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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-01-23
SAVE $4,000 A YEAR,
Fiscal Court Finds Owning Tru.a,
VIII he Good Investment.

Among other matters before the FL
cal Court In session here last Thu.-
day. the proposition OF buying a frn.s
for the county was considered resnlr
Ing In the court being convinced th.,
IL would b. "A splendid investment ~
own one. In round numbers. AZ CO.,
the county last year $4,000 10 MAJ.
repair on bridges. culverfs and do "a,
Jobs in general ON the county roass
N was figured that by owning N trucl
with which 20 do this hauling. carr
tools etc. and the employment :,
three competent mcn-insfead Of ~
nS heretOfOrc-all this work can ~
done for less than $1,000. For the SAL.
Of argument. the men were figured :,
the excessive wages Of 500 each no.
day and truck up-keep M $50 a month
and the men kept steadily emplovel
eight months In the year These figures
a. any school boy can readily see. win
result In "a saving 10 the TAXPAYERS az
around $1,000 year: and the chances
are the jobs will be- better done. as
men doing one particular line OF work
become more efficient than a. men
each doing one repair job a year. A
committee Of the entire court viii look
after purchasing the truck. bur 4,
must not cost To exceed $500. The
truck viii also be- handy for carrying
fuel and supplies 20 the tractor grader
outfit
The court also authorized a com
mittec composed of Esq Harmon Shaw
and : NJ. Pewitt 10 buy team. NOT
a. exceed $500 % be- used ON the conn
~ farm and FOR such other purposes
n the county'~ need might require.
The prime object in owning a team l.
% use II In raising produce on the
county farm. which will tend To make.
the colony out there something like
elf-susfaiuiug as regards food.
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OBITUARY.

Walter Jackson Oliver. son Of +. ].
and Emma oliver. was born October
2. 1856 Was converted under the min
isfry Of Rev. X. VI. Walker and joined
the Methodist church al Ebenezer, in
which relation he remained until
death. On December "a 1916 ne was
married 10 Miss Mabel Chambers. and
this union proved 10 be one Of old
fashioned true love. and two more
congenial spirits were seldom met.
Scarcely had the boat been launched
on life's ocean bearing these two
faithful lovers. the vista Of time loom
ed up brightly on life's horis0n, but
alas In our dreams we awoke and read
HE cometh forth like "A flower and Is
cut down: he fieeth also as a shadow
and cOntinueth not"
Bro. Oliver contracted double pneu-
monia January II. and on January Is.
1919 he departed this life. Age 30
years. 3 months and - days
He leaves a young wife. aged father.
five sisters and one brother who mourn
their irrcparable loss. We laid his
body 10 rest in Ebcnezer cemetery be-
side his sainted mother. there 10 await
the resurrection morn.
Witt Il. Holley. Pastor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-01-23

n. &. New Electric Hosting Device
Started up Yesterday.

The first truck load OF corn came on
the boat and up the incline into the
new ". @. a St l. Ry. grain ware
house yesterday at 80. This con-
summaries a project that was started
over a year ago. and Is now In success
full operation
Two tracks run down the incline
from the warehouse 20 the river. and
on these tracks are trucks which are
drawn by an electric motor. Whether
the river be high or low makes no diff
ference. the cables being adjustable
10 requires pa minutes, on the present
stage. for n truck 20 come from the
water To the warehouse. and each truck
carries 90 or more bushels OF corn al
a time. The warehouse n situated 50
that corn may be truckcd straight
through into cars OF stored I'm the
building. This will be especially al
vanfageous when there Il a car short
age. a. boats may 90 right ahead and
not have 10 wait for cars. The con
yenience. too, Of handling corn here
will make Hickman more attractive %
shippers and bring grain here that has
formerly gone 10 other points. Local
buyers are delighted with the new pro
tect, as IL II a great labor-saver. con
sequently cutting the expense of hand
ling stuff.
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CAYCE NEWS.
Interesting Items by the Courier's
Special Correspondent.

