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FOR SALE
FOR SALE Early cabbage and cauli
flower plants. Clarks Greenhouses,
West Adams Ave. 4-3-1 t.
FOR SALE Alfalfa hay, $7 ton. 1 mi.
Ho. Allcel. Geo. Johnson. 4-3-1 tp.
FOR SALE Hoosler kitchen cabinet.
like new, reasonable, 1703 Second
street. 4-3-2 tp
. FOR SALE A bargain, 7-rm. house
at 807 N. Ave. Call 495-J. 1605
Adams Ave. 4-3-6 t.
FOR SALE Dressed rabbits, 21c per
V lb. delivered, also breeding stock.
!: Call 204-R. . 4-3-1 tp.
FOR SALE Rhode
Chicks. Ph. 227 M.
Red baby
4-3-3 t.
FOR SALE 2 three yr. old colts, 1
milch cow, cream separator, plow
"and cultivator. Grlmshaw, Island
City. . 4-2-2 tp.
SURGE MILKER OUTFIT Will be
on display at Wagner's Hardware
Friday and Saturday. Come see It
work, 1201 Adams Ave. Matt Peters,
Representative. 4-2-2 tp.
FOR SALE! 10 weaning pigs, J. W.
Hoatson, Ph. 132, Cove. 4-2-3 tp.
FOR SALE Grimm alfalfa seed, has
certified for-sevoral years. Frank
McKennon, Imbler, Farm. 287.
4-2-6 tp.
FOR SALE OR TRADE Fordson and
plow. Phone Main 988. 4-1-3 tp.
FOR SALE B. R. hens, dressed or
alive. Ph. Farmers 18X6. 4-1-3 t.
FOR SALE Furniture, Mrs. L. F.
Dunn, 583-W, 4-1-3 t.
USED PIANO FOR'SALE Will sacri
fice price for quick sale. Terms.
Phone 617-J. 4-1-3 tp.
FOR SALE - White Wyandotte eggs
for hatching. Phone 337-R.
3-31-6 tp.
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FOR SALE Dahlia and gladioli bulbs,
. shrubs, hedging, fruit and shade
trees for spring planting. Triangle
Bulb gardens, East Adams. Phone
898-W. ' 3-17-1 mp.
4-RM. HOUSE, 8 lots, barn, garage.
Cheap. Terms. 2608 N 2nd. 8-30-8 tp
FOR SALE Fruit, shade and orna
mental trees, shrubbery, perennial
plants, roses, hedging asparagus,
rhubarb, horse radish, pansy plants.
Everything to beautify and Increase
the value of your home. Milne
Nursery, 11th and J. Ave. 3-3-1 m.
FOR SALE Garden tools, screens
andscreen doors at reasonable prices.
Dalles Furniture Store. 3-23-1 m.
ACREAGE FOR SALE 1 and 2 aero
tracts. Ph. 363.-M or inq. at Ella
Rynearson farm. 3-19-1 m.
HIGH QUALITY Hollywood strain
baby chicks. White Leghorns, high
producing, large typo free range
hens. Pedigreed males direct from
Hollywood. Satisfaction and safe
arrival guaranteed. Prepaid prices.
April to 20th, lOc, later 10c. Pa
cific Hatchery, Tangent, Ore.
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Inside Work?
A Plttsburgl. man found his
viro's ring in his trousers poclteL,
Mt nnthine tRf. .Tnhn?rn Plnnepr.
Professional
Physicians & Surgeons
I.EB D. noUVY, M.
LBWA WILKES, M. D.
Completely equipped Eye, - Ear,
Nose and Throat hospital and of
fices, third floor Foley Blclg.
Phone Main 1G
A. h. RICHARDSON, M. I).
Physician and Surgeon
Office over Glass Drugs
Office Phone. M-15 Res. M-55
DR. F. L. RALSTON
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
1-7 SOMMER BLDG.
Phone Main 778.
JAMES .1. D. IIAUN. M. D.
Physician and' Surgeon.
NEW FOLEY BUILDING.
