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27 Years in Public Service.
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BY FRED 3. ST. JOHN
CHAPTER III.
John never knew Low be reached;
the scene. The doctor, who was only
slightly shaken, released the uneon- I
scious girl from the wreekage and;
carried her up to the house and laid
her on the bed in the room which had i
been lovingly planned for her own.
The doctor's hurried examination'
revealed that, aside from the shock,!
and a painful but not serious bruise'
over the temple, she was uninjured.
When she opened her eyes he glance
fell upon John.
The doctor advised that she be'
kept quiet for a little while and. Old
Martha took her tenderly he charge.'
Jolla suggested that he would drive
into town and bring her mother but:
Gertrude had another plan.
"No!" she said in the imperious
way he loved, "someone must come
after the doctor and they can bring
Mother out. I want you to stay right
here, I had to come clear out here and!
get almost killed, in order to see you,
and now I shall not let you run;
away."
Assured that his patient was in no
danger. rather upset in his own mind, I
as well as shaken physically, Doctor
Barker returned to town and John
sat down beside Gertrude.
"Tell me, what you've been doing
all winter," she said. "Aren't you
dreadfully ashamed of the way you've
neglected me? 'Fess up, Sir!"
"Well," he began "when I left you,''
I promised to work out a -plan that
would make you satisfied to come out
here and be a farmer's wife. I thought •
I could figure it out in a week or
two, but---"
"You've failed?" she asked, her
heart beating in her throat,
John looked out across Cherry Val-
ley, to where the sun was setting in
• g.yry of color. The words he
lerig, to say would not Come.
"Jean," she said finally and reach-'
ed out :o pull him down to where she
•rcu:d see his face, "do you still—like
ree—a little?"
"Very much, Little Girl," he an-,
swered gravely.
"Then, John, I've decided vre won't
wart for you to work out any plan.
Pm ready to be your wife and take
whatever life offers, here with you,
on your farm. Will you take me on
those terms?"
"I'm afraid it's too late, Little
Girl," John's voice sounded. very
strange from out of the dusk that had
begun to gather in the room.
"Wh-what—what do you mean?"
she asked, shocked and surprised by
the unexpected rejoinder.
"Will you just close your eyes a
inute ? Now hold ti ht. Wait a
minute. Now! Open your eyes!"
With the word he pressed a button.
and a soft, clear light filled the room.
"John! Electric lights! Nov]' T
know what you've been doing!" ;
"It's too late for you to come the
way you were willing to come, for
I've found the way to take care of
the burdens you dreaded so. You'll
have a chance to work and keep'.
young and beautiful. Will you
come?"
Her arms went up about his neck
and she pulled his head down very
close, so close that he could hear
quite plainly her low -whispered "yes."
As the sound of an approaching
automobile came from the drive way,
she smiled through happy tears and
said, "I think that's Mother coming'
naw. Tell me this before she comes;
where did you get the idea for all the
wonderful improvement you've made
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been asleep!"
"It was from an article I read in.
a farm magazine someone sent me."
A smile of mingled mischief and
tenderness spread over Gertrude's
faee as she said within herself, "1
wonder if I ought to tell him that I
sent him that magazine?"
John Hadley and Gertrude Allison
were married in June and began life
together in the old Hadley home, now
made into a modern home, on the hill,
at the head of Cherry Valley.
Since Gertrude had spent many
vacations with her grandmother on;
the farm, she knew about what tot
expect from life in the country. After
she had gone into the details of the'
housekeeping with Old Martha and
had formed a speaking acquaintance
with all the horses and cows, the
calves and chickens about the place,'.
she began to inquire about her neigh-
bors.
"They're all fine neighbors— and'
they'll like you," he said and right,
over there, across the creek, are the
folks you'll like best.
"That's the home of Uncle Sammy °
and Aunt arah Anderson, two of the
finest old people you'll find anywhere.i
Uncle Sammy is a bit tight-fisted',
and inclined to hold pretty hard to
his own ideas, but Aunt Sarah is just,
a dear and—"
"Just wait a moment!" Gertrude
laid admonishing fingers over his
lips. "You'd better let me get ac-
quainted with them in my own way,,
or I'll be disappointed sure."
