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R0Y1L RANGER RALPH;
BY WELDON J. COBB.
CnAPTRR XIY.
hasokr balph'i aiits.tcris.
Wo left Banner Ralph In a vory pecu
liar petition of peril and oxcltement, an
occupant of one of the wagone the out
laws bad secured from the attacked
emigrant train.
As has been stated, the scout ballevod
that his presonco in the vohlclo was not
known or evon suspected.
Ho had crept thither, desperately
wounded as'ho supposed, and while un
conscious the wagon had started on Its
Journey.
From what ho saw and heard, the
scout reasoned that Danton had mot a
now soctlon of Dospard's outlaw band
near the emigrant train, and they wero
all now returning to the banult's head
quarters at Lone Canyon.
The plight was not a pleasant one to
the rancor. He discerned groat peril
and trouble should Dcspard carry Inez
to his mountain homo. More than once
the old scout had led tho vigilantes to
the place, only to auffor defeat The
canyon was nearly Impassable wnon
guarded by the outlaws.
liven were tho girl rescued, It would
bn dllllcult to pass through tho country
Infnslod by hostile Indluns. Still, the
scout was glad tho plot now contcred at
Lone Canyon. Here he know the hor-
mlt Watford lived.
Tho scout found that his wound, re
ceived at the onslaught on tho omlgrant
train, while painful, was by no moans
serious. Ho lay securely lilddon by tho
hay and straw In tho bottom of tho:
wagon, yet ho could sea his enemies on
the seat and boblnd tho wagon.
Tho course of tho outlaws during the
morning was over a prairie Interspersed
with trees Toward oventng they di
verged to the mountains, entered Lone
Canyon, and then followed tho I’uoblo
River through the hills. It was Just
about dusk when the cavalcade halted at
a place woll known to tho scout As ho
peered from Ills covert he know that he
was In tho vfl*tiUf of one of the hardost
tavorns In theiMrttory. It was known
as hi.oiio Canyon Tavern," and was kopt
by a man named Dltinnr, 01*110, surround
ed by fugitives from ustlco and crimi
nals, safely defied the law In this Isolated
place.
Tho entire party had stopped iinro,
and their noisy tonos and clinking glass
es could bo hoard from tho bar-room a
few minutes later.
Tho scout was about to shift his
paluod, cramped position, and oven med
itated taking advuntago of tho gather
ing dusk to escape from tho wagon, when
he paused and listened.
'1 wo men wore passing tho wagon and
going toward the saloon. They were
conversing, and he hoard one of thorn
«v :
“1 understand Despard Is going to dl-
tldo and leave the businesa ”
“Yes, when wo get up to tho don," re
sponded tho other.
“There's considerable plunder to di
vide. "
“I slTould say to. Ho got a lot from
the omlgrant wagons."
“In gold?"
“Cioarmoney; yes."
“Whore Is lt?. r
•tty of Bit temerity to rWltltf (heir
otray.
Ysl the young scout bad steeped.
It was a marveloat combination of
elraumstanoes which ltd ta his timely
resent,
He had abandoned htmeolf to hta fate,
and adjudgod a etrugglo utterly uealees
when the Itro wae lighted.
He taw tho Indlane disappear.
He taw the Are creep upward—a
hideous, menacing aerpent of flamo—
and gave himself up for lost
Suddenly hopo revived In his breast.
Hit hands wore lootod; be was forcibly
dragged baok from tho tree, and ho
turned to greet hla unexpected rescuor.
A dark, exprttslvo fa.o peered Into
hie own, e pair of mournful eyes mot
hit glance.
"White Fawn!" ejaculated Darrel, In
bewilderment.
It was Indeed tho Indian maiden.
“Yes, It 1s Whlto Fawn."
“And hero? You reicuod me. Ah,
how ean 1 thank yob?"
“Eagle Eye forget* *
“Forgets what?”
“That ho saved tho life of White
Fawn. ”
“But how came yon hore?"
“Because here was the Blaek Crow."
“Dcspard!" exclaimed Darrel.
“Yes, so tho paleface calls him."
“He Is your enemy?"
Thu eyes of the Indian princess
flashed fiercely.
“llo Id, my most cruel enemy. ”
"SpoakI What wrong has he done
you?”
“Why would Eagle Eyo know?"
