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Evening star., 1939-08-12
Peace Propaganda
Of Japanese Fails
To Get Results
Few Prominent Chinese
Have Followed Wang
Into Enemy Fold
By A. T, STEELE.

Chicago Daily News Foreisn Correspondent.
PEIPING, Aug. 12.-(By Radio -
The Japanese army's crusade for
peace. with Wang Ching-wei, exiled
politician, as its spearhead, is near
ing a climax. A month of subtle
propaganda, designed to lure prom
inent Chinese into the japanese fold
combined with an intensive wave of
aerial terrorism, has failed to pro-
duce any noticeable results.
The Japanese have been glorifying
Wang as the savior of China. They
seem to have no realization of the
tremendous defation of Wang's pres
tige among the Chinese since he fled
from Chungking in December.
The peace offensive may be in
terpreted as preliminary to the in
auguration of a new Chinese gov
ernment under Wangs leadership
and also as a sign of japanese weak
ness. There have been number OF
indications recently that the Jap
anese have over-extended themselves
in China or that they are being
forced to tighten their belts because
of the European emergency
Divisions Withdrawn.
Despite Toxic denials. the evidence
is pretty conclusive that at least two
japanese divisions have lately been
withdrawn from the Yangtze Val
ley. The view here is that, because
Of the critical European situation
and possible Russo-Japanese in
volvement. the army does not want
to be caught off base
Wang's speech in Canton on
Wednesday, in which he told his
listeners that the japanese Army
was willing to withdraw from that
area if Chinese militarists in the
vicinity would agree to a truce
was the most dramatic peace gesture
that the japanese had yet ATTEMPTED
Canon is one district in China from
which the japanese would probably
be happy to withdraw If they could
install friendly anti-Chungkine
administration in their place.
Invasion Strategic.
From the beginning it has beer
evident that the japanese regarded
the invasion of South China as
primarily strategic The Southern
ports have been occupied chiefly fol-
the purpose of blocking communi-
cation. Unlike North and Centra
China where huge japanese develop.
ment schemes have been projected
Canton has been untouched by paper
schemers and exploiters. There has
been little attempt to reconstruct
or develop there.
The decision of the army to block
ade, instead of occupying, such cities
as Foochow and Haimen, is also
significant. The army needs its
troops elsewhere Observers who
have visited the Chinese front neal
Canton have found the morale high
There is little reason to believe
that the troops will succumb te
Wang's Establishments.
| (copyrisht, 1889. by the Chicago Dali!
! News, IncD
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Mrs. Suroh Shertzer
Dies Here at Aqe of IS

Mrs. Sarah Catherine Shertzer
IS, who had lived here with her
granddaughter, Mrs. Peter Solem, at
2518 Seventeenth street NV, since
the death of her husband IL years
ago, died Thursday after a seven
month illness.
Born in Baltimore, Md, Mrs
Shertzer was the widow of David
w. Shertzer of Oldham, Va. Two
sons, James Monroe and Walter c.
Shertzer, and several grandchildren
survive.
Mrs. Shertzer will be buried to-
morrow in Oldham following serv-
ices at the Ebenezer Methodist
Episcopal Church there.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Sailor Under Bond
In Shooting Of Boy, II

Charged with assault with q
dangerous weapon in connection
with the shooting of Louis Apasto-
lakos. II. of 100 E street NV, early
yesterday morning. Edward Der
Blount. 29-year-old sailor on the
yacht Sunshine was at liberty today
under $1,000 bond.
The Apastolakos youth was shot
in the hip following an argument
and stone-throwing alteration in
volving his 13 companions, returning
from a dance, and men aboard a
yacht anchored in the Washington
Channel, investigating officers said
He was reported in good" condition
at Emergency Hospital today.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Shanghai Bomb Blast
Destroys Building,
Injuries Nine
More Violence Feared
In Settlement on Eve
Of War Anniversary
By the Associated Press.


