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W" . (. rr I I ... - . I v"'" ,V -fr,-. .A" r r' J-.'-J 'r: , . ' ' " " THE BEAVKR H1RALP, DEAVER. OKLAHOMA & J'n 3f,VjrA ,. c ? i. flt sfli 3' 4 U K S GREEN , n! THE CUT DIRECT 8ynoptls. Thomas K, Barnes, a wealth; young New Yorker, on a walking trip In New: Eng land near the Canadian 'border, la given a lift In an automobile by k mysterious and attractive girl bound for a house called Green Fancy. At Hart's tavern Barnes finds stranded troupe of ."barn'StormIng" actors, of which Lyndon Bushcroft Is the star and "Miss Thackeray" the leading lady. They nre doing hotel work for their board. lie learns Green Fancy Is a house of mystery. That night two mounted men leave tho tavern under odd circumstances. One Is shot dead near by; the other Is brought back dying. Barnes comes "under suspicion. lie stays to help clear up the mystery. O'Dowd of Green Fancy says that that place of mystery Is not concerned In any way. Barnes get Into the Green Fancy grounds and sees the mysterious girl. CHAPTER VII. pun-Gold Hair, Blue Eyes and Varl. ous Encounters. , She was quite unaware of his pres ence, and yet he was directly In her path, though some distance away. Her head was bent; her mien was thought ful,' her stride slow and aimless. She was slender, graceful and evi dently quite tall, although she seemed pigmy among the towering glar.ts that attended her stroll. Her bands were thrust deep lntp the pocket of white duck skirt. A glance revealed white shoes and trim ankles In blue. She wore no hat Her hair was like pun gold, thick, wavy and shimmer tog In the subdued light Suddenly she stopped and looked up. Be had a full view of her face as she gazed'about as If startled by some un expected, even alarming sound. For a 'nn "ni-V two ha hMfr Ills' hrinth' tunned by the amazing loveliness that was revealed to him. Then shejlls covered him standing there. In a flash he realized that he was face to face with the stranger of the day before. He took two or three Im pulsive steps forward, bis hand going to his hat and then halted. Evident ly his senses had deceived him. There was no smile In her eyes and yet he could have sworn that It was there an Instant before. Instead there was a level stare. "I am sorry If I startled" he be gan. The figure of a man appeared aa If discharged bodily from some magic tree-trunk, and stood directly In his path -a tail, rugged man In overalls was he, who held a spade In his hand and eyed him Inlmtcally. Without an other glance In his direction tht lirst and more pleasing vision turned on her heel and continued her stroll, sauntering off to the right, her fair head once more bent In study, her .back eloquently Indifferent to the gjze 'hat followed her. "Who do you want to see?" Inquired the man with the spade. Before Barnes could reply a hearty voice accosted him from behind. He whirled and saw O'Dowd approaching, not twenty yards away. The Irish man's fnco was aglow with plensure, "I knew I couldn't be mistaken In the shape of you," he cried, advancing with outstretched hand. "You've got tho breadth of a dockhand In your shoulders and the trlinness of a prize fighter In your waist" They shook hands. KI fear I am trespassing," said Barnes. Ills glnnce went over his shoulder as he spoke. The man with the spade had been swal lowed up by the earth I He could not have vanished more quickly In nny other way. Off among the tree were Intermittent flashes of blue and white. "I am quite sure you are," said O'Dowd promptly but without a trnie of unfriendliness In his manner. "B dad, loving him as I do, I can't help saying that Curtis Is a bally old crank. Mind ye, I'dsay It to his face I often do, for the matterNof that Of course," he went on seriously, "ho Is . sick man, poor devil. You see I've known him for a dozen years and moAt, and he likes me, though God knows why, unless It may be that I onco'dld his ion a good turn In London." "Sufficient excuse for reparation, 1 ihould say," smiled Barnes. "I Introduced the lad to me only sis ter," said O'Dowd, "and she kept him happy for the next tea years. No doubt I also provided Mr. Curtis with three grandchildren he might, never aave had but for my gradeweea,'' A leek of distress came Into his merry eyes "By Java. IM like nethla- Bet tk Is .A. BBK'4i MMiJBWy HHSE-R" 5nf FANCY GEOMMRR MCUICHEQN & ofcr"GRAUSTAK,""THE , PRINCE OF CRAUSTARK." ETC CrMhDJmJ ml Cmm Im. ter than to ask you In to have a dish of tea It's tcatlme, I'm sure but I'd no more think of doing It than I'd con sider cutting off me head, lie doesn't like strangers. He " "Sly dear fellow, don't distress your self," cried