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Is MONTHS, WAR
COST AMERICANS
OVER IS BILLIONS
Secretary of Treasury's Annual
Report Shows S4.73o, 100000
Loaned to Allies in Year.
NEXT YEARS ESTIMATES

Washington. Dec 1 The fnanclal
history Of Americas 5 part ~ he war y
set forth hv Secretary McAdno ~ ms
annual report drafted before hls reSlg-
nation. and made public today by the
treasury 1t Is the history al how the
American people paid billions N taxes,
raised four great liberty loans and created
IA tremendous pool nl credit with which
the treasury through I'll many war
agencies paid the bills OF the army and
navy. the shipping Board and other gov
ernmcnt departments, loaned billions to
the Allies and millions IL war industries
helped support the families oi soldiers
and sailors and tidCd farmers oyer periods
OF financial strlngcncV
The payment INTO the treasury OF
vast sums il war taNes and from bond
sales, sad Secretary Md Adoo, and
the transformation oi our varied and com
plcN economic HE to the supreme task al
winning the war have been accomplished
without shock or financial disturbance
l nc credit and business structure of the
nation remains sound and strong he
results OF the four liberty loans ere i
tribute to the PATRIOTISM Of the American
people and Is the economic strength at
the nation
@TCuNp LINE uF ptTtNsr
The report constitutes Secretary Me
Adoo'S final accounting of his steward
ship before retiring rs hc nation finance
minister Throughout The report MIR
NcAdo0 refers repeatedly I'd the remark
able achievements nf America 5 civilian
population IN providing the money and
materials fol war, and acting ~ the
eager second llnr of defense
Commenting on the showing 81 financial
arrangements IN great dctatl hN thu
document. treasury librarians recalled
that hc financial history 81 The civil " ST
l. hurcd IN grcht stack 81 mustN lcdect-
and probably never Will bc oiholAit
computed
Tor tho fifteen months ending last Iuny
80 Sceretar, Me Ndoo estimated hat tbr
actua cost 81 hc war. with allowances
for tho uo1ernmen ordinary expenses
m ORDINARY tunes, Amounted f. Si3.
80 000o0o \earl1 halt ~ thl~, nr ST.
a.0Qu nOo won't into permanent invest
lucnt~ ln tine form 1T -hlp~ mpNari-, War
vessels army camp~. bindings lud ~
leans il NIhcs ~ tn tmcrean war In
ol~tric@ uf the Year s expenses II 6
lcr cent came from taNatlnu
Iho civil establishment of the govern
1ucut during the lcr spcrI - .501 one
600 while the War Department sreut
6N4.U0, 000 and the navy Si..6> 600
oWl Tor support ot the army aIonr tho
government paid out ST. IT, 00O0ou
Tic naval expenditures included tho
construction of now vessels, machinery
armament. equipment and improvements
"a navy wards. Total ordinary dI~bur-c-
ments for the year amounted to SS.96b
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II Ie nFnrR1acd " rnAkc

,Iar u famuaf II * proreacd n make
.fc reception au elaborate lfur
announcement 1as fn9do II fhe fro
ntns ueefing thaf 'fe .arurans 80
ree.Ir u tuc Iuauo Chr 'ua gift
ron fhr Iada hrHaif9rs q ali bo
bought WITH nnd aed - ] hqle r.
coutlv t,id Isl HON ~ thr fifc h0nea u
1iltHn ay.ulr rcta lfurolu sttfft These
a1ve daugh'c nd sweetheart II III
member ~ ~ rnIrI.3ur did wonderful
work for he Rcd ftoe. md othrr p9trtatle
orgeuizaflou. ince ffe War started euI
thrr trr old'ur thrir organization FL
rc1dlura4 ri prv work fhr9 oan do tsr
tIc enrnruuutf. Ihr rnguo. whtrh 7il
bo plecci n M parlor If fe hrrhouro
nrxt ecs4 2lii lr tor lo uae af M Il en-
hrre of thc cnup8uv nnd ue shlr sd
friends u ho community
u -.
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More Paw (,r Shipworlcrs.

