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LEXINGTON WEEKLY BUDGET.
VOL.2. LEXINGTON, MORROW COUNTY, OKEGON, THURSDAY, DEC. 5, 1880. NO. 10.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY EVENING
BY
SNOW & WHITSON,
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Special rates wltb regular advertisers.
All transient advertisements must be paid for
In advauea.
Job Printing
Of ever description uecuted wltb neatness and
dispatch.
I. SHIPLEY, M. D.,
PRACTITIONER Or
Medicine, Surgery & Midwifery,
Beglstered.
HEPPKBK,
OREGON.
JJ P. SINE,
Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public,
LEXINGTON, OREGON.
Attorney for the North American Attorneys
and Tradesmen's Protective Union of Connec
ticut. pEANK KELLOGQ,
Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public,
HEPPNER, OREGON.
Money te loan on Improved farms. Office In
Vint National Bault.
Q 0. BOON,
Constable and Collector,
LEXINGTON, ORUQON.
Will attend to auctioneering.
JHS. KATE PAR3ELL,
Notary Public and Conveyancer,
AT UINE, OREGON.
Deeds. Morlgajres and all others Leifal Instru
iments earfully drawn. Applications for ritate
and School Lauds made, and Pensions obtained.
pEANK H. SNOW,
Land Agent and Notary Public,
LEXINGTON, OREGON.
Filings taken on government land. Real
state advertised and sold on commission. New
mers are Invited to call and be tilled full of
solid facts about the advantages of Morrow
country. Office hour '.urn 7 a. M. to miduight,
Bidust building.
R. LIEUALLEN,
GENERAL .-BLACKSMITH
And !I Iorseshoer,
T8 ALWAYS ON DECK AND PREPARED TO
A do auyining In bis line iu a neat and work
manlike manner. Horses shod with car and
accuracy.
Shop on G Bt, Lexlngloa, Or.
G. W. BROCK,
REPAIRING DONK.
Arcade Street, Bet. C and D,
Lexington, Oregon.
ELKHORN
c
RELSE H.CNUSCN, Proprietor.
LEXINGTON, OR.
HORSES BOARDED BY THE
DAY OR WEEK.
Out flu Furnished fur Comraiirei. Men
4 KeaMMUkble Kmtee.
IX. KINDS Of TtTRSOUTS AND SADDLE
tionjt at lb diapoft. of fMhUvutv
WagoD and Carriage Maker
Livery a Feed Stab
Kor 1 Know That My itcUeemei
Ijivoth.
Hhall thn molo from hia ntprht iiwlortfrniind
cull the bfflstH from the duy-trliti t tW:
Shall rhowlchurrctht! birds: "I inn wImj. lie
to! Hock the nhmiows with me!"
Shall a luttn hind his vyon unit rxolulm: "It if
vuin tliut men wt?ury to Beef "
Let him walk in the tflonm, who no will
Pt'Hce he with hlml Hut whence hi rhht
To assert thul the worhl lain darktu'Ms, be
cutinc he hus turned Imir the iuUtf
Or to snek to oVrthn low my tl.iy with the pall
ol his aull-clioson uitfhl?
I hnro listened, like Dnvid'fl srretit son, to the
voice of the hciistund the bird;
To the vole'i of the trees and ttie uTiiea; yea, 8
voice Irom the Ktonett I have heard;
And the sun and tho moon, and the stars in
their courses, re-echo the word t
A nr5 one word speak the bird and the beast,
ami the hyssop that Rprintrs in tho w all,
And the cedar that lilts Its proud head upon
Lebanon, stately and tall,
And the rocks, and the sea, and the stars, and
"Know I" Is the message ol all.
For the answer hns ever been nlifh unto hlir
who would question and learn
How to hrliitr the stars near to hfs Razo, v
what orbits the planets mint turn;
Why the apple must tall troni the bough; wlia
the fuel that sun-tires burn.
Whence came life? In tho rocks Is It writ, and
no Finder hath graven it thereV
Whence came UKhtr Did its motion arlso with
out bidding? Will science declare
Tlutt the hiw ruling all htitli upspruug' frorr
Nouilud, thutubideth Nowhere
"Yea, I know!" cried tho true man of old
And whose'er wills it may know.
