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Mountain Mystery.
'All along the mountain. Impossi
ble!' 'Jack, you see those deer skins ly
ing there on the ground?'
'That's what I should call thein
- t ft
without turtner examination.
'Just as distinctly a? you see those,
I saw footprints all along the moun
tain side, and up to the very fountain
jead ofa little stream that flows down
through yonder valley."
X woman's footprints, did you
say?' , ' ' . .
'Yes, a woman's, small and beauti
fully made , '
'Some of those lowlanubcrry girls,
in searcli of blueberries.'
' 'That is good logic, Jack, but I
don't see it in that light. In the'first
place there is no blueberries within
three miles of the mountains; in the
second, no- girl unless lost, would
veuture so far alone in the dense
forest.'
'Very strange, indeed !'
'To-morrow, if you have no objec
tions, I'll go up, and we will investi
gate the mountain nymph's footprints.
And who knows but we may catch the
fairy creature by some of those Jittle
cascades, her dainty feet buried in the
white foam, combing down her long,
dark tresses.' -.
, 'Now, Harry, to tell the truth, I'd
sooner expect to fd a meeting house
up there than a woman. Were those
tracks newly made?'
VVes; it had rained very hard only
yesterday, and the swollen stream had
: washed the sand over the ground in
juany -places. They were made after,
the rain
'Now, Harry, ain't you mistaken ?
Were they not deer tracks ?"
'Perhaps; if she is as beautiful as j ncrs. jn a rustic seat, beneath the
her footprints she must certainly be 0( e, n the yard, might olrcn be
somebody's dear.' seen two young parents conversing
'Have it your own way, Harry, buU together and looking very, happy,
give us a light for this Havana, and while their little four-veal-old, blue
call it (eveu. J eved siiul golden-hatred, chased the
The two speakers in the above con- j butterflies over the green, or gather
versation were Jack Daniorth and red bouquets of blue bells and hon
Harry Littleton, two college students eysuekles, all stemless aud tightly
spending their vacation in the quiet j pressed in dimpled baby hands, for
town of Linsdale, long noted for its ; papa and mamma. Baby Lottie, as
wild, romantic cenery, and rich hunt- j 8l,e was -calied, was a child of great
ing grounds.; The beautiful level .; promise, and the pet of the village.
surfaee of the town, from a distance, j Every Suuday found Baby Lottie
resembled a pretty green foot stool for ! 8eatej with her parents at the churchy
the proud old. mountain towering tlressed in her little plain drab gown
above it. a and tin-Quaker bonnet. In the seat
Harry's handsome face of late was jllst back sat7 another famfly, with a
tnarretl witli a sail express.on, a look j
of inquiry that none coubt read. Per
haps he was not feeling well; sad news
from home, or likely enough he had
not revealed all he had seen on the
mountain. Jack was all lifeand joli-ty-j
ready to find or to make fun ut
of everything that came along.
'Hunting and fishing holds an end
less charm few can understand as well
as tho bung student just from the
. schooUrooni.
With tae additional excitement, this
last eJirsjon was doubly interesting.
Theyokjan early start next morn
ing with knapsacks, guns and three
days' rations. Long ere the sun had
withdrawif its long, golden fingers
that pointed in here and there, through
the heavy : tree tops, dropping bits of
gold and sapphire over the beautiful
mossy surface beneath, Jack was ful
ly convinced of the truthfulness of
Harry statement. They even found
pieces f frabric clinging tothe un
derbrush in several places. Once,
where the earth had been removed in
searchof ground-nuts, they saw dis
tinctlyepriut ofa woman's hand.
inrougU all the pleasant month of
October, :Jack and Harry fished the
mountain streams, trapped the care
less brtiln, shot the gentle deer, but
could never solve the mystery of the
inounta'Tns. .:
The last day came, and a lovelier
one none need ask for, Indian sum
mer hacl bound with a spell, and
emptiedJier vials of beauty over earth
and sky blending them together in
one great whole. A day when flow
i ers noCand-smile at every passer
by, when hasting . brooks tell tales
aud laugh, and all the leaf spirits
silently commune one with another,
and the heart pf man -is. filled with
jy and lovend praue to the God
-of nature for Hfe 'arid all its surround-
mgs.
