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part OF the Trio to settle with its
Victims before the new decree went
into effect.
"At IL o'clock midnight the new
commandant, Goroatov, and EXecu-
toner Zhukov came down TO the base
ment. Then the prisoners were called
out to execution, one at a time, with
the usual intervals IF one to two min
utes. Some were undressing hur-
riedly. others were tearing their
clothes to shreds, so as not to leave
them to the eXecutioner. When they
called out the notorious bandit, Igna-
TOW, who was dressed in n good sport
ing costume, riding brooches and al
most new boots, he was ordered to go
upstairs without undressing. And on
the following day Executioner Zhukov
was dressed in the height of fashion.
Little remains to be added to this
story. Every minute that brought the
condemned prisoner nearer to death
the steel ring of the inevitable tight
ened more and more terribly around
him. Swiftly, one after another, ali
human ~precedents, all those triflng
rights" and guarantees which even
the worst bandit enjoyed but n quar-
ter OF an hour before, even in the
Cheka cellhr-all this would sink into
the past. Tho eXecutioner, who, to
while his time away, had that very
morning perhaps come down for a
chat" with the condemned; Investiga-
tor Vul, who had perhaps treated them
to white rolls, those nameless
guards. neacrfully standing ut their
posts, who but an hour before had
perhaps been serving their dinner
they all changed. as If by some COM
mand, into avag beasts, with but ont
common thought n M sole pur-
pose: to show the worst possible hend-
ishness in tearing their prey to pieces.
They would strip stiIl living and
conscious men naked and then wran-
gle over their garments. stu living
men. instinctivcly resisting death.
would be bound hand and foot, like
cattle in a slaughter house, and, loaded
onto the shoulders of the henchmen,
carried down to the cellar. to the exc
Cutloner.
Among all these different execu-
TONERS were also found men like
Medvedev, whom the sight Of blood
seemed to intoXicate. and who yielded
neither to Zhukov nor Pankratov in
their beastly feroclty. Again. thera
"tAN uLlNllB lAAtAA lAlAllANlfil= luAl1-
t]ionarles who merely took part in the
executions as a matter OF Official
duty" TO whom these executions were
just as disagreeable but as unavoid-
able n duty as going to war. There
were, however. others, even though
rarely. who found themselves in this
shambles only accidentally, because of
their ignorance OF the real situation.
and who retained their human con
science unsullicd, unable to endure
this narrowing spectacle Of mortal
ngOnies,
Revolutionary Justice" has run its
course.
Its vindlctlve sword seeks not only
tho direct enemies Of the Bolshe-
E.st state. The fey breath OF tho terror
strikes even those whose fathers
and husbands are already at rest IN
the common graves. Frustrated by
Copyright, 1923, ~ !
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First Typewriter Patented
In England in 1714

Many persons will be surprised to
learn hat the typewriter is not. as they
imagined, a distinctly modern inven-
ton. So long ago as 1714 a patent was
taken out in England by Henry Mil for
a machine for impressing letters singly
and progressively as In writing, where
by all writings may be ingrossed in
paper so exact as not 60 be distinguish
able from print"
His machine was clumsy and virtu-
ally useless, however. It was not until
more than n century later (is29) that
anything more was attempted. Then
the first American typewriter. called a
'typographor," was patented by W. A.
Burt.
In 1888 a machine was produced in
France having n separate key lever for
each letter. and between tho years 1870
and 1860 Sir Charles wheatstone In
vented several machines which arc now
preserved in tho South Kensinston Mu-
scum. Londo
In 1878 @. L. Sholes. an American.
after i've or six years work succeeded
In producing a machine sufficiently per
feet TO warrant extensive manufacture.
He interested T.. Remington 6 Son, the
gun manufacturers. in II, and IN 1874
the FIRST model OF the modern type.
writer was put upon the market.
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Sunday Dinner
Boarders' Climax
One Meal a Week When
They're All There at Once.

George. the boarding house walter,
was peeved. Not hat he wasn't usually
peeved. But to-day he was particularly
1t odds with the world. In fact, he had
on his usual Sunday crouch.
