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The Huron Expositor, 1941-10-03, Page 7r 1r 16 • • • • • • • octromm,• 1941 ELMER .•.!. .BELL, i?• d'10 Barrister and Solioitor 8131AFORTIFI - TEL. 1,78 Attendauoo in Brussels,. Wednesday and Saturday ni-m. . MCCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Soliai:?Iol a Etu. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Gleam Sage SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 ! SS98 B. L MCLEEAN Barrister, Solicitor, Eto. SEAFORTH - - ONTARIO Branch Office - Hensall Hensall Seaforth Phone 113 Phone 173 MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A. McMASTER, M.B. Graduate of University of Toronto PAUL L. BRADY, M.D. Graduate of.• University of Toronto The Clinic is fully equipped with complete"'and modern X-ray and other up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutics equipment. Dr. F. J. R. Forster, Specialist in diseases of the ear, eye, nose and throat, will be at the Clinic the first Tuesday in every month from. 3 to 5 p.m. Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held en the second and last Thursc1y in ,every month from 1 to 2 p.m. 8687 - JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phone 5-W - • Seaferth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, D.A.. M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr. W. C. Sproat Phone 90-W Seaforth DR. F. J. R. FORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- mel and Aural Institute, Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH, THIRD WED- NESDAY in each month, from 2 p n. to 4.30 p.m.; ` also at Seaforth Clinic first Tuesday of each month. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. - 12-®7 ''AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Faim and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone 12• on Harold Jackson,66$, Seaforth; -)11..R. 1, Brucefleid. 3768- • ' HAROLD DALE Licensed Auctioneer Specialist in farm and household sales. Prices reasonable. For dates and information, write . Harold Dale, ' Seaforth, or apply at The Expositor Office. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT ' Licensed Auctioneer For Huron • Correspondence' promptly answered. Immediate arrangements can be made for Sales Date at The Huronxposi- tor, Seaforth, or by calling Phone 203, Clinton. • Charges moderate and satis- faction guaranteed: 8'829-62 LONDON and WINGHAM NORTH A.M. , / Exeter 10.39 Hensall 10.46 Kippen Brucefielda Clinton - SOLTH eze • 14.44, • Clinton Brucefleld Kip'pen Hensall ..........r Exeter 10.52 11.00 11:47 P.M. 3.03 3.28 8.38 3.45 '3.58 C.N.R. TIME TABLE EAST A.M. P.M. 'Ctoderich 6.15 2.30 Hoi'miesville .... 6.31 2.48 Clinton 6.43 8.00 Seaforth , . _ ........ 6.59 3.22 St. 'Cotum'ban 7.05 . 8.28 Dublin 7.12 8.29 Mitchell 7.24 8.41 WEST Mitchell Dublin • 11.06 '9.28 11.14 9.36 Seaforith 11.30 9.47 Clinton ' 11.45, 10.00 Goderielea - 12.05 10.25 C.P.R. TIME TABLE EAST• Godealeb. Meneet , ...,..•....•.... 4 ...,,. McGaw Auburn ........., Bl Walton McNaught Toronto WEST P.M. 4.20 4.24 4.82 12.81 12.23 12.12 12.08' 8.80 Toronitq...,, ............. 9400 ' ... . MeNalight 5.15 Walton .......... , 5.05 Myth • 4.62 Auburn .. •..•............ I. .,, ... 4442, Meilaw oii ts y r.....,4 . Mi. .•.. a ISM ' VP6`S�Yri 8• • 6 W%W•Abib r b Yr 9a 1/1156 ‘'( .a� DOROTHY CRIDDLE TROWBRI DG :„ CHAPTER II' SYNOPSIS Peggy Horton, working off her temper knocking balls about the golf course, 'shatters the wind- shield of a parked automobile. Harry Wilson, the owner, insists that she tell him what is wrong. She explains that she has written her scihool roommate that 'she is. engaged. Now the roommate is coming to visit her. Really Peggy is kept in such strict seclusion by her grandmother that she never meets any boys -and isn't en- gaged. Her sister, Maxine True - heart is a successful screen star. The young man insists that Peggy borrow the ring his fiancee has just returned and pretend it is her engagement., ring. Peggy turned to walk up the road to the main entrance of Rosewood, but she had gone only :a' few feet when she heard the honk honk of an automobile horn ,behind 'her. Step- ping quickly to the side of the road she turned her head to see if it were Harry returning. 