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CHAPTER: XXIX. (Cont'd). 'billet an' odd times attending the Un • in the'g!i•1's subconscious mind Should
During the first few days which the versify. A number0' things happen have stilted and tried feebly to span
expedition, or what remained of it,; ed about this time, an Peter B, an' I the years?
rested at Tao -fu, Lao was treated by: were led astray by what we took fora When •with Che diamonc' dila -
the lamas with all the deference his granted an' by failing to take into P
and 1
standingas a Tao -fu leadereatitled Seco int the fact that Lao 'Wing Fu pearance, Lao believed my father and a pride,
d. There is a ,national stamina,
t :led l Strang were 'trying to defraud him a pride, hardness, a virility, a some-
l ern to, Time he had ample opeor- never had had cause to mistrust of his share in the,em, he resolved thing that it is hard to name eor-
tunity to perfect a plan of sei,inng Steve. You can bet it wasn't Steve's
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The Green Seal
ByC K
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CO -ARLES Ei)MO A , WALK
Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby,"
"The Time Lock," etc,
!a lend of"mystery whence a white
child had never come before, was re-
garded with a superstitious awe whioh
proved to be her salvation. The o-
lic's real hiding -place never occurred
to the searchers and far from laying
profane hands, upon Lao Wing Fu's
helpless charge, it Wee shown every
attention that primitive resources
could provide.
When the two came face to face in
my office, is it to be wondez•ed, et that
WAR COMPENSATIiON%
Philosopher Discusses the Aftea.Ef.
feete of Strife.
Forget for a moment, hard though
it is, all the horrors of war—widows,.
Mimed children, maimed men, the
sad gaps in so many home circles; a
devastated countryside, and the like
—and consider what is the effect of
war on a nation, as a whole.
It is evident, and past experience
is the proof, that -a nation is not the
same after it has passed through the
awful furnace of war.
A11 ancient empires have, after ac -
gulling their possessions by war, lived
prosperedso long as they stili
You may be deceived • ' WARNS AGAINST
THE 17 -INCH GUN
11
Some day by an imitation o
804
and possibly you will not detect this imitation until.
the tea-pot reveals it. Demand always the genuine
"Salads" in the sealed aluminum packet, and see
that you get it, if you want that unique flavour of
fresh, clean leaves properly prepared andZ' acked.
to retaliate by placing Il'Iajor Hector ,'ectiy, which dominates a, nation •_
both the ring and the diamond. ;fault. Steve was my brother, he wasSyh*ester's daughter beyond the reach witch is repeatedly baptised in blood
Masquerading as one of tho inter- !as.ranch at -home with the Chinese of whomever might be interested in and fire. And, judging from history,
pralers was a young fellow who was language, customs and habits as a settling her father's estate and find-, empires which, after much fight- g,
a skilled carver in ivory—none ether squirrel in a corn -crib, an'smart as to his heir.. Steve Willets's flight their
in peace on their laurels and
than the present old man I had en- Lao was, Steve got around him to to g possessions, inevitably collapse. i
with the stolen diamonfell in ad- Britain, with its long war of his-'
countered at the bazaar—some extent—how far I didn't learn who was set numbly with Lao's plans —and, in-, tory, has avoided the fate of other
to manufacturing a number of repli-, till just lately. Keep this all in mind 'cidentally, with Steve's. • Steve was empires, inasmuch as just when the
cas of the reliquary in which the ring,. while I tell you what followed. 'net averse to critical
getting :possession ch peace period began to length-' t eses k.
was kept. When the plot was perfect- "We sent word to Lao at Pekin, what he looked upon as another rich en to the danger point war again'—
f•
ed one of these replicas was given to'then opened negotiations with a Cietg- prize, especially when Lao was willing came. I '�
each of five different messengers; Lao alese diamond merchant at Singapore to defray all expenses of his and thel 10 read a summary of our history
p :new. o use going too child's transportation to America, War of leo
scored troth ring and diamond and Cha I I en N t fo
r the last 250 years from the Dut h
the five messengers were sent out of that,though. Your father an' I start- onwards; is to read, with
g which included a nurse for little Mar-; short pence intervals, of a nation at
the country over as many different ed for Singapore from Hongkong with ian, who was now nearly three years! war. Has war supplied something to
routes, their purpose being to keep the diamond. Ile an'I arrived safe old, lour Empire which after dissolved em-
the pursuit on a false trail as long as an' sound, but the diamond was miss- Then followed Lao's own political Fires lacked. It may bring a rush
possible. It was, in very truth, a des- ing. So was Steve. I never have difficulties and his hurried flight to fo caustic criticism; but it is a fact
palate undertaking, but at this stage seen Steve since then—but once. 1 America. that war seems to prevent national
Lao Wing Fu's authority was su- never ran' the diamond again mail "Your father believed Lao knew!