Office Ph. M. 710-Res. Pll. M. 712
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MIES. FKRDEIUCK BAL.MES
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Comities 1
Automobiles
' ' UDV USUI! CARS
' From Perkins
SPECIALS
1929 Ford Standard coupe. Per
fect condition, 1931 license ..$375.00
1929 Ford Standard coupe, lots
of extras 375.00
1928 Pontine coupe, all new
rubber, new paint, perfect in
every way 375.00
1630 Ford roadster, Just like
new 425.00
1928 Ford roadster, perfect 300.00
1935 Ford T truck, steel bed .. 100.00
1025 Ford truck. Has dump bed.
also Hat rack and stock rack.
Warlord gear 150.00
3 1923 Ford T coupes 75.00
1926 Ford roadster, all new rub
ber : - 50.00
PERKINS MOTOR CO.
Main 500 4th oi Adams
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FOR RENT
FOR RENT Apt.,, everything furnish
ed. Zuber Brick, 1408 Wash.
4-3-B tp.
CLEAN, STEAM HEATED rooms. Rates
reasonable. Zuber Brick, 1408 Wash.
4-3-1 mp.
FOR RENT a furn.
housekeeping
4-2 -t I.
rooms. Ph. 396-R.
FOR RENT 2-rm.
apt. Call
4-2-2 t.
378-J.
FOR RENT 6-rm. house on paved
street, on wainuc net. spring and
Main. Call Mrs. Scrlber, 607-W.
4-43-8 t.
APT., NEWLY finished, gas range
water and lights furnished 2018
First St. 4-2-t f.
FOR RENT Nice up-to-date furn.
apis., wnn garage. Landls Court.
3-27-t f.
HOUSES for rent and for sale. Loans
on Improved city homes. C. D. Pot
ter, Res. PI), 61Q-J. .Bus. Ph. M-762.
8-28-t t.
FOR RENT Mod., furn. apt., 2104
Greenwood. Phone 612-w. 9-7-t f.
FOR RENT Furn. house. Call Mrs.
Harley Smith, La Grande hotel.
FOR RENT Furnished steam heated
apts., gas ranges. Waverly' Apt.
3-3-1 mp
FOR RENT Furn. houses and apts..
with baths, clean, quiet, low rates.
Adults. 1810 Greenwood. 8-10-1 m.
MISCELLANEOUS
PEOPLES PRODUCE MARKET
305 Fir St.
Seed Potatoes Earliest of All. Bliss
Triumphs, Early Sunrise, Idaho
Rurals and Netted Gems.
HARLEY SMITH, Prop.
4-3-1 ,t.
OLD TIME DANCE Saturday night at
Eagles hall. 4-2-3 t.
MONEY Equltablo Savings and Loan
AsB'n., money to loan on good
homes xi La Grande, Easy monthly
payment plan. Seo J. R. Oliver,
agent. 4-4-1 mp.
SEVERAL BARGAINS In used trac
tors. W. H. Bohnenltamp Co. '
3-31-6 t.
EXPERT WATCH and Jewelry re
pairing. Prompt service; satlsfac-
tlon guaranteed. R. E. Gerard, 1410
Adams, Bacajawea Bldg. 3-4-1 m.
AUTO AND WINDOW GLASS
Cut and fitted on short notice.
La Grande Construction & Supply Co.
12-19-1 m.
Magneto Repairing
Rosch, Elsemnn, SpMtdorf
kXCI.UHIVE FACTORY
hemiesentative
Out I cry Si Electrical Service
COX AUTO ELECTRIC
1425 AdaniH Phone M 753
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V eACV ' I I Goooa for. mw
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keg. 0. s. pat err.
EASTURN OREGOtt School of MUBlO.
violin, piano, vole, oredita. I. o. o.
)P. temple, 447-J. S-6.1 m.
LA GRANDS MATTRESS & Up-
noutering a wug meaning worxa.
Phone 424-W. Chas. Edwards, prop
12-1-lm.
MONEY TO LOAN We are repressn-
:atives xor cne jcruaentiai ,msur
ance Cp.r and oan make farm pi
eltv loans at attractive rates of In
terest. Chaa. H. Reynolds, insurance,
loans and bonds.
Over Night News
(By The Associated Prcbs)
Domestic
Bouth Bend, Ind. Funeral services
for Eockne will be held tomorrow.'
