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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1909)
WEXH BAST FELL. The time our baby failed an' breaked , His little arm right straight In two, He hollered so I guess he maked 'Em heir him dear t' town, don't youT In' father, he lst'couldn't bear T" hear him cry an weni ontsiue in' down behind the barn an' there My pa 1st cried an' cried an' cried. in' Polus, he's our hired man, 1st couldn't busk another shock. But s?t behind the milk bouse an' He most forgot f feod the stock. JU' 'Lirabeth, she lives wjth us Because she's orful pore, lit couldn't stand the baby's fuss An' runued upstairs an' locked the door. The time our baby breaked his arm My ma an' me, she's always thunk, Was only folks around the farm At showed a weenty bit o' spunk. John D. Wells. IflliEiii Bertha and her elder sister Ella were talking it over. Bertlia, with .an open book In her lap, was rocking her self In the chair by the window with mippressert emotion, and Ella was cov ering a piece of canvas with streaks of very highly colored wool. "I always said," Bertha remarked nt Icnptli. "that we shouldn't get on well together. I knew this would happen." "And so you, have really broken off your engagement for good?" said Ella, quietly, as she gazed at her work to see If a streak of bright green and bright yellow would harmonize with a similar streak of lurid blue. "Absolutely," said Bertha, firmly. "I waited till yesterday to give him the rhance to call and apologize, and then I wrote and told him tlint all was over between us, and that I should return his presents, and that I didn't want to see htm again. And," she. added, rock ing herself furiously with the excite ment of the recollection, "I'm very glad I did, because I was able to get my letter off first, and to show him that I en u be as Independent as he Is, and I always said we should never suit each otlte-, and I don't care for him a bit now. and he's a horrid, hnteful thing I" "Dear, dear!" commented Ella, as her Bister paused f rom sheer want of breath. "Well," persisted. Bertha, "It's his fault.. He began It I shouldn't have Mid anything If he hadn't danced with that Jessie Hamilton twice running. He couldn't dnnce with me all the even ing, I know, but he needn't have gone out of his way to dunce with her a sec ond time when he knew my name was on his irngrnm." "But pcrhops he made a mistake, dear. You told me he tried to explain the Matter afterwards." "I'm glad you said 'tried,' " said Bertha derisively. "It was all arranged beforehand. I told him so at the first opportunity." "And then he said you had better come buck home, eh?" "There you are again !" cried Bertha excitedly, as he turned on her sister with what she evidently considered a triumphant vindication of her rights. "Fancy wanting to come away in the middle of the evening, just as the real fun was commencing ! Would you huve your evening broken up Just out of spite, and be taken home In a cab be fore supper like a child In the nurs ery?" Klla shrugged her shoulders and looked as If she were considering the position carefully before committing herself to a definite reply. "I told him about It In the hansom," pursued Bertlia, remorselessly. "Aud U nil upset me so I couldn't help crying little, and that mnde hlin worse than ever. And then he said If I kept on like that he would stop the cab and end me home alone. I told him it was the best thing he could do. And so It But what anuoyed me most was H making all that scene before the cabman. I think that was mean above everything. I ghall never forgive him for that. ' The wretched cabman was listening through the trap-door all the time. He must have been, because when Freddie was paying him the im pudent fellow said It was a pity sweet hearts should fall out, and If it was bis young lady he should go back and try and make It up again." "And what did Freddie say?" Ella Inquired curiously. "Freddie,"' said Bertha, "oh, tie said " she stopped suddenly, and there was a slightly embarrassing Pause. Well. I can't tell you exactly what he snld, because I didn't under tnjid at nil. But he said it very loud V. and there was a great deal of It. And I shan't forgive hlin for that dis graceful gcene, either. I wonder whether he'll have the manners to acknowledge iy letter." 