TV fAxm an' the women is jest the same
flrnrA ol" Bill Shakspeare's times.
The '" " routd and the girls as
nr:uge
A '! ' Hil'"' rote bis rhymes.
'Tr roni' in :ue f hole emluriu' lot
Of stuff by menot fame
I've rc'l 'em all ten' I tell you what,
tee .-iris U jestl the game.
ITtM-r on Byroil Dryden. on' Alex
".lie, J
As' lioi -out Thnrfoas Moore,
Tht ' .-"'! ' K'r'l4 an' of blasted hope,
Ai" h i ho miWytbey gwore.
jhP lI.-k ;ire the vauie as Bobby Burns
Sn.:s: m a "" yefrain
TTii. t-f; inn.i syudies Vm, less he learns.
. resi'u-.rcb la in vuin.
7o irion an.be women tney make no
Aj i -fa ring to-day;
Thf moon's as round, an' the girlg as
ptru'iige.
Ai tint's the mournful lay.
Tue r.i".in goes on, jest as calm f c'
bv:irht,
As r.mud the wprld she whirls
The:' h'.vear by the moon in the dreary
night,
An' swear about the girls.
- Iialnniore American,
HEN Milly RanRCome return
ed from a six months' visit to
the city she was accompanied
by Harry Lawrence, a tall, slim young
man, clad In clothes of the newest
fashion and wearing upon his light
eurls a shining Bilk bat, a fatal thing
to do In the little, narrow-minded town
of Groton. "A city swell" he was at
once pronounced, and no type can ex
press the Ineffable scorn with which
these words were uttered.
Mllly'g father, an old-fashioned, stub
born man, looke.l at the newcomer and
his clothes and then with a grunt of
disapproval left the room to stable the
horse. At supper Mr. Ranscome talk
ed of nothing but farming and seemed
rather pleased at the Ignorance of his
guest on the subject.
Harry Lawrence, however, was too
deeply In love with the pretty face op-
"would you say NO if"
posite him to resent It or eveu notice
it. He told Mllly's father that he in
tended stopping in the village for a fetf
days.
"Don't ye work?" asked the old mau
sharply.
"Not In summer. I teach chemistry
In the university, you know. It does
not open until September." The old
man grunted again, and poor Mllly's
eheeks grew redder, and she proposed
a walk.
The news of the new arrival had
spread through the village like wild
tire, and every window they passed
seemed to frame a pair of prying eyes.
Some few who passed them even snick
ered audibly, and Milly was in dis
tress. She looked at his hands and realized
suddenly that they were whiter than
her own, his hat and his shoes shone
like mirrors and a ruler could not be
Ktraighter thau the crease In his light
trousers.
8he might have known how country
People would take these things. Pojr
Milly, she liked him very much, and
she wunted everyone else to like him,
so that It was a very uncomfortable lit
tle girl who crept between the sheets
that night.
The next few days we' hard ones
for her. Her girl friends laughed when
they passed Milly and Harry, and more
than once she heard someone ay:
"Just out of a bandbox" and ''niani
toa's boy."
And all the time she knew that she
loved hlrn.
One evening they started for a drive
behind the old family horse. "Don't let
him run away with you." called Mr.
Ranscome, as they ambled out of the
barn. Lawrence laughed good uatured
ly. "I guess I can hold him In."
The moon, round and mellow, rose
lowly and lighted the leafy road for
them, the breath of new-mown bay
came to them In the soft breeze and the
wickets chirped blithely.
"Milly. I have to go back In a couple
of days, and I want to ask you a ques
tion first. Can you guess what it Is?"
He laid his hand upon hers gently and
she looked up at him. His soui was in
"la eyes.
"Don't ask It," she said quickly.
"Do you mean you would say no?"
be asked, and she noted the pain In
his voice.
"Oh, here Is the village." she said,
and he turned away.
They passed the tiny shop and the
watering trough and then they noticed
group of people outside the only sa
loon In the place. An ugly-looking mau
wtood on the sidewalk, and a pale little
BE-STITCHED
The new shirt-waist models are fasci
nating Indeed. White seems to take the
lead and the combination of black and
white conies next in popularity. The
most marked change In the new models
Is the great amount of stitching used
and the large buttons down the front.
