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TIME OF BREEDING HEIFERS
Period Should Be Largely Governed
by Size and Development Of
Animal Rather Than Age.

Numerous factors are responsible for
complete and early development OF
breeding heifers. If properly fed and
housed, nothing exerts greater infiu-
ence upon the final size of the animals
than time of breeding. Early breeding
is quite often practiced to the disad-
vantage and detriment of the future
herd. The most desirable type of milch
COW has large body capable of con-
suming and digesting large quantities
Of feed. Early breeding prevents the
desired growth and is not warranted
under average conditions. The age of
breeding should be largely governed
by the size of the breeding heifers
rather than their age.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
IT'S AN EARLY MORNING JOB
Raid on Destructive Garden Pests at
Right Time Much More Effective
Than Poison.

The boy who gets out early in the
morning in his young garden and be-
gins to pick squash bugs, cucumber
beetles. potato bugs, and such slugs
and cut and wire worms as are in
sight. with his thumb and forefinger
and drop them in deep can, will do
more good than poison could do in
three days says writer in the Amer
lean Boy.
Pour boiling hot water into the tin
holding these insects to make sure
they are killed. Go the rounds every
morning. Do not wait until after
school. or late in the day, because they
have feaSted and crawled away to
sleep and rest-most of them. Do not
try to pick them at noon because they
hide underground or behind leaves to
get out of the hot sun. But bright
and early in the morning they come
out with the sparkling dew to get
busy and eat the good things you
have planted. Get up an hour earlier
three mornings a week just to do
this, and the result will repay you ten
times over when your garden begins
to supply you with peas and beans and
cucumbers and lettuce and radishes
and many other delicacies.
People who talk too much think too
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
GUARD HOMELY TOAD
Little Fellow Is Of Great Value
to Gardener.
Estimated by Department Of A9rleuI-
ture That He Will Eat $1e Worth
Of Worms and Insects In
Course Of One Summer.

Few well-meaning creatures have
been more generally misunderstood
than the homely and retiring toad.
Formerly the toad was considered
a venomous reptile, yet modern medi-
cal research is extracting from toad
skins remedies of greatest value and
the benefcent possibilities of these
secretions have by no means been
exhausted, says scientific journal.
1t also has been found out by
careful observation that this hOmely
little fellow Is of great value to the
gardener and farmer, writes Roy 0.
Dawes in Wisconsin Agriculturist. 1t
has been estimated by the department
of agriculture that good able-bodied
toad will eat $40 worth of worms and
insects In one summer.
In Europe toads are carried to the
cities, to the markets, and are pur-
chased by the horticulturists, who
by their aid are enabled to keep in
check the multiplication Of insect
tribes that prey on their fruits and
flowers.
The myth of the Jewel in the head
Of the toad is probably founded on
the brightness of the eyes In which
the iris is flame colored.
Toads are extremely tenacious of
life and it has been reported that
toads can exist centuries without food
or air, but experiment shows that they
cannot live two years without food and
air.
have dug them out of hill sew
eral feet below the surface, how they
got there l do not know, but they
We're the color of the sand in which
found them.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
RIGHT TIME FOR DEHORNING
Operation Should Be Performed Dur
Ing Cool Weather When Flies Are
Not to Be Contended With.

Dehorning is best done during cool
weather, before the flies come out. 1t
is most easily done with dehorning
shears or clippers. However, it is
claimed that the saw makes n cleaner
wound than the clippers, and that 1t
generally heals over quicker.
Ordinarily, it Is not necessary to ap-
ply anything after dehorning. In warm
weather, however, 1t is well to smear
some pine tar over the wound. We
certainly do not recommend soaring
the wound with hot iron to stop the
bleeding.
An excellent bulletin on dehorning
Is Farmers Bulletin No. $50, which
may be secured free from the United
States department Of agriculture, at
Washington, D. @.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
VALUE OF GARDEN
Increased Importance Of Accurate
knowledge Of seeds-Best to
Make termination Tests.

