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Show THE JORDAN JOUltNAL. KIDYALE, UTAH • ------ CHAPTER VIII HOW TWO WOMEN AVOIDED OPERATIONS - It waa tl1e first day of Aurust ot that first year on the prairies that Jack and• I hitched tbe oxen to the wagon, threw on board a kit consistin&' mainly of a change nr dothes and a blanket for each of us, said a brave hut undemonstrative good-by to the The Following Letters of Mrs. Thurston and gtrls, and turned our races to the Beard Carry an Encouraging Message older settlement,. We were setting Other Sick Women forth to earn what money we could wages. high of season ~>hort during the Vegetable Compound that I told my Our own oat field could walt; we husband I would try it before I gave would cut It for fE'ed, anyway, and a up. I soon began to feel that it was doing me good. The awful misery little frost wouldn't matter. to leave me, also the backache. began On the second day out, as we haltbor. a countryman of yours, down ()!1 a ~ood ap~etite and am gain• have I Spoof, he calls hlmselt. ed on tt.e side of a little knoll to let ~ectlon Two. ing in we1ght. 'laking the medicine the oxen graze and to eat our lunch, although that Is not his rf'al name." was the best thing I ever did.. I feel were suddenly aware of the rumble we She was working over the stove, like it has saved my life and I do not hesitate to say so to my friends. At with her back toward us, and perhaps of an approaching vehicle and the least it saved me from a dreaded '>he dallied longer than there was any tones of a lusty voice, lifted In som&-1 operation and I am still taking it. J need for, but I took no notice of the thin~: evldt>ntly Intended for song. am willing to answer letters from r.:ven before we had Identified the matter at the time. women asking about the medicine." "What a strange name,'' she sold, "tlyln' ants" we caught the Lurden of -Mrs. ETHEL THURSToN, 824 North after a while. . . . ''Is he there the refrainPine Street, Lima, Ohio. now-I mean, have you seen him Mrs. Beard,a LeHer "Livt'd a. min-er, a torty-nlne-er, lately? A countryman of mine; you An' hla daugh-ter, Sweet lt.fa.rle." Eddy, Texas.- "I will write yoa 1 know, I must be Interested In him," few words, thinking it will do some "It's ,luke, of all the world!" shout· or:.e else good. Two doctors said J she added, brightly, turning her face ed Jaek. and together we rushed down would have to be operated on because to us again, nearly twelve mot:ths I suffered for sheltered form. pudgy Ills him. upon At length, with assurances that we a weakness from which I could from hat, f!'lt broad a by sun h<'t the MRS. ETHEL THURSTON would repeat our visit soon, and a from relief. I was restless and no get OHIO LIMA, STREET, PJNE N. :124 promise from ~Irs. Alton that she lolled on one end of the seat of his and was not able to walk nervous Lima, Ohio.-"I want to tell yon would return It wllen the -men had <I em oera t. house. They said it W88 the across me. helped has medicine your how "Hello!" was his greeting. "Dang 1 her hou~e unrler wny, we clambered !'or weeks I suffered with awful pains the Chanp:e of Life. I saw Lydia E. into our wagon and stnrterl the oxen it, stunt! still a n1inute, you piebald from inflammation and I was in such Pinkham s Vegetable Compound ad· the of onE' to this -bait'' fox o' lump borne· galt lumbering slow, their on misery that I had to bend double to vertised in the ne\7spapers, and as I horse-ftya at 8Witel1ln;: hronchos, ~et relief, I could not be touched or could not g et any help from doctors ward. Sandy sinv us [Jroperly off the had awful pain all over my I thought I would give that a trial. Jarred when friends your know you "tlon' place, and even stoorJ at attention abdom'en and could not touch my fee:: I began with the liquid and it helped until we faded out of sight in the you m~>et 'em? Well, how goes It on to the floor. It was impossible for me some, then you advised me to take twlllght. There Is likely to be a nip the gophPr ran('h ?" me to straight<:n up and the pains the tabletform and !began to improve h nnds and made him We shook to t11e night air on the prairies even never ceased. I took treatments for rapidly. I have gained in weight fro~ In midsummer, and J eon, I noticed, stop and eat with us. some time and finally was told I wou:.i 105 to 170 pounds. I recommend 1t Jake was frPsh charged with Rehave to have an operation. I do not to all women with this trouble."snuggl~d comforta!Jiy beside me on believe in operations, and I had read :Mrs. M. E. BEARD, R. No. 4 Box the board across the wagon box which gina gossip, and that of the country so much about Llrdia E. Pinkham's 143. Eddy, Texas. served as a seat. . . . Or perhaps for two hundred miles around. The ~ It was that for the ftrst time In settlers were streaming In, he said, The fool l;:;h sayings of the rich mont11s the latent motherhood In her man pa~s for laws in society.