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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1909-09-09, Page 6 (2)itt 1 . • The evl i:e had beeki l'istenc,4 sg otit vsith 04'4)4 breathleee tte tion, ;Led now., ee he eon ik-cd trotted with are air el i e4tisfacti4)n back to hie Keit, t reactioa 'resulted ilk vousidereble excitement - This (elicited an autleieitatie7 command for "order" and "ell clefs." At the same time the atti- tedd of the aitdieuee in connectioa . with the prieoner. bad been em tically expressed. A netuteut later Mr. Lyteleton arose and remarked: "To eorroborate what the, !at witnese has stated I will "call Ellen Caron." Joh! Hubbard nervouely mopped lefe raoiet faee with his herslkerebief heon'S_ uneepected zepPeAratre 110,44 Ana Shoe an apprehetteive glance ati almost paraliZed whir; the witnees-stand wit a rather tuned ald had aroused 011 th)eeindietive- .1 thi dims. e °W.lt ;16T.t0 Pk.) I i frWit4leEqeti (') ton. virrY st, 1 P 0:017 tooklIOS after your estate * rug how' to Iklindle it.", im pretty turelhat , diffieult task, tth liultbard,mzy ha *king, bews tie! ieta1Iy_tit • iice Iu, , ft tti, 41 , ond4 xwt I&aa,. swerv 1 1 i 'he seCrreee,ezetnittetien of both.4 1.' 'h ttp &We' andthe legal squabblee over . 7 for e'el lt, , arionittestipTitts,h, ,lottzos'eTley‘ju4dziee(ei riustoi:etstvalivitzth , Inibleio.ihrtaorungue. . lo icallY, after Which the 4tiry re -Ilion NO roatt9rt PerttliAtig 'to his sal the -wen t come, autl.'-42 '- ,4-,ever,ttong--wast-t. ,tteur room ,sehooted t i ' found to, be ut„ the best possible, 'or.% ',het patiettee they con wait(lel'. teil and is.of Tock. •/et *ad ai tot °SW 4141( •M. e, t 0 •old ci1Ie friei ot g I * s s. 1. ITt iptrtorots, .)is duties ideul- tituting himaelf the,meme y, etitues the Coneelenee u -14-11"io ytttipcn mg ard's letters. ee 11 Ms ei attends' to *all- hM 4is. , 'and organizei witb mathe- tical aecuraty the hotly* of 111* 14iosie*tyisticaudorthienocretto,--eifegr;Aves twe , the return of & ierdiet. '4.1°1611) 1144", To°114-sitietillto w,,eofilictent that neioor John etate.t0,,37,,,..04;), Lyttleton, .10e. ,lets-attotaplieeloalted 4Agnouer"vitevottrAtekeYelleareetttei forw with innyh hope of an 00., erty: to 'act. your own pleasure; ut ittal, for AA air of nturtietakable ejeetion had settled upon bo h. t t The fottner appeared twenty years older than when ,ta entered 00 eburt.toom three days preVious. Al - th,e-Young,. girLy119 ...nlim,49.4.3A0faAtAzing,,Teve ations reRoirdiNt or - step. 'tees of his nature \ 'But in spite <4 her evident shrink- It was simply' maddening tes have ing trent the ordeal before her, her the tablets so cleverly, turned upon square chin was tled„ back him, to know that :the Ma 1 teM er gleamed with a resolute echeni - which, indee , -bee" fire which heded ill for., the, melee already been within his grasp, of those against whom eleitir was. would now, drop, like 'a ripe plum, about to testifye _ tlje hands -of freia,elitomat'Lriv- --111-iiirreir epieziions from Mr. t, whom -he ha'filtes heted from L tleton the story of her .Iife was be depths of his evil heart. cffeetivc4y drawn from her, and in The jury was abient.ollly --eseway to make.ellese Ada _Bre eoneeeend ster;alias Mrs. Alert Brown, cringe 'sufficient to destroy the last ray of and shiver under. a lash. hope for the prisoners, even before When the giel to/4i how she heel the verdict was rendered. el opt under the old-fashioned sofa, When the foreman was called up. I °where she had listened to the con- on to rake the decision of the jury, ietreation, between her aunt and be promptly responded : John Hubbard, repeatinge-in ----tiGidlty-,--your-ltenereetboefeinale stance , what they had -teak), there aecomplice e recommended to -was another ee.nsation among the teeny." , audience, and the woman felt