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(11, tIen ity thein, then
al*01.
and tVey o talked
ngdomthet void nett.be laid
with their meaeuting .etiehs.
Prbsb1 to -11, horse a-rinin IS the
tool inniginsible; he ruslie
around, he does so many thiegs
tJiat seem to hoe .no•iigniteanee;
be wears teineelt *11 out and often
gets neither oats nor a stall at the
d of the day, -The man works
or ends that are before him, ite
WOW often; the beret work* only
n the 001- of thet-whieh is be-
hind lum.. The Man it a mere ideal-
ist; the herseipractical economist.
Almost any perlon can Me tho
meaning of, a brick* wane only
few get the significonce of ,a !win-
• phony, yet the one is as real as the
--`.-other, and the -truth -le 11-4 plain
oldetta..gopti
deal more by, the thing* that -touch
. the soul than by those .644sink
no ,tteeiper than 'the seneee,
The!philosophy that sees all life
,onlY as so much 'animated mud
=inset the richer and mi htisr
, !eel/rings .of life. ,Titeete,
e
MT- SEE-ANYTRDI
Itt is as ifoneshould think of a.
book as only so many type impres-
*ions or of a, song as only so. many
.01ack dots on paper. '
'Yet through *11 our zooney mak-
ing, our getting and our spending,
our mad rushing to and fro, the toil
and .turmoil of our worldrune a
'fine strain Of great motives and
ideals. It manifests itoelf in love
of truth, devotion to great pur-
poses, tenderness and reseed for
the weak, euctor for the needy, sym-
pathy for the sad; in truth and
goodness and hetpfutriees it ig seen,
and the name cif ,this" spirit is reg
gion. • "
Churehes are only organized,
.social forms of its expression
creeds are only attempts to analyze
'its phenommt...;_reeetings,-servessi
• and preachingsare onymori
1es fOErrnalized nethods of s
J&Uuj men to'
tIZt4X *11 4
lie% A
0011*. .igrOat
„ og,this t
net their he dtat to
i!‘;'
make 'znany- it•trt 0
-prrn--
and ,ideaih iii tJieirV
We are ,elklisti we ,e1.11,1vie
for the thJ not ettee, We pie,
tend to lie 'emelt More Matelialistle
tbau iteAre. But deep within our-
selves we know that life cannot be,
sustained .by bread *lone,and that
i
•coneists n,more than ..ahundance '
of tliuigs.And so we live for the
loire of /kg friend orr fir the hope of
better world.
TIie univottlines,s of our lives is
often duet to our lack'of confidence
in the, eeetentiat worthinese of 'all
life; quite sure whether
this * riglit.worldkoften we, have
more faith in the evil:that asserts
If in teilAohnees and every form
of fquity than, in the good that
TJECKOXS raom ON HIGJJ.
We 4
yield to the znutinct to *eve our-
selvesbecause 've, aro, net pertain
tht *to goodneee will care for
WhO*Ilinv*te-right.
will tht right -when the'waY is,
clearly meensed out in 04Crretta dirte-
tiorts. But faith is the power to do
the right when the way is as yet un-
charted, to htlicys that there- hi no
'other way for 'NI* soul's...to be-
lieve that it .ito losjit all for
rigit than ,zuniug the whole
earth and losing one's real *elf. 2
ITO nee -4'147h elieVe-in tbe better
day that is to be, to have faith to
i
fit ourselves for t, and to push out
into it.. We need faith to overcome
the mountains in its way, to stir
the sluggish hears of mon who
eling.- to old eelfisliness and to
change the minds that lieedarinant
in prep./dices- ,Thieie-the faith that
regenerates and sits.
Men are not saved by. believing
this tact or the other incident in
history; they are leteed by the faith
that makes history, the faiththat
forms the future, that looks back
only to . be inspired to 'Push for-
ward; by the faith that leads them
to follow truth wherever it mey
leett. Being this they And they are
walking. With *II the faithful, they
are tresding the way that. hat led
to every Vitivety_and_lo every_nes-e
d eternal' life.,
• IIENEY F. COPE.
INTEIttiATIONU, LESSON,
411$1.. .•
,Lessen„ geroes o faith.