II tell you,' he said to the new cook,
these here boarders maxi me sick. II
they'd only get down to Sunday break
fast the way they all gets down to
Sunday dinner I wouldn't have no kick
comm. But no. They all lands herr
at once. They always does. No sooner
has 1 rung the dinner gong than they
shoots out OF their rooms and down the
stairs like they was shot out OF a gun.
And then I have 'em all to wait on
at once. Everybody in the house wants
their soup and their Dime and every
thing else at the same time. My gosh,
it's enough to drive "a poor old coloreI
man crazy the way those folks go on
II they all don't get everything in a
second.
"other days they all comes in to din
ner at different times. SO it's all right,
but on Sunday I nearly go crazy trying
to walt OF every one at once. And how
they do howl II you wait on them out
of turn II that Mr.. Jones done beat
Mr.. Smith through the door by sig
inches that Mr.. Jones has got 70 nave
everything FIRST. You cooks don't know
nohow what We walters have TO go
through"
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relatives. together with a farewell
message.
MY sell mate, ShelakIn, confidently
expecting to be freed, agreed to carry
out all these requests. but on Tho
fourteenth of May he himself was
shot, and those letters and things fell
into the hands Of the Moscow Cheka."
About the middle of May. shortly
before the publication of the decree
deprivlng the Cheka of the right to
pas sentences in important cases,
Executloner Pankratov surrendered
his post to the above mentioned zhu-
kOv.
"On May IA prisoners condemned to
death began to arrive again at tho
Ship from the Butyrki Prison. They
were sent over in small groups. max
ing a total of twenty-three. They
had been sentenced to death by the
Moscow Cheka and were accused of
banditry. Such n large number of
men condemned Il death and brought
in on the same evening was obviously
to be explained by a desire on the
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"'Come on out, won't your the guard
again cried out, but with a break in his
voice and with tears bursting from his
eyes. Looking at him we, too, began to
sol. . But the three stood there
as before, hats in their hands, with
lowered heads, n quietly telling each
other to go first. 1t was very painful
to look at them, and the sepulchral
silence was stin harder to bear.
last, however, Smirnov put on
his hat with a rather determined,
quick gesture, lit a cigarette, wrapped
his overcoat about him. and began
rapidly to mount the stairs. When
he was half way up he stopped,
looked back at us. lifted his eyes and
said: I lever yet made the sign of
the cross in all my life.' He then
made the sign. Again he looked our
way, nodded to us slowly. and called
FOR the last time:
"'Goodbyl'
"'We1l meet agaln!' I answered
rather thoughtlessly.
mot so. but Eoodby.' he corrected
Dr- and went quickly up the stairs, a
cigarette between his. lips. At the
door they asked for his name and
birthplace. He answered hastily and
disappeared behind the door. Vasiliev
and Nlkulin stood motIonless in the
corner.
Scarcely two minutes had elapsed
when we heard the same voice up
stairs:
"'Come up, next!
"Nikulin embraced Vasiliev and both
went out together. But at the door
Vasiliev was held back while Nilulln
disappeared behind it. VasilIev stood
there as IL petrihed. his painfully
strained look riveted to that door.
within n minute or two he was also
called. But, crazy with fear, he
jumped back. staggered and fell al
most in a swoon. He was picked up
with difficulty and carried through the
door. Half an hour later the sound of
tho automobile was heard. It was
carrying away the corpscs.
At the close OF February and dur
ing the month OF March twenty-clEht
moro men condemned to death for
banditry passed through the ship
They had all been condemned by the
committee of the Moscow Cheka with
out n chance TO face their Judges. and
they learned of their impending death
only at the last moment. I shall not
dwell on the last hours or their lNc3,
But here arc two incidents which hap
pened in April and were also told 70
mo by an eyo witness.