that A despairing, though smothered her doom was sealed. cry from at Veiled figure in one eor- • "I have but one more witness to tier of thei.cout followed this dec. „call, your hono•r," Mr. Lyttleten laration. Mrs. Adam Brown threw remarked as Ellen was deleased, '2 her hands despair, and faint - whereupon Gerald, sprang to his away,. while Ian.. • Hubbard's feet and disappeared threugh a bead dropped heavily upon his door at the rear of the cert -room. breriet. Be presently returned; accom- Sentence WAS then pronouneed, panied by a black -robed figure, The forger wai• 4cleomid.to twenty whom he conducted directly to the, years hard labor in State's pritione stand. ' -1 LottistiBrown to one year ill the Wo. The moment' the newcomer turtted. man's reformatory. 0, • a • t.:0,,••••,.4ata awing, 44 a wide , expersenge tn4 year, and opens att average of WO life,1 anz goirtg to presume upon At Iletter s a day 11.3 attends 'to all the Klieg's annuli' subscripoons, which, chiefly. in rui/telta and five - pound notes, run into several thou. -441141 POUI)44-41 year. • - "Aunt gnollyti". is the Janatar. name by which. Miss 'PliarlOtte nonys, whose indisposition' has een causing. sonlet-almotY of is known to le'Seuu of the no al Pa.ily. and give you 4. WOO Sound advsee." ° "It will be very acceptable, sir," sed Gerald,. - - "You ,say you are, not going to live an idle lite," his friend ob- served. "That is tv wise resolve, - 424 I weidel tiroposa that you. give .year or two to earnest and thor-- ugh.preparation *or the bar. You have _Just the, ltoad for Jaw,-auel with your Toth Piip Iva x "Chatty."For .-over. ti-fito ustiee, you would mike a. ut law- „years s Ititidlye, has been a Wo. Yee to honor the profession. I tIll man .of the Bedchamber to Queen you Gerald, the bar is irally• 'n ., Alexandra,. having taken - that post. neell, -ofenien ache- will' nOtiviolettelstime-rirnme_diately ,---..afteeeetlie-marrie In ctr caixelenge and sell -themselves 1, age of the then Prtnce and Princees Tor 'gold. We Often hear. iLeaid „I of ,Wales. Her , brother, Lord that 'there is no jnetiee in. Itivei"Ili:nollye, is,private secretary to tho _and it is„ to _.s.osne,--eztentf-teno-. whits:Imother--- brother- acts I bluib ta own itt the tricaii 1 la. si.similar _capacity for Queen the e falsehood, The. bribery, and eareed of. Xeleleoe, I greed .that are often employed in Vie Crown Princees of .,Germany °the practiseeate• & dieeetrate to the 'is a\greet leader of fashion 4ind has lir4:448it/11' It Wil Ca141111)ate a few i herself started many novel customs, generations of' honest men, tho!one Of the most popular being her trwksters would -lee out, as it of carryag ii;" -long, Vanity there would be some li?pt, that Ins- walking -stick whenever she goes ticei would be something besides, a out. It useetty bets 4 gold top itio Eyword and mockery.- But, Pare is ornamented with a eOlered silken don tee.," said the laWy.et, sudden- how, and the.fashion has taught on ty. rousing. 41/ had no inteutiO4, Of greatly: among fashionable Berlin - reading yo r • sue'0, hn'rnly when 1 ers. °Tho briinectss has a large tol e .... egaii; ' . . lection 'tot . su ' stiexti, a1.1 'Ot,nas7' . 'What You have taxi ls but mentedln *different waleand she triiet,"- Gerald ' greVely reillietl, re able to seleet'one to suit any cos - "Good ..mett and true are sadly tome 3116 may be wearing.- . One teideil in the .practise of',Vate IPS very handsome, stick is It mauve,col- is ;. hard WO114 up -hill *red, .41,1441 ' bears,. • initials in .. ,,, , 4 r r . though, figliteng, egauset° the II .reb2e$,. eeeee her face to the audience a half-etif- led cry of despair burst from John Hubbard's lips. "Greatk heavens!" be breatnedy and for a nioment bis counsel fear- ed he would fall in a faint. 