Washtntiton-- Federal investlHators
fnd evidence that broken propeller
caused plane crash In which Hockne five others by the new Industrial ac
was killed. - cident commission yesterday. Tho
Washington Navy department says
17 blocks in Managua have been de;
stroyed by fire.
Washington Tilson says need for a
tax increase is not- now apparent de
spite estimated $700,000,000 deficit.
Now York Federal authorities
launch income tax drive against rack
eteers. Oienn, N. Y.-e-Heaviest snow storm
qf the season Isolates city for 12
hours; lineman is electrocuted on
polo.
Managua, Marines shoot two loot
ers; report that followers of Sendlno,,
Insurgent leader, is to attack causes
a scare.
Santiago, Chile Four persons are
killed in crash of National Air Line
passenger plane.
London Katharine Tynan, Irish
poet and novelist, dies.
Claims Messages
From Conan Doyle
LONDON, April 3 Lady Conan
Doyle told the Aswciotcd Press yes
terday she had been in communica
tion "recently" with Sir Arthur Con-
Wondcrlick Hospital
Established Mar. 1G29
Never a Surgical Death
Phono Main 678
R'P Mepr' Too sookj.
on Doyle, spiritualist leader,
who
died last July.
"Hvovyuoay is amazea py tno ono
hundred per cent proofs," she said.
'"Because the evidence Is very valu
able, the one making the best offer
buys it. Any fool can see It Is gen
uine in light of tho evidence.'
Asked the nature of the message,
she declined to amplify her state
ment, saying "That makes it valu
able; Sir Arthur and I -never had a
code- arranged provlous to his death."'
jjady Doyio sulci Biie needed money
to promote the spiritualist cause and
"Oh, so many things."
Further Accident
Commission Moves
SAEM, April 3 (P) W. s. Levens,
former prohibition director, and for
the post few years with the legal de
partment of the Industrial accident
commission, was released along with
.now cnoneos aro in addition xo uo
0:10s announced Wednesday. Levens'
position will not be filled. Levens Is
an employe of the attorney general's
offloc, but was paid by. the industrial
accident commlsHion,
Chief Auditor J. B. Protaman, waa
also relloved. Ho has b eon with the
department for many years, Charles
T. Early, chairman of the commission,
stated. Q. A. Wood, assistant auditor,
will become chief auditor, with no
new employe to take Wood's place.
Tj?ijy,iujg.-;-i!:'-iJT'i'iiL,'.,-,-,?"J-Ll.-..-';j
HTAVE
you
BACKACHE, PAIN?
Seattle, Wash.
"In my girl
hood, I suffered
A-ith severe back
aches and pain
nnd had a catar
rhal condition.
These disagree
able sensations
were completely
eradicated and I
developed into
strong and healthy womanhood hc
miise my mother gave mc Dr. Pierce's
favorite Prescription. As my own
daughters were developing I gave it
to 1 hem and in that way pre vented
their having any form of inward weak
ness." Mrs. Sadif E. Iloltzner, 5909
25l!i Ave., S.
Liquid or tablets. All dealers.
Npntl Vtr fur (rlnl piirldigA of lrnvorito
Prrfirrlptlofi Tulili'tfi to Dr. l'lcrcu's
CUnlo lu linJTrUo, N. Y.
By J. R. Williams
(D urn ov nca srswoc, inc.
Tho reorganization of the department
will take care of t&eee vacaiioies,
.Early said.
Others relieved included J. D. Mann,
W. H. Gerstel and J. W. Van Horn.
traveling auditors out of Portland, '
and P. J. Meanoy,, traveling: auditor j
out of ttaiem.
. Early said h expected, there would
be other dismissals in the roorganiza
tion during the week, in an effort
to reduce the staff to a working
minimum.
In Washington
Bv Herbert PI u miner
WASHINGTON -r- Many and varied
are tho names applied to the United
States senate.
It has been called by some "the
greatest deliberative body In the
world." Senators themselves are fond
of referring to It 00 tlu "last great;
public forum left to the people.
Time was when it was described as
the millionaire's club." Some still
Bad Slomach Cause
of Bad Skin
You enn't expect to have a good
clear fresh-looking complexion if your
Btomncli is weak and disordered.
