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larger.
irlees,
Ala and almost entirely hal
i his eyes were grey -an? keen, un-
beetling, eyebrows. 'lie skin was
th . youthful point of view'. Why do her .hair and face wer,Q eoxicerned,! Ybnn er ever tfa s g' iArea clip ed ver close to• li 'I
I. say youthful? +its the , universal at-
tiitude of people,. of ev ' age. How
futile it is and .absurd:: ' No, human
;beim;' is free tto Uve ,own ,life; All
of- �us. are.slaves-tinere = Units' or :a
great army in'_which. even. the. Con?-
mantling,-..Office:4i must elicit • heel's;
bey orders and carry out the Irre-
vocable instructions' of a dominating
power. _Science and philosophy, faun
bl%ng towards truth- as they are,` can.
not . explain or alter our. earthly slay -
'"dean dined• with. us tonight. et wee
a rather silent meal, None, of us
could talk before the servants: We
were all afraid, I think,. that they -
might give us away to th`e lyiesk: Jean
has had a mass of letters from 'her
numerous friends, and 'iii •-every. one
of them, it appears, she has been
begged to scratch her engagement and
play the game by her set. Helen's'
mail has been enormous, too; The
refrain of all, these is just the same.
With one -accord her correspondents.
use the word `Don't' -es: though -she
could help herself. Secretaries of
Societies, ' members . 6f the' Ke -Klux -
Klan, rival social 'leaders, bishops
and strangers:from all over America,
,all have rushed" to vent their preju-
dice and urge a reconsideration of
'so deplorable a marriage.' It has be-
come an event of national importa'neee
"Helen's attitude, like mine, is one
of impotence; and when she handed
me' these letters ale I could do Was
to, shrug My: shoulders' and say, 'It's
up to Jean.' -Once more we mutually
agreed that we must consider her,hap-.
piness and let everything else .•- go
hang. In spite • of this outside out-
burst, this frightful publicity, this am-
azing revival of race prejudice in
which • we :secretly share, we hope
more strongly than ever .that Mr.
Jacob J. Lorbenstein will recover ,his
Health-- and. let the, marriage go
through. No one knows better than
we do that life without love is empty,
a sort of protracted illness, a mere
marking time for the moment of re-
lease: '
"The effect of all these letters up -
was also in 'Pylala!,ge• They" were Pale,
-line and. short,:.•so,that she` suggest-
ed a. rather dainty boy; scent, or • a
. iilember of ,one of the 14federnist' par -
tea 'at the Lido,: who,inteniled spon_
.er 'or `later to take a flip •.la, the :too
warm waters of the Adriatic before
gla'ing
,bridge under the shadow of•
a red and whiteeetri,Ped tit.
They made • a, charming, picture, and
it' was' 'difficult -to :•hell'. which 'was
mother and' which was • daughter at
g
a first admiring , glance. There were
eeYea unopened' it
r I u pe d daily Papers on the
table. • 'They 'stood in a• neat pile ex-
actly as •they'haai been' placed there
�' Helen's maid.. Farquhar had' un
deigone the earlymorning horror of
�' r
headlines, and so was glad that Hel-
en and Jean had given them a miss
in baulk. • He kissed 'Jean in the
same old• uncle-ish manner, said -good -
morning to .his wife and drew up a
chair to the table. He liked to feel
that he was included in this domes-
tic scene. It warmed him. It gave
him the, pleasant sensation- of, being,
so to speak, hitched on.' He. was
more than ever fed up • with the feel-
ing that • he had been.,shunted to a
siding, •
Helen said: "Good. morning, Ers-
kine. You look very... healthy today."
"He always does," said Jean. 'The
bestalooking man in New Fork,"
Both of them welcomed his pres-
ence- with equally cheery smiles': "".
• ,Farquhar, beaming under these' flat-
tering remarks, came to the point at
once. It.bad never been his habit tb
beat -about •the bush. He had no ,,so-
cial manners and would have been
an utter failure in • the Diplomatic
Service. He reported the receipt of
Max's letter. . -
"What do you think?", he said. "Will
you come or shall I go alone.?"
In an instant, Jean Was on her
feet. . .
"Let• me read his letter," she said.
"And then I can advise you as to
whether you ought to . go. How well
he writes -like -a scholar. If he hadn't
been' a musician he . would have been
able to make a great name for him -
on Jean is merely to make her say: self as an etcher Or something, you
',flow silly these people are. Oh, know-„ ,
Mumeie, they don't understand.' "Without a doubt." said Helen
"When I said goodnight to Helen quite sincerely. 411e has all the tat-
-'at:„eleven o'clock -we were alone in eats." 'She thought to herself: "Eur -
the morning -room then, -she present- - ing all ' y` life in New York have I
ed. her .cheek' -to me. And when 'I"kiss- ever received such a quaint invitation
ed it�,and said.'Thank you,' she laugh- as this? The Lorbenstein house! A
ed and pet her hand, on m' shoulder. royal command ... It's rather exeit-
'You blushed, you funny old. thing,' ing," she said ' aloud, and waited for
she said, `and Why any chance,,you her daughter's advice:
memorize that remark, . scratch out . "Wait a minute," „said Jean, with a
the "old." It's not true.' Whereupon finger on her forehead, "I haven't
she stood on the tips of her toes; and quite thought tele over. It seems most
added: 'I can •only reward' you for frightfully. funny 'to me that I'm left
your most unexpected kindness, and i Out of this. - However, I think you
your humanity to Jean, like ,this:
"She 'kissed me' on the lips:
"Compensation .? Oh God."
• PART' Vile _-
ought to go. After • all, it might not
be wise to be-- inspected unfit I've
had my haix, cut." . She laughed: and
ran her fingers•,over the back of her
neck. - `These boha are._ the bane of
one's life."