-Don nature had been stirred Into con· Quixote. sciousness. It was Sunday before we I beard or Cuticura for Sore Hands. saw anything more of Spoof. In a Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds khaki-colored shirt and corduroy of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Cut reeches and leggings and an Indian ticura Ointment. Remove surplus helmet whlch he had dug up !rom Ointment with tissue paper. This ls somewhere he was a picturesque and only one of the things Cutlcura will do striking figure as he strode 1 nto the if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are usecl DISTEMPER. , grateful shade of the shanty. Under COMPOUND for all toilet purposes.-.Advertisement. his arm he carried a banjo case. Spoof took ofl' bls helmet and sat EYery sort of industry has to be Many a man would have been worse down In the shade. A ring of dust 1! his estate had t-een better.-Benja- systematized, and system develops red had formed on his fair temples and tape. mln Franklin. forehead and his brown hair was curly with perspiration. He was a man good to look at; straight and lean, but not too spare; with white teeth that flushed behind tips always ready to spring to a smile beneath a sandy mustache that had more In it of promise than bt realization. His hands were small and finely formed, with long, delicate fingers, and he gave his nalls a degree of attention not often found among those so close to the realities of life as were we pioneers. Opening the banjo case he produced not only a banjo but a box of candy, which be had managed to smuggle We Were Setting Forth to Earn What Money We Could During the Short into it. 04 High Wages. Season "The ladles, I hope, w111 accept," Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for said he, tendering the candy to Jean. but the country was so big It was just "I! accompanl£>d by a serenade in like pouring water Into the sea. our honor?" wa!> the quick rejoinder. ''Only more profitable," he added. Lumbago Headache ·• Neuritis Colds "nut not until after I have had a thumping his hlp pocket. Rheumatism Toothache Neuralgia bath, and have somewhat recovered Pain "Tills locatio' game Is like a pint ruy wind," Spoof pleaded, and was llask-all right while It lusts, but it excused. don' get anywhere," ,Jake continued. It was evening before he took up "I've ma!le some lumps o' easy money, hla banjo, but almost with the first but while I was doin' It other fellers '3Weep of Its damorlng strings he that I brung into , the bald·headed started vibrations which ~eemed to were bu:;y bustin' the sod, an' today, catch our little hand of exiles some- dang me, they're better off 'n I am. where about the heart and squeeze us Fellows with no more brains than a sutlrlenly hollow with loneliness. Then grindstone! Got a farm un' stock he sang, dipping Into llttle frngmpnts an' a wlfe an' kids, an' let me tell of repertoire, until at last he hf( upon you, them last t\YO Is genooine col~omethlng that Jean had learned belnt•'rals. So I tlg:.;ers to myself, 'Jake, J Forhear to jtid.cre, for we are sin-~ Some men get on by plodding; a cer-. fore we left the East, and there her you've trod the primrose cow-path, or ' tain numher by plotting. ners aiL-Shakespeare. clear soprano jolnerl his tenor as natwhat£>ver it iB, long enough, It 's time urally as one hrook mingles with an- to get down to business.' other and both flow on, singing a new "Yep," said Jake, tal;lng a fre~ h son~ whleh is all or the old one, and of tobacco to give his worrls mouthful ~omething mol'£>. I had ne\·er lenrn!'d "Aftt>r I saw ~·ou ~:<Ink in. to time to sin~-:. and while I felt the hearttwo fine girls those trailln' fellows tugs of thPir harmony there were hnld-hended I says to myothf'r ~tr l n~s tugging at my heart as out into the self, ',Jake, this one-horse hmsines~ WI' II. "But we forgot the greatest news,'' is out o' date. Bftter get into doutll':' aetlc.n .Jean Pxclnlnwtl. in a paus~ after one harness.' So beln' a man of It in a put an' ad an out wrote I of their !'<eler·tlon~. "We IHI\'e neighbors-two new nt>i!!I Jbor:;:-th ree, conn- big paper in the States. II ere It is:" Mrs. Crane had indigestion for ten years; Jake unfoldPd a scrap of paper ing Sandy. 