The stitched waists have a tailor-mnde
effect and are bound to be popular. One
especially pretty one was made of rath
er coarse white linen, having four 2
lnch box plaits down the front, stitched
wotnun was beside him, trying to In
duce him to come home.
The man was the village drunkard,
whose temper was of such repute that
no one ever Interfered witb him or
crossed his purposes.
The constable had once attempted to
arrest him. but after two weeks in u
hospital he hud seen the futility of his
efforts.
The Ranscome buggy was just oppo
site the saloon when the woman put
her hand on the man's arm and tried
to turn him homewards. With an outb
the man struck her and she fell to the
ground. Not a man In the crowd moved,
but suddenly the drunkard felt himselt
lifted off his feet and shaken until his
teeth chattered.
"You brute," was hissed In his ear,
nnd he was sharply pulled to his feet.
The hand which had held his collar
now moved down to his arm and felt
like a vise.
"Pick her up and take her home,"
said a stern voice, and when the man,
sobered by the attack, looked around
at his assailant, be faced the flashing
eyes of "the city swell."
Something In the set of the square
Jaw and the numb feeling which pos
sessed the arm which the young man
still grasped cowed the bully, and he
walked along with his wife without a
word.
Harry Lawrence settled his tall hat
on his head again, wiped his bands
daintily and turned toward the car
riage. An old man left the group of
silent spectators nud held out bis bund
to him. It was Mr. Ransconie.
"Fine eveuin', Mr. Lawrence," he
said.
Harry showed nil his white teeth in
a smile, while he shook the man's hand
heartily. "Isn't It fine? Never sow bet
ter. Good-evening." and he gathered
the reins again and drove on.
When they had left the village Milly
stole a look at him. His face seemed
sad nnd his thoughts were fur away.
"Are you still thinking about that
man?" she asked gently.
"No," he replied.
s"What are you thinking about that
makes you so " she stopped, star
tled at her own temerity.
"I mil thinking how 1 shall get along
without you." Milly gasped. "I had,
buoyed myself up with the hope that,
you cared for me, a little anyway, but
when to-night I asked you " I
"You didn't ask ine anything, came
the demure interruption.
The young man looked at the blush
ing, downcast face beside him. and felt
a rush of new life within him. When
they returned from the drive a dia
mond flashed on the third finger of
Milly Kanseome's hand, and she had
promised to marry the city swell. In
dianapolis Sun.
MENTAL CAPACITY OF A 'CHICK.
They Learn Readily to Do Those Actions
Which Bring Food and Kuse.
In 180(5 I made a great many experi
ments with young chicks, testing their
ability to learn a variety of perform
ances, such as getting out of a box by
pecking at a certain spot on a door or
by jumping upon a little platform or by
pulling down a string with their necks,
escaping from a pen by going up a
ladder or following an Intricate path
through a maze, etc., writes Prof. Ed
ward J. Thorudyke. of Columbia Uni
versity, in the International Monthly.
They learn readily to abundon those
acts which bring discomfort and to
emphasize those which are successful
In securing them food, shelter, warmth
and the companionship of their fellows.
Their learning, like that of the fishes.
Is essentially a process of selection.
For Instance, a chick is confined in a
cage from which it can escape only by
pecking at a certain spot, and so open
ing the door. It sees other chicks and
food outside and reacts to the situation
(confinement) according to Its inborn or
ganization, by running about, peeping,
jumping at the walls, trying to squeeze
through any small openings and peck
ing at the barriers confining it The
chick feels a score or more of Impulses
to a score or more of acts. If Its re
action include one pnrticulur act
namely, a peck at a certain spot it of
course escapes. This one act Is fol
lowed by freedom, food and general
comfort T be other acts resulted only
In a continuance of the unpleasant soli
tary confinement
If, after the chick has enjoyed free
dom for awhile, we put it Into the cage
again we have a repetition of the first
event, except thnt the chick Is likely to
run and peep and Jump ana squeeze
less and to peck at the door sooner. If ;
we continue this process, so that the!
chick Is again and again confronted by '
the situation "confinement In a box of i
SHIRT WAISTS.
on either edge in black. Large white
pearl buttons down the front and on
the cuffs and stock of black and white
dotted taffeta. Kelt of black velvet
ribbon. Another stunning model bat
wide Inverted plnits on each shoulder,
covering the gatherings in the top of
sleeve. Five small stitched tucks,
either side of the front at the neck,
give the fullness to the front. Stock
of black satin ribbon with white linen
turnover.
such and such appearance" it con
stantly decreases the useless acts and
performs the suitable one sooner and
sooner, until finally It pecks at the spot
immediately whenever put Into that
box. It has learned, we say, to get out
of the box by pecking at a certain spot
NEW YORK SOCIETY QUEEN.