Whlc local establishments have not
hron on cialll udvisod i ie understood
that the Nat Ialor Boarl ha- granted
shipworkcrs III wards along tho lTla
ware river an increase ut ln per cont
\ protest Against tho ncrca@e ~ wae,"
ha4 been Sled vth thr War Labor isard
NV the ttIantl. Coast ~lnpbtuldcrs'
Neenclailnn
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SEVENTH STREET

ld~arl Conder railroad fireman 6ls East seventh street
This last winter working tho open and caught
cold IL my kidneys which caused hac " ie lamc Morn
when got np had ~ucI, PAIN across my kidue,- that
Gould hardly dress. Ittook about stragh.en
and pretty tad shape got i boN IF Doan~ kidney
Pills and they relieved back from he The> finally
rid N entirely Of this trouble
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w ALNIT STREET

Alrs I lyland son Walnut street says II catch an
cold settles back causing tIncness and
soreness my kidney have used Doan Kidney Pills
for this trouble and thev have ne relief a-
NAYS gad 70 tell people 81 tins medicine
March 6 lal6
Tn .uly -. 1915 Mrs HI Wand ~td IL IS with pleasure
llAi agan praise Do4ns dupg Pie For weak kidneys Or
lame lark have found any tlng hcr equal
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1Iinic ~ ncrnrmilins

Dr Iear er nf nm
IediraI College a UaH
erfhGtcdir afr, 4 fhc T1r's t. Ht
this afIo.uoot r#r hrt --
Z Ws aal fu d5i. rd rhl5reu at
tf1fu arq8reI sueontsi 8rt l
= tn thr slr, \rnt sf.r ttr e.iufo sa bcry
tf,ajrd IrN H-.H ~
a.gm n bc,r tron ai'I
effects af nfantic uarae 1nutstE
adal'= hop,grr a" tsteftrJ t-
shar ltr ,.3f Ire rau t n
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leather Men NJ Dinner.

The Ioremcns Chh - The Ncw
CASTE Leather 90 vii have = duue'
ncM TUESDAY evening "a the conpHnt
row lunch rou1n. az Eleventh and opiaf
streets
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Read These Wilmington Cases:
EIGHTH STREET

fhaodor Nfrch, o. West grEhtn ~r.r sss9 Il7-
peutiaa Llnt, Affected my kidneys lind ~. back
W. wears ago. rouiI hardly elimh yaa .nI hoth-
cred ap aer sitting The pans through uy sa,N
terrible My kidneys tcted frequently and bad
uP during he night this account losing much -ieep.
Hearing II Deans Kidney Pills ht t4>rg taon they
put my Kidneys IN good condition
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Maa Annlllor - ~

hc harlcs 'rpns ta
ed au -atir,lnv ro+ s-
til West rd .r 5r .etA
e fHc rnu wlo = r-eet-d ra- -t
# ~ hargo tgs,1' ~,
fcrdpv. hor, Asmy aa -i@,n
.ttt,r,0rf tnr Ea-r}
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VAN BIREN STREET

Edward AIctrlth Inspector, 62l south Van Furen
STOPPING much ears what
weakened kidneys and caused lame back toup
fcIi tired All the time and frequently WHEN Nas
a stopping position and tried to straighten almost
impossible Finally read Of Doan Kidney Pl and decided
try them ! couple boEes procured from the ilaimoa-o
Drug 60 ud Of this complaint haven been troubled
n this
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TENTH STREET

Mrs Thomas ~l.ve,ter -o3 I'll, Tenth street ,ass t
h.s oeen year boso- haae> p.l. cured
iackache Poore took Do.a- us back a.h,i almost
stau.ly ana when took rod ..rdd aaa- settled III fas
back Doans kanry Pills ,0etar haze r3 ot a tbeac
troubles Hud glad recommend them for shat
f'tcN have dome or Statement NtGsf 13, .ait
oD March ~ 1916. Alr> ~NIe-,er ~Hd "l haHen. had
kidney nedcu, since .as recommended D0sn's
ktqneV pills i.,l confident his medicine has
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LOWERING AVENUE

