Tillamook headlight. (Tillamook, Or.) 1888-1934, April 25, 1912, Image 4

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    Tillamook Headlight, April 25, 1Ô12.
HIS GREAT FIGHT.
The Fierce and Bloody Dud That
Won “Wild Bill" His Name.
ATTACKED BY TEN OUTLAWS.
H» Boldly Faced th« D««p»radoas, Us­
ing His Guns and His Bowi» Knif»,
and When th» Smoke of Battle Clear­
ed Eight of Hie Foos Were Dead.
OUR BIG GAME.
Climax to ■
Tiff Batwaan tha Lady
and Har Husband.
Br»t Hart»’» Explanation That Mad»
th» Mattar Quit» Claar.
The man und bls wife, or perhaps it
migbt be more proper these day» to
»»y tbe ludy and ber husband, had
lieen having oue of those cute Uttle
breakfast ruble cbats wherein busband
und wife twit each other about their
relatives and get very personal in
their observations. These th ugs hap­
pen In the best regulated families oc­
casionally.
The argument bad grown heated and
hud reached tbe point where the wife
usually makes up her mind to go home
to mother when tbe telephone bell
rang, The wife answered the tele-
phone, A sweet voice asked over tbe
phone:
“Are you having trouble?"
"Well, of all thing»!’’ snapped the
wife in reply. "What if we are? It’s
none of your business.”
"Oh. yes. it is some of my business.
Locating trouble is the ouly thing I
do."
“Well, you’ve got a nerve,” replied
tbe wife. "Tbe Idea of butting into
private family matters like that’’—
“If you bud re|»orted your trouble to
me I would have bad It attended to.
One of your neighbors reported it.”
"One of the neighbors? Great Scott!
Could the neighbors hear it?"
"Your neighbor reported it tills morn­
ing"
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"Well. I'd thank my neighbors to at­
tend to their own affairs. My hus­
band and I settle our difficulties with­
out help from them or from you. Who
are you anyway?”
"I am calling you from tbe trouble
department of tbe telephone company.
The neighbor reported that there was
something wrong with your phone.”
"For tbe love of Mike!” shrieked the
wife us she dropped the telephone re­
ceiver and nearly fainted away.
“Caught with the goods!”—Brooklyn
Eagle.
Bret Hute. tbe whimsical and bril-
llaut bronleler of Roaring Camp and
Poker Flat, used to become weary to
exa*>| »-ration ut tbe fool lab admirers
who could uot separate him from bls
characters aud who Insisted oil con­
founding their experiences and predi­
lections with bls own.
Since be wrote of pioneer mining
camps lu tbe early day» of tbe gold
fever, bl» characters were ofteu heroic
only In part. Indeed, they were quite
as often rogue» as heroes. As be ob­
viously could not lie Identified wltb
tbe rougher types among them, the
favorite notion seemed to lie that be
was. or bad lieeo. a gentleman gam­
bler. With that Idea lu mind a young
Englishman lu Ixmdon once tried bard
to get blm to describe und explain
Iioker, which be referred to as "your
great American game." Mr. Harte
conveniently misunderstood him.
“So you say ’great game’ over
here?" be Inquired amiably. "In the
Culled States, now. we call ft ’big
game’-grizzlies, catamount», buffalo
and bighorn—don’t you know.
But
we don’t chase them with pokers. No.
no! They're abundant, but they don’t
often come Into tbe house», really,
It’s usually necessary to go outalde
with a gun.’*
At another time be learned that a
certain noted hostess, whose invita
tlon to dine he bad Just accepted, bad
been questioning one of his Intimates
to learn If It were true that he was a
reformed gambler.
“Not reformed." declnred Mr. rinrte
wearily. "Tell her I am beyond refor­
mation. Tell her that 1 was my own
model for the gambler Oakhurst and
that the scene of his suicide Is pure
autobiography.**—Youth's Companion.
lu the "Story of the Outlaw," by Em­
erson Bough, is a tbrilliug account of
the desperate uml sanguimiry eocouu-
ter against overwhelming odds that
won "Wild Bill” bls name and marked
him as one of the most fearless and
reckless fighting men that ever faced
a mob, drew a gnu or swung a bowie
knife.