'A roadster which she did not recognize was slowing down an..dstopped beside her. She thought at first that the oar was oc- cupied s'oleley by flashing teeth and a small moustache, so conscious was she of the engaging smile "that met • her upward glance. Then shy realized that that was only part of ' a very sunburned face in which bright brawn eyes were regarding her admiringly. And it all belonged to a man around twenty'five or six, she quickly judged. She -had a sudden vision of the fun 'it would be to go riding along an open road' with a man like that. "I beg your pardon," he interrupt- ed her ridiculous thoughts. ' "But could you tell me where I could find the Horton place " "The Horton place " Peggy repeat- ed in astonishment. Who on earth was he? "Yes, Horton. Didn't you ever hear of them? Old family, large. place,. and I am sure it is around here some 'place I thought maybe you could tell me just where." "I can.", Peggy was somewhat pet- aled at this brief summary of her family and' home by a stranger. "This is the Horton 'place in , here." "Is it really?" he asked raising his - eyebrows in surprise. "Now •isn't that Codd thaat I should have driven right to it?" He looked towards the house i 'and gave a low w-�histle of delight. "It surely is a beauty isn't it? That's what I call real Colonial. I'd like to just would be a° swell place for a party. ''Phe long wide hall running through 'the centre with its hardwood floor waxed to a glass, -like surface would be a perfect place to dance. Candle light gleaming on the old mahogany furniture in the double parlors should create romance for any girl. She stopped a. moment as she looked at the house. She had been born• here and had 'never really no- ticed it much before. it hurl always been 'just "home," but looking at it now it struck her that it had taken generations to make Rosewood what it was. The silver which she used had been brought from England by her `great-grandfather. Her ancestors 'whose pictures hung in the large hi'ghiceil'inged room's had, after all. been real people who had dreamed, planned and achieved, that Rosewood should be what it is now.. Furniture and books had not been all bought at once .by one person. They had been acquired by different people of differ ent generations, and the place 'breath- ed now through that variety of tastes, harmonious in its completeness. There were ledgers in an old desk in the "office" --a one-story room that form- ed an' ell to one side of the hou'se- th'at told how these men had planted and built. The rose garden,' which occupied• the: space that was formed by the angle between the house and the of- fice, had always been the pride of the women of the Horton family. The beds were filled with plants that ranged 'from the simple old-fashioned roses to a few .rare and costly ones. Each mistress of Rosewood had ad- ded her. awn individuality by making some minor changes which had en- riched the friendliness, without de- tracting from the formal outlines of the garden. The first' Mrs. Elliott Horton had planted the low box -hedge around three sides, thus insuring greater privacy for herself and fam- ily. Then Gran's .mother-in-law had built a latticed summer house again- st the center of the hedge at the far end, with a path leading from it to the open end of the garden, near the house. It was Gran who had an open- ing cut in each side ofthe hedge, a path crossing from one opening to the other. In this way the garden was used more frequently than it would otherwise 'have .been. As children, Peggy and Maxine had run through the garden instead of through the house, and they had play- ed hide-and-seek behind the hedge, so tall and thick Was it now. Through the lattice of the summer house the entrance of Rosewood could lig-seen, and' Peggy had often looked up from A roadster -which she did not recognize was slowing down and stopped beside her. - pick it up, as it is, and take it away with me. Thank you so much." he ad- ded as he settled himself behind the wheel and drove on. Peggy watched him curiously, 'thinking of his surprise when she should follow him into Rosewood. But instead of turnipg in at the gates he drove on past them. Suddenly the car came to an abrupt halt and began to back. But he passed the gates, and only stopped when he had again reach - e dher side. "Could I give you a lift?" he ask- ed. "I'm going as far as the town - what's its name?" "iMarsh'viille is the name of the town," Peggy replied with dignity "and' I don't care for a ride." "I'm sorry," he 'said, "I hope You don't think I Was being rude or fresh? You don't look like a hitch -hiker, you know, but I. just thought -well, good - by." He drove on again.. Peggy looked at chis rear license plate. ft was a• California license. Some tourist, she 'decided, who had beard