0 CHAPTER XXI. The great Brewster ease, with which so much of romance and thrilling interest were aSsociated.••• .t‘t • "The witness- eis Miss!. A lison had ci:cated httle exeitement Bitsteiler, your honor, and rink New • York, especially" 'among th she has something to tell th q court people whtLhad intimatel3r, know which will be ineriortant as well a& the late 1)40.k6t 110 ra.13111y* itittreStin," Mr. Lyttleton obeerv- The revival of the previous trial' Ni as calmly its if his were making the supposed death Of Allison, he a- unimportant, matfer-of-fact subsequent rescue' by *MreeLymati -statement. , and her unfortuntit, condition fo _TbisannnncemenLrclittic excitelnent. Even the rijdu'ell'ee able ifiecoveries connection vitt was betrayed into a look of undis Gerald, who had once been a poo gnised astonishment, for although office -boy in his unknown father's he had not presided at the previous einploye together with the report trial, he had been deeply interest, that the newly diseovered heir had 40 in it, and had believed, Allison,' Icfng -been betrothed to the fair as reported, to have been a victim girl who had so Strangely lost, and itt that fatal railroad disaster. now, through her lover, regained "Miss Brewster," said My. „Lyt- ,her fortuaee all proved to be moat • tieten, she-had-beeuAworp telleious 'verse's. -of .gossipi -attd- 'will .you state when, where, and the usual "nine days' wonder" far neder what, eiretunstances you. last, outlived, in this instant°, its pro. EaW' the prisoner. Mr.', john. Hub- verbially alloted times - &aril Wilco it was knowitAat Anion , He gave het an encouragila , 1,1,4?4 under the bluiperonage fit Lad • ie -he spoke, ,and Allicon briefly re- Bromley., her many soeiety friend* lated the substance of the conversa- began ffock, around her to tender tion which WA ..oeetiteed' between he Abele eongrattilations aid gocti . tercelf and het. -guardian 'eu, that les; , day in Newport when -he, had tried .rieldi Of epme, , also reteived to drive her into a marriage with proportionate share of attention him, when, upon her rejectioa' ,and it eves with. no small amount of his enit, he. Le&drevealed to her, the ,etude that Allisen introdueed her fact that she Was not Mr. ,^Mr. ,Breve' tem% 'to her fastaonable*equaint. Wes eltild, that, another beir ances„. ciaimed the property—i4iich .lutd Mario *tuft tho_Olittgrptan.ittould , been willed to her, and the least- lieneetorth Agate conspteuously ill cid of his intettion to ' marry this New. York eircIes, both ..in „Mist' claimant, and thuseaccomplielt, the nes and social way, and/being not purpese he had in view la sOeking pere,ortally but intelteetuall marr„, her. Kee told bow* fright- attrsictive, he was at once, warmly cited and almost in despeir, hsel welcomed within the charmed eir. fled front her home with. the int erkm " 4 tion ef 8teking the protection of “whlit are you going to 'do witn Lerotinsin, Mr. Charles 3fanning, yourself now,: my lucky young mil- -end appealing to him to help. her liettaiteI" Mr. Lettleton inquire Iter trouble, and tints Ate had of hie eticeessfill (+ate ileet ,cbtty fallen a victim to the aCeielrit which Atter the eeoeo of ehe 1,cAl ny nearl.prosved. her 4tath. -nor rep"eate.d our. hero, leo - Cho aRSO exPliameti 110W alto 11 n$ somewhat surprised at the tint • whom -she had beea reeved', sold tion. "Why, I Ant going to keep o why ette Led, reenained obscurity eloies jest whet hp,* htpn doing. for so long. 0 31r. Lyttleton laughN1 44.0 1V'art- Mt. I4SttirtGli tnin7 !IOW tO iby till$ reply. *V A, Ottt CrtfeJFVOIF , "%VOL that le rich*" he ecelairto ittAl talmt. sLe canclitded "!1: don't believe you lielfles. arJ4, iiic?,r931 ia the 1'0:rya *),Ii) r r posititirs if O11 eoii riot ttelieee ''''est tee fornr,,P.ga *Ion .41:17 ee'keeatt: 4(110 I 1cA4 ti!..1E0Av ,•tvp by ovE46ac4, 4tzt /alit Ne, touns-4 