Tn the beginning OF April three
bandits condemned by the Railway
Tribunal to be shot for armed rob-
berry were brought in from the Ia
ganka Prison. Forty-eight hours had
passed since the sentence had beer
pronounced. They were brought in
Ebnckied and badly beaten up, as they
had offered resistance at tho prison,
guessing that they were being taken
to execution. Here they were UNI
shackleG and placed IN different coils.
While awaiting the e"NccutiOncr they
wrote their names on the walls, talked
to us and distributed a few tFlnkCts-
to n a coin, TO another a button
asking US to deliver all this to their
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A Corcless Apple

A PPLEs without cores or seeds
~ are promised by a discovery
announced at Abbotsford, Can
ada, the particulars of. which have
just been receiyed by the Department
Of Commerce from Consult General
Halstead. According 10 the
ment n seedless and coreloss variety
of Famouse apple has been developed
which differs but slightly in shape
from an ordinary Fameuse by being
lonser n hatter nj the ends, but
with the typical coloring md favor.
Except for u slight marking on the
hesh which outlines The situation OF
tho core in an ordinary apple, there
are neither core nor seeds.
The apples were developed In an
orchard at Abbotsford and the dis
covery that they were out OF thu ordl-
nary was an accident. They had come
from a now block of Fameuse. about
eight years old, bearing for the first
time IA market quantities. The dis
covery was Ia while grading for
market, but unfortunately no record
was kept of the tree or trees pro-
ducing the new fruit, and Il will not
be before another harvest that steps
can be taken for its commercial de-
vclOpmCnt.
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talk i~ncessantly. They kept looking up
to the window and smoking continu-
ously. Vasiliev took off his warm
sweater and gave It to my neIghbor
and Nikulin turned over to me 1000
rubles he happened to have in his
pocket. At this moment supper was
brought in, but the condemned men
did not touch It. They gave 1t all to
us. Then they began to talk about
who should be the first one to go to
execution. Generally the victims used
to be called out by a list, and VaslIiev
was the first on that list.
"'Well, all right, I'll go first he as
Eented.
"a Z o'clock sharp a head appeared
above us and cried out to the guard:
"'Giye us one!'
1.-The three shuddered and uncovered
their heads. They came over to US to
take leave. Then they kissed each
other, but. huddled in a corner none
dared go out first.
lone of you come on out,' the
guard called loudly. But no one stirred.
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Modern Car Lifts Social
Status of Chauffeur

The word chauffeur" has gone up in
the social scale since the early days OF
motor propulsion. when It was used n,
a term of contempt. At the height of the
bicycle craze in France. some quarter OF
a century ago, the muscular sportsmen
of the highways were s~candalIzed and
disguised by the appearance of tho first
motorcycles.
AS noisy and smelly as they are to-
day. these Innovations threatGned to
spoil the joys of the road: and when
they multiplied and claimed inclusion in
racing went rs a branch of amateur
sport the aristocratic bicyclists argued
haughtily:
but these men are not sportsmen,
they're nothing but fremen."
Or boiler tenders in tho American
~vernacular. For that was the signiaca-
tion OF Chauffeur before the days of
''horseless carriages" 1t was applied TO
the humble individual who assists n
locomotive engineer by shovelling coal
on the furnace n occasionally polish
ing q brt of brasswork-
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the impending tragedy and awaiting
the final horror for months and
months. the mothers, wives and chill
dren finally learn of It only after a
great length of time, and that only
from casual. indirect signs. and then
they commence to run from II Cheka
office to another. crazy with grief and
not certain that all Is ended.
I know OF a number OF cases where
the Moscow Cheka, in order to get rid
OF them, issued passes to relatives to
visit prisoners whom 1t knew perfectly
well to be already at the Lefort
Morgue. Wives and children would
como to the prisons with packages,
only to receive, instead OF permission
for an interview. the usual answer;
mot on the register OF this prison."
or n mysterious. hazy: Gone to the
city with his things" There would be
neither official notification of death.
nor n farewell meeting. nor even a sur
render OF the dead body for decent
family burial, nothing.
The terror Of Bolshevlsm is without
mercy. 1t knows no pity. neither for
Its foe nor for children crying for
their lost fathers.