SHANGHAI, Aug. IA bomb ex-
plosion tonight demolished the
Offices of Japanese controlled
shipping Office here, injured nine
Chinese seriously and several others
slightly.
The blast came as Shanghai,
jittery on the eve of the second
anniversary of the outbreak of war
fare in the Shanghai area, prepared
to cope with an anticipated wave of
violence.
A heavy bomb, evidently thrown
from the top of Embankments House,
a big apartment house, struck in
front OF and destroyed the Japanese
Navigation Bureau, an organization
of the Japanese dominated local
regime for controlling small boat
traffic on Soochow Creek.
Both buildings are on Soochow
Greeks north bank at the border
of the Japanese-occupied section of
Shanghai's international Settlement
Gordon Around Area.
Police expressed belief the ship
ping office was the bombers' target
and assumed they were supporters
of the Chinese government at
Chungking.
American members of the Shang-
hal Volunteer Corps, British troops
and International Settlement police
quickly established a Gordon arounc
the area.
Precautions already taken in the
Settlement and the adjacent French
concession were redoubled. Notice
was broadcast that streets of the
two areas would be cleared at m
Hotel bathrooms, dance halls ano
other night spots were ordered
closed at midnight.
More Trouble Feared.
August 13, 1887, saw the outbreak
OF bitter Chinese-Japanese fighting
around Shanghai, although the wal
already had been in progress five
weeks in the north.
Shanghai authorities feared the
terrorism which has continued in.
termittently in this area since the
japanese cleared it of Chinese reg.
ulars in November, 1887, would be
Intensified on the anniversary.
Chinese enemies of the local Jap.
e-dominated regime and ter
rorists in the pay of that regime
both have been blamed for recent
disorders.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
S14,607,500 Jobs
Awarded for Work
On 5 Navy Air Bases
Island Posts at Midway,
Johnson, Palmyra and
Hawaii to Be Built
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Speeding the strengthening Of It's
Pacific defenses, the Navy yester-
day awarded contracts totalins S1l,.
607,5oo to start work on i've island
air bases.
Three firms were given the Jobs
of dredging channels and building
facilities for long-range patrol
planes at Kaneohe Bay and Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii, and at Midway,
Johnston and Palmyra Islands.
Because Of their strategic import
ance, these were selected as the first
to be constructed of a dozen new
bases for which Congress appropri-
ated $e5, ,o0o, 1000.
Midway. Johnston and Palmyra
are part Of the Navy's outer Zine
Of observation" extending from
Alaska to the Equator and the
Panama Canal, while the Kaneohe
and Pearl Harbor reinforcements
will strengthen the Hawaiian
Gibraltar"
Because of the isolation of these
points, the contracts were negotiated
on coast-plus-fixed-fee basis, in
stead OF by normal competitive bid
ding. They were awarded to the
Hawaiian Dredging Co. of Honolulu.
and the Raymond Concrete Pile Co.,
and the Turner Construction Co.,
both of New York.
The estimated amounts: Kaneohe
Bay, $5,714,50O; Pearl Harbor, 81
633 900; Midway, $3,720 900; Johns
ton, $1,000, 900, and Palmyra, ST.
$4,000.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
In Mrn1uriattt

