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had been IN Z measure forestailed.
Not quite: John had not been
able, In spite Of al his forethought
and his saving, quite TO gain con-
troll. And 90, IN the home stretch.
al II were, he found himself up
against financial interests FAR
more powerful than himself.
The fight was less uneven than
II seemed, however. John knew,
40 the struggle passed into it,
final phase where every single
share OF the stock needed for
control was heldi ha was friendly
with many Of the GtOckho lders: =
good many Of them had promised
him q final chance to buy be.
fore they sold to any one elsa.
And, without hesitation, he
strained his credit to the ut.
NEST.
LOvewAll lent him, on His per-
sonal notes and his securities.
every cent he could without bring,
ing the bank examiners down
upon him. But. 90 the final
days drew near, John. for the
first time, had to envisago the
possibility OF defeat-and ruin.
Unless he had control his holding
would lose nest Of their value:
the New York men would know
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LIE went over and got his hat.
II Then he came abruptly and
turned her to him. Jerry" said
he, IF l didn't owe this money to
Paul. If didn't have this to
meet-if !. had one damn pros
pect, do you know what I'd do?"
His hands were harsh on her
shoulders, his eyes blazing. Fire
ran through her-glad, singing
fire: Eiope? Oh. I'd love that
She stood on her toes. raising
her face to his. "Ycu win pay
back the money. You will have
me stili-always--if you want
NE"
He locked extremely like q boy
as he stood there blinking, swal.
lowing. Suddenly he pulled her
to him with a short laugh, and
mumhled incoherent words that
were sweeter than any music.
He loved her-wanted her.
For days-for weeks she went
about in a happiness high az
flute notes--superlative, unreal.
astonishing-the lark at heavens
gate singing.
CHAPTER -
Saturday afterneon--Montgon.
cry Street deserted. At the corner
OF Pine before that old dilapidated
studio building. Jerry waited.
Then she saw him swinging
along, jaunty, look of . sun-god
about him. Eyes full OF hidden
nnirths; voice humming with
secret hilarity:
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men have ways 81 their own 0f
getting information what hio
bank balance was, to q penny.
They knew how much L0vewell
and the other local 1inancierg had
lent him; they knew. too. that his
credit was strained TO the utmost,
almost to the breaking point. and
that another loan from Love
wells bank. Il the State Banking
Department learned Of u. would
result In the closing Of the bank.
And they were prepared 20 I'M
woke the law Shrewd gentry.
these, prepared to use the law
for their own ends: 20 evade 4
when Il suited them, to appeal to
Il for protection when that was
the best way to conserve their
own interests.
But one thing they had over
looked: 4 woIaan's bank account.
With reason, MacVeagl'a habit
Of putting securities In his wifo'G
name they must have known
about. But they knew also that
his bank accounts had always
stood In his own name. 30 II had
not occurred to them to suspect
q hidden reserve of cash.
Aware Of IL now, John acted
swiftly. He was busy at the.
telephone first; then he went out
to the garage, took out hin car
and was busy most Of the night,
travelling around the country. He
carried d chAckhoOk with him
and, q few shares at q time, he
picked up before midnight almost
enough stock to make him safe.
He slept for five hours; DafCra
daylight he was up again and of.
visiting farmers he had been un-
able to reach in the night. men
who went To bed early and rose
with the lark.
At 10 o'clock he walked into the
hotel whore the syndicate's agents
were staying. Burton, the chief
Of thu opposition, sat In tha lobby,
smoking q cigar. He hooked UP
with Z grin as he saw John ap-
preaching.
HeIioF' he said. ~Havs ! good
cigar! WE'LL guess you wish
now you'd listened to reason when
] was trying to buy your stuff,
eh?''
II didn't hear any To listen 10, )"
said John, dryly. Every man
has his price. I'd have sold II
you'd made me q fair offer, You
had too keen an eye for q
bargain"
Its what I'm paid for,n said
Burton. Listen. You're 4 good
fellow, MacVeagh. And you're
right. I've Kot = kean eve for
bargain, We don't want to be
hard on you. What 40 you sayY
might persuade my people to
buy some Of your stuff II you
name an attractive price,"
no Be Continued TomorrOwy
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FRPY : Story of Wild Youth : By ELENoRE MEHERN

