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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
NATURALIZATION cAsEs.
Ready For Hearing Before Judge Joel
 H. Reed Today.

Judge Joel H. Reed will come here this morning to hold a session of the superior court at which the business will be exclusively the hearing of nat uraliZation cases.
 The list of naturalization cases for today and for Wednesday, when court will sit at Willimantic. is as follows: Meyer Herman. Angelo Nicola Dei- moslSi, Joseph F'ronczek. Thomas Dunn, Frederick Fulton. John whalek Karl Josef Ka11gren, Peter Urban. Joseph Tyrcha, Constantinous Terzis, Joseph Frank Guilmette, Walter Alfred Doyle, Andre. Bf<1chette, Ovila Omer Bour- que, William Barron.
 Arthur Peter Tetreault. Henry vail- lant, Arthur Dubois, Fred Walden Doyle, Gabriel Lamere. George Dona zephirm Labelle, Robert Macltie, Jean Batisse Dubois, Antonio Joseph Potvin. Euvard. Ovivcie Evariste Baribeault. Jehu Taylor, James Willie Walker, Mike, Toporowski, David Fahlstrom, AIbin John Johnson, George Papalim- berris, Felice Cinquino, Harvey. Nel-
 At Wi11imantic, Wednesday, Septe1n- Der 18th, at 10 a. m.:
 Harry Schfman. Egbert Atheling Joseph Brania, Dfodore De1arge, Ade- lard Lord, Paul Chartier, John Henry
 
 Elizabeth Apt, Louis Brettschneider, Phillip Rocheleau, Adolph Obersesser Elmer Ellsworth Lewis.
 St. Mary's School Has ;751 Pupiis.
 There are 751 children registered at St. Mary's Parochial school this year, making it by far the largest com mon school in this part of the state The children will get half holiday on Thursday afternoon, when the school will get a half holiday for the demon stra tion that is to be given in honor of the selected men.
 Mother House Nearly Completed.
 The Mother house of the Sisters of the Holy Ghost, on Church street will be completed soon. The old Morse homestead, one of the finest residences in the city now a part of the Mother house establishment, has been made practically ready for occupancy. Some additional Sisters are expected here about October 1, and others will follow as the work on the interior of the building is completed.
 Before the end of the year the ad- departments of the Order | of Sisters of the Holy Ghost in the | United States will have been estab-f ished here.
 New Lighting System Also.
 The work of decorating the interdor | 'f St. Mary's church has so far ad- !! that it is now indicated that | he work will be finished in about two weeks. The interior of the church will be very beautiful and the improve nent enhanced by the installation of} ] new lighting system. 1
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
THREATENED WOMAN
Benjamin vaIIetty Given One Hundred
 and Eighty Days in Jail.

In the town court Monday, Judge W. F. Woodward imposed a sentence Of 1S0 days on Benjamin Val1etty, who had pleaded guilty to charge of breach of the peace.
 Harry F. Back. representing the state as prosecuting attorney, pro- duced a letter which. 1t was alleged, Valletty had written to Miss Frances O'Brien, this letter containing threats 10 get even with her. VaHetty has been annoying Miss O'Brien. He had previously been in court and was put under a bond of $2O0 to keep the peace.
 Later he became involved in difh- culties, over checks. in New Haven, and served a sentence there. He was taken to jail at Brooklyn Monday noon by Deputy Sheriff c. B. Aver
 Mike Smola was also in court Mon day to face charges of intoxication and breach of the peace. He was fined B and costs. amounting to s12.1s. He paid.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
HIS HEART BADLY
 AFFECTED. Fruit-a-tives" Soon Relieved This Dangerous Condition

6S2 GERHARD ST. EAST, TORONTO.
 'sFor two years, I was a victim of Acute Indigestion and Gas In The Stomach. It afterwards attaaked my Heas7 and had pains all over my body, 50 that I could hardly move around. I tried all kinds of Medicine but none of them did me any good. At last, I decided to try "Fruit-a-tixes". I bought the first box last June, and now I am well, 4ffe~ ssi'.g only fA><e bozey. I recommend Fruit-a-tives" to anyone suffering from Indigestion".
 FRED J. CAVEEN.
 5oc. q box, for $2.5o, trial size, 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit s-tives Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
RIDE WON $50
Paul Maindon, 12, Earned That Sum
 While on Bicycle Spin.

