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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
Mill City to
Hear About Mpls.
Civilian Defense

What the Negro people of Min
neapolis are doing along with their
fellow citizens of other races in the
interest of the Civilian Defense
Program will be the topic of dis
cussion at the Minneapolis Sunday
Forum, October rs, at 4 p. M, at
Phyllis Wheatley House. This pro-
gram, sponsored by the Women's
Auxiliary of the Minneapolis Urban
League will be the first occasion
on which the citizens of this COM
munity have had an opportunity to
evaluate the contributions the
group is making to the war effort,
Mrs. Ethel Lynch is chairman of
the committee in charge of arrang-
ing the program.
Principal speakers will be Mrs.
Mae Marshall, member of the Civil
ian Defense Council, Women's
Activities Division; Mrs. Frances
Brown, member of the Civilian De-
tense Speakers Bureau and the Red
Cross Motor Corps Division; Mrs.
Wreathea G. Maxwell, Red Cross
First Aid Instructor, and Mr.. Clar-
ence Hughes, precinct director of
the Air Raid Wardens Section.
Mrs. N. J. Hunter, music director
of the program committee for the
auxiliary, is in charge of music.
Musical selections will also be pro-
vided by the music department of
Phyllis Wheatley House under the
direction of Miss Jeanette Dorsey.
Mrs. E. L. Sims, one of the found
ers of the Urban League Auxiliary,
who served as President for four
years will present the background
of the auxiliary's interest and par
ticipation in the Civilian Defense
Program. Chas. w. Washington,
Urban League Executive Secretary,
will introduce the speakers. Mrs.
Wallace C. Chambers, President Of
the Auxiliary, will preside. The pub
lie is cordially invited to attend this
program and to participate in the
discussion to be held following the
principal speakers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
ALL Convention Blasted
By Randolph For Failure
To Take Stand On Negro
Sleeping Brotherhood Chief Says Convention Never Has
Had Moral Courage to Face Question

but against other groups because
of their racial origin; but we have
no hesitancy in comparing the
record of the AFL on the ques-
ton of race discrimination with
the activities of any other organi-
cation in the United States and
Canada.
eve are doubtful whether any
other method than the educational
one can make the progress which is
necessary, for experience has been
that where compulsory methods
are applied, prejudices are in
creased instead of diminished"
Other brotherhoods that took
tongue lashing from the great lead
err of the Sleeping Car Porters in
cluded the Carpenters union which
bars Negro members. Randolph
cited recent instance where a
local in Texas barred Negroes from
working on a housing project for
Negroes because white workers
threatened to strike if they were
employed.
Randolph also branded the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks I'M
democratic for establishment of a
jim crow auxiliary for Negro mem
bers, and bitterly denounced Tom
Ray, secretary of Local II of the
Boilermakers who is union car at
the Kaiser Shipbuilding yards.
The famous Negro leader charg-
ed that Ray boarded a train and
read the riot act to Negro work
ers" who had travelled from New
York to Portland to work at
Kaiser.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
HIGHLY IMPORTANT!

It is highly important
that each person elected
to office in November 3
elections be loyal, earnest
citizens who believe in ex-
tending to each country
the same opportunities
for service and reward he
or she receives.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
Reception at
Church Of God

The members of the Church of
God In Christ at 1888 Olson Blvd.
will observe the first anniversary
of their pastor Elder J. W. Graham
beginning Monday, October 26 and
continuing throughout the week. A
reception will be held at Phyllis
Wheatley House Friday, October 80
at 6:45 p. m. Mrs. E. ]. Drake is
program chairman and Mrs. Nettie
Allen and Mrs. A. B. James are
members of the finance committee.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
LANE SISTERS
ENTERTAIN SERVICE
BOYS IN VIRGINIA

Harriet, Virginia and Luvenia
Lane, Minneapolis girls now en-
ployed in Washington, D. c., are
using their talents to help entertain
Uncle Sans men. They sang
recently at the U. S. o. Club at
Fort st. Velvoir, Va. The girls,
members of the Washington Y. W.
C. A., are daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. H. Lane, 722 Fremont Ave.
No. A vocal trio, they began
singing at an.early age.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
INFANT DIES

Frances Elizabeth Dean, five
weeks old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Dean, 1881 Bryant
Ave. No., died at Fairview hos
pital Wednesday, October 81. Fun
eral services were held Friday Ito
day. at the Woodland Funeral Home
chapel. Rev. A. J. Irwin will Off
ciate. Burial, Crystal Lake ceme-
terry. Also surviving are a brother,
Roy, and other relatives.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
Negro Player
on Michigan U
Football Squad

One of the regular players on the
University of Michigan football
team which plays the Golden
Gophers Saturday at Memorial
Stadium is julius Franks, 1877
pound Negro lad from Hamtramck,
Mich. A junior the Michigan lad is
considered one of the top guards
in the Big Ten big Nine) Confer
ence
Saturdays game is Home Com
ino for Minnesota
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
READY MONEY!