The real name of YVIId Bill was
James Butler Hickok. He was eight­
een years old when be first saw the
west as a fighting man under Jim
Lane, finally lu the year 1861 settling
down as station agent for the Over­
land at Rock Creek station, about fifty
miles west of Topeka.
He was really there as a guard for
the horse band, for all that region was
full of horse thieves and cutthroats.
It was here that occurred bis great­
est fight, the greatest tight of one man
against odds at close range that Is
mentioned in any history of any part
of the world.
Two border outlaws—the McCandless
boys—leading a gaug of bad men, In­
tended to run off wltb the stage com­
pany's burses. When they found tbut
they could not induce Bill to Jolu their
number they left him with curses and
threats.
As they rode away Bill told them to
Come and take the horses If they
could, and on the afternoon of Dec.
16. 1861, ten of them rode to bln dug-
out to do so. Bill was alone, bis sta­
AS
ACTOR.
bleman being away bunting. He re­
treated Into the dark Interior of tils
Whan Boz Became a Writer the Stage
dugout aud got ready his weapons, a
Lost a Star.
rifle, two six-shooters and a knife.
No one ever paid u much higher trib­
The assailants proceeded to batter in
the door with a log. ami as it fell in ute to Dlckeus than did Kate Field.
Jim McCandless, who must have been She had the soul of a poet, a discrimi­
a brave man to undertake so foolhardy nating taste In art und literature and
a thing against a mau already known wide knowledge of the world. In men­
as a killer, sprang tn at the opening. tality she wn< fully us strong us either
of her brilliant brothers, David Dud
He. of course, was killed at once.
This exhausted the rifle, ami Bill ley, Stephen J. or Cyrus W., und she
picked up the slxsbooters from the ta­ certainly was us good if not a better
ble und In three quick shots killed Judge of character.
She once wrote an appreciation of
three more of the gung us they rushed
in at the door. Four men were dead Dickens in which she declured the
in less than that many seconds, but world lust Its greatest actor when Boz
there were still six others left, all in­ became n writer. She gave u descrip­
side the dugout now. and all tiring at tion of one of the Dickens readings In
New York that was masterly in lta
hint ut a range of three feet.
It was almost u miracle that under vividness of detail. Such versatility
such surroundings the man was not as she credited Dickens with display
killed Bill was now crowded too much lug us he assumed the character of
to use bls firearms and took to the first one and then another of his creu-
bowie, thrusting at oue man and an­ tiotu, the pathos, the humor, the trag­
other as best bo might. It must have edy he put Into a tone; the marvelous
been several minutes that ull seven of way In which he stirred the emotions
them were mixed In a muss of shoot­ of old and young in his audience,
ing. thrusting, panting and gusplng would appear to be a bit extravagant
were it uot that now and then some
humanity.
Then Jack McCandless swung bls rille old man, looked upon as stern und un­
barrel and struck Bill over the head, emotional, tells with faltering voice
springing U|s>n him with bls kulfo as how he stood In line all one night to
well. Bill got his hand on a six shoot buy a ticket to one of Boz’s readings
er and killed McCandless Just as he und then goes on to talk Just nbout as
Ml«» Field wrote, ouly before he gets
would have* struck.
After tbut uo one knows wluit hup far along in bls story the tears are run­
ning down hlw wrinkled cheeks—his
pened, uot even Bill himself.
"I Just got sort of wild," Bill said, old heartstrings still atune to the mag­
describing it
"I thought my heart ic of the master as lie saw him.—New
wui on lire, 1 went out to the pump York Tress.
DICKENS
then to get a drink, aud I was all cut
anti shot to ptoees."
They called him Wild Bill after that,
and it« bud earned the name. There
were alx dead men on the floor of the
dugout. 11» had fairly whipped the
ten of them, and the four remaining
had enough and tied from that awful
hole In the ground.