knew her inner fires and that they
were fine. She felt :. scorn for
men because they were so easily
hoodwinked by axternala and
oount0rfaitg.
Yet Sylvia adored Inga. And
Inga was one Of those kris who
bloom in the presence Of the male.
Said Inga: sim glad ! was
born in 1900 instead OF 1910. In
my prime the layendar touch was
still unusual enough to be intrig-
uing. And men wondered whether
they could or couldn't. The GER
tainty OF the chase today must
make IL aWfully flat and boresomo
to the sporty hunter.
"C0ma John and play. The
world grows melancholy. I'm
moved to song"
But John went on 'cFamming his
mouth with cinnamon toast and
insisting on argument. They we're
all talking at oIlce-eaeh with q
separate theory and all wild-eyed
because no one would listen.
''The part that infuriates me-"
Sylvia now shouted above the din,
SIS the pitiful display of the herd
instinct.
NThese kids OF 1s''-Sylvia was
90, think they're rebelling.
They're not! They're 4 pack Of
shabby little sirnitat6rs screaming
sBa yourselfp and not having the
ramoteat id0a. what their real self
il. They cant possibly all like
the foul gin thay're drinking.
To BE Continued Tomorrowl
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the echoes of = rich, deep voice.
And John revered the gallant old
instrument. he said because it
was sad like an old woman with
a brilliant past.
There were two girls In Johns
studio, Inga Brent, who now sat
at the piano grooming an old
negro melody, and Sylvia Page.
No one ever understood the
friendship between these two
sylvia who was 30 fiercely good.
And Inga who was subtle, and
fascinating, and gypsy.
Sylvia and John now pokad
heads from behind the screen.
whence the smell of burning
cinnamon permeated the room.
Johns idea Of q royal feast was
this: Gallons Of weak tea; piles
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TO = party Of jeunes flies last
evening and learned some new
tricks from ray ladies o. four
teen years.
Having hurled this bomb, Syl-
ten, A contradictory person-Syl.
via Page, who was 20 fiercely
good, vet full Of quaintnesa and
humor. You didn't expect quaint,
ness in Sylvia for abe was tall--
Q beautiful, virila figure with
long, ainewy lines and proud
air like an Amazon.
Not handsome, ana certainly
not pretty. Yet to Jerry, ex.
tremAly attractive. Sylvia had
eyebrows that met over her nose
and went slanting off towards
her temples. Very black eyebrows.
squinted together. Because Of
she infreQueH1tly did. one received
a shock. They were such clear.
delightful. friendly eyes. They
seemed to say naively: Tim an
awfully nice person. Take I little
trouble and find me out!'
Girls needed this lure of
Sylvia's. Men didn't. Fer Sylvia
was too intelligent and too honest
to 50 In for the tricks that pass
a. sex appeal. even with clever
men. She had too much humor
and too much saIf-Ast0am. She
would have felt contempt for the
man she could so deluda. She
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now he began to bring home stock
certificates and other securities
for her Endorsement. These, she
knew, he was taking from the
safe deposit vault that stood In
the names Of both OF them in
Henry Lovewell's bank.
you're not selling these, darl-
ing, are your she asked him once
--one Of her rare questions. He
laughed.
selling them? Not likelyl
They are too precious! No. But
I'll tell you what ! am doing
I'm hooking them. I'm using
them for collateral security on
loans"
You must be Borrowing . lot
of money, then, she said,
81 ana. I'm borrowing right up
to the very limit Of my credit.
Before I get through we'll be
lucky IL ] don't ask you for your
engagement ring ana your wrist
watch.
You can have them" she said.
t'I know! You're q sweet thing.
Eileen, IT won't ccnne to that, I
hope. But-the big push Is COM
ing. darling. Wen know pretty
soon whether -"
Whether what?"
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how 70 freeze MIN out Il they
won.
And on the eve 81 the day that
must bring = decision John knew
he was licked. He faced the
truth: he went home. clear.eyeds
to tell II to Eileen.
sVN're BEATEN he said. IF I
could raise $4,000 before 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning I'd have =
chance. But / can't. I've tried
every rac0uraa-
Eileen rot up, quietly. She
went into her room. She came
back with : signed cheek and q
pass book.
1--WE saved every dividend that's
corno in. every interest coupon "
she said. ''Haro's sixty-tNo hun.
dred and ten dollars VIII that
help?a
sHalpf'' he shouted. 'E;iISen--
II makes u safaga
That was, any other man might
have thought. little too much
to say, He had q fight on his
hands still. But al John Mac
Veaeh IN those days ever wanted
was q chance to win: the knOwl-
edge that he wasn't actually
beaten. He had thought the
game lost when he went home to
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Of cinnamon toast not necessarily
burned. and q Jar Of orange mar
malade.
With q grin that showed two
rows Of marvellous white teeth,
he now laid plates on a sawed.
off card table. John was lovabIa
with blue, sparkling eyes and
curly brown hair. He had Z rip,
ping mouth, . trifle weak with
ita drOOp ct the corners, but en-
gaging, none the less.
1--WE were talking" said he.
sumAoning the party to the
table with . flourish Of the
arm, ''Of heaven end he'll"
''Nothing Of the kind" inter
rupted sylvia. I'VE were talking
of the younger generation. John,
being now 26 and on the verge
Of aenility 10 qualified. He went
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He looked 1t her.