1
'Being unable` to leave his house,, in "Yes, I can be ready by half -past
order to get some part of his. daily twelve," said Helen. ' "What sort of.
quota of exercise by walking 'round frock do you think? T'm' afraid I
and round the reservoir,: or , playing haven't got one' of the • pre -knee per -
squash at the Club,,'- Farquhar had iod. But perhaps that's just as well..
spent an hour on 'the roof driving golf Mr. Lorbenstein has probably' arrived
balls into a net. Gathered,. crow -like, at the age when he thrills at the
upon the steps in- the street ..below sight of a knee:"
he -.had' seen, 'with anger, several of I She felt in a m.ischevious mood.
the reporters who were waiting tot She had had her orgy of sleep. She
pounce •and. pester if he ventured to' had completed without interruption,
go out, - 'I every one of her matutinal exercises
Having changed,.and put on a,fndre' for the preservation of youthful lines.
appropriate suit, he went into the, If Jean hadn't been in the. room- she
morning -room and was met by a' foot-
man who handed• him a 'note. It was
from Max. It said: "My father is
very anxious to she You. I think you
could help things tremendously+ by
coming round at half -past twelve, and
I .should be most frightfully grateful
if . you can, manage to do this "without
inconvenience. And ' if, by any
chance, Mrs.` 'Farquhar can join you,,
T ate quite sure it will have quick and
excellent results., My father is very
much better this' morning and has
left his bedroom: We have declared
an ',armistice. '1 mean that we have
mutually agreed , to • put ,off any fur-
ther discussion ,1f the 'contentious
subject until -the doctor passes him.
I' can't tell you how deeply gratefal
I am to you and your wife for all
your kindness. Your true friend,
11IAX."
"Well," said Fargfihar to himdelf,
"why -not? We must work this 'thing
out between us. ' Delay will be hard.
on Jean.''
He went -upstairs, to Helen's bon,
doir and,, after 'a•, brief hesitation,
kxigcl ed- at the dobr. It was not in
his character to take advantage, of
his wife's unexpected kiss• by, enter-
ing her private quarters without the
formal methods -to which they had,
both subscribed:' He wciYtid hlive been
very happy to have been able to re-
gard' them as relics of the past.
It was Jean" who said "Come 'in."
She Was sitting -with Helen at the
•breakfast' table, dressed in her 03e
lamas. 'There were letters all or'er
the floor. Obviattsiy they` had . been
i~Tt itg ib fe Iii a`_9`er�'ed;"mf "impaiieht
gestures. 'Ihey,,offered; a; 'definite'
cinixtnent,:on her att lide•'of Mind,. As,
plain a , a.' piltestail• 'they tore upon
them Jeali's "dui aitsble ejhl illation
�'IJti, 1VtutYieie, these siiIjr people!
What ,the dicltens have lily . ai ii'S, 'fatten. In 1d''rs '
would have indulged in caustic lang-
uage.. A few weeks ago she Would no
more have considered the possibility
of.. calling on . Jacob. J... Lorbenstein
than of standing on -her head ite.the
Middle of Fifth Avenue and waving.
her legs about.
.:... Farquhar ordered the car.
"It's twelve o'clock," he said. "Can
you be ready in twenty minutes? We
shall have to drive in a roundabout
way. •There's a gang of reporters
waiting to pounce and. the,y. mustn't
know where we're going." ,He blazed
for a moment: "We call these, civi-
lized' times! If' I were to ring up the
nearest police station and demand
that these scavengers should be clear-
ed off My steps the; only thing I
should get would be an astonished
'How?,,"
By straining every effort lIelen re-
ported in the hall at twenty minutes
to one. And there was Farquhar,
marching up and down with his hat
and etiek, and the well-known hus-
band. expression. One glance was en-
ough to prove that waiting had been
Worth •while.
"You'll have to -;get used to this,"
'said Helen. "I wonder if you will."
"I haven't the slightest inclination•
to gb into 'regretful elderliness' in or-.
derly bachelorhood•" '
' gef9,re he could put a check on his
"tongue he had quoted the word's - thee'.
she had' said on the "Iioineric" to
Jean.
'He
too llt' e
g 'w a
� x�� ": �� high,
".He moat'hatke act`,, beond' sight. The
'Modern .won-s,p 1,s,. titte unable to Per-
form this 'earl : Vi.'torian feat, It's
�' fr,; t
oily - a question i0,:ehowtier. Women
are just the sarxne,..,. .
-Jean - disturbed' this by-play. She
came bounding into'; the ' hall.
"Make an apPoii'ititent for me,", she
said, "any time tt ; - afternoon, and
ask Max's. father tegjeunt -ep his best
silk. hat. I'm gel** be married at
the end of the week -,,and not' a -sec-
ond, later." •
"I have a hunch 'that you won't,
my dear," said Farquhar to himself.
• ,li,,._
The hungry reporters pounced. Far-
quhar .and --^Helen fnanaged to elude
them without a word or a blow. The'
chauffeur was under orders to make
a wide detour. He started off down
Park Avenue and ; drove as, far as
Forty-fifth Street ..afore' turning into
Fifth Avenue:' Here,';`1ie was stuck at
regular intervals while heavy cross-
town traffic dashed' _across the chasm
of rapid al`terations.:`It' seemed' to• Far-
quhar that even during the short' time
that he had been absent in London
and Paris the demolition opposite the
Plaza had changed ;tate face of • ;the
town. It looked more than ever as
though a bombardment had taken
place. ,An •army of Workmen, • some of
them doubtless releted .to people in.
Fiesole and Florence, was battering
down the.remainder Of the Nether-
lands and Sayoy. A hundred shat
tering noises rose with the dust; '
At the pompous, house in. Fifth Av-
enue they had once •again to dodge.
Here, also, were men. who were hang-
ing about for the climbs of news out
of which to concoct the ghastly thing
that the papers call ,"a stary." To a
question that came, from a face that
was poked within an inch of his own,
as to whether the marriage of his,
daughter' was really , going -through,
Farquhar- replied with amazing re-.
straint': ."I advise you to eat' more
fruit!" -
The door was opened by a footman
whose ,smile de:le-tech amusement.' It
was closed against a' rush,•'
"Say that Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Dal-
beattie Farquhar are here, and are
sorry to be late."
"Very, good, 'sir, kindly walk this
way."
The hall was lairge. and lofty, and
in the mtost excellent'.:taete. It might
have been that of one: of the old pal-
aces on .the Grand Canal. Tapestries
covered the walls and. a Fifteenth
Century table immediately- caught the
eye. Over the high carved mantel-
piece there was a beautiful Raeburn,
a •portrait of Sir Dudley Litchfield in
military uniform. The rugs were beau-
tiful . and priceless,. , ilellow, toned' by
the band of time. In the- ante -room
there' were half 'a dozen family •por-
traits by Laszlo, Harris Brown , and•
Lavery_,_and'_cne of an elderly small
Man ' which would have' -Veen •reCog=
nized by Farquhar as a Sargent if, -it
had been painted with.. a• more vindic-
tive hand. -
Here, with rather mixed feelings,
Helen and Farquhar waited.
