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ICntered at the Postof flee in Salem. Oregoni as second class1 matter.
THE SPIRIT OP OPTIMISM
regarded as a great statesman by
only the students of government
until after his death. Lloyd George
may require a postmortem to diag
nose his services and fix his stand
ing as a statesman.
Aside from all of that. America
is glad be is here. Statesman or
master opportunist, he has been
where history was making fast
and he had a wide influence in
shaping events. He sustained him
self through all sorts of assaults
so long as his nation was in trou
ble. Lord Northcliffe was' the
first great statesman to challenge
the value of the publie services of
Lloyd George, and that great pub
lic leader sustained one - of .his
few great defeats. Lloyd, George
proved too much for"Northcliffe.
However, this is not a day of
history; this Is the present, and in
the present America will welcome
this great Englishman, our cousin
in blood and our comrade in
world service.
WHAT FOLLOWS THE DESTRUCTION 07 HELL?
LET THEM HOWL
Several prominent Salem men who have recently made trips
to California have come back home telling the story of the won
derful spirit of optimism of , the people of Los Angeles
Resulting in the fastest growing city of its size in the
world, on a site that, a few short years ago, was a series of sand
hills. . T : ' - . ;Y ! ; : 1
Los Angeles has become great because her people from the
start have had faith! In the early growth of that city, every
forward movement was called a boom by her jealous rivals: and
you can "even yet have that refrain from many residents of her
greatest riva San Francisco . j ' j
- ' But theeople of Los Angeles convinced themselves from
the start that their city had a great future and they have argued
aU lifohg that their growth was no boomand they have suc
ceeded, in? putting the idea over. They have drawn; people from
all sections of the United States and all parts of the world, and
converted them all into boosters; until they are now adding
xnore than lOOJOOO a year to their population from other cities
and states and countries; until they are now claiming 800,000
people, and a mile frontage of new residences a day, or more
All on an original capital of pure optimism f
Kidding themselves into the spirit of the motto of Henry
Ford, that "you can do any thing you think you can do," and
then going to work to do it ; to bring about the brilliant future
of which they have held the vision, baeked by firm faith.
vThis isa plea for tle spirit of optimism. Make it 100 per
cent strong in Salem, and this- city will grow to 100,000 popu
lation in a few years; and, then go right on growing.
Salem is doing very' well ; growing faster than any city
ofiher size oil this coast; growing solidly S
But this is the land of diversity, and, by the same sign,
the country "of opportunity; No other section has such a great
number of products that are in the nature of" franchises
The full development of the possibilities of which, pro
duced; and packed and manufactured on an f extensive scale,
Sot a still more extensive scale, would become still greater
city builders ' ; - . - j
And the list is familiar to the reader, or ought to be. ,
i .:- The full development of our flax industry, alone would
make Salem a city of 100,000 people; or of .our walnut and
filbertlindustries; or of our paper making, wood working and
hydroelectric industries "T '--:vr:'-'yy .
, And great strides would result, from the same kind of de
velopment of each of the following lines : Loganberries, prunes,
dairying, strawberries, apples, raspberries, mint,' blackberries,
Cherries, pears, poultry, i seed growing and. a long additional
list, j . ,1 .-j ; ..Y ;. " ''':'H:r'-:
'., The one thing lacking tq quickly make of Salem a growing
city of 100,000 people is a spirit ; of optimism such as every
Los Angeles "resident has and that would mean a wonderfully
prosperous Salem. Its progressive spirit .would amaze the world.
It would not be a boom. It would be backed by .a Gibraltar
solidity; drawing new money every day ; from the remotest
torner of the earth, for the annual products of our soil' worked
to into suitable forms for the markets of the wide world.-'
. : Make optimism in Salem as catching as the measles, andj
there jwm never be a dull day in all ther future, either in this
city or in the surrounding country, or in the other cities and
towns of this central portion of the richest valley underv the
shining sun. - h ' - ;K ! S; ';: ' J'y I a
The labor convention In Port
land is being nagged and of course
somewhat annoyed by malicious
attacks made by the radicals, j La
bor has held its head and steadily
refused to let these radicals in to
bore holes in the organization.