Golden Tet, Hob. 11; '
Iotrethiction.-.Why is our lesson
• from the Hebrews studied at this
"time? Because, perhaps, of. • its
Pessihre conneetion.with the ehurth
in Jerusalem, which will not again
tome so prominently into the 'history
at in Lesson VIII. The theme cf
this chapter, also, illustratka
finely by the missionary tetivities of
Paul, our study of which h soon to
renevitel-itlx great
iorrierstene of ini*sions, as, of *11
• theology and Christie!' Jiving.
1. The Book of Hebrews. 0
*rote the "Epliftlesi The tuithor is
unknown. The title„ ascribing the
Epixtle to Paul„ found in that Zing
'James version, "forms' ,110e part of
the otigittal doeureeet; but it reest
ave been given to the bookat *
very early date."-Westeotet
II. . What Faith
Hoer, does the writer define faith I
raith is the etibeteiteit, a thing*
oped for,, e(he.1 evidenetS 4.4 things
'not\ seen. Faith 11 not hapie, 1184
underlie. hope and render* he*
confident. Faith is not the iirisiopt
'of raystries, but that proof Of them
in heart, end „life *hien azure* us
f them iiithotit any sight of then.
IL' Yen Guide.Posis on the
4-13. Hew does
:writerthe proceed in his illustrat
fin of **tilt With * series of
0winst different aspeet*
-f faith, en in. order of time
m t Of Genesis. In ran.
e(tiort with tech illustration the
writer points out some cliersketeris.
tie of faith in torte *tut beeutiful
Oates thet hieve ',teem* nide.
posts on the 'way to faith to all
God's ehildren.
lV Abrshaimiii Great 'Test f
1/.1R. Whist is the paint
4)t the write, next illuttration
The voittio of tett* of faith. The
*tett
new passes to partienlat
and begins with (me of the
examples of faith in all hie -
he testing tz 'trying") of Abr.*
Think how many eagtr hope
•
ly as Abraham's seed, inheriting
the protases made to him. And
now his loving father has uttered
Isaac up (IL V. margin) --for Abra-
bara:s submission to God's will is so
entire-that-the-sacrilice is as good
as completed and.the lad its good At
dead;40 that, when the Mak WU
stihetituted (Gen. 13) for the
Abritham may truly be mild to have
receiveil his .ilon back . again from
he grave, „
V. How Faith Gives Pleat! Viiion.
-Vs. 2042. What is the point of the
next three illuetraitions, those of
Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph? In each
ease, the 'clear vision of the future
that faith gives.
VI. Moses' Great Venture of
Vs. ;23-31. How 'many con-
*pieipus instance* of faith doe* the
writer note eonneetion with the
exodus front Egypt -arid' qt*eonest of
Cenielin? Boyce in all -net beeause
twee ie "the per feet numbers" nor
beeinioe there were not more than
seven, but become-tr. 4) time failed
-hint 'to recount others, such its the
vittory at. Itephidim, the heeling
wrought by the brazen serpent
the repotof the two faithful bilks.
Heaven's Honor
V*. 3te.40, How doe* the writer dose example; of faith? ° teleny
crowd upon his ° mind, from the
times , the judgete kings eve
pliete., at tspairs sonic
on w' \the condensed awl.
malty s 'been king. Ile in.
star(' faith Gideon who
with onlyhandfitt of men -turned
the *tans*, of the alien*
eludg. 0.1) ;of Barak, *belie 'ex-
ploitlwas *Whit eludgit 4, .0; of
Simeon, who stopped the mouths of
lions (Judi. 13-10), its did David 1
so. ter ti4,10 and espeeiallv Dan* I
(Diut.6); of jephthah Crud& 11, i0),
who turned to flight the Ammonite
of David, who euledued kingdom*
*flain. te 10; 11); of „Semite], who
tereneht ‘tiehteousnese (t Raze. 1,51g
3 40.. 'Then followe *crowding rush
of iiitenories, the:triumphs of faith
n escfpirtcrire,,as Daniel (Dan, 3;
tceiving the dead „raised to life
*gain, as the widow of Zarephatli
41 Kingi te,1$) and tle Shunam.
mite (st Xing*. 4: M-31: holtlinorto
th-e'truth in trials inieh *teeing,
'Jererefitle 'imeeortling to „er*Iitioe),
ins( sawn , asunder (the tredi-
fete of Ietialit. Many °tithe
" 1 bete eieuniserated omitted in
iolenee during the timesreeideeete " af
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'hersel
, hope
hurriedly
oSt r.
rt, ..foilOAve
*4 „
ing about in 1 #
ljeletin tbe - dzy; she did not
fly int bysteie, and.‘
make ineo
liere allusions to 114,,
les 111410*.' OA night hive dne.
