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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1879)
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GRASSEY’S SECRET * - “So you’ve made up your mind to come and live with Grassev^-and us Airs Iledffim? ton,” said Mr. as he snoke the words a curious expression which might be interpreted either as 5 - Mrs. Hedgington a portly dame in black silk, with cxtrcmclv juvenile curls either " on side of her well-powdered cheeks, nodded assent, as she settled the 1>°WS of white ribbon which adorned her cap. “Yes Oswald’’ said she “I i,, VP Not but that my own little house is pleasant enough—and dear knows I’vo no wish, at my time of life for wlnt the gay world calls society But Sonina needs me.” “Needs vou?” renealed her son in law. with some emphasis “The housekeeuiim HedSin vou know ’ ” smr K ' gested Mrs keen' “We are able to nlentv of ser. vants’’ said Mr Graasev to'expect “And r really think we ought not vou to “ItisnYthat give up your timeaiulatonOon-’’ ^aTtogethcr ” sa d Mrs S*Sp Hedgington ribbim with thS an aggressive Tin?* toss of ovdt 1 ted a of hostility ^ Mr Grassey’s countenance countenance b C cai 00 Cm u\v\ n « “It’s Sophia’s spirits ’ ” said Mrs * Hedgington aa'id “Oh V” Mr. Grassev “The ugtoS poor ’ dear “ShlnLds girl nines ” said Ml 1 - Iledg -Syp (S society ’’ Ik , lis eyebrows. ' “I was not aware of that ‘ tiie ” “And if I must sav it ” added mother-in-law “although s" I’m the verv last person to wish to w the seeds of disstmsion you give her verv little of your companionship, if Oswald!” “Business whatmenaiwa« ” said r Grassev ly hrieflv & “That’s 11WminV » Mrs. Hedgington wiHi V. l n 7.i sni/r n ff - !' .So ,hia ,iroo ,s A d as mv^nw’nm” vou cm, In'aUtUc Iru’e no sort of obiectiontn house—° insignificant corner thD big “Not flnZ the least ill the world” «m ‘ ifr ‘ thought ......B................ “I so,” said Mrs. Hedging- j|, ton. But she. had anticipated a „ pitched 1DU sra*? her son-in-law awa had capitulated with c out a blow. at ‘ /iMjall m-’nk 1 ;■ » n't muslin and blue ribhotw, who was a sort of female cameleon, taking color of the nearest companion pro lenipm?. “He said lie had no objection,” said Mrs. Hedgington. “But I know lie doesn’t like-me!” “Don't say that, ma,” said Sophia. “But 1 do say it,” retorted the widow. “And he is one of the kind —sardonic, is it ? or satirical, orsarcas tie ’: “I’m sure 1 don’t know, ma,” said Mrs. Grassev. “Weli: it doesn’t matter much,” re maikcd Mrs. Hedgington, beligercntly scratching the bridge of her Roman nose. “One of the kind, I mean, that is always poking fun at yon.” “O. ma!” fluttered Sophia. “I’m sure Oswald means nothing of the kind.” “Yes he does, too,” said Mrs. ington, find sharply. “But I’ll teach him. He’ll out that his secrets and teries don’t go down with me!” Mis. Grassey burst into tears. In uttering these words her mother had touched upon the spring of her heart’s inward discontent. Oswald had secrets ! There was no disputing that fact. Os wald came and went mysteriously, like a brigand, or a conspirator, kept special key to tiie cellar, anil when asked wiiat all tiiis meant, only chucked his partner under the chin and re “Business, my dear, business.” “Aiftl L’m sure, ma,” whimpered Mrs. Grassey, with her pocket-handkerchief to her eyes, “Fd give all I’m worth to know what it means.” “Down cellar, eh?” said Mrs. Hedg ington, c. feeling f reflectively y of her chin. v .. sa (1 M G .. (Iown cellar . i„ the little north east room, wiiere there is a gas-burner, and a shut teved window, and a stone floor, and a lot of shelves.” “Can’t you contrive to get hold of his key V” “Oh, dear no,” said Sophia. “He always carries it about with him.” “It can’t be counterfeiting,” said Mrs. Hedgington. “What nonsense, ma!” bristled up the bride. “Or another wife hidden there, like Bluebeard.” “Ridiculous,” said Mrs. Grassey. “Well,” said Mrs. Hedgington, “it may be ridiculous and it may not. But whether or no, I mean to find out what it all means!” “But how ?” said Sophia. “You’ll see,” nodded Mrs. Iledging