The Increased payroll of
the local Negro consumer,
makes him a potential
purchaser of large quaint
ties of merchandise. Wise
merchants will approach
his open pocketbook
through the medium of
this papers advertising
columns. Many of the
leading merchants have
discovered it paws.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
This is Americas most complete
newspaper of its size.-Advt.
EVERY WEEK

For several months the excellent
verse of James T. Logan has ap-
peared in this publication. In a
few words of poetry Mr.. Logan
says more than many writer's can
say in thousands of sentences. Get
the Logan habit-read his poems,
clip them for your scrap book!
Names of the nominees for the
annual election of officers will ap-
pear in a subsequent issue of The
Recorder and Spokesman news
papers.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
DARWIN DOTY ACCI-
DENTALLY SHOT
WHILE HUNTING

Darwin Doty, TIT Iglehart Ave-
nue., was accidentally shot by his
brother-in-law, Andrew Combs,
while on a hunting trip, Monday,
October 10th. Mr.. Doty is recup-
Grating from bullet wounds in the
face, arms and leg from a volley of
shots.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
St. James A. M. E.
Choir in Musical

In it's fourth Sunday night must
cal, St. James A. M. E. church
choir will offer favorite songs and
favorite local artists, October &c,
at 8 p. m.
These programs are given for
the enjoyment of the public and to
stimulate music appreciation gen.
orally. Mrs. Lillian Hickman is
chairman.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
IN VOCAL RECITAL

Lorraine E. Chivers, student of
liza M. Garfield, vocal and piano
teacher, will appear in a vocal re-
cital at the Y. M. C. A. Friday
night, November 8. The public is
invited. Admission free.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
Cooks Offers
500 Shirts for
Price of Buck
By JOHN ESQUIRE

Cooks, Robert at Sixth, has a
great bargain in mems shirts, sizes
ID to II at the low price of 81. Ad-
vertised in the Recorder this issue.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23

Twin City Dramatic Contest by
st. Peter Choir, Nov. 2O.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23

This is Americas most complete
newspaper of its size.-Advt.
Keep off Nov. %, st. Thomas
Crusaders Guild Harvest Festival
and Raffle.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Moore, 203
West S1st, are the proud parents
of a daughter, Joyce Carol, born
Sept. 4th.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23

A. Gladys Cannon Nelson, Chi
cagO soprano, Recital Nov. IL,
CamphOr Church.-Advt.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23
MRS. TILLOTsON TO SPEAK

Mrs. Rose Tillotson, candidate
for Congress from the Fourth Dis
trict, will be on the air on Monday
evening, October 26th, over WLOL,
8:15-8:SO in campaign speech on
the subject of: Strategy For Vic
tory. Mrs. Tillotson was candidate
for council in the st. Paul pri-
maries and will be recalled for
her position in opposition to the
discriminatory practices Of Mr..
John Mauer, also a candidate for
the same office.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-10-23

tor of the church.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04
Nova Americka kniha O odpo-
ru " Ceskoslovensku.
(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. r.

V nekolika tydnech New
Yorske nakladatelstv1 G. P.
Putnam's Sons VIDA novy ro-
man nadepsany Hostages (Ru-
kOjmD. Autorem romanu jest
Stefan Heym, jemuz Sc poda-
rilo pred nedavnem uteci z ru-
kou gestapa. V letech pred
Mnichovem Heym I'll v Praze,
kdy prisp1val do ceskych a ne
meckych demokratickych no.
vim a casopis1. Latka romanu
jest cerpana vylucne z ceske-
no prostred1 a autor poutavym
zpGsobem lfcf odpor ceskeho
lidu proti nacistickemu teroru.
V 1vodu autor pfse mimo jine:
"Byl jsem v PrazeI jen n6kolik
let. Utekl jsem tam z Nemec-
ka, kde gestapo uvrhlo meho
otce do koncentracniho tabo-
ru. Cesi dali mne pTflezitost
81 an zivobytf psanim
do noviny a casopisG. Mezi
mnoha prateli byl to zejmena
Karel Capek, znamy autor dra
matickych del, ktery mi pomo-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04

hi dostati Sc do Ameriky. Dlu-
zfm odvaznemu a pevnemu ce-
skemu lidu velky duh. Tato
kniha jest jenom splatkou "a
jejich laskavost."
Roman Hostages" je pre-
kvapujlcf pov1dkou odvahy,
lasky, udatnosti a ma druhe
strane grady a brutality, ktere
doprovazej1 ceske podzemnl
hnut1 "a osvobozen1 a zapas
CechG S Gestapem "a uhajen1
zivota. Je to hold narodu bo-
juj1c1mu "a svoj1 svobodu.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04
Por. BRONX " akci pro upisy
Valecnych BondE.