4d0 AQ4ACA ~ 4tG9s
Elm not going to tell you,
honey. Lob, I'm fool, but I'm
superstitious. / think you can
queer things. sometimes, by talk.
Ing about them before they come
Off"
IAN right" she said. "You
don't have to tell me anything.
darling. / trust you absolutely"
He laughed exultingiy, and
caught her in his arms and kissed
her.
"A man can't fall down when
he's got 4 wife like your he said.
Yet there came 4 time when he
was less certain Of that than he
had been. He had seem his great
chance at last. Men from New
York had let their eyes tall upon
that forgotten hackwater Of the
great national reservoir Of power
ct last; they had begun. tentative
ly, to take steps toward acquiring
control Of the properties they
wanted.
inevitably, in that process. they
came upon John MacVeagh and
his holdings. At first they made
roundabout offers to him; failing
TO interest him, they woke up to
the fact, all at once, that they
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66T'M playing . deep. long game"
! he told Eileen. He liked to tell
her what he was doing. and she
sat silent. listening. asking no
questions. He wondered some
times how much she understood
Of what he told her. details of ab-
strusa financial transactions, talk
of mortgages and equipment
trusts and nrior liens. But on the
other hand he didn't greatly care.
1t helped him to solve his prob.
lens to lay them out aloud. with
Eileen. . bit Of sewing in her lap,
perhaps. to listen. her blue eyes,
sober and grave now in her stu
deus attention, upon him.
Elm taking big chances . lot
OF the time" he said. Ton sea,
I'm always ohligating myself for
lnora than I've got, really. I'm
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I'm not
dancing:

