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H A L S E Y E N T E R P R IS E
JA N
HALSEY RAILROAD TIME
17. IW 4
I any ¡uefi sciences when I was gettln’
to organize one, but Tve another
North
S.witfr .
i my schoolin'.”
I ropoeltlon flrst
Let's get together
No.
17,
12:15 p. m.
No.
18,
11:37
a.
in.
le i"
• > “And yet,” said Jim, “some people
end pool our cream. By that. I mean
ii n i i i m u m i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i n i i i i i i j
23, 4.27-p. tn .
24, ;4:?7 p in. •
want us to guide ourselves by the
" I’m sorry," said Jim, "hut Tve a that we'll all sell to the same cream
21, 11:32 p. m.
22, 3:2U a. m.
prior engagement.”
courses of study made before these
ery. and get the best we can out of
"W hy. J im I" protested Jennie. 'Tve the centralizers by the co-operative
Nos. 21 and 22 stop only if flagged.
sciences existed.”
been counting on you. Don't desert method. We can save two cents a
" I don't, by hokey!” said Hofm yer. No. 14, due Halsey at 5:04 p. t u . slops
m et"
“I ’ll be dag-goned i f you ain't right, I to lei off passeugers from south of
pound In that way, and we'll learn to
" I ’m aw fu lly sorry," said Jim, "but .y>operat«
wouldn't 'a' said so before I heard that
When we have found
Roaebnrg.
I promised. I ’ll see you la te r ”
! speech— but I say so now."
Just how well we can hang together,
No. 23 runs to Cottage Grove only.
One might have thought. Judging by we’ll be able to take up the co-opera
v Jim's face lighted up at this, the
No. 21 ru n . to Eugene, thence Marsh-
the colonel's quizzical smile, that be tive creamery, w ith less danger of
first convincing evidence that he had
fietd branch.
was pleased at Jennie's loss of her falling apart and falling.”
! scored.
form er swain.
“I b iieve, too,” went on M r. H of- Passengers for south of Roseburg should
"W ho’ll handle the pool?" Inquired
"W e’ll h are to In v ite him lodger M r. Hansen.
myer. “that your Idee would please take No. 17 to Eugene and there transfer
ahead of tlma,” said he. "He's getting
our folks. Tve been the stundpatter to No. 15.
"W e'll handle It In the school," an
to be In demand."
i in our parts— mostly on English and
»wered Jim.
Jim seemed to he tn demand— a fart
— say German. W hat d'ye say to cornin'
"School's about done," objected M r,
that Jennie confirmed by observation. Bronson
SUNDAY MAIL HOURS
down and teachln’ our school? W e’ve
| got a two-room affair, and I was made
H e received a dozen Invitations se be
“Won’t the cream pool pretty near
The
delivery window of the
passed the groups seated on the grass pay the expenses of running the school
j a committee o f one to find a teacher."
—one of them from Mrs. Cornelius all summer?" asked Bonner.
) “I — I don't see how— ” Jim stam Halsey postoffice is open Sundays
Bonner, who saw no p articu lar point
"W e ought to run the school plant “I Want to Have a T alk W ith You." mered. all taken aback by this new from 10:50 to 11 a. in. and 12:15
By HERBERT QUICK
tn advertising d!sgrun»lement.
The all the time,” said Jim. "It's the only
to 12:30 p. m J
breeze of recognition.
children ran to him sad clung to bis way to get full value of the Invest given hy County Superintendent Jen
Sunday mail goes out only on
"W e can't pay much,” said Hoftnyer.
hands; young girls gave him sisterly m ent And we’ve corn-club work, plg- nie to Jim, the dean, Professor W ith “Yon have charge of the dls-clp-llne the north-bound 11:37 train :
Ï I I I I I I I I I H I I I I r i i i i i i i n i i i i i i i ii i i i i i i i i ii i i i i
smiles and such trifles as chicken elub work, poultry work and canning- ers, and one or two others— and a In the whole school, and teach In Num
ICtvrrlcht ter Tbs Bobbi Merrill Ccsrpanjl
M ail goes south once a day, closing at
drumsticks, pieces of cake and like tid club work which mnkn It very denira- wonderfully select and distinguished ber Two room. Seventy-five dollars a 11:05 a. m. ; north twice, closing 11:25
bits. H is passage to the numerous hle to keep In session w ith only a company It seemed to Jim. Jennie month. Does It appeal to ye?”
a.
in. and 5:30 p. tn. M a il stage for
( Continued >
group at a square table under a big week’s vacation.
