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. . . ...j. i i i i. t his wateiv i 1 :i" I took up hit .. ' . t i, ;er .burn t is. at- i i i roil have' to." y d ! own paddle, on I . - I'y bit own tii .! ! i i,.re will rid 1 . i ai: 1 ; i 1 icnce. i," 1 . the pointed bai Mi . e pleasant of -jroi ruoeg showed the ; . . .J white trunks i-lillled birch trees, "If we . so much time well land there i .1 climb un."-:.. . i. 1 .-.'- "But with the post so near-,1 my dear Lillllh!" Huxby protested. "That fellow Tobln bad any amount Of 80UP." , "U the , more reason...; ril not have even a common navvy see me In this condition.- The rags can't T helped. But the dirt t" Out t her suppressed loathing for , the. j grease. and ; (rime - that ched herself ao'd ' the men. id ! . sllme l rancid . fat I - spoiled att., Alan. Garth, I know that I ave to go in dressed like a squaw. ut thls-rthls flithl - V ., He surged the ; canoe around shoreward with powerful sweep of his paddle. : -;-y ' ; "Not necessary. Miss Ramltt A scouring with hardwood ashes and eand will do the work of soap,; We ;can' goJn',sweet";,5,:.';i5:;ry;v ; They landed iwhere an Ice Jam - of some spring break-up bad gouged through the muskeg mod at the end of the nidge and left a clear beach of glacial sand and. gravel. Up over a Are with one of his two remain ing matches. - " No cleaning could be done until the fires burned out. ' When' Mr. ' imiii took off the spits of cooked t. all --squatted down as usual are the meal. Garth smiled his Urns he took the slab "if , hot t handed to -him by -the-million-"The smile hardened, - -A sadden change had fallen upon his three companions. " He could easily gness' the cause. They real- J zed that , this was the- last meal ; they: were to- share fellow, Toy-, jifreurs rlth M S-cSa.. - The : Moment they stepped from "ie canoe onto the 'Whart at thf emergency refueUngv post, ; their jMni-u tuuipuuiuuismp wun aim in tlie loaj valley and on all the long 'trip would, be at an end. Instead of a trjo dependent upon their op-.' lonentrfor food and guidance for life Itself they' Would be trio Dot onl Independent if hut" hostile - That - was at least true of the two men. And even Llllth betrayed In her, looli and manner a vivid con sciousness pf the impending change of relationship. As for fiuxby, the cold gloating In his. stare showed how; he was -anticipating the rob bery and ruin of the man who had - far outplayed them. ; Bamlll, bad reacted In his way.-nHis temporary frlendllf i nsa disappeared. He wa twain the;' bland, adroit investor 11 mines ytho so generously -prerieo ca worthy prospectors with' a thol sand, and In return took over clal worth 'i'lmany - thousands-' Ho: had been a hopeless case. 8 But "Garth had; fancied there were? POT sihimieln -the older pirate; p'V t.iinniamm,, however, was the real-, fltskpitoiiitiiient Though 'she .had. done, nothing so rar aa 38rth could tejUto disprove her declared ?r--- ' dud i 11 va munu more aid .more to show ai spirit of falrtplay..' it had led . htafc Into t'llnkingishe possessed a trueSpirit f sportsmanslilp. , , '' , '' 1 y '.the 'time .Carth' flnlanid.' hls i n half-spoiled meat, he ianaged to swallow his bltterne. After :, what else could he nave ex- ITi.The gin was the'dangh- f Burton Kamlil te- selfish 1 daughter of an -'tinserupo-!-i(neas sharpor. . : ' ' ,. !rfol .'.9 In 1 fi h4f 'rubbing he -itned ummotitj : "May -I vt - the salt and tea bags, i! 1? They're as rood as j Tut I enrt r : 1 them n to tl.e val" . 1 rt lii wiuo-eyed: - ii'iei goliig pack I : , O.. ' 1 r ? Ton e l that tl 1' 1 '-ink 1 1 lilt lr 1 1 .11, k fie to 3 mu "Uood guess,'.; he. broke In. "It has taken bit longer than t ex pected, to get you out: But In my light blreh-ljan-n, 1 fancy I can make the head pt canoe water before the freeze-up. After that, frost and snow will -oak no difference.. Til have . pali of webs snowshoes." - The millionaire spoke in place of his wlld-eycd daughter 1 "But, man, the cold?" $ , a" . k , - Csrth tmilled. '"Have you forgot ten 1 toia you tnat 1 wintered1 witn the Eskimos at Coronation Quit?" "They , have - dog teams.": , ''Some fof wthose - teams , were reared from wolf pups. I might ex periment: There are several wolf families lis the 'valley.". ' r ; "You're; stark mad! If you think you can--" .'j , - - Mf. Ramill paused. Be listened to what Huxby wis muttering In bis ear. His frown smoothed out, and he 'again favored . Garth with the . smjje that did' not go up as nigh as) his shrewd -eyes. f. "Oh; J well, ?mj boy,'' ilf ' you're bound to, risk . your" life In fool hardy fedventnrlng,' ,thaf none, of Our business."