Barnes heartily. "There Isn't the least reason In the world why" "You see, the poor old chap nsfcs us up here'once or twice a year that Is to say, De Soto and mc to keep his sister from filling the house up with men he can't endure. So Idng as we occupy the only nvallablc rooms, he argues, she can't stuff them full of objectionable. Twice a year she comes for a month, In the late fall nnd early spring." "Why does he continue to live In thla out-of-the-world spot? He Is an old man, I take It, and 111." "You wouldn't be wondering If you knew the man," said O'Dowd. "He is a scholar, a dreamer, a sufferer. He's not a very old man at that Not more than Blxty-flve." "ne certainly has a fanciful streok In him, building a place like that," said Barnes, looking not at the house but Into the thicket above. There was no sign of the blue and white and the spun gold that still defied exclusion from his mind's eye. He had not re covered from the thrall Into which the vision of loveliness plunged him. He was still a trifle dazed and distraught "Bight you are," agreed O'Dowd; "the queerest streak in the world. It's his notion of simplicity." "Green Fancy. Is that the name he gave the place or does It spring from" " Twos christened by me own sis ter, Mr. Barnes, the first time she was here, two years ago. I'll walk with you to the fence beyond if you've no objections," said O'Dowd genially, and linked his arm through that of Barnes. The latter was at once subtly aware of the fact that he was being delib erately conducted from the 'grounds. Moreover, he was now convinced that O'Dowd had been close upon his heel from the Instant he entered' them, There was something uncannyIn ,the feeling' that possessed 'him. SuclT' es pionage as this signified sptnethrag deep and Imperative In tho presence not only of O'Dowd but the Jack-in-the-box gardener a few minutes ear lier. His mind was still full of the lovely stranger about whom O'Dowd had so manifestly lied over the telephone. "I must ask you to apologize to the young lady on whom I blundered a few moments ago, Mr. O'Dowd. She must have been startled. Pray con vey to her my solicitude and ex cuses." "Consider it done, my dear sir," said the Irishman. "Our most charming and seductive guest," he went on. "Bedad, of the two of you, I'll stake me head you were startled the most Coming suddenly upon such rare love liness Is almost equivalent to being struck by a bolt of lightning. More than one painter of portraits has said that she is the most beautiful woman In the world. Mayhap you have heard of her. She Is Miss Cameron of New Orleans, a friend of Mrs. Van Dyke. We have quite an enchanting house party, Mr. Barnes, If you consider no more than the feminine side of it By the way, have you heard when the coroner Is to hold his Inquests'" "Nothing definite. He may wait a week," said Barnes. "I suppose you'll stick around until It's, over," ventured O'Dowd. Barnes thought he detected a slight harshness In his voice. "I have quite made up my mind to stay until the mystery is entirely cleared up," he said. "Tho case Is so Interesting that I don't want to miss a shred of it" "I don't blame ye," said O'Dowd heartily. "I'd like nothing better me self than to mix up In It. The next time you plan to pay us a visit, tele phone In advance. I may be able to persuade my host that you're a de cent, law-abiding, educated gentleman, nnd he'll consent to receive you at Green Fancy. Good day to ye," and he shook hands with the departing trespasser. ' Takln' a walk?" was the landlord's greeting as Barnes mounted the tavern steps at dusk, "Going over the grounds of last night's affair," responded Barnes, pausing Aa he entered the door he was acutely aware of an Intense stare lev eled at him from behind by the land lord of Hart's Tavern. Half way up the stairway he stopped short nnd with difficulty repressed the exclama tion that rose to his lips. He bad recalled a significant Inci dent of the night before. Almost Im mediately after the departure of Rooa and Paul from the Tavern Putnam Jones had made Ma way U the tele- pnvae db.M we desk and had called a number la a. loud, brisk voice, but the subsequent conversation was car ried on In subdued tones, attended by haste and occasional furtive glances In thft direction of the taproom. Upon reaching his room Barnes per mitted the suppressed emotion to escape his lips In the ihnpe of a soft whistle, which if It coutd have been translated Into words would hnve said: "By Gad, why haven't I thought of It before? He sent out the warning that Boon and Paul were on the way I And I'd like to bet my last dollar that someone at Green Fancy had