Inteed the increased her • vice
&twig' y the„thick hedgerow that
surrounded the hese of the tort,
and d:ved into an iiiineetitied Nen-
try-box that etoter lacing the open
:sea. Here, secure trout eliseriore
tier!, ehe gave vent to, emit of thee"
indignetion that surged -within her
palpitating eeeoin.
137 intuition she, knew that • this
-
thiee..eet,„ foreign -10441g, Man WO.
nothing but * mieirrible spy, who,
had ,come. to ferret out aometh'in
aboutthe big gou$ 01t.:had recent
kt been Placed on the fork But un
tilnow she' had never believed that
an Offltereserid espeeially.an °leer'
like Dickeewould be guilty ot-en'ett
astardle eanatiet 584 ffick-
Mg- in. -the mill
country:
towaS a strict ; order that ne
'civilian
was tt) be aflowed aecess
to the tort -she had evenbeen re,
Nevi that. Itetmiseion herself -yet
here was one of her *tether's moat
trusted etfieer* wilfujly disobeying
t o
•„:
She turned looked
throughthe smio , tar- pan
of glas* in the haek of the sentry -
box. troller seized, her when
she saw' that the two eemopiratee
were coming in her. direction. What
if they Shoeldse,e beet
Ilastx1" y• drawing beck her dress,
he tried to mike herself as town.
*Pieious' as the narrow confines .of
her hiding -place would allow;
The next, moment the sound of
their 'voices fell upon the still even-
ing air. it was the stranger who
was -speaking, in his deep, gruff
voice:, -
"You Will let inc have the photo
aa soon as possibler he was say-
ing,
with simulated carelessness.
"If I can get an, opportunity,
take to -morrow," revoitcled
Lieutenant Andrews, m *low voice.
The listener coul' scarcely re-
strain herself.' -04, :thatshe might
ste out and -denounce; him then
• therel_But_prudeneeioth
he would thwart his «fell -design,
But she must use cunning. tete
ust wait and. watch..
Another moment, and tne,,epy and
$ dupe bad turned a, bend in .the
thway, anddisappeared from
ew. • Constance then emerged
om the sentry-box,and set tem,
ngingli,er crumpled dress. . That
ne to her satiefaetion,• she, slowly
traced het' *tops towards.the grey
or.* -of buildings known-- as the
rt Bursae.-
The first shock' ,of the discovery
er, she had a strong misgiving
at the erhole affair had beeii a,
trible dream. it was so difficult
associate Dick--or,orather, Lieu -
ant Andrews -with anything
an or treacherous. Yet, on
tiler reflection, she was .forced
realize the absurdity of drawing
o question. ,the accurate)? Ofher
mpaired sight and hearing.
o; *lie could not, doubt 'her.
sec The stranger watt a, for -
too, who heir no rzghtin the fort,
worse than all, he etas *homy
reeeire a photogreph of tined
most important bulwarks o
Eastern eostit.- -
014 -Dick," she tried, half
ud "how could you -hew could
to
t- yes- Wird to be compelledruet him -hard to think .of:Ituu
at traitor_ Only ' few short
r* before she had asked him to
,her for a, sail in the boat;' but
had pleaded * pressing engage
t, se& so she hed been forced
'moon _about the or the
tnoon this preseing
gement \was- . But • why
11 upon ill She must prevent
photograph from. being taken
II costs. • Above *11, she must
Dick; she must, toe him from
own cupidity, although,. of
„I/he ,eeeld never be anything
am.
niorturtately. she eouid not con
hi
fr
ea
do
re
bi
Fo
or
th
ho
to
ten
me
tut
to
int
Uni
sen
eig
and
to
the
the
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alo
you
diet
ao
hou
tak
he
Men
to
afte
enga
dive
this
At
eave
hi*
tour
to h
milt her father, as he had gone to
London ttio i,vry morning, and
would not return before the fol'
lowing evening.' But, stint shet ws
detennined that .tht oreJgner
should 'not receive th photognapb
he expeeted, ‘`and she
determined to tau.'