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, the Leader
of the Smart Set.
If you don't know Mrs. Charles Dana
Gibson, of New York, you aren't any
body. That is the dictum of smart
society In the me
tropolis, for Mrs.
Gibson ts Its un
crowned queen.
Not to be able to
quote Mrs. Gib
son's latest witti
cism, not to be
acquainted with
her gowns, not to
have been Invited
to her lust tea
all these speak
badly for the
UHS. GlliSO.N.
woman who aspires to social distinc
tion. Mrs. Gibson, whose busbnnd Is the
well-known artist and Illustrator and
the creator ot the "Gibson girl," Is
credited with having one of the finest
figures In Gotham. She has a beauti
ful voice. Inferior only to that of Mel
ba, and possesses a charming muuner.
Like many other successful society
women she !s a Southerner and as
Irene Lnngliorne was a famous belle
In Richmond, Va. When she married,
her husband was a struggling artist,
and for a time in New York she de
clined many invitations on the ground
that she could not afford to accept
them. She Is said to be the only wom
an who ever refused an invitation to
dine at the Astor table. Hut now her
husband is famous and growing
wealthy and she has made her way to
the top of the social ladder. Mrs. Gib
son Is related to many of the wealthy
families of New York.
Gypsy Methods of Communication.
The ancient roud-signs of the Ro
mnuy, the "patterau." takes the place
of signboards or maps. The "pat
terau" Is a little, carefully arranged
pile of sticks, grass or stones, placed
at cross-roads, where cone but a
gypsy would notice it any more thau
any one but a Romany could read It;
but to him it is as plain as the noon
day sun, and by It a succession of
such wayside tokens one family or
company can follow others who may
be days ahead of them for hundreds of
miles.
Though the Gypsy has uses for other
methods of communication besides the
mysterious "patteran." he is not a letter-writer.
He rightly cares first for
his own Immediate family circle; the
closest "lu-laws" do not travel to
gether unless perfectly congenial or
unless It is convenient for them to do
so, and as the roving life Is not con
ducive to letter-writing, eveu the uear
est relatives do not usually bear from
each other directly more than once or
twice a year at most.
In the city livery stables and pawn
brokers' shops opportunities are af
forded for the exchange of news, but
for those who roam in small groups
and rarely strike a large city or the
great bureaus of Information, summer
camping-grounds, where all the gossip
of the year is retailed, communication
of personal family news Is uncertain.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly.
He Was Not a Sucialist.
There Is a curious little restaurant In
Ann street where clerks and otllce
boys and peddlers discuss business and
politics over their frugal luncheon. A
few days ago the collision In the New
York Central tunnel was under discus
sion, and a young Irish peddler was
advocating public ownership of rail
ways, while a law clerk was defending
private ownership.
Finally, at a loss for answer to a
statement made by the Irishman, the
clerk retorted:
"Oh. you are a socialist."
"Sure an I'm not" replied the Irish
man Indignantly; "I'm a worklngman,"
New York Post
Mormons in Germany.
The 2.000 Mormons In Germany are
total abstainers from alcohol, coffee,
tea and worldly amusements.
When you go anywhere by railroad,
and expect some one to meet you at
the station, and no one does, ever notice
how funny you feel?
A political pull Is often a great strain
on the candidate's leg.
ATROCITIES IN
M. Rouyer, a survivor of the massa
cre of a Kronen scientific mission by
canuibals at Sileraka. New Guinea, on
Jan. 1, in describing the horrible occur
rence, relates that the yacht Salvantl,
with the mission 011 board, had anchor
ed off the coast of New Guinea, and
that several of the explorers landed.