•To avenge White Fawn's wrong**
“You would do that?"
“Y’os, for ho has persecuted the frlonds
of Eagle Eyo."
“Como!"
Thu Indian maiden led Darrel to a
spot near tho rlvor where they would
not be discovered should tho savages re
turn. Then she told hor simple, fateful
story.
It soemod that a month previous she
had been woddod at tho camp of her
fathor to tho Jaguar, achlef of tho pooco-
ful Noz Forces.
Tho latter was to convoy her to the
reservation of his trlbo. and left the wig
wam of Shadow Snake loaded down with
gold and Jewels.
Dyko Dcspard and his mon were to
convoy them to tholr destination.
Instead, ho robbed then killed tho
Jaguar, as Whlto Fawn believed, and
Imprisoned her In tho cave whence Dar
rel had reseuod hor.
Hero she had boon guarded by ono of
Dospard's men until the return of tho
latter from Ten Spot Then ho had at
tempted to kill hor, a" has been soon.
Darrel asked the Indian girl why she
did not go to hor father with hor story.
“Not till Whlto Fawn Is certain tho
Jaguar Is (load, and until she has killed
Black Crow," sho replied, ominously.
Shn listened intently us Darrel related
his own udvonturos with the bandit
Thou she said: “White Fawn knows
whuro Black Crow haB gono."
“You do?"
“Yos. ”
“Wlioro?"
“To 1,011a Canyon."
“Is It far from hero?"
“A night's journey.”
“And you will guide mo thlthor?"
“Yos."
lloforo an hour had passod Darrol
knew that the Intrepid White Fawn was
a valuable and dauntless ally to Ills
cause.
Nho seomnd Inspired with but ono Idea,
and that was to confront tho iqau who
hud wronged her ho terribly.
Whlto Fuwn understood the country
thoroughly, but they may slow progress.
Many times they concealed thomsolves
to avoid ^ passing savages, and It was
“ yon
was
•Soot* _ _
“And the way of eirtpe by the pit?"
"Is closod up until we need to use It.”
■Very well. Now, then, at to your
espodltlon down tho canyon?"
“In search of the old hor ml t?
"Wolford—you "
Darrol started. lie remembered that
this was the nsrao of the man to whom
Tracey had loft the fortune for Inez.
“I have located him "
“Good."
“It is about ton miles from here.”
"Could you guide mo thore?”
“Readily."
“Is he alono?"
“Always. ”
“And not prepared for visitors?"
“llo imaglnos no one knows the way
to his abude."
Then wo will make a visit"
“When?”
“To-morrow."
The two mop left the plaee. Darrel
followed thorn at a distance. Suddenly
tho light was shut out from hie vision.
A large stono scorned rolled Into an
aperture leading from the cave.
Iio approached It and poored beyond
tho odges. A cry of delight eecapod
his lips. In an underground apart
ment stood tho objoot of his quest
It was Inez Tracey, the girl ho 10 de
votedly loved. ...-rnwiw
fTO DS CORTIMTED.]
■ the
_ . , They
instrophe, and heard tho
neigh wildly tu terror as they
struggled in midair 'I hen tho traces '
gave way, Tho steeds disappeared
under the waters of iho river.
The wagon struck the water, was sub
merged. and then with Its living freight
was borne from sight Into tho shadows
of tho canyon, down tho swift current
of the I’ueblo River.
CUAl'TKK XV.
WHITE SAWN.
The smoldering camp-fire of tho Mo-
docs burned low, and the spot where
the triumphant ravages had fired tho
funereal pile a few minutes previous was
silent ami deserted.
At the place where Darrel Grey had
been tied to the tree its cnarrod trunk
and a hoan of nshes alone showed.
The least sanguine of tho Indians
would have sworn that their intended
victim had certainly paid the full pen-
m ^ arrhpd
y some person.
Darrsl observed that tho place was'
directly back of tho olevatton In which
tho log cabin was located It was evi
dently a part of tho abode of the bandits.
As ho stood regarding tho lantorn curl
ously It suddenly disappeared.
At the same moment, In loaning too
far ovor tho edgo of tho pit, bo lost his
halaaco and fell forward. Down, down
ho wont, slightly breaking a very heavy
fall hy clutching at the vines and shrubs.
He landed at tho bottom of tho pit,
badly bruised and half stunnod.