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Shops Free Concerts
Dispel. Gloom Clouds

In one OF he passageways OF a largo
railroad terminal In New York Is a store
which sells pianolas and gramaphones.
During the rush hours the proprietor
throws open his doors and feeds record
after record TO the ~Sramaphone, alter
mating with a pianola.
The sound of the music brings many
to the doors OF the shop, often to enter
and buy. The concert is a paying pro-
position, but It has done more than
bring customers. 1t has brought, too,
g%ladness. as one little stenographer will
testify.
II always go out of my way in the
morning to pass by that store" she
says. Even II I'm late, 1 go Just the
same, for no matter how blue or de-
pressed 1 am the CHEEKY music puts me
in better rumor and I have started the
day right"
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with Your Things, to the City, Was the
Call That Summoned the Victims From
Cell to Their Deaths--How Makarov
and Hundreds We're Executed in Single
Day--8-Year-Old Boy Jailed for Months
as a Spy.
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Phyllis heard that you had broken
on your engagement with Mr.. Jones
What was tho matter, dcura
GWen--I thought all the time thas III"
vas n movie d!seStnr. and he termed owl
% be Just the director Of a tlrrs0me old
bank.
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Continued Next Sunday
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-05
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Fifth and Sixth Trades.
DUQUETTE

Mrs. Stewart of North Dakota,
S visiting her sister. Mrs Pat
Sheppard
John Pilrain and Peder Eriek-
son both made a call on the den
fist in Sandstone Tuesday.
John Hanson of Ostrander.
spent few days here at the An
drew Johnson home last week
Frank Pilrain has installed q
Satan heater in his car. The
name ought to help the heat con-
siderable.
The school viii put on a Christ
mas program al the school house
Thursday evening. Dec. 20. Eve
rybody welcome
The Jolly Stag club are giving
a dance at the hall Saturday eve
ming. Dec. 18th The last one be-
fore the holidays Good music.
Cards have been received from
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Barquist at
Proctor. announcing the birth of
a bouncing baby boy on Dec. s.
A Christmas entertainment viii
be given at the Community hall
Tuesday evening. Dec 25- Vocal
and instrumental music, reading
and speaking VIII constitute the
program. with a lunch and party
afterwards.
At the annual stockholders
meeting Of the OAK Lake Far
mers Telephone Co the following
neE directors were elected: Gil
bert johnson. c. Z Anderson. An
drew Johnson. John Miller and
; c. Johnson An assessment OF
s. per member wzs levied for the
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CHAPTER L-0n the banks % the
Wabash stsnd Texie col1n ana lack
Msrnope. yozag sn4 very mach In love
Isxie 70 the eaiy e2lghEer % eta Pap
Iea rssa m1a .a1 He1ey-asnSer.
stmcn wac lad foreeKsseA . mortgage
On tie Warhope estate At 9rse Tnxfs
ane Jack talk sadly Of Kea Calm. the
thAs IN ten days his ssrv1tnds win ns
ossr. thst be vii 90 TO California for
golt a,1 thar ne Win come hack Then
sns hslrerd stAgs eoles IN. ertnxins
Of B1ekeye. n sns FlAfwoo12
CHAPTER M--ssnoa Cana wsReo-nss
Aesrs rae preacher Is : younx r.1n
vita q beard. enornaeus spect2eisa srfH
resk sseek ana p&teas leatser s0stx
CHAPTER Tu--At supper AZ ths
Coll. eons the preacher. Eho ha1 h.en
ksas rooEmate AZ college. tells hos
-, pssrs ~ ~ ,..s s-5 $3.50. s.s d..s
TAI trcm gr1es % his red tock % hair.