The cost is tremendous;
preme and unquestioned by the worn- a few weeks ago. • ( the sacrifices great; but the fact re-
g more about the diamonds disappear-'� •
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out handful of men. The mnfortun- "While we were pretty certain Steve once than enybody else," Strang add rams. Something, nationally, is
ate individuals thus chosen were per- was implicated in the stone's loss, We ed' by way of explanation, "so he gained
Peace brings prosperity, and pros-
seeded to accept their charges only always half -way believed Lao was at seized every scrap 0' hispersonalbe-1 perity means wealth. Wealth means
because their one chance of escape the bottom of it. An' him—he longings be could lay his two hands luxuries, easy, living, a rush of vise,
was thus afforded. To refuse meant thought we two 'white foreign devils' 00. Among them were two ivory and the exit of virtue. These al-
certain death at the hands of the mad- had cheated him out o' his share. For boxes, one containing the ring, which ways are the heralds of a nation's
deed lamas and the savage hilimen, years he held it against us. Fetor. B Ke t I rot the th hi h decadence, and an empire's dissolu-
who, in a sense, were their vassals. "So it lame about that through all P ' $ o or, w c tion. ing sooner and to seed the land down
"Because b was empty. The diamond later wase .Look at France. Before the trib- to grass or winter grain.
Because my box had the diamond the years since the diamond was lost, mailed to you in it. (Mations of the Franca -German War, At a conservative estimate
in it," Strang whimsically observed, Lao Wing Fu has kept his mouth shut, a Several years elapsed before Lao what was her state. Outwardly pros- cows can a awe
looked like poor pay for trying to about Marian Sylvester," !Win Fu was able to begin n search be kept by feeding silage
get out o' that hornets' nest with a All at once, for no cause at all ap- for Marian, and in the meantime lost lives, treasure, provinces; but the at the cost of one cow from the same
tool y lttle ivory box. But, by heck, parently, I was hanging onto my many obstacles had arisen that made effect of the war has • been that acreage; fed on hay or other rough -
T did it! Three o the five got through, chair -arms as if my very existence the prosecution of such a search ex -
'France is rejuvenated, and is vastly age. .
all told. There were mighty good depended upon not letting them got tremely difficult. Steve's crime and different from the France of 1810. She Convenience in feeding and economy
reasons why we never wanted our away from me. A tingle and thrillmisdemeanors had landed him in is sound, strong and has taken to her- of storage room, as ten tons of silage
names to appeal as survivors; but o' ran through ms, as if those same prison for life, and no directing in- p ifred nee,byifrbecause she has been ore on 01rha m the same space on
course it got to be known in time." chair -arms were the electrodes of a formation could be obtained from him; i Russia was a barbaric Empire at When fed with the proper e
Meanwhile Lao was having his galvanic battery. I turned like an Lao was unable to discover any trace the time of the Crimea. That war P r r ceriond
hands full persuading the lamas that automation and started at Lois. She of Lois Willets, Steve's and Sam's stirred Russia, and th ..1" War sage is a greater mow producer and
he was blameless for the despoiling was regarding me with a wide-eyed,' sister, who, of course, was now Mrs. woke her up completely. She has fattener than any known feed. o
of the lamasery of its sacred relics— frightened look, her bearing and ex -'James Fox and no longer living in made vast strides since then, And now Ensilage -fed stock, as a rule, are
diathomond byh comparison
of such the loss minor f when pression accurately—and comically, San Francisco. But with unflagging of :the d esen t weir, utnRder the stress Yeeds arn a e used, thier state than when other
import -vin retrospect --re- patience and persistency, Lao never drunkenness, is to be banished. When
When
time that no attempt was made to re- fleeting my own overwhelming emo- ceased his efforts to find his erst-, The gain in Germany will be some- is absolutely no waste any partken care of e
cover it, all efforts being aimed to- tions.of
while charge. And then, by and by, thing that only a German can appre- the cosh crop.