Jack a id Harry were- hot blind to
all this loveliness, and concluded to
leave the mountain early in the day
and enjoy the open- field sceneiy.
Thev were to leave the mountain in
two different directions. Just before
starting they Jbuilt a fire at the foot if
a very high ledge, toasted their fish,
and ate their hard biscuit, lighted their
cigars, and sprawled out, boy fashion,
on the ground.
The smoke soon wreathed about
their heads, curled, and rolled off up
among the trees.
Harry gave an extra puff, raised his
eyes to watclr it mount the air, when
he caught a glimpse of the most beau
tiful face he Jiad ever" seenJj)R gazing
down upon them from the perpendic
ular rock some forty feet directly above
them. .
'By Jove, Jack, look up !' -
'Good Heavens, Harry, who and
what, and where did she come from V
Vc must know, we must find her.
Nymph or maiden, that was too fair a
faceibr this wild place.'
They clambered up the ragged rocks
with all possible speed until they had
'reached the summit. No one there,
no 'trace yes, here across a bed of
fine, damp moss, are the same foot
prints. That and no more. All the
afternoon, until nightfall, they tra
versed the mountain near and far, all
their efforts proving fruitless. The
next day Jack and Harry Willed their
hunting apparel to the farmer's two
growing sons, and returned to school
four weeks older, if not wiser.
Fourteen years previous to the com
mencement of this narrative, in a quiet
Quaker village in thelown of M ,
might be seen a pretty white cottage,
with nlain white curtains, an onen-
work porch over the front door, cov
ered with wood bi nft and scarlet run-
4 . g
black-eyed. roniish-little fellow, two
'j j - -
years older than Iottie, who often
grieved his parents and jarred the
equilibrium of thosesileut mcetfngs by
reaching his foot through under the
front seat and kicking the little slip-per-slwid
foot just peeping Ht sight,
causing the little Quaker bounet to
bob around, and reproachful glances
from beneath bonnets of a larger
size.
Nevertheless, the Sunday came and
went, and with them Willie Land
seer, and Iottic Danvers, to the old
brown church and home again. The
months gathered and numbered many.
The years were filled and counted off,
while the little Quaker maid slowly
and sweetly blossomed intowoman
hood. William was a handsome, pro
mising young man, with the excep
tion, of one great phreuological fail
ing, a lack of firmness, which often
put all his good resolutions to rout,
and left him to drift down the stream
helpless and alone. He' often wished
to break from the restraint that held
him within the lines of the calm and
peaceful Quaker discipline. From his
childhood heJiad loved the fjur Char
lotte, and now that they were betroth
ed, she was dearer thau ever. He
would leave his home for her, the home
of his childhood, and seek his for
tune. He would go to Vermont, pur
chase a large tract of uncleared land,
fell the heavy timber, build a log cab
in, then return to his native state, and
claim his beautiful bride.
With these resolnUons he repaired
to the home of Charlotte, where he
found her singing and spinning, seat
ed nt the little flax wheel out under
the old elm. It was nigh the close
of day. Thej-ays of the setting sun
tinged with gold the soft brown tresses
thaffell in heavy ringlets over her
shoulders of lilly-whiteness; one .small
slippered footworked the busy wheel;
while thev silken fla,x' yielded to the
magic touch of fairy fingers, land-filled
the flyers with shining thread. j
'Lottie, I've been thinking of thee
all day.'
'Well, William,, what were ' thy
thoughts; surely good ones if from thy
heart?'
'I will leave that for thee to say,
Lottie. I have been thinking that one
year will ioon pass away, when our
wedding day will find us without a
home a little home of our- own, I
mean. Brother John, up in Vei mont,
writes me to come and purchase land
beside him, and settle on it. What
dost thou say to that, dearest ?'
' William, I believe thee will do whai
is right and for the best. If thou dost,
it will be well with us.'
They bade each other farewell.
William came to Vermont, bought his
farm and prepared his home for the
little Quaker maid.
I would have the remainder of this
life picture forever veiled. But no, it
must be held up as an awful warning
a proof that 'the way of the trans
gressor is hard.' Within six months
Charlotte received a letter informing
her of her false lover's marriage.
No word of mine can express the
anguish of that poor broken heart.
No word of complaint, no bitter words
escaped her lips. She only saidf
'I hope Williaru will be prospered,
butj know he never will.'
