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BEow 1,ERE To...„114ky
In. appreciation or his daring•:tta
resetting herand•her.tompanions froull
:highWaynien, . ;,' • - '
the
man. 'Who Oreferred to knOwn -as'. '
-" Andre a-Duchemin: .to dine, in her
c ateau... • ;
Dncheniin aceepts, 'despite ;his de-
sire to 'avoid allsocial;activities dur-
ing his leave of' *absened-4froin the
English Secret SerViee, Ho, was anx-'
ions to Ai -met -
bye de MontalaiS; • the 'American
widow who. had been one of those
saved ,.by DuCherniin from the high,:
.waymen's attack.. . • • . '
. En route to the chateau,IDucheinin
pondered over the arrival in town of
astrange motoring partY'of four inen
and a Woman. lie was able to learn
onlY4W0 nettles:
Phinnit, apParently- a secretary
"and the chauffeur Jules t
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GO ON, vviTa THE' STORY., .;
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CHAPTER
i*.$E AtACHE STRIKES' RACE, -T ,
-Ducherdin. toelrbick—with • him to
Nanti•:that 'night, food:. in 'plenty for
•,; thonght;•-tegether With.'it notion that
- he had better. resign himself to stop
on indefinitely at the Grand' Hotel de
1kJniversand'. . see what' he should
• That, fatality. on which', he .had • so
• bitterly refleeted,,had•hira.,,riow-faitly '
by the heels Iinpossible---,and the
xrtore'so the longer "he 'pondered' it -4.a'
'credit to. -mere coincidence•the.
eltdoes ,Alt_tiore4. at the Chattna hy-Mr.
Monk niad,,his • party. , _
". No; there had en malice in, that,
Ducheinin was satisfied, if : not „Ante
,purpose., which Perplexed the
most „patient scrutiny.. „ '
• Now malice Without incentive is un-
thiriltal3le. Rut,'D'ucheinin searched
his -memory in vain for anything he
could .haVe said:or 'done to malte„ any;
body &Sire - discredit'. him -in .the
sight Of the lacli s of the Ohatea d
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ta fasten upon Duchemin 'suspicion
of identity with' 'the late Lone Wolf?
A sinister consideration; if .any,
one Duchernin suspedtednat un-
-connecteOvith,,the-mnch-talk4,11Yout
.jeviels - of \Madame de .1dontalais. . . .
And then, partly to kill time,.he re
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sinned his charaCter as the pedestrian
tourist. , • -
• 'He took .the road in. the heart of
a day' even more oppresdive than'.its.
yesterday.:-InAliexalley_oLthe.„Ktaltr..,-.
bie the tiir Was Stagnant, lifeless,
After eight miles of' Ducheman was
"guilty of two mistakes of desperation.
, In the -first instance he paused in.
La Roque:Sainte-Marguerite" and, tor-.
mentect by thirst, refreshed' hiniselt.
a ,
'and giiideliad been hired to convey,
the party frOin, MOntalais'on to Mont-
pellier. The landlord reniembered Du-
cliemin and -made believe' he. didn't,
Serving the 'Way-arer With'e surly,
grace. . / , •
• Ducbemin drank sitting on 'bench
Outaidethe. door of the auberge. ". He
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t the auberge 'Where the • deronche
u e
Montalais. Still. the.' attenipt so to°
had been uninistalcable:' 'the ,Lone
-Wolf had been 11,1igtd into Ike con-
; Versation literaily by: his legendary
•
Surely, One Would think, that 'nee-
turnal prowler of pre,war • Paris had
." been se long dead and buited even' the
,raest"ghetilish gosSip; Shodid real)*
his Poor rerimins . and- not. ,disinter
- them -merely-to demonirtrxilie that the
past can never wholly diel
Iad be, then,- Some enemy of; old
-' hidden under one' of those sleek Sur, -
An excellent, visital• rdemorY : re,
viewed successively': the physical Char-
" . acteristics ofMessieurs' Malik; Phinnit
and de Lorgnes, and their chauffeur
Jules; with the npshot' that Duchernin
• could have sweiri' that he had newer
before- kion any of these...