BREZ, CoLMAN. In sad but loving
coMSN SRE who our deoaqssd ass5 this fshft
1hirsy-one 1aGs years ago tqaay August IL
Ct oyr father and husband, LUTHER NJ
ago today. August II, 1898.
In all the world We shall not find
4 heart so wonderfully kind:
sympathy, so sure, SO deep,
Lov1NG WIFE AND CHILDREN =
of my dear wife. REBECCA M. cox who
departed this life six years ago, August
Home at last, so gently sleeping
~, On the Savior's gentle breast,
There She will find eternal rest.
Gone from earth; yes, gone forever.
We shall hear her voice, no never
never more on earth again.
Dear beloved, it matters not which road we
We know that GOO viii somewhere join
HER dh1 nE2%1rHn EE2ad shat lesas t9 thee cox
GwYNN, NORMAN l.. In sad but low
MAN /, GWYNN. who left me three years
ago today. August IL, 1886
S''esa; o. ever vii viii YOU be:
AS long as life, and memory last
YOUR pEvoTED e,TaES whFE thnS Hbbfs 1f 5hse owyNN
LEAPLEy. HOWARD C. A tribute of
and aa dne OF ffs9sd hE4dER Rusoahd ahd
passed away three years aso today, Au-
| 'Tis sweet m know we'll meet again,
Where partines are no more.
| And that the one We loved so we'll
Has only sfhs afs RsnnEs WiFE AND SON. .
WEINBERG. MARY c. In loving men,
ory Of my dear mother. MARY c. MEM
BERG. who passed away nine years Ago
t0dsEi bEvoTEp ATEHsts son 5 j9HA 1s2S E. ME1NBERe
MILETTI. sANTINA. In loving men,
DRY Of our dear mother, sANTINA MI
LETTI who departed this life two years
ago today. August II, 1887.
There is not day. dear, mother
In our hearts your memory fingers
AS we kneel and pray for You.
No one knows how much we miss you,
Life has never been the same
We have suffered since we lost you,
No one knows the bitter pain.
You are gone, but not foreotten,
Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger
AFqYpd ASHF ae sFFTf yhfTEs yS f
CoNTINO, AND SON. FRANK J. MI
LETTI
RosAsCo. BARTHOLOMEW. In lovins
memory OF our dear father, BARTHOL-
OMEW ROsASCO. who passed away six
years ago today. August II: 1893, ,,,s
JUDSON o. HARRISON, Sr.; MRS. 2
JACK RRODT. JOSEPH A. ROSASCO
NOEL FRANCIS ROSASCO.
sELBY. RICHARD W In loving mem;
this life four years ago today, August IL
1885.
The blow was hard. the shock severe,
We never thought your death was near
A silent thought. a secret tear
| Keeps your memory ever dear
We do not know why you had to 60
But God knew best so He took you home
YOUR DEVOTED WIFE, CHILDREN AND
SISTER,
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Toll Of Drownines
At Outing Goes to 3
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va. Aug. 12-The
body of Harold Wright, II, colored,
was recovered yesterday at East
Ocean view and brought to three
the number of drowning victims at
an all-day outing Wednesday at
Sea Breeze Beach for 5000 under
privileged colored children.
The three victims, and a fourth
boy, Melvin Hart. II. who was res
cued, were in the first of the IS
trucks to arrive at the resort. w.
T. Mason, manager of the beach,
said the boys apparently did not
realize the danger of attempting to
swim in their overheated condition
from the long ride to the beach.
The outing was sponsored by a
colored lodge of Elks.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Graves Of Great Rest

For a while longer the graves of
the famous Du Murriers, including
George. and Gerald are his sister
Beerbohm and Lady Tree next to
them, and Sir John Hare are to rest
in peace in the burial ground of
st. Johns Church in Hammersmith,
England. Permission to build nearby
a columbarium, or sepulchral cham
Der, with inches for urns, has been
held up by the Consistory Church
Of London.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
White Raiders Strip
! Potato Diogers;
Smear Paint on 7
Five Chased Naked
Across Fields After
Shocks Are Entered
By the Associated Press.

DIV the ESSOCfdleQ TIeSS.
CRANBURY, N. j., Aug. 12.-State
police were called to this little
borough early today to investigate
what they said was a raid by a
party of white men on a shack oc-
cupied by seven Negro potato dig
gers, all of whom were stripped and
two, including a woman, smeared
with white paint.
Fifteen white men came to the
farm near the town limits shortly
after midnight, police said, entered
the shack, smashed windows and
stripped all clothing from the
Negroes, five of whom were then
chased through nearby fields by the
whites, who blazed away with shot
guns, aimed high so as not to hit
them.
The other two, Mr.. and Mrs
Jacob Treston, both %, who gave
their address as Coleman, Georgia
were forced into a car. driven 7
miles and then left in a field where
they were smeared with white paint
Iney SAID they were told to get
back down South where you be-
long"
When police from the Hightown
Barracks arrived, the white men
had left. Police could not account
for the raid unless it was in retail
alton for a commotion caused by
three other Negroes who earlier in
the evening had been arrested on
charges of disorderly conduct. Two
were fined $40 and the other given a
suspended sentence.
The Negroes were employed on
the farm of Raymond Dey on the
Old Trenton Road Many come
North during the potato picking
season to obtain temporary employ
ment.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Witchcruft Possino