ward regaining the ring. Thus it was; I heard Strang chuckling in high his influence began to grow and, ex- elate. The German citizen and the The acreage needed for
that every member of the party, ex- good humor with himself at the sur- pand, even as it had in China,and Germans peasant will be entitled to a pasture is
sept Lao and three cif the five he con- prise he was about to spring, which with it came increasing opportunities place on the pavement! Militarism, greatly reduced, and consequently
trived to save bysendingawaywith the exigencies of his narrative al- with its arrogance and tyranny, is more land can bo brought under cul=yy
to pursue his quest, j g!
the boxes, were slain by the frenzied lowed him to keep back no longer. James Strang, in recalling this poi.- the load on every German's back. Ger-By ovation. !
priests and their savage followers and, "Yes, Mr. Ferris," he was saying, Hon of the past, held to a deep-seated many defeated will, at any rate, mean nt providing a succulent forage,
their bodies brutally mutilated. The "That's the young lady herself—Miss conviction that. the Chinaman was sin- Germany free. War is not all loss,— -winter dairying is made profitable,
scene is to terrible to dwell upon. J Marian Sylvester, of Yalung, Tibet— eerely attached to the child, upon London Answers. and no reduction of stock is caused
It was true that Major Sylvester! sole heiress to a tidy fortune in Eng -!whom he looked as a sacred charge, --- e, - by a dry season.
th
Reasons Wily Every warmer anoul
Have a Silo.
No danger of late summer droughts
as by using the silo with clover o
other green summer crops, early h
the season, a valuable succulent feed
willegions be atis hand,
aptto whensive pasture in most
out
d feeding. The silo supplements pastures
and'earries the burden of the winter
' The silo will greatly reduce the mes-
tere adreage ,required, and will have
I s marked ett'ect on beef production
r
•
Crops unfit for hay -making may bo
preserved in the silo and changed hi
to a palatable food, such as thistles,
weeds, etc.
• The harvest can be removed earlier,
making it possible to finish fall plow
on high priced lands.
Night pasturing has been found to
be a very valuable practice in connec-
tion with summer silo. -
A silo. permits of saving crops in
years of great plenty for other sea-
sons of less plenitude. .
Experiments have proves! that si-
lage -fed steers have repeatedly made
the heaviest and cheapest gains.
Silage saves a large proportion of
grain needed in fattening animals. It
saves the need of any grain while
cattle are growing. Silage -fed cattle
gain faster, finish more quickly, and
(the meat is better.
1 soil
The silage system helps maintain
fertility.
The palatability of silage for cattle
god sheep is universall
recognized
Y ed
g
by all farmers who have given this
food a fair trial.
I Cattle show great eagerness for 51
I -
;lege.
(Its succulent character makes it
very comparable with grass or other
green stuff.
The choicest of milk is produced by
herds fed silage.
A silo adds to the appearance of a
farm.
By the use of silo the fodder is can-
ned very much as a housewife cans
fruit, preserves and vegetables.
In no other way is it possible to pro-
duce so large an amount of good feed
from an acre of land as by raising
corn and making the same into silage.
The succulent silage is the best pos-
sible substitute for .lune pastures.
It is relished by cows at all seasons
of the year.
In winter cows can be fed a palat-
able balanced ration that will keep
them up to summer flow.
Every winter we see a shortage
in the dairy line. This can be over-
come by introdncine a
entrusted his daughter to Lao Wing land, that's been piling up interest
I u—Just as one in an extreme emer-1for more'n twenty years, not saying
gency will leap at the only chance, o' crystal that's worth around twenty
however hopeless, of a way out But' thousand pounds."