ton. “A married man has no right with secrets, and, besides. I’ll show him that it doesn’t pay to make fun of me! , may be his mother-in-law. but I’m not the dust under his feet.” “Oh, dear, oh, dear!” said Sophia, with a burst of weak tears, “I don’t think lie considers you so at all ” Aud Mrs. Hedgington threw up her head like a war-horse eager 8 for the combat: “I’ll track ont his guilty mysteries,” ® a ’ d8, ie * “ or vn know th0 reason , And in a week Mrs. Hedgington had borrowed a bunch of keys big enough for a locksmith’s sign, and fitted one of them, triumphantly, to the mysterious cellar door. And the heart of conquer¬ ing Julius Csesar himself never beat more exultant than did that of Mr. Grassey’s mother-in-law as she shuffled, slipper-footed, into the stone-floored sancturq, Crawfordviile, Georgia, August 8, 1879. '' as 11 °‘ ; dto v t! ! nr certain what tbe had expected to find, whether a hu »an tools, skeleton, a set of counterfeiter's cr a can or so of nitro-glycerine ; k* 1 was *° ^ ave * K ' en something very terr:We • - And lier revulsion of spirits, on discovering only a row of bottles, ’great. snorted Mrs. Hedging ♦ S down ll ? r candle ami indulged , he £? lf 1,1 a second review. J wonder , what’s in them,” she said to . £® , rsclf . The corks were not sealed down. “It can’t do any harm just to look,” Mrs - Hedgington, “or to smell, which , amounts t° the samething.” A,id "hipping out her pocket zora ’ Mrs. Hedgington proceeded to re move the corks from the bottles and inhale the odor of their contents one by one. “Wine as I liye 1” said Mrs. Hedging- Ohf to11 . “ ;l ,ul good wine, too! the h arclened sot! Only think of a man Bke . Oswald Grassey making nightly visits ?P«t, just to to drink this with himself his depraved into delirium associates ! Oh, tle ,n wickedness, . et , is , my of poor Sophia! Oh, the mankind l But that isn ' t ,wd wine, I must ” And out of laudable say. Mra Hedgington a spirit of inquiry, * took a good com f or table swallow out of each bottle. “A slight difference in the flavor,” she, smacking her lips. “In the hoquet, as But poor dear Hedgington used to s:l 5’- none in the body. One— two-three-four shelves full. Well, ’ I never! What will Sophia say ?” And carefully replacing the corks and re - lockin g the door behind her, Mr. arassey ’ s mother-in-law hurried up stairs to Impart her tidings to Mr. Gras wife. Sophia listened, wrung her hands and wept * “°h, «na! oh, ma !” she bewailed her self, “what shall I do ? Do you really think he is drunkard ‘ * a ?” “ Just wait ’ ”'>• dear, and hear me confront him with his sins, said Mrs Hedgington, severely. ’ “But what good will* that do ma’” sobbed “Child, Sophia.” I do believe you are a fool ” said A Is ?.; Hedgington, almost angrily. Ana there w was ! ls .l the h ^ mysterious m y^ e nous sole solein- ln - 1 , . =ir ~ ' m ,"’ a Sli " cubi, %j' the ’ s q. ! 1 ' il< “ e c ■ • • - r Wen, sop^ have a fortnight Saratoga this sum rner, if you please.” “What ?” said the pink-eyed, wife, scarcely disposed to believe her own ears. “l have done a smart stroke of busi |> e - H !a tf, !y. added ,, , Mr. „ Grassey, „ “in th f,? l !°’sT 8 " . shrieked Mrs Hedgington , ■ ' 1 OPI 11 “B' 1 er km le andfork. “Exactly.” said Mr. Grassey, all ^iies. rica—ordered “To be by sent the out king to Central of Gharri- Af ^^kb tj’ extertiiiuate ut the U P-and hostile flavored tribe Bke the choicest wines. No one can tell c ? n ™ subUaiat ® fr, )n ?. M; idcira, nor stijehnine from 3t. Juhen , claret. Of course the whole thing; is s«6 rosa ; the Sp'ornment but there-s passes lortune m through be for wines; a to made ou 4,°f ® lt ieie Giassey s tale , of elo quence was cut short by a feariul shriek fl »“ h ' 9 “l’ tbel '-' n ; 1,i X v ’ b ‘A a,l 'j ^ Drassey. . M hat a ,, 'n,n’ P 'Ai'i T f. ! u^ t But the h, old lady ) had ^ started .? n i’ up, with ^Hi , hands ( >i lier stormieh, pressed convulsively over S??'. i' -Emetics. Q.fl'f S“ A s Pcd. stomach White pump of an s _ ^ 011 j, do11 P oa ^ . fc * ose a moment! began Mr. Gras ! ’‘ l - sev es cl9°ke J do,” and said Mrs. Hedgington I got a a gasp. into H ,e ce . ar > Oswald—and Tasted every I thought one!