'Then you do want to hear from him Sior suggested Ella, quietly, as she looked out of the corners of her eyes iyly. "Oh, dear, no 1" retorted Bertha, with haughty pout "If he likes to con sider my letter the last word to be said n the subject, he's welcome to, for all I care!" And she resumed her seat and re opened her book, which she continued to rend complacently for several min utes, in spite of the fact that she was Holding it unslde down. Presently the maid came ' iuto the n Toom with a card ou a tray. Bertha mncned at it with a singular eager ness, and then tossing it carelessly back on me tray, remarked emphatically: "Please say I'm not at home." "Is that Freddie ?" asked Ella, look ing up suddenly and stopping the maid by a gesture. And as her sister replied with a sullon nod, she continued, "I think you'd better see him, dear." "Oh, I'm not afraid to see him, if It comes to that!" snid Bertha, defiantly. "Show Mr. Markham up, Mary," said Ella, to the umld. "You'll do the explaining, dear, won't you?" pleaded Bertha, when they were alone, as she darted to the pier-glass and criticized herself anxiously. "You can talk to him, you know. How do I look? Tell him that I have nothing to add to my letter, and all that. Is my hair all right? Hush, here ho Is !" Mr. Markham bowed quietly as be entered the room with his hat In one hand and a large brown paper parcel in the other. Bertha, with her foot on the fonder and her arm on the mantelpiece, acknowledged his how, with a frigid Inclination of her head, while Ella hur ried forward and shook hands cordial ly, and hoped that Mr. Markham would be seated. Then she volunteered the suggestion that it was a nice day. Mr. Markham agreed that It was a very nice day, indeed. Then he added, studiously addressing himself to Ella all the time: . "I have brought a Tew things with me which I must ask your sister to let me return. I thought I ought to call personally, as I quite understand you may reasonably .expect some apology from me for sending your 6ister homo alone on Tuesday, and I beg you will " "Oh, it's too late now!" interrupted Bertha, with rather fierce emphasis. "Oh, I quite understand that," said Mr. Markham, still addressing Ella. "But I hope you will believe that I ain very sorry about it all. If you will accept my apology, I er, I think that Is all. There is nothing more to be said." And he rose from his chair. "Nothing," sald Bertha, looking fiercely iuto the fire stove. "Oh, Mr. Markham, do please excuse me," cried Ella, starting up from her chair suddenly and running to the win dow. "But there's Harry coming down the lawn, and he's brought me such a lovely bouquet. Bertha, you'll show Mr. Markham out, won't you?" And she was gone In a moment The situation hud become somewhat disquieting. Bertha turned rather red and 'begun to contemplate minutely the Bhnpe of her dainty boot which was resting on the fender. Mr. Markham brushed his hat pensively on his elbow, and seemed to be troubled with a slight cough. "I er, I think that Is all," he said at length. "Oh, yes," said Bertha, deliberately. "After whnt hns happened It is easy to see that we can be nothing more to each other." "Er yes. I suppose that Is so," said Mr. Markham, reflectively, as he con tinued to brush his bat with extraor dinary diligence. "And I dare say you're very glad to be out of it," said Bertha, stifling a big sigh of resignation, as she left the mantelpiece and walked to the win dow. "Oh, no, not at all," Insisted Mr. Markhnm. "I'm rathes sorry In one way, you know, because I thought " . "I see you've brought back my pres ents," she Bald coldly. "But you need not have bothered, I'm sure. I was go ing to send yours back to-ulght. I've got them all packed up." "Oh, they don't matter, I assure you," Mr. Markhnm hastened to assure her. ' There was nnawkwnrd pause, and then to relieve the strain he crossed to the table and luld the browu paper parcel gingerly on the extreme edge. By that time he hod thought of some thing to sny. "I'm afraid I've tied up rather an awkward bundle; but I wanted to get the parcel done up In a hurry, because Jack Hliigston surprised me In the mid dle of It., He came In to know If I was going to the Tomlinsons' dance, and " Bertha wheeled around suddenly, as If she had quite forgotten the polnful nature of the Interview. "Are the Tomlinsons going to give a dance?" she asked eagerly. "I won der who's going. Will Jessie Hamilton be there?" Then the sad formnllty of the oc casion dawned upou her, and she sighed and turned to the window again. "I I really don't know," said Mr. Markbauk- "I'm not going." "Oh, pray don't stay away on. my account," urged Bertha, sarcastically. "I er wasu't , going to I mean " "Thank you for the compliment," she said ironically, bowing at the same time with mock emphasis. "I I mean I haven't been asked to go," stammered Mr. Markham, wiping his forehead with his handkerchief. "Oh, I beg your pnrdon," said Bertha, coldly. There wo another pause. Bertha gazed disconsolately out of the