Mrs II Pnkerlon 1918 Invcrine avenue gave thr io-
o her with l)Lns Kidney Pills
March 2l Il have been troubled with
and aching across ny back Tins trouble frequently
brought by cold settling my kidneys Dnan- Kidney
Pills which huv 1t CapItaus Drug store always giet
prompt relief glad Of tho opportunity tins
dorsomeIt
on July % 1915 Mrs FlnEcrtol sad .sncc endorsing
Doans Kidney Pills 1915 have had further need Of
kidney remedy consider myself cured and Doan
credit
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lfSlFTN lnA


Nj Nctaaa renewed tie hRancnI
pr4ct4co- 81 the vcar. including thv tinat
lu., al short ttriu !. rtlacatc- q: indebted
l4.~~ H a.l, an s. IT cy,n IIi,eft1 Loan ~
nrev.rt TIC disturbing oi thc money
n.arl,ct ~ the loans and 10 ohtmn thc
money needed vt}c Treasury IN advance
ii lt.au rcccipt- lie s.tld the Nar savings
movement had resulted not ons ia
cath,rinc Ill S>&t,0o0 600 Tor var purposes
al - November IN II ha4 hrIp.d -
.v:tcI The American lfeoplc fhI'' aud
economy
This Wartime experiment ha~ hceu 81
stccc~s.ll. he commented tha, d IS
H0pcd Nar savings certificates viii hccome
continuing f,sltur. IA the nation s
lnancnc even after tho rc~torato IF
peace
The rcpor. explained al icngth that
feature uf the Treasury p3lleN IN dl~-
trIbuting the s>.l-l .o00.o0a rr,i.ts III
allies during the ycaT hae trc0 10 stabilize
foreign eXi.aures rates and alng th
dollar nearer par in Europeans onuntrt
hut did not mcntan ti.n specific net.
undertaken by the Treasury 10 accomplish
this Ia exchange for credits, Ir,.ncc gaNc
the | nl.ed States credit ia france Of
S631 .3-5. 900 for army purchases Gr,at
Pritain established similar cIadts u
Sll5. 5.6S3.090 and ltaiy. SIS $1,000
Turning the enormous tah1 q collect
ing s3.694.6Io 900 III ta>es during til.
last fiscal year, or more than four Times
tfs record collection OF the wear previous,
The Secretary emphasized that this had
becn accomplished largely through tie
cooneratIon of business interests Hnd
individual taX payers
LARGEST TAT EVER COLLECIFn.
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For Her
Writing De SIX

Writing paper Of super1ne
snsnty is always acceptable as &
m 70 women Of good taste
Christmas writing papers have
ben selected with discriulna-
ea~A. Correspondence cards.
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Ynutrv sn Fvory Fvon'nc vont adv
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-04

