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doubtful If they could have gotten by
the fortified Adlon or the machine gun
nests on the Brandenburger Thor IL
they had tried.
Another current piece of gossip
among the excited wives Of corre-
spondents and others was the thriller
that the Spartacans had marked the
houses and homes they intended to
plunder OF course the Adlon Hotel
and the German government troops
guarding the place had 1t all fixed up
to go over and join the spartacans
with: evident intent of splitting on a
ffty.Afty basis all spoils that were
annexed. I..,s' t..',
Meantime, during at least two
weeks. there was pandemonium.
Machine guns could, be heard sput.
tering around our headquarters. and
occasional artillery. pieces would boom
out In tho night. The combatants used
tanks; aeroplanes, gas and liquid Are
in some Of their encounters. There
were about 900 dead, and the casual.
ties totaied 1900. - r., s.>
.,,f:.. +.+.* =, ;.1.. /.
One; day we ware attracted to our
windows by the sight Of about 100
captured spartacans being marched,
under guard, in Unter den Linden,
through the Brandenburger Thor. ev-
identity to Moabit prison. It was later
told by some American correspondents
that these Spartacans were marched
into machine gun fire and shot dead.
The German government, however. de-
MED to correspondents that this had
happened. ,....
Except for the carrying on of neces-
sary business, we wisely did not go
out much, being under strict orders
to remain in our headquarters. and
we were allowed to 60 about only
with permission and for important
business.
Some difficulties were experienced
by our enlisted man chauffeurs in
hauling rcommissary supplies or IN
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Not since you-you have been--gro""
up"
perhaps that's true" answered Bill
lina thoughtfully. But II Nansas
farmer sold me to some one VIVA.
wou,d he call me-a hen or chicken!
you are not Kansas farmer D
lina." replied the girl. "ano w"
Said"
Never mind that. Dorothy. I'm go
ing. l won't say goodbye because
I'm coming back. Keep up your co"'
age, for I'll see you little later
Then Billina gave several lou"
"cluck- -clucks" that seemed to make
the fat little King more nervous ''""
ever. and marched through the en-
trance into the enchanted paiace'
IT hope I've seen the last OF tha'
bird" declared the monarch sea''"s
himself again in his throne ana mop
ping the perspiration from MS lo'e-
head with his rock-colored hanoNer-
chief. Hens are bothersome ehous"
at their best, but when they can la'N
they're simply dreadful.
"Billina's my friend" said Doro'hs'
quietly. "She may not always pe
'zactly polite, but she means well, I'm
sure"
The yellow hen, stepping high ana
with an air Of vast Importance. walk
ed slowly over the rich velvet carpets
of the splendid palace. examining
evervthinp she met with her sharp
little eyes.
Billina had a right to feel Important
for she alone shared the Nome King
secret and knew how to tell the oo-
jects that We're transformations from
those that had never been ailVe' She
was very sure that her guesses
would be correct, but before she oe:
gan to make them she was curious 10
behold all the maguifcence of this
underground palace. which was per-
haps one of the most splendid ana
beautiful palaces in any fairyland.
As she went through the rooms she
counted the purple ornaments. ana, a.
though some were small ana h'ooen
in queer places, Billina spied them ali
and found the entire ten scattered
about the various rooms. The green
ornaments she did not bother to count
for she thought she could hnd them
all when the time came.
: Finally, having made a survey OF
tho entire palace and enjoyed ITS
splendor, the yellow hen returned 10
one of the rooms, whore she had no
ticed a large purple footstool' she
placed q claw upon this and said,
"Ev," and at once the footstool van
ished and a lovely lady. tall and slen-
der and most beautifully robed' stood
before her.
(Copyright by L. Frank Baum for the George
Matthew Adams Service.)
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other duty. They often had to pass
barricaded streets. The United States,
Army cars, marked with conspicuous
letters U. s.. generally had right of
way, particularly through passages
guarded by government troops. 1t is
often disconcerting. however. to drive
through streets where firing is in
progress. One might accidentally get
hit.