window, while Mr. Markham, in order to break the intolerable silence, desperately cut the string of his parcel and spread the contents out on the table. Bertha, hearing the noise, turned, and coming nearer the table, watched the proceed ing with a badly-affected Indifference. "I think you'll find they're all there," said Mr. Markham, indicating the "pres ents." "There's the smoking cap you worked for me. I'm afraid it has been used rather roughly, but, you see, I had it all ready to pack up yesterday, when my little fox terrier got hold of It and btn eating the braid, and as I was" getting-, it away from him we pulled the tassel off between us. There was nobody else In the way Just then, so I had to sew It on again myself, and " Bertha lost h-ir head completely for the moment She burst out laughing as she snatched the cap oat of tils band. "Why," she cried, glancing at his workmanship, "you've sewn It on with white cotton, and" dangling It by the tassel before him, derisively "It isn't In tha middle!" Then she recollected herself at once and seemed angry at havlug been momentarily betrayed into a shsw of interest In the proceedings. "But really." she added, tossing the cap on the table and returning to the win dow, "I don't know why you should expect me to trouble my head about these things now. I " "Oh, quite so," suld Mr. Markham; "I'm sorry I mentioned It Only, you see, this is the first time I have had to perform a melancholy duty of this kind, and I thought " "Oh, you do think It melancholy, then7 And whose fault Is it, I should like to kuow?" And Bertha turned and advanced a step toward the table. "I I don't say you are altogether to blame, because " "Oh, I'm glad you don't think I am altogether to blame!" she cried sar castically. "Of course . you've done nothing to be ashamed of!" "I don't say that at all. I mean " "Well." said Bertha, coldly, "I don't think we can discuss the matter with advantage now, thank you. I under stand you desire to leave these" and Bhe Indicated the "presents" with a majestic sweep of the hand "and that Is all." "Quite so," said Mr. Markham, pick ing up his hat and resuming the brush ing operation with a vigor that amount ed almost to brutality. "Only, as I say. I felt I ought to explain " 'HDh, It doesn't matter, thank you," said Bertha, with tremendous dignity. "You shall have yours back by to night." "I really don't want them," insisted Mr. Markham, backing a little towards the door. "Oh, yes, you may want them for Jessie," she said in a tone of wither ing sarcasm. Mr. Markham paused in his retreat and came back to the table prepared to argue the matter. "Jessie who?" he asked, with a be wildered look. "I don't understand you." "Oh, yes, you do," she retorted. "Do you think I sat out that dance with my eyes shut? And all the time sbe was pretending to be my friend. I'll never speak to her again as long as I lire, the horrid little cat!" Mr. Markham put his hat down on the table with deliberation. "I really can't Imagine why you' should ,tInk Miss Hamilton Is any thing to me," he said. "Why, she isn't even good-looking." "Yes, she Is ugly, Isn't she?" said Bertha,' betrayed Into a confidential tone. "Aud her hair is red. Isn't it? She tries to say it's a fashionable shade of art brown ; but everybody knows It's red. Of course, we've been friends, and all that, you know ; but you can't always choose your friends Just where you want them, and she never did come up to my Idea of a true friend, and she couldn't have been or she wouldn't have schemed to get you away from me at the dnnce " , "Oh, but," said Mr. Markham, lean ing comfortably on the table and un consciously acknowledging the confi dential development of the interview, "that was quite an accident; it was, really, I mixed up the dances." "And I kept that one for you spe cially." "Yes ; that's what I'm so sorry about. But I should have thought there would linve been plenty of fellows who would have Jumped at the chance of asking you the moment they saw you weren't claimed for that dance. There is al ways a run on the prettiest girl In the room, and " Bertha so far forgot the solemnity of the occasion as to look up at Mr. Mark ham and smile. "I did look nice, didn't I?" she sug gested. "Everybody tells me I look very nice In pink." "I think you look nice In anything,' asserted Mr. Markham, with a pleas ing candor, as bv the merest accident his right hand, which was traveling aimlessly across the table, ran into Bertha's which was proceeding appar- ently with a similar Indecision of pur pose. ' About an hour after Mr. Mark ham's last observation. Sister Ella darted suddenly Into the room, calling for Bertha to come out into