* ,*
te that **me eeeni
pt uietlyout of t
entrance„ inc
y to he low bra
ided r .father
unior P -
box, whieh a few hoos
;ly ihc bad placed there for
be seriegibled over,
dot* on the other
• t
• iht
loyter
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gar She
UfltUUW,
*d1 there p&ced to
n:hfliblvt00,4 ,.
bas sce
ut Vila -*he }id
h 'eft ' 14,. one L
from
nder'
i in the
tiny glass d.b,iicie„xrrit uito
-,a,-* ..
gt
ct on
tb*t
s„' n ' )'llettlitli'' eb:eitittde' 0
i .' aged. to
1
mg e
r
„ ith
VU'o'
t now shot
revealed the -:interior of tL,
. wu. here tbat
Leuteuant Anareu wee;:veint tu
indulge h* his riene liobbiea. In
e corner was an easel, in *nether
*cycle, and on, a table lay a pal-
ette, * collection
hottiee. -aed * caniere;,
With a- imotherW cry; Constance,
seized the ,cauter*.,by the len*„ and,
without waiLing to releek" the door,.
dashed Madlyzerors. the open
ground to the wall. Flinging the
erst,:over.i
.41te climbed the wall
i-400riing agility, and n o
apid stride,* *lin -reached, the
safety of liet own henget'
On going to her reeim, alio buried
the stolen owner& at the bottom of
her ttunk; theie`-psoiting iind eSe
1,077'
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'exited she, eltodiied on a chair be
,ore the mirror, and Wed at th
haggised reflection
• ring the whole of the*next da
ovedabout like. --one..in
r After lunch, one of the
servant* mfonned her of the theft
of Lieutenant Andrevei -0,ioneral
and added that, the men's quarters
were being . searched for the Was-
ing article. -
,*-:-Buteonstsineeegave -no sign that
est -foe -het- The- weight
awful secret was crushing her. It
was eating into. lier..lieert. like
canker, and if she could not abut
it with, someone soon, she believe
it would send her mad.
How she longed for the return of
her father! But as the hour of his
expected arrival drewnearer, she
began to dreadtheordeal that hie
coming would necessitate'. How
could she betray the man she had
thought the loved? . It would not
he easy. .Still, there was no ether
course. She must not allow her
father to go on trusting him an.
suspeetingly. ; she must unmask
he traitor, let the toot be what it
may! .
Rive ,o'elock came. her father
would return now at Any minute.
'Six! He had not yet arrived;
,What could have . detained him•l
"Sevin His arrival wee still u
'atineunced. conetanee was sit
tint -1-iliniii=her-rauther-ilad-jus
left the room -when she - heard an
foot step in, the..paeszege. Was it
at last t -
The tension was becoming ter'.
rible. But; to.hee intense chagrin,
when the servant opened the door,
it was to announce Lieutenan
Andrews!
„. "The major hat not yet -arrived,
Allen r he asked, in. his usual
theory way.'
"Not Yet." Vie answered eoldl
• She had risen as he entered, and.
was standing with her elbow resting'
on the mantlepiece„ her frozen
beauty shining, white .in: the light,
like the profile of s marble statue.
, But the young officer appeared
utterly °billy -loot ofthe great change,
that had, come over her during the
past twenty-four 'hour's. -Whatever
his faults, he eesot not given to
throwing searching glances into.
the feces of his friends each time
he met them, '
He had something important to
sitk, and be aprossehed eloser to
where skest.• , •
"Constance," he 'Vegan with an.
lin/Atte' touch ot tendernes, in his
voice "1 expect to be going abroad
shortly, and. such * golden oppor-
tunity at the present znal .not °c-
ent again. Constance' -iiiialog
his eyes to her ried ftee....."/ have
long waited for, this hour. I have
come to tell you loirt much I love
you!"
