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Grieve, ?.to, 4, Whiten,' Robert Ferris, Traria*: George McCartney, No. 8, Seaforth; Murray Glinten,.Bruceileld. ,. - - A again______ POE SALE, -)Five acres, one talc from Seaforth; modern house with forimak bath and toilet, squall burnt good orchard. Taxes $15. Splendid 4hande to start Chicken farm, bees, 'Ste, Apply to ItQS...LyHATS, , ..M. - S10efopjhO 1 (Conth Ued. groan Inst Week.) No one who listened could very vrell blame the leading lady for bein 'swept' off 'her feet, as she was, of course, to achieve the happy ending which, perhaps too arbi- trarily, our present-day audiences de - mend. • There were many present who no doubt envied her that scene and temporarilyforgot . temporarily that it was only make-believe. The key -note of Mr. Jameson's performance was in aban- donment and spontaneity. . Due credit and unlimited thanks is extended to Mr. Sidney Banks, whose name appears upon the program as the director of'the piece. Mr. Banks, whose timely return to Warehester was a bit of great good Iuck, brought to bear a knowledge of matters theatrical too well known to call for comment. The demonstration of his knowledge Was a distinct plea- sure." In closing, Mr. Wainwright men- tioned again the lights and the swirl- ing throng, "the seemingly endless string of. conveyances which whisked away, one by one, the members of the cast who, still in costume and make- ,up,surrounded the hosts of congrat- ulatory friends, were the center of a colorful pieture-a picture of hope and youth and romance that made an- other drama which took place scarce- ly an hour. later, within a stone's throw of the Palace Theater, seem wofully drab and pitifully sordid by contrast. "For this drama of viciousness staged behind the scenes of respect. ability, was enacted as well by the youth of Warchester, its arch -figure being all too well known to the citi- zenry of this town. A detailed ac- count will be found in another col- umn." That concluding paragraph cost Mr. Wainwright more than a little thought and indecision, but the general avidity with which every Gazette reader fold- ed back the sheet the next morningvindicatedmore than his resolve to run it as first conceived. There was less of verbiage in this second article, less of flowery adornment. Under its introductory black type it stretched, a bald bleak statement of facts., .� At an early hour this morning Hanlon's Hotel -better known as Pegleg's Place -was raided by an ef- ficient squad of Warchester's guard- ians of law and order. For a long time now proprietors of HanIon's ilk Sena for tree lnwa Riving full porde- Wars of Trench's world-famous prep- arationf or Epilepsy 'and Fits -simple home treatment. over 80 years' success, Testimonials from all parts of the world; over 1000 in one year. Write at onceto: TRENCH'S REMEDIES LIMITED 2607 Bt.Jamers'ntmb rs, 79 Adelaide St. E. LONDON AND WINGHAM North. Exeter Hensall Kippen Brucefield Clinton Jct. Clinton, Ar. -Clinton, Lv. Clinton Jct. Londesborough Blyth Belgrave Wingham Jct., Ar... Wingham Jet., Lv.. Wingham South. a.m. 10.16 10.30 10.36 10.44 10.58 11.05 11.16 11,21 11.35 11:44 11.56 12.08 12.08 12.12 p.m. 6.04 6.18 6.23 6.32 6.46 6.52 6.52 6.58 '7,12 7.21 7.33 7.45 '7.45 7.55 a.m. p.m. Wingham 6.55 3.15 Wingham Jct. 7.01 3.21 Belgrave .. 7.15 3.32 Blyth '7.27 3.44 Londesborough 7.35 3.52 Clinton At. 7.49 4.06 Clinton 7.56 4.13 Clinton Jct. .. 8.03 4.20 Brucefield . .8.15 4.32 Kippen 8.22 4.40 Hensall 8.32 4.60 Exeter 8.47 5.05 C. N. R. TIME TABLE East. a.m. p.m. Goderich 6.00 2.20 Holmesville • 6.17 2.37 Clinton 6.25 2.52 Seaforth 6:41 3.12 St. Columban 6.49 8.20 Dublin 6.54 3.28 West. a.m. p.m. p.m. Dublin 10.37 5.38 9.37 St. Columban10.42 5.44 Seaforth 10.53 5.58 9.50 Clinton 11.10 6.08 10.04 Holmesville 11.20 7.03 10.13 Goderich 11.40 7.20 10.30 C. P. R. TIME TA i::LE Bast. a.m. p.m. Goderich 5.50 1.15 Menset .... 5.55 1.20 McGaw 6.04 1.30 Auburn 6.11 1.41 $1yth 8.25 1.52 Walton 6.40 2.07 McNaught ... 6.52 2.19 Toronto 10.25 6.20 Wezt. Toronto MoNaiught Walton l lyth Auburn . McGaw Mleneoet .... 1 odetieta ,......... '7.40 6.10 19..48 8.57 12.01 9.10 12.12 9.22 12.23 9.33 12.84 9.44 12.41 11.51 12..5 9.8 },f,JJy.,`. Al4I' &aof. 4Ci.yy'�gP�,g,7,�'.�l wV.@ 1T<J�i,�'*�}�}• �Y.y$y� ntk +aai(#�•, Y+•�,i Vf? ,,1/ 6RitF, i{per,. (rami§] auto potterfOl Sit OP§ AlPit ! ,thaw the passant 40411istragePt has DO the Munecope wIth:t1 o foxc- es of clepray aaxd Oil e, 'oleo (a et ti4►xt, W401. prefer to I'mi1 cah off.