On the outside they can gnash
their teeth and rave. Labor has
won because it has been American.
It did not take much courage to
be loyal during the war, but labor
has continued to carry out the
policies for which ' the war , was
fought. If the radicals ever get
hold of the organization it will
mean the end to labor ' as a re
spectable organization, but what
is -much worse it will mean an
archy for the country.
A GOOII AIrOIXTMEXT
It speaks well for the citizen
ship of Henry Downing that when
there was a vacancy in a county
office to be filled by gubernatorial
appointment, with practically one
voice the people said to appoint
him. That is , the fine fruit of
honorable citizenship.
Mr. Downing.- henceforth Judge
Downing, of course, will make a
good official. , He has been a suc
cessful business man for years and
has made friends on every hand.
As judge he will be fair and pro
gressive. What Is much to the
point is that he knows Marion
county and knows its needs. K
Irrigation is so important that
the entire state must be interested.
We showed an.unwise interest In
guaranteeing the Interest " on
bonds. That was a misguided and
unfortunate effort to help the far
mers, but it proved an opportun
ity for men who; knewt exactly
what they wanted to reap a har
vest. . The irrigation interests
must hare a square deal, but so
likewise must the people of the
state. ;
7 1 PUBLIC BUSINESS
: 1 While there has constantly been
an outcry and a protest against
the government in business, the
amount of business the govern
'mentj has undertaken has constant
ly; Increased. - The v only .place
- where there has been a d Istipct
aclt-down has been in the rail'
, foad situation. : The government
bungled so terribly - during the
; war that there has been little de
mand for government ownership
'since. But In other lines the de-
mand has beenust as emphatic.
; J in North DakoUj) the tate un
' dertook to trafisact almost every
kind of business. r- Wild-eyed and
cracked brained socialists flocked
iio the state and rioted in their
pull It through and make it a suc
cess. The figures are once more
available ; and It Is ; just another
chapter of the same old story of
failure.;;, " , '-4 ? I''
i North Dakota's 1 sUte owned
flour mill at Grand Porks sustain
ed an-operating loss from October
23. 1822. to July 1. 1925. of
Word comes from Eugene that
the girls In the state university
are bobbing their hair. The only
surprising thing . about it is that
there , were girl's heads that liad
not yet been bobbed. ; The girla
have .been bobbing so long that
the wonder is there are still heads
to bob. ;
AN OLD EDITORIAL
Boast not thyself of tomorrow;
for thou knewest not what a day
$124,581. according to the first ny bring forth. Proverbs 27:1
; . .. . n. j President Coolidge is worrying
loss amounu to 49 cents on each . a , nnnoaition
barrel of flour produced. A ter-pre88 lg aU loaded up with dyna
mite, but they tan find no crack
in the plaster to stick the stuff.
minal elevator erected to function;
in connection with the mill, added
materially to the deficit."
OVlt ENGLISH VISITOR
own illusions.
The? result
was
that they came near bankrupting
, the state. Fortunately the people
realized in what direction they
were heading ana called ' a halt.
Th Nonpartisan league itself got
cold . feet and refused to go any
1 further. But the state had some
expensive . .experiments on hand
1 and they must be carried through,
i One especially large , bugaboo wes
'a flouring mill.
. ; As a matter of fact, the wheat
, situation was responsible for the
sweeping Tictory of the Ieague;in
y the first place. The people , had
three time demanded relief from
:! the Minneapolis and St. Paul grain
, robbers, but three times the legis
lature had turned a deaf ear. Ex-
asperated beyond control, the far
: jners overflowed the party f leids
and swept the fctate. There was
l sufficient justification-for the re
volution. - However, It . did t not
; work out ns planned. The lead
' ers one by one dropped out, even
- the master mind turned to other
fields of activity. ' "
One or the cherished instltu
. tions, that had toibe given ,a
chance for its life was the flouring
i mill at Grand Forks. An earnest
; an ! honest effort was made to
Of course it is bad ' taste to
ppeak plainly about our guests to
their face, but our distinguished
English visitor will? never see this
paper f unless - some misguided
friend sends him one. We hope
Lloyd George has no such friend
in this state, r J.