— it K dear • dear . what _ shall I do ? Kun to the dru p lst ’ Oswald ! Bring some wann "'ater, hoplua. Do you mean, among you, to let me die ?” b0 v « *>«-*" mjng into my af f'! - . , said Mr. Giassey, deliber- 11 3 ’ e .’ ■. af -(‘ly . leaning , back m his chair, “Yes I have!” acknowledged Mrs. Hedgington. “But I didn’t mean any harm—I didn’t indeed and I’ll never, never do such a thing again !’’ “I wouldn’t, if 1 were you,” said Mr. Grassey. “Can’t anything be done ? Can’t I be saved ?” wailed the old lady, begin¬ ning to twist and writhe herself about, while Sophia clasped her hands in mute dismay. “Don’t excite yourself,” said Mr. Grassey. “If you have been breaking into my wine cellar, you’re all light. I don’t keep the poisons about the house, i, “Oh, thank Providence for that 1” sobbed Sophia, while Airs. Hedgington drew herself upright with a jerk. “Is this a joke?” she said indignantly. “Well—if you choose to consider it so !” demurely acknowledged her son in¬ law. “It is a shame!” slTrieked the old lady. _____ . ^ ^ 0 yours: „( ot 1 ‘ ln d peeping around a gentle Zn^Z **id ur Mi. Grassev Grassey. ^ ,0U * Jlls - Hedgington rose to her feet ... in a ra L < V , „ ,, ... Und6r , ^ this roof,” said she “Don’t—if you don’t feel like it,” said Mr. Grassey, blandly. And Mrs. Hedgington packed her trunks and departed, leaving serene peace behind her. “Oswald,” “Well, said Mrs. Grassy, feebly. my dear.” “Wasit true?” “Was what true, my dear ?” “About the poisons,” “It was what they call poetic license, tirelv my dear,” chuckled the husband. “Eu business imaginary. It isn't the poison I'm in—it“s the California wine trade.*’ “But the two weeks at Saratoga ?” “Oh ” said Mr. Grassy. “That’s true enough! But don’t you enjoy the the mineral springs more without your -* 55 . „ y Grassey. And Mrs. Hedgington never came hack to stay at the residence of her sou in-law again. ---— ------- Mnrnv y Ordtir ^ lutr umces ' [Columlnti Tin *».J There is often much perplexity in the minds of writers which pnstoffice is or is not.4.money order office. Frequently »s roach more convenient to send money in these orders than to employ the medium of bank exchange. This is particularly to the case when small amounts are !e sent, and also the case when the money is sent to points that enjoy nobanking facilities. In order to assist out readers in this matter we publish below a full and revised list of aU money order offices existing in Georgia. geouoi A v ‘ Amencus, Albany, Dougherty , county. Sumter county. Athens, Atlanta, Clark county. Fulton county. Augusta, Aiffipaha, Richmond county. Berrien county Cambridge, Brunswick, Decatur county. G ynn county. Barnesvflle, Blacksliear, P,ke county. Pierce county. Blak ly, Early county Caffi mn, Gordon county. ^.rsville, Cave springs, Bartow f loyd county. county. CuU S, p■indr»?nh e C ? U t^* Guthocrf, ^am oi‘rf Randolph county. p Carr-lton, !a, Mitchell county. Carroll county. Cedar town, Polk county. Conjers Crawfordviile, Rockdale county. Taliaferro county. Mt m, Whitfield county. Daw on, Terrell county. S Dahlonega, 1 Lumpkin county. 81 ' ®?’ McIntosh county. EatontoJ Ta™ ^un^ Unty ' Putnam county. Elberton, Fair':.ini, Elbert county. Form Campbell county. lb, Monroe county. Fori nes, ('Iay county i i f -• wether county. Ha fjf-wHW, Pulaski county." Jeffi Hog i'jwv'il.-. jbfi, Jackson Troup county. i county, Jonr jjoro’, Clayton county. Lexii it on, Oglethorpe county. LouijjHle, McKjra, Jefferson county. Telfair county. Macti Bil»b ’ Mai f i, county. Marietta, . Morgan county. Cobb county. Milledgeyllle, Baldwin county. Montezuma, Macon county. Milner, 1’ike county. NewnairTLinveta county. Oxford, Palmetto, Nitivton county. Perry. Campbell county. Houston county. Quitman, Ringgold, Brooks county. Catoosa county. Saudersville, Rome, Floyd county. Savannah, Chatham Washington county. Social Circle, Walton county. Senoia, Coweta county. Sparta. Hancock county. Summerville, Chattooga county. Thomas vibe. Thomas