- --.. ' "Quite j so." Garth agreed, 1 "If our sixty-forty deal' had not fallen through, Jt would have . been .your business , to .do the legal assess ments work on the claim. But a things stand, I may- as well put In the winterdoing the work myself. The inetall sled out with my wolf tean should pay enough to buy me a fair-sizea freight plane, r . The millionaire beamed. "Yes ah .true If ,..' ..' -, , ' Garth smiled , back at him. "By the? way- I meant to let you 'dis cover fo yourselves at Fort Smith th "happy ' surprise': I've had . all long for you.':. But since you're so pleased already over my prospects, 111 .let yon Into the secret right now. jt , ' J'Secre-rt Tort Smith V v H flea forwarded my paper by the southbound ttellanca, before had the pleasure of meeting you and Visa .TUmlU. My claim has been ;on.' record- for .the past.' four weeks or so.".,. '.' : i Hoxby rvglared.' wtth S a sudden Change from gloating ta cold rage Ton let Tou were going- out in your;! csnoftT''' i:i-r'"'' !-1 He was on his feet almost as Sdon as Garth, Hla fists swung In blows driven by all, the force of hlft furlou "sngeh i 'Garth '-V aide stepped, both, and,: clipped In ' hook to the Jaw, Huxby dropped as hit by n sledge. Yet It was not a. cimplete knockout . After three or four seconds, be sat , up, blinking ike a dased owL (5 s-s;,:a,- ( Garth had - (tepped. back. He laid : "Apologize, or get up -and ake what Is coming to you." , Huxby' stopped blinking.' The daze cleared from his eyes. - They took ' on 7 their, - usual : calculating look. . He felt the beard on his sore Jaw, and replied with cold deliber ation: "I withdraw the term.". Arrogant was the , tone, '.the words, were an unquaiiBea apology, Garth turned to Llllth, who stood gazing at him with peculiar hard glow in her blutf eyes. - He spoke as if nothing M. happened ssfe" "Some of the ashes are now .cool enough for you to use, Miss Bamlll Rub them ' on . as' a mud paste till the potash . cutsi the grease, - then scour with sand, and, rinse. Better take your ashes In the . blanket, and use If f or protection while you do your .laundering. .The skeets and ' bulldog, flies are swarming. Youll find a bit of sand bench, Just under that 'clump of pruce.' . -y Without word: of thanks, aha dragged the blanket to the edge of the nearest outburnt Are and began brushing the fluffy gray wood ashes upon It with a spruce spray,- Her father had been gazing thought fully at Garth. He took np, hla empty foxakln bag.r lv.'v'-t-'-' ' "Come on, -Vivian, ThuJ Is wash day. Take UUth's bag and get your potash." '' ,.';:,i. i':';&l?' 'l.'Z The wolfskin knapsack, with its platinum alloy treasure,, had been left attached to the' mooring line of the canoe. There was no bag for Garth, He made one. by opening the front . of bis buckskin shirt and hand-ladling wood ashes Inside, 'if ,. Llllth weritj over beyond' the spruce thicket with her :;bliuik0' bagged ashes. Garth led Mr. Ba'mlU and Huxby to the atrip of sand be low the beached; canoe. There, he showed ' them bow to cheat the buzzing Insect pests. Instead Of stripping for his laundry work, he muddied his ashes and plastered the paste all over his body and on the , inside and outside ' of : hit Clothes. . - '4 yrj.-Al''.'.: He rubbed in the mess and gave the weak, solution of potash lye time to act. After that came the rinsing. He waded out nrid rt ? un In the watT up Ij h'i n-'.s. 1 o. , J. , washed it cli ! ui!3;d Jt upon the i. .eh. 1 ufoie coming Cf a luxurious swim In e ciwir river water.1 i Firit Rauiill and then Huxby I rather gingerly copied Garth's ; method. Like hlin, both wound-up wlih a swiiu. Nelcher, however, ventured far out Into the vast slow flood of the f-Hrkenzle,; ;:?,'- With the luiidlng came the com edy The others ended their, bath ing before Garlh. He tread water to watch them. Both had wrung out their clothes and flung them well up the beach. The moment 'they