*zaoaaf�l to like not entiitataegroautei: zaliye thep eit either %oevebhetu.sneidt Pima,ts and Inas long been plain, that there ie xti halfway possible. half- hearted measures will not suffice. The Whams of the Gazette have already quo the remarks of ler: T. E. Banks, our ablest Ur-mm=1a upon this question. His words were clear and unequivocal. Now, as, president of Warchester's new Civic- Reform So- ciety, he has begun to - bask up ''his words with .deeds --deeds which can Ieave - o - doubt in the minds of all concerned -that his is a fixed and courageous purpose which will brook no opposition. "Hanlon's was raided last night at twelve -thirty o'clock. Twelve Q'cde&k has long 'been prescribed" as the dos- ing hour for such places as Hanlon's is known to be. For several weeks Mr. Banks has caused this house and several others of like repute to be subjected to a rigorous system of surveillanbe, and last night Chief of Police Hendricks, sure finally of bis ground, struck a swift and telling blow. Creeping cautiously dawn the alley 'Which leads past the stage -door of the Palace Theater, the officers made their entrance through the front of the building ready to curb resist- ance o quell any attempt to warn the inmates. No resistance, however, was encountered. Instead all present- ed an air of serenity which might have deceived one less versed in the. craft of those with whom he had to deal. IliBut Chief Hendricks saw beneath the innocent surface indications and pressed deeper into the building. Characteristically reticent, he refused to go into detail concerning the cap- ture of nine men and women, all of undesirable or suspicious character, who fell into his dragnet, or the scene of violence which his arrival surprised. But it is hinted that his appearance checked a disturbance Which might have been entered upon the records as a misdemeanor far graver than an infringement against the excise laws or the statutes pro- hibiting gambling bloodshed at least and perhaps uglier manslaughter. "Three of the women and the five men were given 'an immediate hear- ing before Justice Jameson and dealt with according to the discretion of the. court. A member of the Palace The- ater Burlesque Company --a girl who it appears is known by no other name than Melo dy s -=i being g held on bail, supplied by Hanlon, pending further examination, while the police are searching widely for one Whitey Garritty, well known to the police of other cities, whom he 'also, had eluded before running fool of Warchester's force. "Out of respect and consideration for a prominent divine of this com- munity it was our thought to with- hold from the list of prisoners given below the name of James Gordon, but the boy's stepfather, the Reverend Watson Duncan, called to the tele- phone shortly before our going` to press, assured . us that such was not his desire. "I have identified myself with this movement," were Mr. Duncan's words. "It is a righteous movement -and I mean to go on with it. It will bring no hardship upon the inno- cent, but those who have sinned must lie in the beds they have themselves prepared, I no longer know any per- son by the name of James Gordon." "The case of young Mr. Gordon (he has not yet reached his majority in years, though his experience is age- old) had not been disposed of when this issue went to press, so it is im- possible for us to say what disposi- tion was Made of it. Toward him, however, it must be remarked, Justice Jameson dealt with great forbearance and self restraint, an attitude little merited by Gordon, though much to Mr. Jameson's credit. For the young man in question maintained a sullen silence throughout his examination, refusing to answer the questions which were put to him, or to enter any plea in his own behalf. He stood white and tightlipped, as stubborn as the niost hardened malefactor, and opened his mouth just once. When the girl called Melody, seemingly un- able longer to control herself, leaped forward in the midst t of the lesson which Justice Jazfiesen was reading Gordon concerning the error of his ways, apparently to interject some de- fense of this young man whom she appeared to champion with almost possessive ferocity, his studied silence was broken. He threw up a hand with a smile so mild that it bordered on the insolent and checked the girl's misguided though no doubt generous, impulse. "Don't!" he ordered her. "What's the use, now?" "And these words the Gazette heartiily echoes. This boy, kin of many of our best people, beir to countless advantages, has squandered every chance which was his by birth -every claim to pity and further con- sideration. The Gazette echoes his own words: "What's the use, now?" Whatever the course of the law, it cannot be too rigorous in the case of James Gordon." 