Stepping heek ,..ohe • turned . her
flashing eyes' full- upon- him. •She
etruggled to .opin her dry, pallid
lips- to knithet ',4*!eice &snoodg.
tion that rose. and almost thoked
her in its effort to find release I but
he, door again. opened, and
beforthe words of, Are hissed
forth,her fit ee entered. . „.
"Hello, Andrews t" . putted the
Maier. "Missed say ,confoutided
tram by just half * minute; Oa
the platform, toot t ites. whip
ewe!, it snot* anaoying.. Ran into
Colonel Cranfield. Hadn't serehim
for twentyyears, and, in the joy
orgot evolythiug else,
train glide out.- Beastly
—itatink:Ever/thing is all right,. ,
ryt)ting but nky camera!
repled tes lietttensett dolefully.
Ica earth luta Lappeeed to
rat" 40stion4e4
*sig,wit hi* way
dghter
stolen it tJae
1st, in a' tole
Inied the major,
," resuase
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11° ' 11;,°. is io 1
*), f "
.ed
ook at lu
1,1 ' II
' kin r, • unreaistkg.
n.
le to u every day '
abali leave ou something of mino
, a keept thatwilt conotanti
Ind' yfoi, 'of mei'' '
Matis quite unnecesserY," she
hastily interposed. . 9, have soMe-
thin ,1""What zs, .. that?" he Asked
tatil:Iiir 0rfs:liwowbkmhuwebilll always
lovejsted trust ye/x
She finished and hesitated; then,
raising her eyes to his..ehe answers
ed, in a voice almost ix/audible:
, "Your love 1" -London Answer*.
OiG 11EM A ROitInD
.)1011ROR OF OM,
*me �f• the Interesting'Clasees
V!det%4 404,449r*
•
litiver have docters written an
*liked so -frankly about us and our
is,- It used to b0- theiproper medi-
cal attitude to listen attentively to
our ;concertsl of our symptoms and
to treat the same witn it least an
.outward show of respect.
The modern enettiod is different.
The fad for malting light of eickneos
has driven the doctors to show us
that they have ail the time been
oteretly making- light, of many of
our cherished ttlo. They ka02V we
were victims or our own,iinegina,
tion And they treated that magma -
tion in their own retreed way. We
haven't had anything like the 414
of drugs -we thought we had.
.pbyeician writing in the Ec-
clesiastical Itesiew on the general
ubjseet Of scruple., tells *time of
the Interesting classes of suoiLeasso
bich come under the doctor's
csre. There are, for example, the
people
dirt. They fete espeeially. to sett
their hands or face and will welsh
themselves over and over again,
t,wenty, even .thirty times it
.dzy. Whenever they touch anything
IILEY WASH: TiaEllt "-KAMM.
ey requently so rub the skin
olf thatthey become sore and'
develop vuious form* of sirtifieisd
-derniatjtjs bocause oftlu, Iliac 401.4
removal of the epidermis and the
irritation .of soap and water. No
amount of retooling -will keep them
from doing thii. It may be pointed
oukt011iein 'that most peepleeenje
ip,iite good health without any such
solicitude *bout cleanliness, but
that maker; no difference to them-
-Some. Of UM *Man V110. are
iellicted with the atection would
not think for it 'Moment of touching
door knob; they make all tots
of excuses to wart for eoraeloody
else to open the door.' Often they
willnotconfess their unwillingness
to touch sin °Nett that is handled en
b so tosay people. " At the door
of a *tete they will -lind some .ezt
ease to pause *moment until some
one els* opens the door.
They *QOM not thiuk for * mo.
went of handling a library book
that had been used by others. They
*onetime* put themselves to con-
oitletable 41fstorafort and taco*.
'talent* by refusing to touch the
boat or railway station
or the " Industraile- of °*, porch sir
evarl shouse eteirwaye These
vitiate, are seausirig *hen th
come t� vjsjt the pheeteitn.
A very Interesting set of +heeds
are those astooieted with looking
dewit'fis high places. tretyluely
exp,stieuees mom to 110016 degrae.
NV 006 taWitkik 0101‘ the edge of 4
high building,
JZs
ftcn ,
tt
labAy ria, L.