the other end of the wire." Mr. Ruslicroft was ghlng Hamlet's addrcn to the players, In the tap room when Barnes came downstairs at nine o'clock. A small, dark man who sat alone at a tabic In- the corner caught Barnes' eye nnd smiled nlmost mournfully. He was undoubtedly a stranger; his action was mennt to convey to Barnes the Information that ho too wns from n distant and sophisticated community and that a bond of sympathy existed between them. Putnam Jones spoke suddenly at Bnrnes' shoulder. He stnrted Invol untnrtly. The man was beginning to get on his nerves. He seemed to be dogging his footsteps with ceaseless persistency. "That feller over there In the cor ner," said Jones softly, "Is a book agent from your town. He sold me a set of Dickens when he was here last time, about six weeks ago. A year's subscription to two magazines throwed In. By gosh, these book agents are slick ones." "He's a shrewd-looking chap," com mented Barnes. "Says he won't be satisfied till he's made this section of, the country the most cultured, refined spot In the Unit ed States," said Jones dolefully. "Ex cuse me. There goes the telephone. Maybe Its news from the sheriff." With the spasmodic tinkling of the telephone bell the book agent arose and made his way to the little office. Barnes glanced over his shoulder a moment later and saw him studying the register. The poise of his sleek head, however, suggested a listening attitude. Putnam Jones, not four feet Suddenly She Stopped and Looked Up. away, was speaking Into the telephone receiver. As the receiver was re stored to Its hook Barnes turned again. Jones and the book agsnt were examining the register, their heads almost meeting from opposite sides of the desk. The latter straightened up, stretched his arms, yawned, and announced In a loud tone that he guessed he'd stop out and get a bit of fresh air before turning In. "Any news?" inquired Barnes, ap proaching the desk after the door had closed behind the book agent. "It wasn't the sheriff," replied Jones shortly, and Immediately resumed his Interrupted discourse on books nnd book agents. Ten minutes elapsed be fore the landlord's garrulity was checked by the sound of an automobile coming to a stop in front of the house. Barnes turned expectantly toward the door. Almost Immediately the car started again, with a loud shifting of gears, and a moment later the door opened to admit, not a fresh arrival but the little book agent "Party trying to make nornvllle to night,',' he announced casually. "Well, good night See you In the morning." Barnes was not In a position to doubt the fellow's word, for the car unmistakably had igone on toward Hornvllle. He waited a few minutes after the roan disappeared up the nar row stairway, and then proceeded to test his" powers of divination. He was ns sure as he could be sure of, anything that had not actually come to pass that In a short tlmo the automobile would again pass the tavern, but this time from the direction of nornvllle. Lighting a clgurette he strolled out side. He had barely time to take a position at the darkened end ot the porch before the sounds of an ap-1 preaching machine came to his ears. A second or two later the lights swung around the bend In the road a quar ter of a mile above Hart's Tavern, Hnd down came the car at a high rate of speed. It dashed past the tavern with a great roar and rattle and shot off Into the darkness beyond. Aa It rushed through the -dim circle of light la front of the tavtrn Barnea succeed ed In obtaining a britf hat convincing .re el tit . thai (.is w. enough, however. He would hare been willing te go Before a Jury and swear that It was the same car that had deposited hlro at Hart's Tavern the day before. Having guessed correctly In th one Instance he allowed himself another ond even bolder guess the little book agent hnd either received a message from or delivered one to the occupant or drhcr of tho car from Green Fancy. CHAPTER VIII. A Note, 8ome Fancies and an xpeol tlon In Quest of Facts, He started upstairs, his mind full of the events and conjectures of the day. As he entered the room his eyes fell upon a white cn elope nt his feet. It had been slipped under the door slnca he left the room nn hour before. Terse reminder from the prudent Mr. Jones I His bill for the day I He picked It up, glanced at tho Inscription, and nt once altered his opinion. Ills full name was there In the handwriting of n woman. For n moment he was puzzled; then he thought ot Miss Thackeray. A note of thanks, no doubt 'unplensnntly fulsome I Vaguely nn noyed, lie ripped open the envelope aad rend: "In enso I do not have the oppor tunity to