The uniform OF the soldier returned
from the front was not discarded in
Germany with the readiness that
marks its passing in the states. The
fold cray Of oficer ana man in Ber-
lin was omnipresent. This may, have
been due to the fact that civilian
clothes were 20 expensive that the
average pocketbook could not pur-
chase, them. Albeit the military con-
tinued to be popular as ever, and
posters were plastered all over, the
city calling for volunteers for score
and moro organizations bearing the
name Of some. well known military
leader. ostensibly organized. for the
purpose Of suppressing the uprisings,
which were reported almost weekly
in orr or several centers in Germany.
We became acquainted with several
German officers who. frequented tho
Adlon. They would come cne day and
disappear tho next, coming back sew
eral weeks later, sometimes with
stories Of events at Magdeburg. Ham
burg or Munich. where they had been
fighting the Spartacans. One Of these.
a Lieut.. Schmidt. interested some Of
us. He had lived in Chicago and had
returned to his fatherland immedi-
ately tho war had broken out. He told
me once he threw the frst gas thrown
over in the war.
1t seemed that all the Germans we
met had been wounded in some way or
another. They wore wound insignia,
pinned on the sleeve. consisting Of a
metal design representing the German
steel helmet The color Of the medal
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indicated the number Of wounds re-
ceived.
It seemed that every one had an
iron cross. This was given for some
service. often trivial, in line Of duty,
SO that it scarcely denoted an honor.
Ono acquaintance. for instance, had
been working behind the lines at
telegraph station and had picked up a
message that the enemy was prepar-
ing q gas attack He reported this and
was decorated with an iron cross. Sec
opd class. He was only performing his
duty. and his station was removed
from the dangers Of the firing line.
The moro coveted decorations award
ed for signal service were in order in
q rising scale. iron cross. first class.
Hohenzollern Haus and Pour 10 Merite.
The class Of ones iron cross was In
dicated by the position in which it was
worn on the breast. The Hohenzollern
Haus, as tho name indicates. was a
royal order. and an exclusive one to
which the nobility were especially ELI
gible.a Pour 10 Merite, the French name
being preserved. was for the most dis
tingntshed service. 1t is q medallion,
worn like the cross Of the Legion of
Honor. suspended from the neck by a
ribbon.
(To be Continued Next sunday.)
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well. you'll have to bear this one
around" declared Billina, "for I've
laid it,"
"Where?" asked the King.
Under your throne" said the hen.
The King jumped three feet into the
air. so anxious was he to get away
from the throne.
Take it away! Take it away at
once" he shouted.
II can't" said Billina. II haven't any
hands,"
"I'll take the egg" said the Scare
crow. I'm making a collection of
Billinas eggs. There's one in my
pocket now, that she laid yesterday"
Hearing this, the monarch hastened
to put a good distance between him
self and the >Scarecrow. who was
about to reach under the throne for
the egg. when he hen suddenly cried:
"stop"
whats wrong?" asked the Scare
crow.
Don't take the egg unless the King
will allow me to enter the palace and
guess as the others have DONE" said
Billina. .-, 80
"Pshaw" returned the King. "You
are only q hen. How could you guess
my enchantments?"
IT can try, I suppose" said Billina.
"And, If fail, you will have another
ornament"
"A pretty ornament you'd make,
wouldn't you?' erowled the king.
but you shall have your way. 1t will
properly punish you for daring to lay
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Lost Labor.
MATReN was talking about tn.

A MATRoN was talking about the
servant question.
The servant question is a hard
one," she said. "A butler or a cook
makes more than a doctor did In my
young days. and at that both cook
and butler are apt to be ineniclent."
With sigh the matron added:
THE best thing to do. I suppose. is
to take a young greenhorn from the
country and train her in the way she
should CO."
And then, madam" said Miss Elsie
De Wolfe. "as soon as she Is trained
she goes" ~. HsS5E tuf.,t .,s +
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Perhaps you will. and perhaps you
won't, murmured Billina. calmly Il
may surprise you by guessing right"
Guessing right?" snapped the King.
How should you guess right where
your betters have failed. you stupid
fowl?"