I f you'll add the seized a moment's opporiuniriuto say,
Appeal to h im ! And yeL how abont Brownsville. Craw fordsville and Sweet
"You
did
beautifully,
J
im
;
W
ery
•ybody the Simmses, Colonel Woodruff, the Home leaves daily at 6:45 a. ro.
CHAPTER XV
burr oak .was quite an ovation— an cream pool, It w ill make the school
ovation o f the algnlflcance of whlrb ha the hardest working crowd In the dis suys so."
Hansens and Newton Bronson, now
”1 faile d !” said Jim. “You know
Tha -Glorious Fourth.
was him self quite unaware.
tric t and doing actual farm work, too.
Just getting a firm start on the up Paid-for Paragraphs
I
failed.
1
couldn’t
remember
my
A good dvall of w ater ran under the
But Jennie— the daughter e f a poli I like M r. Bonner's suggestion.”
ward path to usefulness and real hap
Woodruff district bridges in the weeks tician and a promising one herself—
"W eR.” said Haakon Peterson, who speech. I can't stay here feasting. I piness? How could he leave the little,
(5c a line)
between the school election and the
Jennie eeneed the fact th a t Jim Irw in had Joined the group, "Ay tank we want to get out In the snow."
crude, puny structure on which he had
“You made the best address of the
Fourth of Jqdy picnic at Eight-M ile
had won something from the people o f. better have a meeting o f the board
been working— on which he had been
H arry Park, Brownsville, baa
meeting; and you did It because you
rrose.
B ut few surface Indications
the Woodruff district In the way or and disease It."
merely pract’elng— for a year, and re 35 ewes for sale.
forgot
your
speech,”
Insisted
Jennie.
there were of any change In the little
deference. Still he was the gangling,
"W ell, darn It,” said Columbus
move to the new field?
“Does anybody else think so?”
community In this annual gathering of
Lincolnian, Ill-dressed, over-stricken Brown, “I want In on this cream pool
“I ’m afraid I cwn't," said Jim Irw tn,
"W hy, J im .' You must learn to be
friends and neighbors. W ilbur Rmythe Jim Irw in of old, but Jennie had no — and I live outside the district 1”
Old papers for sale at 5c a bundle
"but— ”
made the annual address, and was In
longer the feeling that one's standing
“W e il let you tn, Clumb,” said the lieve tn what you have done. Even
" If you're only ’fra ld you can'L” at the Enterprise office.
C ot Bonner says It was the best. He
rather liner fettle than usual as he
was somewhat compromised by asso colonel.
said M r. Hoftnyer, “thin k It over. Pve
paid bis ferm d tribute to the starry
ciation w ith him.
" S u r e r said Pete. "W e haln’t no says he didn't think you had It In y e !" got your post office address on this
W-W-
*
This
advice
from
her
to
"believe
In
flag, and to this very place as the
H e had begun to pat on something more sense than to let any one In,
program, and we’ll w rite you a formal
most favored spot In the beet coun more significant than clothes, some Clumh. Come in, the w ater’s fine. We what you have done"— wasn't there
offer. W e may spring them figures a
ty o f the g re w eat state In the most
something new In Jennie's attitude
W e H ave
thing which he had possessed all the ain’t proud I"
little. T h in k It over.”
powerful. Intellectual, freest and most
here?
Wasn't
his
belief
In
what
he
time, hut which became valid only as
“W ell," said d u m b , ' i f this felle r Is
EVERY THING
“You
mustn't
thin
k,”
said
Jim,
“that
progressive nation In the beat possible
It was publicly apprehended. H e w as goln' to do school work of this kind, was doing precisely the thing which
O ptical
of worlds.
had made him such a nuisance to the we’ve done all the things I mentioned
clearly the central -figure of his group, I want In the d is tric t too.”
Jim Irw ta read the Declare11oa
county
superintendent? However, Jim In my talk, or that I haven't made any
In which she recognized the Bronsons
"W e’ll come to that one of these
mistakes or failures."