"They've been a second father ands
mother to me."
"Yes, I know. and you've told me
about Aunt Sarah's cooky jar and
and how your mother used to pretend
to be angry because, When yon were
a little fellow, you liked Aunt Sarah's
cookies better than you did hes. It's
too bad they had no children of t :ei
own to eat the eeokies, tco.''
"Oh, they had, two boys and a ere".
And they did eat cookies, a tremen-
dous lot of them. I stir think Aunt
Sarah must have we ked some sort
of magic to keep that jar supplied. I
never knew it to fail. The boys left
the farm as soon as they were old
enough. They both married .and live
away from here. They hardly ever
get home."
"And the girl?" questioned Ger-
trude.
"The girl," said John slowly, "the
girl didn't like life on the farm any
better than the boys did. Uncle
Sammy was somewhat of a 'driver'
in his younger days and they .all
worked pretty hard. She went away
too. I never knew the straight of it
exactly, but she died away in Toronto.
I can't give you all the details. It's
the one big sorrow that has come
into the Anderson home. Uncle
Hammy and Aunt Sarah never men-
tion her name . . .They'll be corning
over some evening soon—and you'll
like them."
Uncle Sammy and Aunt Sarah,
soon after this, came to spend , the
evening. Uncle Sammy was about as
Gertrude had pictured him, lean and
tall, with his upper lip bare and a thin
brush of gray whiskers which moved
briskly up and down with every mo-
tion of his chin.
Her heart went out with a rusk to
the little ninety -pound, blue-eyed,
gray-haired woman who put her awns
up around Gertrude's neck and drew
her down to whisper that she'd been
John's Aunt 'Sarah for a good many
years and she just wanted to be hers.
It was pleasant out on the big ver -
Fearful Ravages of Smallpox
Who, up to date, may be properly
Called the greatest individual bene -
tactor of mankind?
Surely, Jenner, who discovered vac-
cination as a peventative of smallpox.
Of all the pestilences that afflict
mankind, smallpox has by far the
worst record as a destroyer. Not much
more than a century ago It was reek
dined that one»fourth of the human
race bore In blindness . or dlsagure-
ment traces of attack by this fearful
• plague which at Meet; wiped' cit
'stole communities.
The malady was so common that
luose who escaped it were considered
cky. It killed 500,000 people an-
rlig in Europe. Thus, when Lady
ars 'Wortley Montagu, British am•
ssadress at St, Petersburg, wrote
ome describing a process of inocu-
lation with smallpox virus as practiced
Oa Russiaator preventive palliasse, her
letter made a great sensation..
This, mind you, was not vaccina-
tion. It .meant inoculation with the
tactual virus of the disease. Lady
XIaryhad her own children treated
in this way. In 1722, after snceeetifid
et; el;11((4. r,. Ott c'i;tiC-:ne:l L-.:imTra.LI,
two children of Caroline, Princess of
Wales, were inoculated, making the
practice popular.
The treatment produced true small-
pox, usually in a mild form, but some=
times fatal. It was taken up in this
country, and Benjamin Franklin
caused his little son, four years old,
to be inoculated. The child. died.
What finally caused the treatment
to be abandoned was the discovery
that the inoculated patient immediate-
lybecane a :source from which small.
pox wme spread by contagion, the to-
tal number of deaths being thus con-
siderably' increased,
Long before Jenner was born there
was a belief current in England that
a certain pustular disease of cattle,
known as "cowpox," did, if accident-
ally contracted by a human being,
rendar that person immune to small-
pox. A Gloucestershire milkmaid told
Jenner that she had no fear of ema11-
pox beoause she had had cowpox.
This set him to thinking.
leis first erperlments were perform-
ed on children, and he called his in-
oculation process vaccination because
"vacca" is the IA tin .word ter cow.
:('i'e:cr; proved s;., c;eul'ul.
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1".:reefing the Child's Powers of
Observation.
How we would Iike to give great
gilts to our children! There is noth-
ing we would not endure to insure
for them success, or fame, or wealth.
But here is a gift we may give, if we
will snake the proper effort, that will
insure enduring sources of enjoyment.