Undigested food sends poisons
through your whole body, pimples
appear in your face, skin grows sallow
and muddy and lanes its color. Your
tungue becomes coaled, breath most
unpleasant. Hut these troubles will
end quickly and skin clear up if you
will start today taking that simple
herbal compound known to druggists
as Tanlnc.
1 anlac contains nothing but herbs,
barks and roots which have a cleans
ing, healing effect nn a poor upset
stomach, lust a tablcspoonful before
each meal stimulates the digestion
naturally so that you can cat what
ynti want without fear of distress.
And when your stomach is in good
shape again sec how much keener
your appetite is watch how quickly
skin begins to grow free of disfiguring
eruption!,. The cost of Tanlac is less
than 2(: a dose. Gctabotllcfrom your
druggist today. Monty back il it
doesn't help you.
Adv.
By Blosser
I ' '
ABE THE
AMD VJHy
OTHERS
oUL.y
STRAW IM
THE
BOX
?
glvo It that name, for seated there
yet am some .tremendously wealthy
men Coupons of Michigan for ex
ample. Put there's a name still left which
might be applied t o the senate, one
Which perhaps very nearly describes
the body when the political origins
of many of tho senators are con
sidered. It might well be called the club of
ex-governors.
Gall tho roll nnd you'll find an Im
posing number of former chief ex
ecutives of states sorving as sena
tors. There's Hiram Jolmson of Califor
nia, Park Trammell of Florida, John
Townsend of Delaware, Joe Itoblnson
of .Arkansas, Capper of Kansas, Swim
son of Virginia, Ken (trick, of Wyo
iUltS. SNOWOKN VICTOR
IN LINK FENCE FIGHT
FARNHAM. England Ml Mrs.
Philip Snowdon, wile of the chan-
II
IT
Bif Percioal Clwidopker Wretu Adlmaf.
MYSTERIOUS TOE BS
SYNOPSIS: ri: "SpMcr"
BrhlilB itiurdcr has canned tiir
rnoit at the iiursiur; home ol Dr. -Vliartcr.1.
hit former criminal con
tcttcrato. . First, lie doctor Rft
uiijt os n patient a strnmcr. John.
lVnuo. tcho discloses tho wiuticr
mi demands 11 httlinn wltire.
C'iKirtcra iipttt'Ciciifttiii; his visit
or's ItimiltiirUtl ti-lth his post,
aorccs. Mr. James, the doctor's
aid. draws a lystol un Watie.
but is reunited and tr. MncAdoo
also tcunt to "tump him off."
Want's hint to the latter uirdiit
tates hit demand 01 Uharltts lor
halt ot the "snails" In the cast ol
prettu 4urtQH. Lavderdell. a lirt
tlont. who Is steadtlu orairlno
worse under treatment. Charters
and his evil nsAOffatflff iftciru that
Wane has left a note Reside
.Suiltila Imnlioillnn a real or flffit
tlntia iinrA'in. When Wane ..over'
hears their vlottinp apaiust him
iutrrrunts nnd Charters slami
ili ordors him to leave the home.
' - Chapter 17
! THE FATAL. CONFESSION
UNINVITKU, John Wnye stopped
Into the room, as he had done
onl the day of his nrrlvnl at The
Monastery, look .an arm chMr
crossed tils linens, qnd. ieanlng.
back, settled tilnisoll iqitiforttuhly.
took out Me clgaroUo-case nnd
sullied nt the Doctor. '
''And why this sudden chunse ol
front, Simon? This threatened ies'
satlun of hnspllailt;? This attitude
almost of unfrlundlljlosn?" '
' ("Seen the pnper?" enarlod the
Doctor.
"'Oh. yes. I always see the
' papers. I have them with my mom
Ina ton. you know . . . Drink my tea,
light tt cigarette) nnd settle Uowr
for too minutes read while my fin"!
Is holng got ready." and John Wnye
smiled round n. the ring ol nurd
cruel Incus o the men and woman
who watched him. Intent, with ungry
"Look nt here, yon," continued
the Doctor. "Supposo you cut out
tho tunny f.flf before wn do 4uma
thing 11 lltllu ngalnst our Interests
. .. . Since yuu've Been the papers,
you know the gamo's up." ;
"My gnnio of yours. Slm'onV"
' Dr. Chnrtors, oneo tignln ohvlouj
ly exercising great and commei'tt
nhle restraint, replied:
"Yours." an'' added Willi slight
Helt-rlRhieousness, ''Wo nr not
wanted' murCcrers."