Billina did not care to answer this
question, and moment later the
doors flew open and Dorothy entered,
leading the little Prince Evring by
the hand.
The Scarecrow welcomed the girl
with close embrace. and he would
have embraced Evring, too. in his de-
light. But the little Prince was shy.
and shrank away from the painted
Scarecrow. because he did not yet
know his many excellent qualities.
But there was little time for the
friends to talk, because the Scarecrow
success had greatly encouraged him.
and they both hoped he would manage
to make at least one correct guess
However, he proved as unfortunate
as the others except Dorothy. and al
though he took a good deal Of time to
select his objects, not one did the poor
Scarecrow guess Alright.
So he became a solid gold cardre-
ceiver, and the beautiful but terrible
palace awaited it's next visitor.
Its all over" remarked the King,
with sigh Of satisfaction. land it
has been very amusing performance
except for the one good guess the
Kansas girl made. 1 am richer by a
great many pretty ornaments.
'Tt is my turn, now" said Billina.
briskly.
"Oh, I'd forgotten you.' said the
King. But you needn't go If you
don't wish to. I will be generous. and
let you off,"
mo. you won't" replied the hen. II
insist upon having my guesses, as you
promised.
'Then go ahead. you absurd feath-
cred fool!" grumbled the King. and
he caused the opening that led to the
palace o appear once more.
Don't 60, Billina," said Dorothy.
earnestly. 1T isn't easy to guess
those orn'ments, and only luck saved
me from being one myself. Stay with
me, and we'll go back to the Land of
Ev together. I'm sure this little Prince
will give us q home"
Indeed I WILL" said Evring, with
much dignity. .. .
Don't worry. my dear" cried Bill
lima. with a cluck that was meant for
a laugh. II may not be human. but
I'm no fool II I am . chicken
"Oh, Billina" said Dorothy, "you
haven't been chicken in long time.
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The work took him between the firing
lines and he told later that he was
nearly nipped in a machine-gun fusil-
lade.
The lieutenant then made: several
trips as convoy officer for repatriated
Rumanians. He would take q convoy
Of Rumanians back to their country
and return with a convoy OF Germans
who had been interned in Rumania
during the war. - '~. 80
-: \ X X X Z:
The March general strike in Berlin
provided for US several thrills Of ex-.
citement. though none Of our person:
mel was hurt. The Adlon Hotel was
fortified by the German government
very much like, an arsenal. The ma :
chine gun planted at the front door on
the occasion: of the reception Of Gen.
Won vorbecp - stayed. 1t was rein.
forced at times by six heavy machine
guns in the, windows Of the second
story Of the hotel. :ssss = '-t
When the strike riots were at their
height a company Of government
SIVVPU NAu Nuly Iu Stc AOtoi' SAh~SA ~
ana armed with potato mashers" and
hring pieces, The potato masher' is
q hand grenade affixed to q baton. re-
sembling, a policeman's billy. ana is
carried. when not in use. in the Ger
man soldiers belt.
The Adlon had a company Of alarm
lists who would insist on spreading
dynamite rumors. For instance. one
evening an American correspondent
came in from the street with wild
one to the effect that the Spartacans
would be in the hotel in Ave minutes
searching every one for guns. He said
he had just been searched by a party
in a cafe in Unter den Linden. 1t
would not have been exactly diplo-
matte to approach the American mill
itary personnel. of course. on such a
subject. We were protected by the
government. Though the spreading
Of this rumor created a furry Of ex-
element, 1t was only bubble. The
Epartacans didn't come. and 1t in
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Billina Frightens the Nome King
n 7 OW when Dorothy had entered
M the palace to make her
/ guesses and the Scarecrow
lolA s.xIAl Al KIrarr


was left with the Nome King,
the two sat in moody silence for sew
eral minutes. Then the monarch ex-
claimed. In a tone of satisfaction:
Very good!'
who is very good" asked the
scarecrow.
The machine man. He won't need
to be wound up any more, for he has
now become a very neat ornament.
Very neat indeed.
How about Dorothyw the Scare
crow inquired.