It helps us to forget sorrows, losses,
disappointments, and provides us with
unending entertainment and divert
sion,
Many people will tell you that the
habit of observation Is a gift inborn,
which is, to a certain extent, true.
But it can be cultivated, just as cheer-
fulness, truthfulness, or any of the
other desirable virtues.
If an individual possesses a love of
nature and the habit of observation,
he has within himself a source of en-
joyment wherever he may go, in what-
ever circumstances he may be placed.
The baby at an early age, can be
taught to observe without taxing his
brain to any great extent. He oan be
shown the flowers, the birds, the
trees, and gradually he can be direct-
ed to observe the fields, the woods,
and passing objects of interest. Soon
he will begin to notice for himself,
and his outings will be of more de-
light to him and his mother'.
Mothers will not find directing th
child's powers of observation arduou
or tedious. It is most interesting to
watch the development of -his mind,
and notice how his habit of observa-
tion will increase from day to day.
He will first be attracted by the larg-
est objects, horses, cows, and people
corning in for the first attention, thgn
smaller animals.
The wise mother in cultivating her
child's powers of observation will en-
deavor to train him to see the bright,
and pleasant things first.
If some mother hesitates to begin
to teach her child to observe, because
she lacks the habit of observing
closely =herself, let me urge her to
begin to cultivate this habit for her-
self. Praotice it daily, everywhere
you go—when with your child, or
alone. Your efforts will reap a rich
reward, for your interest and joy in
life will be immeasurably 'increased,
Strong, Healthy Feet.
If we realized how much beauty
of form depended on the health and
beauty of the feet, perhaps there
wo uid be iffier eases of feet partly
erippied by 'broken arches and other
avcidahleeThnen s.
Seine es an ailment of the foot
s oat noticed because there is no
pa.insuntil the trouble reaches an ad-
vanced stage,•and also, too, perhaps,
because of the fact that women have
accustomed dim/naives to the pain
of wearing tight, uncomfortable but
fashionable shoes, and are inclined to
let slip any irritation of the feet.
However, no woman can have a
graceful carriage unless she is sup-
ported by feet that are strong and in
perfect, healthy condition. Shoes too
tight or too loose make for all sorts
of irritations, and the tiredness of
the feet that comes to the busy
housewife who stands most of the
day is not a small temporary matter,
but requires immediate attention and
oare before it develops into a perman-
ent irritation;
If feet or ankles are tender they
should be bathed in hot water at
night, wiped dry, and then massaged
with the hands for two nights. After-
ward they may be massaged for two
or three nights with addition of a
liniment.
Massage the feet by moving the
hands upward from the toes one after
the other. This drives the blood up-
ward. The feet should be raised from
the ground during massage and not
rested on any object. Then move the
hand from side to side, beginning
with the toes and working outward.
A good liniment for the feet is 10
drops of strong solution of ammonia.
20 drops of turpentine, 1 ounce of
linseed oil.
This can be massaged into the feet
and will soothe them and keep the
skin soft without being too tender.
The feet should be bathed in cold
water each morning, or if a warm
bath is taken, spray the feet with
cold water afterward.
For excessively tender feet the fol-
lowing foot powders. are helpful: 2
drams boric acid, 2 drams zinc oxide,
4 drams starch.
Another excellent foot powder can
be made thus: Ye dram salicylic acid,
ee dram calamine, 1 dram boric acid,
1 dram fuller's -earth, 2 drams We,
3 drams starch.
This should be sprinkled inside the
stockings each morning, and will pre-
vent tender feet from becoming un-
pleasantly chafed during the day.
Even if your feet give you no trou-
ble they should be as carefully at-
tended as the hands, for onljr aslong
as your feet feel healthy and com-
fortable can you maintain beauty of
carriage and grace.
Homely Wrinkles.
Children should not be given tastes
of "grownup" food. Their plain,
wholesome food will taste insipid and
unsatisfying after the highly season-
able dishes.
Loosen windows that are hard to
move by pouring a little melted lard
between the frames and on the sash -
cord and roller. Rubbing the window
frame with a cake of soap which has
not dried out will prevent the sash 1
from sticking fast.