splattered : ashpre,-; ' thei- waiting warms, of blood-suckers buzzed to the :,feast'-,; ' ;;! . ';'; Huxby. cursed," snatched up fhls half-dry rags; and dashed back In, to dress under water.. Mr. Bamlll, however, had no desire to. put on wet clothes. He beat. at the slzzlng pests with- bis tattered union suit, It enabled him ' to - get . Into the leather trousers and coat without being stung more than half a hun dred times,- .:t;:1.,i)K'i ::; , Garth's inlrtb was mixed . with admiration for the mine Investor's nerve. Along, with this be -felt, a glow of satisfaction over the 're sults of what his vigorous training had done for the once-soft million aire; ThoUgb: still heavy-setr the portly f. geptleman ;had become something of. an athlete, In appear ance. Els flabby muscles had been hardened ; bis loose Jowls were now firm. His paunch, had disappeared. "My word, lr," Garth sang out, "you look fit for the football squad. That should be worth more to you than a dozen platinum .claims. At least, you might toss me my buck skins." ' , Mellowed by the bath and swim to a temporary return Of ftrtendll ness, the millionaire, chuckled end came down the beach to fling the sodden garments' out to their own, er. His '.loitering afterwards -may have been for Huxby. Yet he went back to the dead fires with Garth, when -the engineer muttered some thug ? about having ' dropped - bis penknife. -. ..... , - , , -As the two disappeared over the top of the Ice-gouged bank, Huxby sprang to open the wolfskin knap- Garth 8ide-Stepped Both, 'and v .Clipped in Hook to ths Jaw, sack.' From It-he snatched out a piece of rancid bear-cub fat, a clip of pistol -cartridges,' and his Jiost' automatic. :,; y v '' v ';:: y With awlft, ' purposeful niove- ments, be rubbed the fat on the rusts 'pistol . and-' began . working the mechanism. It Jammed repeat edly; But as the - sun-melted fat soaked .the rust, the. action .became normaL.jawv1;.- Still ' nntck vet unhurried. : he loaded the clip into the hollow butt and slid back the, outer barrel to throw a cartridge "Into the breech. As wbs of course to .be expected LlllUi Ramill had not returned from ber own dip and wood-ashes laun dering. Garth sat down beside the tin cup and little aluminum pot to mend, i fi rlp'f la ; hla buckskin trousers. :. " Still In a friendly mood, but' with shrewd calculation in his eyes, Mr. Bamlll stretched out on his back In the long, grass beside Garth. Well, : young . man. Jt appears that the game Is 'played out The Joke on : ua Is that you bad the cards stacked, A cold deck, and' no stakes up." - 'b''r,-:-W?''&:k Garth differed; "Why not put It according to the facts, sir I of fered a square deal straight business propositions The placer was in on that Had I not sent out my papers' for record, I would have had no legal claim to offer In my bargaining" i-?s1;iM!'r Wby-er But when I refused your termsand you refused mine, you said you preferred to play out "My game,' Garth qualified ; rnot yours. It was you, and Huxby who thought you. had the cards stacked to wii-wv':.-?:; - i't;:-'n ; "But your gainet Ton. had the placer clinched, Why not have said so at once, or at least there at the lake when you turned the tables un us? I might have accepted your terms. At least we could have flown out : together, ' Instead of going through all these weeks of priva tion and hardship." , .. The last words won an amused f f g'ance from Carih. j "i.trduL", j 1 ? You munt know - Bevurul fcilow millionaires who call It prime sport to spend a month In, the busli." : . . ' :: "Sport?" : - - -! "Oh, well, if you can't see that side of it. Just recall yourself as you were when. I had to hoist you, out of the monoplane cabin." . , That. held the millionaire for a long moment Then ;- T.i "Admitting how much Tv4 bene flted from your health cure, Doctor Garth, your methods have done my future son-in-law no good. As for my daughter, to drag a delicately nurtured lady Into the dirt and privations and dangers of your raw wilds"' h'i---yp.