Witchcraft is disappearing from
the Chaco, according to the Rev.
E. D. Panther, Anglican missionary
in that region, who visited Buenos
Aires, Argentina, recently. One
of the last of the witch doctors
professed his conversion to Chris
tianity just before the Rev. Panther
left the Chaco, he said. The gen.
eral health of the community has
been better since the witch doctors
quit, he added.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Mrs. Lillian V. Burch
Lost Rites Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian
V. Bruch, "a, who died Thursday
at her home, Sill D street Sc, were
to be held at her home at 2 pm.
today, with burial following in Con-
gressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Burch was the widow of
James B. Burch, an official with the
Prudential Insurance Co. She was
a member of Martha Chapter No. S,
Order of the Eastern Star, and of
the Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters
Mrs. Laura Mae Decker Mrs. Lillian
Yeager and Mrs. Dorothy Flester, all
Of Washington; two brothers, George
Cotton of Washington and Richard
Cotton of Relay, Md; a sister, Mrs.
H. P. Mills of Phoenix, Ariz., and
eight grandchildren.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Marriage to Feature
Virginia Folk Festival

By the Associated Press.
ABINGDON, Va, Aug. 12.-There
was old time music and old time
dancing, with a marriage arranged
as good measure, on the summit of
White Top Mountain today as the
9th annual White Top Folk Festival
reached the climax of its two-day
program.
Council Cruise of Tazewell, who
sang the first ballad at the first
White Top Festival. and Miss Arita
Hawks of Tazewell, planned their
marriage for noon on the festival
platform.
The festival attracted a large
crowd, including eminent musicians,
students Of folklore. artists, writers
and others.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Mrs. Cummings Rites
In Connecticut Today

Mrs. Homer S. Cummings, 40, wife
OF the former Attorney General,
was to be buried today in Woodland
Cemetery, Stamford, Conn, at 1:45
pm, after services at the grave.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cum
mlngs, who died here Wednesday,
were held yesterday at her home,
27OO T1lden street NV. Her body
was taken to Stamford by train.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Reunions Ages
Run Into 5 Figures
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - The
"oldsters" are going to have a time
of it August 15-at the annual
Warren County old mems reunion
Jesse Russell, who directs the re-
unions, said lat men IS years or
older attended the first program
four years ago. Their ages totaled
ll,437 years.
And the reunion is growing. Last
year I'll men attended and their
ages totaled 134S8 years.
Uncle Jim Corgin, "a, of Bowling
Green, is the Oldest man expecting
to attend this years celebration
Then there are three brothers whose
ages total 252 years who plan to be
on hand. They are S. L. Harman,
Sc; J. M. Harman, "a, and John H.
Harman. 49,
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Mrs. Roosevelt Denies
Action on Glenn Dale

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has
nothing whatever to do" with ap-
pointments at Glenn Dale Sana-
torium, her secretary has informed
the Seabrook Citizens Association at
Seabrook, Md.
John Riggles, who told of receiv-
ing the letter as president Of the
association, explained he had written
Mrs. Roosevelt informing her that
many people thought her responsible
for the appointment of colored
nurses to the sanatorium.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Sunday Seller Fined

Storekeepers in the Isle Of Man
who persist in selling on Sunday
may be fined 500. In fining a
tradesman IS for selling a package
OF cigarettes for 8 cents on Sunday
High Bailiff johnson said in Police
Court in Douglas that the new
Sunday Trading Act provided for
fine of S. for q second o1ense
and 500 for q third.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Huge Shelter Planned