After the lapse of a few weeks,
Charlotte one day came to her mother :
and said :
'Mother, my heart aches to-day; I
wish thee-could spare me from home
a week or two; I would like to go
over the mountain aud visit Uncle f
John's.'
'Yes, child, thee can go. Thy cou
sins will welcome thee jrladlv. But
hadn't thee better allow thv father to 1
take old Bann and carry thee over?
Thou art not feeling exceedingly well, '
child, and-ten miles' walk over such
a mountain may weary thee over- 1
much.' j
'Take no thought of mo, dear moth- !
er. I will return to thee in two weeks, '
our Father willing.'
Two weeks passed, three and four,
and still Charlotte came not.
'Father, thou must saddle old Baun,
and go for our daughter. I have a
strange fbrebidiug that all is not !
well.'
The father went, only toHearn the ,
startling news that she had never '
reached there. Searcli was immedi- j
ately made, but no trace of her could
be found. The pleasant autumn pass
ed by, and the chilling snows of win
ter camq and found the grief-stricken
parents still childless.
The long, cold winter wore slowly
away, leaving the earth bare and !
cheerless for younger, fresher lianTls to
array again in robes of beauty.
One beautiful day in May there came
to this saddened home a young man
faint and weary, begging amorsel of
bread and a night's lodging, which
w.as most willingly granted. The mor
row found him wild and unable to rise
from his bed. A physician was im
mediately called who pronounced it
brain fever. His name and residence
was unknown, but those kind-hearted,
hospitablepeople said 'This young
man must have care. If the good
Lord has directed his footsteps to out
door, he must remain. We will be
father and mother to him in this hour
of need.' After long weeks of severe
illness and kind attendance, the wan
dering mind was restored 'to reason.
He gave his name as ifarry Lit
tleton, and said the last he remem
bered he left his study room with
a severe pain in his head, and
directed his footsteps towards his
boarding house, some twenty miles
from this place--quite a long walk to
take before breakfast. His host and
hostess bade him remain with them
until he was fully recovered and able
to return to his studies, which kind
ness he accepted with many tears ami
very thankful heart. As soon as he
became strong enough to converse
freely the kind matron inquired if he
remembered any of his strange con
versations while ill. He had no re
membrance, and requested her to re
peat some of it. She told him he
talked incessantly of the mountain's
mysterious footprints, beautiful face,
and so on. He then related to her
the strange story of the previous au
tumn, and said it ;was ntf idle fancy :
that he could "bring1 hischum Jack
Danforth, who "would affirm his as
sertions. AVhen he hadr finished the
staid Quaker turned to his wife and
... '
said : ; .; ' - .. :
" Wife,thy thoughts are my thoughts.
I will go." . ;
. As soon as Harry was strong enough
to travel be guided the sorrowing fa
ther to the ledge where, he saw the
beautiful face, and there within a few
yards of the rock, beside the roots of
an upturned tree, lay bleaching a lit
tle heap of bones, a few shreds of check
ed Hrienpieccs of the very dress she
wore away on the fatal day. That
was all that was left on earth of poor
Charlotte. Whether she was killed
by the wolves, or lost her way and
died of starvation, will forever remain
a nivsterv. -
Jack and Harry saw the footprints,
and thought they saw. a face, which
proved to be a guide to the remains
of the once beautiful Charlotte. What
of the faithless William ? He labored
early and late on his farm beside his
brother, and true as the words of the
sweet Quaker maid, he could not be
prospered. While his brother became
w ealthy aud happy, he grew poor and
miserable. At last his farm was mort
gaged and sold, his family scattered,
and after a long and miserable her
mit life, he died alone in a little log
hut, in a distant State.
THE NEW WAR.
The invasion of Afghanistan by a
British army will direct public atten
tion throughout the world to that
difficult mountainous regiou. If the
struggle should prove to be one only
between Great Britain and Afghanis
tan, the public generally will soon
lose special interest in it; if however
it shall prove to be but another phase
of the interminable and irrepressible
conflict between England and Russia
the outside world will continue to
look on with unabated interest. Af
ghanistan derives its importance in
English eyes from the fact that its
vast mountain chains render it a natur
al fortification for India against all
inroads from the west. Its length
from North to South is nearly 450
miles, and a breadth of about 470
miles, giving an area of some 212,000
square miles, or about four times that
of North Carolina. Its population is
estimated at from four to nine mil
lions. The first appearance of Afghanis
tan as an independent jmver took
place during the internal discords that
reigned in Persia from 1748 to 1773,
when Ahmed Khan, taking advan
tage of the situation, liberated Afghan
istan from Persian rule. He was
succeeded by his son, Timur, who
died in 1793, Mahmoud succeeded
Timur, but was oblidged to abdicate
the throne in 1823, and died in 1829.