Lloyd " George. now visiting
here, has had a wonderful career.
For many years .he ranked with
the great statesmen jof his coun
try. The war gavet him an oppor
tunity to exercise liis peculiar tal
ents for compromise and coalition.
He sustained himself as the. head
of the government" by various and
intelligent subterfuges. After the
war he held on doubtless under
the belief that i his compromising
genius could, carry hin through.
It did not do so,' however, and. he
fell from power: All through hi3
remarkable career there , were
those who contefidctl that he was
not a statesman.! but a master
strategist jand opportunist, v
What position Lloyd George will
take in history Is hard to foretell,
but at present he Is not regarded
as a great statesman at .alK ' ! It
may be that it will take' his death
to establish his. claims to states
manship and It ' may be he" Is' not
really a statesman: -Readers will
recall that Grovet Cleveland was
(Copyrighted by the SanJose Mercury J
Some of the results that are following the analysis of reli
gious beliefs that is now taking place among religious leaders
are startling in their nature. . It is' not over stating the case to
say that probably the large, majority of the, members of
the Protestant churches in this country no. longer believe in the
hell of fire and in everlasting punishment. The elimination of
the belief in hell is prompting leading church followers to ques
tion many of the former teachings of the church that have been
based on the existence of hell and salvation from its tortures.
If the burning hell does not exist, much that has been taught
about God and Christ and the plan of salvation from its tortures,
must go with it, or be changed, to. meet the changed attitude re
garding hell. In fact, the Protestant belief of this country might
be said to now be in a state of flux and thoughtful and observant
religionists are watching for the final outcome with deep in
terest. ' j" K is.-'
The world experiences during the past fifty years havchad
a large influence in promoting these changes in religious belief.
During that period the status of man and the governments under
which he lives have undergone epochal changes. We are apt
to forget that now the king and his despotic rule of his subjects
has practically passed away. The system of kingly rule that was
universal at the beginning of the Christian era and for many
centuries later has been largely displaced by systems , in which
man determines the form of government under which he shall
live. -' v
The rule of kings on earth was supposed to be patterned
after the rule of God in heaven. But man has evolved a new
earthly rule that .is found to develop a higher type of man than
the former rule by kings. This experience raises the question
of the rule of God in heaven. Does God rule as a despot in His
heavenly kingdom? It having been demonstrated that a higher
type of man is developed under the democratic form of govern
ment under which man develops self control, the attitude of
justice toward his fellow man and the other characteristics that
are essential to the proper working of a democracy, is it not fair
to assume the rule of God in heaven is not that of a despot who
rules his subjects from without but rather that of the .divine
spirit developed in the human heart that rules man from withint
Will it follow that the destruction of the hell of the past
will also result in the destruction of the God of the past? This
thought may bring terror to the mind of many church fol
lowers, but should it do so? A change in man's understanding
of God wilt not change the character or attributes of God. He
will remain the same whatever man thinks of Him or believes
about Him. .
No mature and thoughtful person would accept,a child's con
ception of God and His attributes and power as a correct under
standing of Him. ' Why should he. more readily accept the be
lief of men who lived during the period of ignorance and dark
superstition that prevailed nineteen hundred years ago? The
same teachers who promulgated the theories about hell and eter
nal punishment gave the world the ideas of God, His attributes
and attitude toward . mankind ,? that have prevailed since their
time. If they were wrong in one part of their doctrines may
we not assume that, they were -wrong in other parts?
The whole structure of the belief of the so-called Christian
church was originally foindedTipon the hypothesis that God is
a despotic ruler of the universe j that He created all things, in
cluding man by His fiat ; that lie was cruel and relentless ; that
lie became angry with man because he disobeyed Him and that
He made hell, a burning lake of fire to which lie consigned man
to suffer in eternal agony as punishment for his disobedience;
that later He sent Jesus, His only son into the world to be cru
cified for the sins of mankind with the promise that those who
accepted the sacrifice of the Son as a propitiation for their sins
should be forgiven and thereafter-receive God's favor.. ;
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Such a plan appealed to the ignorant and superstitious of
the time of its promulgation and since it has been accepted by
the Christian world as God's plan for the salvation, of mankind.