Lao proved to be the party's savior' How long we thus contemplated
more than once. At a word or sign! each other I don't know; but after a
from him the most threatening oppo- while the high tension of the momentsition would melt away; labor. a as- ( subsided, and I found words to say
sistance of any sort would appear as to her:
if by magic when sorest needed, and! "My dear, this is not so much a re -
always the way was smoothed untilvelation as a confirmation. You see,
the fatal moment when he himself :now, how I have been justified."
brought down destruction upon their! She did not respond in words, but
heads. I the tender, affectionate light in her
:James Strang shall be allowed to i gray eyes was eloquent enough.
tell in his own language the most ion -1 Both Struber and Strang were (on -
portant disclosure of all. I scious that the situation was become
"You get a glimpse o' the queer tinctured with a new and potent in
workings o' the Oriental mind. Where fluence that subordinated the import -
any white man would have been as ance of the disclosures in which, until
helpless es the baby that had been now, we had been so absorbed. Both
thrust on him, what does this darn grew restive and ill at ease, and the
Chink do but deliberately try to get recital proceeded swiftly, if dispirit -
back to civilization with his burden! edly, to its conclusion by a series of
Yes, siree! Believe it or not, he un- shortcuts,
dertook that very thing. He forced a` And what followed up to the time
couple o' Jyade women to abandon Struber and Strang left us alone to-
their own babies, an' with only half- gether comes back to me now like the
dozen yaks to carry supplies, he an' flittering, disordered, consequential
the two women and the baby started pictures of an old dream, and I' am
east in the hope o' making Ching -too able to set down the details only as
in the Sze Chuen country. iI subsequently got them sorted out.
"Nearly three years went by before, Accordingly, therefore, before start -
1 even learned that Lan Wing Fu had ing from Tao -fu, Lao Wing Fu tat-
even through, an' it was my scamp tooed the symbol upon little Marian's
of a brother who brought me the news throat, his purpose being to place her
e under the protection of a seal that
diamond .from Lao, an' say, the ques-' would render her safe against all mo-
tions he asked me about it would 've lestation during the long journey
given a lawyer points. Your father. back to wherever or whatever circum -
an' I had just got back from Amster -;stances might designate as their ill-
' dam with it, where it had been cut timate destination. Then'with a para -
and polished an' where we were told: lexical premeditation that was the
by diamond sharps that it was easily; acme of cunning, the ring in its ivory
worth twenty thousand pounds, sterl-(reliquary was kept constantly con-
cealed upon the innocent baby's person
little until the
art
p y was well within
a zone of safety.
How far he was justified in adopting
this strategem can be evidenced only
by the facts: the wonderful white
babe that bore miraculously upon its
throat the dread sign, corning nut of
�-�. G 00 D D 1 G 1= ST 10 N � Mother Seigel Byrne correct, end etlmulates!
,When vont dieeetion le feetty, weakness and the dle6nayo organ., and baninhlsn the mann
je
•,!n ore certain Rad &mIt invited, ailment. whioh arise from lndidestioe.
at Hongkong. He'd learned about th
"Remained to now
find LaoW in
g
!
Fu, Market the stone, an' divide the.
proceeds among three instead o' four,
poor Sylvester r bei
n out o our
calcu-
lations,
"Lao was at Pekin, Steve told me,
holding clown some sort o' government
It !
apest food that can be,
regarding her welfare as an oblige- POTENT HELI' TO THE NAVY.s ache
tion not to be lightly fulfilled. •produced as well as the best.
It is a certain supply, notwithstand-
(To be Continued). British Mine Sweepers Prevent Many ing the drought, the flood or the!
Ctastrophies. snows.
The silo is the cheapest method of;
handling the crop, or storing it, and
the best method of saving and realiz-
ing the fullest value of .the crop as!
feed.
More stock can be kept on a certain
area of land when silage is fed than
s otherwise the case,
Silage feeding does away with all
aggravating corn stall: in the manure
in and- prevents their waste as well.
e- It excels dry feed for the cheap
is production of fat beef.
✓ It keeps your stock thrifty and
n growing all winter, and enables tine.
• cow to produce milk and butter more
, economically.
e Its use lessons the labor required
e to care for a herd, if it is convenient- e
ly attached to the barn.
cl It allows the spring pasture to get
s a start. t
It enables preservation of food
which matures at a rainy time of the
cl year when drying would be, almost im-
_ possible.