The empire then fell into the hands
of three brothers, of whom the oldest
Dost Mohammed ruled at Cabul, the
most important of the three divisions
of the country.
But British armies have entered
Afghanistan before now. On the 1st
of October, 1838, Lord Auckland, the
British Governor General of India,
declared war against Afghanistan.
On the 7th of August the British for
ces entered Cabul. The British inva
sion, however, finally proved a fail
ure, ami the invaders agreed to leave
the country. Accordingly the entire
army left Cabul on the Gth of January
1842, to return by the Khyber Pass
into India, but of the whole body that
started, including women and chil
dren, 26,000 people only one man es
caped to tell the talc, others having
been slain by the, native tribes who
harassed the flanks and rear of the
army, slaying women and children as
well as men. Dost Mohammed, who
had been captured, was released and
returned to his kingdom. It was not
long however, before he again com
menced hostilities with the British in
which in 1849 he was finally unsuc
cessful. In 1855 he concluded an
alliance offensive and'defeusive with
England. In 1857 he made a new
treaty with England. He died 29th
May, 18G3, regarded as the liberator
of Afghanistan from both English
and Russo-Pcrsian hostility aud was
succeeded by his son, Shere All.
At first England favored , other pre
tenders to the throne, but finally, in
1 869; Earl Mayo, the new Governor
General of India, . made a formal al
liance with Shere All recognizing
htm as the legitimate sovereign, as
the surest way to frustrate the designs
of Russia, who had all along been ac
cused ofa purpose to use Persian in
fluence in Afghanistan to further her
own designs in India. In 1871,
through ' British influence, a treaty
was concluded with Russia which it
was hoped would arrest the progress
oHlussiaioward the British, posses
sions in ItMjia.r " i: , 4;,
Latterly, however, British influence
at the Court of the Ameer, Shere All,
has declined owing to the fact as is
alleged that the Gladstone Govern
ment did not properly second the ef
forts of its Viceroy to establish friend
ly relations with Shere All. When
the present Government came into
power these efforts were renewed, and
strong inducements were held out for
an alliance. They were rejected,
however, by the Ameer, who assumed
an attitude of sullen reserve. His
subsequeut refusal to receive an Eng
lish Embassy on the ground that he
could not then consistently refuse to
receive a Russian embassy, while, as
a matter of fact, the Russians were
hospitably received at a moment when
war betweeu England and Russia was
imminent, left no doubt on the minds
of the English Government of the
hostility of the Ameer: and finally
as they allege, patience ceased to be a
virtue, and the Ameer was informed
that unless a clear and satisfactory re
ply was received from him by the
20th of November, he would be trea
ted as "a declared enemy." The time
expired aud the British army at once
crossed the frontier. For the rest,
we shall see what we shall see.
DEATH OF HON. B. F. MOORE.
At the hour of 2 p. m. yesterday
Hon. B. F. Moore died. He had
been for more than a year confined to
to his iiome, his powers having fail
ed. He relinquished all business
matters and in the quiet of home, un
distracted by the cares of life, sank
slowly to rest. He was attacked by
no disease and death was but the re
sult of gradually failing powers. He
suffered no pain but the senses one by
one grew weaker, until, perfectly
conscious to the latt, the lamp of his
life went out.
Bartholomew Figures Moore was
the son of James Moore, a soldier of
the Revolution, who at the close of
that war settled in the county of Hali
fax in this Slate, and was born in
January 1801. He received a good
academic education, being prepared
by Mr. John Bobbitt, who was prin
cipal of a school at or near Louis
burg. He joined the University at
Chapel Hill, whence he was gradua
ted in the year 1821, with some dis
tinctioji. at the age of 20. After leav
ing the University he studied law
with Hon. Thos Mann, of Nash Co.
After being admitted to practice by
the Supreme Court, he settled in the
town of Nashville.