(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. R.)
Tisk v Buffalo, N. Y, venu-
je mnoho navsteve chicagske-
no krajana leteckeho poruc1ka
Roberta Brouka, ma jehoz po-
cest byl We Statlerove hotelu u
spOTadan ob6d. Ucastn1ci pTi
mem upsali ma $3,321.9O valec-
bond1. Porucfk BRONX
slouzil americke dobrovolnic-
Ike letce "Letaj1cf Tygri" v CT
ne, kde Sc vyznamenal sestre-
vetsfho poctu japon-
letadel.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04
Oziveny zajem O sbornik
What America Thinks"
(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. R.)

(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. R.
Naprava krivdy, spachane
ma Ceskoslovensku ma podzim
roku 1888 jednostranou mni-
chovskou "dohodou", vzbudi-
dila v americkem tisku nema-
lou pozornost. Vsechny celne
casopisy S velkym uspokoie-
MIN vzaly ma vedomi vymenu
not mezi britskym statnfm ia
jemn1kem pro zahranicnf vecf|
Anthonym Edenem a csl. mini
strem pro zahranici Janem Ma
sarykem, jakoz i bezprostred-
ne ma to uvefejnene prohlaSe-
nj ~sovetskeho komisaTe pro "a
hranic1 Vjaceslava Molotova.
Britska vlada uznala "a
vhodno potvrdit svoje stanovi-
sko k Mnichovu jeste zvlast-
MIN prohlasenim statniho ta-
iemn1ka Edena v parlamente,
re Sc definitivne zrfka nebla-
heho paktu a vsech jeho ma
sledkd a re tedy neuznava ia
kychkoli zmen hranic Cesko-
slovenkse republiky, jez cd te
DOLBY nastaly, a re take pTi po-
valecne m1rove konferenci Sc
media mnichovskou smlouvou
nijak oblivnovat, az Sc Dude
jednat o restituci Ceskosloven-
ska.
Vlada Svazu sovetskych So
cialistickych republik prohla-
senlm sveho komisare pro "a
hranicn1 veci Vjaceslava Mo-
lotova potvrdila, re nemajfc
1casti ma Mnichove, nikdy do
body tam sjednan6 neuznavala
a re tedy vzdycky povazovala
Ceskoslovensko "a nedotcene
jak timto paktem, tax i vsfm,
co pc mem nasledovalo.
Pro valnou vetSinu americ-
keno tisku jsou ODE ttato VIZ
mamma prohlaseni velkym do
stiucinenim. V historic sveto-
dejnych udalosti, jez pTedcha-
zely nynejs1 valce, z1stane po-
vzdy cti americkych novinar1,
re p~rojevili nepomerne vice pc
liticke pr~oz1ravosti nee oficiel-
nj diplomaticky svet, kdyz cd
sama zacatku odsuzovali a po-
trail smery vedoucf do Mini
chova.
Soubor clankd, jez vysly cd
l. srpna 1888 do 81. prosince
1910 v 321 americkych den
mich casopisech, knize What
America Thinks jest pamatni-
KEN ma ktery NIUE byt ameri-
cka zurnalistika jake celek
vs1m pravem hrda. Sla v kri-
tickych dobach s pT1kladnou
statecnostf proti proudu bez O.
hledu ma to, re "a sebou meme
la vetsinu verejneho mlneni
Ale dovedla haiti a obhajit
svoje stanovisko u vedomf, re
Sc bile "a vec spravedlivou a
re obhajuj1c vzdalene Cesko-
slovensko prot krivde, stavi
hradby prot pronikanf mni-
chovskeho zatuchleho ovzdu-
81 do Spojenych stat1 "a SPRAY
neho a budoucnostf potvrzene-
no pfedpokladu, re i jejich
bezpecnost je orhozena rozp1-
navost1 a vybojnost1 mezi ma
rodn1ho faSismu.
Definitivn1 pochovani ne
mravneho Mnichova povzbu-
dilo zajem O tuto jedinecnou
knihu. Poole zpravy chicag-
ske verejne knihovny jest
"What America Thinks" v re-
ferencn1m oddeleni svazkem
velmi vyhledavanym. Chicag-
ska skolnl rada, jejfz superin-
tendent William johnson sc ne
davno vylsovil O tonic souboru
Telice lichotive, v ocenenf his
torickeho vyznamu v mem pre-
tistenych HAST tisku opatTila
pc vytisku "What America
Thinks" pro radu vyssich skol,
kde jsou zarazeny v zakov-
skych knihovnach. Jsou to
Crane Tech High School, Flo
wer High School, Gage Park
High School, Hirsch High
School, Hyde Park High
School, KELVIN Park High
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-09-04

