns, hated
to see women working In bright
clothes, according to q man who once
labored for the Swift concern. There
happened to be stenographer at the
works, however, who bought all the
loud raiment she could, and looked like
a combination Of a merry-go-round and
q rainbow when she walked through
the yards.
One day the elder Swift caught sight
of her. He called his assistant.
"Who is thGt?" he asked.
"Why, that's Mr.. Blanks stenogra-
pher."
"How much does she get?"
twenty-five a week."
"Dock her."
"I'm afraid she'll leave"
Swift shot a glance at his assistant
before he answered.:
"If she don't" he said, "dock her
again,"-Earl Goodwin, in Washington
Star.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28

ish gray eyes were rejecting just a
shade of the militant antagonism in
Mr.. Watrous Dunham's when he said |:
~ was dining at the Country club with
a friend, and I didn't go to my rooms
until few minutes ago."
The president sat back in the big
mahogany swing-chair. His face, with
the cold, protruslve eyes, the heavy
lipsSand the dewlap lower law, was the
face OF a man who shoots to kill.
"1' suppose you've heard the news
about Westfall?"
Smith nodded.
"Then you also know that the bank
stands to lose q cold hundred thousand
on that loan you made himT
The young man In the stenographer's
chair knew now very well why the
night-watchman had been sent away.
Smith saw the solid foundations of his
small world-the only world, he had
ever known-crumbling to a threatened
dissolution.
''You may remember that advised
dBuiloL lhS AhuhAh6 Va liAub AOoh "ASA
Westfall first spoke of It," he said.
after ne had mastered the premoni-
tory chill of panic. "It was a bad risk
for him and for u.s.
II suppose you won't deny that the
loan was made while was away In
New York." was the challenging re-
joinder.
SIT was. But you gave your sanction
before you went East"
The president twirled his chair to
face the objector and brought his palm
down with smack upon the desk
slide.
'Nop he stormed. -What told
YOU to do was to lock up his collateral !;
ana YOU took snap Judgment and let
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
Never Thouaht of That.

PROFESSIONALISM, Emily, I've won
that hundred gallons of gasoline from
Jones. He wagered it against my
Shakespeare first folio that couldn't
get ten miles per gallon, so put five
gallons In the tank and we've done
over fifty-five."
Emily-But, Henry, dear, where are
we? Night is coming on, and however
shall we get back with no gas2
Professor - GraciousI never
thought of that Judge.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
The Hidden Power

Most of us never learn what
great powers lie undeveloped
within our mind and body. We
go through life working at about
fifty per cent pressure. Unless
there come q crisis which calls
out to duty the last ounce Of
bodily strength and the most
acute mental energy, we go to
the end Of life's string knowing
not how much Of the Creators
gift we have neglected and let go
to waste.
"The Real Man" is the story
Of n young fellow who had the
good fortune to face q real crisis
when he was twenty-five years
old. II called out his entire re-
serve Of strength and courage.
For 20 years there existed q
snug person, hlde-bound, soft,
shrewd. Then came the blow
off The real man stepped out
OF that Snug disguise and
showed the stuff that was in
him. 1t was great stuff, too.
All of you will enjoy 1.-THE
Real Man" It will entertain.
1t will provoke serious thought.
1t may lead you to examine the
inside Of your shell of life in
search of the real man or the
real woman. It may help you to
discover a way to work at higher
pressure than fifty per cent
and If you do, you'll know the
secret that has made men IA
nous throughout the worlds
history.
THE EDITOR.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
An Astonished Creditor.

"Well," said the old man the other
day, II have been AZ years In the busI-
ness, and can say what very few men
can after such experience. In all that
time, my friend, l never disappointed
but one single creditor"
BLESS me, what an example for our
young mercantile community" replied
the person address; "what a pity
that one time occurred. How was it?'
why" responded the old gentleman,
II pand the debt when 1t became due,
and never in all my life saw man
so much astonished."
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-06-28
The Smile of Fortune.

His Wife lin intense excltement)-
Albert, did you know the Majors home
burned to the ground this mornlngi
Isn't that perfectly terrible?
Hub (who speaks and then thinks)
Nav, that was pure luck.
His Wife-Why, Albert, I'm sur
prised at you; what do you mean?
But Albert had Just disappeared
Around the corner of the shed with the
parlor rug over his arm and a beating
utensil in his hand, muttering some
thing under his breath which sounded
susplCiOusly like housekeeping"