In the year 1828 he took his first
step in political life, becoming a can
didate for the House of commons and
canvassing the county. It was at
the time when the three candidates
for the Presidency of the U. S. were
General Jackson, Adams, and Craw
ford of Georgia Mr. Moore was an ar
dent supporter of the last named can
didate. From Nashville he removed to the
county of Halifax, settling near the
town of Halifax, about 1833. In 1835
he was elected a member of the Leg
islature from that county and took a
leading part in therevisal of the laws,
known as the Revised Statutes. He
was then elected to the House for
several years. Iu 1848 he was ap
pointed Attorney-General by Gov
ernor Graham, to fill a vacancy in
that office. He then removed to the
city, which was ever since his home.
He was elected by the Legislature of
1848-'49 to succeed Edwin Stanly,
to fill out whose term he had been
before appointed. He served as Attorney-General
until 1851, when he
resigned. In the next year he was
appointed one of a committee of emi
nent legal gentlemen to revise the
Statute laws of "the Slate. ; His asso
ciates in this work were Hon. . Asa
Biggs and Judge R. M. Saunders.
They prepared-the revision in an able
manner, and submitted their work-to
the Legislature of 1854-'55, which
adopted 4t. It was regarded as being
in all respects excellent.
Mr. Moore held office thrice again
during his life, being one of the Com
missioners to adjust the State debt, in
1861, just prior to the beginning of
the war. In 1865 he was elected a
member of. the'. Constitutional Con
vention, and lt in 1866 to the lower
branch of the Legislattire.'He took a
prominent part in the deliberations
and debates of both, as well as in all
matters of State importance after tht
war. He used untiring and earnest
efforts for pacification and readjust
ment of the difficulties which then
closed thick upon us.
Mr. Moore was liberal in his yiews
and was in all matters oflaw held as
high authority, aud his advice was
much sought after. At the conclu
sion of his official work he devoted
himself to the practice of his pro
fession, which was very large and re
munerative. Soon after the war he
associated with him in his practice
Maj. John Gatling, his son-in-law.
He always devoted himself to his
legal business , and possessed one of
the finest legal minds in the country.
In theleath of Mr. Moore his State
loses a man of whose memory she may
well be proud. Hal. News.
THE FENCE QUESTION.
At a Meeting of the State Agricul
tural Society, held at Raleigh, during
fair week in October, a committee
was appointed to visit Mecklenburg
county and satisfy themselves as to
the condition of afiairs in this county
where the fence, or rather the no
fence, law prevails. A similar com
mittee was appointed by the Roanoke
and Tar River Agricultural Society
and both committees were present at
our recent fair. While no formal re-'
port has yet been submitted, it is tin
derstood that when made it will en
dorse the action of the people of
Mecklenburg and recommend the law
to a very large portion of the State.
It is understood that the fences of
North Carolina cost ten millions dol
lars, and that the averge decay is
about ten per cent. According to the
census report l)f 1870, the value of
live stock was down at not exceeding
two millions of doMars. These facts
show (including the annual cost of
repairing the fences) that it costs live
dollars and a half to fence outra dol
lar's worth of stock. These figures,
it seems to us, are so conclusive that
no man ought to object to the fence
law in every portion of the State ex
cept where stock is raised exclusively.
In the grass growing sections of the
State Ashe, " Watauga and sevt-r.il
other counties west of the BIu Ridge
the same necessity for a stock law
does not exist as in other jortions of
the State, and yet the time is not far
distant, under our changed system of
labor, when the stock law will be of
value even to the people who live in
thofc counties. Char. Ob.
ALL ABOUT A RAT.
Mr. Sinclair Touscy appeared at
the Tombs Police Court Tuesday
morning as complainant against Eu
gene Lillcston, a youth, whom he
charged with torturing a rat. Eu
gene had the rat by the tail when ac
costed by Mr. Tousey, who, iu the
name of humanity, demanded its re
lease. The youth in his wicked heart
had planned the death of the rat by
drowning, and was in searcli of a
sufficient depth of water to accom
plish his design when interfered with.
Mr. Tousey called officer A beam, f
the fourth precinct, to his assistance,
and the boy and the rat were made
prisoners. The latter was securely
caged in a market basket and brought
to court as a witne s. The novel
character of the case for a time puz
zled the judicial mind of Judge Mur
ray, who finally discharged the boy
and sent the rat to the Society for
thePreveution of Cruelty to Animals,
leaving it with them to decide upon
the most humane way of putting an
end to its existence. AT. Y. Herald.