:goes, Ho will gvizobrgift-
a
t they 4
"blood,'
to.'ta
t lilt.
'for miles,: in nitcly fitrthar
than ,
strength wouid !4urt
on the run he to murder
When he lite0F4 the blood lust goes
out of bine
But while be runs woe betide
o who .ineets him; he shoo.
wzth-
eut reference to 10X- Or: 0010r.,
the sight of * child ineeently in
flames him to $4 greater and ;no•
deadly extent than in the cue Of
an edalle
te
was a. hot afternoon, and
as walking along .* road.of Perak;
in the Malay Pemnsnla, which his,
sects'the ,town, when .1 heard
mixed clamor of yokes, 44,****
inuring toweleis me. 1oouZd
at he we* a Malay,
SMALL, SLIGHT AND
like 11' hie race, tiliteloh
clad in nothing but a 10121.
X*47 whit le "smelt" siwaysal
himself);
bed been warned by one o
ofileers of the Britishdetachme
which* was quartcred in Perak 2
Utookto4he,-
trtlief-lettst-iyesi
6 alsY as he_ .un
neath shook bbs kris at me 'et
sttael exactly 'like that of an
Mal. The kris is a. long sword -1
dagger, with a ..wavr, watt.It
.
inflicts 4 most horrible wound.
I truet 1 may never ie ig
whet' I saw thou, The pas*ing
glimpse of the Itelae's flee,
deadwbjt. as the brown skin eYar
0:1)*Preaches to, the hlooel*hot,0
botk told. me be was !Lfainek.."
As he rise; * little toddler, n�t
more than ten year** old; cameaut
,
from tieltindeoni of the huts direct-
ly in his path. The itteley slitodied,
at the ehi,14 ,with 'his kris and
most severed the little head from
the body, The:mother rushed out
screaming anti was *tabbed before
the cry had passed her. lips.
Two coolies were the .ieset Victims,
yczme tuisuspectingly,out o4
t e jungle, and ecattered to night
and loft at the eight 4the--
gure leaping upon them. But
hunten swiftuess, could see" :the
I flamer saw IVA/lint 4040
salt i*eredible, rapidity. The
lay seemed to literally bound in
*
air!' and his wicked knife to
scribe a* are to right and left-
;ot
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And there lny the two bodies in
*dust of the road, wixich, Was
ed with their idsod;:th
otter time than it eskee me -to
welt° this down.
Berseuther this is not Actioa„ buil
actual tot.
4Tlie MeleY sl'i4 *ice --stiore
other, child, ;alas and then his
hour of retribution overtock bine -
At tha "head et the roadotherelt
enters the ,justgle,. came into view
any frievel Sergeaat O'Doenell.
As he caught sight of the natferns
the Malay's supple body eecertai to
momentarily street itself. Thea,ha
forwerit,
*OW O'Donnell Aro on eiae
eo. The ernili lit gleamed aloe
the barrel of his astiai as amino
do** to 'a 'straight, tighl lia.. The
murderer was within * dozen y
ot-hitte I saw * red streak, se
or .,white haze* slot then 'tho
oko. • • .
The Malay *Prang luto the
twitted .eideivari, ased cam*
in 4 -Islip. • •
"ists I $44 in ray vosind's.e$10 that
steady, kueolin
te, be* re, eatt the
wild staiaid blade, lea atiOnitlit. 141bialib", 1'
birth it was tht iery oeoleet Obis
ev6r saw done, o any ever likely
t B. E., is rearsoaes
.10aTitOtIT XL
the works:lea *
ings must gradually aecustoL
to working at a li.igbt, ,
think 1 can say without
btsch ofesesifeteriee,'
,.'
'that filkara are *sore th
hall a prieets who bave to
Oatirsia, at prof*
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difficulty* titer ezpeni
g mese at a bigk altar,
at all i 1141
tike levet a the
t* Zren houag ¥p
*smgl. at distatits theh
the iire oft. si
however,
the*.
" *it they Intsy faj
ye to elks* to Lb.
*alit
' A a
1.
%MAO,
..etkokittra...
.,
4. Is
heosper•
den
ti*be
watehia tba
siren fru
"thout being sou.
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'4fr"
lazy rails
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