the garden. Bertha was standing near the window, and Mr. Markham was standing very near to Bertha with his arm unmis takably round her. "1 beg your pnrdon Bertha, dear," protested Ella, as she retreated In con fusion; "l did not know yu were engaged!" Pennsylvania Grit. A Substitute for Work. "Physical culture, futlier. Is perfectly lovely!" exclaimed an enthusiastic young miss Just home from college. "Look! To develop the arms I grasp this rod by one end and move it slowly from right to left" "Well, well!" exclaimed the father; "what won't science discover! If that rod had straw at the other end you'd be sweeping." Success Magazine. When a widow tells a man he la "different" that s his cue to elt up and take notice. . Blessed are they who 'expect little, for they usually get it 0 $ Old Favorites t How Beta? and I Mad V. Give me yonr hand, Mr. Lawyer; how do yon do to-day? Yon drew op that agreement I s'pose yon want your pay: Don't cut down your figures; make it an A or a V ; For that 'ere written agreement was just the makin' of me. Goln' home that evenin', I tell yon I was blue, Thinkin' of all my troubles, and what I WHS nin J. . And, If my bosses hadn't been the stead iest team alive. They'd 've tipp'd me over, certain, for I couian t see w here to drive. No for I was laborin' under a heavy load ; No for I was travelin an entirely differ ent road; For I was a-tracln' over the path of our lives ag'ln, And seeln' where we miss'd the way, and where we mijrM have been. And many a corner we'd turn'd that Just to a quarrel led. When I ought to've held my temper, and driven straight ahead; And the more I thought It over the more these memories came, And the more I struck the opinion that I was the most to blame. And things I hnd long forgotten kept rlsin in my mind, Of little matters betwixt us, where Betsy was good and kind; And these things tJiey flash'd all through me, as you know things sometimes ; will, When a feller's alone In the darkness, and everything Is still. "But" says I, "we're too far along to take another track, And when I put my hand to the plough I do not oft turn back ; And 'taln't an uncommon thing now for couples to smash in two," And so I set my teeth together, and vow d I'd see it through. When I came in sight o' the bouse 'twas ' some'at in the night And Just as I turn'd a hill-top I see the kitchen's light; Which often a han'some pictur to hungry person makes. But It don't Interest a feller much that's goln' to pall up stakes. And when I went In the house the table was set for me ' As good a supper's I ever saw, or ever want to see; And I cramm'd the agreement down in my pocket as well as I could, And fell to eatin' my victuals, which somehow didn't taste good. And Betsy she pretended to look about the house, But she watch'd my side coat pocket like a cat would watch a mouse; . And then she went to foolin' a little with her cup; And Intently wadin a newspaper, a-bold- ln it wrong side up. And when I'd done my sapper I draw'd the agreement out, And give It to her without a word, for she know'd what 'twaa about And then I humm'd a little tune, but now and then a note Was busted by some animal that hopp'd up In my throat. Then Betsy she got her specs from oh the mantel shelf. And read the article over quite softly to herself ; li Read it little and little, for her eyes Is gcttln' old, And lawyers' writin' ain't no print, es pecially when it's cold. And. after she'd read a little she give my arm a touch, And kindly said she was afraid I was 'lowin her too much ; , But when she was through 'she went for me, her face a-streamiu' with tears, And kissed roe for the first time in over . twenty years. I don't know what you'll think. Sir I didn't come to Inquire But I picked up that agreement and stuff'd it In the fire; And I told her we'd bury the hatchet alongside of the cow ; And we struck an agreement never to . have another row. And I told her in the future I wouldn't speak cross or rash, If half the crockery in the house was broken all to smash; And she said in regard to Ileaven, we'd try and learn its worth By star tin' a branch establishment and runnin' it here on earth. And so we sat a'talkin' three-quarters of the night And open'd our hearts to each other until they both grew light ; And the days when I was wlnnln' her away from so many men Was nothin to that evenin I courted her over again. Next mornin' an ancient virgin took pains to call on us, Her lamp all trimm'd and a-bu'raln' to kindle another fuss ; . Bat when she went to pryin' and openln of oldi sores, My Betsy rose politely, and sbow'd her out-of-doors. Since then I don't deny but there's been a word or two: ' Bat we've got our