"a tahertsane. frOs RED Cola .
ssr.te N tas Gays % Ellasssh resn
srszsAr on sy r.adGax q bsss.r frc@
ke1- -soUewhsre In New yerk~ who
curses ais fAther % his dsAsh hsA A
Ras,se-tps ~ anosAer had says Ne
CHAPTER VA N. village sssrs
an1 posroezcs Loxs B<l1sn. q nswearzer.
says ne saw the new pAxHun vita his
arm arenas TsxisA lack s1aps hlna.
hcxs htns shooSs y pistol frnm ats h2n6
sne makes aim say hs Vas rzfstAken
CrsArTEs Ns-Tne parson Kn&s s@anI-
trr o. the river vita lack ana other.
yotver- Ia party runs across a HID
cen ho2s@c-s2I Jaek observers that she
g&rsoas boot Hts foogprtas en- tAs
CHAPTER vI-Au the wsIlRx~rs
g21nsr At q festival in the seAo1Rh0ase
uv1neSI Ne attacks lack vita . krffe
Sssk 1k1oeks ef- Sat but resolves "A
A1AE pcreAn1 w0gn9 In the sAozlA@r
ae prsAener rAess TIE ess2er&aS ans
poazts to the 1ocr. Th< rv&aa eu~.I
gees o1t &n1 GisappeArx
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xfsnce ever Ke fEncs into the woodx
The act was pureiy lnvelunfary. cut q
sixht net bis eyes that Instantly drove
ever other ceasiterxtisn car e h,s
mfn1--frcn bcAln6 . tox . n2n wux
gsswerfns at hirn.
he dueked cut q sixAf n q eaxA.
and TIE wcedsunxn stscped 10 I'm task
--enreaexsy: wifhcuf 10 mech 90 ne
AKA q an eye to betrzy rhaf h< hae
s~en anything sf sIl-but ~ Ind
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Ssmon Col1l knew TIE race froa
whirA his bound boz had sprung
From tire nrst Slmons treatmeuf az
Ms eound boy had caused ais neixh-
oars No unAn wonder-ss wnx a ~
ttks hlrn He had sent hin 10 the VA
i2ge school tin he eurxrew Il. snd Ana
allowed him to ruam the wosax VIA
cot any sarr 81 resrraint Ear frvu
discouraging his very sprituae Fee
Eoodcrafr. he had even loos~red hss
searv-ssrings-end his pure sfrtrrx.
an innnifeiy harder thing fer hlrn 20
ee--to the extent of huyfnx Alrn Tia
eesr double-exrrsled shotgun the mar.
kst Afforded. and q revolver a. model
and workmanship as 6ne an the art az
revolversmaking could prodnoe al mat
tfme--swe GIFTS o. xhlch the boz eer.
family cast no discres1xt.
The uorninx was far gone wh~n the
wcedsrazn enizhet his TASK at the
feed-p
As he stood iesnsEg ar.ius, ne
fence. the evenfs q the CAV before
crossed his mlnd--the heslprints en
the dusty deck % tire concealed house-
beat: the ivery-hzndzed ssr-xan: tia
spark Of nlnt that had trxnsformed tha
peertas eyes q the preacher when he
faced the desperadofs knife. Frum
this. hts mind reverted 20 the words az
Beiten about whaf he had seen IN the
little PARK
A face rose before Alma face coun.
peiling In M easy suavffy--thss. IN
spite % It's stndio1s severity. sn~xned
10 have q sxrxnge fascsnaticn fer
Texfe. He knew she had Iex him van
home with her frem the fexsfvxl-s
privilege that meant mere IN the Fiat
woods than anywhere else IN the
World A deep breath came up out of
his breast: his hsnd grippes the fencs
ran hard
But many m Insistenf taxk s2y wait
Ing Tie thought ro1se1 Aka A he
raised his arm 10 pat Co his hat. the
sweat gos az the cut IN his sAosid<r
and stung him
He had tntendec % haui In sans
11&A ~&N& kAN4 lAE I8AAUWA h&
frvwred toward the waron: plnrked
the blouse loose absuf his shoulder :
finally went NJ Into TIE woods 10 In
specf q string 81 rail- fence tkaa voald
have % hs repaired before the ssoek
cattle could Ne turned COT a. the loo err
lets into the tpssnd pasture.