"If the ,house is all like this," said
Helen, "I think we're••in for fight" '
Farquhar took her' point: It was
obvious that she intended •• to convey
the fact that they were about to face
a man to whom the inferiority com-
plex was altogether Unknown. Here
was culture as well as- wealth, the
keenest sense of beauty as well as
pride of race.
"Yes',". he said, "things look badly
for Jean. Did you ever suppose in
your most imaginative moment that
you and I might wait with a certain
humbleness to sponsor the cause of
our daughter with th,e eon of a, Jew?"
• Helen •shook"her head. "Humble-
ness," she said. "That word has nev-
er been in my dictionary. before."
"Rather a good thing, Mins, that
it is included in• it now."
"I begin to think you're right:" She
turned to him with a slightly mischie-
vous smile. "Old, old;" she said, ,us-
ing his frequent word.
But it didn't seem amusing to Far-
quhar, although he 'had said so short-
ly before that he felt younger every
day, 'Whether 'the final outcome of
their partnership in trouble led to a
different relationship between his
wife and -himself, and he hoped to
God that it would, the fact remained
that he was in the veteran class, a
mere looker-on at the game of pas-
sion, and he added "damn" to that.
'' The 'footman 'returned,, said "If you
please," - and was followed by the
Farquhers up a noble 'flight of stairs.
On .•the •second landing they noticed
another •Raeburn, several fomneys,
ewe Gainsboroughs of -hie best period,
and a Hoppner which` Farquhar had
tried to buy when it Was .up for sale
at - Christie's. As they Went nearer
to a room on the right they heard
4,, the sound of a plane, stopped the
footman from going lit 'bud drew up
at the door. They did' riot .wish to
disturb the music until!" fair' bad fin-
ished playing one of itis father's fav-
ourite pieces, as they rightly' judged.
It ,to be.
The door taas ajar,;
trod the chair. In
thick' Mr. Lorbendtt)
,Thep; 'touched a 4%fiord• OW her mew-
or?,pond Lord, he had riot. teen
f
asleep. 'eairens, what else shad she
said? She saw the old twinkle in his
••ei"'es-• aird' ran ;het Band tliraUgh :lits
alivttr 'ettgagenvent was ' tar tett'
shat," she id. +'"We ought to . have
;N,
O;s t5'
Might • have. Ween lino. er P nc '
a tit of u h
if be had beeetiinelined :to''stoutness •
As• it was, his figure was strangely
y�outigill for''„a, 'man' of seventy-two.
He, went every, day to his-. office and
worked; from nine- .to six, , htit the
wear .an4- tear, •of .'high, finance had.
stamped no lines, on his face, The
father of a: -large family, he, had. been
a widower for several, years., In 'spate,
of• ht's recent •iliness he appeared to
possess the energy, .springinesa�''4fid"
love of life of a man of sale his ,ages
hie waited until" Max had finished,,'
raised his finger to' prevent him front
playing another • piece, and . rose.
When Farquhar and Helen entered he:
went to meet tbetni with quick, short
steps and a egurteous 'smile:
"It is kind 'of you to come," he
said. "I wish that 'I could have had,
the privilege' of sparing you this trou-
ble. But I have been ill you see, it is
my excuse." ; • -
Ile ,spoko English rather pedantical-
ly, with a slight suggestion of the
German' guttural .accent, His weak-
ness for pretty women was shown by
his iTmediate tribute to;Heien._After-
having, bowed once, he waited, silent
for an appreciable second and ;bowed
again. If his ' daughter Ruth had been Happy, eager and delighted that
in the room she would have, burst out everything was'going smoothly, • Max
Iaughing in her jolly fat way and led the way into .the picture ,gallery
shot a wink at Max. • -or rather the series of galleries,
• As for Max he hurried forward with. which occupied the top floor of the
house.
And here, regardless of time, Far-
quhar, and Helen,^ with Max at their
efo;
ri.
ti
Carukgffatl
vas iti22U]ndIeto2'=
Q.pera to produce"Beet
;tie • deplorablt ,,paces
'and. -F'xe ajdir e . Farz'az
The coal problems bothoai-
a? ,'. 3ngJaud, pictures, and' ' te'e .
•ordu�,. ,rj,ly •high prices whaoh had `hi
paid recently at various auction sale
it was at this 'point that,.l+atpul gin.
talked about a Corot, 'which Ma I o
enstein had bought, tJtroug1j his agent,
in London.: .fere :'was it? He wcuj'
hove t6 see it, • Whereupon,. with the
trilztstP 1 Rirf-'the--`1Feen colleetbTrt in his.
eyes, 'Mr. Lorbenstein sprang to 14
feet "and; said: "You. shall: i shgl
show it to you:" •
With' great geniality he'4ed the *ay
across that beautiful room, in Which
everything was a` gem, tie the 'little
elevator 'on =the landing,. The over-
flow of an' ever-growing collection o1"
paintings, prints,• etchings, .china and
marbles was here- • Mr. Lorbenstein
went, up with"Iieieu, paying .her `coi'ii
plfinents wititt'old-fashioned gallantry.
Farquhar walked with Max, linger
ing on •the wide staircase to admire a'
landscape or' a portrait 'He was in
.his element in that house, and, like
the others,..had forgotten for 'a mom-
ent, the gravity and importance of
the meeting.' '
boyish eagerness and spoke in French.
It was 'his habit in moments of ex-
bitement.. . .
