Newberg graphic., March 18, 1909, Image 2

"T h e k e y »!” demanded the M a jo r
The man saluted and turned lu tpttly
to fetch them,
a
«,* ,
“ W hat are you going to do w ith ja r ."
asked the girl.
*
"L ock you in one o f three cabins, where
I can keep my eye on you.”
“ Shame, s ir !” cried Ellen, filling .with
anger in her turn.
“ You don't know
what you are doing. You're beeide four-
self. 1 hare done nothing dishonorable,
nothing that misbecomes a woman. I have
been loyal to you to the last.
But I
shall be no' longer. You hare repudiated
me, you hare ordered me away. 1 aba!I
go. I warn you that I shall marry Cap­
tain Smith whenerer and whererer be
“ You’ll have to be quick about it then.”
Smith hesitated. H e would give a good sneered the M a jo r; “ he went down the
deal to see Ellen. It might be managed,
but hia duty was paramount. H e could
“ Yea, and on my horse,” the. g irl inter­
not give himself that happiness now.
rupted with flashing eyes and heaving
“ Thank her. T e ll her from me," he bosom.
said quickly, “ that I shall love her all my
“ So I supposed. But I have gent a
life. Good-by.”
squad o f men after him to bring him back
“ I 'll tole her.”
alive or” — he had been staring at her for
Smith had no Idea o f using the horse a second and completed his statement with
to escape H e was not bent on escape a grim and unrelenting ferocity that ap­
so much as on destruction. I t fitted Into palled her— “ alive or dead, Mias.”
his plan, however. H e instantly deter­
” 1 pray H eaven," said the g irl pas­
mined what to do with him. H e clunk sionately, uplifting h e » hands, “ that he
through the yard aurronndlng the bouse, may escape!
Surely never waa a gal­
meeting no one. fortunately, and not being lant gentleman ao misjudged, so misused !*'
seen in the thick darkness by any chance
“ A foundling!” sneered her father, ” a
watcher who might be stirring, until he no-name!”
reached the grove which led to the*road
“ I w ill hear no more,” said the girl
by the river's edge above the wharf. W ith ­ proudly, fiercely resentful o f the brutal
out difficulty he found the horse tied to w o rd ; “ to me he la a nobler man, a truer
a tree. A s he did ao there waa a com­ gentleman, than” :—she stopped in
her
motion in the house behind him.
F o r turn, drew herself up, and looked .straight
some reason the sentry, just then re-enter­ at the M ajor— “ than many o f those who
ed hie room. H is escape was discovered have a better right to the name they
immediately. The alarm was given. H e bear.”
realised that they would retake him in a
“ A w a y with you, you Impudent bag­
few momenta unleea he acted promptly.
gage ! H ow dare you insult ms so 1” thun­
H e did not hesitate.
H e untied the dered the irate M ajor, beating the table
horse, knotted the bridle reins around the with his clenched fist. ■
saddle horn, headed .the animal down the
Miss Ellen tam ed instantly; aha bad
road, struck it a smart blow, and started never been so angry in her life.
it galloping off. Then he did what would
she said sw iftly, “ do
"W h ich cabin,
seem to be a very foolish thing.
H e yon designate aa my prison?"
yelled like a madman and fired his pistol.
“ T ak e your choice.”
The cry, the shot, the thundering o f the
She seised the handle o f the nearesi
horse's hoofs upon the hard shell road, door at random, flung it open, threw her­
were distinctly audible at the house and self into the stateroom, and closed the
on the ship. T h e few men on the Ellen door behind her. T h e master-at-arms re­
awakened to action. Orders were called entered the cabin a moment after. H er
out.
Lights appeared here and
there. father, taking the boneh o f keys from
Smith did not w ait for developments, how­ him, locked the stateroom door and threw
ever. H e ran a few feet to the edge of the keys on thwtable before him.
on. fo r these departures materially acect- the river bank. H e intended to take to
“ T h e prisoners?” he queried sharply.
ed his future plans, Smith let nothing o f the w ater and swim fo r it, but by good
“ T h e y ’re all asleep, I think, sir, at
the movements o f bis enemies escape him. fortune he stumbled upon a small punt
least they’re making no noise,” answered
H e sew the battalion o f infantry strike drawn up on the sandy shore. T h e oars
the man promptly in the face o f his su­
Its tents and go on board the steamer, were lying on the thwarts. H e shoved it
perior's heat. -
using the boats o f the Ellen and the G rey­ off noiselessly, clambered into It, shipped
“ See that good watch is k e p t”
hound fo r the purpose. M ore then that, the oars, and disappeared in the dark­
“ A y , ay, sir.”
he observed that a large number o f the ness.