• And M•adazne Ia ,CoMteSse? •In• re-
spect of that one menteiy again drew
ut-rem a i Unsatisfied
When one thought of her seine remot ,e
faint :Chord of reminiscence thrilled
, and hummed, bat never,..recognizably.
Petting aside then the . theory of
positive personal animus, what other
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reason could there be fol., the effort
•
,ju# love
..wrigiees New DipuBLE
MINT. Real Peppermint
, se; wonderfully
coniferting, coaling
and 4iilitions.
Ialijg No. 1$,-17.
- A voice eried: "Quickly, monsieur
'quiek1yr4 '• '
Could hear the voice cif, the landlord
inside •griiinbling and growling; . to
what purport he,,cOuldn,t deterinine•
• Before' DuChemin, Was ;finished, 'hp
found_himaell the cynosure of More
than a few Pair Of eyes' set intlie ill-
favored, faces of natiVes of, La Roque.
, • One gathered that the, dead' guide
bed enjoYed a faif-amonnt-of lacaf
popnlarity., . :
, While .Dlichemin drank, a lout' Ofa
lad»,shambled • oirt of the, auberge,
caught and saddled A dreary ardinal,
inountecl; arid rode 'Off in the:direetiOnA
of Mont. -
Then Dtiehemirt.COannitted his. sec7
end errer of judgment,' which consist-
ed in thining to find ,hetter and
cooler air?•on 'the height's acrons' the
river
AccerdinglY he. crossed the Danrbie,
.reached:the top- in -a --bath' of -aweat-
and sat down to: 001.: end breathe
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.The view wassplenclid;. almost
vvorth the climb. ' Diicheinin could, See
..for miles Alp and..down the ',valleir-
Aeross the Way Dnojiemin identified
the figure'ef, the landierd,'standing in
the door' Of the, auberge :With arms
raised and elbows thrust out oh a
level with his. eyes: '• ..the pose of • a
Irian using field -glasses. •
Having, , rested, lie ' picked himself
up, found „his road,, a mere trail:, Of
Wagon tracks', and mindful Of,the cool-
ing drinkS te,he -had ..in ' the '.Cafe de
Ptlnivers, pia his best fool 'foremast.
. After a:Aline seinething, cell At in-
stinct, impelled him tO• 1001{ hack the
way be haa:. come. Half a mile dig?:
tant, be saw the' figure of. a peasant
following the fsarn road, ,Dachentin
Stopped' 'and Waited for,the other to.
come up. 'Btit when he stopped the
man stoped, sat him down upon
rock,, filled a, pipe, and conspicuously
. Duclitunin 'gave ati impatiege Os -
:tare and 'moved an. .Afteit 'another
Trifle he glaneed over shoulder -again,
the, Sante peatailt -oecupied the same
lelative distance from: him. ,; ', .
Izi dusk of titlikni'.he stinubled
ire)
-down ;trite the valley, aka and strsuck
the fiver ioad abut int Way betweeti
the'-'01tateaade;Motitaltila arid Niiiie
At this ' 3 uneblen aPveral dtvellingS
clusteredv%.1)0ehetniii: •tiatiCed ti 'few_
ohtdowy....shaties Iditering•abOut, Amt.
*via too far gone in .fatighe anct:thirat
to pay horn tinrlieed. Ile •luid, no
doing PS Iiig-=-Aithe IV! Iniiird's Lin(thent. •
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al.14..bogrit euP:or water.- As, IWIltted tho of tbe shat Nirtt • • " • • •
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the signal for the onslaught. At./14 the, Siultilture 'ra:ptureis greeting. to the dawn,
With no Mere Warning than al. •cry, ethers, eeettusly'the hTahan wer4 set, catering thexu_like chickens.- '"i9 ''‘IVr•911/Ing OlcaY" .sPilk• 10-, Milo. - '
auxtcl9n. scuffling noise of "several pair .the dark bulk began to slide With '' . -:,' ... • .