41c,- verN Inth :of *Irma or better 7r, ees it 4 41i ettr prece Kr, tO 3'41 ,111;e4Itcklly TAVO, CI) • •-• ••,‘ Jife I. do not know. of trit'y er who n0W , rnan Profession that that would prefer.; naval standard hy designing: Or/OA. ow' of no One more term le;of noughts' it Aft; John Rarper liar aching 19°' than Yloqkolt,..3.141,,,,.11'heth,,, a -naval architect employed in , uld. like to PtIttutf. -...,u,"401' the ,conetruCtion departnietat of tho. witIt vu. the mmo. as I fl•Wvo neon'ilMiralty, Mr. Narbeth began life doing daring the lest 'yearkthengh " shipbuilding , aporentiee at petlialt§f givingmgri' time tict'them mbroke Dock, and tiftimately, :while the practical entrience *hi& itlined the designing -stale at the, dide• eitouldeg4ileiti-verk/h,g 110 'enlet' MiraItt. 'When the. plane of the, with you would bo entreat benefit Dreadnought were first submitted, - to me-that.40,, if you ean spare the theyCUd. riot capture the :fancy of time and have the lnelination to ro the Lords of the Adatiralty. After- tain U1C Under 1iChtonditions:" wards, however, the merits of the "Wh*$,,, my dear bey, nothing &teen were reeograzed„,' When not. ttld giveme greater pi *sure busv' aver bis plans it :Whitehall, is- to. t Le- found 'a X stibscribe to the arrangement Comnion, *hero for with an my heart," -responded his m ny years hehas made itis home 0 . i en carne's y.. Left fatherloes when Ins Was three' "Then it stands". was the svan- years of age, '104 his Mother un.. ing reply', "with thw' Proviso.* bow* Able, through. lick of means,. to pay ever,- that $00. 13C to, heir Y" for any better edueition than that through with Lady DroulleY's ease.1 offered by the 'State school*, Sir jo- I have become so interestect in it I went. to tee...the cod, of it.. • 1 will .premiie-to studies at the same, "%Yell, I oust eonfees. Gerald, that pirovito. takes , load 0. ffrey yeterrts vtattl Mr.,Lyttiletoz!, with. t, -unmistakable sigh of ttebef, 4 would be a great trial 'to be etbli t',4.1 to initiate a green hand in - o , 11* intricitOesof' that. eatie, .1sgiorting to fear. we are likely to lore." 'Ah" exclaimed his -companion, looking disturbed'. "Are there Any iiew adverse developmentsl" "No; but that -bulldog tenuity raiglish_gobteiltittism will; 1 mu afraid, eventually freeze me out, Jim going to make otie niore des- perate 'effort, however, ' to . king matters to * 'crisis,/ and, in /order 0 do that, I think we shall have to take another *air *cross the great pond before very long. What do you say, Gerard," he interttOsed with sudden energy, "to having a iee little wedding beforehand, and *ving- the bride the usual ,141410- ao trip t It, would fi* matter* ry nicely for ,you and Allison, and exceolingly.pleasant for ut "I think it would be an excellent riaiigeinent," . eagerly replied, erald, "arid I will propose it irri- diatelY.," (To be continued) 'which. between you and ote,„1, an 0' '74I! .1,04-007 „ uti jfli • seph Ward, Vremier of Vew Zee - whet witovresPonsiblelor- that, eolony's rnagauflccnt. offer Itreadruiuglit,: .,was- eonsidersally landiespped in the. :early (lays of Ids career. liiirben ,Itts was twent one lee started* bnitnessaf 'Mist) after, trAng ixtenpatibn and nine years: later hee'entered Abe ow**Yattatanra ne f0.110 '4ftUtile fastest speakers in th orld,hi deliferyo ten reikhin words 'minute rarely falling below 204. /4 'hie younger days he was * keen athlete, hut contents :himself xtow,s4iiys with sert. LECKU TI Xyt,t. 1. t *eainbltern forf . tune the horsehoe atands amonj theitrat. Everybody knowi it i unlneby to pass horseshoe on thi road without pitking it u luek emblem ofthe pi pow- er. Again Ye are indebted for t statement, to old tales,'eenturies in age, that bite descended from I* ther to son, from mother to daugh. ter, through the .3.