of Rosewood. She entered the grounds of 'her home through large iron gates and walked up the long driveway bord- ered on both sides by old elm trees. In spite of Peggy's desire to be modern she loved this place which had been !built by her great grandfather, with its oldfashioned gardens now tended 'by the children and grandchildren of the Negroes who belonged to tom, or- Ae s; �i'gtnal owner of Rosewood. he p a- ivroaclhed• the house, she looked at it :'WUtli a smaile. ftar'ry was rlg1 t. It' her school books when she studied there to imagine a knight on a white horse coming through the gates, and up ,the sloping road that led to the house. That had- been years ago, of course. Peggy smiled now at her youthful dreams. She could not help loving this place that was home. As Peggy ran up' the steps she saw the open doornvay a small but very spry old lady coming towards her down the hall. Her brown eyes were keen and she wore no glasses. She said she had her second sight. The face was lined, but were lines of laughter, of understanding, and of character that 'had developed in eighty year's. Her skin was pale but of a delicate texture, like a lovely piece of old china. She wore, as al- ways, a black silk dress made with a basque 'and• a full gathered skirt. Over this she wore a dainty White embroidered apron. Her soft white hair was parted in the middle and drawn over her ears to a small knot at the back of her neck, and she wore a fragile lace cap on her head. 'Dinner its ready, Margaret," she said as Peggy entered. "What have you been doing? You are ' as mussed an you used to be at ten years old." "I'm sorry, darling. . I shan't be a minute.�i was just working of a lot of energy" Peggy,leaned over to kiss the wrinkled '.cheek. 7 • ,She'rlished lip the wide 81)4 '0,1 stair- i.lpufllii '''Off her sweate as `she entered her own, room. Clethe9 'were never dropped on the floor nor on a handy chair or bed 'by any member of the Horton .family., They were put in their proper places when." -they were taken off. It had become second nat- ure to Peggy. Hastily she opened a lower drawer and stuffed in the dis- carded sweater, pushing the drawer shut with her knee while she unfast- ened the skirt The drawer stuck' and she gaye it a vigorous push. In a few minutes .she descended to the aining room in a cool, crisp frock of yellow linen, the braids, freshly 'plaited, once more neatly coiled and in place. The 'thick walls of the old house insured cooliness in every room even on the hottest day, ` just as Aunt Jenny's delicious cooking insured a hearty appetite from everyone who ate at the ald mahogany table. "What time will you want William this afternoon, my dear?" Mrs. Horton asked. "Oh, Gran, :I don't need William. I'll take the pony cart to meet Nancy." Mrs. Horton had never ridden In an automobile. nor would she consent to own• one, although that was one of the things for which Peggy had been teasing her for several years. • . "There are one of two things I want to get while I am in town," Peg- gy continued, "so I'll' leave a little early. Lou had better bring the pony cart around right after dinner, Wil- liam," she addressed the somewhat aged Negro who was serving them. William .had been just a little boy playing about• the place when Mrs. Horton had come•there as a bride. He 'had become a stable boy when he was a Iittle older. That was ' when there had been many more servants than there were at the present time. Since then 'he had acquired other duties - houseman and coachman among them. His loyalty to his "white folks" was never questioned. To him there were no such "quality" living as the Hor- tons, -- His ohe sorrow was that he could not be in two places at one .time - here to look after "Mos' Ma'y-Mis. Horton -and "Mis' Margret." and at the same tithe be in that far away land of California to• see about Miss Maxine. He frequently s'h'ok his woolly old head over the fact that the "purtiest" of the girls was alone in some, to him, foreign country. After dinner Peggy ran up to her room for her 'hat and the ring that was still in the pocket of her sweater. Opening the drawer she drew the handkerchief from the pocket and with nervous fingers untied the corner in which she had hidden, the ring. A gasp of dismay escaped her. The ob- ject that had stuck when she .was hurrying to close the drawer had been Harry's ring, and now the fragile plat- inum circle was bent. Quite bent. For a moment her knees gave way, and she sank to the floor to sit 'star- ing at the distorted