You can select something 10
her taste from our fresh assort-
nent OF Huylers Belle Mead
Sweets, Whitmans and Lowney's
the finest we've ever had at
Christmas
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Is
During the fiscal year 1918, SAID the
fcport. the bureau Of Internal Rcycuu
Has been able to collect the largest tax
a.er collected by any country, an amount
wh..Ii represents Il larger proportion OF
ta nation war buget than any other
trIiIaerrnt engaged in the present war has
been shlc 70 defray from tax revenues
r3f would-be tay dodger- tile revenue
iHi,reaa now cxDectcd to collect seTeral
hundred million dollars additional taxes
toucar9Hg the tremendous part plaged
y, thC c,iefal reserve system dETUuE the
War. Secretary Nc tdoo bad this to oay
hc Fcdcrai reserve system has per
uIttcd the enormous Transactions con
Iectcd with the financing of he WaT to
i.a carried through without ~hock OF dis
turbance aHd - services viii pot lc less
up"r' ~ II fhc government and to
the nation tacIltafng the read
ucnt from 8 naI ISIS ~ pence lasI,
.,nd IL assist and foster thereafter the de
Ncopt4Uut oi agriculture. Industry and
cor4mercc under normal peace conditions
Mr. McAdoo dealt st length with the
accomplishments Of the War Risk lns,u-
auce Bureau which has built up an or
aanizdti0n of fourteen thousand cmpl0&
IL, necessary for the issuance of about
million checis every month to soldiers or
their dependents for alIotments. allow
ances, disability compensation and in
surAnce
III i certainly one Of the greatest
business enterprises in the world, he
said. "and indubitaalv the largest life
concern ~ the globe. having nearly S3b,
900 coo 900 of life Insurance II force"
LIBERTY LOAN CONVERSIONS.
The report dlscIoses that Liberty Loan
conversions have been made as follows.
First Liberty Loan 3 per cent Eonds
exchanged for per cent hoHds. S5Ge-
32G 600. first Liberty oan : and lis
exchanged for III, SlN3 500 900 second
Liberty Loan Is exchanged Tor 11's.
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600, 600 and ordinary receipts, excluding
money received from Liberty Loans,
amounted to Si,l74 00O, 900, Loans 10
Allies during the year amounted 10
81, 7.t9. 900 000 additional
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tsuut ~ pcr cont ii thcs, applications
ucrc dl~approvcd SAID the report and
these were mostly ot 4 character IN
volving now extensions which would not
II, conjrlLuterY ~ tic winning y the war
fhc prevention es approximately >lfo.-
600 600 i. ,inu,ec->ar, ISSUES Winch could
i, postponed VA tn linportant eon.rIa.
tlnn ia the conservation nI the nation j.
resources.
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croft. Bill had refused to commit
himself positively to a date for the
eastern pilgrimage. He wanted to see
the cabin again. For that matter she
did, too-so that their sojourn there
did not carry them over another win
ter.
From Ashcroft an auto stage whirled
them swiftly into the heart of the
Carjboo country-to Quesnelle, where
Bill purchased four head of horses in
IN afternoon, packed, saddled, and hit
the trail at daylight in the morning.
The vanguard of the land hungry
had already penetrated to Fort George.
, Up and down the Nachaco valley, and
bordering upon the Fraser, were the
cabins of the pre-emptors. The roads
were dotted with the teams of the
incoming. A stable town had sprung
up around the old trading post.
"They come Nike bees when the rush
starts" Bill remarked.
Leaving Fort George behind, they
bore across country toward Pine river.
Here and there certain landmarks,
craven ucep III 1dnel IeSolleGllon,
uprose to claim her attention. And
one evening at sunset they rode up to
! the little cabin, all forlorn in its clear
ing.
Inside, a gray film of dust had &C
icumulated on everything, and the
rooms were oppressive with the musty
odors that gather In a closed, unten-
anted house. But apart from that 1t
stood as they lad left 1t thirteen
months before. No foot had crossed
the threshold. The pile OF wood and
hndling lay beside the fireplace as
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He bestowed a bearlike hug upon
per.
"Now what? she asked "It hardly
seems real to pick up several thou
sand dollars In half an hour or so like
This. What will we do?"
"Do? Why, bless your dear SOUL"
he laughed. "We1l just consider our
selves extra lucky, and keep right on
with the game till the high water
makes us quit"
Which was a contingency nearer at
hand than even Bill, with first-hand
knowledge OF the North's vagaries in
the way of flood, quite anticipated.
Three days after the finding of the
pocket the whole floor of the creek
was awash. His rocker went down.
stream overnight. When Bill saw
that he rolled himself a cigarette, and,
putting one long arm across his wife's
shoulders, said. whimsically:
"What d'you say we start homer"
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clutter before them. Tugs and
launches puffed by, about their harbor
traffic. A ferry clustered black with
people hurried across the inlet. But
even above the harbor noises. across
the intervening distance they could
hear the vibrant hum of the indus
trial hive.
She had no regrets when Bill con-
fined their stay to the time necessary
to turn his gold into a bank account,
and allow her 10 buy trunkful, more
or less, of pretty clothes. Then they
bore on eastward and halted art Ash
Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-03-07
CHAPTER XIII.
The Stress OF the Trail.