spent with you tbnlght, thla Is to let you know that tho ltttlo mau who says he Is a book agent was In jour room for three-quarters of an hour while you were nwny this after noon. You'd better see If anything la missing. M. T." He mndc n hasty hut careful elimi nation of his effects. There was1 not tho slightest evidence that his pnek hnd been opened or even disturbed. If the little book agent spent three-quarters of an hour In the room he man nged most effectually to cover up all trnccs of his visit. Barnes did not go to sleep until long after midnight. He now regarded him self ns definitely committed to a com bination of sinister and piquant enter prises, not the least of which it as te know about the mysterious young womnn at Green Fancy. The next day he, with other lodger In the Tavern, was put through an ex. nmtnatlon by the police and county officlnls from St. Elizabeth, and noti fied that, while he was not under sus picion or surveillance, It would be nec essary for hlra to remain In the "baili wick" until detectives, already on the way, were satisfied that he possessed no knowledge that would be useful to them In clearing up what had now as sumed the dignity of a "national prob lem." O'Dowd rode down from Oreea Fancy and created quite a sensation among the officials by announcing that they had a perfect right to extend their search for cluea to al parte of hla estate, and that he waa deeply In terested In the outcome ot their, In vestigations. The sheriff said he would like te ."run over the ground a bit" that very faMem.oon. It It waa "agreeable te Ui. O'Dowd. '.' O'Dowd stayed to dinner. (Dinner was served In the middle Of the day at Hart's Tavern.) He made a great Impression upon Lyndon Rusbcreft, who, with his daughter, Joined the twf men. Indeed, the palavering Irishman extended himself la the effort to roaka himself agreeable. He was vastly In terested In the stage, he declared. Aa 'a matter of fact he had been told a thousand times that he ought to ge on the stage. . . . The little book agent came In while they were at table. He aat down la a corner of the dining room and busied himself with his subscription lists while waiting for the meal to be served. He was still poring over them, frowning Intently, when Barnea aad the others left the room. Barnea walked out beside Miss Thackeray. "The tailor-made gown la an Im provement," he said to her. Ho waa thinking that ahe was a very pretty girl, after all. "The frock usually makes the wom an," she said slowly, "but 'not always the lady." He thought of that remark mors than once during the course of an aft-' ernoon spent in the woods about Green Fancy. O'Dowd virtually commanded th expedition. It was he who thought of everything. First of all, he led ths party to the corner of the estate near est the point where Paul was shot from his horse. Sitting In hla saddl he called the aitentlon of the othef riders to what appeared to be a most significant fact in connection with ths killing of this man. Barnes again visits Green Fancy antP meets with a very . different reception, which is, however, quits as mystifying. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Tea Popular British Btvtragt, Tea la the most popular ot British beverages, and In spite of William Cob- belt's lament that "tea shops" wen being substituted for wholesome small beer to the detriment of the populace In hla day, "the cup that cheers" Is' ths staple drink of all classes. It cannot be said that there has been any mark ed deterioration j of English peopli through constant Indulgence la tea. Dally Though. The commander of the forced Off large state may be carried off; bat ah will of even a common' man -firf I taken irem Mat OentnolM i yjsr,TTj fOOO00000O0OI :: :: i : The Magnet I ByR. RAY BAKER i - ' p (Ccpyrltht. till, r U MeClara Nwt ptp.r srsdictu.) For three years Leah Wellington nnd Drover Gar were true to each other, which might bo considered a remark Ible record. By this It Is not meant that the pres ent generation of men and women Is to ruled by fickleness that three years of being true Is out of the ordinary, al though you will find sourcd-on-the-world cynics who will assert that such Is the case. Ono of the extraordinary things about the fealty of Leah and Grower wns that during the three-year period In question they were In different cities nnd jet did not exchange a letter or n postcard. But the feature that really Justifies the uso of tho world "remark ablo:' Is the fact that the young lndy and young man concerned never hud formed an acquaintanceship did not. In fnct know each other's names. Leah was clerk In tho magazine, clgnr, popcorn, candy, postcard