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of feet,, he, virbeeied, .•-.•.....1-4.x.....,,,, ..1„, ,__•,.._.3. —I. - LI aL. ' a._ ' ' '_i . a "l`he- red poinsettia stars the groves
4Y,T4 444"4"4;44 "4 WUILe4 W neelS ‘CP a PNOM allo,a VoiCe • -
ielidy,..4.Q.5,f4y 1.4,x,e4sect,,,,b)!.. e,,,,elleozqr,of ,eried,;_,Neicidy.,,,limsieeri, quiewyp,,,, BeY9a.d.' .Ple.Olf,41Atler trees.-.-
ma, and strUelt,s9u:41 at random. Me, --,...the' 4.0icerQt.. Eve d•,,, montalais. 14Wherei!e:e.boi,zeb.-tl?irm7es•e:40;00,14'.:4tettb„.thi;,blrrevl4.4vve43.14. •
stick landed on •boinehocik's• head With • in two bounds. Duchernin overteek.
a re8ouniling.thOMP:follOwed,b4a. 'yell -the .ear and kefore it had come to .1 Bays, Wh'ere long 10‘tfolia, i):at4was
'bf, pain,'.. Thee three. men,ere grali.- standstill leaped' aiptiti',•the'rufin` g •
Ni .
_Iva:Pita:oh:vole ct7umitThit 414:tit 0_4, .• 0. tivOhyno;ciffetlixitrocdi -, 4:tiikt%kiiII4-:4a,-*01.11, 4:ii-... „oihenoNg;;-...gtd-haii:!siigdh.a.0'. 0,0at v.fib i.!i.14,A:P•tti Oflifti,i...- t..E:1;:c,..siandit,it•to:•:11...-ieticii sht.,,itact; , . 4: , 14-, 1,('‘,74:2.i'-11,1...:071,,:nean_y;e:a.n.r..;:ti....t_ic'ivin-!ta,:p.‘bn'y•PT.':iiiice:s4.4.1*.;itil.....1:4•:;,.',.,:s.e::1 ,'•'
stating: oaths and . groans. . ''''
, ,. , orwar ,.manipu a , ,- . . -, • - •
, we stick wii-4••ket;ed..and, wrenched spat agairq its bullet etrilek •• bini . a ' . .. bypt!.ze, ,, • ., ' 2. -„, . . , . “ -, ,
away, he Was -oVe'rwhelnieit. by num-blow of tiicItOrting agony i th **il ' • - • , -Hilda MCDOnairt'
hers.; 'The knot otatruggling*figlires I '• AWare ..that -he; was: danger ' I '.
'•;ritc:trari.:1•11-eitn:c.daoetkurndhitiva:thrit,.tri)::gOtti:::,me. 511041•1:7te*dit:)'11:1:1L'Cke.olite l'761eiffiff;rtsili7t'nuiti;r-:hOhwje:41;:iitgldt:''haWilsilithhadait;t°'h'aeo'rhne:tedss-iltilalifit' :-filii'siir-i4;13t1.4i' 1.40:"i'll':o:8v:oenriny' al.g:I,ree,nac't:i-lt:r:Y:6':.:1•e:ftCi:::esste.:;a't'"h't•nxuhaIt,-
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' '1[Iirnii:e. ill).71A es o.:: .11,17e• ' i.fgetfisio. :I:all:till:PH rn.4.440ilit*li'k' °UT'
abovethe exhttelaeI3, In atetlu
a: handHalf-stifledo! dbilitihic pistol door u•ii,via4.helf."
flesh, he heard broken -phrases growY- 1 'light Withdra' ' ' '
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ed, In , 'Volpe's, hoarse with effeft aria}, .. 1 ' (To be. continuedzy 1
excitement: . • • ., . - ' . • ,...1. •, 2 .. • ....i:i'... •-,....-."-,....i:.,:z.-..,:.,-,......,. .