METEORIC GOLD. r ' . --
The remarkable specimen of mete
oric iron, resembling steel, picked up
in the Mohan desert and . carried to
Fort Yuma, a short time airo. it Is
thus described. "It weighs nU.t
pound and carries free gold, of which
nearly a dollar appears on the sur
face. It is not magnetic, and has suc
cessfully resisted simple and compund
Dat ns ot acid. In this respect it re
sembles specular ion, but in no other.
Une -of its surfaces , shows. a fracture
that reveals a chrystalline structure.
the color of which is a steel-gray,
tinged with yellow. It has defied the
best cold chisels m the blacksmith "
shop, and has not broken or chipped
nnder'heavy blows. If its coniposi- -
uon can oe imitated it will nroduce
the hardest and toughest alley k no wn.-
"A Farmer" sums up his proposed
sayings thus :
Saved on Governor
" " Attorney Oenefai!"
" " Secretary ot State..
.. 3,500
Total reduction frseo
We would prefer the reductions to
be made thus :
Governor's salary and Secretary's pay 3.m
Attorney General vt,....
Secretary of Hate.7 ."."".!!.".
The present pay of these offices is
814,850. This is probably the mini-
mum. Reduction as above $7,950 or
$100 more than "A Farmer" would
save by his plan. The only difference
of importance is in the place or man
ner of reduction, v We leve the Gov
ernor more pay, because we think it
necessary, and cut down the others
to a lower point than "A Farmer"
proposes.
But the real point is to secure the
reduction. It ought to be done. Dis
creet, sober, industrious officials can
get along easily with the salaries pro
posed. What say the peopled What
say the press ? Wil. Star.
Yes, they tried women's suffrage
away out in the wilds of Wyoming
Territory, and now Ihc good people
who hunt in that region unite in say
ing the experiment is a failure of the
first magnitude. The crood women
w
remain at home aud fail toote.
Women of the noisy, tom-boy sort are
around at election times, aud exercise
the right of franchise. Only one wo
man has held office, and now none ask
fr it. The proof of the pudding was
eating it.- Wil. Slav.
Haity Thought. Brethren, be
fore we sing the next verse of "John
Brown's body lies all mouldy in the
grave," let us take a look into the
grave and see that it is there. In
these days of Ohio medical colleges a
cemetery isn't no safer than a savings
bank, and it may-be that political glee
clubs, who have been si nins the sons
quoted above, have been-chanting a
rhythmic lie for the past fifteen years.
Burlington Hatckcye.
The revivaj service, by Mrs. Moon
and Miss Painter, stilTTconti tines with
unabated interest. Tho Methodist
E. Church is so crowded each day
ami night that many are unable to get
in. The interest taken in these meet
ings is unprecedented here. The pro
fessions, we learn, exceed 50. Minis
ters of all denominations join the ser
vices. Salem Press.
Democratic doctrine : "The substi
tution of greenbacks for bunk notes,"
"a uniform greenback currency," that
is, "a legal tender for everything,"
redeemable in coin, or in absence of
coin redeemable at postal saving banks
where they draw 3 percent, interest,
which will practically keep them at
all times at par with coin."
A DYNAMITE FUOLIC
AlMHit 4 o'clock on Friday mornm, tli
15th iust. a convict belonging to the night
force at the. Lick Log tunnel was thawing
a charge of nitro-glj'ceritro" mixed with
meal in a can over a fire. When 412
Fahrenheit was reached the darkey sud
denly sailed fifty feet through t lie black
air, landiog at the mouth of the tunnel
entirely nude his body pitted with mi
nute blisters. He walked cooly back to
the- fire and recovered his stirring paddle
and a wjuirrel tail, which had served as
an ornament to his head gear. "Iu this
Georgia, major's uniform he -was pnt t
bed; no apprehensions are entertained
tli at be i ions injury will result from hii
brief arouantic tour. It is only two week
"since another convict fell (J feet from
trestle near mudcut, but contrary to all
expectations is still living. Verily the
African is a hard bird to kill l-Dlne Uhhjt
lihuU. ' '