Bill followed them to th«* door. Ills
own weapons were exhausted or not
nt build by this time, but bls stable­
man came up Just then with n rifle In
his hands
Bill caught it from him
aud, cut as he was. find and killed one
of the desperadoes as he tried to mount
his horse. The other wouuded IU1IU
later died of Ills wouuds. Eight men
were killed by the one
It took Bill a year to recover from
bls wounds.
Hi» Parting R»qu»«t.
AN
An Old Tim» F»minin» FaJ.
A century or more ago women In
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FREAKS OF DYNAMITE.
.raatrd and condnctvd by tbe same
The Old sad th» N»w,
Master—the root, the br» neh. th*
Th» old faablouvd bride who « »■ frulta, th» [»riuclplaa. the < onsequvaees
dowered with a stack of tsslqullta now
»•«a.al
Las a daughter who I* going to brtug
b»r husband a tniukful of lingeria. -
Tt»r«ll>wg Racing Drama.
lla’VMlou Newa
Act I.-Ftv» Meo Break a lloraa
Act ll -Tbay Rater itw Horan tn
• Mir ofl|y victory over teoaptatius la too
Act
Msn -ATnctauati Ki«q«ur»r
Plan Your Vacation Now
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One That Was Lucky For th» Man
Down In the Mino Shaft.
“Not long ago," said a Leadville min­
ing man, "there occurred one of those
freaks of d.vuamite in one of the deep
shafts of the Carbonate camp that
might uot happen again In a thousand
years.
"Two men at the bottom of a shaft
had put in five four and one-half foot
holes which were to be exploded with
dynamite cartridges 1^5 inches in diam­
eter. As is usual in such cases, they
gave the customary signals to the
hoisting engineer aud after lighting the
fuse stepped ou the bale of the bucket
and started upward. When nl>out ten
feet from the bottom one of the
had an epileptic fit and toppled
Ills partner tried to reach the bell
to stop the bucket, but it was too
The bell cord could be reached
from th«- lower part of the shaft
When the eugineer saw only one man
come through the collar of the shaft at
the surface hki face blanched.
"'Where's Jim?' he asked excitedly.
“Quickly • tin* mluer related tlm cir­
cumstances and exhibited his band,
bloody from contact with the sharp
wit In an effort to reach the bell cord
liefore the bucket entered the tlndier
lug. The men, their hearts beating
wildly, llstem-d In suspense for the live
explosions of dynamite that would tear
their unfortunate comrade to pieces
They beard live faint reports, oue after
the other. They were Blmply the deto­
nating caps of the cartridges. Every
one of the charges of dynamite had
in Issed fire—failed to explode. I have
known of one or even three shots out
of five missing, but I don’t believe
there is another case on record where
five missed ns providentially as In Illi*
case." — Exclia nge.
to the
East—Seashore or Mountains
The
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
YVill place on sale low round trip tickets to all tlie principal Cities of
the East, going or returning through California, or via Portland
with going limit 15 days. Final return limit October 31st.
Sale Dates.
April 25, 26, 27.
May 2 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17. 18,
24 and 29.
June 1, 6, 7, 8, 13 14, 15, 17, 18, 19,
20, 21. 24, 25, 27, 28 and 29.
July 2, 3. 6. 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 20,
22, 23, 26, 29, 30 and 31.
August 1. 2, 3, 6, 7, 12, 15. 16, 22,
23, 29, 30 and 31.
September 4, 5, 6. 7. 11, 12 and 30.
Imperial Council Mystic Shrine, Los Angeles, April 30th to May 4th.
Newport—Yaquina Bay.
Offne ra many advantages for a seashore outing.
Low fares from
all points in Oregon, reasonable hotel rates, outdoor
amusements and all the delights of the seashore.
The New P.R. & N. Beaches.
Tillamook, Garibaldi (Bayocean), Brighton, Manhuttan and Rock­
away, Lake Lytle, Ocean Lake Park, Twin Rocks, Tillamook Beach
and Bay City will open a new field fot a summer outing. Low
Round Trip Fares from all points in Oregon.
Call on our nearest Agent for full information as to East
Bound Excursion Fares, routes, stop-overs, or write to
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent,
Portland, Oregon.