'Oh. she will begin to guess, pretty
soon." said the King, cheerfuily. And
then she will join my collection, and
1t Will be your turn"
The good Scarecrow was much dis
tressed by the thought that his little
friend was about to suffer the fate of
ozma and the rest OF their party, but
while he sat in gloomy reverie shrill
voice suddenly cried:
"Kut, kut, kut-ka -daw -kutt! Kut
kut. kut-ka- a-daw-kutt"
The Nome King nearly jumped off
his seat. he was so startled.
Good gracious! What's that?" he
yelled.
why. it's Billina." said the Scare
crow.
What do you mean by making
noise like that?" shouted the King.
angrily. as the yellow hen came from
under the throne and strutted proudly
about the room.
I've got right to cackle. I guess"
replied Billina. "rve Just laid my
egg"
What! Laid an egg! In my throne
room! How dare you do such thing?'
asked the King. in a voice of fury.
II lay eggs wherever I happen to
be-" said the hen. running her feath-
ers and then shaking them into place.
But - thunder-ation! Don't you
know that eggs are poison?" roared
the King. while his rock-colored eyes
stuck out in great terror.
Poison! we'll, I declare" said Bill
lima. Indignantly. "Ill have you know
all my eggs are warranted strictly
fresh and up to date. Poison. indeed!'
you don't understand" retorted the
little monarch. nervously. Eggs be-
long only to the outside world-to the
world-on the earth's surface. where you
came from. Here, in my underground
kingdom. they are rank poison, as I
said. and we Nomes can't bear them
around"
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Continued from Tenth Page.)

hsA knack Of being delegated for
as those which possessed often an
element Of danger. g.,f, 8ft.-
He made. his bow when he was Sc
looted to escort the Princess Elaine
Of Serbia a. far 40 the Swiss border.
The princess had como by way. Of
Holland out Of Russia, where she had
been imprisoned by the bolsheviki
for term in a political prison in Pc
,trograd and later was sent to, the
Kremlim. in Moscow. Her husband.
Grand Duke constantinovitch Roma
non, had been stripped. shot dead and
inferred in: . grave he had been fore
ed to dix for himself. - -
Spencer. a strapping broad-c
chap with q captivating smile and
manner, fell into, this mission, at the
request OF the Serbian government
He had not tbeen accustomed to meet
Ing prlncesses ana frankly was bit
FUSED at first. but in short order
he adapted himself TO the Job. Later
he told mo that he was delighted with
and delighted q little boy, Prince Sew
eren, and little Girl. Princess Cath
crime, the son and daughter Of the
Princess Elaine.
- = i 4 \ u
The trip to, tho border, passing
through Munich. then upset by spar
tacan uprisings. was without event.
cave for occasional disagreements
over the source and authority Of the
passports they held. Factions would
come into power in such brief time
that 1t kept all guessing as to whether
their passes were written by the gov
ernment Of yesterday or that Of today.
/. As soon as Lieut.. Spencer returned
he was sent to Poland to report the
causes Of troubles then raging on the
eastern front. an armistice being on
between the Poles and the Germans.
though there was constant patrol ac-
tivity and some action. A member Of
the Polish nobility entertained the
.,i iestsnant during, his sojourn thsrs.
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Pro koho pracuje pater
Hlinka? Velmi nebezpec-
pater

Hlinka? - Velmi nebezpec-
nym muzem pro republiku jest
nesporn6 pater Hlinka svymi
tmarskymi separatistickymi
snahami. Byvaly milacek ces-
Ike verejnosti = stve proti vse-
mu ceskemu a proti vsemu, co
Sc zda byti pokrokovym, FARO
zen mad arskymi zidy ma
d'arony rozseva nenavist proti
nam, stve proti Sokolstvu, pro-
Ii ceskym ucitel1m a profeso
rum, zeleznicnim zrizenc1m|
atd. = Pro koho pracuje ten
clovek? = ptaji Sc mas V dopiI
sech bratTi dlici ma Slovensku,
kteri vidf jeho praci. v ziline,
jak sc nam pr;tVe sdeluje, me-
Ia Sc konati verejna schGze kle'
rlkalni, JeJimz ucelem melO by
Ii zalozeni orelske organisace.