The enhanced value of garden prod
ucts increases the Importance to the
farmer Of an accurate knowledge Of
the vitality of the seeds he uses in the
production of these crops. Because Of
the large amount Of hand labor given
to the garden plot 1t is relatively more
important to make certain that the gar
den seeds be tested than It Is to try
out the seed corn. However, both
should be carefully done and during
the days before actual neld work
starts 1t IL q very Wise farmer who not
only secures his seeds and grades
them, but who also makes eermina-
tion tests x every kind - b y plant
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br,inate Stable f'Iies ard
N,,lr live Stock ec6;shop a

cause flies are most numerous during
those seasons.
: 12. Why Is typhoid fever common
In one community and not in another?
Largely because the common housefy
trolled in the other.
13. Where are flies most abundant?
Where there is most filth.
IA. How shall we kill the fy2 (a)
Destroy all filth about the house and
yard; (b) Put lime into the vault and
over the manure; (c) Trap all flies be-
fore they enter your home by using
wire fytraps; (D XIII all flies, large
or small, with "swatter (e) Use
sticky hypaper or fly poisons around
the house or store; (f) Pour borax
solution over manure, filth or other
places where the fly may rear It's
young.
The Fly Peril In Cities.
In the fight against the deadly house
fly the public should understand the
odds against which 1t contends to rid
cities of this pest and the vigilance
necessary to obtain even modicum OF
safety where the insects exist.
Each female lays 100 eggs, which
hatch in eight days. Ten days later
the new generation is in flight. carry
ing on the work of death. 1t Is esti-
mated that the progeny of n single
pair in one season Is one seXtilllon. or,
in figures, 100000, ,OOO,O 900, 900. 600, 900.
Manure, garbage, and other filth are
the breeding spots of flies. The de-
partment of agriculture In Its expert
ments has found larvae and pu-
paria enough in n pound of horse ma
nurc to make 1000 hOuseflies. A sim
gle ill-kept stable will supply house
flies for large territory.
There Is hope of greatly lessening
the pests In cities If the authorities will
enforce good ordinances on the sub
ject of removing manure and garbage
promptly. The increase In automo-
biles and auto trucks has already aided
In exterminat.ng flies. Horse owners
can help the crusade by mixing
chloride of lime with the manure in
the ratio of quarter of n pound of
the former to eight quarts of the lat
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
WOOL PREPARED FOR MARKET
Description Of Method Employed by
Pennsylvania Experiment Station
Use Paper Twlne.

The method used by the Pennsyl-
vania State College experiment station
is to turn in the outer edges, roll the
fleece into firm bundles and tie with a
hard glazed twine, of not more than
four or five strands.
Paper twine will serve the purpose,
but sisal or loose hemp is not satisfac-
tory for the reason, according to the
Pennsylvania station, the fiber gets
into the wool and causes injury in the
manufacture of the cloth.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
GreenbottIe Fly.

ter. A still cheaper and more effec-
tive destroyer of the larvae Is kero-
sene, pint of which sprayed upon
every eight quarts Of manure will kill
the maggots.
So far as the dwelling house Is con-
cerned there are number of effective
ways of destroying flies. Carbolic
acid Is one. Twenty drops of this on
heated shovel or anything Of the
kind will kill the insects by its vapor.
But as this Is dangerous thing to
have In the house where young chill
dren are, it would be better to get
something harmless and yet effective.
Buy one dram Of bichromate Of
potash at drug store. Dissolve it in
two ounces of water, add little sugar,
and place the mixture in shallow
dishes about the house.
Another good remedy Is formalin or
formaldehyde. A spoonful Of this in
quarter of pint of water will kill
all the flies. AS this Is poison, 1t
must be placed where children cannot
reach it.
When n room is found full of flies
they may be Immediately destroyed by
the use of pyrethrum powder. Close
the doors and windows and pull down
all the shades except one, which leave
up about foot. Take into the room
tablespoonful of the powder on hot
shovel The fumes will drive the flies
in their death struggle toward the foot
of light Mt the window. There they
will fall dead and may easily be swept
out.
There are various kinds of sticky fly
paper, traps, etc. The papers should be
burned when they have done their
work.
Screen every window and door of
your house and keep the screens on
till you start up your furnace.
Have separate screen covers for
food which must be exposed In pantry
and kitchen.
Let cleanliness, and cleanliness, and
vet more cleanliness be your motto all
summer long.
Important Don'ts.
Don't dine at hotel. boarding
house or restaurant where flies are
tolerated.
Don't allow flies in your house.
Don't permit them near your food,
especially milk.
Don't buy food where flies are per-
mitted.
Don't allow them in the sickroom.
Don't let them crawl over the baby
or the nipple Of Its nursing bottle.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11

Rudyard Kipling has found that
shopkeepers, instead of cashing his
smaller checks, sell the autographs to
curiosity seekers, always for more,
often much more, than the face value
of the check.
The Swedish match factories have
decided to reduce the size Of matches
owing to the fact that Russia has for
bidden the export Of aspen wood. is
Two Illinois, inventors patented a
bracket With which 1t b possible to
hang both shades and curtains at win-
tlows without using nails or. screws.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
LOOK OUT FOR TUBERcULos
only Way to Make Sure Cow 10 Free
From Disease 10 to Have Her
Tested by Veterinarian.