This is not a bicycle advertisement, nor yet a boost for bicycling. but a wheel figured prominently Sunday in earning $50 for Paul Maindon, 12, son of Mir. and Mrs. Andree Maindon. of the West Side.
 The boy borrowed his big brothers bicycle for little spin. Peddling over to Brooklyn and so enjoyed the trip that he continued on over the state highway toward Wauregan. Beside the highway between Brooklyn and Wauregan his attention was attracted by members of an automobile party searching about with little rakes in
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
cURIOS FROM HAITI
Interesting Collection Brought Home
 by Francis Tetreauit.

At Benoit Tetreault's place of bus mess there is an interesting collec- tion of Haytian relics. brought here from the black republic by Francis TetreauIt, who was a member of the United States occupational forces
 The collection includes swords, re- volvers and other weapons that have figured in the turbulent republics rev. olutions; specimens of paper money, photographs and a curious voodee drum, this the most curious of all the articles displayed
 The drum is of the type formerly much in use at tribal fetes and, at some of the interior points, figured much in sacrif1cial rites that were sometimes performed, infants being offered as the victims.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18

Meriden:-Herbert W. Perkins of the Meriden National bank and George J. Sokol of the Home National bank, who is now in the United States navy at New London doing yeoman service. have received first credit from the Hartford chapter, American Institute of Banking. for high standing in studies in bank practice recently.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18

Danbury.-Norman c. Wilson, ob- tained a bushel of potatoes from four teen hills in his garden recently and he believes that establishes a record for local growers. J
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
MYSTIC

Pupils of Eighth Grade Organize-Post Office Associates Present Gift to John WhittIe-Pythians Work Third Degree.
The Ordway new era., 1917-12-14
.Hers,. the Old Boy, HIMSELF"

family without complaint. That
family had what the farmer caiieo
rip.roaring old time. They drummed
on the piano; they almost drove 'ne
cat mad; they destroyed TWO VI
three rugs; they broke up furniture,
and they blew out the gas. Finaiiy
the day came when they were TO oe-
mart. They remained just week 10
the minute, and, as they stood on tne
front steps, satchels In hand, they
shook hands with Mrs. Bowser ana
bade her an effusive good-Dy anu
almost collected a crowd IN front =.
the house by SO doing. the 1arine. Isa
feit a his duty to return from Tue
cate and climb the steps to snake
hands over again. and say to MIS-
Bowser: u al.
,yovs love him for this, and you can
take 1t that we shall be grateIul ~
Won as long as we live. Tell nun t.,as lna
the melancholy Is gone, anu .n
loneliness is gone, and the hrst tmns
: shaiI do when reach home VIII DC
- mt 4 new hinge on the gate, anu
s,,,.tio - around to brighten mp things
z Ana when Mr.. BOwser reacneu
nome. hours later, all tnat Mtss -"
~ seid TO him was:
/ 4, ssThey rot ~ about three Geo.
~ tncy nd, chr was his Espay; 80
"a - m In his vest pcckes @
h cst, I III -dollar ~ sna nea a
tE NJ X, As = y :S r <
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He Saw the erandest New Sled.