"My K lecmer existetliT 1 seek lor a sign ol
bis presence, and lo,
As ho spoke to the light, find It was bo hf
gpcuks to my son), and 1 know t
Solomon Solis Cohen, In tho Century
DICK'S PROPOSAL
Dick Nash paced slowly forward and
backward on the river bank in fronl ol
till! boat-house.
What the dickens do I want to go
abroad for," soliloquized hi!, "unless
on a wedding trip? I'd better marry
at once, and, as the saying is, kill two
birds with one stone, lint there is
only one gir! for nie Millie Denton;
and I might just as well usk for the
lllooll."
Dick had just eomn to this conclu
sion when, on looking up, he beheld
the object of his thoughts cmiing to
ward him.
"A good time, to begin," thought he.
Millie came tripping along, her
golden hair tossed about by the wiiuj;
her checks were rosy and her blue eyes
sparkling.
Dick appeared not to recognize lier
at first; then, looking up and favoring
her witli a little stare, he exclaimed:
"Why, it's Millie!"
"None other," laughed she.
"What brought you here?"
"Oh, 1 am looking for some one."
"Some one who belongs to the club,
I suppose?"
"Not exactly, though ho is hern a
great deal."
"Well, you won't find him."
'Why?
"Hccause there has been no one
here for the past hour but myself."
"Wliv don't you ask for whom I am
looking?"
"Perhaps I don't care," lazily.
'Oh, but he is just splendid!"
"Who is splendid?"
"Ha! ha!" laughed Millie. "I thought
you wanted to know all the time;
so "
"But I don't!"
"Do not interrupt me! If you insist
upon knowing "
"I don't "
"It is my black dog, Tow ser."
"The deuce!" exclaimed Dick.
"Why. Dick Nash!"
"What is the matter Millie Denton?"
"Isn't deuce a swear word?"
"A mild one."
"Don't you know that vou oughtn't
to swear in the presence of a ladv?"
"Yes; I suppose 1 must beg your
pardon?"
" Yes, I thitik you ought to, if only
to teach you better manners."
"Well, do you insist upon it?"
"Oh, no! "Hut "
"Then you do insist; so here goes."
Taking a large, handkerchief from
his pocket, he spread it carefully on
the grass at her feet, then assuming a
most comical position and expression
as he knelt upon it, he began:
"Oh, fairest of thv sex!"
"You silly goose? laughed Millie.
"If you don't keep still I won't apol
ogize at all! Once more, then-Oh,
fairest of thy sex, ! have committed an
unpardonable "
"I Iear hear hear!"
The voice came from the direction
of the boat-house. The speaker was
Ned Morgan, and he and Fred Kailey
were greatly enjoying the little scene.
"Well, old fcilow," continued Ned,
"this sort of thing usually takes place
in the conservatory, if we are to be
lieve the novelist, but I sci that vou
are trying to improve on the old plan.
With the blue dome of heaven over
head and the Mississippi throbbing at
your feet with the birds hushing their
songs and the trees whispering lowly,
you "
"I say, now, I don't think this quite
the fair thing. Here wits Miss Millie
just rcaily to bless me with a sweet
yes, when "
"Hut," interrupted Millie, enjoying
the joke in spite of herself, "vou know
I had not made up my mind'
"You run away, boys, while she
makes up her miiul," said Dick.
"You go right along and don't mind
ns," said Ned, "for we mean to gee it
through."
"Come, Millie," said Dick, "hurry
up and say yes."
"Hut suppose I say no?"
"Then I w ill never rise again; and I
wish you would hurry, for my knees
ache awfully."
"Dear nie! then I say yes, for if I did
not 1 should forever after bo haunted
by a vision of you in your very uncom
fortable position."
"That settles it," said Dick, jumping
UP; "1 th'nk that if we don't hurry up
Towser will get away from us. Come
Millie."
Leaving tho others they started in
pursuit of the favorite. As soon as
they were out of sight of the others
Dick said:
"Well, I'm glad it's all settled!"
"What is settled?" asked Millie.
"Why, our engagement."
"Ha, ha!"
"What arc yon laughing at?"
"You, of course. I don't see how
yon can keep your face so long when
you joke."
"Then you think it is only a joke?"
"Why shouldn't IP Are you crazy?"
"Not I; but I had made up my mind
to marry you, and as wo were engaged
all fair and solid, in the presence of
two witnesses, I don't see how you are
going to get out of it."
"I do.