Fortunately cows are subject to but
few diseases that are dangerous to
milk users. II a COW appears to be in
good health and has no indications Of
udder Inflammation, she can be count
ed ON to give wholesome milk provided
she Il free from tuberculosis. The
only way to be sure she Is free from
thia disease II to have her tested by
: competent vstseinarian.
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sgions where domestic animals
Jared. In regions bordering on
opics the nles are Of Importance
:hout ths-sntlre year. In the ex-
southesa part Of our country
IL no nAonth during the year in
! flies ares ng annoying to horses
attle. In ~ Northern states,
y IL partt11a III njurious and
ant In ~ lste 4 summer and
! stigations made during recent
showed clsariy Sk ~ vast ma
Of stable alees In straw
1t was also Sh6tE that while
breeds In pure hpI5 manure. 1t
a mixture Of thls substance
traw.
fly was found to be breeding in
greater abundance ID .oat straw
= wheat straw. Rice straw was
,und to furnish suitable breed
Editions and there is little doubt
lrley and rye also serve as food
immature stages of the insect.
evelopment Of this insect is
hat slower than that of the
y and II u therefore quite nec-
: that the eGEs be deposited in
jliaree Quantities Of material for
reed out successfully.
,ith moSt tnse 3he destruc-
this >one Whex Il = actually
Rho injuV RkAtssis most de-
y koee - cetne1 With this
~ 1jk my 6fders, this Is
[ VI dfl litAs y accomplish
Ilreo rsp1l
n Z 8 rsc4 4 n l6rsak in Texas
y lifrsrent ei1 were tried
view * N Me flies from
ck. AIt3 9pe materials
msasut@ X N Sction for
,ne IA y i sect. In ad-
\ o;t1s - Alue of these
N 60 a n3uS netimes pro-
licularly Of
v alue. but In
q be taken
= Stoo strong.
lll el491 are being
~ r. they are
t - likely to
=, 1f animal and
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Effective Marker.

and bolted to the two-inch runner at b,
and welded together at the other end,
C, with big cultivator shovel bolted
through it. This device lets some dirt
fall back into the mark, making a soft
place for planting the seeds. The other
holes, f, are used by placing bolts
through to keep the shovels from lift
ing and to regulate the depth of mark.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11

loop can be released easily by anyone
and, of course, as easily looped over
the prong again. The lever multi
plies the power applied about six
times, SO that child can easily draw
the wires of the gate tight. The
hole in the lever must be bored so that
lever is held down snug by past
center pull.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
Green snIted. Cured Hidden, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Metal Market Quotations.
New York.-Lead-10c bid.
London.-Lead- los. 81

New York.-Lead-10c bid.
London.-Lead-G3O los. Spelter-
954.
Copper-Unsettled- spot
and second quarter S30.00@31.00, NOM
inal; later deliveries, $4,000 5000.
acknowledgement Spot. s13O: fu-
lures, f129 los; electrolytic, s142 Tin
Spot, G229 los; futures, G230 5s.
Bar sllver-75 &c.
Copper-Casting, S25.37kc.
London.-Es.r silver-3Slsd per OF.
st. Louis.-Spelter-sS
Boulder, Colo. - Tungsten concen-
trates, 609S, s17.00 per unit.
Crude ores 609s. 1880; 25eo, $4,000
1900; 1919, $S.7O@10.00 per unit
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
FOR TIGHTENING WIRE GATE
Simple Wooden Lever for Drawing
Barrier to Good Tension Is De-
seribed and illustrated.

The attached drawing shows n
simple wooden lever for drawing a
barbed wire gate to good tension,
says a writer in The Farmer. When
the lever Is thrown up it gives three
inches of slack, so the elght-inch wire
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11

Ira Black, aged seventy-hve OF
Palermo, Me-. hushed out 1853 bushels
Of corn, made Al long traces, picked
nearly all the apples on his farm anu
gathered the garden vegetables last
fall.
The tusks Of the African elephant
sometimes weigh as much rs 100
pounds each. and reach length Of
eight or nine feet
4 There are about $4,000. 900 fur felt
hats made 10 the United States escn
ysaf. and about 1000, ,0o0 wool felt
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
SEED MARKER IS EFFECTIVE
Device Permits Some Dirt to Fall Back
Into Furrow, Making Soft
Place for Seed.