E Y E S T R A IN
rather well, Jennie Woodruff thought,
those queer children from Tenne«*w. days,” said Jim. "The district Is too couldn't stop to answer the question
“ Your county superintendent didn't
Is the Cause of Many
as she sat on the platform between
which popped up In his mind.
the Rlmmses. the Talcotta, the H.-in- small.”
HUMAN ILLS
Deacon Avery, the oldest settler In the
“What does Professor Withers say?" mention any failures,” said M r. H of-
sens, the Hamms and Colonel Wood
W ilbur Smythe's car stopped at the
myer.
I f your eyes give you trouble or
district, and Mrs. Columbus Brown,
ruff's hired man. Pete, whose other distant gate and honked for him— a he asked.
"D id you talk w ith her about my
your glasses are ann oyin g
the sola local repruaentatlve of the
“H e ’s delighted— silly !"
name Is not recorded.
signal which broke up the party.
work?" Inquired Jim, suddenly very
S E E US, W e can Relieve You
Daughters of the American Revolu
“S
illy
!"
How
wonderful
it
was
to
Jim sat down between Bettlns Han Haakon Peterson passed the word to
tion. Colonel Woodruff presided la his
sen, a flaxen-hatred young Brunhilde the colonel end M r. Rronson fo r a be called "silly"— In that tone.
“M h tn,"
Grand Array of the Republic uniform.
" I shouldn't have forgotten the
313 1st SL W. Albany, Phone
of seventeen, and Callata Rlmnn— board meeting the next evening. The
"Then I don't see why you want
T he fresh northwest breeze made
Jennie saw him do It. while llatenln? to picnic broke up In a dispersion of etnld speech I f It hadn’t been for thia darned
me,"
Jim
went
on,
free w ith the o aka elms, hickories and
W ilbur Smythe's account of the ex
married couples to their homes, and boiled shirt nnd collar, and for wear
"W hy?” asked M r. Hoftnyer.
boz elders of Allght-Mlle grove, and the
acting nature of the big law practice young folks In top buggies to dunces ing a cravat,” urged Jim in extenua
waters of P ickerel creek glimmered
‘1 Tiad not supposed,” said Jim,
he was building up— and would have and displays of fireworks In the sur tion.
W ANTED
a hundred yards away, beyond the
"You ought to 'v e worn them around "th at she had a very high opinion of
been glad te exchange placet with rounding villages.
I
Springers
flitting figures of the boys who pre
Bettlna.
Jim walked across the fields to his the house for a week before coming,” my work."
or
ferred to shoot c1t their own firecrack
“I didn't ask her about that," said
The repast drew to a close; and over home— neither old nor young, having said Jennie. “ Why didn't you ask my
fresh
ers and torpedoes and nlgger chssera
M r. Hofm yer, "though I guess she
by the burr oak the crowd had grown neither sweetheart with whom to dance advice?"
rather than to llrle n to those of W ilbu r
" I w ill, next time, Jennie,” said Jim, thinks well of It. I asked her what Jerseys or Guernseys preferred.
te a circle surrounding Jim Irwtn.
nor farm to demand labor In Its In
R. B. M c K in n ey ,
Rmythe.
Still 'fa rth e r off could be
“He seems to be making an ad
exorable chores.
H e turned after “I didn't suppose I needed a bitting- you are try ln ’ to do, and what sort of
1005 E Ninth st., Albany, Ore.
heard the voice of a lone lemonade
rig— but I guess I did I"
a fellow you are. I was favorably Im
dress.” said W ilbur 8mythe.
crawling
through
a
w
ire
fence
and
Phone 593 Y:
vender as he advertised Ice-cold lem
Jennie ran away then to ask Nils pressed ; but she didn't mention any
“ Welt. W ilbur," replied the colonel, looked longingly at Jennie as she was
onade, made la the shade, w ith a
‘you had the flrst shot at ua. flnppjzc suavely assisted Into the car by the Hansen and Bettlna to Join their din failures.”
brand new spade, by an old maid, as
ner party. She had a sudden access
HALSEY
“ W e haven’t succeeded In adopting
we move over and see what's under frock-coated lawyer.
a guaranty that It was the blaiuadeat,
of friendliness for the Hansens. Nils a successful system o f selling our
discussion.