_ It does away with the systema of
A racy account of the part the
trawlermen have played in the war
was given in London at His Majesty's
Theatre by Cllr. Tom Wing, M.P.,
who formerly represented Grimsby.
Lord Selborne, president of the
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries,
who presided, told of one young 1
trawler skipper who had had .two
boats blown up under him while
trawling for mines, and was now
the hospital for the second time t
covering from his injuries. "And h
one great hope," added the Ministe
"is to get on to the third and eve
better boat which he has had pr
mised him when he gets well again.'
"A most potent auxiliary to th
navy." Lord Selborne described th
trawling fleet. It was almost entire]
due to the trdtvlers that the fleet an
the merchant ships were able to pas
to and fro on our seas With leo fe
catastrophies. He did not know ho
many mines the Germans had place
Lord Hobert Cecil, "Minister of but Ire was prepared to risk the state
ment that there were very many thou
With a silo you can keep more stock;
Or keep the same stock on less
acres and will leave more land for
other crops.
Ensilage has a higher deeding value
than roots. .
Ensilage increases the milk flow.
Your creamery cheque grows larger
by its use.—Canadian Farm.
Still Unforgiven.
A month ago she said she's never
orgive him, And now I hear she has
married him,
Yes, carried her revenge to the bit-
er end.
Blockade." sands.
Lord Robert Cecil, who until re- Mr. Wing said that if ab the las
Gently held the pest oe 1Snder-Sucre- great naval review at Spithead ther
tary for Foreign Affairs, has been ap- had been, say, 2,000 trawlers, peopl
strictly grain farming, where few of
the elements are Yeturned to the soil,
e It increases the digestive capacity
of the animal
pointed "Blockade Minister" in the ( would have complained that it was
British Cabinet. He will be charged : making the spectacle ridiculous. If
with the administration regulating _at the last army manoeuvres there
the blockade as well as with the gen- I had been a quarter of million min-
eral responsibility for the policy and i en's, people would have said, 'Well, it
practice of the Government with re- i doesn't add color.' Yet fishermen and
spect to trade passing into and from - miners inti proved as essential as
neutral countries. Lord Cocil is a' any in the great struggle in which
Unionist and thus increases the forces we were engaged. They were the
o that party already in the Cabinet, men with the real technical icnow!-
b oneed a which had proved He is a lawyer of wide ea-! g p ed indispensable.
perience and has held many high ands The men who manned the trawlers
responsible offices in the Govern- ( had swept the Channel and the North
ment's service. : Sea practically clear of mines and
_ i submarines, and in tho Mediterran-
Iiadn't'As ye_t, lean thousands of others had been do-
Belle—You say Bob kisses you I "Isis MMing the me.
ajesty has had occasion to
against your will? But you surelyfff'realize the size of their hands and
an stop thatl the warm grip they can give," said
June—Possibly! One never knows Mr.. Wing, "One burly fisherman who
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remedy. Cut this out: peep it. Show it is your druggist,
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tlhemtata Aad lteoterlutaptote, fioahen, inA., V,H.ele f8
what one ran cio until one tries, I had received a decoration said after -
suppose! wards that he could not believe that
he was actually in Buckingham Pal -
Take Flight. ace and was to be decorated by the
King; he thought it was a dream un-
til the King shook hands with him,
And when he found the King grip-
ping his great fist he was so anxious
to make sure that it was real that
he took firm held with his other hand
also, and really 'help up' the ?ling
for the time."
"Riches have wings, they say."
"Yes, and 'whenever I go after them
they migrate,"
Science is the great antidote to the
poison of superstition
By wearing a silk hat many a rogue
able to pass for a gentleman,
Three jewels In the 1faiser's crown
-Belgium, Serbia and Montenegro,
To the well man every day is it
ast+
;loth Surprised,
Lady (recognising former servant)
—Whatl You in prison, Henry? Well,
T am surprised! .
So Wall I, ma'am, or I shouldn't be
here) -
Observant Child.
Teacher—What is water?
Willie—A colorless fluid that turns
black when you wash your hands.
Oh, well,. the Kaiser can not be as
sick as the world is sick of him.
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BRI'T'ISH NAVAL CRITIC UR(15*1
VIGil,ANCn.
Wisdom of Preparing to Meet Possible
Menace Strongly
Needed..