Roaring Bill dumped his second pack
on the summit of the Klappan, and
: looked away to where the valley that
opened out of the basin showed its
blurred hollow in the distance. But
he uttered no useless regrets. With
horses they could have ridden south
through rolling country, where every
stretch of timber gave on a grass
grown level. Instead they were forced
back over the rugged route by which
they had crossed the range the sum-
mer before. Grub, bedding, furs and
gold totaled two hundred pounds. On
his sturdy shoulders Bill could pack
half that weight. For his wife the
thing was a physical impossibility,
even had he permitted her to try.
Hence every mile advanced meant that
he doubled the distance, relaying from
one camp to the next. They cut their
bedding to a blanket apiece, and that
was Hazel's load-all he would allow
her to carry.
+ You're no pack mule, little person."
he would say. 'It don't hurt me. I've
done this for years."
D0L SFCh Will
and endurance, it was killing work to
Duck those ragged slopes with heavy
load. Only by terrible, unremitting eff
fort could he advance any appreciable
distance. They were footsore, and
their bodies ached with WEAKNESS that
,verged on pain when they gained the
pass that cut the summit of the Klap-
pan range.
"Wen, we're over the hump" Bill re-
marked thankfully. Its a downhill
shoot to the Skeena. don't think It's
more than fifty or sixty miles to where
we can take to the water"
They made better time on the west
,ern slope, but the journey became a
matter of sheer endurance. Food was
iscanty-fiour and salt and tea; with
meat and fish got by the way. And
the black flies and mosquitoes
tswarmed about them maddeningly day
and night.
So they came at last to the Skeena,
land Hazeps heart misgave her when
she took note of its sWirling reaches,
the sinuous eddies-a deep, swift,
treacherOuS stream. But Bill rested
overnight, and in the morning sought
and felled a stable cedar, and began
ITO hew Slowly the thick trunk
shaped itself to the form of boat
under the steady swing of his ak.
In week it was finished. They
loaded the sack of gold, the bundle of
furS, their meager camp outfit amid
ships, and swung off into the stream.
The Skeena drops fifteen hundred
feet in a hundred miles. Wherefore
there are rapids, boiling stretches of
white water in which many a good
icanoe has come to grief. Some of
these they ran at imminent peril. Over
the worst they lined the canoe from
the bank. And in the second week
pf July they brought up at the head
of Kispiox Canon. Hazelton lay a few
miles below. But the Kispiox stayed
them, a sluice box cut through old
stone, in which the waters ragged with
a deafening roar. No man ventured
into that wild gorge. They abandoned
the dugout. Bill slun@ the sack of
gold and the bale of flu ON his back.
''It's the last lap, Hazel" said he
"We'n leave the rest of it for the first
sSiwash that happens along"
So they set out bravely to trudge
the remaining distance. And as the
fortunes Of the trail sometimes be.
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He weighed 1t In his palm, scruti-
!R1zed IT closely, turning it over and
DIVER Then he took out his knife and
scratched the rusty surface vigorously
flor a few minutes.
bunny stone"
I He held 1t out for her inspection.
lThe blade of the knife had left a dull
Iyefiow scar.
"Ohl'' she gasped. "Why-it's
lEotdr'
/. cit is, woman" he detained, with
mock solemnity. "Gold - glittering
Ixoldi
"Say, where did you find this?" he
asked when Hazel stared at the mug
IEet, dumb in the face of this unex-
Etected stroke of fortune
'tJust around the second BEND she
leried. "Oh, Bill, do you suppose
there's any more there?"
LEAD me to it with my trusty pan
and shovel, and Wen see," Bill smiled.
Forthwith they set out. The over
hanging boulder was a scant ten min
swtes' walk up the creek.
+ Within five minutes his fingers