"Well, how?"
"I shall have to put you iu the asy
lum." "Just because I want to marry you?"
"You don't want to marry me!"
"It is the dearest wisli of my life,
Millie, .believe me."
"Then why didn't you ask mo de
cently, ir.st 'ad of joking about so ser
ious a matter?"
"Well, to tell tho truth, Millie, 1
thought that I would essay something
novel iu the way of a proposal." Then
in a few earnest words he told her how
dear she was to him, and begged her
to be his companion on the voyage
which he was soon to take, as well us
on the voyage through life.
"Why, Dick, you take my breath
quite away!"
"Well, hurry up and breathe again,
Millie, for my heart has stopped beat
ing, and it will not resume its proper
action until you have given me the
answer I crave."
"Oh, Dick, you are too fuuny; but I
Bupnose if you insist "
I certainly ilo insist!"
"Well. I "
"tio on!"
"Well your heart may beat again."
"My dearest Millie "
"Oh, Dick! We are on the street,
you know."
"Well, what of it?"
"Nothing; only I would not like to
have it said I allowed young men to
embrace me in public."
"Why; who was embracing you, I
should like to know."
"You were!"
"I didn't touch you."
"Hut you were going to."
'No, I was not; but 1 suppose that
you expected nie to "
"Dick Nash!"
"Never mind, Millie, wo won t quar
rel over it, anyway."
A month later Dick and his bride
sailed for England, the happiest couple
that ever stepped on board a ship.
f.ngllHll IlllllUDMM
Here are three sketches of two bon
nets and a pretty hat The latter would
suit a girl with a good complexion well.
It Is a fancy straw in a reccda shade,
lined with aero ph line of the same hue,
and trimmed with delicately tinted rib
bon and Dowers. A hat saw trimmed
with a bunch of colored lilac among Its
own foliage on a straw of the same tint
looked as original as tho real thing.
Doth bonnets would suit young faces.
The first is made entirely of old rose
fluted ribbon, with a bandeau of jet, and
the top is veiled with black lace. Tliff
second is a transparent gold crochet
straw, trimmed with ribbon and grass.
Another invasion of Hie rights of men.
Girls are now wearing dress BhirU on
the river, and we shall see a good many
of them this year. They are made in
white or striped cambric, Just like the
ordinary masculine garment. Only, as
a girl could never consent to hide so
much finery under a waist -coat, these
shirts are worn with short, open jack
eta. Vail MM Onietu.
The l'arsou U as Right.
Elder Thompson, the famous Uni
Tersalist preacher who died some years
ago, was once asked to marry a couple
whose religious views were at var
iance with his own. After the cere
mony the bridegroom expressed his
entire satisfaction with the service. "I
don't see,'' he said, "that you could
have done it any better if you'd be
lieved in a hell." A little theological
discussion followed, in which Elder
Thompson advanced the idea that "a
man gets his hell In this world." Two
years afler Father Thompson met the
man agaiD.
"You remember you married me?"
the man said.
"Yes."
"And that I said 1 hoped it would
be just as bappv a marriage as if you
believed in a he'll?"
"You said something like that."
"And that you said some folks got
all their bell In this world?"
"I might have said to."
"Parson, ton wu rltrht"
UNCLE SILAS P0WERS0X.
Be Flushes a Couple of Late KiiKltnh Cap
italists. Uncle Silas Powersox, of Scrub Grass,
who is the guest of a World reporter,
has tnkeu much in Iciest in thu collection
of news, and occasionally hulps us to a
good item. He bad an interesting ex
perience yesterday with a couplo of En
glish men.
"Can you direct us to a hinn where
we can hobtaiu cheap lodgings, don't
you know?"
"How cheap?" asked Uncle Silas.
"Sny habout hay t shilling for lodgings
hand breakfast."
."That's pretty ch!ap, but I guess they
can accommodate you over there at the
'Crow's Nest.'"
, Uncle Sdus was attracted by the es
pecially forlorn ttppearanco of the two
bi runners, who still had about them a
far-off air of better days, and following
them to the "Crow's Nest" obtained
their story.