Hlinka piisel do mesta prova-
zen hlouckem svych stranniku
i odpurcu "a volani slavy han
by. Privrzenci Hlinkovi pax a.
gitovali po meste a vykladali,
re 81 zvoli krale a re Cesi mu-
81 pryc. Ma schulz doslo k bour
livym vystupum, tax re bylo
vojsko nuceno Zakrocit. "Od
techto Sc nam svobody nedosta
ne!" kricel Hlinka, coz zpuso-
bilo move boure zfanatisovane-
no lidu proti vojsku. "Pryc S
Cechyl" rvali Hlinkovci. Gee
81 nam mic nedaji, jenom be-
rou = Mad'ar byli lepsi!' =
Jenom acknowledgements nase-
no vojska lie dekovali, re me-
doSlo ke krveproliti. Zajima-
vo Jest, re orelske odznaky ma
| bizeny utastnikum po mad ar
sku. Hlinkova prace ma Slo-
vensku Jest rozkladna a neni c
tom nejmensi pochyby - pre-
to patrne jest nasimi klerikal.
, mimi listy Hlinka uctivan a mC
ravskymi klerikaly radostns
sledovan.
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ZPRAVY z CESKOSLOVENSkE
REPUBLIKY.

zurnalistiky snazi sc strhnouti
kde ktereho il nepohodlneho
pracovnika veTejneho bahna a
korupce. Je-li mezi nami kriti-
ka, jest to boj sveta, ktery jest
nutny a o kterem rozhoduii ko
necne volebni listky a lid. To,
CO Sc nyni ma jistych mistech
pisa, jest stvani, jez se3labuje
pred celym svetem nasi jedno-
tn. Volam proto po jednote, a.
lie po te jasnych mysll a ci-
stych srdci, to jest: jak myslis
tax jednej! - Neprehledne
zastupy odebraly Sc pax ma
Vaclavske namesti drem. Vr
benskym v cele a We srazenych
radach, kde u pomniku knize-
te VaclaVa prOmluVll br. 81
mex z Vrsovic, aby vsichni OBJ
cane dobre vile zanechali bo-
ju stranickych a pracovali kaz
dy tax, jak vyzaduje rozumna
obcanska svoboda. Kdyz jest6
zapeny byly dive sloky nasi
drahe narodni hymny, rozcha
eel Sc lid do svych domovu S
pevnym vedomlm toho, co hla-
sally standardy, nesene pri pru
vodu: "Nedame 81 wifi Tesin-
skor'
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Navsteva kariovych
Varti, I

Navsteva kariovych VarI
jest letoSniho roku nejmensl
posledniho desetileti. sCizincu
til nevideti, krone polskych,
mad arskych a nemeckych -
zejmena videnskych, zidu, KITE
rych je tn nejmene dive tretiny
Znacne procento tvori dnes Ce
81 VSude ma promenadach i v
restauracich temer prevlada ia
zyk mas. Vzdor tomu Jest OBJ
sluha We vSech restauraclch a
kramech vyhradne nemecka
podobn6 i nemecke jidelni list
ky, V tom znamenati je Zlep-
SEMI, Ze dOstanou sc We vSecT
kavarnach Narodni Listy, ne
kde Narodni Politika, Venko>
a Iribuna. Bude to treba jeStt
mnoho prace vice narodnihc
sebevedomi a hrdosti, aby by
10 / zevne zfejmo, ze Sc nacha
zine V Ceskoslovenskem state
Take na draze Cd Za'rce poci
nale lsou veskere napisy d Il
nednictvo nemecke a jen vyjin
| kou jew Sc cesky napis stanice
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PRIJME. Sc nekolik zelni-
XII a pridavaGn. Hlaste Sc na
stavbe, els. 1892 L. 1913 I'll. z
Buckeye Rd. =?
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Billy CERT
q.
Napsal Bedrich Moravec.
Napsal Bedrich Moravec.