"Is' it a week or a month since I heels, were led from one masterpiede
a�aw you last?" he .said. "I have Miss- to another 'by the beaming old gen- '
ed you both. And as for the' deck ten- tleman who loved them, all.. In Fee -
nisi our walks and' talks, all the fun quhar 'he knew. that he had a brother
in the gymnasium and Jean , ." collector of equal taste, en.thu•siesm
He threw up his hands. "I shall al-. and' discrimination, and,. perhaps, of
ways remember that crossing with a' equal wealth." His joy in .showing' off
great delight". • ' his'possessions to such .a man did him
And at the completion of an exub- more good • than all the •bottles of
erant greeting he put his arm round tonic which his doctor had prescrib-
his father's shoulder- in a warm em- ed. Had Farquhar not beet so keen-{
brace. Mr. Lorbenstein patted his ly interested in the exhibits' he might
l
cheek as though, he were still in the have been amused at:Helen's attitude.
nursery. • His admiration for her tact and charm
The unaffected devotion of - these must have been hugely increased.
two, which was so utterly unlike that, It was bravely -;and splendidly done
in- its outward expression, of a father on her' 'part. ' Nothing bored her so.
and son of Anglo-Saxon blood, seem- much, after the first' few moments, as'
ed to be perfectly natural• and' appro- a solemn march from picture to pfd
priate to ,them and that Italian house. ,'tore, with expert talk 'about colour,,(
With a murmured apology, • for his composition, tone, chiaroscuro and!
parental self-indulgence, the little gen- all the' rest of it. She adored old 'and'
tleman pointed to a chair. ' beautiful things and her flair for be-
"Pray sit down,t' he said.. . ,ing able :to pgt. her. linger unerringiy
The group dissolved. - on' what was priceless. and exquisite.
Farquhar, wishing 'Mat he could amounted- almost to. genius. She had
work off superfious energy by pacing an -instinct• for antiques, an uncanny
about the room, drew up an arm- intuition, -independent of reason or
chair. R , experience, by which she was guided,
Helen sat on a high one, '-with her without hesitation, to' whatever was
lovely shoulders square. Max assist- most rare and" lovely, wherever it
t � I
dries% uta,'
Beit
str+,n, • anC
Jteaui! I an,1
that' Mr L-nrbe tt
t gexn u
froze \upon h'ir face; iuurt%tii'�
coldly from Farquhar he wa
'AO' zgiddt of the�reom, and, gl
with hili bands behind -bin back,
rep an aloof• positioh,• tight-llipped °aln
lowering,
11fax could have batten :his lmpetu, .
ous tongues it+':wasr nxs',}grp t wgci'
that 'fife " introduction of
Lars to his father Might. tau ski
the friend'liigst xu'attn@r anij;' wi'U o
ii
nate
nus
rrir
-•!a t�4�'-p';
'single • reference ee : what Ph -
ed.
had ai lk� t; t
ed. the contentious,.; subject Eie had 7 N
•beSu ., warned by ,the :doctor not h
touch upon anything for, several dayst C'
which might• upset the equilibrium. of
his 'patient. ` • `mt '
"Damn, 'damn,'" he said. tie Himself,
"what have you done, 'you fool, • you'.
idiot?,
He tried to swing ga•ek
conversation to its'glasslike smooth..
nese at the point where' hie thought
less trick had- :shattered
.But the 'old -man had • been ,jarred
by this sudden reference to the girl, ._
whose 'un;expceted, •and to him, tragic
advent, had ,broken down his health.", -
"I know that t am recielhe � to treat
myself as an• invalid," 'he - said, '"but. •!
it difficult fotenfe"to dot se: I have
never- before been',ill" '
Max broke in- quickly and" tender-
ly. L.
"It's time for your soup, dear;" he
said. "Shall we go down?" And he .
took his father's hand, fondled" it aid.
tried to draw him to the door. •
But Mr', -Lorbe - teln:'•V e , -Used to
having -his owtr;wh,'y: 'Hd, held' his
ground with dignity , and ••determina-
tion.
"Certain things are,.. on my mind,"
he said:' "I_n'ay not see -Mr. and Mrs.
Farquhar: again. •-I must state my'- Rosi -
iiRn to'them •before they' ego,' so -that
they shall. know `'exactly Where I..
stand,"
• A.s, though abnut ta, deb :.a short
address to a deputation ora meeting
of directors and 'g'tiire 'hie opinion on
a question of . finance, he, stook • bis'
stand at the end of a table with the
t'ps of peculiarly spate/ate fingers on
ii.Vee edge of it.
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j ,i�ranch Office ee. d•Iensaii ,
Hensall Sea,fort'h
'home 11h ''hone 174:
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IC,
DR. E. c 'A
A M IVI Si`I'ER, M.B.
n.:
iiraduate of 'University of ,Toronto
The; 'Clinic is fully equipped with
eolluplete,..and modern X-ray and other
lIe 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
pm.•••a _e -
Free Well -Baby Clinic will be held
on. the .'• second • and last Thursday . in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m.
JOHN. A. bORW&LL, S.A., Mee.
.. Physician and Surgeon
IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE
Phones: Office 5-W Res. 5-J
Seaforth,
MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., M.P.
• 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-•
meiand Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
pital, London, Eng., At COMMERCIAL
HOTEL,SEAFOR7tH, THIRD WED-
NESDAY in each, month, ' frotli 2 Pin-
to 4.30.p,m.; also at Seaforth Clinic.
first. Tuesday of each Month, •• 53
Waterloo Street South, Stratford.
ApGTIONEERS
HAROLD JACKSON -
Specialist in Farm and Household
Sales.
Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun-
ties.. Prices reasonable; ' satisfaction
guaranteed.
For information, etc., write, or phon -
HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, Sea-
eaforth; R.R. 4, Seaforth.
forth;
Wh S. O;IVg1;L, ,I:DEN ELp . -,
If you want to realize greater re-
turns from your. auction sales of live
stock and farm equipment, ask those
who know and have heard me. . Fif-
teen years' experience.. Sales con-
ducted anywhere... For sale dates;
Phone 2°8-7,. Granton,,.at my expense.
39704g
, PERCY',C. WRIGHT •
.Mr, Percy C; Wright will accept
auction-, ' sales pertaining to - farms,
stock, implements and household ef-
fects. `'ePrices= xeheen ablee-with An ex-
perienced assistant, Satisfaction guar-
anteed. Phone 90 r 22, Hensall. •
LONDON and CLINTON
- • . hthRTH ''
A.M.
London, Le. 9.00
Exeter - 10.17
Hensall • 10.64
Kippen . • 10,43
Brucefield 10.55
•Clinton, ,Ar. . 11.20
'iiliewe. ..., e SOUTH
-,.. a vee- ee ' P.M.