"You see, my dear, sir," said one of
the wretched pariy, "we're hall that's
left not hay great Uinglish syndicate
that enme hover to your blawsted coun
try to buy hand hoperate some of your
great business henterprises. Wo 'nil
some (00,000.000 hat hour disposal, don't
you know, bund we bought breweries
Intuit things right hand left. The
bloomln' newspapers received us kindly,
1 bassure you, band a cordial welcome
was extended to us by business men hall
hover the country. Well, sir, we hin
Vested hour money liberally, band for a
time wa cut bay large dog in two, don't
'you know. Hut we ah found that
wo could not pay the large dividends
we 'oped to. We found ah competi
tion very lively. Haiuerican business
men get hup very early hin the morning
hand stay hup very late. They don't
give a fellow a chawnce, don't you
know. We ure now lion hour way 'ome.
Some hof hour friends 'ave kindly sent
money to pay hour hexpeuses; not very
much, hit's true," anil he looked ruefully
tilinut his six-bv-aight npartmeut at the
"Crow's Nest."
TDK KN1II.IHIIMAN KX PLAINS.
"Then you don't reirartl the late In
vestment of English capital in America
as being In every case a howling suc
cess f"
"You can put bit that strong, sir,
hand not hoverstato the case!"
"What has become of the breweriot
you bought?"
"They 'ave mostly gone lisck binto
the ' Hilda of the bloomin' Dutchmen
from whom we bought 'em, don't you
know."
Uncle Silas ventured the suggestion
that our German fellow cilizeus were
usually frugal :.'nd successful.
"You are right, sir. Hand has near
we can learn the Hingll'ihmaii who comes
hover here to teach 'em 'ow to brew
lager is hay blouiniu' bass, sir, hay
blonmiu' bass."
"Did you take much interest in tho
last prize tight?"
"We didn't 'ave benny money to bet,
sir, but we plnceil what few vuluables
we 'ad left on Kilrnin, the bloomin'
duffer, baud that 'asu't 'elned matters
to snenk hof, don't you know?"
And Uncle Hilas left tho late English
cspilitlihls lo their own meditations.
Jfeie York W.rld.
The Yellow (Jai ler.
The latest and funniest whim is the
wearing of the yellow gai ter. Just
one garter, not two, you understand,
and H must be worn just above tne
left knee. Thu other slocking may bo
wrinkled disconsolately over the shoe
top or bo fastened in place by any one
or alt of the mysterious devices known
only to the initiated, but the left one
is held firmly by 41 band of yellow silk
elastic, with a ribbon rosette of the
same shade, and the correct and
proper thing is to wear it uight and
Idav for six months.
Ihe yeilow garter sorigin is shroud
ed in murky uncertainly, but its sig
niliealion is known to every gir! who
possesses it, and this is its charm: Any
girl who wears a yellow garter above
her left knee is surely to be engaged
in less than six mouths. The garter
must be given to her by a friend, and
it has never been known to fail of its
purpose hut once, and then the owner
was wearing iton tho wronir extremity,
or rather the right one Instead of the
left--Attfl fori Sim.
A Dosnrvrd Fain.
Editor: "I'm sorry, Hiiuaggs, but
you'll have to go." F.remi;n: "I'd like
to know what I'vn done." Eiilor:
"Well, I wrote nbout that gallant old
war-horse, Col. H lliuger. and you set it
up that gallousold saw-horse. It's your
place or my life, and I want to live."
la tha Woo. la,
Miss do Hmy the: "I wonder why tlie
nosipiiloes never come to the holel?"'
Lbolly: "They can t afford 11" Umr-
TROUBLES OF THE BOWSERS.
As Kelatnt by tli Ki-inlnlne Member of
that IiitwrcHthitt' t-'irtn.
'What did that man want?" asked
Mr. Howser, as he ciiiuu up to dinner
the other day, just as a strange iiiim
left tho door.
"Ho was a tramp," I replied.
"And you turned him away without
oven a crust! '
"Haven't you often told me to look
out for those gentry P He looked like
a hard case."
"He didn't look anything of the
sort! The man appeared in ill-health,
and it was a mean thing to turn him
oil iu that way. Mrs. Howser, you've
got a heart liko a slono."
"Well, lie is standing on the corner,
and if you feel for him you can give
him something."
"O, I can! How liberal you ure!
Well, I'm going to hand him a 11 arte r,
anyhow. No 0110 knows what the
poor fellow may have sullered. I'll
let him wheel those ashes out of tho
yard and give him a dollar fur the
job."
He beckoned tho man into the alley
anil asked him if ho wauled a job.