There was no way of climbing out of
tho place, and as ho recovered his senses
he endeavored to find somo othor outiot
froip fils strange pluco of linprisontnont
Ho finally groped Ills way to an opening
that seemed to lead into the mountain
side.
Undoubtedly, ho reasoned, the man
with the lantern had disappeared by this
egress.
llo crop: along a narrow passage-way,
and saw, somo distance ahead, a glim
mer of light. Darrel paused, as against
Its radluuco ho rnado out a largo, cavo-
liko apartment. Two men were stand
ing within It.
Ono was Dyke Despard. Tho other
was a man bearing a lantern in Ills
hand.
"Well." tho former asked, "Is every
thing all right?"
“Yes, Captain."
“No spice or visitors sluco we loft?"
Grwntf mother'* Fftc*vjr«
A correspondent of tho FouZA't Com
panion, who evidently has a “sweet
tooth,” waxes eloquent ovor the goodies
made by our grundmothors, who, as he
truly says, had few cook books, but
know how to cook. Ho writes feollngly
and woll, hut If lie Is a marrlod man it
Is, porhaps, fortunate for him that his
letter is printed anonymously,
It Is lung slnco somo of ue have teen
any of tho crullers of which we were so
fond when grandmother made them.
She used to make, also, a toothsome
little sced-cakn, fragrant with caraway
and anise soeds, with sugar on top, the
like of which wo havo not soon slnco we
used 10 slip Into hor pantry, and help
ourselves out of the old blue stone jar
in which they wore always kopt,
There was another and larger stone
Jar on tho same sholf. In yhlch she kept
those big, puffy, twlstod- and braided
doughnuts that nolthor looked nor tasted
like the degeuorato doughnuts of tho
present (lay.
Bometlmos wo ehoso a cooky Instead,
a cooky “as was a cooky;” not a thin,
wafor-llke, dry cooky, like tho cookies
of this generation, but a full Inch thick
nnd almost as large as a saucer—a cooky
to delight tho heart and still more the
stomach of a hungry boy.
You romembor, too, the big brown
turnover with your Initial on It. In theso
days of elaborate and unwholesome
dishes you havo never tastod anything
hotter than that turnovor.
You found many things In your grand
mother's pantry that you novor find
anywhere now. And. perhnps, with the
oxceptlon of your own mother, you have
novor found any ono so kind and patient
and generous as grandmother horsolf
was.
Nat it Crime.
Tho St. Paul Pioneer Prcsa rolntos an
anecdote at tho hxpexiso of a clergyman
whom we will call Do tor Brown. Hols
noted for Ills good works as well as for
his good preaching, and Is always ready
to take a liyud In tho enforcement of the
laws against vice. One day ho a peered
aj, tho'ofllcc of the City Attorney, load
ing by Iho hand a boy of about twelve
years,
“Mr. Murray,” said Dr. llrown, “1
want to have So-aud-so, who keeps a
saloon down In Fourth streot, arrested,
lie gave tills boy a drink.”
"Weill Atom!" was the first charac
teristic utterance of tho attorney, as he
brushed his hand over his head and
face “What time wore you In that
saloon, my lad!” ho Inquired, turning to
tlio boy.
“Just come out a minute ago,” replied
the urchin, modestly.
"Hum! Yes, yos! How diu you come
to go In’”
“Don’t know. Just happenod to.”
“Gave you a drink, did ho?"
“Yes."
And tho boy wiped his faco with an
upward stroke of the palm of his hand,
while Dr. llrown looked on with an ex
pression of satisfaction. Mr. Murraj
scratched his hoad a moment, and pro
ceeded:
“Ahem! Well, what did they give you
to drink?
“Glass of wator,’’ answered tho boy.
“Why didn't you tell me that?” ex-
claimed tho minlstor, turning very rod
In the face.
“You didn't ask me, sir,” said tho boy.
lie Caught the Tickler.
A gentleman Who attended church at
Camp Kills last Sunday evening, cams
near breaking up the meeting nnd spoil- j
Ing a lovo of a bonnet, at one fell swoop.