After an apparently friendly reception
from the natives the laiter treacherous
ly attacked them during the night, mur
dering thirty-two of the party. Includ
ing Baron Yillars. Count de Saint Koiny
and MM. Hagenbeck and Vries, and
wounding thirty-three, including M.
Rouyer, the chief of the mission, and
another Frenchman named Iteimer.
M. Eouyt r writes:
"We were all sleeping peacefully
when there was a great uproar and we
were attacked by hundreds of natives
carrying torches. Several of us were
felled to the ground with clubs, hatch
ets and spears. Others were overpower
ed, carried away and bound to trees. I
was among this number. I received a
blow on the head from a club and
fainted. When I recovered conscious
ness at 5 o'clock In the morning I found
myself tied hand nnd foot and sur
rounded by savages, who, believing me
to be dead, were keeping me for them
selves. I saw the body of Baron Vlllars
near me, bound to a tree. Ills body was
naked, his head had been split open,
and his eyes had leen gouged out.
The Count de Saint Kemy had been de
capitated and his head stuck on the
end of a spear as a trophy. M. llagen-
TIME CHECK ON POSTAL CLERKS.
Every Employe In the Pontoflice Must
Contribute to His Own Kecord.
"Remember the Bundy" Is the watch
word In the big postotlices, and Uncle
Sam's gray-coated men are In constant
dread lest they forget to "ring In" or
"ring out."
About a year ago the United States
rostotfiee Department at Washington,
D. C, conceived the Idea of procuring
a clock to keep a correct record of the
arrival and departure of all employes
In that branch of the service all over
the, I'nlted States, which resulted In
the supplying of all postoffices of Im
portance with the now famous clocks
at a cost of over $100 each. The Bundy
clock Is a large affair, having three
strong mainsprings and an Intricate
time-recording apparatus. Two of the
springs work the clock and the other
Is the power of the striking part, for
C1IKCKI.NO tue time.
the Bundy strikes off the time the clerks
and carriers report on and on duty, not
like other clocks that only strike the
hours and half hours of the day. It is
a complicated affair and many a poor
hard-worked clerk and carrier will ver
ify the statement, for It bus cost some
of them much of their hard-earned and
mall salary.
The Bundy is worked as follows:
When the otllce opens for business at 0
o'clock in the morning the clock Is the
first thing attended to. The three dating
keys ore used, and the date and hour.
6 a. m Is Imprinted on the tape; then
the employes each take their key and
"ring In" their arrival. Each employe
bus his own number and that number
la on bis key. He is uot allowed to use
another's key or "ring in" or out any
fellow clerk or carrier, under penalty
of dismissal from the service. The let
ter carriers have four keys, the first
being used when he reports for the day
at 6:30 a. m. When be goes out on his
first trip he takes down bis next key,
which is the key bearing the letter
"L," and "rings out" and leaves the of
fice. On bis return be Immediately 011
entering the office "rings In" his arriv
al, the key bearing the letter "R." and
after be has performed bis office work
and It is time for him to take bis "lay
off" or "swing" for an hour or two, a
carrier not being allowed to work more
than eight hours per day, be uses the
key bearing the letter "E," meaning
end of duty. As each key is "rung In"
the clock registers the time to a frac
tion of a minute.
Letter carriers are allowed by law
to work only eight hours, and when a
carrier has worked over that time. If
Duly for one minute, intentionally or
unintentionally, be must pay the penal
ty, which Is usually suspension from
one to three days without pay, for Un
cle Sam Is a very strict master in the
postofiice and the Bundy never lies.
There are penalties for failure to ring
the clock on arrival and departure, for
all employes, from the heads of the va
rious departments to the porters. Let
ter carriers are suspended from one to
fifteen days, according to bow many
prior convictions there may be record
ed against tbem In the record book.
Clerks suffer for their mistakes by be
ing fined from one day's salary up. as
the case may be, as prior convictions
also count against the clerks.
NEW GUINEA.
THE SCENE OK 1 1 OH ltd IIS.
beck was spitted on a bamboo and was
being roasted over a fire.
"I waited my fate. I was afraid to
move. My head hurt me dreadfully. All
around me the ground was strewn with
corpses. Suddenly a grent clamor arose,
followed by a fusillade. I opened my
eyes and saw Dr. Kortler and the re
mainder of the mission from the yacht
tiring on the cannlbnls. I shouted and
the rescuers ran to nie and cut the
bonds which bound me to the tree.