'And the arch -figure himself, at seven thirty the night before, Little realizing how prominently he was to share the public prints with her whose appe'arance he was awaiting, lay back in the shelter of his heap of discarded scenery, numb to bodily discomfort, cheerfully unaware even of the passage of time until tlit4r elec- tric drew up at the curb. All other perplexities, some of then pressing, he had put away from him for the timebeing, as before then, he had many tiMes put the thought of hunger away from him, since there was no immediate pros. pect of dining. And when Ad finally arrived, before the press at the trot of the house had become cansidei nl ,l;n.T1s,,. aectr ¢n kers411 4&l t pa ixpvi' ,..ars o AF k13i>p "gen elP�l va hic)t'I ,Ttade her eonxte . . tkpa-diffel"6>at 1 o rElla a r. Which- lily i?ie who naxed" to lister , ixl tho;'aaei laborr,� hood.o' .HHarapres "gyms' always 4so'lin, to -hear, lien olt;# yvati:oli brought instanta e east from $itlh_ 1 '.•Be was more NAP if again.. , laughter was light nene a `.' "Daad i y dear, this' towlr has he, too, noted the light lay rea had the sleeping sickness ever since fleeted about" her ` et like pools of birth." He stopped to .. contemplate phosphorescence, .di$lid though, his this statement, and found it pleasing. brain was pror►x,, rendered ineap- "But there are a few live ones in it, able of Wain vri �a. poetic apprecia- at that -just about a (half dozen, as tion of the than d glitter of the yon 'say. And, of course, there's- costumes, her wrap„. a dared to reach tlerre's no -place in town like Henry's, out and touch ase passed his hid- but if'you've got a friend --yesterday ing-place. The. br iiih of that velvet you suggested- How wouldyou like cloak left his akin la:.tingle. Secure in hie- iimacy with Abel Thompson, whose, liven garb that ev- ening would have -.lent tone to any gathering (it eofls'ltsted of a dress coat, 'a lavender' '.'waistcoat, light trousers and high brown button boots), he had :put away from him, earlier is -the day,; the thought of squandering a quarter for a gallery seat, together with the fear that he might have to watch from a seat far removed from her neighborhood. "Back -stage" had ., always been open to him without "continent or question, and as expected, -Abel passed him in- to that restricted : province, but not without a moment of hesitation, how- ever, for the boy, wet and bedraggled looked 'anything but prepossessing, even to Abel's ordinarily none too fastidious eye. It called forth a deal of anxiety and a word or two of warning advice. "Nobody ain't gain' see you in back 'at ole bookeate." " Abel accompanied his hiding away with an argument meant to quiet hisown doubts. "But you bet' stick pretty close. Ev'thing got look 'speotable, 'n' if anybody git a look at you they sure goin' to blame me." Jimmy did not even give way to his crooked grin. The unconscious class- ification passed over his head, which was indication of his mood at that moment. Instead, he obeyed thank fully, and "stuck close," as he was bidden. And Mr. Wainwright, sitting out in front with his notebook and pencil carefully displayed, was favor- ed by no more perfect view of the stage than was Jimmy when the cur- tain creaked up. Those who had come to weigh the niceties oftechnique! Those who had come merely to be amused! Theirs was a poor and meager interest coc- pared with the boy's. Frouthat in- stant when Evelyn. Lathed made her first appearance, his. heart palpitated painfully, quick with' worship for that quality which Wainwright named her gay insouciance, sick with dread lest she falter and be met with. ridicule, In other circumstances he might have frowned a little over a certain stiffness of gesture or shaken his head vaguely for a certain Iack of warmth. He had absorbed even more than he himself realized from the harassed managers who came to Warchester to try out new productions. But in that hour he found nothing to criticize, or if he did the thought was denied life the moment it was born. He saw little of the rest of the ac- tion; he heard scarce a line of dialogue other than those which she spoke; and when the first act curtain fell, in spite of Abel's warning, the space behind the bookcase was too small to hold both him and his swelling pride. In concert with a large portion of the male audience out in front, which had risen and was climbing painfully over