But in these later days man has become more intelligent and
less credulous and is analyzing the different parts of this plan
of salvation to see if all parts will stand the test of modern
knowledge and experience, with the result that parts of this be
lief are already discredited. To many hell is exploded; the
cruelty and Wrath of God are discarded and in their place has
come the belief that God is love and not cruelty; that He does
not destroy His children but rather helps to develop in them the
beautiful qualities inherent in the love that animates His own
life. , If God s not a God of wrath and vengeance then there is
jio need of a hell in which to torture His victims forever.
If thekformer belief in regard to the character of God and the
existence and use of hell are erroneous may it not be that the
Christian belief as to the function of the Christ in God's plan for
His children may also be misunderstood? If God is not and
never has been a God of wrath and vengeance and if there is
not and never was "a" hurning lake of fire designed as a place of
eternal torment for sinful man then what necessity was there
for the crucifixion of God's Son to appease the wrath of the
Father if He was not wrathful? Is it not a higher conception
of the work of the Son to believe that He is designee! to show and
manifest the love and the tender solicitude of the Father for
His children rather than to offer himself as a sacrifice to ap
pease the wrath of God? .
. These are some of the qnestions that are now commanding
the attention of modern thinkers and that call for the prayerful
and reverent consideration of the searcher for God s truth.
tunity. 'When - did a magnificent
collossal chance ' ever ' come my
Way?" j j , ;
I will tell yoa. When you were
born Into this world. That gave
you your big chance, and as long
as you are in this world you still
save your big chance.
When an inhabitant of this
planet says he has had no chance,
he clearly demonstrates that he
does not know?; what he Is here
for. It would ie Just as correct
fcr a boy placed In the first grade
at school to look! around and say.
"I have no chanbe." He has ev
ery chance in the worli If he will
apply himself. ! It woiMd be just
as corrector the office boy of a
large business house jto say, "I
have no chance." There are many
presidents of corporations who
were once office boys.)
- our tremendous opportunity
and we are put here with the Idea
that we will make use of this opportunity.".-
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Now; when we say Opportunity,
we are apt to think only of money.
Money is a good thing. It repre
sents the necessities and luxuries
of life and we j need j a certain
amount of It. But the chance to
make money is; not our greatest
opportunity. j jk ,
' The real opportunitjhthis world
offers ' is the chance to learn,
through varied jahd , repeated ex
periences, ho wto be decent,; how
to be wholesome, how to be fair
and square with our fellows, how
to get ready to occupy a better
place later on. j j
The little boy in the first grade
in school is given the -opportunity
to enter the second grade. ' we
in this world - fire given the op
portnity to enter a better world.
We are here because we need what
this world can teach. When we
were born our opportunity began
and eact day that s we live our op
portunity continues.
lost heart as hope of escape dim
inished, and committed suicide to
avoid capture or were slain by
Waiters, who then fell under the
heavy fire from the besieging for
ces, physicians Said,
BITS FOR BREAKFAST 1
Fair weather promised-
V V
And that will make the
prune
AMMONIA ENDS LONG
BATTLE AT PRISON
(Continued; from page 1.)
grenade. The bodies of Griffith
and Ferland were partly sheltered
under a table against the wall on
the northwest side. Powder
burned ballet 1 wounds over the
heart indicated the manner in
which GrifHth' and Ferland died.
Ferland's Jfanji skill gripped1
heavy calibre Automatic pistol, s
Ferland and Griffith's arms
were folded aa though the bodies
had been arranged after death.
These two of jthe desperate trio
men slid: though theyl worked
through the showers. -t
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A paragraph remarks; that
church seems, to be the only safe
place on Sundays; and another one
says it is surprising how few peo
ple who have automobile accidents
on Sundays are on their way to
church.
The first mortgage wasi issued
about 2100 B. C.. and occasionally
one may see the car it bought.
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Rain Interfered with the con
struction of the big brick ware
house for the flax plant; but ar
rangements have been j made so
that the work may hereafter go
ahead, rain or shine. The building-is
badly needed for the new
flax machiney that is arriving, and
about to arrive.