Th cnnnlabls tied, leaving many dead.
The clothes of M. V'riea were found,
but his body was missing. He had evi
dently been devoured by the savages
during the night."
THE ENGLISH SPARROW.
How the Obnoxious liird Was Wrought
to This Country.
Two old residents of Germantown
took advantage of a delightful day to
Raunter up Germnntown avenue, stop
ping now and then at the different
places of historic Interest along the
avenue. They spent some of the time
at the old Ship house, telling each other
about the ancient structure, and as to
how the ship came to lie placed there,
when their attention was attracted by
myriads of sparrows that congregated
up on the roof.
"All! That reminds me," said the
elder of the two, "of the old John
Bardsley house and the story of how
the sparrow came to Genniintown."
Walking up the avenue farther they
came to a halt In front of a little white
painted two-story house at the north
west corner of I'psul street and Ger
mantown avenue. For over an hour
the two old men lingered In front of
this "old house," and the following
story was told:
The house was occupier for a number
of years by the late John Bardsley, bet
ter known as "Sparrow Jack." During
the time that William V. Smith rep
resented the Twenty-second Ward In
Councils he presented an ordinance
appropriating $:ioo with which to pur
chase English sparrows to destroy the
measuring worms that had become u
nuisance In the city squares. John
Bardsley. an Englishman, but for
niiiny years a resident of Geriimntown,
was delegated to go to England to se
cure the sparrows. Being familiar
with the English birds, be had no trou
ble In catching them In nets. He se
cured betwe-11 300 and 400. On bis
way over from England, one-half the
sparrows died, but enough existed to
Insure a rapid Increase of the little
pests, which have since become more
troublesome than the worms.
Bardsley was always an enthusiastic
admirer of the sparrows, and to show
his love for them he fed them regular
ly during the winter months, and had
a number of fantastically constructed
boxes, surmounted with weuthervanes
and ornaments, for their use. He al
ways reproved any one who Interfered
with or abused the sparrow. Philadel
phia Telegra'ih
Had Given It Up.
"The priest was here the day," said
Mrs. Launlgun to her husband, as the
two sat down to supper. "He said he
w as hoping you nor your brother Tim
would go to hear that walklug delegate
that's making speeches all around the
town."
"Sure, and Ol'd no Intlntlons to go."
said Mr. Iinnlgan, bis utterauce
clogged by a biscuit
"He said." proceeded the wife. Im
patiently, "that the uian Indoolged too
much In hyperbole. What Is that. Ar
thur?" Mr. Lanulgan looked at her reprov
ingly, and paused In the middle of an
other biscuit,
"Oi'm a tlmperance man these eight
years," he said, loftily, "and If you are
wishful to know what annytblug of
that koiud Is, Mary Ann, It's from
some wan else besides me you'll have
to get your Information. Oi'm amazed
at ye, woman!"
No Cripples in China.
There are no deformed or crippled
Chinamen. If a child is born de
formed it Is at once made away with.
You may travel all over China and
never see a maimed native. When a
serious accident befalls one of them he
Is likewise put to death. This Is part
of their religion, to which they adhere
closely.
May's Girl Friends.
"May says she's afraid be Is going to
marry her for ber money."
"Poor thing! She must have been
looking in the mirror." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
"Say that again," said a girl to-day
to a man who had complimented her
tremendously, "and I'll make you mar
ry me."
When you slip and full, of course you
have remarked bow foolish you feel
AN ESKIMO NURSE-MAID.
Brought to the United States by Wife
of Kiplorcr Pcsrjr.
Biography Is a department of litera
ture which does not usually appeal la
readers at the Mother Goose age. Nev
ertheless, the biography of Miss Marie
Ahulgiiito Peary, by her mother, ia
that of a tot for tots; and the pleasure
afforded their eiders is merely Inciden
tal. Little Miss Prnry, born within th
arctic circle as the long night km
drawing on, was called the "snow
baby" by her Eskimo friends, who wem
uot satisfied until they had touched the
warm skin of the newcomer that her
whiteness was not that of ait actual
snow image. One of them, a little girl
of twelve, called Billy Bab, afterward
liecumc her nurse maid, and returned
with the Peary family to spend a year
amid the wonders of civilization.