counter nt the Union station In a city of some 100,000 souls In Illinois. Grover wns one of those hustling young men who can convince you Hint not to take out Insurance on your life Is rank treason against tho human race. Grover arrived at tho station, one evening, wenry from a slow, bumping rldo on a local train that appeared to scorn tho rails and Insist on traversing the tics between them. Ho had a grouch which he directed against the railroad, the Insurance business nnd the World In general until he spied Leah. Leah was not In a Joyful mood. She waa obliged to work overtime because the night clerk at the stand was sick and she had to miss a theater party with four girl friends. She scowled as she sold a fat man a package of gum, but when she' looked up from the cash register and saw Grover wreaths of smiles adorned her countenance. There he Is at last," breathed Leah ; "the handsome man I'vo dreamed about so often. I always knew I'd meet him some day l" "By George I That's the girl Tve been watting all these years tor," Grow told himself. "Isn't she the pretiyvthlng?" As a matter of fact neither of them wsa beautiful or handsome, although each possessed the normal amount of attractiveness. Grover at once approached the stand.' She smiled welcome 'at him, somewhat timidly, for her experience with men bad been limited, as had hla with girls. He was far from being at ease, and somehow ho could not decide on What to pwrchajie from her. Naturally, when a stranger approaches a place where things are sold and atarea at a clerk, the clerk expects to sell something he argued, and still he could not think of a tM"g ha needed. s Ho looked over the magazines, finally selecting one, but when he thrust a hand Into his pocked he found that his purse had vanlshedr-She was rolling up tho magazine. "No. I don't want that after all," he faltered. "I have read It, come to think Qflt" , h 8he laid It back. He ransacked his brain for the name of some nWgaalne that he did not see on the 'Stand. It waa useless. The supply laid out be to him apparently Included every publication In the world. She waa waiting and he was being tossed helplessly en a stormy sen et distress. He fidgeted and perspired. At last, desperately, he blurted oat: "The magazine I want la' The Mag net' Have you the last Issuer The smile left her face and disap pointment crept Into her eyes. She wanted to please this stranger, o)fur nlsli him with the article he dei'rtd to purchase She had failed. " "No, sir," she answered, "we don't keep that magazine. In fact I never heard of It, and I thought I was an au thority on periodicals." He thanked her and trudged home ward with a curtain ot gloom settled ovsr him. He had made a mess of It ho raged, and he went to sleep to dream that he had met the girl that was meant for htm, mid that, Just as he was about to lead her to the altar t make her his bride, a witch descended from tho clouds aud transformed him Into a donkey. However, on thinking It over Grover saw that his blundering had opened the gate of opportunity for further con versations with, the girl that fate had selected to become his partner on the highway of life. So at least three times a week he appeared at the station'1 and asked If the "Magnet Magazine" had appeared. Every time Leah was obliged to confess that she had been unable to get track of It If It had been possible she would have obtained It for him, for she had made a search which Included all tho agencies In town. If Grover had used the same tactics In love that bo used In selling Insur ance It would have been comparatively easy to win his heart's desire. Leah was ready and watting, for she waa a firm believer In the doctrine that every womnn born Into the world la Intended to wed a certain, particular, pre selected man. Leah had been told, and she believed, that If a woman failed to marry the man that fate had selected for bet un happiness would be certain to result It waa the reason for many failures la matrimony, she waa convinced. Peo de didn't wait tar the right one la y ' . -1'. '" ' ' ' '"A"' "' come along. Somehow Leah alwajaMI that she would know when her right 1( one appeared, and now she was sut .1... n..... i-- . - -. mitt uii,v,;i vinry wns ne. eo n4 pg merely' waited for hlra to get down M uuniucss huh mime nimseu acquainien ; Mj( ..I. t.ita k- l& Ll ul,& uu .a. iici iu ue uib w lie -- But Grover dldn'l get down to fewl uess. lie found himself tongue-tied whenever he tried to talk anytMng that M bordered on the personal. He could not even bring himself to the point of In troducing himself. Lovemaktng, In It Initial stages and In all others, Is' a