'You're net, SlmonV Well, now,
how apt ono is to misjudge people!
I should hare thought Hint was ex
netly what yo.4 were. And so my
gamo Is up. Is It? And why do you
think ttiut ?"
"Obviously. Surely? ... Wo don't
supposo that oven you oro going
to llo up here, while uu lunoco: t
man swings fo. what you did. Little
as wo lllio ti, wo do you that .nucli
credit."
"You flatter mo, Simon."
"I hope not. I hopo 1 don't mis
Judge you."
"Well, sorry As 1 nm to seem un
worthy ot your good opinion, Simon;
sad as 1 nm to disappoint you I
am not going.''
"Not go..g to give yourself up?
. . . You'd lot ni Innocent mun etwJiir
fur you 7"
"Ho's not swinging yet, anyway,
Simon."
"No, but ho will unless the poor
devil has got a fool-proof alibi. Tho
1 dicks mint have pinched the llrst
I crook that answered the description
I In the letter you loft on Spider
! i Schlllz's body."
"A low-down, dirty trick," growled
Mr. Jninos indignantly,
i "Slckenln' swine." murmured
Nurso Jones, while tho lingers of
the Matron's right hand curled In
tho manner ot the claws of a cat
about to scr-.tch.
"Oh, 1 don't know," observed Dr
MacAdoo tolerantly. "Quits legiti
mate, 1 think, so long ns be owns
up as of course he will do now
that some ono else Is arrested. Quite
n good trick tor putting the police
oft the scent ..."
"Tastes d.-fer," sneered the Doc
tor. "Not tin sort of trick that ap
peals to to. Filthy . . . low . . .
unspeakably foul ..."
"1 suppose you don't deny ;bu
wroto It?" bo added, turning to
John Waye.
"Certainly. 1 wrote It 1 wrote It,
all right. And, what's more, Simon.
I gave an actum name tho real
name ol a real man, hero In Eng.
land. Apparently the police have
suppressed It . .." .
With an oath Mr. James sprang
I to bis (ect bis restraint vanquished
at tho bare thought of such Ineunult
villainy, such Incredlblo violation
of all fair and decent deal: ; be
tween honr able crooks.
The Doctor himself seized Mr
James's wrist as, with a flash ol
bluod steel, It appeared from be
neath his coal.
"alt down, you $:.:ip!" ho hissed,
and violently thrust Mr. James back
lu hl chair "Will you leave this
to mc? Who asked you to butt-In?
D'you want ui all to ,..?'
cellor of the exchequer, has won &
suit over a fence.
In 1023 Mrs. Snowdon put up a
fence between ' her estate, Eden
Lodge, and that of her neighbor,
Mrs. Tarratt, an 80 -year -old widow.
Last year Mrs. Tarratt's son pulled
tho fence down. The fence was rer
erected. It was promptly pulled
down. . t i
. Now a Judge has awarded Mrs.
Snowdon $5 damages and enjoined
her opponents.
COMlLETlN-a INQl'IItV
MALAGA, Spain, Apr. 3 W MalV
agni authorities .today had nearly com
pleted their Investigation of the col
lision of tho French liner Florida and
the British aircraft carrier .Glorious
in a dense fog east of Gibraltar, Wed
liesday. They wore expected shortly to
authorize burial here of the thirty
or more victims whose bodies have
been taken from the crushed steerage
compartments of the Florida, towed
to Maiage stem first after the acci
dent. Have it your .own way," growled
Mr. James . . . "Bump him pff, AU(J
dono with It, I say." I
John Wayo smiled nt the Doctor,!
and nodded In complacent conOrma-;
Hon.
Yes. the description, name, audi
probnbla add ess, of an actual 3iau,''
ho said shamelessly, I
His hoarcrb stared lu silence,
gonulncly shocked to the depths at
their souls. .