The cabin a fter the man left was as
crew o f the Ellen did not return to the
quiet as possible.
T h e M ajor’s anger
privateer, and be divined that aa the Con­
C H APTE R XV.
was voiceless. W ith in the stateroom ad­
federates believed there was nothing to
Captain Haywood, seeing no prospeat jacent Mias Ellen made no sound.
She
fear from the Greyhound or the Union o f getting aw ay soon, had gone with the
waa choking with sobs, but she would
force, now that his attempt had failed, bulk o f his command on the Pam lico in
have died rather than have her father
end that aa the Ellen could not be made the hope o f indulging his Southern pen­
hear them.
M ajor Jones sat
fuming
ready fo r sea until she could get her guns, chant fo r a little fighting with the Yan­
moodily a t the table, his eyes bent apon
they had volunteered temporarily for the kees.
In his absence M ajor Jones had certain papers upon which he was en­
Confederate naval force gathering for the taken up his quarters on the Ellen. ' The
deavoring to concentrate his mind after
defense o f the inlet.
Yankee prisoners were locked np forward, the recent disturbance and
excitement,
H e reasoned naturally and clearly that and with h alf a dosen resolute, heavily when the door was opened so softly that
the Ellen ^onld be left with a very short armed seamen he felt quite equal to the
the M ajor beard nothing and did not look
crew. H e knew that the survivors o f his task o f caring fo r them. H e had not gone
To
p fl- t r it •
o ld
up at first. When he happened to raise
own detachment were confined aboard her, to the bed which had been made up for his eyes he found himself staring into the
but a few . well-armed, resolute men could him in the captain's room when the con­ lwrrel o f a revolver and heard a quiet
¿ 6 - id •
look a fter them, especially as they were fusion at the boose apprised him that voice exclaim, almost in a w hisper: *
0 ,
probably kept locked under hatches in something was wrong. In a few moments
“ I f you move or make a sound, you’re
the forebold. A il this fitted in beautifully be learned that the prisoner had escaped.
a dead man !”
w ith a plan wbich he intended to follow T h e sailor who brought the news, who
( T o be continued.)
as soon aa he made his escape. H e sat had been the one on guard, knew noth­
down a fter his sapper, o f which he ate ing as to bow it had been effected except
T o o iia m l t c a a t . .
every scrap, knowing that he would need that the bars across the window In the
“ These Spanish names in California
a ll his strength, and carefully thought room in which the Yankee Captain had
pnaxie me, but some o f them have very
over the various possibilities o f the situa­ been imprisoned had been pried open and
commented a
interesting meanings,'
tion. T h a t he could get out o f the Wrong the man had gone that way.
guest
off
one
o
f
the
hotels.
room waa certain. W hat his course would
M ajor Jones krfew that Smith must
“ Yes?” said the manager.
be a fter that was also certain. H e had have had assistance. H e was convinced
come to capture or destroy that privateer, at once that his daughter had afforded the
‘T h ey do, for a fa c t; they really do.
mm A w intended to do one or the other. prisoner the means o f escape.
A C o n fe s s io n .
H e was I am keeping track of a list In my
H e eras nqder sentence o f death anyway, more enragetb at her than before, i f that notebook. But the funny thing waa in Dear Uttle boy, with wondering ayes
and he had. little to risk and everything to w%re possible. H e had heard the horse,
T h a t fo r the light o f knowledge yearn,
Santa Barbara. Disten to tbia: ‘Indio
gain by tfce endeavor. I t waa hardly pos- o f coarse, galloping down the road and
Muerto street, meaning dead Indian.' W ho have anch faith that I am wise
also the shoots and the pistol shot. I t
A n d know the 'things that you would
Ah, here it is. the one I waa after, a
was natural fo r him to believs that Smith
learn,
street named ’Salalpuedes.’ Well, this
Though o ft I shake my head and smile
l i e acted with energy and decision. H e street’s the one that nine to the hospi­
X o hear your childish questions flow,
ordered half a dosen
horses
saddled, tal np on the sloping hillside above the I must not meet your faith with gu ile:
When they built the hospital
mounted on them three o f the Ellen’s town.