Clinton, Lie ..r . , 3.10
Bruceffeld • • ... '.,3.32
Kippen . 3.44
Hensall .. 3'.53
Exeter . 4.10
London, Ar. 5.25
SUNDAYS ONLY
Toronto ato Goderich
(Via London and Clinton)
P.M.
Toronto, Lr. / ¢.00
'London; 9.40
Clinton • • - • 11.55
Goderich, Ar. - 12.20
' C.N.R. TIME TABLE
EAST
A.M. P.M.
Goderich 6.15 2.3.0
Holmesville ......,...,' 6.31 ' 2.50
Clintou • 6.43 '3:13
Seaforth 6.59 3.21'
St. Columb'ah 7.05 3.27
Dublin ........, 7.12 3.35.
Mitchell 7.25 3.47
WEST
Mitchell .. ...i11.27 10.33
"Dublin 11.37 10.44
St. Columban 11.40
Seat pth - 11.51 10.56
S
linton 12.04 11.10
Goderich 12.35 ,21.35
C.P.R. TIME TABLE
EAST ,
. P:M.
• •Goderich, 4.35
Meneset 4,40
McGaw •.,.. 4.49
Auburn 4,58
Wirth 5,09
Walton ..... ..!. ..... ..,5.21
McNaught . 5'.32
Toronto 9.45
I• WEST
A.M.
oironto.•.. ...;,'.,,.Y.. 821)
I?M
Ate 'aught .............w 12,.04
'Wilton ..', . , ...., .. s • , w ,. 12,15
Bljith - 12':l
.Auburn ....,..1.... .�.., 12:-'
Menet*, . t z r., r , • .. .. • ;Z. • 12p,.dd
71.
(Contin'ued fr m•:last wee - 4 ?,
a k) . gut 'tR do;.with. %� m. _' '. .,,; •
,.. (. � .e • , f. ;` �'�•� t���� #�.� d: . "ze:'x" � .pro �,esably' pm?� ai?a' "�r��te;,,zi e 'tli�:t
� .. )* "� ne ,sum up; 'Perfect -1"y dz•essed .sa syr: a?s it a little" • - u .
Sl'aXy ixt} is wa can . a y 1Ro,✓I ttitae, I f@el .a as ?ttry girl; a szn all mous: t cl4
e
larger.
irlees,
Ala and almost entirely hal
i his eyes were grey -an? keen, un-
beetling, eyebrows. 'lie skin was
th . youthful point of view'. Why do her .hair and face wer,Q eoxicerned,! Ybnn er ever tfa s g' iArea clip ed ver close to• li 'I
I. say youthful? +its the , universal at-
tiitude of people,. of ev ' age. How
futile it is and .absurd:: ' No, human
;beim;' is free tto Uve ,own ,life; All
of- �us. are.slaves-tinere = Units' or :a
great army in'_which. even. the. Con?-
mantling,-..Office:4i must elicit • heel's;
bey orders and carry out the Irre-
vocable instructions' of a dominating
power. _Science and philosophy, faun
bl%ng towards truth- as they are,` can.
not . explain or alter our. earthly slay -
'"dean dined• with. us tonight. et wee
a rather silent meal, None, of us
could talk before the servants: We
were all afraid, I think,. that they -
might give us away to th`e lyiesk: Jean
has had a mass of letters from 'her
numerous friends, and 'iii •-every. one
of them, it appears, she has been
begged to scratch her engagement and
play the game by her set. Helen's'
mail has been enormous, too; The
refrain of all, these is just the same.
With one -accord her correspondents.
use the word `Don't' -es: though -she
could help herself. Secretaries of
Societies, ' members . 6f the' Ke -Klux -
Klan, rival social 'leaders, bishops
and strangers:from all over America,
,all have rushed" to vent their preju-
dice and urge a reconsideration of
'so deplorable a marriage.' It has be-
come an event of national importa'neee
"Helen's attitude, like mine, is one
of impotence; and when she handed
me' these letters ale I could do Was
to, shrug My: shoulders' and say, 'It's
up to Jean.' -Once more we mutually
agreed that we must consider her,hap-.
piness and let everything else .•- go
hang. In spite • of this outside out-
burst, this frightful publicity, this am-
azing revival of race prejudice in
which • we :secretly share, we hope
more strongly than ever .that Mr.
Jacob J. Lorbenstein will recover ,his
Health-- and. let the, marriage go
through. No one knows better than
we do that life without love is empty,
a sort of protracted illness, a mere
marking time for the moment of re-
lease: '
"The effect of all these letters up -
was also in 'Pylala!,ge• They" were Pale,
-line and. short,:.•so,that she` suggest-
ed a. rather dainty boy; scent, or • a
. iilember of ,one of the 14federnist' par -
tea 'at the Lido,: who,inteniled spon_
.er 'or `later to take a flip •.la, the :too
warm waters of the Adriatic before
gla'ing
,bridge under the shadow of•
a red and whiteeetri,Ped tit.
They made • a, charming, picture, and
it' was' 'difficult -to :•hell'. which 'was
mother and' which was • daughter at
g
a first admiring , glance. There were
eeYea unopened' it
r I u pe d daily Papers on the
table. • 'They 'stood in a• neat pile ex-
actly as •they'haai been' placed there
�' Helen's maid.. Farquhar had' un
deigone the earlymorning horror of
�' r
headlines, and so was glad that Hel-
en and Jean had given them a miss
in baulk. • He kissed 'Jean in the
same old• uncle-ish manner, said -good -
morning to .his wife and drew up a
chair to the table. He liked to feel
that he was included in this domes-
tic scene. It warmed him. It gave
him the, pleasant sensation- of, being,
so to speak, hitched on.' He. was
more than ever fed up • with the feel-
ing that • he had been.,shunted to a
siding, •
Helen said: "Good. morning, Ers-
kine. You look very... healthy today."
"He always does," said Jean. 'The
bestalooking man in New Fork,"
Both of them welcomed his pres-
ence- with equally cheery smiles': "".
• ,Farquhar, beaming under these' flat-
tering remarks, came to the point at
once. It.bad never been his habit tb
beat -about •the bush. He had no ,,so-
cial manners and would have been
an utter failure in • the Diplomatic
Service. He reported the receipt of
Max's letter. . -
"What do you think?", he said. "Will
you come or shall I go alone.?"