The man was a monster. ; Some
thing beyond tlneir kou and coropre-1
houslon n superhuman, pr suphti-J,
man villain., - . i
And you actually propose to let; .
him hang, whIU you look on in!
safely?" asked the Doctor Incredu-i
Ipuoly. "A perfectly innocent map!."!;
John Waye blew a long slow j
cloud of cigarette saioke and,
watched It mon- up toward the
CAWkwlj philips,
don't think perfectly lu: jec.tt
men often get hanged In this coup- -try,"
he observed conversationally
vWnll. and what snrt of a jJme
do you think ho's having, ly 7:
thure while they w.eavc th,e noose
round him?" .
"AUwt uncomfortable, 1 shouh)
think." , .
"Wall, then, don't you think It
up to you? , . , Aren't you going te
tb soroe.tbUig?". .
"Not a tiling, .. , What- would yotj
do in y. place, Doctor?" .
, The. Rector picked dp his hoary
obony rulef In both hands, nn that
It neither bont or broke ecemsd
Inoredlhle. .
"l.ouk Here," he snld In a low
nnd menacing volco. ns ho pointed
It straight rt the tnro af Jplin Wnye.
"I'll tell you what I d do, and 1 1
toll you what you're going to do,
unless you're Icwor thnn a sunl.tts
bully . . . What you aro going to
do.wlii nny enso. ' . .,-
"tor' some reuson of your own,
you buiupud oir Spider gehlltz; and
when-you'd ilo.ie It, yon wrote a
aula lor the police, to put them on
the track of another .man; and the
police, snylug the .luual Uiing-rr
that they'll gut a clew and hoped to
mnko an ano.t nt nn early date-n
framed the man whom you de
scribed nnd miaisil . . . Sort of thing
they would do . , . Now, then, why
can't you be whltp enough to say,
Tho games up. I've bad a run
tor my mono:', nnd this Is where) I
get off ? . , . Y ..0 had a square
deal here: hot glvo this oilier gup
a square deal nnd us as well, la
to tho pnllco an lake your medicine
tlko a man, and don't squeal about
us. Wo' 10 treated you square . . .
Now go and Tivo yourself up, aai
take what's coming to you wlDIi
your mouth shut." '
"That's what you'd do, eh, Jit
mon?"
"Certainly."
"And what about the case of poor
young Swipe Oorman oh, Simon?
Young Gorman who wont Innocent,
to 'tho chair' for a murder you
planned and Uunruaii Cryde commit
ted, Who put Snip Casey 'on th
spot,' tor G;'j(le to shoot, and then
sat qulot and taw poor Innocent
young Oorman electrocuted for It?''
The Doctor sprang to his fact will)
an oath.
"You-!"
"Sit down, Simon. Sit aoT.-n,"'
soothed Jolu Waye coolly.
The Doctor did so, bis face less
Inscrutable thftj usual. He licked
his lips, and appeared to swallpw
somothlng,
"No." John Wayo glanoed at
ench member of his audience In
turn. "No," he said. "I -ban t give
myself ui . . , Not If they return
a true oil: . , , Not If judge and lory
And blm guiU . . . Not If be gets
the death sentence . . .
"No, nor yet on the third Sun
day morning u.tcr bis sentence
nor at live minutes to eight jn the
bappy .morn," be continued. "Let
blm swlnp 1 nop t he does swing
and then I shall be all right . . ,
See, Simon? Tbe day he swings,:
I'll start packing up, and then 1'U
go on my way rejoicing."
"No, 1 shan't give myself up." re
peated John Waya: "but," be added,
smiling round, "1 would not tores
any of ;oui fonder consciences, for
bo it from mo to do thatl If l can
let an Innocent man hang, and yii
can't, why yoo must give me up. ,
"Purge your consciences, yon
scrupulous ones. Be guided by yonr
better natures and follow Ills coun
sel of your heart: yes, for Is It Dot
written, 'Let the counsel of thins
own heart stand, for there Is no
man truer unto thee than If!"
"My Cod ' l.'r. James ejaculated,
aghast, and further words failed
him. fl
'(,. .,4.. ;jjo 1, rj4ritt A. Sttku Ce.1
Found dead in bedt Against that '.
threatened fate Wayo's foresight
guards him tomorrow, a he cliopa
through the venear to the uglv
truth.
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'Oil,