ne "a" InS STdHQS6L iNC" StSOs
wall paper on the walls of the two
rooms, bits of carpet on the floors and
some cardboard furniture that Bob had
made. He had even tackled little scraps
of lace at the windows for curtains.
For Amy there was the lovely pic
ture from the Sunday newspaper which
she had admired. Bob had remember
ed and had made q frame for 1t out
of strips Of wood. and on the wood
he had glued tiny pine cones, pieces OF
birch bark and dried moss. and as the
picture was woodland scene you can
imagine how pretty 1t was. Bob had
found q chair rung, which he scraped
and polished with some oil and turpen-
tine. He put some screweyes in the
ends, and Amy gave him q piece OF
narrow red ribbon to make loops-and.
behold, there was necktte holder for
Elmer! For his mother he Whitfield
reel for her clothes lines, and it was
a wonderfully handy thing, and for his
father he bought pipe. 1t happened
this way: He did some errands for the
man who kept the tobacco store in the
village, and when the man would have
paid him some money Bob said he'd
rather have pipe. So now they were
all provided for except little Peter.
How was Bob going to get hold OF
real live puppy?
"You go over to my brothers. place
at the foot of Long hill, and you tell
him sent you," said the tobacco man.
'.Maybe he will let you have puppy
and work 1t out for him on Saturdays.
He has paper route"
'I'n do it If he WILL" cried Bob
eagerly. Half an hour later he hurried
into the woodshed with a wriggling
little puppy under his coat. OF course
he had to tell his mother about that.
And how Bob did enjoy the secret, rum
ming to and fro with milk and scraps
Of meat for the puppyl
When Christmas morning dawned I
think Bob Stillwell was the most sur
prised boy In Little River. He was 10
interested in watching the pleasure of
his brothers and sister with the glfta
he had made with his own hands that
he stood smiling, forgetting to look at
the tree for his own presents.
..Look, Bobby; lookr' screamed little
Peter.
Bob looked and turned pale with sur
mise. Ths grandest new sled, painted
4 brisht red, runners and all his a.
ther ana Elmer had made Il together.
Ara thero wan ! red woclen mumer
fiat Any kad nnatted fox him and cth-
s4 tklpos lzet elnta O1us hcee1ht
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children would be lucky If they all had
mittens and warm shoes and stock
ings. Yet Bob knew that his sister
Nan was dreaming of n doll house,
little Peter wanted puppy all his own,
and he didn't dare think Of his big SIS
ter Amy and big brother Elmer and
his father and mother.
"Why not make 'em something?" was
the thought that came to him.
Bob jumped up and went home whis-
tling through the woods. Under the
pine trees he stopped and brushed
away the snow. When he got through
his pockets were full of dried pine
cones, large and small, and some pieces
of birch bark.
The day before Christmas Bob un-
locked the woodshed door and looked
at the result Of his labors.
There was doll house for little Nan
made out of an egg crate, with real
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fn they had talked for awhile, Mr..
Fser asked:
Don't you ever get lonesome out
get darned lonesome" replied the
ger "and SO do all the rest Of us,
to the hens and cows. Say, Mr..
ser, sometimes we get rather
f1ul, and those are the times we
Of suicideI"
Don't you ever get up to the cityT
led Mr.. Bowser as he felt a feel
of pity for the whole family.
pnce in a great while I go up. but
ever have over a half dollar In
pockets and don't see anything
= telling them about when I get
aow came you to let the farm run
= 20 badr was queried.
oneliness and melancholy, sir" was
reply. "When a MIN IL lonely and
ncholy. he don't care a rip how
60. I can see ~ well as you can
tne fences are rotting away, the
osrn is about ready to fall down
mere ought to b = hustlins man
~ here. That's the reason I wnnt
want y gst away from this
aesA W. N wAnk ~ - sume
nsw and re1t1S s < I. (. I.'ls,gI z n
2 ee1t ~ ~ ~ ~ slty
&; . : ! J
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TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH

An English street railway is experi-
menting with cars that take current
from overhead wires and run on rails
as far as they are laid, then complete
their journeys over ordinary roads, us
ing storage batteries for power.
An individual life raft invented in
Germany II provided with a compass
In fruot and an intermittent light, op-
erated by Z motor, which, like the Light.
u sapp1isd by = stoeags bettsry. in ths
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years from now, so far as anyone can
see, 1t may be nearer 100000. For
America has taken oath that not until
kaiserism has been blotted from the
earth will the war end.
Those boys of ours who are over
there, and the others who are going,
need all the help and encouragement
and aid the folks at home can possi-
bly, give them. That Is why the Red
Cross, instead of confining itself to CIV
ing them hospital treatment after they
have been hurt or are sick, is giving
them Christmas trees and comfort kits
and doing everything possible to make
Christmas enjoyable for them. Not a
man In all "Black Jack" Pershing's
army, will be without some reminder
of the people at home for whom he Is
fighting. Not a man in any one Of all
the army and navy cantonments scat
tered all over the United States will
be without genuine Christmas-even
to Christmas tree. The Red Cross
has gone into the Santa Claus business
wholesale, as 1t goes into everything
1t undertakes.
And that Is why every man, every
woman, every child, owes 1t to him
self and to the soldiers and sailors to
become member Of the Red Cross. A
campaign Is being carried on to enlist
100000 new members of the Amer
lean Red Cross. which will make it five
times as large and ten times as rich
and powerful us any other Red Cross
in the world.
1t is because of the millions and mil
lions of American boys who are going
over to France that the whole Amer
lean people has got to join the Red
Cross In helping care for them. A few
hundred thousand can be looked after
by the present membership; but multi
ply them by ten or twenty or twenty
five, and 1t takes nation to back them
properly.
1t has been great sport this year to
fix up the Christmas packets, and write
the little personal note that goes with
each one, and picture to ones self the
pleasure with which the unknown SOL
dier in France will hail the gift from
the home land. For there has been no
real fighting-only n trench raid or so,
in which only few lives were lost
fewer in all likelihood, than would
have occurred in the natural course of
events If they had remained in civil
life. So, while there was sorrow for
the brave fellows who went down fight
ing, and for those others who were
slain in the submarine brushes with
the Germans, there was not the over
whelming grief that comes after every
great battle.
Next year it Will be different-so
different. In the spring-and earlier
if the French line should break at any
point-Pershing will hurl his boys into
the gap, and everybody knows what
that means. There will be fighting
of the kind that made whole world
admire the men of Bull Run, and An
tietam, and Charlottesville, and
Chickamauga, and Gettysburg, and
wherever Americans have fought.
They will be pitted against foe who,
whatever we may say of his arrogance
and cruelty, his disregard of the laws
Of humanity and the ordinary decen-
cies Of civilized life, is hard fighter.
That means that the hospital will be
full Of American boys whose lives de-
pend on the work the Red Cross must
do-for there is no other agency that
can wait on them. It means bandages
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en-. Where's the money n r.r
pensesl II we could get away for =
week. we'd come home here fulI -, =
aaoitioh' and the old cow would hard.
" know any Of us, but there's mn uso
wasting breath In talking about II"
MIR. Bowser's heart was toroho,
he felt pity for the whole family. He
cast around In his mind for Soma
way out for the unfortunates. He did
NOT mean to say what he did sav hut
found himself remurking: ''
"Why, II you think Won couId ,.,vo
the rarm for week, you can all come
up town and stop for week and II
won't cost you red cent"
AS soon MS Mr.. Bowser uttered tho
above words, he felt chill como owe,
MIN and would have rccnntcd n be
could, but 1t was too late,
Mr.. BOwscr went owov ,,d ho
didn't get his normal feeling back
until he reached home. Then he had
about forgotten the incident thar tbo
farmer had accepted his invitation
and that he would ever show up was n
thing to be regarded as Impossible. He
remarked to Mrs. Bowser that he
didn't buy the land, but said nothing
further; but the other day he was
trented to the surprise of his life. As
he came up to dinner he saw four
children mt his gate, ns If awaiting his
appearance. When he came nearer
fnpV all rnShnl for hin, u l.,
clothing wherever they could, and
shouted n glad welcome to him. He
was nonplused for a moment, and then
he recognized the lonely children of
the lonely farmhouse.
what are you doing here?" in a
not unkindly voice.
why. we have come to stop with
you week." was the reply. "Paw and
NAV are in the house. and your wife
has been awfully good to us. She has
shown us every room in the house and
all of us have patted the cat"
MIR. Bowser came near fainting
away, but got the grip on his emo
tions and managed to climb the front
steps and open the door. The farm.
er and his wife were in the hall to
greet him with outstretchcd hands,
and the farmer shouted:
Heres the old boy himself! You
Invited us to stay week with you.
and we have come to stay"
Mr.. Bowser did not look at Mrs.
BOwser. He was afraid of falling
dead If he did so. When dinner
was served all trooped down, and
the farmer and his flock ate as never
before. They carried the burden Of
the conversation, and they enjoyed
themselves as II it had been their
first circus. The evening was worn
away in some old way, and at ten
o'clock Mr.. Bowser faced Mrs. Bow
ser in their own bedroom. He was
to die, and he was going to
die as n brave man should.
"Well?" she queried, rs she looked
him in the eyes.
"Don't say one word-not one
word" he whispered. 'If you'll 90
with this thing, will give
you fifty dollars In cash to buy clothes
with"
She said nothing further, and the
rest of the week was devoted to the
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few turns around the pond, knowing
all the time that he was disobeying his
mother and feeling very unhappy all
the while.
BY and by he took of his skates and
went to the woods to cut some laurel
branches. 1t was showing very hard
now, and he had to work fast, because
by this time it was growing dark in
the woods.
At last his arms were full, and he
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Bob Stillwell's
Christmas
By ANNE CAREW
OBJ STILLWELL