different from selling Insurance, par ticularly when one has to fight back bnshtulness In the presence of the other sex. One morning Grover got out of bed with the determination ' to do tw things. First helmd made up his mind n to "write up" a very wealthy but ob- stlnote "prospect." Next he was going i down to the Onion station, Introduce himself and propose to the girl that wns rightfully his. He did neither. When he got to the ofllco he found a telegram summoning N him to the head office In Chicago on the first train that wr nt. The trnln left be- I fore Leah went on duty at the stand. ' and It took Gnnur awny for three years. c Leah watched In vain for tho man i that was meant for her. When dayn dragged Into months and the months Into years she was forced to the con clusion that he had deserted her. '"Well, let him go," she sighed. "Just because he defies Destiny Is no reason why I should. I shall remain true to him." z It was early In the evening when he returned from his three-year absence. , Leah was thumbing the first nusseer ot a new periodical, when a familiar vole) Inquired : "Have you the 'Magnet Magazine'? She Jumped back and her eyen opened wide. Then she smiled her 3rt real smile In 'three years. Wh , T . 1.... ...M.-- M But It contains an announcement that ', There's a good article In the front . S nbout 'Every One Waa Meant for Senw One'." a "I know It," he said. "Yon aee, when I used to ask you about the 'Magnet Magazine' I knew very welt there wan ..v cuv, A.i.w..vu..vn. .. o,K,tj K.rv aw an excuse to come in-bere and talk with you now nnd then. Three year ngo I went to Chicago and got Interest-' r ed In the publishing business. I made some money, and Anally launched tne 'Magnet.' I know that article la good, .J because I wrote If myself. In fact, It's a proposal from me'to you, and there- " fore It has to be good, doesn't It?" THIS THE GARDEN OF EDEN? Many Hsv:ThatTTltery In WMeh Fnmoua ipet was nituawa riae 9Hn WWW. ? "And the Lord Ood planted n narden ',. to the eastward In Hden. ?And nrlver went out of Eden te water the garden; and It waa parted tate-ttar heeda." Geneslv r M t ;- , Sir William WlHcocks, who, in be- ' half of the; British government, kna had chart et the wenderrnt Irrigation c works la Egypt, waa.asslgned not Ions; ago to the duty of planning similar 'large-scale enterprise for th'eTrestora- . Uon ot. ancient Babylonia to Ita former agricultural productiveness. ,t " ., Tluwlt happened that he located, te .the "reasonable satsnfaetioh'iof arena .ologlsts. the veritable sit et the Gar den of Eden. For reraon wholly pra. tlcal he thovgbt that the bent way a begin., - I Starting from the spot where Jwth ' tradition placed tha gate of paradu the word "paradlsef meaning gar den he followed the trace ot the four stream mentioned In Geneata, which, aa therein named, warn tho Pi sen, the CHfeea, the HlddWal nnd tho Eu'phrat. ' U The Euphrates (known by that nana today) flowed through the front city of Babylon. Tha Gthon I .new cnHod theHlndla. The Htddeke la the med- ernv8akhlawla, which flow lb to tbe ' Tigris at Bagdad. The Plaon has gone dry, but. la represented by many armed channel "encompassing thoL- whole land of Havlleth" (aee Geneala), which lay between Egypt and Assyria.1 The Euphrates enter IU delta a! few miles below Hit there leaving tho desert and debouching Into a vast al luvial plain. In this departure It had a considerable fall, with a number et , cataracts, and along a narrow valley "' giant water wheels lift water to Irri gate of tbe land on both side of tho ' stream. The entrance to this valley (accord ing to Jewish tradition) waa tho gate nt the Paradise In which , Adam and Eve dwelt, and from which they expelled for disobeying divine, mand. There the traveler Irst meet the date palm, which la n tree ot lit" (aee Genesis) to the wheJeAtab world, Along the valley -gardM isuocetd garden. It la today a veritable para dise, orchards and data grove check ered with fields of cotton. The cllmato a cvrinBiius umiaer, so mat inree.or four crops a year may be 'grown, t' Anciently the cataractawere mock higher, and water wheels were unnec essary, the water being led -off, by ditches. The Garden of Eden, Indeed, gala) Interest from the fact that It seems to have been the first Irrigated area tat the world.- deed Jntentlen. xi "Do yon think Bacon wrote Shah apeare'a works?" w- "Why start that old controvemyr , "8orryl .Thought It mlghtben V lief to cetrun a little armament -nfceas ..n.lkl.. k..J.u 4V I...J lk.1 " HBVlJUBf Vim WOT MMQJVV f, QJp, 4 ' o c A! 4 t rt l!T' Cf?' ,v a i i " t C " B ,.)BOW .iP xu ..7 . "". ii T ikI3i s: t'i-JJt- 4L 11