'l'hey are living on Eightreo, to the east; surely ~·ou saw from a no((•hook In which he kept a Tanlac brought immediate relief. ll><t of \'acnnt quarter sections and the tent?" "So I did," ~aid Spoof, "hut I handed it to us to read. As a climax to long years of sufferthought It ml_ght be a wandering Ining, *Mrs. Hattie Crane got so bad WANTRP-'Yife, about I R hands high. J tllan family. Two, did you say? A cheHnul preferr<>d, sound In wind l she couldn't sleep and there were married couple?" and limb ond built · for spe~d. Good days whm she couldn't walk across ".Ko, a widow, .Mrs. Alton, t.nd her looks not ner essary; I m pretty en ough Sl., Regina, 148 Jal<e, two. for the floor. At times the gas pressure t•nby Gerald, the dPare ~ t little chup. Canada. was so great she could scarcely Be put,o; us rlown for Indiuns, and breathe. She was faint ant! dizzy. "Do you mean to ~ay any fish rose with some reason." She writes:" Tanlac brought imr!eJaek that?" as bait a "Oprnld ?" said Spoof. "How old to snrh rdiif and six bottles wert skeptically. mediate m:mded Is he?" enough to rid me of my troubles ond "Just turned thr£>e, so Mrs. AIt on told us. You should S<'e her; not bring bcclc the joy of living. My health is better than 4tJer atul Mystery! Who is Mrs. Alton \'(•ry big, but pluck to the marrow. I am so pleased with Tanlac I praise it to everybody." and why is she afraid of some. She has tuken a homestt>ad so that • Authentic statement from our files. one? Is Spoof to cut Frank out ~<he can raise the money to etlueate with Jean 1 her boy. She is coming over as soon You don't have to take our word for Tanlac. Just try this as she is settled, and we must have marvelous tonic yourself and see how quickly it brings results. She'i English, and you meet her. ffhere is nothing like Tanlac to cleanse and revitalize slug(TO DE CONTINUED.) you'll love her." gish blood, restore lost appetites and put the whole body in Jean's frankness rather !>!'t me at Substitutte The fighting trim. ease again. Evit.!ently I was mRgnifyLittle Betty was anxious to own a Results come quick. You start feeling better right from ing the grip that Spoof was gaining upon her. She was <'ontent that he cat, but her father had a great av£>r· the first dose. Before the bottle is gone you will wonder should love his new Engllsh neighbor. sion to t11em and turned a deaf ear what miracle has happened to you. "I shall be wonderfully interested to all her pleading-s. He did say, howTanlac is absolutely pure and harmless. It is a natural In her," Spoof said, gayly, but It ever, that she could have a dog If she tonic, a formula of roots, harks and healing herbs gathered seemed to me that his mind bad sud- could find a nice, well-behaved o:ue from every part of the globe to bring you health and strength denly gone all a-ramble. There was a that wouldn't bite the baby. NoTE: For Constipation, take Tanlac Vegeo One day while walking with her moment's silence, then he took up Pills, N a ture'a own harmless laxative. table the thread again. "I once knew a mother, Betty saw a kitten frisking little boy of that name-Gerald-was along beside her. ml'ch attacbed to him. Stransre now 1 one turneo a msrrm ta<'e to her an tnClaenL-a nau1e, ror example- motner ana sata: "Ub, mummy I See I will recall a whole chain of memo- It doesn't seem to belon, to anyone I Can't I take It home?" ries." "But, Betty, daddy uya JOU caD What memories of Spoors wer~ aroused he did not say, but he sang have a dog. but not a cat." "W-we!l, mummy, can't we lake 1t no more. and present17 decided It wu helm• ud 11M 1t tor a do~:r• time to go home. Mrsc to By ROBERT STEAD Author ot "The Cow Puncher:• "The Homesteader••• MRS. AL.TON • SYNOPSIS.-Lured by hla four· year-old playmate, Jean Lane. !<'rank Hall, a~ed six, ventures 011 the forbidden wall or a darn, In a small Ontario town. He ralls Into the water and Is saved trom J>Osslble death by cl!nglng to Jean's outstretched arms. Next day Jean Informs him that because ot their adventure ot the day before he Is In duty bound to marry her. He agrees when they \Vlth Jean's are "grownups." brother :John, also aged six, !<'rank b-.glns school. Two years later they are joined by Jean and Frank'a sister Marjorie. A little later Jean confides to Frank, In v ~ r .. e, hl'r hope or some day becoming "l\Irs. Hall." He accepts the "proposal." Frank Is fourteen when his moth<.