'What is it?" was thu cautious re-
p'y-
"Whoeling out thoso ashes. You
con do it iu an hour, and I'll givo you
adollar."
"I haven't come down to that yet,
old man!"
"Hut don't you want work?"
"Not that suit. I want a quarter to
get a square meal."
"Hut you ought to be willing to
work for iu"
"Would you wheel out anybody's
ashes for anv priceP Not much, you
old bjokcl J'liei'e's a ring of you fel
lows who have got tis poor chaps by
the neck, and you want to trend us in
to the earth. Don't try to step ou 1110
old man!"
"I did feel for you at first, but now
n
"O, yes, you folt for mo tho same as
a tiger does for nu orphan boy. You
wauled loget $3 worth of work for 60
cents. Go to grass, you old bond
holder!" "Do yon know who you are talking
to?" demanded Mr. Howser.
"No, and 1 don't care. Don't you
givo mo any lip or I'll punch your
bead!"
Mr. Howser started to pull off hia
coat, but Ihe man hit him iu the eye
unit knocked him against thu fence,
mid then went off saying that iL was
lucky for Mr. Howser il Uidu'L buppuu
to be his well dny.
"He couldn't have been a hard ease,
could he? ' 1 quel iud us I Weill ouL to
Mr. Howser.
He was holding his hand to his eye,
and didn't reply.
"Ho appeared lo mo to bo in ill
health," 1 softly continued. "Mr.
Howser, you have a heart of stone!"
lie didn't say a word until he had
washed hia eye iu salt water and eaten
his dinner. Then as ho look his hat
to go. he turned ou mo witn:
"It was Ihe way you treated bis re
quest that drove him lo desperation,
and il will be singular if ho doesn't re
turn and burn our barn. Mrs. How
ser, I've got to have a plain talk wilh
you! This tiling can't go much far
ther!" Hut it did. Ho got half tho police
force nfler Ihe irainp, secured his ar
rest, and then bad him sent up for
three months.
One day a woman called and asked
for aid and told a pitiful story of dis
tress. I was asking for her street
and number when Mr. Howser camu
iu.
"Do you mean to insult the wom
an?" be brusquely demanded as I
wrote down the information.
"1 am going to help her if she has
told me a straight story."
"Straight! Do you think she lias
sat here and lied to you?"
"Heaven forbidl" exclaimed the
woman as she lolled her eyes to the
ceiling.
"My good woman," said Mr. How
ser, as he turned to her, "you have no
doubt spoken the truth. Any one can
see you are frail and delicate and
greatly worried. Expect no sympathy
from my wife. Slie'd demand a cer
tilicale of character from an angel.
Here are a couplo of dollars, and if
vou will call again I'll do something
furl her."
"Heaven bless yen, sir! You have
a In-art, indeed."
When she had gone Mr. Howser said
to me:
"You'll get your pay for such con
duct, old lady! No wonder you are iu
such linn till liii'iorof thunder storms."
"I'll bet the woman is a fraud!" I
hotly replied.
"That poor way to sneak out of
;t. 1 liavent a rtnuiil every worn slin
Inn spoken has been the solemn truth."
'I hat afternoon 1 rode over to the
street and riuniliel' she had given me,
hut could find nothing of her. I made
persistent inquiry for blocks around,
but she was not io be heard of. 1 had
just returned home when she cainii
alone and sal down ou the front steps
to wait for Mr. Howser. 1 thought
she acted rulbcr singular, and when
Mr. Dowser came up the suspicion
was verified.
"Whoop! Hooray!" si e shouted as
he came near. ".Shay, old iniiu you'ie
a daisy!'1
"W-'whal't this!" demanded Mr.
Howser as he slopped short.
"Ole gal's .li 111 11 k again zhat'sall! '
she replied as she tried to throw her
arms about him.
"Are you the tho woman who
called here this forenoon?" bo asked.
You bit. I am!"
"And I gave you
"bho you did. ole bov, aud I've come
back for $2 more. I'll bcz on you
every time, olo lily of the valley."
"Woman, did you spend anv of that
money for drink?" ho demanded.
"Did 1! Slieiiingly I did! Shay,
ole man, z1 ero ain't uo flies on you!