brought to light second lump, double
hhe size of her find. Close upon that
he winnoWed a third. Hazel leaned
tsver him, breathless. At last he
Reached bottom. The boulder thrust
isut below in a natural shelf From
This Bill carefully scraped the accumu-
1ation of black sand and gravel, CLEAN
ling as a result Of his labor a bakers
dozen of assorted chunks one giant
THAT must have weighed three pounds.
He sat back on his launches, and
looked at his wife, speeches..
SIS that truly all gold, Bill?'' she
whispered incredulously.
"It certainly is-as good gold as ever
went into the mint" he assured. CAT
laid in nice little nest on this shelf
isf rock That's a real, honest pocket.
And well-lined one, if you ask me-"
"My goodness T. she murmured.
There might be wagonloads of it in
. this creek"
There might, but it isn't likely"
Bill shook his head. "This is a simon
pure pocket, and it would keep grad
mate mineralogist guessing to say how
t got here, because it's a differen1
proposition from the wash gold in the
creek bed It's rich placer ground
int that-but this pockets almost m,
believable. Must be forty pounds Of
xoYd there. And you found it. You're
khe original mascot, little person"
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Biii nau placed it the morning they
left.
ABE 1t ever so humble,-v Bill left
the Rne Of the old song unfinished, but
his tone was full of jubllation. Be
tween them they threw wide every
door and window. The cool evening
wind filled the place with sweet. pine
scented air. Then Bill started blaze
roaring In the black-mouthed fireplace
to make 1t look natural he said,
and went out to hobble his horses for
the night.
In the morning they began to I'M
pack their household goods. Rugs and
bearskins found each it's accustomed
place upon the floor. His books went
back on the shelves. With magical
swiftness the cabin resumed its old
home atmosphere. And that night Bill
stretched himself on the grizzly hide
before the fireplace, and kept his nose
in book until Hazel, who was In no
humor to read. fretted herself into
something approaching a temper.
You're about as sociable as clam,v
she broke into his absorption at last.
He looked up in surprise, then
chucked the volume carelessly aside,
and twisted himself around till his
head rested Ia her lap.
"Vot iss?" he asked cheerfully.
"Lonesome2 Bored with yourseIf2
Amt / here2 Surely you don't feel
yourself neglected because I happen
to have my nose stuck In a book7"
"Of course not - she denied vigor-
Ously. The childish absurdity of her
attitude struck her with sudden force.
"Still, I'd like you to talk to me once
in a while"
Bits eyes narrowed a trifie, but be
still smiled. And suddenly he stepped
around behind her chair, put both
hands under her chin, and tilted her
head backward.
"Ah, you're plumb sick and tired to
death of everything. aren't your he
said soberly. you've been up here
too long. You sure need a change.
I'll have to take you out and give you
the freedom of the cities, let you dis
sipate and pink-tea, and rub elbows
with the mob for a while. Then you'll
he glad to drift back to this woodsy
hiding place of ours. When do You
want to start?"
"Why, Bill !" she protested.
But she realized in flash that Bill
could read her better than she could
read herself. Few of her emotions
could remain long hidden from that
keenly observing and mercilessly log
ical mind. She knew that he guessed
where she stood, and by what paths
she had gotten there. Trust him to
know. And 1t made her very tender
toward him that he was so quick to
understand. Most men would have
resented.
81 want to stack few tons of hay"
he went on, dlsregarding her exclama-
ton. "Tll need 1t in the spring, IL not
this winter. Soon as that's done We'll
hit the high spots. Wen take three
or four thousand dollars, and while Ii
lasts Wen be a couple of-of high
class tramps. Huh7 Does 1t sound
goodY