He had spent SCORE time resdt1ssinx
fallen rails and STRENGTHENING crooked
panels vhen q tiny SCOT Of eelor in q
eorner % the tence e4nxhf his ere.
Fer scne reasoa n arrested his IN
sranr sttentioaL In q moment he was
down ca his knees p2rtfng the weeds
and tangled brarneles where q yeElow
orchid had just unfolded the mysteries
Of Its enehanfed sllpper 20 the sun
He rose 20 bis feet after a tine. euf
Stood caring down az the sewer-s
spos q gold In its mean sesrtnx.
Stcppkng q few minutes later 90
ease his sho1ldex a bit. BE happened 70
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erept back tkrezrk the unewkrusk to-
wsrd the lcx. TIE brok<n eufllne a. tt
81 lass came INFO View throaxh q csnmp
q hsrel He RAISED his head ever 80
nttle and lay flsfentnx wee q false
note DISTURBED the ssfs rnrr o. nsrure:
TIE Fuls< 81 TIE weeds beat n1rmAl.
He erupped his head crnwi~A np %
the iox Tne isaves wxrc Esftrn~d ana
sin warn, hut the man vas xan<.
He s~archea the rsoss and leaves IN
III ne feunA the rrak1--tke serape a q
hocs n got % mctsf xrooaA a TIE
fcct 81 an eak. Afser that u was easy
Ther~ were two sets 81 tr.cR& TO hh
snrrrts> ere set led hs<k toward fhs
e2i6s above the kom~s<eaa He fos
lowed Il. AZ peins sfanx the bfnrs
that commanded the nearest vfew q
tho cabin under the erlm%cn rnnsbles
TIE mnssef leaves and hrcken weeax
o<nestA q esemp q nushes at the ve<y
trfnk ~ the rur&s showed where sAs
renex.ee had eoncealef kfmxesf. Tnrss
kals-onrned matches win which N
had praoshly lxhted bis pipe. tndEeat
- thst he had remalned sr.ne tine.
Jae1 glanced down AZ TIE ring cabin
the bsrn-aos. turned and followed ina
tran hack under the trees.
Past the log h Nd. away N ths
n0rtk. down the farn u the wooded
blur and into the narrew Rad that
thrrade1 Eagle hollow. He followed n
within sfxht 90 the rude bowel Al ths
had ~ the hollow into watch E.ers
B<iten ard hts SISTER had LATELY
rnove6: seopped: ssut.et the place
crfrieziiy fer . rnemens: enziiy tprn~a
ciimh<a the hfnx and. with IN M
comfortable feesinx % hEtten eyes
upcn him. resurn<S % his tsxk AZ ths
femee.
TIE for<ncen was xsne ~ the ssms
~ EnIzAe1 H. A. Ne sru1xsd back.
the corner where he had foane the
yellow errAid drww bis eye lrrcsisrfbly.
Rskinx swsy re dead leaves ~ eux
n un being careful 10 leaye encuxn
scll sheut the reoss % presrnk th~ff
withewinx. and carried n IN hiz hxnis
cut thrvuxh the trees and up smons
the tumbled rzmparts Il nlaek rock.
IN the ting fewer bed st the fecs
~ the ssndxrune pinnacle wher~ shs
thrce names x~re carved. Ne hsiiou~d
cut . pIac~ IN the rich leaf.moi1 ard
go the crchid WITH tha csherS--~ii q
fh<m doabsi<<s having cona< there a
diHrrenf times In the same way: roes
% his feet and stood de~p1y pander@
fnx AZ his cane rested % the three
nases carved b the rsck. That haf.
finx res~mhi&nce. IN spite a. him.
wezid creep back into his tkonxht.
The hold franknezs u the mxns
face settled 70 q desper thonghffu1.
nexs. ne looke1 down % the new o..
ehSd amnng the os& frv<h ard piqnsni
a. when he dnx Il cur % the fsnrs
corner: risnred terard the ref-rucfsd
cottage. and go hin feet to rhe roneh
p&sh that led Down 70 the faiiew ysrd
Gro b esntsnas11