The first of these was the ship; and
It was on board the vessel that she
learned to submit to although never
to approve the Incomprehensible re
quirement of her employers, that s
should bathe and brush her hair everr
day. Se had never had a bath before.
The next was the railway station is
"Igloo" go palatial that It was dltllrult
to Induce her to leave It. especially as
she distrusted that appalling new draft
animal, the locomotive. She Inquired
anxiously If It ate people; and when
the train began to move she sat rigid,
with bulging ryes, clutching the bark
of the seat In front of her as the land
scape flew at miraculous speed past the
windows.
To cat and sleep at regular times was
something quite new; go It was to hnv
put things away In special places. It
took sad experience to teach her that
playthings left trustfully anywhere on
the sidewalks of Washington could not
te found again on the game spot whea
wanted.
Bllly-Bah's flint Christmas celebra
tion was a great event, but Ignorant as
she was, she met It In the true Christ
mas spirit, for she was go delighted
with little Marie Ahnlghlto's presents
nnd her joy In them that she scarcely
noticed her own. It was not till after
bedtime that Mrs. I'enry, seeing a light
burning late mid iecplng Into her room
to see If anything was uuilss, found her
seated on the floor among her many
gifts, only just nwnkened to the rap
ture of possessing them.
Bllly-Buh went back to her own peo
ple at the yenr's end. When Marie
Ahnlghito was four she, too, returned
north with her parents for a season
and saw her faithful nursemaid once
more. She bad found Hilly Itah, men
aged fifteen, a married lady and a per
gon of consequence, whose husband
was proud of his traveled spouse and
her superior accomplishments as a
seamstress and housekeeper.
But alas! Rejoicing In "all the com
forts of a home'' of her own, BIIIy-Bah
hud decisively discarded the discom
forts of a civilized toilet; the sponge,
the towel nnd the hair brush knew her
no more; they hud become mere mem
ories of foreign travel, like the tele
gruph and the locomotive.
Tramp Mourners.
Train 1 is every where uro wont te
prize their boots ubove every oilier
part of their wardrobe, guys Josluh
Elynt In "Tramping with Tramps." Id
St. Petersburg, lit least, there is good
reason, although a strange one.
The agencies which inuiiage funerals
recruit from the trump class a cerlula
number of mourners for each funeral.
'i lie agencies furnish suitable clothes
and pocket handkerchiefs -every thing,
in fuel, but the shoes, which the trump
must be able to show ou his feet, or he
will not be hired.
When there Is a funerul the tramps
guther at the Nlkolskl Market, and ars
selected by un employe of the agency.
Those chosen are conducted to tho
bouse of the deceased. 11 nd there, In a
shed, or even in the court, ten to thirty
of them, according to the elaborateness
of the funerul, undress themselves en
tirely, even in the deud of winter, and
put on the mourner's garb. Their own
clothing Is rolled up in a bundle and
taken to the cemetery In a basket,
where, after the ceremony, It must be
put on again.
The promised wage for this servlr
Is forty copecks a mun; but wltb tips
It usually amounts to a ruble.
A Monastery of Nobles.
Burled iu the thickly wooded fast
nesses of Austrian Btyria la the ancient
monastery of Kekkan, famous for It
history, and remarkable because of
the rank of most of Its Inmates. Ia
this Interest'ng place every monk Is a
member of the uoblllty, and several of
them bear names famous lu German
history. The two fathers of the com
munity act as cooks, and are Prince
Edward of Hchonburg-liurteusteln
and Prince Philip of Iloheulobe, both
of whom were prominent In court cir
cles. The porter Is one of the highest
nobles of the Grand Durby of Baden,
Baron von Drais; and others engaged
In the most servile work of the mon
astery are Baron von Sails, Baron von
Oer, and Count Ilemptinue, all of
whom were blgb officers In the Saxon
army.
It Was Ho.
He Your hat looks very well with
that wing In It
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wltb two wings.
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ion. Philadelphia Press
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Frank What! You going to propose
to Miss Heartburn? Why, you're th
last mau In the world she'll engage her
self to!
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Stories.
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of most people by golug around disguised.