1t 10 only an unenlightened
woman who still suffers painful
periods. The old-fashioned girl who
must keep off her feet" has not
learned of Mid0L.
Take q tiny tablet Of Midol--and
forget the time of month. Midol
is not Q narcotic. Il does not inter-
fere with the normal, necessary
process of menstruation. But it
stops the pain. It brings complete
ease in fire to seven minutes.
And the woman who anticipates
her time and takes Midol before
hand tOiLt haze no pain at all.
Midol is the work of specialists.
1t Ii effective no matter how hard
4 time you've always had. Try it |!
All drug stores, in a slim alumni
mum ease to tuck in purse, for
fifty cents.
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To "Make-a-Book" of "a pages, cut six
strips "A inches by inches. Fold these
like pages of a book. Cut cover from stiff
paper inches by 10. Sew pages into cover
with big stitch.
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Toms smile was so bright
and he did such funny tricks,
he kept every one laughing.
And every one loved him.
One day the King asked Tom
about his father and mother.
Tom told him they were very
poor.
The King told Tom to go home
and take them some money.
How glad Tom was
to see his mother and father.
q. =. G. News ssrvisS Ina
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Here And There

The refuse fronl sugar cane II
now made into synthetic lumber.
1t takes tissues from 100000
steers to make cells and envelopes
for the United States Navy dirigibls
Los Angeles.
Wireless telephony IL to be estab-
linhed between New York and
Berlin, Germany, at the rate OF $50
4 minute.
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This Story of a Girl Who Gambled Her
All for the Love of a Married Man
Has a Punch in Each Line
What Has Happened So Far:

Eileen Randall bObared blonde and pretty first manifested her
And how the townsOd talked John was wd6oo Wild
vapd
Eileen cOmenesa and not the fact that BE-
early his ability for driving hard
affections Lovewes wife Marcia And
this bound to trouble for LOVe"en would brook no ng
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The Srxrdial Gun

cUNDIALS only that rely on the sun
- to make them that fires as
charge o'clock every days provided the sun not nooen
BY clouds.
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What Do You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST

/. Like; 2, Angler; 3, Seville; T. Juan g. GOdounow: g.
ExpssatiOns Harvard; 144 DseembeF TO- Electricity:
educators 49, Vice President Of the United Ste 1sC1sOs 1
American statesman; II, English naturalist.
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Tom Thumb
Tom was very, very tired
after his long trip.
And he went fast asleep
in his own little bed
made of walnut shell.
When it was time to so back,
Toms mother made something
like a little umbrella
and tied Tom to it.
The wind caught him up
and blew him back to the palace.
10
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eoas. ChiId's Dress.
cut in sizes: 4. s. 8. and 10
years. An S-year size requires
rs yards OF 3e-inch material to.
wether with e yard Of contrasting
material cut lengthwise, for plat
panels and facing on collar, cuffs
belt and pocket flaps. Price. 1Oc.
sena zoe D. stampa ~ eoln for
WARRINGTON TINES Magazine
Edftne. Print name ana address
Plainlg 20 insure prompt delivery.
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12
Putnam Telephone Girl
Is Poster Prize Winner

The Southern New England Tele-
phone company girls and women have
Health Club in which they take a
great deal Of interest. An interesting
feature OF the health course the past
winter was a poster contest in con-
nection with the sixth lesson on Men
tai Attitude" Among the posters
submitted was one by Miss Doris Nc
Coy of the Putnam exchange, accord
ing to the current issue Of the 'fele-
phone Bulletin" which was among the
prize winners. The title of Miss Nc
Coy's poster was, ''An Ounce of
Prevention il Worth a Pound Of
Cure"
The contest was not compulsory and
no prizes were offered but it was
merely suggested that the young wo-
men might like to make posters. As
n matter Of fact when the contest
closed and the judges had made their
decisions small cash prizes with con-
gratulatory letters were sent to the
winners.
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12
FLAT RATE" SERVICE SYSTEM
Has Proved Beneficial To All Nash
Owners