eyes wide open, and ' know just what to do; When one speaks cross the other just meets It with a laugh, And. the- first one's ready to give np con slderable more than half. Maybe you'll think me soft, Sir, a'talkin' in cms styie, Bnt somehow it doea -me lots of good t 111 it once in a while And I do it for a compliment 'tis so that yon can see That that there written agreement of yours was just the makin' of me. So make cat your bill, Mr. Lawyer; . don't stop short of an X ; Make it more If yon want to, for I have got the checks; I'm richer than a National bank, with all Its treasures told. For I've got a wife at home now that't worth her wight In gold. Will Carleton. STRENGTH OF SILK. How the Yarn Is WnL br Modern Method of Treat-neat. Silk science is changing. If the silk dresses of fifty years ago are compared with many of the silk articles manu factured at the present day it requires no elaborate tests to show the superio rity in strength of the older materials. This usually Is due to the fact that silk yarns now are frequently treated with metallic salts, such as tin chlo ride, which are readily absorbed, form ing Insoluble compounds and thus In creasing the weight of the filler. So prevalent did this practice become some years ago that even the manufacturers recognized the necessity of putting some limit to it. Apart from the fact that one Is buy ing a compound of silk with a metal Instead of pure silk this treatment fre quently causes the fibers to become ten der, especially after exposure to direct sunlight From Herr Strehlenert's experiments It was found that taking the strength of genuine silk as 50 to 53 the strength of a sample of loaded French silk con taining 140 per cent of added material was only 7.9. Not only docs the weight ing process reduce the tenacity of the fiber and often destroy the dye stuff but also Is a frequent cause of the ap pearance of mysterious spots. Often bright red spots appear on a fabric after exposure to the sunlight It has been found that even a diluted solution of common salt acta upon load ed silk in the presence of air and mois ture and produces stains and complete disintegration of fiber within twelve months. The action of stronger solu tions of salt la still more rapid, and the "tendency" of the fiber Is marked after treatment for seven days with a 2 per cent solution. The presence of salt in stained and weakened silk may be accounted for readily by the fact that salt is a con stituent of human perspiration and thus may have been Introduced during the handling of the yarns by the work men. Special precautious are now taken to eliminate this source of Injury, and the disintegrating action of the tin salts upon the fibers also is reduced by a subsequent chemical treatment of the yarn. So the weighted silks of to-day are stronger than their predecessors of a few years back. Chicago Tribune. THE CHEROKEE BOSS. Ramanllo Indian . Leg-end of This Beautiful Flower. . There is a beautiful romance con nected with the Cherokee rose. A young Indian chief of the Seminole tribe was taken prisoner by bis en mles, the Cherokees, and doomed to torture, but fell so seriously 111 that it became necessary to wait for bis resto ration to health before committing him to the fire. As he lay prostrated by disease in the cabin of the Cherokee warrior the daughter of the latter, a young, dark faced maid, was his nurse. She fell In love with the young chieftain and, wishing to save his life, urged him to escape. But he would not do so unless she would flee with him. She consented. Before they had gone far, impelled by regret at leaving home, she asked permission of her lover to return for the purpose of bearing away some memento of It 8o, retracing her footstpps, she broke a sprig from the white rose which climb ed up the poles of her father's tent and, preserving It during her flight through the wilderness, planted It by the door of her new home In the land of the Scmlnoles. And from that day this beautiful flower has always been known throughout the southern states by the name of the Cherokee rose. Philadelphia North American. A Lotdoa Term. "Where will I find the bloozesr asked tbe woman who bad 'Just re turned from London. , "De bloozes!" exclaimed the eleva tor man, staring pop-eyed and vague. "De bloozes w'y, dey mus be on de 'scuse me, madam, you'd better ask de floorwalker." "Certainly, madam, second floor. James, take the lady to the second floor blowses lawngery waists, y' know." Th Mont Daaa-eron Capital. . London, which used to boast of being the quietest and safest capital of the world,' has become noisier than Paris and more dangerous than New York. Nearly 800 persons are now killed an nually by street accidents, and bow many more Just escape with their lives cannot be computed. Outlook. A Real Strain. A land agent In the great Northwest had Just described the Incredible rich es .of the region. Some one protested, and he defended himself, says a writer In the Outlook, with a paradox ; "Tbe truth Is so wonderful that It takes whopper to express It J" Don't feel sorry for a man because he Is cheap. He doesn't know he la cheap t hs thinks he la superior. NTtEUEEEvlY HISTORIAN K7W''i! 1497 Henry VII. granted a second pa ent to John Cabot to make a west ern voyage of discovery. 