emblem of love lying in her hand. It looked just like a'broken engagement, shethought she heard steps in the, hall, she jumped to her feet and quickly closing the draw- er dropped the ring into her purse. "How, pale you are, child," Mrs. Horton e,lclaimed as she entered and caught' a glimpse of Peggy's face in the mirror. "I'm afraid that you ov- erdid this morning out in that hot sun. Shall I get you a little black- berry cordial?" Mrs. Horton would have been hor- rified at the thought of her grand- daughter tasting a cocktail, but a little homemade blackberry cordial or egg- nog on ,Christmas mornings was dif- ferent. Peggy shook her head. "No, thank. you, darling. I am really all right. Perhaps just a little excited at the thought of seeing Nancy again." Her mind was working rapidly. "I am going to run along now. Good -by ' for a little while. Be Good!" she adnion- ished. Kissing her grandmother good -by she hurried down the step's and out o fthe house. (TO BE CONTINUED) • • Rest Rest thee, beloved one!' ' Well hast thou sped! Sand thy glassis run, Traulble and toil are done, Sorrow to vex thee none, Peace to the dead. �whyte-:Melville. I Would Be Brave I would- be those I would be those I ' would be much I would be much true, for there ° are who trust me; • pure for there are who .care; strong, for there is to, suffer; 'brave, for there is to dare: Howard A. Walter -' Drudgery tIn this world, ' in Spite of its many sensitive must undergo some drud- gery to live. It is not . Obsible to de- vote your time to study and medita- tion without what are quaintly hilt happily denominated private means; theca�eiajt• a alit ri10,i1 'must' contrite td earn his bread 'b' ' some service to the prililie su'eh as tiite 'ptitbli!c coos tdpay hini for. ( By Dirk Kuyper in Magazine Digest) The Dutch have, for three centuries, considered the Netherlands East Ind- ies a bedriff (business concern), pp-- erated for whatever Holland can get out of them. Today, Japan's proclam, atone of a • "New Order" extending. to Oceania ,have stirred up once again the rivalries and ambitions of many powers in one of the wealthiest areas in the world -and Holland's Eastern empire is the , richest com- ponent of the entire island region. How big are these Dutch Indies All of Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Mel- uccas, most of, Borneo, Timor New Guinea, and the scatttred islands around. Seventy million Indonesians ruled by a handful of Dutch administ- rators. Java is the most densely pop- ulated island, averaging over 800 poverty stricken persons per square Mile.; outside exploiters, not the natives control the riches of the In- dies. When the British Empire builder, Raffles, took 'over the Indies during Napoleon's rule over Holland, he re- marked that "desolation and ruin tracked the steps of the Dutch pow- er." In those days the Dutch East Indies Company had 'reduced the natives to slavery; famines were frequent. The period during which the Dutch finally subjugated rebellious North' Sumatra, and established their rule in the 1870's is on9 of. the most. troubled in the history of the islands. In recent decades, almost one-fourth of the Netherland's national income has been derived fro mthe Indies. ' The Indies Government itself is in business; it operates almost all the tin mines„ bauxite mines, railways and forests. Private capital invest- ments in planting companies and est- ates, according to the 1929 government statistics, amounted to 1.2 billion doll- ars (of this amount 75 per cent. was Dutch, 14 per cent. British, 5 per cent French-Belgian,.3 per cent. Am- erican, 1 per cent. Japanese). About four' hundred million dollars were in- vested in rubber, Americans controll- ing 8 per cent. of this total (though our investments in rubber, have shot up considerably since that time), with the Dutch holding 44 per cent., the British 29 per cent., and the French ten per cent. Investments in tea plantations am- ounted to more than one -hundred million dollars in 1929; in coffee 70 million; tobacco 64 million; oil palms 47 million; cinchona 13 million; co- conuts 2 million- and in sugar plan- tations 424 million. The Netherlands Indies have valuable deposits of iron, tin, copper, bauxite, sulphur, mangan- ese, gold and silver. And between 7 and 8 million tons of petroleum pro- ducts are exported 'annually. That's big business in 'any man's language. Apologists for Dutch colonial rule boast of the benevolence of its so- called "Etheral policy towards the Indonesians. Actually, the