Miss Iora II. Tucker has come home
She has been visiting her sister in St
.Louis.-Mrs. Henry Burnes went TO
Jackson Wednesday and returned
Thursday.-Mr Mary Whipkey left
Tuesday for her home in Charleston
Miss.-Willie Miner. who has been
home on furloush. returned TO his
camp. Friday Hugh Cruce Is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Burns
Mrs Mary Campbell came Sunday
from Missouri 10 visit her father and
family who are very sick with the flu
Mrs. Irene BranSfOrd and son Rich
ard have the fiu-Miss Ethel Andcr-
son Of Brill. Is visiting her sister.
Miss Jessie Campbell.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Tyler spent Sunday with Mrs.
Bettie Williams.-Mr. and Mrs. John
Warden are recovering from an attack
Of the hu--Mrs. Annie Zimmerman
and Miss Pearl Johnson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mitchell spent Sunday with Mrs. Eta
Mailing was large crowd
from here attended the funeral Of
Walter oliver at Ebcnezer Monday
Mr.. Joe Mailing spent a few days with
home folks this week.-Mrs. Ella Nay
Tor of 81. Louis visited relatives here
this week--Mary Lou wilkins who has
been spending "A few weeks here with
relative returned home MOndsv.-
Miss Tenia Griney is staying with
Misses ollie Richardson and ora
Nnylor
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH.


(Services at Court House,
We are planning 10 make this the
last regular service al the court house
and the best one. At 80 we begin
Sunday school and Geo. l. Snively
viii give an illustrated lecture 10 the
whole school instead Of the regular
study period. This will be highly in
teresting to young and old alike. Last
Sunday there were los present and
nearly everyone on time This was a
fine attendance when we consider how
many of our faithful ones were kept
away on account of sickness. The wO-
wen still are little ahead IN the con
test but the men are just beginning 10
wake up. Morning sermon At 10 80
by Bro. Snively. "A Soldiers Farewell"
The court house should be filled for
this sermon. His night sermon will
be. Unseen But Real" Everyone f.
cordially invited To these services
T. L. Miley.
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ROPER DISTRICT NEWS.

Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Treas attended
the burial Of her uncle. Walter Oliver.
at Ebenezer church MOnday-Miss
Jessie SlOan and brother John were In
Cayce Saturday. and Mrs. w W.
Preueft attended the burial Of Mrs.
Harvey Preuetf at Salem church Tues
day. She died Monday AZ their home
near Martin. Tenn. of heart trouble.
following an attack Of influenza Mrs.
Preueft is survived by her hus-
band and four small shildren. the
youngest just two months old. besides
q large number of relatives and friends
to mourn her death.-Miss Allie
Thomas Of Cayce spent Friday night
and Saturday with Mrs. j. T. Thomas
and family.-Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Treas and sons visited In Cayce Sun
day.-Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Sloan and
little son. William Chester. spent sat
urday night and Sunday with her pa
rents w. w Preuett and wife-Mr
and Mrs w. J. Fields and son james.
went 10 Marissa, ILL., Sunday to Mt
tend the funeral and burial Of Mrs
Fields niece. Miss Willie Mitchell. the
Dnly child of Mr.. and Mrs Louis
Dutch Bondurant has
been very sick with erysipelas on his
face. but is some better at this writ
ng--W. w. Preuett spent Thursday
night and Friday with his brother.
- Preuett near Union Cify-Mr and
Mrs. John Rankin were In Hickman
friday.-Miss Rubye Norman. of Full
on, took charge of Roper school Mon
lay To finish the unexpired term of
Hiss Lee Ella Lowe, who resigned on |
recount Of illness
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II. L. BRADLEY
Following are Cases Of Interest Tried
Since Last Report

Clarence Terrell. colOred. charged
with perjury. dismissed The warrant
charged him with trying Ia obtain a
license 20 wed "A girl under n Ben
Underwood was also arrested In con
nectiOn with the same charge. but II
developed Ben had not been under
GA IN and was released
Miss LOWE Smith. breach Of the
peace. failed 10 plead and was fined
S1i.
Since last September Judge Stair
has assessed fines I'm the Quarterly
court amounting To $3.50. Costs Of
court were extra and that amount OF
money was turned over o. the state.
ON this basis. the court assesses around
$500 a year I'm fines
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Lid GOES OFF.
On Coal and Coke Regulations and
Prices February LIST.

Col. c. T. Walker. chairman of the
Fulton County Fuel Board. advises us
that restrictions and price regulations
ON coal and coke are 20 b. removed
after February LIST. He Is I'm receipt
of the following wOrded telegram
~Dr. Garfield announced today that
all Zone and price regulations on coke
and coal except Pennsylvania Anfhra-
cite. will be suspended February LIST.
This refers 10 mine prices, wholesal-
er's margins purchasing agents com
missions and retail margins and prices
Notify County Fuel Committee and
give widest publicity"
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Finest record OF all was made last
Sunday. II would do you good 10 SEE
the spledid attendance at the church
services and at the Sunday school.
Did you say you wern't theref Well
you must have been sick then. for Ger
tainiy anyone I'm good health would
not miss such a meeting. Then. the
prayer meeting. how good To have such
splendid interest Come once and get
the habit. Preaching next Sunday nj
III n m and y. m Sunday school at
DAD "a MI. NJ. Grain. Pastor.
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IL. c. Bondurunt is stili very low.