Eat California Raisins, Raisin Day, April 30ih.
LOW ROUND TRIPS EAST
On the dates given below, round trip tickets will be
sold to the points in the East shown belov.’.. and many
others, at greatly reduced fares quoted:
THROUGH TRAINS EAST
July 2. J, « 7. I 1. 12 1 5, 16, 20. 22, 23
26. 29. 30, 31. 1912.
17. 18, 19. 20,
August 1 2. 3, 6. 7. 12, 15, 16, 22.23, 29,
N, 29, 1912.
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30.31.1912.
September 4-, ß, 6, 7, 8, 11, 1 I. 30. 1912.
Stopovers aud choice of routes allowed in each direction.
Final return limit.
October 3 I, 1912.
betails of schedules fares, etc . will be furnished on request.
1,24,29.1912.
W. E. COMAN, Gen’l Freight and Pass. Agent,
News
A. G. Beals Lumber Company
The Best Hotel.
THE ALLEN HOUSE,
J. P. AUUEN. Proprietor.
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
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Special Attention paid to Tourists.
A First Class Table. Comfortable Beds and Accommodatio
When Tima Ds saw'I Fly.
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WA?3TE0-A RIDER AGENT
Ton reccive and approve of yoar
lucvUe1
whLh t’X’OATS’ FRteTmkuíríS
ihviUtíl rSlSEd.J , niT?1
actual f- • xr r - * VoíSSain0»
hurdlrect nfus * ' íh-vrtUthl/«í.10
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Are You Giving
Your Live Stock
a Fair Deal ?
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hlchest *rade bieyeles it is
*Pian yroflt
mlddivnien rrofits b.v buy-
s_K’uacantee bchlnd your
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You like a little salt and pep­
per—a •--•
__ •__ ; —a l'ittïe
little 2 _ mustard
lemon extract—a little thie »nd
that to flavor your grub. Your
cow, your steer, your hog- under
natural conditions would have a
chance to get a bite of this, a bite
of that and a bite of the other
thing and so get a variety in its
feed. But under the unnatural
condition in which ycu keep
them, they get every day about
the same sort of stud to eat. As
a natural coi.sequence they iret
‘‘off their feed.” Even if they
do uot, their digestive organs
need the tonic effect which comes
from a variety of feeding stuffs.
Watkins* Stock Tonic
b vycteR umtoeyvurcwu
rvsv ved.
puteat doub* Ottr prwaa.
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poro«« uhi whlch c*
v » atya II
we da ' «• nunurrtti et 1-
« dìì - y - m «-»■
F»rc»g Y»utf>.
Sitting ariwand a country detail wait
Lg for a midnight trata will do a M
lo dissipate that reuspwa fugit thaagy -
Alcbiaou Glob»
N otice is H ereby G iven .—That
the County Court of Tillamook
County, Oregon, will receive bids
for one hundred cords of either
Alder or Hemlock YY'ood, to be cut
46 inches in length and corded in
! the basement of the Court house on
or before October 1st, 1912.
A certified check equal to 5 per
cent of the amount of the bid must
accompany each bid as a guarantee
I
that the bidder will execute n Bond
i for the delivery of wood if awurded
the same. All bids to be filed with
the County Clerk on or before the
let day of May, 1912-
The Court reserves tlie right to
reject any and all bids
By order of the Court.
J. C. H olden ,
County Clerk.
but we are not too busy to
fill your order for lumber,
even if it is but a small one.
Look around and see if your
place wouldn’t look bitter
fora little fixing up. Then
tell us what lumber you
need and we’ll have it up to
your place in less than no
time.
wi’ w ini wlk> N»>un. Tbeywvi
•
Jfv Punetnren ^n!
“I Insist that I am Jast
young as
I used to bo."
"That's all right as tang as you dot
try to act that way "-Houston Pout
Notice.
The Easter Rush
Is On
In After Year«.