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London Punch complains that
the 15,000.000 pound war .debt
England Is paying to the United
States is about the only thing that
gets past Ellis Island. (That wri
ter forgets the lecturers. 1
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With the . children : in I . school
again, poor, tired mother can get
more time to dc her telephoning.
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Some one quotes Acts 3:6 for
the benefit of Germany.! as fol
lows: "Then Peter said, Silver
and gold have I none; but such as
as I have give I thee: In the name
of! JeBus Christ of Nazareth rise
up and walk."
j, FUTURE PA 1 to :j
pho'"btrbVvn5ii.a.r--YMCA ; hi
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fh'S '.:?p? ot th CiTie .M-.io cl-b f
Diphtheria and Scarlet ;
Fever Again at Silverton
SILVERTQN. .Ore..
Oct. 5.
(Special to - The Statesman ) .
Diphtheria has again (broken out
at' Silverton. Several cases of
both diphtheria and scarlet fever
have r been reported. ? : V Among
those families which are quaran
tened for diphtheria are that of
Harry Behtson, V. Barkhnrst and
Silas Owsley,
3!rtiKwipKrSluS?.,
VineoSS B. h -l-brt1
Octobir 26. SUrdr-:rrsnes WtlUrd
o&,b,r it. 8.tora.r-rooan, wui
Orr -1. W,ane.y--Prildnt
8n.x.U. if UWer.Uy f Whito to
ddrtwa Rotary club. ; -,.... wm..
Noembr 8, Saturday Jootball. WHIa-
m?tt.... ,Colleg. of Pogat Soasd. at
NSr t Joi-PaeHie "
tlonal X.iwUtrk poaiti. Prtla4.
N.amber 8. Sat-rday r'b".i .f
lem hgh. school sod Cottaga Oro ! '.
Nolraber 9, Tdy P11 sloetioa
oa ineoma tax referwidnm. . - 4
XotiW . and 10. .friday and Sat-
rday Firat Aanoal WUlametto Uaivor
aity Homa-Coming. '- . ' ,,
SoTember 10. Saturday Footbsll, Wil
lametta tmlversity va Whitmaa collaga.
at Salem.v . - " - : . ...
Novaraber 12. Monday Armiatico day
celebration ia Salem. .' ..
Kormber 12, Saturday Football. Sa
lem high and Kogen high, at Halam.
Xorember 17, 8atnrday FootbalU Sa
lem high and Medford high at Medfprd.
November 23. Friday football. Willa-
icette va; - Paeifjo; probably at Port-
November 28. Friday Football, Salam
high aad Albany high, at Albany.
November 29, Thursday Football, Sa
lem hich and Corvallia high, at Corvallia.
November 89 Thnradey Football. Wil-
New Law Firm Specialty
Will.Be Water Litigation
A unique place In legal circles
will be filled by Cupper & Simp
son, who have established an of
fice in the Oregon building and
who will practice law .and engin
eering, their specialty to be water
rights and water litigation.
" Percy A. Cupper was for seyer
al years state engineer and only
recently vacated that office. Robert-J."
Simpson,' the other, member
of the firm was connected with
the state engineering department
as- office engineer.
There is no other firm ef law
yers in Salem that specializes in
this character of practice, and be
cause of the growing importance
of reclamation in the state the new
firm expects to build up a good
practice. . Irrigation is not only
Important in the eastern part of
the state, but it is becoming more
so In western Oregon.7
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Cartoon Magic The Frisky Squirrel "j..
YOUR SfAGXlFICENT OPPOR
TUNITY ( By WICKES WAMBOLDT )
one magnificent, collossal oppor
tunity. People will read this who
will dispute my statement ; and
Every person, in this world has say, "I never had such an oppor
III I H g LrStr-3Sr'l&
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A Trained Personnel to Serve You
After all the assets of "a bank can't all be found on
the statement. We count the trained and experienced
personnel , which serves you here at the United States
, ; 1 " National, as one of our great assets! The help that we
render our patrons outside of the ordinary routine of
banking is dependent on them. .
And that's the, sort of constructive assistance that
makes the bank worth while. You'll never understand
- just what value a bank may be in business until ,you
have tried the services of the United States National.