OB STILLWELL
sat down ON his
sled with his
chin In his NIT.
tened hands and
tried to plan
what he could
give folks for
Christmas, for 1t
was only three
days away.
II can't give a
thing!" he NUT
tered at last, for
he did not have a
penny Of his own,
and he knew that
money was very
scarce on the
farm that year.
The Stillw ell
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.Bowser., He
invites But
He Will
Never Do
So Again
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ee 8 70
C,,eht 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa-
's" per Syndicate.)

200 or four weeks ago Mr.. Bow
Ssd to 90 out into the country to
a. a piece of land for n would-be
liner. He found the farmer a rath-
SIftless man, who had many woes
mIsfortunes to relate.
kere was shiftlessness and want
Ire apparent everywhere. Even
lens cackled in a despairlng way,
fine old COW bawled us II lone
for a change Of climate. The
hy consisted Of a wife and four
Iren, The children were like a
|ndder-two, four, six and eight
Il, too, and so in want CO vitality
ambition that they could not get
dispute among themselves. The
was tall and thin, and melan-
!. She told Mr.. Bowser. as soon
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Introduced. that she did not care
I've In this world, and that she
ready to go whenever the sum-
, came, and Mr.. Bowser thought
would be no addition to Paradise.
be ever got there.
poor dinner was served. It was
In variety and stingy In guam
During the meal Mr.. Bowser
treated to incidents which had
% with woe and sorrow, and he
begun to get lonesome. too, before
meal was finished. After dinner
md the farmer adjourned to the
i steps for q smoke and a talk.
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n ED WAYNE kicked his toes
~ against the door.
Say. mother, can't 20 skat-
ing?' he asked.
NOT today, son." said Mrs. Wayne,
III Is Christmas eve, and l want you
10 go into the woods and get some
laurel and evergreens to trim the
mouse. The servants are all busy with
the housework."
"Aw, bOther!" whined Ned.
Dear me, Neddy, that is not nice
spirit to show at Christmas time"
sighed his mother. for she was much
worried about her little boys selfish
spirit. Ned had a beautiful home and
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Looking Ahead.