Ho sat sorenely in his pow and found :
tho service very enjoyable until tlio mos- ;
quitos began to Interfere. Soon lie lio-
■ nine assured that ho had been slnglod
out by a particularly persistent and vig
orous Insoet. As ho bowed his bead In
the altitude of prayer tlio little piping
poison bottlo pereliod on Ills neck, and a
sonso of proper decorum was all that
restrained u blow. The Insect was gen-!
tly dislodged with tho left hand but Im
mediately took rofugo on the right ear
of the sorely tempted worshipper. Up
wont tho right hand and tlio bug took
Ills departure to reappear on the other
oar. It was no use, tlio rostaint of a
lifetime was thrown off, and with a
mighty thrust out went tho right hand
nd snatched at tho llttlo offender when
to tho consternation of two pcoplo
an\i tho Irreprcsslblo amusement of a
of less devout worshippers, tho
gnnttoman found In Ills hand the feather
of a lady's hat and the lady felt her ha.
violently wrenched from her bowed
head.—-MJciciafon Journal.
SPANISH MARKSMEN.
THE REASON WHY THEY ALWAYS MISS
THE TAROET.
"jm
Shit Their Eyes sod Tura TMMll When
They Pali the Trigger—A mlPwirteh Prt
vests Their Becoming Fit Fighters.
Lieutenant Bayne C. Dent, nephew
by marriage to General Grant atnl a
graduate of Annapolis, spent eleven
years In the Navy, but was retired by
Injuries to his eyesight resulting (rout
Chngrcs fever. He applied for duty
limned lately upou the outbreak of
hostilities, however, and is now one
of the Instructors on the trnlnlug ship
nt Newport. Much of his leisure time
was passed Ln Chicago, where he Is
widely known nnd well liked. His
acquaintance with Lntln-Amcrlcan
peoples is extensive. He likes the up
per classes of them ns companions,
huvlug found them, lie says, uniform
ly courteous and obliging, but lie
bolds tbnt they have a fundamental
orgnulc fault which prevents them
from being or becoming tit fighters.
They shut tlielr eyes nud turn their
heads the other way when they pull
the trigger, nnd they can't help It.
"Many years ago,” Lieutenant Dent
told mo, "when one of the forgotten
South American revolutions wns re
volving, the old, blnnt-ended. lumber
ing Philadelphia, on which I wns nil
ensign, wns ordered to Cartagena to
protect American Interests. 1 n-vor
knew wlint those Interests were, nor
could I see tbnt they were La any dan
ger, but. wo went. A suitor man
would ns soon cruise to Ecuador its
elsewhere. It Is nil so muny days'
run und the anchor down und slioro
leave nt the end of It. We found Car
tagena Invested by tlte gallant rebels
nnd defended by the gallant Govern
ment troops. It is certnln that not
any of the gnllnut privates knew wlint
they were lighting about, nnd al
though I tried mnuy times', 1 never
could fined out; but they did light ev
ery day. The firing wns brisk, nnd
the must enthusiastic nnd continuous
I ever heard. We could smell tho
burned powder fifteen miles out In to
tlie offing, and long before we sailed
Into the harbor we could hear the
vivas like a succession of cat calls.
A Mouth American, you know, will
serenm 'Viva!’ nnd dance frenzledly
about If you let off n fire cracker.
“We were six weeks nt Cnrtngenn,
and, have never spent a more enjoy
able time. It was Fourth of July ev
ery dny, nnd when we wanted quiet
we had only to go on board, sit down
In the messroom mid fight cockroach,
os. This was the order of procedure
six days In the week, Sunday being a
holiday. There were two thousand or
three thousand troops outside the
walls, and ns many inside. They rose
nt seven I11 the morning and break
fasted. Then the bands played. Then
the rebels otitslde squatted behind,
fences nnd stumps and shot at the
walls. The follows Inside peeked over
the walls cautiously nnd shot at th-y
fences and stumps. Tills kept up un
til eleven, when everybody knocked
off. Then the hands played. They
(lined from 12 to 1. nnd smoked cig
arettes from 1 tin 2. The siesta Iast-
untll 3:30. At four firing wns resumed
and continued until 6. Supper was
eaten nnd cigarettes were smoked.
The officers went to the house of the
general if Inside, or to the tent of tie-
general If outside, and reported that
they had been shooting. Then the
bands played.