neighbors' knees (Warchester audi- ences adhered to metropolitan customs no matter how uncomfortable), he crept from behind his cover after the actors had run for the dressing -rooms and the scene -shifters' 'hubbub was on and picked his way into the alley. It was still raining, and he sought his earlier shelter, with little thought of what he was doing, however, for his own play, lying beside his type- writer in his room at Hanlon's, was no longer a discarded, or even parti- ally discredited, failure. It had be- come once more, temporarily, at least, a satisfactory foundation for dreams, and he had flung away one cigarette to hiss out on the flooded pavement, and was puffing a second, when voic- es near at hand disturbed his deep content -voices engaged in a colloquy old in his ears and without interest, save that his instant recognition of both of them left him momentarily incredible.fi "I never was so strong for that joint," he heard the girl called Mel- ody express decidedly her disapproval of a New York cafe under discussion, "Too stiff! That full-dressregulation never did get by. Give me Henry's every time. Maybe some night the boys did get rough, along toward morning, but they was always some- thing doing, and nobody ever got hurt real bad. Been to Henry's, haven't you?" "Yes -s -s, I think so." Sidney's voice, in reply, lacked that absolute complacency which usually marked it when he discussed Manhattan. "Of course, though, 1 don't seem quite able to recall-" The girl cut in with a flattering, meaningful laugh. "I get you," she exclaimed. "Most everybody who goes to Henry's ain't quite able to recall -that is, not until the morning after. Most of the good Indian's I know like h'enry's -most of the regulars, that is -and if he to have something to eat after the show? There's a friend of mine At that Jimmy realized that this war not a merely casual meeting. Re- hearsal had brought Sidney to the vicinity of Hanlon's. the day before, while Jimmy lay asleep. "I'd be real pleased," Melody ans- wered. "We'll wait for you'after the curtain. We're settin' out in front, trying to keep from havin' hysterics, so's the usher won't lead us gently outside, before it's finished. My, ain't the leadin' woman a scream!" "It -it's rather amateurish, I sup- pose," Sidney admitted a little stiff- ly. "I -I'm supposed to be the di- rector, but-" Jimmy could see his cousin's face plainly for a second against the light of the open door. Melody's slight figure, closer to him, was not so easy to make out. But she was quick to perceive and cover her slip. "You've done wonders," she estab- lished her opinion stoutly. "Won- ders! That's what Rose says to me -she's my lady friend -just before the end of the act. Why, she says they wouldn't 'a' been no show at all without the directin'. And Rose ought to know. She was in the beauty bal- let two months on the Roof. Well, you've got enough on your hands with that mob. See you later?" Sidney nodded as he was entering the theater. "As soon as I can get away," he caIIed in a hushed voice. "They - they're waiting for me now." Jimmy took one step after the girl as she scudded past him, holding her atrocity of a hat against her so that the feather might not be ruined by the rain, but he thought better of the impulse before she had seen or heard him. The objection which he might have obtruded was too vague to be put into words. But as he watched the further un- folding of She pldt during the second act, from behind his bookcase shield, a position regained with some dif- ficulty and an added admonition from Abel, he found it difficult to keep his attention from wandering. And dur- ing the next intermission he puzzled over the problem without seeking the open air. It was at worst only a harmless, foolish encounter -•and yet again and again, he rejected that view as inadequate. All that Hanlon had said earlier in the day concerning the hotel which bore his name, the boy knew to be the truth. It was clean and orderly and honest. But there was much which had been left unsaid concern- ing those who patronized it. Their very presence made it no place for amateur wickedness, such as Sidney's. He told himself that doubtless Sid- ney's escapade did not include Peg- lrgg's as a supper place, but recollec- tion of the guile in Melody's voice bothered him.. A few minutes later he reached out and detained the gen- tleman of color who was flying past, agleam with the heat and giddy with his sense of authority. A word would not have checked Abel's passage in the slightest de- gree. Jimmy held