-::-'' (,.. "Delicate P? ' Garth cut In. -'"bo you know of anyone' more hard? The point- In her case is that she was only a brittle, harsh alloy. Now she's at .least, partly tempered Into true steeL, I had hopes of still bet-, ter results from the both of you. But hate and treachery blacken the blcodvr;5,r : At the bitter statement, the mil llonalre flushed with anger.. He started to turn over on bis side to frown at Garth. , The movement drew Garth's glance. Above a clump of ' wild currants,- less- than - ten Lpaces , distant, be glimpsed the top 01 uuxoys nai ana tne;ouiinrus muzzle of the automatic. 'rffiftpj:: As Garth ducked forward, the pistol blared. Garth pitched down on his face. Jit. the same Instant, startled by the shot, Mr. Ratriill Jerked' up on his elbow. The long grass bad hidden him. Huxby could not .have . known ; that -his partner was lying so close beside Garths In the excitement of the moment, be , must'-! hars ..thought '. he - had missed his kill and that Garth was bounding up again. r He Instantly pulled the trigger a second time. Knocked, over, by the shock, of the bullet, the millionaire sprawled across the flaccid body of Garth. . Even as the roar of the second hot dinned. In his ears, the killer saw"Vhat he had' done. - Thp pistol dropped from bin paralysed hand. Before he could recover hla wit; Ulltb i burst - screammg from the spruce thicket Half clad, wet hair flying, she. dashed forward' to fling herself down on her bare knees be side her father. 'Cnder the partly washed off coat, of mosquito dbpe, his face was the same sallow gray as Garth's. ; ' .'.-: '::: She looked up, her eyes blacic with horror. Huxby bad risen to hla feet He was advancing, once more. cool. She flung out a forbid ding hand. ; "Stop I Keep away I You mur derer 1" ' J3is Hps tightened. "You're mad, darling clear oil your head. -1 shot to save your father, not at him. No, listen you. must listen to met The d d roughneck attacked your fa therwith the knife had him down. At ; my first shot he dodged. I thought ' I missed. Your father sprang up Just as I fired again. It's the truth." . ".Truth I" Rbe cried "truth 1 You're killed them both 1" Huxby advanced with wary quick ness. But at sight of the two men he had shot, he thrust his coat- hidden pistol into its sheath. All the back of Garth's sldewafd turned head was a crimson blotch. What need of wasting powder on a man hot through the head? H1 " , Mr. BamiU's wound gave: him no less satisfaction, though for an ex actly .opposite reason. ' The bullet had struck high up on, the, shoulder blade, between neck' and arm. Hux by pulled the thickset body from under Llllth and opened the front of the leather coat The steel-Jack eted bullet bad drilled clean through and come out below the collarbone. "Look I" he shouted bis relief, "Tour father he'a not killed,, only knocked out The wound's not seri ous,, so high up through the chest Same way one of my classmates was shot by a hold-np. :' Take hold. We'll get him- Into the canoe and make a quick run down' across to the refueling; post That fellow Tobln will have a medical kit" , The pulling of her father from under her had let the girl down upon the body of Garth. Huxby's eager assurance roused her from the semi-swoon. She struggled part ly up to" peer at her father, her band braced upon Garth's lax side. Even at she gazed, the gray of her father's face became .. less ghastly. But In place of the smile of relief for which Huxby looked, she (prang up to flare at him In an other outburst of denunciation; . . "Murderer!, ;. Liar I ; There's "hi knife where I left It He did not have It! Liar 1 -Sneak I He did not attack Dad. But you you crawled up ; and shot him without warn Huxby dropped bis mask. 1 "What of It i The d d wood louse lied first He thought It funny to keep mum about having recorded hli clalm-to play your father and me all this time.;; Great Joke that Only It back-fired on him. Tm the only pilot who can find the valley, s No one can say. that the claim we file on Is the same as the one he re corded.". .; ., t- ut (TO BE CONTINUED) - ' Lafayett Loved Dogs " r The great Lafayette, one of the most famods maglclaas of the- last century, so loved hla dog,' Beauty, that a portrait of the dog adorned all hit checks and theater contracts. A picture of the dog hnng outside his London borne with the inscrip tion, "The more I see of men, the more I love n-y dog."! .