“At Cnrtegenn I discovered how the
firing was done. Tho fellows along
the wall would sight carefully nt
something outside, turn their fnees
toward me with tlielr eyes closed and
jerk tie trigger. I observed that the
folks outside did the same thing. Not
any of them ever looked to observe
'ae effect of n shot. They knew Hint
it didn’t have any. The consequence
of this sort of'thing wns (lint the bul
lets went anywhere from fifty yards
to a quarter of a mile wide, depen
dent upon how far around tho elmp
turned Ids head and how hnrd he
jerked at the trigger. At first we
were chary about going around dtuv
It Is l>lng F.xten Away.
It Is snlll to bo beyond doubt that Cape
Cod Is behxg gradually eaten away by
tlio hungry «)eean. Not a century ago tho
Governments placed a lighthouse on the
h ml of tho Aipo. Tho d- od to the prop
erty calls fo-^ ton acres of land, but at
tho present tlipo tbo Inclosure measures
scant six acres. On tho point Just north
of tin- marine stations at Highland light
the face of th - bluff has mov- d In noarly
two hundred and lift? foot In tlio Inet
seven years. At this lato it Is only a
quostion of time when Capo Cod will be
a thing of the past.
A Nnw Diet. •
If some entorptlslng druggist will
mako a capsule largo enough to hold a
caterpillar and then show the birds how
to swallow it. ho will bo a bonofactor to
tho farming community. As it Is, tha
hairy llttlo Intruders stick In the birds'
throats, nnd are neglected for food that
can bo swallowed with greater —*•"
log the fierceness of the engagements,
Mt soon lenrned that a position on
tte walls was less dangerous than n
Sat on a Chicago street ear. We used
Ufo stand and laugh. It sounds like
exaggeration, but It Is the simple
truth, that dttriug the six weeks of
onr stay but one mnn wns killed, nnd
he was n non-coiubatnnt Englishman
peacefully walking along the street.
He was struck by a nearly spent ball
which In some mysterious manner
found its way over the walls. At the
entlVf the time the rebels lind a long
und gestlculntory talk with tho Presi
dent’s people, nnd then they left.
When they went nwny nil tlielr bnnds
marched nlong the xvnlls nnd tooted,
nnd all the loyal bnnds stood on the
walls nnd tooted. To my knowledge
the only men killed In that revolution
were a lot of rebels who attempted
one night to surprise n town. It was
carefully planned, and some of their
number Immediately sold out for mon
ey. They lnndcd on the bench, five or
Blx companies of them, nnd the mu-
chine guns were waiting for them.
The slaughter Is explained by the fact
that a machine gun doesn't enre
whether or not you shut your eyes.
It keeps on working.
"I have seen other Spanlsh-Amerl-
enns shoot, Cubans among others, nnd
they all did It la the same way. It
seems to he 1111 Ineradicable trnlt.
When I rend nil account of a battle
between Spanish regulars nnd Culyiu
Insurgents nnd learn that one man
wns wounded It does not puzzle iue
any. I think It probnble that he shot
himself, or some comrade behind him
let off his gun accidentally. I am un
able to see how lie could have been
hurt hy nnd opponent.”
Probably this matter-of-fact state
ment by Lieutenant Dent explains
why Montojo’s vessels could fire nt
Dewey’s squadron for hours and not
kill a man; why Anterlcnn ships can
continually engage lnnd batteries In
t'ulin nnd show only an occasional
dent ln token of It; why American
small boats nt Clonruegos could hang
around for an hour within ensy rifle
shot nnd saw cables In two with
ridiculously few casualties; why Am
erican vessels of nil sizes and armor
stagger backward nnd forward within
a half mile of Spanish fortifications
nucT never lose n piece of string. The
Spaniards turning tlielr heads when
they press the buttons or pull the lan
yards could make no material differ
ence. but probably they shut tlielr
eyes before they nitn. Of course they
nre not expected to shoot like Anglo-
Saxons. Anglo-Saxons and Germans
are notoriously the best marksmen ln
the world. But one would think that
they ought to he able 'n lilt a flock
of balloons v.lth a mitrailleuse twice
la a month, anyhow.
The Uses ol Deerskin.
Side by side with the illicit skin
hunting nnd Its resultant trade In
skins for tanning tlu-re Is- a genuine
demand In Canada for deerskin for
garments. Its main use Is. for leg-
gins and moccasins to be worn with
snowslioes, or without snowsliocs In
winter. Tlje moccasins nre sold In
great numbers, and nothin* quite so
comfortable has yet been devised us
footgear I11 the dry Canadian snows.