United States
National Bank
.kitSalcm Oregon. ;
The hunter must have a keen eye-who finds this tricky
squirrel. When you first look at the branch
leaves; but a few lines with your pencil and presto I There
you see only
is Mr.! Squirrel himself, with his beautiful bushy
over his back. ;- . '
tail curled up
I THE SHORT STORY, JR.
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A CHARGE ACCOUNT
It seiieda tliat in the school there
was a thief,'
The amount the Store was short
was past belief ;
So Alice planned
A systtkn grand
To place it spy and bring the cheat
- to grief.
"Somebody In this dor'mHory is
a -cheat!" Helen whispered the
dreadful words to Alice, her best
friend, who was motaitor of the
Honor League,
"Oh. Helen, how do you know?"
Alice asked.
"Because, somebody has :. been
taking nuts' from the store and
jnot paying It co3t me COc. this
werk!" !
L. i:r
The store consisted of a shoe
box in the window sill of the north
corridor in which were nut bars
an bags of salted almonds, and a
powder box in which one was hon
or bound to leave a qickle if she
made a purchase. Helen had
started the; store as a favor be
cause she was a! senior and could
go to town whenever, she wanted
to, while the hungry juniors could
go in only on Saturdays and were
always complaining because they
wanted candy, j -
"The store ia as much part of
the honor system as anything else
around this building." declared
Alice. ' ' .-- - ' " ' ,
"I've asked very single person
if they've eveif forgotten td pay,
and they all deny it." Helen re
plied. "But just bags and: bags
of nuts are gone, and there's
scarcely a cent in the box.'f
.. ,'. m KoiriB to f,I,d t who it
it:- was Alice's conclusion.1 - "If
I'm head of the honor system. I'm
going t find out who Is cheating
e won't make It public, but Just
send a bill to .her to let her know
he must pay her debt to,, the
Ufre Heten-.grbd U;woulo! be
only fair, so after lunch Alice hid
behind the curtain of Helen's clos-
DAD'S DERBY
What holds a felt hat together?
Examine one very closely, or with
a magnifying glass, and try to
8qp what it Is made of.- You will
probably be able to see only a
very closely matted surface with
a few tiny hairs sticking up here
and there, but with no signs of
a weave to hold the fabric to
gether. ..: ;-- C-J-: '
Felt Is not woven, but is a ma
terial made of very finely cut fur
or fur and wool mixed, that Is
treated "with nitrate of mercury
to make It soft and f luf ry. These
fine hairs are blown into : a ma
chine that has a finely perorated
revolving copper cone three- feet
high. The mist-like fur particles
are drawn by suction to the damp
outer side of the cone, forming
ed a damp eloth and another cone
a thin covering. Over this is plac
is pressed over It. This is put
Into hot water until the particles
of fur become tangled together,
or until it "felts.'? The felt cone
is shrunken and dyed and given,
lion being, used for the soft felts
a coat of shellac- a weak solu
and a thick solution for the stiff
hats..' . - ; - . - - : , .-
With the aid of .boiling water,
steam and .machinery, the felt
cone is pulled, flattened and block
ed over forms until It is the shape
desired for the hat. Derby hats
are" put under a hydraulic press
to jnake them very stiff, and the
surface is smoothed with emery
paper. 4 ' .
Felt hats 'are formed of one
continuous piece of material with
out any seams or jdlnkngs. That
is why. they wear almost forever.
et where she could see through
the door into the hall. The girls
came in gronps or alone and made
their selections, always dropping
a contribution in.the powder box.
The xloset was . hot and Alice
grew tired. She was almost asleep
when a stealthy patter. patter
roused her. r It sounded sneaking
iy suspicious. The thief had ap
parently arrived. "I hate to find
out who it is." thought Alice, but
her duty as couneil monitor made
her peep, lone look and Alfce
ed.till Helen came running to see
what was the matter.
"There's your thief," cried
Alice, pointing to a merry bandit
running up a tree outside, with
bag of nuu In his mouth. "If
you don't want to run a charge
account ' with Mr. Sqlrrei. you'd
better keep the window shut''-
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