Three scrubbing -brushes nailed ins
a box so the brushes will rub both
sides and the sole of the shoe when
the foot is drawn through the contriv-,
ance, will be a worksaver for the
farm woman these days—if she can l
get the men folks to use it when
they come in from outdoors.
When hot fomentations are needed
in sickness, wring a flannel cloth
from hot water and apply. Then lay
against it a bottle or a rubber bag
filed with hot water to keep the cloth
warm.
An extra hot fire should be watch-
ed, making sure that there is no ex-
posed wood work about the chimney
or near the stove, Look around and
sniff for smoke before you go to bed.
Never neglect the faintest smell of
smoke, but investigate at once and
let the investigation be a thorough
one.
anda, under the soft glow of the elec-
tric light and soon the four were chat-
ting with all the ease and cordiality
of old neighbors.
"I declare! A fellow could sit' out
here and read after night, couldn't
hel" exclaimed Uncle Sammy. "I sup-
pose this light is some of your new
ficin' we've been hearin' about, John.
Well, this is right fine."
"I think we'll get more good from
this veranda this summer than al-
most any room in the house," said
Gertrude. "I tell John that for the
few hours he has to loaf or read each
evening he ought to be thoroughly
comfortable so we've fixed up the
veranda with this table and light, and
John can stretch out on the lounge or
nap in his big chair if he wants to.
We're looking forward to a great deal
of comfort and satisfaction for the
next few months right here on this
big veranda."
This led to the.whole subject of ! fes and Aunt Sarah finished for him,
modern improvements and the young half -sadly, "as bare as it used to be
folks showed Their visitors the old,1 when your mother was alive and you
new -made home proudly explaining young folks—"
the operation of the many labor -say- . (To be continued.)
)ng -and comfort -giving appliances. ;+
'Uncle Sammy displayed only mild SHE DYES
On the way back to the • veranda,
Aunt Sarah lingered a moment in the
big living room, her hand on Ger-
trude's arm.
"I'm so glad you've kept things the
way they used to be—here," she said
softly. "It looks almost as if John's!
mother were keeping house." 1
"Then you'll be sure to feel at home
when you come to see me," answered;
Gertrude," "and," as she gave the
wrinkled hand en her atm an affec
tionate pat, "I want it to be very;
often. Now remember!" •
"John," said Uncle 'Sammy' as they
passed through the gate and turned
to say goodnight, "I was sayin' to
Sarah as we came over, that the old`
path is gettin' considerable grass -
grown. Now you young folks are
spry and active and I want you to get
it wore down as bare—as bare—"
he hesitated a moment as if oppres-
sed by the shadow of painful memor-
enthusra,m over most of the changes HER OLD
that had been made but he was man- GARMENTS, LIKE NEW
ifestly pleased with the lighting fea-
ture that made it possible to stand at ti
the kitchen door and sight up the Diamond 1Dyes"a slur, e' Paged
barn.
"A feller: might save some stock
on account of that," he said. arAd aiyllah.
Ile also thought the running water Don't worry about perfect results.
forcednbythe pressure pump a pools Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to
the piping thin ice it permitted i
of fresh water to the stable andthegive a new, rich, fadeless color to any
sprinkling of the garden, without fabric, whether it be wool, silk, linen,
any hand -pumping. cotton or mixed goods -- dresses,
But he snorted with good-natured blouses, stockings, skirts, children's
disdain at such electrical "ga''mracks" coats, feathers, draperies, coverings,
as Gertrude' :tea. ter eoifee pence —everything)
late, and at tiny breakfast room, The Direction Book with each pack-
age
Aunt end a rrogas deli i►ted et all tells how to diamond dye over any
she saw andes coolly at the kitchen
sink with its hand faucets and ':at color.
" i� ," bathroom. To match any materiai,'have dealer
the "mighty convert en b o
gg
They boththought thou ht it a fine idea show you "Diamond Dye", i olor Card.
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to be able to run the washing Ma- -- •;¢-M
chine and churn without the ''usual I !a ;new shi .a • ltt Belfast all
accompaniment of labor at crank and , ° n py '
'teasels will be WIC t� on the electric
lover and Uncle Sammy could wily, e
a welding `priric:ip?e. instead . of by
Shabby Apparel so Fresh
resort to his favorite expletiae,;
"Cracky Bob!" when John turned till. yWOt.itlgand e.dll.ing,
the little eleefr ell motor and ste lett' _";•" -""" "
up one machine after ani li s, l•eattiarea•,r e i tit ent etelireee Co.eeene
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Lead Poisoning.