fast to the skirt of the precious dress coat while he talked. "Where's Pegleg to -night?" he ask- ed. "How I know?" he demanded test- ily, and strained tentatively on the coat. "How I know where white folks spend they evenin's! Leggo my coat, Jimmy. Now look! Din' I know they wouldn't get 'at table in 'ithout hustin' somethin'." But Jimmy failed to heed his cap- tive's fluttering to be free. "Do you know whether he's going to be around to -night?" Thereupon Abel put his mind upon the formulation of a suitable reply, since upon that depended his release. "He an' never 'roun' now nights twell two or three in the mawnin'," he stated. "Din' I tole you he's out 'lectioneerin'?" Jimmy let him go. All the boy's breathlessness was gone as • he watched Evelyn Latham through the third and last act, though her conception of the emotional third act curtain was not responsible for the frown upon his forehead. Yet he waiter outside in the alley until the cast had gone tripping by, chattering together unintelligibly; he waited until the last "equipage in the seemingly endless string of convey- ances had borne away the swirling throng." And Melody and her com- panion, Rose, cautiously joined by Sidney and Lloyd Jameson at the stage door, had preceded him by al- most an hour, when he realized that the rain was cold upon his head. He had bared it when Evelyn passed him on the way to her car. He had been standing there longer than he knew, forgetting even to replace his cap. The faint, familiar stoop in his shoulders was more pronounced than usual as he approached the square brick hotel in the angle of the block and the river. Grave and preoccupied of face, he shook the clerk behind the desk into partial wakefulness. To Jimmy's suggestion that it Ras after closing time that supercilious one o etted sluggish lids to see vaho i, f 5 lit,9 ,yam, 1 lbut „ ... have not 0 Waved one .of... ftp and is either United gta be the innocent -hearted purveyor of such a piece of news. "Who t'--" he began, and then, recognizir, the boy, he grinned. "'Lo Jimmy," he said. "Closing time, eh? Oh, my; oh, my! If I ain't went and forgot that again!" Thereupon his voice became matter-of-fact and bus- inesslike; indeed, not unlike that of T. E. Banks when the latter spoke on home trade. "They's a little game goin' on in the back room," he ex- plained. "A couple of your swell young friends from up on the hill are giving the party. Melody steered 'em in." Jimmy left Ilim before the explana- tion was finished. He passed on to the larger room in which he had breakfasted that morning with Han- lon. This was deserted, but down the long hall that led to the rear of the house an edge of light showed be- neath a door. With his hand upon the knob he hesitated; when he tried the door, gently, he found it locked. But the key rattled at the first sound his ef- fort made. The door opened a crack; and then the waiter, who looked. flab- by, stepped back and motioned the boy to enter. There was a slight twitch at the corners of the waiter's lips as though he wanted to laugh. The eyes of every person in the room swung to meet him as Jimmy closed the door, furtive or defiant as the sex might be. Recognizing •him, they turned away again, casually wel- coming, bent upon giving their undi- vided attention to matters more re- munerative. Only Sidney and Lloyd Jameson and the girl, Melody,' con- tinued to stare. The faces of the first two were somewhat stricken for a breath; and then, before Jimmy's ut- ter disinterestedness and calm accept- ance pf their presence, Sidney drew one eyelid close. He motioned to the deck of cards which he held, and the l chips upon the table. "Little game, Jimmy, . old top." He spoke with a cordiality hitherto for- eign to him; his air was rollicking, but his chin quivered and betrayed him. "Luck's been running with the house. Want to sit in and help retrieve the honor of the family?" Jimmy shook his head. "Broke!" -he stated laconically, and from him the word was apparently an acceptable joke, for a burst of laughter greeted it. But the mirth was not quite easy. It sounded too forced to be convincing. Whitey Gar- ritty, seated on the far side of the table, behind a barrier of chips, curl- ed his lips and spat, and centered his pale gaze upon Sidney. "This is no game for amateurs. Shoot 'em, Sport." Your deal!" The girls were not playing. Rose was sitting at Lloyd Jameson's -shoul- der, and Mielody, perched upon the arm of Sidney's chair, had been chid- ing him for his bad luck and watch- ing his cards with bright eyes. She remained in