"You
sow
what
he
did?"
auld
the
coldest lemonade ever sold.
As they approached the group, they colonel Interrogatively, as he and his refused because he was going out to cream,” said Jim. " I believe we can
Under the slualleat treat a few In
heard Jim Irw in answering something daughter sat on tha Woodruff veranda see tha college herds fe d ; but at Jen do It, hut we haven't."
corrigible M arth a * were spreading the
Cash paid for
nie's urgent request, reinforced hy
which Ezra Bronson had said
"W al," said M r. Hofm yer, " I d'know
that evening. "Who tuught him the
snowy tahle-rlottw on which would
"You think so, Ezra." said he, "anil supreme wisdom of holding back his pats and hugs, Rettlna consented. Jen as I'd call that a failu re. The fact
soon be placed the bountiful repasts
It seems reasonable that big cream
troops when they grew too wild for at nie was very happy, and proved her that you're try ln ' of It shows you've
stored In ponderous wicker baskets
self a beaming hostess. The dean de got the right Idees. W e’ll w rite ye,
erlea like those at Omaha, Slonx City
tack T'
and hampers. I t was a lovely day, In
voted himself to Bettlna— and Jim
Dea Moines and the other centraliser
and mehhe pny your way down to look
“
H
a
may
lose
them,”
said
Jennie.
a lovely spot— a good example of the
points can make butter cheaper than
“Not so,” said the colonel. "In di found out afterw ard that this inquir us over. W e’re a pretty good crowd,
m iniature forests which grew n atu ra l
we would do here— but we've tha fig viduals of the Brown Mouse type a l ing gentleman was getting at the men the neighbors thJnk.”
ly from tim e Immemorial In favored
area that show that they aren't aco ways succeed when they find their en tal processes of n specimen pupil in
(To he continued)
locations on the lows prairies—h a lf a
nam lral.”
vironment.
And I believe Jim hss one o f the new kind o f rural schools,
Quarters of
lor canning
square m ile of woodland, all about
In which he was only h alf Inclined to
'They can't make good butter, for found his.”
which the green corn rows stood aslant
purposes
at
canning
prices
Stop
at
the
Crossing
one thing,’’ said Newton Bronson cock
"W ell," said Jennie, " I wish his en believe. H e thanked Jim fo r his
In the cool hre»se. walst-hlgh and laid
By.
C . H. F A L K
There were one-third less' auto
vironment would find him some clothes. speech, nnd said It was “most sugges
by.”
“Why can't they?" asked O U f Han
C . L. F A L K JR-
It's a shame the way he has to go tive and thought-provoking," and as mobile accidents at railroad co ss
They were passing down the rough
sen, the father of Bettlna.
looking. He'd be nlce-appearing If he the party broke up slipped Into Jim's
hoard steps from the platform after
ngg on the Southern Pacific in
hand a check for the honornrlum. It
"W ell," said Newton, ' they have to was dressed anyway.”
the exercises had terminated In a
have so much cream that they've got
"Oh. then you haven't heard the was not until then that Jim felt quite October this year than last, though
routing rendition of "America." when
to ship It so fa r that It gets rotten on news," said the colonel. "Jim's going sure that he was actually to he paid.
there were more automobiles and
Jennie Woodruff, having slipped by
Mr. Ilo fm y e r was waiting to give
the way, and they have to renovate It to have his first made-to-measure suit
First-Class Work
everybody else to reach him. tipped
Jim the final convincing" proof that he more miles of railroad traffic.
w ith lime and other Ingredients he for Ames It's all fixed."
Jim Irw in on the arm H e looked hack
Agent for Eugene Steam Laundry
fore they can churn I t "
had produced an effect w ith his
R. J. Clsncy, assistant to gen
"Who's making It?" asked Jennie.
Sent Tuesdavs.
at her over h it shoulder with his slow
speech.
"W ell," said Raymond Simms, "1
"Gustaf
Paulsen,
the
Dane
that's
eral manager of the Southam
gentle smile.
, reckon they sell their butter fo’ all It's
“Do
you
teach
the
kind
of
school
J . W- S T E P H E N S O N . Prop.