county. Thomson, county. McDuffie county. Toccoa, Yaldosta, Habersham county. Lowndes county. Warrenton, Washington, Warren county. Wilkes county. West Point, Troup county. The Jump in Coal. The coal business shows how thoroughly trade lias yielded 21,000,000 tons. In 1878 the demand fell off one fifth, and only 17,000,000 tons were mined. Now, however, the upward jump is greater than could have been So far this year twelve and and three quarter million tots been produced, as against seven and third millions for he corresponding period fist year. If tl. present demand continues and the indications are that it will, the coal production for 1879 will be over twenty-five millions, an in¬ crease of fifty per cent, over last year This is production extraordinary. The Height of production lias been estimated at 500,000 tons a week, yet in one week, tiie production ran up to tiie astonish¬ ing fnrtire of 655,000 tons. For tiie week ending July 12 the production was 531,613 the tons, against'-239,013 week tons for Philadelphia corresponding of last year._ Record. How Women Would Vote. Were tiie question admitted to tiie ballot., anil woman were allowed to vote every woman in tiie land, who has used Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription would vote it to be an unfailing remedy for the diseases peculiar to her sex. Dr. Pierce has received hundreds of grateful testimonials o£ its curative Iowa City,* Iowa, March 4th, iS 79 . Dr. H. T. Pierce, Bujfalo, AT. Y.: Dear Silt—For many months I was a great sufferer. Physicians could afford me no relief. In my despair I commenced the use of your Favorite Prescription, lt speed¬ ily effected my entire and permanent cure. Yours thankfully, Mns. Paul R. Baxter. A preacher, after standing the freezing temperature of tiie church as long as he could, broke out with, “Brother Griggs, do see that this house is better warmed this afternoon ; it’s no kind of use for me to warn sinners of tho dangers of hell, when the very idea of hell is a comfort to them.” No. 31. Very Remarkable if True , ,,, age ? , lady, , who resides w.io.se "^bers, name Pii., a is few omitted miles from by request this city of fiends, was afflicted by scrofula, the su ^ er ot ^d J 1 ’ 180 terrible ” 1 /* *«ing agony in from her head. the She “ ? ur ? of th f ? isea sed cramum upon the of the top of her skull. He never at t ® lr,1,te ' 1 1 1 ’ 0 operation, however, fearing she I,1!gllt dle f ! or ? its effects. The woman continued to suffer, and her son, who was afflicted with the same disease, determined to take the nsk and perform the operation. He was con siderable of a mechanical genius, and he 80011 constructed a line saw for Purpose, the material used being wire f, Onishevl rou ' :U1 ol the d hoop-skirt. instrument, After although lie had he “ a(1 no surgical knowledge, he begun 1 ie operation of sawing through the skull „ at a point two inches below the of the cranium. After working some time at the a tion the young man was taken ill and dl8d - After bis death the lady’s daugh ter, a young lady of nineteen or twenty, deeded to continue the work, and did s 9% succeeding m removing the top of her mother’s head, relieving the ter nble pain and probably saving her life, She was occupied several days in the dangerous operation, which was a delicate and by one, ordinarily only to he performed the most skillful surgeon, If the improvised instrument had been driven too deep and penetiated the delicate covering of the brain, instant death would have resulted, and some accident <rf the kind did not occur is one of the most astonishing facts about the matter. She undertook the operation as a desperate resort, and the exercise of nerve which sustained her v,as wonderful. Once while working she fainted, and frequently she would throw down the saw, declaring she would go no further. Her mother, whose enormous will power was not less wonderful, always urged her to proceed. saying. “If I can stand it, you should do the same, as it is the only way of saving my life.” No anesthetic was used, and the afflicted woman carefully watched and directed the operation. Instantaneous relief followed the . moval ...... of the diseased ,. bone, although ,, the disease was not eradicated. The removed bone was replaced by a si”* . cap, carefully fitted. ijl operation SSfJSilIiiy'wM l«rful Lth r ' 3 a Vt f r affair, and seems grateful that relief w;-H afforded, although she will remain an invalid for Iife.