"neuron -for a long' tune has.whis-
pored in -the ears of Englishmen it
sea power for granted. History
teaches us that . hungry ; vigilance 18
the price of sea power."
( ,Tames Douglas, naval critic, in un
article in a London deity paper, dis-
cusses the possibility of the Gorman
fleet being equipped with • 17 -inch
gunsand in the course of a lengthy
article sounds the warning note
quoted above, He continues:
"I thinkit will be admitted that we
are putting most of our energy into
the organization of vast armies and
that in consequence 'our• navy is rap-
idly receding into the background.
If this navy were to fail us an army
of ten million could not save us. We
nevertheless assume that the navy is
not subject to any unforeseen vicis-
situde. That theory may hold good
in ti short war. Does it hold good in
a long war?
"Tho question
I desire to
o raise isDid It on Land.
this: If it was possible for the Ger-
mans and Austrians to establish • rt
lead in heavy field pieces before the
war and to do it without the know-
ledge of the present allies, is it not
within the bounds of possibility that -
the Germans may establish a lead
in naval guns during the war? It is
not enough to be told that we may
safely trust to our secret intelligence
branch and to our experts. Nations
which have been caught napping once
may be caught napping twice: After
what happened at Liege, Namur,
Warsaw, Kovno, Novo Georgievek,
and elsewhere, common prudence tells
us not to trust blindly either to ee-
piorage or to experts.
The Shells at Dunkirk.
"Doubtless it was a very stupid act
on the part of the Germans to reveal
by the shelling of Dunkirk the exist-
ence
xistence of a 17 -inch naval gun, but the
Germans are constantly doing stupid
things. It is possible that they used' '
this gun to persuade us to believe
that it is a field gun and nota naval
gun. At any rate. there is no doubt
as to the existence of at least one
German 17 -inch naval gun. We may ,
be quite certain that Krupps giays
manufactured more than one of these
guns. We may even go as far us to
assume that they have manuactured
many of them. It is significant that
the 1e -inch howitzers used by the
Central Powers are Austrian guns
manufactured at Skoda, What was
Essen doing while Skoda was turn-
ing out its heavy howitzers? Clearly,
the answer to the question hi that
Essen was turning out heavy naval
guns, It may be said that 17 -inch
naval guns are useless without bat-
tleships
attleships or battle cruisers in which to
mount them. Here, again, we are at
the mercy of the expert.
What of the Iiindenbllrg?
- "It is known that several German
capital ships were due to be com-
pleted several months ago. There
may have been more. The fog of
war hangs thickly over the German
shipyards. One of the new ships, the
Hindenburg, has- undoubtedly been
completed. Has the Hindenburg been
armed with 17 -inch guns? Have other
capital ships of the same class been
armed with 17 -inch guns t. If not,
what was the gun which fired 011
Dunkirk made for?
"The expert may declare that it is
impossible to put 17 -inch guns into a
ship which was not designed to carry
them. Here, again, I say that the
expert is not a safe guide. Ifyou
can put a 15 -inch gun into a moni-
tor, you may be able to put a 17
inch gun into a ship designed for a
15 -inch gun. And there is another
possibility. The Germans may have
out -monitored our nmonitors. They
may have put their 17 -inch gun into
monitors or into some new typo of
ship designed to convoy and cover
transports. Have we got an etYoet-
tive -answer
lehe
t 1.7 -inch
naval
gun?
Please forgive my hungry vigilance."
w He Would Treat Jlim,
A classHoof raw aeeruits was being
put through an examination in first-
aid work At last it came to Pat's turn
to answer. "Now, Pat," said the in-
structor, "supposing a men were to
fall down in a drunken fit, how would
you treat him ?" "Faith, sorr," re-
plied Pat, "0i wouldn't trate him . at
all. I'd consider he had had enough."
"Pa,"
"Yes, my son."
"Are an army's right and left wings
what .it dies with?"
The journey of life is tiresome ---a
man is out of breath when be reaches`
the end of it.
A woman of experience says it ie
much cosier to acquire ,husbands
than it is to get rill of them.
We honestly believe that the mail
who tackles the beautiful snow with
a shovel will make more money than.
the one who writes poetry about ,it.
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WanteJ to Tinov,
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