-eart, says the Team Owner's Gazette. - The old myths repay research. Tbe ka.c of the horseshiie Inet * eepeetable belrinning.. It h traced to the yeligton , of the 'old OltSr.:$10E. elo# *ski tk cq Lia' �I*ttri-etlOnt.i 04" I t" th three k 413.110,) a *Lile I lee. e".elset town *lea ) T.I.p t iter Viti,Prza. I sernee,,ereeleteettet ' tq 1Frnt alt eh SIS ' t2701i9fi th nitzieti4e..e(rt„ root e 1 o to ti toth .rmi ad ar , t • t, ity tet;tleist#,.. $ ,:.ee aidred' '‘c O nigbt be th cXy . • 4 1 s t ttion , 0 . ractica ly the same" t 46r.. t • Pegasus, the winged horses, tit-theovater,stp$ iously when bostnue to earth has been' creelLted . with thfS Otigin • the horseshoe, ltisk Tle lierseShoe. was the specific eattlaqualces. It would keep' 11. se safe letem .barra by earth bhakjng. .Asaiul ono perceives the utVtlt--.Poseidon was the shaker, he earth. f itoy, an • orsea ," ,152r fv:.tjzjit of the •- AGAtNST ituf.)grita.N1d4ppeinittsgr,ie .,Was Currie)a boy of 11:11tree.„late 1 -s trti 01 I .1 barber's apprentiO, ulti- tetir tering the slippitlg office Greenock relative .ae :choke "41torough". -was his motto, and by doing everything that callus_. inhis way 4.5-WW48:-Ite could he proved jt, valuable Servant of elle Cunard Line; before he struck ea for hint. eat. Row, 4 founded the famone Castle Line, .ventures, v2„.000,000 out of 'tluv Soitth African dutzioad being MI6 it:if the first to interest hintself theee--is well known. _Sir Donald was, toed of ,eetertairt. as prou6clueofil°14"11lietr ,frzendshiipP,a's411hde Watt of his magnifieent collection of pictures at 4, :Hyde- Park Place, Loudon. ' Talking of are treasures teraiuds one of the manner in which Sir Donald ,was once fiparight. nap- ping. 'Ailtong quantity of furni, ture.te be sold4y. anetson 0,11 otto occasion was ## chair xr,itii,the name, turttar 'Castles" ornately. tarv,... ed upon, rro' decidedto purchaei and instructed eorareisSion #gertt to buy it at any tote The agent Statteettbe bidding. at See, and isai surprised to 'hear an. - other well.k4own. dealer double .his "Seventy4ive" ehotited the agent, while the audience began to. growlitterested, for the chair seem.. ,eomparatively *valueless. "One' was the dealer's' bitiniS but pretti.:- hchan4 teddretrtape:y1.' ac. nride fitflit,e; <free. leettrm. -644: on,: agent% anawer,. "Two hundredl" • And to the netts. .waged, -until the audience was breathless, and the ssurprised-,.-atsctioneer brought down his liamnier for the third time on the closing bid .of $733.140. .A rut' re-eot-i-velfrieimind that, the secret of the kOtrt competition lay, in the feet that. the, woodwork, was hot- .te*- 41-,n4, was -filled With. notes and. OrtVermuent secitritics. But this runter„- like Most of its kind, WAS far from the truth. • The feet. of the matter_ *.litt, th Sir Donald, forg.etting, that he had already- continissmined-ottelaxent pureltase the chair for hitt In - strutted' another, and the 'battle *at equivalent to Sir Don4101 fight - Jag nitelf, 6ROWTJI OP ,PLtT goOts. Pettetrete Pettit. atie4 Notivialtais tali* noting into lettlir , , 7 penetrate'power ufrowing it roots is *Cry remarkable. oinetimes, for example, the toot gross may be found growing right thrOugh the tuber ,of a potato 'or the bulb st. narcissus. °N The rad fele of .germinati ng *heat, again, been found 'boring its way into icis, while itt4.1ther oases, the roots- of seedlings 'have Itfta known to,piore& through tinfoil.'* Perhaps the most ,remarkablis. eatie on record of such penetrative power in plant rets is that gvcn TOrnier inthe tranettctions ran natural hiStOry seelet$:, in this case the underground ittItt or 'rhizome ot 111:41ge lute grown right thi-ough two eggs of st, species of k • , erithe sedge enters and leave the egg. tite shellrInts ttoent ed away. The eggs. *ere normal, in one case * rootlet was grow. ° in into the mouth of the „eirliryo. A somewhat different eXample o the pertetrative power f * plant i -1tty'ltf. rd tht 131 ° .C. 1. ' rIlu A <, tlie • 1134:0' nrur:tto*fe,d, ;its'srt Ltiekirgasfe. es • from v .