"a nj byl jmenovan fedltelem
dIlu a je nepochybno, ze tim
titulem jest spojen take znac-
ny hmotny zisk, protoze be
hem roku zaplatil Gelauer vse
chny sve dluhy. Nine muj o.
vSem ne, ale ia ho ma mem wy
mahati nebudu."
Gale ia ma mem syuj duh
budu vymahati," zvolal Kal-
bas prudce, hned vsak vzpa-
matovav Sc, ptal Sc Vaclava ::
"A jak to tedy ted chodi ma
dulu?"
"Priteli, to je dlouha histo-
lie," usmal Sc Vaclav S made
chem smutku a soucitu. ia ja-
ko nesdcastneny pozorovatel
vidim vsecko V pravem sv6tle
a je mi hrozne Ito byvalych
"Od tebe Sc DOWN pray
dy," fekl KalbaS chVatne.
Gale pijte, abyste mohl po-
slouchati," vyzval no Vaclav.
Napili Sc, FrantiSka jim po-
stavila ma stul novou lahev,
muzi zapaliIi 81 cerstve dymky
a Vaclav zacal vypravovati:
"Pomery ma dulu jsou hrozne.
Kdyz byla zavedena akordni
prace, tesil Sc kazdy, co penez
vyd6la, ale kazdy byl trpce
sklaman. Brzy vyhlasila dulni
spraVa, ze nemuze pri akord-
nj praci vydrzovati dulnich te-
saru, protoze neni Il echo jich
pla iii, kdyz kazdy hornik je
placen podle mnozstvi nakopa
neho uhle. Il dulnlch te5aru
stall Sc tedy obyCejni hornici a
kazdy delniK musi 81 bedniti
sam misto, kde uhli odkopl.
Nektery TO poradne neumi, ne
ktery treba uni, ale We chva-
tu, ably nakopal hojn6 uhli a
lel v6tSi vyd6lek, bedni ne
bale a nejlepsi praci to po
Dm ma neho spadne. Nestesti
y dulu je ted Ma dennim po-
adku. Nemine snad tyden, "a
I by Sc nekdo V dulu nezavalil.
( Nejprve to spadlo ma Kulindu
lie ten darebak vyvazl sc
dravou kuzi. Spadly kus sle-
meme odrel mu trochu zada a
ri soudnim vySetrovani udal
-ulinda, re priSel k urazu Via.
mi neopatrnosti a dulni spra.
a ze ma nj nema prazadnt
inny. Ia chytra odpoved' 81
lu vyplatila. Gelauer mu da
adesat zlatych jako bolesJn,
% a pridelil no k lehCi prac
, a parni pilu. Brzy potom sp;
! 4 veliky balvan ma Motlika
en- chudak nemohl u soudl
] ,ypovidati, jak Sc neStesti pri
q odilo, protoze no z dulu vyta
3 Ii Y kleci tax roztriskanehC
0 . umrel, nez k nemu priSel |
}, ar a zena 5 detmi. LhotakC
TO prerazilo nohu, u soud
] Zjistilo, re uhli spadlo jeh
I innou, protoze bedn6ni pod
T. rel slabym kulem, Lhotak S
c ranil, re dulni sprava medal
} olu dopraviti dostatecn
l. lnozstvi silnych podp6r = al
/ abylo mu to mic platne. Rekl
l. :, ze je zaujat proti spravc
: e w jednou 0 stavce hodil 7
r Ism kamenem byl "a to sou
. ,restan. Dostal dive zlatk
a aesicni provise a 2 toho mu
D, il3 strhaVaji leGebne. Koup
+ 81 harmoniku a hraje po vsic
,o \ takovych pripadu je nesC
j. = mnozstvi.
Dobre jste 20 kdysi povid;
a. ze ie Gelauer billy cert. Jest
kl ikutecne cert vSemi maStmi n
4any. Clovek nikdy neuhodr
al 20 ma ia lubem. Nidite t.
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ase certoVina, na niz Sc n
av ,odila praV6 stavka. V du
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az dech. jako 20 byvalo dri'