Junior, with his playmate, had been
given some candy by an old gentle
man. and on being asked how they
liked 1t replied: "Just finel viii you
get US some more when this Ii done1
We're big eaters"
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fond parents. but
he seemed to love
his own way
above everything
else.
So when final
ly Ned, sulkily
enough, took a
hatchet and went
tow ard t h G
woods his moth
er did not see
that he had his
skates hidden un-
d er s t h | C k
overcoat.
When he reach
ed the pond he
found all the
skaters had gone
home, for who
wants to skate
on Christmas eve
when there are
SO many other
delightful things
to do?
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Of evergreen, and that kept the wind
and snow out.
It was very lonesome In the hollow
tree. Somewhere an owl was hooting,
and again he heard some four-footed
animal (perhaps fox) go pat-patting
over the snow. He was not exactly
frightened, but it surely was very lone
some.
Sometimes he slept and dreamed OF
his nice warm home, and he thought
of his good, kind parents and how
worried they would be, and he re-
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literally by the million for
their wounds. 1t means
splints and wound pads and
pillows and all manner of
surgical dressings without
stint. It means pajamas and
bed shirts and surgical shirts
the kind that surgeons can
open and reach wounds with
out handling buttons. 1t
means bed socks and bath
robes and convalescent robes
and all the things that In
valids need.
1t means drugs and medi-
cines and operating instru-
ments and all the appliances
with which modern surgeons
are daily performing miracles
in saving lives and restoring
to usefulness legs and arms
which under other methods
would have been cut of at
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ffIER DRAWING 81 ARyhlyr MUM I3Sovv1
M mr. RED cR0JS <z4cAZItE
BY WILLoUGHBY LEE.

HE heart of America at this
Christmas time Is yearning
toward the hills and val
leys and mud flats of
France, for thousands and
tens of thousands and, for
all we know, hundreds of
thousands Of our finest boys
are over there with PERISH
ing. And by anot h e r
Christmas there may be q
100000 of them. and two
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solved n e v e. T
again to disobey
them.
After a while he
slept and was
awakened by the
sound Of the
church bells ring
ing in the glad
Christmas It'd
ings.
Then he heard
voices calling his
name, ana ne
shouted back. and
presently he was
in his fathers
arms.
When Ned woke
up on Christmas
m ornin g and
found all the
beautiful gifts
that Santa Claus
had brought to
him he registered
a vow that when
next Chrtstnaas
came around ne
. N the blessings
On hiIn.
dWayts - rlysd.
~ noxe -
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ldeIasry on the pso,,ns.

1t is becoming custom among non.
Christian Chinese Of Borneo to rs u
the Methodist chapel for their rsnIl
riage ceremony. Because Of the nm.
ence Of the mission, idolatry anausR
them has practically ceased
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injuries and insulte.

injuries may ba etoned for and for
given; but insults admit Of no compen-
sation. They degrade the mind Il itn
own esteem aA1 tsfce ttlt 10 recovsr ~
level by rssense.--ylainA IS: t
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cenersts Rallrsad n

italian steam and street. faxi 1Iii
ara experimenting with : ~ = 4 y
that focks sljehtiy, Ganediax go =
slAaticity ane ! xloeS 80 Ggg II =;
a,enk - t1aek IT, e z
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staggered along
through the snow
trying to find the
path, but the
snow had cover
ed 1t up COM
pletely.
Ned was lost In
the woods on
Christmas eve !
He began to cry,
and the tears
froze on hi s
cheeks. Right be-
side him was q
great oak tree,
with n hollow
trunk. There was
a narrow open
ing in the trunk,
and poor, cold,
tired, lost Ned
squeezed his way
through the open
ing and found it
snug and warm
inside, with a
thick bed Of dry
leaves. He stop
ped up the open
Inn ,,,ith hronnlanS