Tlielr softness prevents the straps of
the snowsliocs from galling the feet,
and the leather Is both porous nnd
warm. It Is not tanned, but “slm-
tnoyed,” the process which all races,
civilized or savage, use when prepni-
ing wild beasts’ skin for use as clothes
other than boots. Ilut the tlin-st of all
those soft leathers arc the deerskins
used for gloves. Nothing Is quite
equal to this material for the pur
pose. and when genuine it is the most
expensive of any. Reindeer skin, fal
low deer skin and that of the fawns
[ of many of the American species nre
usod. "Elk” gloves nre not deerskin
jat all, but an Imitation. Much of the
1 deerskin Is made Into “white leather”
in the same way that parchment,
j sheepskin and vellum nre prepared
1 for special purposes. ’Iho white buek-
I skin is used for Ionther breeches anil
I military gloves, all military tailoring
| being of tho most expensive material.
! —Topeka (Kan.) State Journal.
THE MACHETE.
A Weapon ol Peace as Well as ol Wor.
Some people know, but a great many
do not know, that a machete 1b a crosa
between a corn knife and a butcher’s
cleaver. It has a blade about 24 inches
cs ln length—one shaped considerably
after the fashion of a grossly exaggera
ted and falsified razor blade. The edge
of the machete runs due north, ln a
swelling line, with a curve, until It la
surprised to find itself at the limits of
the knife. At the point the line of tho
machete angles two points south of
southeast—by mariner’s compass—for
a distance of 3 inches, when It drops
straight southwardly along the back
of the thing to the place of starting at
the handle. This handle Is of horn, and
a little curlicue at the rear end Is In
tended to keep the hand from slipping
and enable It to poise the tool and
cleave the Douglas head with freedom
and ease.
From the Inspection of certnln ma
chetes submitted In the course of a re
cent visit to that part of the country
where this product flourishes most
rampantly, It Is found that the best of
them are made In Hartford, Conn.,
but that they reach tlielr highest de
velopment In the warmth of the trop
ics. One machete, belonging to the
light-keeper nt Cape Son Antoine, nt
the western llmft of Cuba, was spoken
of as having been In at the deaths of
no less than forty-three identified per
sons and at least lnO more who may
he connted among the “also ran,” but
whose names were unknown to the
narrator. Tilts weapon ,was made in
benignant, tranquil New Englnnd, and
the altrnlsttc Yunkec who manufactur
ed It would douhtleBs take a great
deal of honest and conscientious sat
isfaction out of the knowledge that It
Is not even nicked after such overtime
use.
In a tropical country the machete Is
first In war, first In peace, and frequent
ly first In the hearts of the country
men. Tt Is ttBed in the cultivation of
crops. In cutting weeds, In chopping
wood, In harvesting bananas, ln plow
ing the ground, in building srrch houses
as the native uses, in beating wives
and in skinning animals. It Is some
times pushed Into the ground until
only the haft Is visible, and then great
games of quoits are played by its
agency, or a man will tie tits dog to
It. Armed with the machete, the na
tive strrgeon defies the Intricacies of
any kind of amputation. Tt ts tnval-
nnble to the diner at meal time, and a
clover hand can throw it up into a
cocoanot tree and In that way chop
frntt.
African Barbers.
In North Africa tho barber is consid
ered the pleasantest gossip ln each
town and the liveliest ftmd.of Informa
tion. He always has the latest news
about the place and pther phases of
their social life. He generally ekes
out his income by amateur blood-let
ting*. and as Arabs believe In being
bled for almost every ailment, however
trifling, he contrives to make a good
thing out of this branch of his profes
sion. The Arabs generally grow their
beards long, but have their heads
shaved. As, however, they always
wear cheehins (a kind of fez) or tur
bans, the stranger would know nothing
of this artificial baldness If he did not
chance to notice the operation of shav
ing, which goes on at nearly every
street corner. The Arabs have a prov
erb that "NovIceB shave only the heads
of orphans,” but even the novices soon
acquire great dexterity in handling the
razor, and the process of having tho
head shaved Is looked upon as a treat.
It Is certainly very pleasant to go with
out hair in the hot weather, and tne
turban suffices to keep off the flies.—
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