Service facilities for the automo-
bile owner in thorough keeping with
the advancement in motor car de-
sign and manufacture are regarded
by officials of the Nash Motors COM
pany as of vital Importance TO the
continued success Of the automobile
industry. What has been, perhaps,
the most notable advancement in SER
vice work came with the adoption of
what is known as the ''ilat rate" sys-
tenn by Nash dealers throughout
America and abroad.
The owner is the chief beneficiary
of the FLAT rate" system of service
as under this policy he may take his
car to a dealer for a given adjust
ment or operation and learn. before
work on the car has begun, exactly
what the cost will be. This applies
TO practically all kinds of labor, from
a simple adjustment of the caburetor
TO a complete overhauling Of the
automobile. In other words, the
dealer. after making a thorough dag
nosis, eliminates guess work" by
quoting the owner the definite and
established charge for the particular
operation necessary.
II required many months Of care
full analysis on the part Of Nash SER
vice men to arrive at the exact cost
of each of the scores Of adjustments
and minor operations to which an
automobile at various times may be
subjected; it required also long sys-
tenn Of intensive training Of dealers
service managers and mechanics and
standardized equipment of the most
efficient design before the fiat rate"
system could be installed by Nash
dealers on an extensive scale.
As far back as 1918 the fiat rate
plant of service was adopted by some
of the Nash dealers; after it was
thoroughly developed under the guild
ance of the factory service depart
ment the system was installed first
in the large cities and later in the
smaller communities: still later the
fiat rate" system became operative
in Canadian and overseas points.
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12
Letters to the Editor
ANTI-SERUM
fCommunication)

Communication
To the Editor of the Putnam Patriot:
In commenting on the Australian
Tragedy which took the lives of
twelve children through the admin
istration OF toxin-antitoxin the Mel
bourne Age says: "Many people de-
clare that their faith In incubation
has been shattered A disease pre-
ventive measure was used which
brought multiple death instead of
health. A dozen healthy, happy chill
dren were killed by it. Three fami-
lies were wiped out. Had they been
left alone they would still be healthy
and happy.
Could this catastrophe be repeated
in our own community where parents
are being urged TO have their chill
dren inoculated with toxin-antitoxin?
More and more has medical science
tended to place it's emphasis upon
that ounce of prevention which is
worth SO much more than pound Of
cure.
Sanitation and the removal of the
causes of disease also can account
for the reduction in many diseases IN
recent years. However at present
there is much propaganda endeavor-
ing to connect the reduction in diff
ferent diseases with some partieu-
lar serum or other manufactured pro-
duct. The truth is that our modern
sanitary living conditions have reduc-
ed the death rates of the diseases.
Pure Water
BY locating and removing impure
water supplies and by seeing that
cities secure only pure water. typhoid
is reduced yet some would have US be-
llieve that typhoid serum has reduced
typhoid fever. When the mosquito
carrying yellow-fever was destroyed
together with ITS breeding places,
lyellow-fever Immediately stopped.
What serums account for that?
Elaborate precautions were taken
to see that our soldiers in the late
war were supplied with pure drinking
water as far as possible. This pre-
vented disease of many kinds but
since the soldiers were also all in
oculated against typhoid fever we are
told to believe that the NEGOTIATIONS
saved them. However, It was found
when sanitary precautions were neg
lected and pure water not available
that some cases of typhoid develop
ed in spite of the serum. And yet
some people still say that serum
method is the proper way to prevent
disease. We must ask these people
how they account for the tubereu-
.osis reduction without serums, and
how they account for the elimination
of yellow-fever without the use OF
-yellow-fever serums.
Removing the cause of disease has
certainly been proven to be a much
better and less harmful way to pre-
vent disease than trying to immunize
each person for every disease.
A GROUP OF
PUTNAM CITIZENS
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12
PHOENIxVILLE