Ma dine East Riveru v New
Yorku jest poklad 81, OOO,O 900
We zlate. Naklad tento byl ma
briticke lodi, ktera Sc tam po-
topila 1870. Mnoho pokus1 by
10 ucineno, zvednouti vrak a
zachraniti zlato, ale kazdy sell
hal.
Evening star., 1942-07-26

moonlight She smiled Whats up, British
soldier?"
Il need a bit of guiding - to thatch-
rooted goat shed off the compound of an es-
tate owned by Twaje Tavoy."
The girl nodded. II know the place. It's
barely more than Hlometer from here"
Then let's be on our way"
Hadn't we best wait until the moon has
set? We must pass near many sentries"
"Righto." The moon would set in half an
hour MY names Roger Beatty"
She sat down on the top step and leaned
back against pillar. I'm Hinda Leigh"
HE English name, he thought, meant that
she was an English Burmese half CASTE
Likely her father had been British planter,
her mother an upper-class native. Her bare
arm came out from under the cape and calrled
back, 50 that her hand could cushion her
head against the pillar. Roger saw, under the
cape, white starched uniform
You're in the hospital here?" He sat
down on the upper step, facing her.
'On day duty. Last year graduated from
the nursing school at Singapore"
do you come here every night?"
mo - only one night week. The other
agents are men - and seven of us take turn
about, waiting here in case we're needed
That's taking big chance, isn't it?
mean - for a girl?"
why shouldn't girl take chances, the
same as men?" She looked at his thorn-torn
Evening star., 1942-07-26

because they would also have found the
demolition charge planted there, and would
have traced the wires to this shed - in which
case they would have disconnected the bat
tery. OF course, our side meant to set this
off before withdrawing. But the sergeant
assigned to do it got nachine-gunned on the
way to this she'd
The battery was still connected. hard
downward thump Of the plunger handle
should detonate distant explosives so you'd
better run along" Roger said. when it goes
off, the Jappies will think it's one of those
Flying Tigers on the prowl They'll be swarm
ing this way like hornets"
''M-m-m" She was too good soldier to
argue. Good night and good luck, Com
mando."
'T1l wait fifteen minutes, 80 you can get
mile away"
''Cheerio," Hinda said, and was gone.
Roger waited fifteen minutes Then he
grasped the handle with firm grip. A terrific
explosion shook the earth. Roger heard falling
walls. He lodged from the shed and ran for it.
Nothing to do now but get to his boat and
retreat quickly down-ooast to the swamp
He raced through the oorrals and into the
main compound. Already he could see search
lights darting about the sky, and far away he
heard the thunder of fighter plane taking
off. More searchlights raked the heavens
Roger reached the front gate, slipped through
it.
HE shrill cry of sentry down the road
made him hug the shadows. At the end Of the
wall he made dash in the direction of the
bay. A stump tripped him. He scrambled up,
jumped an irrigation ditch, vaulted hedge,
raced along its other side and turned sea-
ward again at the first alley
As he darted out Of this alley. an electric
torch played full on his face. Roger caught
the silhouette of Jap sentry whipping up his
rifle He dived to the left as the rifle cracked.
On his knees and one hand he tugged out his
automatic, fired, saw the sentry double. He
got up and ran down the street, but head
lighted motorcycle came wheeling straight at
him. Lights stabbed from everywhere, and
hundred 6recracker voices bayed him. Japs
came bounding from the side streets and
alleys Like shrieling monkeys they swarmed
over him. He was hustled to the guardhouse
nearby.
The officer in charge ratified questions at
him, first in japanese, then Burmese. Japa-
nese was blank to Roger. but he had worked
on the Burma Road long enough to catch the
drift when the man shrilled at him in Bur-
mese.
How many are in your raiding party
and where are the others hiding?"
The safest bet. Roger decided, was to pre-
tend he didn't understand So he shook his
head and made himself look dumb.
An officer of higher rank appeared. But he
TOO could speak only Oriental languages. In
Burmese they continued to nag Roger with
the same question. He gave them only blank
looks Get an Interpreter" an officer shout
cd. A guard dashed off to look for one.
Fuller reports on the explosion came in.
AnAto A. - AnS
Evening star., 1942-07-26