In an instant, Jean Was on her
feet. . .
"Let• me read his letter," she said.
"And then I can advise you as to
whether you ought to . go. How well
he writes -like -a scholar. If he hadn't
been' a musician he . would have been
able to make a great name for him -
on Jean is merely to make her say: self as an etcher Or something, you
',flow silly these people are. Oh, know-„ ,
Mumeie, they don't understand.' "Without a doubt." said Helen
"When I said goodnight to Helen quite sincerely. 411e has all the tat-
-'at:„eleven o'clock -we were alone in eats." 'She thought to herself: "Eur -
the morning -room then, -she present- - ing all ' y` life in New York have I
ed. her .cheek' -to me. And when 'I"kiss- ever received such a quaint invitation
ed it�,and said.'Thank you,' she laugh- as this? The Lorbenstein house! A
ed and pet her hand, on m' shoulder. royal command ... It's rather exeit-
'You blushed, you funny old. thing,' ing," she said ' aloud, and waited for
she said, `and Why any chance,,you her daughter's advice:
memorize that remark, . scratch out . "Wait a minute," „said Jean, with a
the "old." It's not true.' Whereupon finger on her forehead, "I haven't
she stood on the tips of her toes; and quite thought tele over. It seems most
added: 'I can •only reward' you for frightfully. funny 'to me that I'm left
your most unexpected kindness, and i Out of this. - However, I think you
your humanity to Jean, like ,this:
"She 'kissed me' on the lips:
"Compensation .? Oh God."
• PART' Vile _-
ought to go. After • all, it might not
be wise to be-- inspected unfit I've
had my haix, cut." . She laughed: and
ran her fingers•,over the back of her
neck. - `These boha are._ the bane of
one's life."
1
'Being unable` to leave his house,, in "Yes, I can be ready by half -past
order to get some part of his. daily twelve," said Helen. ' "What sort of.
quota of exercise by walking 'round frock do you think? T'm' afraid I
and round the reservoir,: or , playing haven't got one' of the • pre -knee per -
squash at the Club,,'- Farquhar had iod. But perhaps that's just as well..
spent an hour on 'the roof driving golf Mr. Lorbenstein has probably' arrived
balls into a net. Gathered,. crow -like, at the age when he thrills at the
upon the steps in- the street ..below sight of a knee:"
he -.had' seen, 'with anger, several of I She felt in a m.ischevious mood.
the reporters who were waiting tot She had had her orgy of sleep. She
pounce •and. pester if he ventured to' had completed without interruption,
go out, - 'I every one of her matutinal exercises
Having changed,.and put on a,fndre' for the preservation of youthful lines.
appropriate suit, he went into the, If Jean hadn't been in the. room- she
morning -room and was met by a' foot-
man who handed• him a 'note. It was
from Max. It said: "My father is
very anxious to she You. I think you
could help things tremendously+ by
coming round at half -past twelve, and
I .should be most frightfully grateful
if . you can, manage to do this "without
inconvenience. And ' if, by any
chance, Mrs.` 'Farquhar can join you,,
T ate quite sure it will have quick and
excellent results., My father is very
much better this' morning and has
left his bedroom: We have declared
an ',armistice. '1 mean that we have
mutually agreed , to • put ,off any fur-
ther discussion ,1f the 'contentious
subject until -the doctor passes him.
I' can't tell you how deeply gratefal
I am to you and your wife for all
your kindness. Your true friend,
11IAX."
"Well," said Fargfihar to himdelf,
"why -not? We must work this 'thing
out between us. ' Delay will be hard.
on Jean.''
He went -upstairs, to Helen's bon,
doir and,, after 'a•, brief hesitation,
kxigcl ed- at the dobr. It was not in
his character to take advantage, of
his wife's unexpected kiss• by, enter-
ing her private quarters without the
formal methods -to which they had,
both subscribed:' He wciYtid hlive been
very happy to have been able to re-
gard' them as relics of the past.
It was Jean" who said "Come 'in."
She Was sitting -with Helen at the
•breakfast' table, dressed in her 03e
lamas. 'There were letters all or'er
the floor. Obviattsiy they` had . been
i~Tt itg ib fe Iii a`_9`er�'ed;"mf "impaiieht
gestures. 'Ihey,,offered; a; 'definite'
cinixtnent,:on her att lide•'of Mind,. As,
plain a , a.' piltestail• 'they tore upon
them Jeali's "dui aitsble ejhl illation
�'IJti, 1VtutYieie, these siiIjr people!
What ,the dicltens have lily . ai ii'S, 'fatten. In 1d''rs '
would have indulged in caustic lang-
uage.. A few weeks ago she Would no
more have considered the possibility
of.. calling on . Jacob. J... Lorbenstein
than of standing on -her head ite.the
Middle of Fifth Avenue and waving.
her legs about.
.:... Farquhar ordered the car.
"It's twelve o'clock," he said. "Can
you be ready in twenty minutes? We
shall have to drive in a roundabout
way. •There's a gang of reporters
waiting to pounce and. the,y. mustn't
know where we're going." ,He blazed
for a moment: "We call these, civi-
lized' times! If' I were to ring up the
nearest police station and demand
that these scavengers should be clear-
ed off My steps the; only thing I
should get would be an astonished
'How?,,"
By straining every effort lIelen re-
ported in the hall at twenty minutes
to one. And there was Farquhar,
marching up and down with his hat
and etiek, and the well-known hus-
band. expression. One glance was en-
ough to prove that waiting had been
Worth •while.
"You'll have to -;get used to this,"
'said Helen. "I wonder if you will."
"I haven't the slightest inclination•
to gb into 'regretful elderliness' in or-.
derly bachelorhood•" '
' gef9,re he could put a check on his
"tongue he had quoted the word's - thee'.
she had' said on the "Iioineric" to
Jean.
'He
too llt' e
g 'w a
� x�� ": �� high,
".He moat'hatke act`,, beond' sight. The
'Modern .won-s,p 1,s,. titte unable to Per-
form this 'earl : Vi.'torian feat, It's
�' fr,; t
oily - a question i0,:ehowtier. Women
are just the sarxne,..,. .
-Jean - disturbed' this by-play. She
came bounding into'; the ' hall.