I cannot te ll; 1 do not know.
rqopaiaing men and three heavily armed they were at a lorn for a name. Some
one suggested calling It after this Dear little boy, with eager heart.
Forever on the quest o f truth.
street. And they did. Then they hap­
pened to look np the meaning of the Your riddles o ft are past my art
T o answer to your tender youth.
word.”
But some day you w ill understand
"And what does It mean?” asked
her irate parent.
She had not yet re ­
T h e things that now I cannot say,
tired. either, end she had been greatly the manager.
When life shall take jo u by the hand
“ ‘Salalpuedes’ w a s originally a street
mystified and alarmed by the openness
And lead you on its wondrous way.
with which her lover’s departure seemed that wandered up and down through a
he con Id not take her out. he could at to be attended.
aeries o f ravines, and it means G et D ear little boy, with hand in m ini,
“ T b e prisoner,” said M ajor Jones se­ on t I f yon ran.’ Good nam e fo r a j t f ,
least set her on fire and destroy her and
Together through the w orld we fere,
then attend to the Greyhound. I f either verely, “ has escaped.”
W here much that I would fain divine
but n ot fo r a h ospital.’,’— San Francisco
“ I know it.
I helped him,” she an­
o f tl>e boats had ateam up, be might even
I have not yet the strength to bear.
get a w a y; perhaps he could anyway. He swered boldly, realising that her part in Chronicle. *
There are many things I may not ask;
had been lucky in love and was in the the transaction could not be hid and
L ik e you, I bold another hand,
W h y Is T h is »
mood to believe, in spite o f the proverb, choosing to avow it herself without delay.
And haply, when I do my ta*k,
“ W h y ? " aaked her father, controlling T b s man who rolls a peanut ’round tbe
that be might be fortunate in war as
L too, shall understand.
block to pay a bet.
w e ll; with assurance o f Ellen’s faith in his rising indignation with great difficul­
And says, as he perspires, “ I t ’s the bast
hia heart his mind was in a hopeful and ty-
fun I ’ ve had yet,”
Palindromes are word» or sentences
“ F o r tw o reasons.”
9
receptive mood.
Is the same individual who la sure to which read tbe same way, whether
"O ne w ill be sufficient.”
A t 1 « o’clock the guard waa changed.
fume and frown
"Nevertheless, air, I shall give them
When the relieving guard entered the
they are spelled backwards or for­
room to see that Smith was still there both to you. First, I love him” — tbe M a­ I f he ban to move s bookcase so the ear- wards. Here are a number o f good ex-
pet
can
go
down.
he found hia prisoner in bed, covered up, jo r snorted with rage; "second, you had
o f thla curious orthographical
ampli
and apparently sound asleep. Smith no­
T h e C o rre e t C h a iw e.
phenomenon :
ticed with pleasure and satisfaction that
"W hat is this poor fellow charged
Madam I ’m Adam (Adam Introduce»
this guard waa one o f the sailors o f the
with?”
*
himself
to fibre).
Ellen— at least, he was not a soldier. E v i­
“ Attempted suicide, yer honor,” re­
Able waa I era I aaw Elba (Napo­
" I f yon were not my daughter,” storm­
dently they had all gone. Feeling safe
from interruption for at least tw o hour», ed M ajor Jones hotly, " I would report yon plied the bulky officer.
leon reflecting on his exile).
the young Captain crept out o f bed and to the commander o f the district fo r tree-
“ Explain tbe case.”
Name no one man.
began ts work immediately the man closed son ! "
"Y e r honor, he wanted to fight me.”
Bed root put np to order, (Sign for
the door. In half an hour he had pried
"Y o u told me last night I was no long­ — Town Topics.
a drag store window. Reads tbe same
out two great bars from their worn plas­ er your daughter, but, father------ ”
from thq inside as from the outside.)
ter aockets.
H e could get through tbe
Th o W om an ’s W ay.
“ S to p !” cried tbe lod man furiously.