Grange Hill, one of the natural
beauty spots near West Kirby, Eng
land, may be honeycombed with
tunnels to shelter the 10000 in
habitants of the city in case Of an
air raid. The project, costing $4,000,
has been submitted to the City
Council by Arthur Leighton, a
mining expert, who proposes to have
40 entrances to the shelter.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Police Chief Fined

SEASIDE. Greg. (P.-Police Chief
H. A. Kemmerer has done a good
job of training his men in impartial
law enforcement.
Patrolman Al Hinshaw arrested
kemmerer for overtime parking and
Police Judge Gault fined the chief
ST.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Water Dog

BEMIDJ1, Mimi, Aug. IL (P.-The
next time Mrs. Charles English goes
to rescue cat from dog she'll take
a good look at the dog. She had a
sore hand today because the dog
turned out to be Q muskrat.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
Assassination Witness Dies

OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. II GF.-
John M. Stuart, rs, who, as a Secret
Service operative, was present at
the assassination of President Nc
Kinley, died last night.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
ORA M BULLOCK, Worthy Matron.
W, J. BROKER. Worthy Patron.
M E c. LYLE Secretary

NJ. E. c. LYLE, Secretary.
affs AasaSf 5siS as5asIs aospss
Alta Mecan oens sSHosa father h"s3'Ra Of Waser er
and Robert Mcclain and Martha Campbell
$50 Rhode Island ave NV "''''V'
"a qnefal Rseisb snd 1nterment' Sunday August
McELHANY. CORA BELLE. On satur-
NJ. cokA SELL H's MeEEH2R2 tssf he Deleysd Ms
SISTER Of Mrs. Eta NJ. Ross H, l. and
FSesat AeEsTmsn Of Santa s b ps cat
n,S Services Xaysrt, at II TskOms Park Seventh
Carroll aves. Takoma Park Md on Mon
day. august IA, at pm, Mrs McElhany
& g yeWef shuTGh and from fTsnd T.
to attend. is
McKENNA, JOSEPH A. Suddenly. on
rNM ETldsy August II. 1889, JOSEPH A NC
late Henry .McKenna
Notice of funeral later.
MINOR. ELIZA: On Wednesday. Au-
M v Ell Eliza MINoR I'm oFssafnse %fs of The he ste e
Rev. Rice Minor, loving mother of Eliza
beth aat,s Tyler and BYRD Minor, Sisterinlaw
friends also survive F Remains afa''vss may ahe be
viewed at her, late residence after 5 pm
a1e Funeral sSi Sunday. August a. at 1870
p,my from the Third Baptist Church, Rev
G. Q. Bullock officiatng. Interment Payne's
SemeterS. ARRANGEMENTS by Thomas Fra
zler co. 13
Purity Court, 20. Prncesses Of Abyssina
5reS eFe requested ts nd to meet the Third Baptist
q a"fHzt ELIZA 1a MINoR Mss9R at pm" for the funeral
LILLIAN MORAN. Secretary
PAULING, FREDERICK c. On Saturday,
ARf5f IL esf g. ssotber nf Ws
invited to call at Gawler's. 1853 Pa. ave.
NV
.vs on at M6nssy Assass ssape ia la0 at e
pm. Interment Leonia N. J. 13
PRYOR, WILLIAM H. Departed this lite
Monday' Ausnst 7; 1899 WILLIAM ILL H;
Ps Pyor h eaSe S to m""rn %sSes heT
loss three sisters, Eta P. Young Bessie
Robinson of Moreantown. W. Va. and Isa :
of Boston Mass. devoted friend, Blanche
Pullison, other relatives and host of
friends.
Remains resting at the Barnes g. Mat
thews funeral home, 614 4th St s.w. where
funeral services will be held Sunday: August
terment Harmony Cemetery. IL
August 10. 1895. SARAH c. SHERTzER.
widow of the late David William Shertzer
and mother of Walter c. and James NJ.
Shertzer. Remains resting at the George
w. wise Co. funeral home 5000 M st. NV.
until am Sunday. August 49,
Funeral services at Ebenezer Methodist
13, at pm. Baltimore papers please
copyD II
SMOTHERS. MARY F.. On Thursday,
August 10. 1889. ct her residence. "a n st:
NV. MARY E. sMOTHERS, beloved wife OF
James F. Smothers Remains may be
viewed at her late residence after noon
Sunday. August 13.
funeral from ST. Luke's P. E. Church
on Monday. August IL at p.m. Inter-
ment Arlington National Cemetery. Ar
5angements by Mcguire. 13
Evening star., 1939-08-12