]. ]. c. Bondurant Is still very low.
For Rent: have nice rooms for
rent in good location Price reason
able.-Miss Jessie Outten-
The river has dropped rapidly in
the past week. falling fully 10 feet
since reaching the Al foot stage.
y. L. Davy, for 10 years timber
guager at the Mengel factory. IL dan
gerously IN at his home I'm West HicIS-
man He has pneumonia
Misses Carmen Collins and Esther
Patrick. of Milan. Tenn. were the
guests Tuesday and "Wednesday OF
Mrs. J. O. West, also attending the
dance Tuesday evening.
Up 10 yesterday County Clerk Hen
~ had issued a total Of PSI dog licens-
es In this county. According TO the
records there are still something over
600 dogs that have not had license
fees paid on them
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-01-23

Faster comes late this year-April
10th.
Jess Thompson. Of Portageville. Mo-.
was here Tuesday and "Wednesday.
the guest Of Miss Carrie Mae Reid.
attending the dance Tuesday night
Dempsey Ringo. Of Clinton. ChaS.
Moss and Fred Mcvedy. of Union City.
Wayne Ester. Charles Lavender. and
Clagett Martin. Of Martin. Tenn. Jack
Murphy and Dudley Brand. OF Fulton.
attended the dance here Tuesday.
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New Bingham Dresses. large plaids.
button trimmed and well made. Spe-
cial at $3.3S at Dobsons
Birley Lamastus arrived home yes
terday, after receiving an honorable
discharge from the service at Camp
Mcclellan. Ala He handled live
stock for the Field Artillery and his
captain says he was Al. Biriey Is a
son Of H. Lamastus.
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SCHOOL NOTES.
Interesting School Items by Miss
Virginia Luten. Co. Supt.

Miss Elizabeth Glenn. who has just
finished "A very successful school term
AT Taylor. will begin teaching at Bon
durant on Monday. the 27th-
The Department of Education at
Frankfort l. sending out TO all teach
ers agricultural bulletins and instrHc-,
tions regarding the examination on
the subjccture Of agriculture As qucs-
tions have been asked concerning the
bulletin recently sent out by the West
ern Normal. we again make mention
of the fact that the term rural school,
applies to all graded and county
schools. As the matter now stands
the teachers In all the larger graded
schools over the state will be required
10 take this examination in agricul-
ture. Should "A different ruling be
made AT Frankfort before the May ex-
aminations. the teachers interested
viii be notified.
Mr. J. Virgil Chapman. State Super
visor of Rural Schools, will visit some
Of our schools in the near future.
FREE-A large jar Of Jap Rose cold
Cream with each zoe box of Jap Rose
Face Powder-at Dobson's.
Me locust, Of Memphis, clerk Of the
Ferd Herold. was here "Wednesday on
business. going from here 10 Upton
vile.
The dance given on Tuesday evening
az the Elks Club was enjoyed by
large number of the young and mar
ried people. with n large number Of
out of town guests present. The music
was furnished by the Imperial orches-
ira, cOlored band. OF Cairo.
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The Following Licenses Have Been
Issued BY County Clerk Henry.

Jan. 16-J. II. Hutchens. age 40. and
Mrs. Cynthia Lowery Allen. 80. of Full
ton. Both have been married before.
The groom Is a farmer.
Jan. 20-Rubin Singleton. 20. son Of
q. l.. Singleton. and Mrs. Mary Har-
ris. n. daughter Of - Dunlop. Both
OF Hickman. Groom's occupation. Ia
borer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-01-23

Better Cigars.-Hickman Drug Co
Wire fence anchors for sale at Bet.
tersworth'A
Get Loose-wiles crackers and cakes
at Betfersworth'a
Paul Walker. of Ridgely. Tenn. was
here Tuesday and Wednesday.
Miss Heftie Williams went 10 Tin
tonville on a short visit "Wednesday
Mr.. Webb. OF Bardwell. Court stem
cgrapher' Is here this week attending
court
Mrs H. f. Prather received a cable
gram yesterday from her huxba nd.
Capt. H. f. Prather. stating thai 10
has been ordered home.
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SPLENDID YEAR.
II. Paui's Church in Fine Condition
Nestrymen Elected