regime is completely authoritarian. All laws and decrees emanate• from one man -the Governor-General. Normally he receiv- ed instructions from the, Hague; but with the present emergency powers granted him to cope with war con- ditions, he is virtually a dictator. Under... an ingenious system of direct rule,- the •natives are governed through their own institutions. Govern- ment territories which -form the great- er part of the Indies, are governed Re- gents drawn from, the old -established aristocracy according to rules of officials are paid handsome salaries to keep them loyal, and are given the duty of collecting taxes so that the common Indonesian will not feel the pressure of Dutch demands directly. Since 1918 there has been a, Volks- bleed (People's Council) of 60 mem- bers,' half of whom are natives. Of this number, 38 are elected from local governing bodies, and 22 are appoint- ed by the Governor-General. Of the 30 Indonesians in the council, about 8 are nationalists; this proportion is hardly an accurate representation of native opinion. Professor G. H. Bous- quet (University of Algiers) in,his book recently issued by the Institute of Pacific Relations, says: "It (the Volksblaad) is a body definitely di- vided against itself, and I 'do not be- lieve that, its voice carries much weight . . Local' people's councils are similar- ly ineffective. Formally, these councils• are chosen directly by the population and elections are free, complete with secret ballot. In practice, however, el- ections are conducted by the native headmen in concert with the Regents appointed by the government. In addition to limiting educational opportunities, all communications are subject to closest scrutiny, there is strict press censorship, and no outdoor public meetings are allowed without special police permit. Prof- fessor Bousquet cites an instance where a nationalist meeting , was held in a roofed house -- but the police declared this to be illegal bei cause the roof had holes and was therefore open to the sky! Indonesian nationalist societies are constantly being raided, and. leaders of the movement subjected to "house- to-house" 'searches. Indonesian in- tellectuals who talk too Much about democracy are sent to concentration camps in New, Guinea and Banda, where the sea, malarial swamps, and headhunting jungle savages take the place of bbarbwire fences. A case off, Dtitoh East Indies censor- s;;ip• in recent ,years is that o1C Eugene 15 ute''s tekkerP, 'li2iira l n, fhb si b•' libber a 'TI'tatot'yr"'of thea''G''Yitl in whieb he criticized tie COlo91 policies of France au rttalp• in t Mho` entu'r9'. Prosecuted under the "who publicly manifests hostility, dis like or contempt of out of theIndies,'t Dekker established the truth of hi,s statements by citing numerous- 6404 scholars, He was nevertheless con- victed' to -four years imprisonment, not for'having falsified historical fact, but 'for "manifesting hate and con- tempt!"' In his appeal he quoted num- erous examples of insulting abut' against Indonesian in the Dutch - European press. His punishment was reduced to a fine of 300 guilders. Recently . this man, who for years had worked tirelessly in the interests of Indonesians, was arrested and in- terned as, "pro -Japanese.' The govern- ment convicted him for .being paid by the Japanese 'Chamber of Commerce to draw up reports on economic con- ditions in the Indies which "'although they were not directly inaccurate, nevertheless were so constructed as to lead one to draw unfavorable con- clusions regarding the interTEI con- ditions of the Indies" (vide a Dutch newspaper). The largest Indonesian nationalist groups today are the Sarekat Islam, a pan -Islam religious group, and the Partai Indonesia Rajah, a group which demands dominion status for the In- dies under Indonesian leadership, a Indonesian citizenship. Funds invested by Diitah,British, French -Belgian, American and Japan- ese capitalists in these Indies are con- ciderable; the oil companies in the Indies are in the hands of Ariglo- Dutch and American capital through Royal, Dutch Shell, Standard .Oil" of New Jersey, and Socony Vacut m. The government has carefully limited cap- ital investments to the largest firms only; even U.S. investments were not welcome until in the 1920's our gov- ernment brought sufficient pressure to bear on the Indies authorities. The vast amount of raw materials exported from the Indies go directly to British and American markets, and td "a lesser extent to Japan. The In- dies