South Africa s defense department
will have q carrier pigeon service.
Evening star., 1939-08-12
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n I is always good idea to
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~ and especially so in anything so
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of Cemetery That needs calm
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past record, present condition and
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May we suggest not to leave it to
the hour when grief is uppermost,
but to make decision NOW. We
are sure impartial investigation will
lead to the selection of Rock Greek
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present answer definitely for the
future.
In the city, but protectingly en-.
vironed-and with 225 years of
revered tradition. Beautiful by
nature; maintained beautiful by
constant care and development;
perpetually assured by an endow.
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million dollars.
All of which takes Rock Greek
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speculation-for its ownership rests
in a continuing trusteeship.
We employ no statesmen. Our
moderate tariffs are definitely fixed
with no confidential concessions
to individuals or groups. You will
never be importuned; but you are
cordially invited to investigate Rock
Greek Cemetery-and then to invest
as your judgment will commend.
The Cemetery Office is open
week days from 9 to 4:3O,
Sundays and holidays, 9 to II
D. Roy Mathews, Superintendent
Phone Col. 1896
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Of Analyn Arden, Miss Fosters
lieutenant in charge of the local
Roxyette brigade, that not one Of
her girls has missed show since
they have been at the Earle. This,
now, is the sixteenth week Of the
engagement which, at an average of
e shows a week, is lot of shows
for 16 girls not to miss.
The hard knocks are a lot less of
a worry to the kids-that's the cho-
rus girls title for herself-than the
fact that some numbers that are
most difficult don't always look it.
They always get more applause for
their bicycle routine, for instance,
than for some Of their more arduous
chores. 1t is somewhat easier to
ride a bicycle than it is to do some
of the things Roxyettes are called
upon to do-considerably somewhat
easier.
You have something, of course,
when you have 16 enthusiastic Roxy
cites whooping it up and pedaling
madly about space the size of the
Earle stage. We know one Roxy
cite whose bicycle one time hit some
water left on stage by a trio of
slapstick comedians mot at the
Earle, and who fell, she reported,
with considerable stage presence
front stage center She sprained
the arch in one foot and, while she
couldn't figure how in the world she
did that. she got revenge by attend
ing every show, sitting in the front
Evening star., 1939-01-29

pieces about 7 feet high and rungs
up to about feet.
These" said Miss Arden, "are
what we are working on now"
We stared at the ladders, trying
to figure how they could be part Of
a chorus routine-even a Roxyette
routine. Miss Arden answered the
question before we asked it.
THE kids walk on them," she said.
We still stared.
"Yes, that's what they do. Oh,
Robin" she called to red-haired
Roxyette who had just come of
stage. Come show the man how
to walk a ladder. He doesn't be-
Ieve it."
So Robin took a ladder, whisked
up it just like that, and, keeping
her balance by some trick that must
be known only to God and the
Roxyettes, walked" it away as easily
as you please. She even stopped
and stood calmly teetering on the
top rung. She made it look almost
too simple, which was bad because
we made the mistake of saying so.
Mr.. Anger, not even attempting to
hide leer, was handing us ladder
| We put one foot on the bottom
rung. Then we put the other one
there, and Miss Arden, knowing full
we'll what was going to happen, put
hand against the ladder and saved
our face from being ground to bits.
"You have to go up faster Mr.
Anger advised. Robin, at the other
! end of the room, teetered atop her
! ladder and sneered prettily. So we