,.. ,,mh-e-kififel'i.....,."72(elil. Itinil° .. -,LOW TEA .PRICE usu4,k..i_y‘
."Stand-elear„'andJet„mr ,.....'..f,The . :,' '.' ,. DECEPTION. , • . '
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CLAANI NO -
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rthe-road went stealght Up iatermin;
iply0,straight that-th
• flanked It'on.eltber side see4194 'to
elingiug robgatly to carth.with tenael.•
oth.ursp. st ioot on tiLe,u,073.tver
bracing themselves stiff, down."
we
1.,;erheel.r)(r.tii-liloiessp-0111;-eigittrheorh' seltd;h041).
• tato ' their waters, leaVies,.-inAteli:•:
„ , .. • : wake, •a' ...trail water-s,Mootheil peb,
• To • Save d !floe; • 1)ie . • ••
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he Palace
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g..p,re'eT• a43.. s.rp v 17,(), R.;eirgs:: :ers owtri, 11 let 76. where
ttr: ib.:91°°* 1:1cot:°. iihn: ft' 0 6' topaf e' nejg !di 1 n6tgi:hrit h" elat rttle
cb.
Ttpeatireal-i
gluzn Or • WPOr.111.pignOdant. batuo
° '." A icw rice tr tea t0;dayi means
'freSetr;aungdgi hrici se d g" 5Iipoorly c'tilluettlihti; Etnt-SP:.). (:)arl:Oci na,101 wt Y. beiAniga tot
of
Ono of his assailants howled aloud 1 !wed., The Public.should bo advised
and fell back to nurse a briakon. shin, not to htty .01.°111.
• TWO ethers 'scrambled out of the way,'
-leaving one -to pip him down with
knees upon his elle4, another to, wield
the -knife- • -
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• Stikring eyes 'etegilt , 'warning
•gleam:On descending steel.. Duchernill.
squirmed frantically to one,Side, and
felt cold .metal kiss the skin over his
ribs as the -blade penetrated his cloth= .
ing, glose .under the arnanit. ,
I3efore the mtm With the knife
-could- strike-againi-Duchemik-roiised-
to a mightier effort, ,thretv •off the
ruffian' on his dies% 6t. On. hi 4 knees:
and raining blows and left as
the others closed, in again, sonieheW
raanaged• to 'scramble to his feet
Fist4vork told. For. an instant he
stood' quite tree,, the centre, •of a
circle of uncertain :assassins whose
cowardicegive him time' to whip out
his pictol. Ibit before he could level
it' xi, 'man was on hiS back, his• -,wrist
was Seized and the w4pon:.twysted
from' his. grasp. ••, , • ,
A •,crir-of •triiimph" Was echoed .by
eiclamationS"'of• alarm' as, diaiirmeck
iDnehemin was7-again Telt free; ,the
thugs standing, back to let the pistol
do its' Work. In that instant a broad,
sword of light. swung, Ound a nearby
corner and =site. the. group; the twin,
glaring ekes of a motor carcfioocled
With "blne-white radianCe that tableaM
of one man at uay incthe mid•dle of the
road, in a ring of merciless enennea.
. Dndheiniri's cry'for help 'w'as utter -
, gr9).1ofis Of inerfe.recent date, AVat'erloo
'8101,1 las, its •• dhily, efreank tountate
a11 %oyer tpe World. .Seme• of•
thOse whd wieit are froin Australia,
;Stinch,:.Africa; ..England,•"Vranc, der,
Many .Course, niany froin
laniericii, • -• • . • ,MInard's Claimant dootlies•.tired feet. •
found that the whole ot the WOodwork 1-Q1•31111"; And faT ovVr'''" '
Is crumbling. Into, tt PoWdemy
'geed deal„of ,meney has'alreadk'beea the plateau dropuu away In cacacuee
flabtic414"7-C4riii-'1191;r0-r, Oeted.„:7
, °out -through 'draperies:of iliac hiso,b404
with an -apple: orchard flanking One,
, .
side. 'At the'ba'ck a 'tall barn' with IV
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To Bays and Girls for.