~1ostMANDo ROGER BEATTY coaxed his
motorboat into the mangroves and
~ moored her in concealment there Then
he stepped out into dark water and waded
ashore. Although it still lacked an hour of
moonset, long jungle shadows made the beach
inky.
The city of Moulmein, close by, was of
course blacked out. Roger hurried toward it
over the sand. This one-nan expedition
shouldn't take long; with luck he could have
it done and be safely away by dawn.
''You will proceed" ran his instruction,
to an old half-wrecked pagoda on the out
skirts of Moulmein There an agent of British
Intelligence, Burmese division, will meet you.
The agent will guide you to your objective
Demolish it and return to camp"
Camp, just now, was fever-ridden bam-
boo swamp which the Japanese had BY
passed. Rogers unit, trapped there for months
now, had nevertheless managed to keep con-
tact with certain native patriots at Moulmein.
A motorcycle came pounding from the
darkness Roger lodged into the palm fringe.
1t was Japanese patrol. When it had passed,
he quickened his pace upbeach.
Presently the pagoda's main spire loomed
above the shadows, silent as mummy's
tomb. On the seaward side, stone steps as
cended to an arched, open entrance. No
human was in sight. So Roger stood on the
lower step, removed his helmet and famed
himself, using first his right hand, then his
left
In response to this signal, the Burmese
agent appeared promptly from behind pillar.
A woman She stood on the top step, posed
gracefully. Her cape was dark and ankle
length, her face veiled.
Roger went briskly up the steps. well,
here we are" he greeted cheerily. you're
sure we're alone?"
Quite" She said it in quiet, upper-class
British voice. Yet when she removed her veil
Roger saw face definitely oriental. Her eyes,
under long curved lashes, were family oblique,
and her face made an exotic. ivory oval in the
Evening star., 1942-07-26

sS5Os01 T. HUOy
uniform and lean, half-starved face, with
bayonet scar slashed from lip to ear. you've
taken plenty yourself, I'm sure"
He shook his head. mo, most of the time
I've had it soft. Butter soft. l was in supply
transport for while. They had me conveying
trucks along the Burma Road"
Her laugh Knocked him. Which gave you
nothing to do except fight off bandits and
dodge bombs! So you chucked it and got
transferred to the oommandos at Rangoon.
When Rangoon fell your unit happened to
be over on this side of the bay, blowing up
railroads. So since then you've been just a
band of guerrillas living in foxholes."
Waves Tapped at the foot of the steps:
overhead one of the pagoda chimes tinkled
as some bat or owl or roosting pigeon jostled
it. The Burma girl sat by Roger and looked
dreamily to sea.
only we're looking west" he chuclled,
instead of eastward to the sea-
Hinda caught the illusion And /, of
course, should be smoking white cherootr"
A pop-pop down the beach brought Roger
to his feet Let's duck" he said. Il hear that
patrol coming back"
They stepped behind one of the pillars.
The motorcycle cracked by. Il hope he
didn't find your boat" Hinda whispered.
Not chance. It's in the mangroves."
The moon has set now Shall we go?''
Right"
They went down the dark steps. The girl
tucked hand under Rogers arm and guided
him to narrow lane leading obliquely in
land through the bush. It brought them to
street lined with rickety bamboo cabins
patroling sentry at the next crossing
made them turn into an alley. Emerging, they
crossed an irrigation ditch on log bridge.
Then Roger followed Hinda through the gate
of a deserted suburban estate.
Its the Twaje Tavoy house." she whis-
pered. when the japanese marched in from
Thailand. he took his family to India
They kept close to high wall Of the CON-
pound and circled the house. At the rear
Hinda guided Roger through another gate
and across succession of corrals The Tavoy
livestock, Hinda explained. had been butch
cred to feed the invading garrison
HE most rearward outbuilding was poat
shed. They groped their way inside and Roger
sent the beam of his f1ashlight around the
bamboo walls. Then he advanced to a manper
filed with mildewed straw. He pushed the
straw aside and Hinda, at his elbow. peered
curiously at what he exposed.
Its demolition battery" Roger told
her. In peacetime, miners use it to blast
with, while keeping at safe distance. This
one was wired before the British evacuated
Moulmein. The wires lead to the basement
Of warehouse stocked with ammunition that
our people had to abandon here Maybe the
Jappies have found it - but don't think 80:
Evening star., 1942-07-26

For Commando Beatty, getting out Of
a tight spot was just routine. But this
spot was bit tighter than usual :.
by Allan Vaughan Els1on
Illustrated BY Niekoius +. Riley