At the annual of 81. Paul's Episco-
pal church I'm this city Tuesday even
ing. reports from the various orsaniza-
lions Of the parish show that the year
1918 was the best in the history Of the
parish. since its founding by the Rev.
y. y. Cowgirl in 1913. Rev. W T.
Rennenberg. Rector. and his co-workers
are to be congratulated upon this
splendid showing.
The following were elected members
Of the Nestry for the year 1919;
H. y Cowgirl.
r. r. Swayne.
II. NJ. Isler.
A. J. Hunzikcr-
D. X. Ellison
j. II. Miilct.
Chns. T. Travis.
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Mrs. e. s. Patterson received word
this morning that her brother. J. a.
Taylor. at Iaducah. has only Few
hours 20 live He has cancer 81 the
liver.
Charles Parham and Adrian Taylor
returned 20 Louisville Tuesday after
ten days business trip here with the
Meneel Box Company.
J. T. Stephens and wife and Miss
Julia Jackson attended the funeral
and burial Of their neice. Miss Birdie
Murphey, In Union City yesterday.
c. l.. Walker was In Union City Mon
day.
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WEATHER REPORT.

Unsettled today. probably rain
Friday colder and cloudy.
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Ask DR. \. o. Longnecker.
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Mr.. J. Virgil Chapman. State Super
visor of Rural Schools. will visit some
Of our schools in the near future.
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FREE-A large jar Of Jap Rose cold
Cream with each zoe box of Jap Rose
Pace Powdcr-at DobsOn's.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-02

ter was running eioss 70 ths staun
house.
slSs saw wooster standias ~. eaI-
cuIating the diseance u ttnoe. per-
haps. before thu new station would 50.
She hailed Wooster. Ruin We pre-
saged in the lines Of his forehead.
pretty bad1" she efied.
He shook his head.
"Is Tom backr
Hes over there. now. Fighting Ike
all possessed. Hen work TN he
drops" Wooster was proud Of that
method.
I'VE all know Toml' Her pride
sprang up. "But he's got to stop for
a while. I'm going up after him."
mot II my names Wooster. I'll 50.
He'll mind me"
She watched the flowing river. swol-
len with wreckaee. She saw. with
comprehension. = section Of q fence
somebody's crop gone. There was .
railway tie, another! The river was
eating up. Estrnda's new roadbedf A
cry broke from her as q mesquit on
the coffee-coloFed tide caught on q
buried snag. The current swirled dan
gerously around 1t. Instantly, the wa
ter rose toward the top Of the levee'
Men came running to pry away the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-02

"Who is In charge heref" woman's
voice was piercing the racket Of wind
and wave.
The dawn was breaking. Down the
New river he could see the wind whip
ping the water into whitecapped fury.
"Vicious," he muttered. Those heavy
waves play the Old Harry with the
levee."
"Where' Is my brotherf"
Miss Hardini" cried Silent.
"Where Is her demanded Innes.
Her hair streamed away from her face.
Her cheeks were blanched. Her yellow
eyes, peering into the dusk. looked
owlish. Her wind-spanked skirts chung
to her limbs. To Silent she looked
boyish. as though clipped and trou-
sered. "where Ia my brotheri" she re-
peated.
Silent told her without reservations
where he had gone and why. There
was no feminine fo0lishness about
that sister Of Hardlp's. A chip Of the
cid block. Funny. the men all thought
Of her as Hardin's daughter on &C.
count of the difference Of age. AZ to
| a comrade. proudly. he Dragged Of the
| taking Of the dynamite over that road
| less waste.
~Whom did he leave IN his placer
Silent knew. only. that he himself
was not in charged Hardin had or
derod him to bed.
maybe Mr.. Estradar che haz
arded.
"He h not here. he went down thu
road to look after the track. Hardin
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-02
CHAPTER XVII.


The Passing o. the Waters.
Babcock came vnshing down from
Los Angeles that morning to zee what
In thunder It was all about. He asked
every one he met why some one didn't
get busy and stop the cutting back Of
that river2 There was no one at the
ofices of the company to report to
him! Why, the building was desert
ed. Ogilvie's letters had prophesied
ruin. It all looked wrong to him. Co
ing on to the levee, he met MacLean.
Jr., who was coming away. The boy
told him vaguely that he would md
Richard around there. somewhere.
'r1l hunt him up for you"
sWhy, they are letting 1t get ahead
of themw Babcock's manner sug-
gested that he was aggrieved that such
carelessness to his revered company
should go unpunished. Something. he
told MacLean, might have been done
before the situation got a. bad a.
thisi
His excited stride carried him
across the dividing ditch, which now
was carrying no water. into Nexicali.
MacLean had to lengthen his step to
keep pace with him. The havoc done
to the Mexican village excited Bah.
cock still more.
: Estrada. just in from his submerged
tracks. was lounging against an adobe
wall. His pensiye gaze was turned
upstream. The posture Of exhaustiou
suggested laxiness to Babcock, whc
was on the hunt for responsibility. He
was more than ever convinced that
the right thing was not being done.
Estrada"
Estrada took his eyes from the river
Babcock looked like swapping ter
rier taking the ditch at q bound Mac
Lean. Jr.. 1.-THE greyhound. followed
"What the devil are you doing b
| stop thisr' A nervous hand indicated
| the Mexican station cleaning In II
fresh coat Of paint; to the muddy Va
| ter undermining its foundation.
Estrada drew . cigarette out 81 hil
lpocket; lighted It before ansWering.
~Not Z thing. What do you sue
gestr'
a biz wavs 'struck IL bank n,
CIR on III siding tremb1ed. 2
sAnothQ wavo uks TIT an IL
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t he RIVER
WITH HARDIN GONE, HIS AIDS DIs0RGANIzED, WHAT
WILL RICHARD SAY7 INNEs ACTS TO SAVE
HER BROTHERS. FACE
HER BROTHERS FACE.