"Make an apPoii'ititent for me,", she
said, "any time tt ; - afternoon, and
ask Max's. father tegjeunt -ep his best
silk. hat. I'm gel** be married at
the end of the week -,,and not' a -sec-
ond, later." •
"I have a hunch 'that you won't,
my dear," said Farquhar to himself.
• ,li,,._
The hungry reporters pounced. Far-
quhar .and --^Helen fnanaged to elude
them without a word or a blow. The'
chauffeur was under orders to make
a wide detour. He started off down
Park Avenue and ; drove as, far as
Forty-fifth Street ..afore' turning into
Fifth Avenue:' Here,';`1ie was stuck at
regular intervals while heavy cross-
town traffic dashed' _across the chasm
of rapid al`terations.:`It' seemed' to• Far-
quhar that even during the short' time
that he had been absent in London
and Paris the demolition opposite the
Plaza had changed ;tate face of • ;the
town. It looked more than ever as
though a bombardment had taken
place. ,An •army of Workmen, • some of
them doubtless releted .to people in.
Fiesole and Florence, was battering
down the.remainder Of the Nether-
lands and Sayoy. A hundred shat
tering noises rose with the dust; '
At the pompous, house in. Fifth Av-
enue they had once •again to dodge.
Here, also, were men. who were hang-
ing about for the climbs of news out
of which to concoct the ghastly thing
that the papers call ,"a stary." To a
question that came, from a face that
was poked within an inch of his own,
as to whether the marriage of his,
daughter' was really , going -through,
Farquhar- replied with amazing re-.
straint': ."I advise you to eat' more
fruit!" -
The door was opened by a footman
whose ,smile de:le-tech amusement.' It
was closed against a' rush,•'
"Say that Mr. and Mrs. Erskine Dal-
beattie Farquhar are here, and are
sorry to be late."
"Very, good, 'sir, kindly walk this
way."
The hall was lairge. and lofty, and
in the mtost excellent'.:taete. It might
have been that of one: of the old pal-
aces on .the Grand Canal. Tapestries
covered the walls and. a Fifteenth
Century table immediately- caught the
eye. Over the high carved mantel-
piece there was a beautiful Raeburn,
a •portrait of Sir Dudley Litchfield in
military uniform. The rugs were beau-
tiful . and priceless,. , ilellow, toned' by
the band of time. In the- ante -room
there' were half 'a dozen family •por-
traits by Laszlo, Harris Brown , and•
Lavery_,_and'_cne of an elderly small
Man ' which would have' -Veen •reCog=
nized by Farquhar as a Sargent if, -it
had been painted with.. a• more vindic-
tive hand. -
Here, with rather mixed feelings,
Helen and Farquhar waited.
"If the ,house is all like this," said
Helen, "I think we're••in for fight" '
Farquhar took her' point: It was
obvious that she intended •• to convey
the fact that they were about to face
a man to whom the inferiority com-
plex was altogether Unknown. Here
was culture as well as- wealth, the
keenest sense of beauty as well as
pride of race.
"Yes',". he said, "things look badly
for Jean. Did you ever suppose in
your most imaginative moment that
you and I might wait with a certain
humbleness to sponsor the cause of
our daughter with th,e eon of a, Jew?"
• Helen •shook"her head. "Humble-
ness," she said. "That word has nev-
er been in my dictionary. before."
"Rather a good thing, Mins, that
it is included in• it now."
"I begin to think you're right:" She
turned to him with a slightly mischie-
vous smile. "Old, old;" she said, ,us-
ing his frequent word.
But it didn't seem amusing to Far-
quhar, although he 'had said so short-
ly before that he felt younger every
day, 'Whether 'the final outcome of
their partnership in trouble led to a
different relationship between his
wife and -himself, and he hoped to
God that it would, the fact remained
that he was in the veteran class, a
mere looker-on at the game of pas-
sion, and he added "damn" to that.
'' The 'footman 'returned,, said "If you
please," - and was followed by the
Farquhers up a noble 'flight of stairs.
On .•the •second landing they noticed
another •Raeburn, several fomneys,
ewe Gainsboroughs of -hie best period,
and a Hoppner which` Farquhar had
tried to buy when it Was .up for sale
at - Christie's. As they Went nearer
to a room on the right they heard
4,, the sound of a plane, stopped the
footman from going lit 'bud drew up
at the door. They did' riot .wish to
disturb the music until!" fair' bad fin-
ished playing one of itis father's fav-
ourite pieces, as they rightly' judged.
It ,to be.
The door taas ajar,;
trod the chair. In
thick' Mr. Lorbendtt)
,Thep; 'touched a 4%fiord• OW her mew-
or?,pond Lord, he had riot. teen
f
asleep. 'eairens, what else shad she
said? She saw the old twinkle in his
••ei"'es-• aird' ran ;het Band tliraUgh :lits
alivttr 'ettgagenvent was ' tar tett'
shat," she id. +'"We ought to . have
;N,
O;s t5'
Might • have. Ween lino. er P nc '
a tit of u h
if be had beeetiinelined :to''stoutness •
As• it was, his figure was strangely
y�outigill for''„a, 'man' of seventy-two.
He, went every, day to his-. office and
worked; from nine- .to six, , htit the
wear .an4- tear, •of .'high, finance had.
stamped no lines, on his face, The
father of a: -large family, he, had. been
a widower for several, years., In 'spate,
of• ht's recent •iliness he appeared to
possess the energy, .springinesa�''4fid"
love of life of a man of sale his ,ages
hie waited until" Max had finished,,'
raised his finger to' prevent him front
playing another • piece, and . rose.
When Farquhar and Helen entered he:
went to meet tbetni with quick, short
steps and a egurteous 'smile:
"It is kind 'of you to come," he
said. "I wish that 'I could have had,
the privilege' of sparing you this trou-
ble. But I have been ill you see, it is
my excuse." ; • -
Ile ,spoko English rather pedantical-
ly, with a slight suggestion of the
German' guttural .accent, His weak-
ness for pretty women was shown by
his iTmediate tribute to;Heien._After-
having, bowed once, he waited, silent
for an appreciable second and ;bowed
again. If his ' daughter Ruth had been Happy, eager and delighted that
in the room she would have, burst out everything was'going smoothly, • Max
Iaughing in her jolly fat way and led the way into .the picture ,gallery
shot a wink at Max. • -or rather the series of galleries,
• As for Max he hurried forward with. which occupied the top floor of the
house.