Old Fogy Father-My father never
supplied me wltb money tn squander
on faat horses, theater parties. 1st» din
Her* and the Ilk». Cp to Date Son-
•Hi. that'» all right, dad Yon must re-
member that I cimi» of a more a risto-
cratlc family than you did CMcag««
Department of the Interior
United States Land Office
Portland. Oregon ’
To \\ illiam Knous. of Blaine. 0«.
gon, Contestee :
You are hereby notified that Roy
L. COOK, who give» 260 Third St
Portland, Oregon, care of Plummer
Drug Co., as his post-office addre«.
did on March 26th, 1912, file in thia
office hia duly corroborated apnij.
cation to contest and secure «he
cancellation of your Homeate al
, Entry No. 0425, Serial No. 0425 m 1(D
¡September 14, 1908, for S.YV. '.
iN.E. M, S.E Ji of JLW.
N.E.
of S.W. »4 and N AV.
YV.
of S u
H, Section 34, Tp. 3 South, Range's
West, Willamette Meridian, and a»
grounds for his contest he allege»
•that said WILLIAM KNOUS has
never established residence on said
laud, has never made any improve,
j inents thereon, has never cultivated
any portion of the same, but ha»
wholly abandoned said land for
mute than six months irnniediat lv
preceding this date.
You are, therefore, further notified
that the said allegations will l.e
taken by this office as having been
confessed by you, and your said
entry will be canceled thereunder
without your further right to be
heard therein, either before this
office or on appeal, if you fail io
file in this office within twerty
days after the fourth publication of
this notice, as shown below, your
answer, under oath, specifically
meeting and responding to these
allegations of contest, or if von fail
within that time to file ’in this
office due proof that you have
served a copy of your answer on
the said contestant either in person
or by registered mail. If this ser­
vice is made by the delivery oi a
copy of your answer to the con­
testant in person, proof of such
' service must be either the said con
testant's written acknowledgment
of his receipt of the copy, showing
'the date of its receipt, or the sffi.
davit of the person by whom the
¡delivery wae made stating when
'and where the copy was delivered ;
, if made by registered mail, proof
i of such service must consist of the
i affidavit of the person by whom the
i copy was mailed staring when and
tlie post office to which it was
I mailed, and this affidavit must be
¡accompanied by the postmaster's
I receipt fertile letter.
You should state in your answer
i the name of the post office to whii h
, you desire futuie notices to be sent
to you.
H. E H igby *, Register.
J. C. A rdrev , Receiver.
Dine of iirst publication A|>ii! 4,
1912 ; .late of second puolication
April 11, 1912 ; date of third publi­
cation April 18, 1912 ; date of fourth
publication April 25, 1912.
In Connection With
Northern Pacific and Great Northern Railway*
Atlantic City
. $111.00 I Detr it . . .
$82.50 Omaha
. . .
.160.00
Baltimore
. .
107.50 I Duluth . . .
60.00 Philadelphia . .
Í08.50
Boston
.
. .
110.00 I Kansas City .
60.110 Pittsburg . . .
91A0
Buffalo....
91.50 I Milwaukee .
72.50 St. Louis . . .
70.00
Chicago .
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72.50 I Minneapolis .
60 00 St. Paul . . .
60.00
Colorado Springs
55.00 I Montreal . .
106.00 Toronto . . .
91.50
Denver .
. .
55.00 i New York
108.50 Washington . .
107.50
DATE S O'
SALE
England were as keen for fads ns they
are today. In th» Journal of the lion.
Mrs. Charles Calvert, edited by Mrs.
A Musical Rsbuk».
Warrctine Blnke, we find recorded ou
As to th«- possibility of humor la mu
Muy 4. 1.808: "1 tiegin n uew science sic the London Telegraph says:
"If
today shoemakiug. It Is all the fash­ coni|s»n‘iH and performers had more of
ion. 1 had a master with me for two the aeuse of humor musics appeal
hours, and I think I shall be able to would he Immensely wider. The tru li
make very ulee shoes, it amuses and is that musical lerformers are far too
occupies me. which at present Is very apt to take themselves too serious y '
useful to me.” Mrs. Calvert appears The solemn utlltu.Te of some musician,
to have proved a very apt pupil, for toward their art was humorously ie
the very next day appears the trium­ bilked receutl.v by a well known Now
phant entry, "I have Just finished a York pianist, who remarked to his g ft
shoe by myself."*—Loudon Spectator.
wl wife also a pianist, ut the rondo
»ion of a performance by the tai
Old Furmtur».