April
Mrs. II. c. Joslin is nursing in
North Ashford.
Mrs. Lola Streeter is nursing in
East Hartford.
Floyd Green was visitor in New
Bedford Saturday.
Mrs. Mae Ethridge was a Wilt
mantle visitor Tuesday.
Miss Anna Liversay is spending the
Easter vacation in New Bedford.
Miss Blanche Whitman of Chaplin
called on friends in the village Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Newton of
Worcester spent the weekend at Riy-
erside cottage.
Guy Stevens and his cousin, Melvin
Stevens Of Mansfield, called on friends
here last week.
John Arnold Of Warrenville has sew
cred connections with the Meller Bros.
Construction Company here.
wilfred J. Latham returned TO Nor
witch Sunday evening after spending
the weekend at MS home here.
Mrs. Nettie Lyon has received news
Of the illness OF the younger son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Jones Of Groton.
Among Willimantic visitors Monday
were airs. Cora Joslin and Mrs. Mel
lie Baker and Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Glenn
ems and Mr.. Kent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton A. Ballard Of
Putnam and party Of friends attended
the morning service at the Congrega-
tional church, Eastford, Sunday.
The birthday party at Miss Ellie
Pykynies Saturday evening was at
tended by about thirty young people.
She was presented with many pretty
and useful gifts.
The Eastford Band under the direc-
ton Of its leader, Bert Lyman Of Co
/ lumbia, played at the service held in
Chaplin Sunday evening. Bernard
Church conducted the meeting.
Friends from here attended the fu-
neral services Of Homer Clark held In
Bridgton, X. l., Tuesday. Mr.. Clark
was a cattle buyer and was well and
favorably known in this section.
Members of Natchaug Grange, un-
der the direction Of Mrs. Mabel Church
/ VIII give an entertainment lAgEAaht AZ
Abingdon Monday evening The pro-
ceeds are TO be given 70 the building
fund.
At the union Christian Endeavor
meeting held in Chaplin Sunday eve
ming, Mrs. Fred Bowen and Mrs. Ar
cha Walker rendered the duet, viii
There BE Any Stars In My Crown?"
most effectively. Mrs. Clemens ac-
companied on the piano. Mrs. Charles
Gallup also rendered a solo.
Mrs. Ruth Ethridge Bowen of ABB
ington received news Tuesday MORN
ing of the death of her father, Asa
Ethridge, Of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr..
Ethridge was native Of this village,
he being the son Of Anna Wheaton and
Martin Ethridge, and grandson Of the
late Simeon +. Wheaton. Besides his
wife and four children he leaves a
brother John Of Eastford. and Ellery
Of Danielson, also Allen Of Hartford,
and one sister, Mrs. Theodore Smith
Of East Hartford. Mr.. Ethridge dur
ing the summers spent his vacation at
his cottage on Sprague Hill.
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12

alarm was rung from Box IS bringing
al Of the apparatus in the city to the
scene Eight hundred feet of hose
was laid. The lack Of water pres
sure was handicap and was concrete
evidence that Putnam's water service
Is inadequate for fire protection.
When the wind veered TO the south
the IRE erept northward toward the
woodstock avenue section and was
inally extinguished by a genrous use
Of chemicals Several acres were
burned over. This section was the
scene Of bad FIRE few years ago
that did considerable damage to
house on Woodstock avenue.
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12
RAD BRUSH FIRE
e.,n.u street Section Threatened
General Alarm Rung

threatening brush fire. which
- in the vacant lot west Of
, go street last Friday, alarmed the
...nrapts Of the homes in that sec
-. - the fire crept nearer and near
,ho several neat bungalows and
e lining the west side of the
h hsJr The Hook & Ladder truck
~ .ne-ded TO a call for help and the
s ass,een mad a hard fight on their
mr. mr. Is wind famed the menacing
s asns II is believed that the fire
na'..5 where some boys were roast
~ me fire appeared to be growing
- serious and threatning a general
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12

When a mouse or snail enters bee
hive the honeybees viii sting il to
death then inelose the body in pro-
polls, a resinous eNcreti0n from trees.
which virtually embalms H.
Putnam patriot., 1928-04-12

Millions of pounds Of excess meet
were dumped on the English market
recently by rival American and Brit
ish firms, battling for trade suprema-
ey. Prices were cut almost In half.