•• t ,:l'' 0 ' tS4::,,i)._, t iia MI ,' ; t operly .exeret.ir3 • ,giving. theta 0 and sunlight.' irrI ho OT I a ‘.1 When the digeotive ergens eease ,-.naterel duty th'e * te subject te dierrlieeep Okescon, which this stage ie not infectiaue tut laterecin the germs mae, pro $ate and causing the apt, mal to become afflicted with an sue feetiowtselieease, whteb is comMon. ly called ware in hives, but pro- rly ealled talf cholera. ('alt tholere • differs from eliar. Imea. in the full grown animal, eking the form et, an infectious, ntestinal catarrh which is of a fat more Seriotis -nature then dier. rhotaseetimattee appeasing. seiddent at young calves and in reau.y Atattee., enaning..Cleatil*: LIWin5 to tile fat teet this the veil has none of the garret, its its system before it is born and for Ahis reason proper ' care and attention should he -given the mo- ther while elle is prerant, --Wheusarranitual-isetifflicteclewith. the germs of this diserse the rest 6F the herd shonld be protected' against empire by thirdly; the heal, thy, animate into new quarters and caiseiriesi-td-ecaare41.e._Etables whtsrein they are houeed sold giv- ing each animal a laxative to rid the bowels of the irritating con- tents, after which it should be given calf -cholera medicine. The: roots of tail and hind quarters should be thoroughly waelted With a disinfectant. Dr. David Rebetic CURE- FOR A KICKING COW. To cure a kicking cow is often difficult and tedious eaSk, an unless some 'method or restraini them _front kicking , ie ndepted more lees than profit - trey result through *pat Wilk. The venom milking also °inns cOnsidereble tisk vf injurY itt ome form or other. When the came Of kieki can only be rtseigned to vie or- an ac- quired, bad habit, the following little arrangement will be found useful, and, at the same time, eines harmless, effective, inexpen- eive.and easily applied -A strap about one inch wide should be buck- led round etieh hinp leg a little., above the hock, sufficiently tight' rc tomprese the hamstring. 'The animal cannot kick, seed s flies are troublesomeand cause her to -switelt her tail, the best plan he to either strap it to her leg or se- cure it to one ef the strap e with 4. piece of cottl. Use the *trail,. ery time the animal is milked, le after three. weeks or ea etimiteto as- certain whether a cure has been ef- fected er not.—Irish r*rming World. ' ROGStAND A Attc, th atubunt of past tlie nuznber of hogs Altalfa/.wili carry per sere without injury- to, isbenniinditc5Ii:alittlis'e.ektri8nirlin:05,41;44.1t441)7.7ea'ffdimel:.;,, tidy -of I 6 land, osnd the size \h*o al-ffiee4e,. iltitsturen by ree:Inrevrttnitroci:4alviii:11, rieneei. 'Upland of. fair acrage rtility wilt tumor& from eight head of the to to. 125 „pound . bogs. There arc fields that have Supported tiS 10441 per r acre through the season for * num- ber'Ot years, and' are still in ood condition; and there are other fields that will , not furnish pas-' titre /formore than. fire 'head'per *trey but these are extritnes. a fieta is only. Used for pasture nt.. better °divide it into several kta, and 'move the bogs from one tolhe other to ettration.stquires. Coinirres fiiintitt Alnersc*„. APPtTITE ;01' TIE 0,178f5TAX. newsp4er describe* the elitte given by a linteien, naval *Meet -e.brotitereoltieere. By way et il appetizer there were eeevoel alt fielt, strAiked salinotwiliportesi ;Botognit sausage4 ficklest (itat*'4l.vs",41k5 Iftussian whit. whiAy. An hour ter the or prom iftn - stiup.""'" n4 t4 �IIO eanid $1 0 11 ,e (tIt Frete !nee toted TI leetra, 4 hf 1.41 reatee ad !lettere glt • bit •.1 4.•