Chronic poisoning by lead or its
salts is less common than it used to
be, yet it still occurs with consider-
able frequency, and it doubtless will
so long as lead is used for such pur-
poses as cosmetics, paint, water pipes
and the solder of canned goods. The
chief source of lead poisoning is white
lead, and both those who make it and
those who use it are liable to be
poisoned by it. But the poisoning
may occur from other salts of lead
and from the metal itself. Water, es-
pecially soft water, by ,standing for
some time in lead pipes, may dissolve
enough of the lead to poison those
who habitually drink it without tak-
ing the precaution to let it run fbr
some time; and as hot water takes
up lead more readily han cold, you
should not draw hot water for the tea-
kettle in order to save a minute in
bringing it to a boil. Cooking vessels
lined with enamel that has lead in its
composition are dangerous; and so
are preserved fruits that have been
'put up in tins with soldered rims.
The symptoms of lead poisoning
that are most evident are lead colic
and lead. paralysis. The colic is us-
ually extremely severe. The first at-
tack is apt to be sudden, though there
. may be niggling pains in the obdomen
for a few days. The pain lasts for
two or three days, and the attacks are
very Iikely to return from time to
time. Associated with the attacks of
colic and .preceding them, obstinate
constipation le the rule. The pain is
most mestiked about the central part of
the abdomen, and is relieved some-
what by pressure; that distinguishes
it from the pain of peritonitis.
Lead palsy is not so common as the
colic, and many sufferers never have
it; in auy case, it is a late symptom.
It is a paralysis of themuscles that
extend the lingers and the hand, and
from the position of the hand that it
causes it is called wrist-drop. Other
muscles may also be affected, but
only rarely does this happen.
The least conspicuous but most fre-
quent form of lead poisoning is the
so-called. cachexia. This is manifest.
ed by loss of appetite, indigestion,
coated tongue, foul breath, a peculiar
blue line on the gums where they join
the teeth, constipation, annoying
cramp-like pains in the legs, pallor,
toss of flesh, and a constant feeling of
fatigue. Among the later cense-'
quenees of untreated lead poisoning
are gout, arteriosclerosis and Bright's
disease.
The treatment
the patient wi
iodide of pota
to. ,wash thei
and should
are` through
is first of all to re•
move the cau
se, and then to build up
h �onics'and good food,
laxatives an
d frequent' hot baths;
ssium is ,often given to
expedite the removal of lead from the
system. Painters
ork rs. In
lead should o
and w e
)serve the greatest care
r hands before eating,
take a warm bath and
change their
clothes as soon as they
their days work.
A Friend.
"It you have a friend Worth loving,,
/Jove him, yes, and let him know
That you love him, ere life's evening
' Tinge his brow with sunset glow;
Why should good words ne'er be said,
Of a !Arid till he is dead?"
Chinese Sweet Potatoes.
The staple crop of China,.is said to
be sweet potatoes. There is no part
which docs not raise there.
an Explanation.
Exasperated Passenger (after long
delay at wayside station) : "Why
don't" you keep better time on this
wretched line?"
Irish Guard (confidentially:" W: 11
now, than, ma'am, I'll explain it all to
ye. Tho train before is behind, and
this train was behind before besides."
Kinard's Liniment for sale everywhere.
In England the consumption of
margarine, which before the n-ar was
eight pounds a head a year, or about
onedralf the consumption of butter,
is reported to be steadily increasing.
The Great West Permanent
Loan Company.
leoronto Office s 20 King St. West
4% allowed on Savings.
Interest computed quarterly.
Withdrawable by Cheque.
31/2% on Debentures,
Interest payable halt yearly.
Paid up Capital $Z41E,878,
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FIELDS OF THE TRADE. '
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'.Artificial Breeding and Fur.
Ranching General Through-
out Ddininion.