Just opened a shop tn town.”
Pacific, says : “ In October there
"Isn't your mother here, JhnT* sh»
w uth; an' they cshi’t get within from
"A Dane?” queried Jennie. "Isn’t you lay out In your talk?" he asked.
asked
"I've been looking all over
foeh to seven cents a pound ss much he Bettlna's uncle?"
“I try to," said Jim, “and I believe I were 127 grade crossing accidents
A dm inistrator ' s N otice
do.”
the crowd and can't see her.”
fo' It ss the farmers' creameries In
involving automobiles, of which
"Ratherly." said the colonel Jocular
Notice
is hereby given that the un
“Rhe Isn't here,” answered Jim. ”1
"W ell," said Mr. nofm yer, “that's 54 tried to beat the train to the
Wisconsin and Minnesota get fo’ ly. "seeing as how Bettlna's Mrs. Han
dersigned, a dm inistratrix of the estate
was In hopes that when she broke loose
theirs."
¡tie kind of education I. biieve In. I
sen's daughter."
crossing, 27 ran into the train, 22 of W. G. Carter, deceased, has filed her
and went to your Christmas dinner she
' That's a fact. O l a f said Jim
Clothes are rather important, but kep' school back In Penns.vivany fifty stalled on the track
and wert final account in said estate w ith the
would stay loose— hut she went home
years
ago.
and
I
made
the
scholars
H o w do you kids know so d im e d
the difference between ■ suit made by
struok by train, 22 ran through county clerk of Linn county, Oregon,
and settled hack Into her ru t."
measure
things,
and
weigh
things,
and
the county judge has set Monday,
much shout It?" queried Pete.
Atkins, the tailor, and one built by
and broke down crossing gats* and
“Too bad," said Jennie. ''She'd have
apply their studies as fur as 1 could.”
the 11th day o f February, 1924, at the
“H u h !" sniffed Bettlna.
"We've Gustaf Paulsen, the new Danish
lowered
to
prootect
them,
1
skidded
had a nice time if the had come.”
hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, as
“A ll good teachers have always done
been reading shout £ and w riting let craftsman, could not be supposed to
"Yes," said Jim. " I believe she ters about It, and figuring percentages
that," said Jim. “Froehel, Pestsloxzl. into train and 1 ran into a wigwag the time, and the county courtroom of
Be crucially Important, even when de Colonel Parker— they all had the idea signal installed at the crossing said connty as the place, fcr hearing ob
would.”
on It In school all winter. We've done
" I want help," said Jennie. "O ur arithm etic and geography and gram signed for a very dear friend. And
which Is st the bottom of my w ork; to warn of approaching train — jections to said final aceount and lhe
settlement of said estate.
hamper Is terribly heavy, please)"
Jim
was
scarcely
that—of
course
not)
le
a rn to do by doing,' and connecting aoeidenta clearly of such character
mar and I don't know what else on IL"
I M ary I. C arter . Administratrix.
It was rather obvious to Mrs. Bonner
"
hy,
then,
did
the
county
superinten
up the school w ith life."
“ Well, Tm agin' aay schoolin'," said
L. L. S wan , Attorney for Admx.
at
to
indicate
carelessness.”
that Jennie was throwing herself at Pete, “that makes kids smarter In dent hastily run to her room, and cr;?
3 I'h m," grunted M r. Hofm yer, " I
Jim's head, hut that was an article of
farm in' than their parents and their Why did she say to herself that the
hnln’t been able to see how L atin con
Hansens were very good people, and
the Ronner fam ily creed since the de
parents' hired men, OP me another
nects up w ith a high school kid's life —
well-to-do. and It would be n fine thing
ctalon which closed the hearing at the awlg o' that lemonade, Jim I"
unless he cau find a L atin settlement
court houae. It must be admitted that
“You sea," said Jim to hie audience, for Jim and his mother— and then cry som'eres and git a Job clerkin' In a
the
young
county
superintendent
some more?
meanwhile pouring the lemonade, “the
store."
found tasks which kept the school
centralizer creamery la uneconomic in
"But It used to relate to life," said
master very close to her side
C
H
A
P
T
E
R
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V
I
several ways. I t has te pay excessive
Jim. "the life of the people who made
“Sit down, Jim ." said M n Woodruff,
transportation charges. I t has to pay
Greek nnd Latin a part of everybody
“you've ranted a bits of what wa ve
Jim Goes to Amos.