Draw pupil’s lip upward (Direction
opening by a little squeezing. There waa “ Do not address me in that way. W h at
N e ll— M aude couldn’t have thought
to visiting school nurses.)
a ten-foot drop to tbe ground, which was I M id last night I reaffirm now. D o you mneb o f th a t fe llo w she married.
No, it is opposition.
covered with grass. H e scraped through know that you hare cost me hundreds of
B e lle — W h y ?
tbe aperture and dropped to tbe sod with­ thousands o f dollars, that I am almost
No, it is opposed; art see» trade's
N e ll— She boasts th a t she has made
out a sound. D rawing and cocking his ruined! That this privateer------ ”
opposition. (Sentence from a debate.)
an oth er
man o f him .— Philadelphia
revolver, he shifted it to his left band and,
“ Surely you do not blame ms fo r all
Yreka Bakery. (Sign over a baker’s
carrying his iron her in his right, be walk­ these things?" protested the young wom­ Record.
•hop In Yreka, Cal.)
ed cautiously towards the corner o f the an indignantly.
T couldn't help being
T r o a b lo R u e s c h .
In the Latin language palindromes
boose. Suddenly s figure started up from captured.”
" T a i n ’ no nee q’ gettiti’ mad at a are not Infrequent But i f yon believe
the dum p o f bushes beneath tbe side of
T don't want to hear another w o r d !" man foh bein’ fooliah,” said Uncle When.
they occur often In English, try the
the long gallery.
Smith raised bis bar,
raged her father, who waa blind with un­
when a frightened voice be recognised reasoning anger, choking with uncontrolla­ "H e’s gwlneter hab trouble enough experiment ; see I f yon can discover any.
w hispered:
ble passion.
" I blame you fo r every­ ’thont your botherin’ to give ’lm any.”
Baths « « H O Deersoa.
— Washington 8tar.
"M aas’ Csp’ n, dosn hit me! 1’s Chloe, thing.”
The Japanese a n fond of bathing in
enh.”
.It was bitterly unjnst, bat nnder tha
M i l d l y In t e re s t e d .
extremely hot water. They are, in
“ W hat do you want?” asked
Smith circumstances it was understandable.
“ Now,” exclaimed tbe lawyer, “ yon fa c t tbe moat cleanly, according to our
"B u t, father------” began the girl again.
softly, lowerihg the bar.
“ Mirny E li’n dons axed me to tola yo’
“ Do 1 have to tell you again that I are held Innocent nntll yon are proven Western notion, o f any of tha Eastern
dab’s s boas fo* yo’ In de tress by de do not wish to he addressed in that way guilty."
peoples. Their bath is taken as fre­
"H ow many times?” Inquired .tha quently aa twice a day, often at a tem­
ribbab rood. H it’s ber own boss.. She by you? T h at I have no desire to hear
dons saddle him herae’f eo s yo’s kin tak more from you?
Th at you have done gentlemanly murderer.— Pack.
perature o f a boat 110 degrees Fahren­
enough mischief already?
B y Heaven,
b in s a ’ git fo ’ freedom.”
l a a H e s tn o r a n t.
heit
I ’ll see that you do no m ore!”
"W h e re Is your mistress?”
Cnatomer— W e ll! What’a this?
An odd description baa been given o f
" I leab ber in ber room ’bout two hours
H e struck tbe bell on the table. A man
Waiter—
An
oyster
stow.
the
amphibious lives, half In water and
acting
as
master-at-arms
o
r
tae
Ellen’s
ago.
She's fra id dey’ ll 'spicioa ber er
Customer—Ah 1 an oyster, tool
hftlf o n t ilka trot t lad by tha visitors
depleted crew appeared in the doorway«
somefin' e f she goes out, sab.”
C H A P T E R X IV .
There waa nothing, o f
course, that
Smith could do towards getting away un­
til the darkness came and until the peo­
ple in the great house and the outbuild­
H e had plenty o f
ings went to sleep.
food fo r reflection, divided between the
testimony to her affection which Ellen's
visit had afforded and his plsns o f action
when he escaped from hia prison,
fie
aiood by the window absorbed in thought,
staring listlessly across the yard at the
inlet beyond, thinking o f her and o f the
future. O w ing to hia preoccupation, there­
fore, it was not fo r some time that he
noticed an untunal commotion about the
w h arf at which the Ellen lay and on the
hill beyond In the camp o f the soldiers,
who had been retained at the plantation
a fter bis attack to insure order until mat­
ters quieted down— and his execution took
place, he thought bitterly.