Here Is handy marker, which any
one can make in short time, writes
Herbert L. Bolton of New Jersey in
Farm and Home. The end pieces, n,
which are the important features, con-
sist of two pieces of iron, tapping over
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11

after three doctors said never would
stand up straight again. Twas Q mid
wife for seven years and I recommended
the Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they all got along 30 nicely
that it surely is a godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write TO
me will be delighted to answer them,
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North St.
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displacs-
ments, weakness, Irregularities, ner-
vousness, backache, or bearing down
pains, need the tonic properties Of the
roots and herbs contained in Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
chicago Live stock auorntions.

Chicago-Hogs-Bul 1856 @15.95;
light. s14.so@15;s5; mixed; s15.s5 g
$153oG 1850; pigs, 10000 1890.
Cattle-Native beef cattle, 5000
1340; stockers and feeders, $7.15 a
$50; cows and heifers. $6.25 Oils;
calves, $s.50@13.00.
Sheep-wethers. $11.15 @13.66: ewes,
$10.40@13.65: lambs. $13.25 q 1885.
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= hts p = st causes
hundreds of thou
|aI,6ls of dollars dam
kge In the United
States every sum-
|ne1. and is = serious
menace 70 health

ES1OHS literally worrying
cattle, mules and horses to
death and killing them by
extracting their blood. the
m deadly fiy also transmits dis
ease from one animal to nn-
other. A tropical sickness
known AZ surra Is un-
- doubtedly transmitted thus.
Fortunately this does not
+ in the United States at pres
but unless great care is exer-
] In importing stock 1t may be In
uced at any time and the deadly
given chance to spread 1t. A
ed disease of cattle. horses and
p. known as souma, and malady
ogs and cats are also carried, at
( In part, BY this same insect.
vestigntors consider the fly to be
agent in transmitting glnnders,
) a disease known as infectious
Tia or swamp fever of horses is
ght by some to be carried by this
A number Of years ago 1t was
d to act as q transmitter of
es Of roundworm that infects cat
imals weakened by loss of blood
more prone to contract other
.ses. "Texas fever" in an acute
often attacks live stock that has
me less energetic in fighting with
(e flies. The Joints of both horses
battle sometimes become so swol-
from standing In watef where they
1t protection from flies. that they
hardly walk.
IN man may be inoculated with
80 by this pest. septicemin
d-poisoning) IL considered to be
ID by It and DEMONSTRATIONS of
1ls physicians hare pointed to the
,llity Of the transmission of in
Q paralysis In the same manner.
It win be seen that the transmits
" q formidable array sof diseases
lrgeable to the stable fly. @
stable fly IL one Of the most
distributed Of insects. being
on in both tropical and temper
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
Butter, Eggs and Poultry

Chicago.-Butter - Creamery. $40
ssc. Eggs-Higher: firsts. 31Q3sc; or
dinary firsts soG sic; o,a, at mark as Gases sa
Colorado, Oregon and Washington,
S2.65@2.75; wisconsin and Michigan,
S2.309e.50. Poultry-Fowls, 22c.
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11

Chicago.-wheat--No red, $3.50:
No. : hard. 22.95 q 2.s6.
corn-Nc: yellow. si.Ss@t;eoM; !; No.
oslsSs = : white. ssx s7is; ptand-
Barlay--31.150 q 1.e6. Nj
Tfmokhy-Qt, 90 q I,6Q.
f;s;:=l!ssi aElLssss y y IE ]
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HIDES AND PELTS.
Dry Hides.

Flint butcher, per lb. .....34 @36
Flint fallen ..33 Q35
Flint bull and stag ~
Flint culls and glue ....... Is
Salt hides 2M3c lb. less.
Horsehides 1I2G2/3 price Of green
salted,
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kan.a. city Produce.

Kansas city, Mo.-Butter-Creame
Ale; firsts, 39c: seconds, SIC: packing,
acc Eggs - Firsts, SIC. Poultry =
Hens, 20Mc: roosters, 16c; turkeys, 24c.
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Dry Flint Pelts.

Wool pelts, per lb. ....... Z6B 2S
Short wool pelts .......... 22@ "a
Butcher shearlings. No. 13
No. 2 murian shearlings 05
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
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Beets cwt $500 400
Carrots, cwt. .1.506D 200
Cauliflower lb. .,,....... 100 IL
Onions. table, doz %
Potatoes cwt 5000 SIS
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BROKEN DOWN
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How IS Worth
of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.
Lima, Ohio. -"Iwas all broken down
In health from q displacement One Of my

lady friends came to
see me and she ad-
vised me to COM
mence taking Lydia
e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and to use Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanativ0
Wash. I began tak-
ing your remedies
and took $6. .Wworth
and in two months
waa n well woman
The Ordway new era., 1917-05-11
Ilutter,

Creameries, ex. LIST grade, lb. 80
Creameries. I'd grade, lb. ...36 @37
Process SO
Packing stock (net) ........ 80
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Flour.
-
Hungarian Patent .6.16
Dressed Poultry.
Live Poultry.
Eggs.