-C«m6ertand Sues, What Meteors are Composed Of. A piece of the great meteor which fell in Emmet county, Iowa, May 10th, hundred weighing in the aggregate about five pounds, has been subjected to a thorough examination at the govern¬ ment a-say office, Washington, with the tion, following results: Tiie metallic por¬ separated as far as possible from the rocky part, gave 88 5-100 per cent, metallic iron, 11 per cent, nickel, with a trace of cobalt. Tiie rocky part con¬ tained crystals of zircum of small size, and was principally made up of that mineral in granular form, mixed with sulphide of iron and nickel, besides car rying silica, alumina, lime and mag¬ nesia. Tiie whole makes a composition not found anywhere on earth, though its several parts of course are well known to geologists. Zircum, however, is a rare mineral, and when found in large, clear crystals is of considerable value. Tiie meteor was assayed for gold and silver. On the first the chemist Was astonished to find enough silver to make one hundred ounces to the ton—a very rich ore—besides traces of gold. On he making the usual counter test, however, discovered that on the first trial ho had pounded the rock in a mortar in which there were minute particles of gold and silver which produced tiie above result. It is unnecessary to add that there were no precious metals found in it whatsoever. An Amended Proposition. It occurred in Bodie, that city of whisky, wealth and wickedness. A case was on trial in the Justice's court, and during a recess one of the interested parties ap¬ proached a juror and said : “Say, boss, if that ar suit goes agin' mo I’m night on §2,090 loser in minin’ prop erty. Now, I'll give you an even 8500 to that The mcorruptablo scion of Amercan liberty reflected a moment and replied : “It'd be a cussed onsartin job for one man to take a rope an’ strangle that, hull gang, an’ I’m afraid afore I get through I mout dance a jig under it myself; but if all tbe same to you, paid, T. mout wade in thar with a six-shooter an’ wipe out the crowd. That’dbe more to my hand than hanging, and the job eouldbedone quicker. If that’s satisfactory, produce the c-fin, and I’ll git to work .”—Eureka [Rev.) Sentmal. New Postal Regulations. The new regulations just issued by the Post Office Department, requiring those publications allowed to be transmitted through maiis at second-class rates to be formally entered at tho post office, have just gone into effect. This law prevents the transmission of all transient adver tising schemes not regular publications ; also pamphlets, printed documents, cir culars and free circulation papers, or any printed matter but newspapers, as second-class matter All printed matter outside of the registered papers are re Sskwki:: posed by the Department’for violations of this law. —August a News. Job printing neatly and cheaply exe¬ cuted at this office. The Democrat. AlHKRTIfttNU KATE*: One Square, first insertion . . ( 1 00 One Squa re, each su b>equent 1 ns.' jtion S7 One One gijotre, three months 10 00 Quarter Square, twelve months 15 m Half Column Column, twelve months , . 20 W One twelvemonths 50 00 Column twelve months . loo oo 15?" One Inch or Loss considered as a square. We have no tractions of a square, all fractions of squares will ba counted as squares. Liberal deductions wade on Con¬ tract Advertising. Standard Weights. An Act to fix by law the standard weight of a bushel of the articles and commodities hearinafter mentioned. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of Georgia, that the legal weight of the following articles and commodities per bushel shall Shelled 00 Corn corn 55 in the ear 70 Peas 00 Rye •36 Oats 32 Barley Irish 47 potatoes 00 .Sweet ix.tatoes 05 White beaus 08 Castor beans 49 Clover seed 60 Timothy Flaxseed seed 46 Hemp 06 seed 44 Blue Grass seed 14 Buckwheat 52 Dried peaches (unpeeled) 33 Dried peaches (peeled) 33 Dried apples 24 Onions 75 Salt 50 Stone coal 88 -Malt 40 Bran 20 Turnips 55 Unslacked Plastering hair S lime 80 Corn meal 48 Fine salt 54 Ground peas 25 Cotton seed 30 Sec. 2. Repeals all conflicting laws. Approved February 20th, 1875. The Dark Horse of 1880. [Detroit Frt* Prm. J Now you may know who tho “dark horse” is in the coming political cam paign. He entered a Grand River aven ho ue -t, • >u and yesterday, when the day was removing his coat, hat and ci oe confidentially asked for a private v >rd with the proprietor. “Nopody isU here—you can shpoke away,' was tlie reply, as the beer-seller lazily rinsed a glass. “Are r iware,” whispered the stranger as he put his nose almost into the other’s of face, “that this country is on the eve another stupendous political rt> uggle V” “Do you mean about tiie hot vedder ?” “A’e. sir! l mean that wo are soon t0 ch-i t another President, and that the SSSB" ■ v, n Rom’ In™ Idf , and r° 1 i? rf f t^y 1,0 1_ tics ” said tho ntl, P d kl ” ff no move to tiU Uieghiss “That’s it—that’s the key note!” chuckled the old rnau as he slapped him on his back. “The kind of men to go into the next cabinet are men who have never been mixed up in politics. I’m mighty glad I came in here, and you may draw me a glass of beer.” “Are you some politicians ?” quietly asked the saloonist after a pause, anil paying beer. no attention to the request for “Ah! Lower, your voice a little 1 Yes, I m in politics. I’m tbe 'wickedest wire-puller in this world. I’m the gieatest convention-packer on land or sea. I get in moro work at the polls than any twenty men you ever saw, and you may draw me a glass of beer.” “Who shall be der next bresidont?” carelessly inquired the other, as he sat down on the head of a beer keg. The stranger tip-toed to the door, closed and locked it, and returning to his former position, whispered : “Take a good square look at me I You now behold the next President of tiie United btates of America, and vou may draw me a glass of beer.” “You doan’ look like some bresi dents,” observed the saloonist, as he gave tiie old man a looking over. “Sh! Don’t give me away! You see, I’m from the masses. I’m the dark horse, cantering along in the underbrush. The people demand a representative of toil; that’s me. They want honesty and integrity ; that’s me again. hay-stack They want a man who knows a from a stone quarry—who can economize—who can’t be corrupted —who has pride enough for tho posi¬ tion, and yet not be ashamed to ride to a funeral in a one-horse wagon—all of which is me several times over, and you may draw me a glass of beer.” Vbat barty shall vote for you ?” asked the beer man, after a minute of deep “Ah ! eureka! excelsior! selahl „. J. hat’s ,, the key-note again I When the hour is ripe I step between the two great parties, mash both and form a third party on the ruins, and you may draw me a glass of beer.” “Well, I shan’t carry some torch¬ lights brocessions on der street.” “Of course you won’t. Yon keep behind the currant bushes, say nothing, and when the time arrives you will be offered the position of secretary of war, and yon may draw me a glass of beer,” “My peer is all gone.” “Very well. Then my appointments are all gone; your name will not be selected for the next Secretary of War.” Tiie old man began putting on his things in a very decided way, and when r, ’ady to go out turned and said : “I am naturally kind-hearted and forgiving, chance. and I'll give you’one more No beer, no cabinet position under the reign of tiie dark horse of 1886.” The saloonist shook his head “That settles it! A year hence ,' vou u miirhf offer mo <■ 1 " Posf ami I would not even apiwffit vou master-Genera!! Good-day, sir ” After the old man had been gone a srxi!'v s b Tbedarkhorse‘MioJkhto l'e^l passed. in a determined manner, and called back : “You’ve hunted rtp some beer with a fly in it, but it is too late—too late V’