‘*,\|y dear, don't look so doleful!
The ordinary furulture polish, very ale Isn't h funeral: mus.e Is s Jok.
useful when the furniture Is «-omiuira-
tlvely uew or well preserved, will uot
A Very D.fltrant Matter.
always fill the bill When furulture Is
A I'eun aieuue business man
old and liadly scratched any desired taking uu t-iupluyve to task.
shade of wood stain mixed wltb equal
"Hee here! You wrote a |ier»oiiai Ici
proportions of spirits of tunwutlne will ter yesterday during buaiuess hour*
tiring back the orlglual shad» and new- You u »< a 1 yuur etup ojera time That's
uess Be careful to apply th» mixture stealiag.”
very evenly, using preferably « flat
The employee dared back.
bristle brush of rather small «il uien
“Well, sir," be said. "I huve worked
alou. —Natloual Magazine.
avertit»* at least 10U times a year fui
the past teu years"
Had Hia Doubla.
"Ha. bum* That'» busiuawa."-Piti*
-1» It really a pleasure for yon to burgh F imi .
bav» me call?** Inquired tba young
Augustus Caesiu wu* a wise ruler,
aud when be died It was said of him
that "be bad found Rome brick und
left It marble" lie liberally pa trim I »ed
men of letter», and the "Augustau nge"
1» a pteraa» applied lo any ern diatlu
gulslied for literature and tbe art*. Uu
tbe approach of hl« de»tb. It I« Mid.
Augustus called for it mirror «nd ar­
ranged bl» balr. il» tbeu waked tboM
about liltu If he had played lila |>art
well. On tb»lr answering In the at- i
firms lira he aald after the manner of
tbe actor». "Then, farawell-and •P ■an.
plaod!”
“Why. ye»,’’ auawered tb» girl In
«suie confusion
"Why do yon a»k
Th» Calti» Affirmativ».
•neb a qu*»tion?"
In th» «i March of so high tv d»velo|>ed
"Oh. uothlug Only you «eem to take
a paopla a» thè Celi» tbere la uo »qulv- jour pleasure aadly ” — I.oul»villa Coo
al»ut to "yrs" Tbu» il baiswiis that ■er Journal
you «ball nrvar bear an Irish waitrr |
Rttmounc» tbe atilbboleth "yv««lr" of
Natur«.
hl« kugllsh evnfrarv. f<»r b» iuvariably
Nature imitate« herself
A grain
aipmw*« an alflriuatlv» by some such thrown Into g>»«1 ground bring» forth
tarnte as I »ball. »*r." "I< la. «IV
fruit. A priueipl» thrown Into a good
Black Woods Magailue
tultid bring» forth fruit. Evarytblug Is
through paratatlng ruurag* and an la
Rumila bla ibm-rfuln»»» F a bar
NOTICE OF CONTEST.
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I •L.dEAJGYCLEOOMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL
Is a scientific preparation which
not only improves the flavor of
the feed you feed, but also sup­
plies that touic element so needed
to make your live stock do their
best.
There is no longer any doubt
about the need of a tonic for the
modern domestic animal kept
under artificial conditions. You
must give them something to
help them digest their feed aud
get the greatest good from it
YV utkins Stock Ionic eupplie«
thia need. It makes the nniiual
relish its feed more; it aids in
the digestion and assimilation
of the feed, and in addition to
that, it has a touic effect upon
the whole ay stem.
Y our animals need a tonic of
this kind. Watkins’ Stock Tonic
is not a secret preparation. We
tell you the actual ingredients
that are used in it. You know
exactly what you are buying and
pound for pound it will go farther
and do more good thsn any other
stock tonic or no called etock
food ever made.
The Watkins Man will be glad
to leaje you a [tail on trial,
backed by the Watkins guarantee,
Deliverd by W.ggou
R. R. ROBERTS