excessive commissions to Its cream
rise's education as well as their own.
gut- It's good enough, what there Is ef
Jim had never felt more the upstart
buyers
It has to accept cream w ith
Latin and Greek were the only lal».
out proper Inspection, and mixes the uneducated farm-hand then wbei. h<
guaget In which anything worth much
was
Introduced
to
that
audience
at
good w ith the bad. It makes such long
was w ritten, you know. But now”—
shipments that the cream spoils In Ames by Professor JVIthers, nor more Jim spread out hla arms as If to take
transit and lowers the quality of the completely disgraced than when he in the whole world— “science, the m ar
butter. I t can't make the beet use of concluded his remarks. Even the ap velous literatu re of our tongue In the
the butterm ilk. All these losses and plause was to him a kindly effort ,.n dost three centuries! And to make a
leaks the farmers have te stand. I the part o f the audience to comfort chilu learn L atin w ith all that, a thou
ran prove— and so can the six or him In his fsllnre. His only solar* sand times richer than all the lite ra
eight pupils In the Woodruff achdhl was the look In Jennie's eyes.
ture o f Latin, lying unused before
"Young man,” said an old fanner
who have been working on the cream
h im !“
question this winter— that we could who wore thick glasses and locked
"Know any Latin?” asked Mr. Hof-
make at leas* six cants a pound on like t Dutch burgomaster. " I want ta m je r
have
a
little
talk
w
ith
you.”
our butter If we had a co-operative
Jim blushed, as one caught In con-
"This is Mr. Hoftnyer o f Potts» »to
cream er^ and all sent our cream to It."
demnl.ig what he knows notMng about.
"W ell," said Exra Rronson, ‘l e t ’s rn te county," said the dean of the col
I — I have studied the grammar,
lege
start one."
and read "Caesar/" he faltered, "hut
"I'm glad to meet you." said Jim
T il ge In,” said O laf Hansen.
that Isn’t much. I had no teacher, and
“1 can talk to you bow .”
' Me. too." said Con Bonaer.
1 had to work pretty hard, and It I
“
No,”
said
Jennie.
"
I
know
Mr.
— — — — — — ••9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
There was a general chorus < as
Hofm yer w ill excuse you until after dton'i jo very w ell.”
sent JI jb had convinced his audience
I
ve
had
all
the
Latin
they
gave
ta
\t a have a little party for
He's got the Jury," said W llhn r dinner.
Mr. Irw tn. and we ehall he late If we the colleges of my time," M id M r Hof-
flmvthe to Colonel Woodruff
tnyer, " If I do talk dialect: and 111
‘‘Tea." said the colonel, "and right don't hurry."
|
may communicate with Ensign Lee of the Salvation A rm y at the
“I'm flarry." sa>4 Jim, "but |-ve a here Is where he rung Into danger
"W here can I see yoo a fter supper?” agree with you so fa r aa to M y that
It,w o uld have been a crime for me to
Briar Engagement"
Can he k in d le the egfw dlw hen lt'e asked M r H o ta y e r
E
W hite Shield Home, 5o5 M ayfair avenue, Portland. Oregon.
t t s y It was to sartafy M r Hoftnyer; neglect the chemistry, bacteriology,
w ith him?"
,
. .
physics, engineering and other sciences
It. la d U «r*> enough o| £ such gs It
Mid
JIB
w
u
i
E
t
t
f
f
ift
J
S
.a
dinner
"WflU." u ld J;«. "J think » a aq|M
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BROWN
MOUSE
Bancroft Optical Co.
Dairy Cows
Cream and Produce Station
Cream, Poultry, Eggs, Veal
& Hides. M. H- S H O O K
Fresh and Cured Meats
BEEF
Barber Shop ?? Baths
A m e ric a n E a g le
Fire Insurance Co.
Hay is worth just ns much in storage a?
you might get for it in case of fire. Th 3
^American Eagle Eire Insurance compari y
p ill pay you 08% o f the cash value in case
of loss by fire.
C. P. STAFFORD, Agent
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Any Girl in Trouble