EssaYs 'on Cana
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. His Aerial:
She -,--"Why does Mr. GoSsippe. ,
al -
says have his nose in the air?" "
1-1e=•-"Tliat this aerial for.receiVing
news." '
ApPles in Canada:
APITIOS may be groWn over a great
phrt of Oanada, so great in fact,' that if
It. were all planted the crop Would be
-entheient-te-supply-the-MarkeirbfAlle-
world: Point. of flavor, hig'h color,
Ing, and long -keeping qualities, . the,
Deminion preduces the beat gratiet
and.th.e deinand for .Canadian apples
from other countries is steadily grow..
Ing as theY beconie 'betterknown.
The' Spoii-of. Selling.
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''.-A• salesman, must. be a geed loser.
ed only an instant before his pistol He must be able lotake punishment,
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exploded in . alien hands. The head- as tio pugilists? Say: In the course 9t
'lights showed him distinctly the face ,a. t ear, even the ablent•Salenman will,
Of the Man who 'fired; the :same face •very : likely ; take inere rebuff s then
of fat features 'black* with s.00t,that Orders: That is why a salesman 'must
f i . 'e : . , .
4., had seen at 'Montepellier4le-VieuX. .be a good nportsman, That is why he
" But .the s bullet Went wild and the must take his .job. as agame not as a
r.t.tenehile : didnet step, hitt ,drovdrudgery-'
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doWs set. 'high spin the front gab
gazed over the shoal -der Of •the kohee .
,lofty watchfulness. A few outbuild-•
ings stood about in casual Ilicedness,
and. a stump Waited at the side of. the
hOuse With alertly Poised hand/0. •
At the wide gate in' front , of \the,•,,,
farinhouse, a boy in blue' everalls and
wide straW hat, gazed up in shy -cu.:I-.
asitk at the -carriage he it tame ta a'
halt before him. One" of the hawses
ef buckles, little, clouds of dust rose'
froth his unquiet -hoofs: and drifted. in-
to the railroad grass. " •
sonay,'? the driver: palled,
leaning forward in his seal...:iican you
tel me ;Where • George Dind1ey41IiTee?"'
The boy teok two steps forward. in;
the pleasnreable -glow • :of. his
ledge.' .down' the :rend ahout 'a...
o half,:mile, on the right," h,ow,eirclatined, •
"You can't Miss it,"'he.cantinned, dif-.
:1,11eow. rea,:y....,..poanin-,..tb,cfos::....;;irddt •
. The horses ;struck. into. ,their sw. .
lag-trot?itli-re-ratile-er-91-arnegilrifd
wheels .: ;4A;-newl'y.,:'hOuse,"
the driver,smiled gently at,•the horses' .
ears, ."painted' *hide "whitef.' • Winit'S
kind et.white,. I WinciderP. - •-•
; A little. 'further ;;along,,
curved gently; ' and ,j•USt: ,vihereAf.
straiglitened'':out.' (sloe 'refire; a benne.
stoed With' 4 thick carpet cif eleVer •
fore Its door. At -....one, 'end ef the r�otof
the 'house, the , shingien :wer4. weather
stained; and .sraving.;. they ebcaded „.