-jjv ': '1: " 1 . mm. OM MUBDOCE was a thief. For a year and a half he bad lived well.: mingled in. good so ciety, and occasionally, baffled the police with a "little Job." -He wasn't greedy. He. to,ok Just enough to keep blmeelf In comfort and to permit the privilege of cer- taln chanties. -. ;To Tom . Murdock. the appeal of his profession jas hot profit but tne ever-present ctanger. ue reveiea In that . . :';.,;': ,,'. ' , : " Ontil the Morrison's New Year's eve balL He had gone, not to wel come In the New Year, but because of the opportunity the revelry would afford for a rich haul. .. . It was by merest chance he met. the girl. He might have gone on all evening, dancing with fat old dowagers who gratefully called him "a dear boy," and sizing up their jewels at his convenience. But one of these "prospects" Introduced him to ber niece. "She's been wanting to meet you, dear boy I I've told her all about you, and she says you are the man she's looking for." He knew, the moment they met, that he belonged to her' :. , "fm full of good resolutions to night,", he told hert "all because I've met you." . "I don't take much stock in New Year's resolutions myself," she an swered, "but I did make one not to wear many Jewels tonight There "P Am Full of Good Resolutions . Tonight," He Told Her. have been too many robberies lately." 1 don't think you need worry. I'm sure no more will happen." The hour of midnight found them In the conservatory. "Walt," he pleaded as she started up. "But shouldn't we Join In 'Auld Lang Syne' to see the New Year in?" "Not this time. This year we're seeing in a whole new life." He held her hand and looked deep Into her eyes. "I'm not much of a bar gain,' but I want you to know that I'm going to make you proud of me. So proud I hope, that you'll marry me. Because I'm In love with you." "This Is so sudden!" she cried, aitd they both laughed at the trite answer. ' "Nonsense 1" he Insisted. "Why, I met you away back last year." He kissed her and she did not resist 1 But later when they returned to the ball room- a man stepped up and touched his arm. "Jig's up," the man said quietly. "You're un der arrest" 'T? Isn't there some mistake?" "Not' a , chance. We've got you with the goods this time. Might as well come- quietly." "Of course. Mind if I say good by to the lady? , I promise I'll come right back. ' I won't be out of your sight, you know, and you can shoot If I try to get away." ? - "Here she , comes now. Tell ber anything you; like." .-.She Joined them. "Oh, here you are. ' I thought you were right be hind me. Why. Captain Barry 1 What's the matter?" . "You know htm?" asked Tom in surprise. ; . "Yes, we're otd friends. But why?" ;v'."My dear, it's going to take long er, : maybe a lot longer than I thought- I can't ask you to wait but may I at least write you now and then?" '; ' "You're going away?" He nodded. "Of course,, write to me. ' Here's my address." She wrote nervously, crumpled the first card, and gave him the second. ' "I'll write to you, too she promised. "I--! think I love you,.-Tom." She turned and fled. ' , . i rwelt let's get going." The two men crossed the dance floor,' got their wraps, and went out together Into the cold night , , ,. '"Fd like to ask one favor, cap; tela." Tom said. .;"Please don't tell ber. I couldn't Stand for her to , "Me telir Be thought of a Crumpled calling, card, slipped into his hand, that he had read while putting on bis coat "Don't tell him I wa the detective who tipped you off he'd . be here, tonight" v " "Not me,? the captain; promised; That my'Wew Year's resolution." A , - Wutitn Nwppir Union. ";'':v-.' .:;.-iV'V.', 4 NEW YEAR H BELLS B In BVBRT towa tIIUx , The kclls ring. O'er wmIi pm aaS tlllacc Hey a alas. RlBS-laa? for Jor ta start the week acala. Am call all Carlatlaa aiea Ta pray aaS praise aad sins. Taea pull your ropes with visor, Aad watch roar wars To thread with strictest rlsor The aolsr aaasei Keesi la roar heart the are of roots That he who rings aright Mar rlas la happy days. And we who hear the bells rln- Wlth all their might. As they do say ths angels sing Both day aad Bight, Praise wa the ntea who built oar - heUrlen high That ssasle from the shy Might soaad for oar delight. ateoart WUsoa la "Ths aeen.' BEGINNINGS AGAIN, By Mails Lsonud, Dm of Women, UnlTSnUyoinUnoia ' "I WOULD love to live my life again," said my dear little old lady friend