W ell, i f be
Q
A ■ •ra t T llla g s .
In Westchester County, New York,
overlopklng the Hudson river, a col­
ony of 300 boys has been gathered.
They are lads who have tripped or
been tumbled into the'rough places of
the world r their sense o f self-respect
cruelly neglected amid dirty city streets
and all aorta o f misery. Put under
military discipline and given tasks of
work and study, the boys are housed,
clothed and fed in attractive, spacious
cottages. The grounds and buildings
cost over fl,B00,000, and the boys' v il­
lage la a model place In qvery respect.
So far as possible the young fellows
are given work that accords with their
tastes. Some work out of doors in the
gardens and amoftg the farm animals,
while others learn trades in the shops.
Egch lad stays in the village until
he reachee the age o f 21, when be Is
given 8190 to start him out In the
world, equipped with knowledge en­
abling him to earn his livelihood. Ev­
ery effort is made to inspire the boys
with hope, courage, integrity and a
desire to win respected places in the
towns and cities to which they may go.
Some o f the graduates are now in the
Western States, where they bage
gained positions of public trust. Some
of them admit that they are more for­
tunate than they might have been had
they been born o f rich parents.
iihote Tta-T Know
at • health resort where there are
warm mineral springs. In the heart o f
the Japanese mountains. Patients at
this sanitarium often remain in the
water for a month at a time.
At
night they put a stone on their laps
to keep them from floating
down
stream. And i f It ahonld be objected
that thla is an unhealthy method of
conducting a health resort, reference
has only to be made to the caretaker
o f the establishment,‘a hearty old man
over 80 year* o f age, who frequently
remains in the bath all whiter, direct­
ing the business of the place from a
station waist-deep in the warm, flow
lng water.
A r a k iM M * C ollar T h ls k i «ho So-
Called D o « « A ro S till A ltee.
O f humankind there ara ao dead,
•aya Archdeacon Colley, rector of
Stockton, Rugby, | England, in the De­
lineator. Man la man because be Is,
as the Sanskrit “ mann” suggests, the
“ thinker,” or one that has conscious­
ness off his being, wbich consciousness
survives the change called "death,”
which la but as sleep to wakefulness.
The worn physical o f this life ma­
chine, the body, falls off, as in slumber,
from the psychical that Indwells with
It (body abode) and keeps the wheel
work ( “ we are fearfully and wonder­
fully made” ) on the go, and there la
scarcely a moment’s hiatus aa the
changing sentinels o f the oxygen and
hydrogen and carbon and other ele­
ments composing i t departing, whisper
the password to tha even more volatile
arriving atoms o f the aoul. Hence, In
the falling in o f the outer man upon
the inner and the Mending of the
twain, mortality is swallowed up o f Ufo
with no jar, jolt or any'cessation o f
being, since complete Insensibility or
unconsciousness has no part in the
transaction.
More alive, indeed, than ever Is tha
condition immediately consequent on
the failure o f the heart's systolic act­
ions and the Involutions and convolu­
tions o f the gray matter o f the
brain, no longer vibrant to the motlbna
o f thought playing its reminiscences o f
earth memories now transposed to life’s
higher clef and the beat o f perfected
rhythmic harmonies.
For true la the Latin statement
mors janua vitar, death la the gate of
life. Hence continuous and Immediate
and conscious being, with no sleeping
In the grave; for, ao the burial service
o f the Church o f England says. "The
souls o f the faithful after they are de­
livered from the burden o f the flesh
are In J6y and felicity."
This I know, not from cradal or ec­
clesiastical affirmation, or even from
logical Induction o f thla life’s being a
hateful ghastly blunder. I f not a curse,
but from the teachings o f many years’
experience and done personal acquaint
anee with those who have lived In thla
world, now dead and hurled i s to their
earthly body, returning time and again
in a reconcreted, wonderfully abnormal,
corporeal form to company with mo
and others meeting together In domestic
worship with praise and prayer to give
them welcome back fo r an hour to
learn o f the higher life they have at­
tained. From whom, by many India-
putable prooofa, visible, audible, tan­
gible, I and those with me have appre­
hended there can be no gainsaying' the
fact that the so-called "dead” era alive.
G r o w ls «
O ld
a
H sU t.