Eggs. graded No. l net, F. o.
B. Denver ............... 81
Eggs. graded No. 2 net. +. o.
b. Denver 20
Eggs. case count. misc. cases
less commission $3.50 9.2'
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LATE
MAR K EFT
oTATIo N 3
Newspaper Union News Service
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Steers (pulp fed) good to
choice 1000 l1.65
Sters (pulp fed) fair to good 75V10.bO
Steers ebay fed) good to
choice l0.Zo q LID
Steers (hay fed) fair to good 9.50010.25
Heifers. prime ............ 9.50410.25
choice 80. 9.25Q1o.oo
Cows (pulp fed) fair to good $3.50 800
Cows (hay fed) good ..... 5000 $50
Cows (hay fed) fair ...... 1900 $50
Cows, Gamers and cutters. $500 100
Veal calves .1l.O0414.0
Bulls NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 6.759 $50
to Choice u ?' s s.oo91o.oo
good ............,....... anu e' . ~ $3.50 900
mon mon to IA fair 's' ............. ~ 1000 s.2s
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Vegetables.

Fruit.
Apples, Colo. fancy, box ..1.00@ 80
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It a $e,0oo.-
900 to 2OO,-
tied up In
ltliuni steel
|nent found
|lape very
n s.s
.s for the
- T5h-i
NJ of
4
:
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Hogs.
Good hogs $500 @ 1850
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People who talk too much think too
little. lt
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
"A Mummy's Doll.

Among the ancient objects exhibited
in the British museum is a doll more
than 5000 years old. When some ar
chaeologists We're exploring an ancient
Egyptian royal tomb they came upon
a sarcophagus containing the mummy
Of a little princess seven years old.
She was dressed and inferred in a
manner BETTING her rank, and in her
arms was found a little wooden doll.
The inscription gave the name, rank
and age of the little girl and the date
Of her death, but it said nothing about
the quaint little wooden Egyptian doll.
This, however, told it's w story. 1t
was so tightly clasped in the arms of
the mummy that it was evident that
the child had died with her beloved
doll in her arms.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
FeaIty Of Partners,

y member of the New York supreme
court, %reproving a New York firm of
architects for canceling an agreement,
says, "Authorities unanimously agree
that there is scarcely any relation in
life which calls for more absolute good
faith than the relation of partners"
Also, "A purer and more elevated
morality is demanded of partners than
the common morality of the trade
The meaning is that an individual who
transacts business for himself may
look out solely for himself, while a
partner must never consider his own
advantage apart from that Of his asso-
ciates.-EXchange.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-26
Theodosia Burr

son-and very likely your head along
with them. You know your master!"
The secretary smiled kindly at the old
black man.
"Yassah, yassah," grinned Samson,
who no more feared Mr.. Jefferson than
he did the young gentleman with whom
he now spoke. II just lookin' at you
comm down that path rightnow, and
say to myself, Oar come a ridah' I
sho' did, Mistah Mehywetherw
The young man answered the negroes
compliment with II Of his rare smiles,
then turned, with just a flick Of his
gloves en- his breeches legs, and march
ed up the walk to the door of the man
sion.
At the step he turned and paused, as
he usually did, to take one look out
over the unfinished wing Of stone still
in process Of erection. On beyond, in
the ragged village, he saw a few good
mansion houses, many structures de-
voted to business, many jumbled huts
of negroes and here and there a public
building in it's early stages.
The great system of boulevards and
parks and circles Of the new American
capital was not yet apparent from the
place where Thomas Jefferson's young
secretary now stood. But the young
man perhaps saw city and nation alike
advanced in his vision, for he gaZed
long and lingeringly before he turned
back at last and entered the door
which the old house servant swung
open for him.
His hat and crop and gloves he hand
ed to this bowed old darby, Ben, an
other Of Mr.. Jefferson's plantation
servants whom he had brought. to
| Washington with him. Then-for such
was the simple fashion of the menage,
where Meriwether Lewis himself was
one Of the presidents f%amily-he STEP
ped to the door beyond and knocked
lightly, entering as he did so.
The hour was carlyle himself had
not breakfasted, beyond his coffee at
the mill-but early as it vas he knew
he would find at his desk the gentle
man who now turned to him.