1779 Americans defeated the British on Port Royal Island, South Carolina. 17S9 First issue of the "Pittsburgh Ga- tette, the first newspaper west of the Allegheny mountains. 1804 Great dinner given in Washington by members of Congress In honor of President Jefferson. 1907 Burr's conspiracy communicated to Congress. 1812 Gideon Granger of Connecticut be came Postmaster General of the United States. 1824 The Virginia Legislature chartered . the Chesapeake A Ohio Caual Com pany. 1820 City Council of New York toot action to abolish lotteries. 1830 Daniel Webster made his great speech for the Union, In reply to Kobert Y. liayne. 1835 Rluliard Lawrence, a house paint er, attempted to assassinate Presi dent Jackson In the capltol at Wash ington. 1848 A convention at Madison accept ed a constitution for Wisconsin. 18o0 Henry Clay submitted compromise resolutions In Congress proposing an amicable settlement of tbe slavery controversy. 1&55 Chapel and west wing of Rutledgs College, S. C, destroyed by fire. 1800 Pennington, of New Jersey, elecfr ed speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, after balloting nearly twi months. 1801 Texas convention passed an ordk nance of secession. 18G2 United States Iron-clad ship Moni tor launched at Brooklyn. 1803 The Federal ram "Queen of the West" ran the blockade at Vlcks burg, but was captured a few days later by tbe Confederates. 1804 A draft of 500,000 men ordered by President Lincoln. 1805 Gen. Sherman left Savannah on his north waTd march .... Military court at Cincinnati ordered S. B, Davis to be hanged as a Confeder ate spy. . 1808 Gov. Jenkins of Georgia removed by order of Gen. Meade. ,, .Three million dollar fire In Chicago. ' 1803 Lord Llsgnr assumed 'office as gov ( ernor-general of Canada. ., .Opening of Booth's theater in New York City. 1874 The Olympic Theater, J'blladeW pbia, destroyed by lire. 1875 Attempt to capture the James brothers at their home In Kearny. Mo., resulted In the killing of thelt younger brother and the wounding of their mother. 1876 Famous bank robbery occurred at Northampton, Mass. Ifi85 John C. Spooner elected Unite! States Senator by the Wisconsin Iiegislature. 1880 John M. Clayton, prominent poli tician, asxassitiated in Arkansas. . , 1801 William Windom, Secretory of the Treasury, died suddenly while speak ing at a banquet in New York City, 1894 House of Representatives passed the Wilson tariff bill. 1003 Fire In Waterbury, Conn., caused loss of $3,(KK)J(J(). , 1003 Twenty-one persons killed and many injured in railroad collision near Greenland, N. J,,.. Twenty persons killed and many Injured la railroad wrest near Tucson, Aris. 1004 William II. Tnft succeeded Kllbu Root as SiK-retary of War. ,. .House accepted gift of statue of Father . Marquette from Wisconsin. 1005 Nova Scotia visited by a violent blizzard. ,. .Great Ore in the whole sale district of Omaha. 1907 California Senate characterised federal Interference in Japanese school controversy as unwarranted, 1008 Statewide prohibition rejected by tha Michigan Constitutional conven tion. .. .United States Suprems Court decided that labor boycotts art unlawful .... United Sta tea Supreme , Court declared unconstitutional the law prohibiting discrimination against members of labor organiza , tioiii President Roosevelt sent ta Congress a message denouncing cor porate lawlessness and urging tha ' passage of an employers' liability law.... Manuel II. proclaimed. Kui , of Portuirnl . . . . Federal government filed a bill In equity seeking dissolu tion of tbe Ilarriman railroad com i bine. " To Make Boston Good. ' Sixty prominent Boston clubwomen have conceived tbe idea of influencing the people of their city for good by means o advertisements. "Curing Boston by sag gestlon," one paper has it. The plan Is ta placard the city with posters bearing such sentiments as "The greatest possession is self-possession," "We gain the strength of the temptation we resist," and others designed to give the people who see them an Inspiration toward a higher plane a thinking and living. I m.,. ,1 I