Not long ago the former secretary
o f a justice o f the New York supreme
court committed suicide on hia 70th
birthday.
"The Statute o f Lim itations; a Brief
Essay on the Osier Theory o f Life,”
was found beside the dead body. It
read, in part:
"Threescore and ten— thla la the
Scriptural statute o f limitations. A fter
that, active work fo r man ceaaea; hia
time on earth has expired. . . .
" I am seventy— threescore and ten—
and I am fit only for the chimney cor­
ner . . .**
This man had dwelt so long oo the
so-called Osier theory— that a man is
practically useless and only a burden
to himself and the world after sixty—
and tbs Biblical limitation o f life to
threescore years and ten, that he made
np hia mind he would end it all on hia
70tb birthday.
Leaving aside Dr. Osier's theory,
there la no doubt that the acceptance
In a strictly literal sense o f tha Biblical
life lim it has proved a decided Injury
to the race.. W e are powerfully influ­
enced by our self-impoeed limitations
and convictions, and it la wall known
that many people die very near the
lltnlt they set for themselves.
Yet
there la no probability that tha Psalm­
ist had any Idea o f setting a lim it to
the life period, or that ho had any
authority whatever for ao doing. Many
o f the sayings in the Bible which peo­
ple take so literally are merely figures
of speech to Illustrate an idea. So far
aa the Bible la concerned, there la just
as much reason for setting the life
limit at one hundred and twenty or
even at Methuselah’s age (nine hun­
dred and sixty-nine) aa at seventy or
eighty. There la no evidence in the
Scriptures that even suggests tha ex­
istence o f an age limit beyond which
man was not supposed or allowed to.
pass. In fact, tho whole spirit of the
Bible la to encourage long Ufa through
fane and healthful living.—Orison
W hy
Thor
W a n te d
G e e rare.
I lia young w ife answered the phone.
• ‘T h a t’s another cell for George,” she
•eld to her mother. “ Somebody wants
him to come somewhere and play
bridge- 2?s the third Invitation ho’a
had this evening.”
"That would seem to Indicate,” said
the mother, “ that George la very popu­
lar.”
The young wife sniffed.
" I t unquestionably Indicates,” she
said, "that George is an eeay loser.” —
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Interlocutor— No, G eorge;
that’a a
bard one. W h y is a ward caucus like a
valiee?
Bones— ’Cause y o ' most jin ’ly pecks it
afo’ yo’ carries it.
Interlocutor— Ladies and gentlemen,
Sig. Jarr de Roofoff, the eminent and
popular basso, w ill now sing the touch­
ing ballad. "T h in k o f the Microbes on «
Street Car Strap !” — Chicago Tribune.
“ Are you happier than you were be­
fore you were married?”
T can’t answer that question.”
“ Why not?"
“ Well, you tee. I've got so that t
have to accept my w lfe’a opinion on all
subjects. ‘ And when you aak me about
this one. you put me In a quandary. I
can't very well put it to her, can I?
And without asking her, I can't be
an re.’’— Cleveland Leader.
T a o tlo s s .
"H e’s not what you call strictly hand-
some,” said the major, beaming through
his glasses on an utterly hideous baby
aa It lay howling In its mother's arms,
“ hut it's the kind of face that grows
on you.”
" I t ’s not the kind o f face that ever
grew on you,” was the unexpected re­
ply o f the Indignant mother; "you’d
be much better looking If It had!” —
Detroit News-Tribune.
I « n e r n n t , b a t C a re fu l.
"Ignorance nearly always makes
fools o f os,” said a lecturer. " I re­
member a mas, ignorant o f etiquette,
who once sat beside me at a public
dinner. I noticed that thla man, aa
soon as be* was seated, took np one
by one the knives at tha right o f bis
plate and begin to try their edgee on
his thumb. A waiter behind him
leaned forward and said in a bar*
tone:
” T h e knives era all sharp, air.*
"T h is point Is,’ said my neighbor.
'I ’m looking fo r a blnnt one.
Last
time I attended a banquet here I cat
my month.’ ”
la Dtstvaas.
The beautiful maiden waa suffering
from loneliness. In a voice scarcely above
a whisper she spoke through the tele­
phone :
“ C. Q. D . r
Her Deareet understood.
He Came Quickly.—Chicago Tribune.