Government seeks to prevent Japanese inroads by'an intricate sys- tem of import and export con/.rols. It tries to limit the islands industrializ- ation so that the import market for manufacturers will remain assured to European industry. The Japs have been able to secure certain foot holds throughout the islands.; in Java they cultiv- ate sugar, rubber, tea, coffee; in Sumatra rubber, palm oil, cocoa, co- conuts; in Borneo rubber and coffee; in New Guinea, cotton- They control an oil concession in Borneo, where the Dutch government was forced to grant them nail exploration" con- tracts. In Celebes they have the larg- est fisheries in the islands. During the depression Japan nearly captured the 'ladies u arl px: yarn and, textile goods, at pense of British and: Dutch' �r acturers. Before the present + vG Dutch authorities- had lleen: forecd, take action and reduce 'this Japaneg stranglehold; but -since the outbrel of war and due to tae increase ;#ii, shipping rates, they have had to turn:? again to Japan for a larger share-OP, their manufactured imports.. But snob limited economic relations cannot stisfy Japanese ambitions. The . Japanese economic mission sent to the Indies iri September 1940; achieved an oil agreement whereby 1.8 million tons of oil were to be sold) to Japan annually. But attempts 4.0 gain further concessions' failed. The future restiny of Holland"s eastern empire depends upon the out- come not only of a struggle 'between the Indies and Japan, but of the wider conflict for supremacy in the Pacific area. Take Thought How is the work of the world to be done, if we take thought? We aro nowhere told not to take thought. We must take thought. What, then, are we o take thought about? Why, a'bo& our work. What are we not to take thought about? Why, about our life The one'"is our business; the other is God's. G. MacDonald'. i1 ds# a d 4,4 7 a. 1146404 /44p. In Toronto --""\ Make your home Hotel Waverley Located on wide Spadina Ave. ' at College St. Convenient to Highways from all Ports of Entry Easy Parting Facilities Close to Everything of Importance Rates Single, $1.50 to $3.00 Double, $2.50 to $6.00 A. M. POWELL, PRESIDENT CFhe'NAPSI4OT GUILD Greater appeal was obtained in this picture by using a hayrake wheel as a frame for the subject. `Watch for similar properties to transform your snapshots into good pictorial studies. PFIND a natural,frame for your plc- ture subjects, and, as a rule, you'll get more appealing And in- teresting snapshots. This is especial- ly true when shooting a landscape, but can be 'very 'effectively 'used when snapping pictures of people. A "frame" may be a doorway., an arch, or a branch of ,a tree framing one side and top of a scenic view. This adds depth or third dimension to a picture, aids in "holding it to- gether," and often permit's blocking out undesirable objects. It can also he ii'sed to concentrate attention on a subject which, without a frame, might appear "lost" or too small. Consider the picture above. By em- ploying .the wheel of a hayrake as a "frame," what might have been just another record snapshot of this young lady has been transformed into a novel, effective picture. The wheel is naturally large and.accen- tuated because it is nearer to the camera than the subject. Wherever your eye strikes the photograph, it is immediately carried to her face,' either by the spokes of the wheel or by the steel tire. in addition to lending a dramatic touch„ the 'Wheel' also nravides editim ,for holding the picture 'WO $het Note that both the wheel and 'the girl are in sharp focus. 'This was accomplished by using a small lens opening to get as much depth of field as possible. A medium yellow filter, commonly called a "K-2," was slipped over the lens, 'to render the sky in a medium tone of gray, thereby separating the light tones of the °'clothing from the back- ground. Before you release the shutter for your next pictures, see if it isn't possible to border the subject with some type of frame. By walking around a tree near your subject, you can almost always find ,a branch.. that fol -ms an arch over the center of interest. Or you may find an 'arch . of a bridge, ornamental iron grille -work, or many other things that can be used for this Du/Tose. ' Priming your subjedts is a, kiinolt easily' acquired, and by so doing, e You can often change everyday';" tenial into a pictare that 'COI many of the appealing elonitn inn artistley,. piotortal, lrhieg •It mid see if It rdotAtt mor . nt0'r$sttte*10i0.-e" 242 . 3'oiitl *an ei