of ninety- four years, during the last of my regular visits to her, as she died within the month. "Live almost a century again," said I, almost catch ing my breath at the thought. "Yes," said she, "for I love life, I love it dearly." Living our lives again we can not do, but we can make a brave new start at the Beginning o f each year. New Year's day Is Inventory day, when with men tal reserve we should take physical, men tal and spiritu al stock of our selves. At this time of cata 1 0 g u 1 n g . we must not let d I scouragement nor conceit look over oua shoul ders and overshadow us, for either brings our balance wrong. Life's purposes are measured eternally, not by our goal, Our Im provement not our result, marks our progress. . Our Cheerful Cherub knew the secret when he said:' One save his only coat away. And his heart was ilka warm sold. Another drew his fur coat close . But hi beart grew still more cold. - "One true measure of success," one modern philosopher said. "Is the ratio between- what we might have been and what we might have done, on the one hand, and what we are and What we are doing on the other." ;, ;: Let us watch ourselves through out the .(new) "year, at our dally work, whatever It be, to see that our, Initiative does not Jose Its cre ative - spark,: and degenerate into mere routine, for this, Is the rea son why the World Is mediocre and gray. BenJamin Franklin advises "BJ you. have two loaves of bread, one under ach arm, sell one and buy a hyacinth for your soul.", ' In a word, this coming New Year is a chance to begin agaln.' "Ex pect everything;, and some of it will happen." ' : v';.t r : w :?yiz'ft ': ',') Western Nirappr Union, , ' '. 1 . ' " ? ) 1 ' - 'mmmmmmmmmmmmm it I THE NEWSBOY'S GREETING By FRANCES GRIN STEAD IT WAS a frosty morning In the days of Franklin stoves. , The paper carrier, a small boy wrapped In a red and black striped muffler, his nose and eyes showing beneath a cast-off plush cap of his father's and wearing a nondescript coat once big brother's, slipped In the door of the hardware store with an armful of newspapers. He blew his cold breath in the Chill air and held his hands to the rap idly heating stove. Only then did be muster nerve to fish In the coat pocket hanging near his knees, and to proffer, with the morning paper, a New Year's card elaborately printed In two or He Glanced Over His Spectacles as If In Surprise. three colors of ink, and decorated with a variety of borders, rules and sizes and styles of type. This he offered shyly, with a re treating motion toward the door. The hardware dealer glanced over his spectacles, looked at the greet ing as if surprised, and exclaimed: "Well, well, Henry, but this is nice. Thank you and here's a dime." Henry left the stove's Increasing warmth with more haste than usual, in order to make his New Year's call upon Miss Mattle, milliner and dealer In thread, needles and but tons. With ber and with others on bis route from the mayor to the grocer and blacksmith he left the dally paper and a copy of the nn ual work of art from his editor's prlntshop, conveying In lines that rippled with eloquence the paper carrier's hope that his patrons would wax prosperous and main tain a state of general good health "throughout the glad New Year." Each of his customers would ex press an agreeable surprise and a gratifying knowledge of what was expected, responding with gifts that ranged from the hardware man's dime to the mayor's fifty cents. Among the samples of work done which printing ofllces so seldom throw away, there must rest many examples of the carrier boy's card of thirty to fifty years ago. It was a widespread custom. Urider the dusty eaves of one prlntshop has lain a carrier's card that will soon round out Its cen tury of aging yellowness. The 120 lines of the "poem" It bears deal with the fleeting character of Time, present the merits of Henry Clay over William Henry Harrison, and end. with this verse: The Ladles Fair! God bless them . all, ' . Will raise the swelling; lay And help us onward roll the ball , Tha ball for Henry Clay. Thus when vou vevel In van, hall. Midst mirth and laugh and joy. At how you nobly v"rolled the ball," -ininic or tnt uamv sar .:, .- ,! A , , . v :-n-;-:-:': . A.'v', :;;,-;:.,:'::, " ' Jt -'