synopsis-K engineer Of the Overland facinc.
the OF the Cooraoo M
in which Thomas Hardin head Oh Tue
failed Richard foresees
who student under MN In an
college, Holiness with whom kKard once
the offices at Caiexco
finds the engineers him. He meets MI
and Hardin the formers half sister nnes
against supplaning her brother Hadn dS
planning eee to protect Caeco ana puts
Gery thinks her husband jealous Gerry
progressive ride In MS
work the vee and ordered by Marsna
fighting Hardins pet project
the midst Of Gery Hardns
despite terrific wind and dust Storm
wanted the
levee
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-02

tree. A minute later, It was dalcing
down the stream They raised the
bank against the pressing laE4ing
waves There. the. tree e had stick
again. They ran down the levee th
their lohs poles. Each time that hP-
pened, unless the obstruction wee
swiftly dislodged. she knew It meat
an artificial fan scmewhere. a quik
securing out Of the channel. The mn
were working IKE silent parts Of Is
machine; the confusion Of the M
night was gone. From their faces ole
would not suen that their forsune
their homes eune on ne sopou'ns
that indom1tobie 1oree wnlcn nao q
yet knoWn defeat which nao tufn9
back explorer ana cqnQuisfaook
tho9o WDe IL lufklnG fo9r q ~ ~
tory I'm ~ q ~ upqles - ~
eolunQ Woe e!on
- ~ opo1k }eo& ~
~ H eQavD ~ 49, ~ q ~
cpof1s q 'onou :
sa6 WQo2 ~ - - =
who won't 1T 1ooE Duf>eoe Els2
~Casey. Goyg hem ns1a sone g
else. ! aid - NOBODY el9e'u
Hardin stops h snao - - - :
% Hardin. y
| OF eourps, - woglonv iet weo
sol =.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1919-05-02
When the Colorado
Burst Is Banks and
Flooded the Imperial
Valley Of California 70

She took the road by the railroad
sheds, to avoid the dismissed shifts.
moving downward. At full speed, she
collided with man. rounding the
sheds corner. 1t was Richard. Her
veil had slipped to her shoulders ana
he saw her face.
"Miss Hardinw he exclaimed.
"Whatever are you doing herer
II was looking for my brother.
"You ought not to be out at night
alone here"
Its morning!"
with every Indian in the country
coming in. I'll send Parrish with
you" tf
She recognized Parrish behind him.
She tried to tell him. that she knew
every Indian In Mexicali. every Mexi-
can in the twin towns. but he would
not listen to her. I'm not going to let
you 60 home alone" ~
She blinked rebellion at the sup
planter of her brother. But she found
herself following Parrish. She took a
deep pride in her independence. her
fearlessness. Tom let her go where
she liked. She had an impulse to dis
miss Parrish; every man was needed.
but he would obey Richards orders
MacLean had told her that! 'They
don't like him. but they mind him!"
Richard made his way down to the
levee. "where il Hardinf" he asked
of every one he met. Silent came W
to explain that Hardin had gone up tG
Fassett's Just q few minutes ago t.
carry dynamite. The river was cut
ting back there. Good" cried Rick
ard. ''that's bullyi"
HE left me In charge" glibly lice
the friend Of Hardin. ANY orders
sir?"
Things are going all right3' begar
the manager. He stopped. From
above came q dull roar.
Dynamite r. cried Richard.
The friend of Hardin had nothing
to say. II thought you said he wen
only q few minutes ago1" demanded
his chief.
There was another defamation. Dow
the river came the booming Of the sec
ond charge.
that's dynamite for sure" evade'
Silent.
| ~Not q minute too soonI" declares
Richard. going back to his inspection