Canada is now exporting to other
countries, according to Dominion Gov-
ernment figures, $14,000,000 worth or
furs and skins in the course of a year,
and a number are brought back into.
the country, purchased by Canadian
dealers atforeign sales and resold to
Canadians. The value of furs and
skins exported during the fiscal year
1918-1919 was $13,737,621. Of these,.
$9,743,464 worth went to the United
States; $3,763,955 to Great Britain:
and $230,202 to other countries. Some,
extent of the values to which these
exports have risen can be obtained
from the fact that the value of the
export of furs and skins in 1917 was
but $5,837,383, During the mouth of
March, 1919, the value of these ex-.
ports was $2,080,704 as compared with
$1,420,168 in the corresponding month
in 1918. It has been estimated that
eighty per ceut of the silver loxes of
the world come from Canada.
For nearly four centuries Canada
has been one of the largest and most
productive fields of the fur trade, and •,,g
it is impossible to estimate the num-
her or the value of the costly pelts
taken from the traps of the Domiuion
in this period. Yet, until quite recent-
ly, the fur trade was hardly organized
on a business basis, and beyond the
trapping and taking of the furs, the
various phases of the industry passed
out of Canadian hands. Traders
bought from the trappers, and then
the raw materials went to the large
foreign fnarkets.
Montreal to Become Important Market
There has gradually dawned a reali-
zation of the money lost in this way,
however, and in future Canada will
'market her own furs and Montreal be-
come one of the most important fur
markets of the globe. For years Lon-
don, St. Louis, and New York have •
been the selling centres to which
Canadian furs have travelled, and St.
Louis had the world's premier fur
mart. The auction at Montreal will
1 be conducted by a large company
capitalized at $5,000,000 and w?.be
largely co-operative in nature. re , is
the intention to hold three auctions a
year, the first about next March.
The opening of a Canadian fur mar-
ket is a natural development of artier,
ficial breeding and fur ranching: Th'I.
industry is fairly general throughout
Canada, and in Prince Edward Island
the industry, which has been in opera-
tion for more than thirty years,; has
,.assumed very important proportions.
The Threshing Floor in
the Sky.
A very old method of threshing
grain, though not the eldest of all, is,
to drive a number of cattle round a cir-
cular space of ground, that has been
pounded very hard for the purpose,
as is still the custom in Spain and
countries farther east one can read
of It in the Bible and in Greek and
Roman literature, but thousands of
years before those days, even at a
time when races like the Teutons,
Celts and Greeks and Romans had
not yet separated and gone far apart,
the threshing floor was probably
known. As a matter of fact, it was
one of the customs that helped men
to begin to think.
When they looked up at the north-
ern sky at night and saw the constel-
lation that we call the Dipper circling
ceaselessly about the North Star, it
reminded them of the oxen going con-
tinually round about the threshing
floor. Tire Latin word for the oxen
that trample out the grain is tricnes,
and ithis explains why the Romans
called the seven stars of the Dipper
septentriones, which means "the seven
threshing oxen,"—not "the seven
ploughing oxen," as is wrongly stated
in some books. Sometimes, it is true,
they call the Dipper the Countryman's
Plough, but that is doubtless because
the primitive plough has only one
handle, which suggests the stars that
form the handle of the Dipper.
Sometimes a yoke of pxen ie attach.
ed tie a threshing drag made of boards
with sharp stones hammered into the
under side, which is still to be seen in
Palestine and Egypt. This drag the
Romans called tribulum, ;rpm which
we have the Christian word "tribula.
tion." At other times the oxen were
attached to a rough wagon with board
wheels. For this reason the Dipper
is often called the Wain, not because
resembles onebut
it because it cir-
cles round and round like a threshing
wain. Moreover, it may be that the
names Great Bear and Lesser Bear,
in Latin Ursa Major and Ursa Minor,
have their origin in the fact that a
bear in captivity spends most of its
time walking round the stake to which
it is tied.
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*Mile Answered.
A doctor who was superintendent of
the Sunday school in a email village
asked one of the boys this question:
"Willie, will you tell me what we must
do hi order to get to heaven?"
Said win"ce: You most die."
"Very true," replied the ' doctor,
"but tell me what we must do before
we die,"
"We must get sick," said Willie,
"and send for you."
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