Let me kiss you for your muzzor. "
"Go away, woman! '
"Who's go away, woman! Don't
talk zliat way to 1110! I'm muzzor of
five lizzie children, I am, and they
ain't got nuihing to cat or wear.
"I believo you are an impostor!"
"Whaz zliat! Don't shass nie you
olo reprobate, or I'll make it sad'for
you! I want $2 right away!,'
He got by her and got into the
house, probably hoping 1 hadn't seen
or heard anything. Hut I said:
"Mr. Howser, do you waul to insult
the woman?"
He didn't reply.
"1 called nt Iho address she gave,
hut no one iu the neighborhood ever
heard of her. However, I dou't waut
to prejudice you ngainsl "
"Her 1 roubles have Hindu her Iuny,
I think," he interrupted.
Toor thing! lhen vou will sen
about, having her sent to the asylum?"
"Mrs. Howser, will you kuepslilll"
ho exclaimed.
'lint you said I was "
"Or must. I leave this house to find
peace and comfort?"
Hut thu next morning when I re
ferred to the matter in an Incidental
way he put ou nu innocent look aud
replied:
"What woman do vou refer to? You
must he losing your mind, Mrs. How
Bor. Perhaps it would be well for you
to take a week in iho country this
summer. I have mil iced for snmu
lime past that your memory seems to
bo gradually getting away from you?"
Detroit I'ri.is A'reu.
MR. PFALSGRAFF AND THE ELIXIR.
Jaiiob l!:is a Chum-fl to I'urdliasn and Ki-
pt'n a World'. Fair Nnul mnl,
lie entered Jncob I'falsgrnlT saloon
and, opening a satchel of ninny Hum
mers, said:
"I am the accredited representative of
Dr. Bniwn-Sequaril.nnd I have In this lit
tle vial thu latest preparation of his
world renowned Elixir of Life, made of
condensed guinea pig aud some ether
ingredients which you will nut ask ma
to disclose."
' Ye tout viiut no pntent medicines
some moru. Ve lnif enough patent med
icines already to kill some horses."
"Hut this is Dr. UrowirHcqusrd's
famous Elixir of Lite, the latest wonder
Iu medical science, the mm vol of the
age, a simple liquid tlmt will, as I may
siiy, exlend your existence iiidetlnllel v.
The guild old hvmn, 'There Will H No
More 1'iii'liiig There.' will have lo be
clninged. 'There Will Uu No More
l'uriing Here.'"
"Vlml's dot?"
"A liquid, 1 say, that will prolong
life, make you live to bo a hundred years
old. for instance."
"Vhell, belter as ynu took some be
fore I broke your neck for a swindler."
"Now, ho d on. my good friend. I
know that what 1 have said seems in
credible, but it Is absolutely true. This
is an age of marvels. Suppose I bad
come into your place ten years ago and
told you of the telephone or the electric
railway. Would you have believed me?"
"Mebbo not."
Mil. l-KALSOItAKr AND TDK KI.IX I li.
"This is not 11 new idea. I'once de
L'on hiiuled for th's secret. It wns ev
idently known in Bible times. Hook at
Metlinseliili. Does not Divid, in the
PHI I'.-iilm, spunk of 'his youth having
been renewed lis nil eagle's? '"
"D d he dune dol?"
' He. did. And I'iiiiI suggested that
his youth was 'renewed from dny to
day."
"Ish dot printed In der Hibles?"
"It is. my friend. And mnrn than
lli-il, Hie newspapers of I lie day urn full
of it. I hnvetis r ip hnok here cram
med wiili clippings ilesci ihing this mar
vel of niiirvels. "
"Aiiydlng from ih r XrUiinyV
' Yen, 11 w hole column; and also from
tho ''rr Vc "
Marriage In Madagascar,
When a father In Madagascar gets
notion thathisdaughter ought to marry
he puis a rope around her neck, leads her
forth, and the lirst young man ho offer
her to has got to take her or pay a for
feit The father thus saves the expense
of light and fuel incident to two vnnrs'
Viurtship, and the young mini also
Mrves on opera tickets and ice-cream.
Hut the spectacle of young men dart
ing up alleys and climbing over back?
fences when a father starts out lead
ing his daughter wilh a rope around
her neck must be a very coinnpin out
iu Madagascar. Snrrintowu ikratd.
A whim is a Hy that bn.ies In the
unity chumbeisuf au exhausted bralo.
il'wuViy.