And here, regardless of time, Far-
quhar, and Helen,^ with Max at their
efo;
ri.
ti
Carukgffatl
vas iti22U]ndIeto2'=
Q.pera to produce"Beet
;tie • deplorablt ,,paces
'and. -F'xe ajdir e . Farz'az
The coal problems bothoai-
a? ,'. 3ngJaud, pictures, and' ' te'e .
•ordu�,. ,rj,ly •high prices whaoh had `hi
paid recently at various auction sale
it was at this 'point that,.l+atpul gin.
talked about a Corot, 'which Ma I o
enstein had bought, tJtroug1j his agent,
in London.: .fere :'was it? He wcuj'
hove t6 see it, • Whereupon,. with the
trilztstP 1 Rirf-'the--`1Feen colleetbTrt in his.
eyes, 'Mr. Lorbenstein sprang to 14
feet "and; said: "You. shall: i shgl
show it to you:" •
With' great geniality he'4ed the *ay
across that beautiful room, in Which
everything was a` gem, tie the 'little
elevator 'on =the landing,. The over-
flow of an' ever-growing collection o1"
paintings, prints,• etchings, .china and
marbles was here- • Mr. Lorbenstein
went, up with"Iieieu, paying .her `coi'ii
plfinents wititt'old-fashioned gallantry.
Farquhar walked with Max, linger
ing on •the wide staircase to admire a'
landscape or' a portrait 'He was in
.his element in that house, and, like
the others,..had forgotten for 'a mom-
ent, the gravity and importance of
the meeting.' '
boyish eagerness and spoke in French.
It was 'his habit in moments of ex-
bitement.. . .
"Is' it a week or a month since I heels, were led from one masterpiede
a�aw you last?" he .said. "I have Miss- to another 'by the beaming old gen- '
ed you both. And as for the' deck ten- tleman who loved them, all.. In Fee -
nisi our walks and' talks, all the fun quhar 'he knew. that he had a brother
in the gymnasium and Jean , ." collector of equal taste, en.thu•siesm
He threw up his hands. "I shall al-. and' discrimination, and,. perhaps, of
ways remember that crossing with a' equal wealth." His joy in .showing' off
great delight". • ' his'possessions to such .a man did him
And at the completion of an exub- more good • than all the •bottles of
erant greeting he put his arm round tonic which his doctor had prescrib-
his father's shoulder- in a warm em- ed. Had Farquhar not beet so keen-{
brace. Mr. Lorbenstein patted his ly interested in the exhibits' he might
l
cheek as though, he were still in the have been amused at:Helen's attitude.
nursery. • His admiration for her tact and charm
The unaffected devotion of - these must have been hugely increased.
two, which was so utterly unlike that, It was bravely -;and splendidly done
in- its outward expression, of a father on her' 'part. ' Nothing bored her so.
and son of Anglo-Saxon blood, seem- much, after the first' few moments, as'
ed to be perfectly natural• and' appro- a solemn march from picture to pfd
priate to ,them and that Italian house. ,'tore, with expert talk 'about colour,,(
With a murmured apology, • for his composition, tone, chiaroscuro and!
parental self-indulgence, the little gen- all the' rest of it. She adored old 'and'
tleman pointed to a chair. ' beautiful things and her flair for be-
"Pray sit down,t' he said.. . ,ing able :to pgt. her. linger unerringiy
The group dissolved. - on' what was priceless. and exquisite.
Farquhar, wishing 'Mat he could amounted- almost to. genius. She had
work off superfious energy by pacing an -instinct• for antiques, an uncanny
about the room, drew up an arm- intuition, -independent of reason or
chair. R , experience, by which she was guided,
Helen sat on a high one, '-with her without hesitation, to' whatever was
lovely shoulders square. Max assist- most rare and" lovely, wherever it
t � I
dries% uta,'
Beit
str+,n, • anC
Jteaui! I an,1
that' Mr L-nrbe tt
t gexn u
froze \upon h'ir face; iuurt%tii'�
coldly from Farquhar he wa
'AO' zgiddt of the�reom, and, gl
with hili bands behind -bin back,
rep an aloof• positioh,• tight-llipped °aln
lowering,
11fax could have batten :his lmpetu, .
ous tongues it+':wasr nxs',}grp t wgci'
that 'fife " introduction of
Lars to his father Might. tau ski
the friend'liigst xu'attn@r anij;' wi'U o
ii
nate
nus
rrir
-•!a t�4�'-p';
'single • reference ee : what Ph -
ed.
had ai lk� t; t
ed. the contentious,.; subject Eie had 7 N
•beSu ., warned by ,the :doctor not h
touch upon anything for, several dayst C'
which might• upset the equilibrium. of
his 'patient. ` • `mt '
"Damn, 'damn,'" he said. tie Himself,
"what have you done, 'you fool, • you'.
idiot?,
He tried to swing ga•ek
conversation to its'glasslike smooth..
nese at the point where' hie thought
less trick had- :shattered
.But the 'old -man had • been ,jarred
by this sudden reference to the girl, ._
whose 'un;expceted, •and to him, tragic
advent, had ,broken down his health.", -
"I know that t am recielhe � to treat
myself as an• invalid," 'he - said, '"but. •!
it difficult fotenfe"to dot se: I have
never- before been',ill" '
Max broke in- quickly and" tender-
ly. L.
"It's time for your soup, dear;" he
said. "Shall we go down?" And he .
took his father's hand, fondled" it aid.
tried to draw him to the door. •
But Mr', -Lorbe - teln:'•V e , -Used to
having -his owtr;wh,'y: 'Hd, held' his
ground with dignity , and ••determina-
tion.
"Certain things are,.. on my mind,"
he said:' "I_n'ay not see -Mr. and Mrs.
Farquhar: again. •-I must state my'- Rosi -
iiRn to'them •before they' ego,' so -that
they shall. know `'exactly Where I..
stand,"
• A.s, though abnut ta, deb :.a short
address to a deputation ora meeting
of directors and 'g'tiire 'hie opinion on
a question of . finance, he, stook • bis'
stand at the end of a table with the
t'ps of peculiarly spate/ate fingers on
ii.Vee edge of it.
(Continued, Next Week)
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