.t.hO way; along. until at the Other.end :•. '
they. Soon& new and brlght A bulld
; ',staging stil lung t� :the 'aid°
thelionse,. and everywhere, were evi
• denees. ot .a 'Protraeted and 6.4.tensiv#::
rebuilding and renovating.' The house
had been a tuna,11,.olciLfiishfolied .farm-:-
houne.' was now but enedjimpt,
tit.) 'the '.farger, newer buildingi.
you couldn't exaet1 cnn it
house' the driver said
a„ tieW)Y.litiuze all, right," he Chu.ehled.:i
,:iiis ,•Corriiia'nion Srolled,"iid gazed:.
et the honso• Where new •Itintber and a'
weathered boards. thone thretigh thO!'
first; 'inadequatecoat' of.. white' Paint, •
"And it' S" 'painted. kind 'of White!' lie":
'added. "When -George, gtVes ' it another • ,
eolif.er two, of'paint,.it iVill 'be White."', .
• Fttnn the' 'long, keen garden rawi; ''.-'•:'•
behind ,the 'barn, .a Map '.wad ,Walking ..:' .,.
houseWard.l.' The driver •waved.his'
arm : vigarohnlY, • bin...;,_c_intipanlon :leaned: 0.
forwardinideanura.ble excitement' and .'•
.the,inan in the held halted. and, Wateh-''. •
ed., the approaehink.carriage . witti.a
mild 'and exPectent wonderment.. ;.;..
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How Beavers Handle T. reea7
• A heaver needs ...bark. far . feed and
timber forIntildpig his house, and lie •
is 'the .greatest ."Iogget" mnig :the .
lower animals. 'You orobahly- are ..fa, .
ielliai• ••witli;,' his- ,da,in-building.„:talentn, .•,._
bg C,lie is : eqnally clevsr ' and. efficient, , ' •,
in, the,•fprest....,,.., .... ,' ' .
At tree -felling each ' be.aVer' werhe.,Iii.- ....
'dependently: ..A small tree ';.• t3 ' cut •
th 3.94eh from. one . side; ' »tit, a largo .
one ;usually. on .tWe sides ,or all'
around, the ,ehiPs' being:split 'tint ninety
as by a wciedman's aXe:. ' , ;. • ' '••• '
1 The colitmeg linpres.Sioals.khat only ••:.
sicitill soplings,are cid eloWn by beav-t• '•
ern; but this IS ' a mistake; trees three,
feet in a lain.eter are ,spmetithes ' fel JP 1
'''''`infl, f n . workaani Ike style, too, ...,
The sigall tree affersne problem!. at •• ..
beavers ,inisy for several ndglital,,buit .°; •
all:, :A' bit oho may 'Ilteep . a lapilli . Of ' , .
a. single experienced heaver . can fell , •
a four -Inch polder:Chap it into fiVeloot
soetiens„ and transport the Whale tree
to 'the Witte*. in A single night. •,,,.
:it's„a .aight Nfprili aaaing tti .watch ' a '
beaver take it log •over the'ground' tO., .:
thi's lake or sygain. • l!a. grabe it 'with ,
those wonderful teeth atid•dragii .With'''
'a 'strength that' is positively aslound.
itig:. In the water be tOWs it, Ot some- , .
„filmes..kripi-it....with...111S;t,tralsr-:;1` 411/1••• 7 .,.
broad; agile tail. . • ' ,'...' .. • ' , t),
i. 'ming t
-ongslile,' and 'steering' -With hit
I Alava Seen 'ft 'boilver go to t4)43 .pond
.bettOni,yreappea,r..-with ..e.1.1 , the L,Stlelis - -
k ;10 etn.114 1101a • i ii Ill I.J., ArtAg.ii ' and *.ta k•
upright On his hind. 'lege to the•-tA)0 of'
his •IiMise; • They haire'net• only'brnies -,. .
to, thfiderbat -Pip 'Strength .atid tgiPple,;'"'-'.'
4teae-teeitecuto. theltr. Plate.' , ' •
:The bark .4St penhtft Willow, oder' and
win nearly .alway.e. seleet die :aspen. ,..•
i) -frit le enb
ticetwotahl6;hut ast),rark ti
the prefetmae..nk--•Lesr 1141114. '• '. ,
.:Vhiin ie 1.a.:.:, 4 •••:to..11igoe, 'ithe' beaver
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pruning during days, , •
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