that position, but her flow of banter ceased with Jimmy's coming. And her smile became rigid and fixed. Whenever he raised his head Jimmy found her eyes upon his face, troubled and mutely question- ing. He turned away to avoid that gleam, and found the waiter watch- ing him, too. The waiter he ques- tioned under his breath. "Hanlon back yet?" he asked. Every ear listened while the waiter made answer, but Jimmy, if he notic- ed, feigned not to have seen. Uncon- cerned to the point of indifference, he gave himself over to watching the game, standing a yard or two behind Sidney's back. The change which came over that back room came slowly. The laughter ceased first, and then the comment, jocular or peevish, as the case might be, which had accompanied the play- ing of each, and men began to eye, each other from the corners of their eyes, and turned toward Jimmy not at all. In his cousin's face Jimmy bad; the extent of Sidney's losses the nio ent he entered the room. In apirt. an effort to maintain an air of .;gad Sidney's Race was sick`'and grfiy, was wor,.ing far more over markers out against him than- those hanthose who held them. For these ter knew how sure collections wo'y, be, even though , the operation urlgi be accompanied by a little delay a certain sort of unpleasantness. But now Sidney was the only ours who laughed. His enjoyment of *fir game became boisterous, and *St' the change of luck, which veered.sud; denly his way, Whitey Garritty's- equanimity began to suffer. Jimmy felt the latter's ugly gaze upon is• face. Sidney won, and won again, Melody's eyes were black with fear. And then, with the room grown dead- ly quiet, Garritty rose and beat upon the table with his slim white hand. Sidney had just laid down a flush that " rN beat his aces three. "Where in hell are your eyes?"' Whitey grated et the girl, and, as. she shrank back, be whirled and mo- tioned Jimmy to a chair with a jerky gesture. "Sit down," he snarled. "If you aren't going to sit in, sit down" Jimmy's mild drawl answered .'him. ' . "Her eyes are all right, Garritty," he said. "She was watching. Row do you suppose she's going to flash..` to you what he's holding when she knows I'm watching her?" The girl quivered as though she had been struck. Men lurched to their feet and drew back against the wall. Rose whimpered and leaped, and the sleazy material of her skirt caught and ripped upon a splinter on .the chair. Sidney sat with his mouth open; Lloyd Jameson gulped aloud. with joy, for to him the interference meant nothing yet, but a solution of a distressing financial muddle. And only the waiter failed to move. He knew his time for action had come and gone minutes before. Now Garritty leaned across the table. It seemed that it had been quiet for hours. And then Jimmy was speaking again, slowly and dis- tinctly. "If you're going to get any more to -night, Garritty," he said, "you'll need the cold deck in your pocket." With that Garritty's hand went crawling behind him, and came crawl- ing back. Jimmy's lean face looked haggard, but his crooked grin arched his lips. And then the door which led into the long hall leaped convul- sively. With the first blow that set it to vibrating upon its hinges the fear was gone from Melody's eyes. She lifted a chair and swung it with thin arms that bent like steel, and whipped it across the table into Gar- ritty's face. Garritty went down. Tu- mult within rose above the tumult without, and drowned Chief Hend- ricks' first bellow for admittance. A shot spattered the plaster off the ceiling as Garritty went down. A woman screamed. When the waiter snapped off the lights and ripped op en another door Jimmy dragged his cousin Sidney and Lloyd Jameson from beneath the table and jammed' them before him into a passageway which led to the open air. And then the lights were up again_ "Steady, you!" A voice warned the - boy. He closed the door upon the pair's retreat and turned back into' the room. Jimmy was blinking as he faced the light. The eyes of Melody were clinging to him. And she was the. only one of them all, jaunty or sul- len as the sex might be, who attempt- ed an explanation. Her fierce out- burst an officer checked with an ex- pert twist of her wrist, which made the bone crunch and brought her with a moan to her knees. Hendricks, Warchester's Chief of Police, counted them off. (continued next week.) LIVE SITY `IAF ' `1'ESTE Established 1873. Re -organized 11908 Three Faculties -Arts, Medicine and Public :! ealth. Four Affiliated Colleges. 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