>r dies. The bors are eighteen when John's father Is killed In an accident. Two years later Frank's father I an&l John's mother a r e rnarrled. with conditions, and "'•lbitlnus, the two boy!! make to go to ~fanitoba and 1>lan" "homestead,'' the ~,;iris agreeing to go with them. Th ey set out. Dl ~ "atl"lled At Hegtua they meet "Jake," \\~ho l agrees to find them satisfactory homesteads. He does so, and the two friend• tile claims on Sections Fourteen and Twenty-two. Jake sagely advises the adventurers In the purchase of suppiles, and In a wagon drawn by a yoke ot oxen, and with a cow, the four arrive at their future homes. Construction of "shacks" and the making of a garden are their tlrat occupations. A youn" Englishman of the name of .. Spoof" Is a nelgbhor. They call rm Spool, who Is llvln~ In a tent, He returns the call. CHAPTER VI-Continued -5- When we had had our swim and dried ourselves on the sand we went back U!) to the house. The shadows WE're now falling, long and narrow, to the eastward, and the pra'"ie lay ltus!Jed and silf'nt in that deep und peaceful calm which marks the summer evening an hour or two before sundown. .After supper Spoof sat and chatted untll lt was time to llght the lamp. J!'an set It on th£> table, and as ltR yellow glow fell across his face I realized for the first time that Spoof was not a boy, as were Jack and I. There were lines In the cheeks and about the eyes which. ma~n~lfied by the ~;;lladows under the lampll~;ht, bore evldl'nce thnt Spoof had known more of tl1is world's cares than was hinted by his usual light-hearted conversation. Pr!'sently he was talking of England; ea~>lng, perhaps, the homeslcl;:nP:ss In his heart by calling up scenes of leafy lanes and misty sun-shot land~;capes linking depply Into his life. II£> hud tales of London as well; tales of art treasurps and music and thea(ers all alight with lire and beauty; tales of ~:rav!'Ftones marking the great of a nation with a hif<tory reuchlng back Into the early obscurity of western Something ahont the <'i ilization. pride he Bhowed in tlH• great deeds of the past seemed to strike us stran:::ely -we of a country whose history was still so much in the future and whose grt!atest deerls were still to be done. "Do you sing, Mr. Spoof?" Marjorie a!'<ked. "Only at great distances from civilization-my bullocks could !lay a word or two about my musical voice If they were Eo disposed. But surely you or :Miss Hall-" ''Jean sings and plays, 1! we had anything to play on," )!arjorle declared, "But we haven't added a plano y£>t to our equipment. I suppose we shall have to buy a binder and hor~es and perhaps a thrashin:; mill before we have any money for musical lnstrum~>nt!l." ".A'ild a house," I added. "I'd lilre to ee you keep a plano in tune In a <'age lil•e this." ''You should have a banjo," said Spoof. "By Jove, just the thing! I've a JJnnjb tucked awny somewhere in my beloyV{ings. Something I forgot to pawn at Hegina. I'll bring it over and give you lesf<ons, if you'll kt mp." "I should be dellgl1ted," said Jean, and her \·olce was quite unnecessarily low un !I sweet. There was a late twilight glow !n tHe northern sky and the smell of dew on the prairie gra~s tilled the nlr when Spool decided it was time to go home. We helped him hltrh the "bally bull· ocks" to the wagon and wntched him the darknPss. Lon;:dis~ppear Into after he was lost to sight the rumble of hi~ wagon and the voice of his ex· borttttion could be heard welling up out of the distnnre. "A fine chap," said Jack, as we partetl for the night. "I am glad we are to ha \'e him for a neighbor.'' "l' es," said I. But my voice had no ring or enthusiasm. CHAPTER VII Affairs bpgan to move with !<orne rnpidity lW our little settlement. Unt ll now we h~a had the world, as far as tie P e conld rarry, to ourselves, but Spoor proved only rn• aovance guard or a stream ot neigh I <~rs which. from Its source In ll oot.en different springs at humanity, was to pour 111 upon us during r!le next few months Wednesday night we came back trolll Spoo1'a, She turned to the dog, who sedately 11s we had a little shyness about t>elng overtaken In our good works, and thP held up one paw In acknowledgment next morning, while 1 was gulping of her remark. "Gerald. I should have told you, has "rent draughts of ozone In front of the shack before breakf11st, Marjorie called just turned three. I am a widow," Mrs. Alton rattled on, as though not over my shoulder: "What's that, away to the east, wishing to stress the polnt-"and •Gerald and I have our way to make In li'rank ?" white the world. He Is tired now, and asleep Sure enough, there was a little I pyramid outlined against the horizon; after a great day's roaming, but I shall l another tent pitched against front wake him before you go." "Oil, please don't!" Jean entreated . . trenches of civilization. I "Neighbors, Marjorie; neighbors!" I "I.et us see him as he sleeps," and said. "We're getting to be quite a without waiting for an Invitation she community. Do you e>E'r think of the gently made her way Into the little day whPn all this wilderness of prairie tent. "Don't you thin;,; me clever?" Mrs. will be plowed. every foot of It; all hparlng something for the world's Alton asketl. when we had at last dis· needs. with prosperous farmhouses at covered lt. every corner, schools, churches-" It consisted of a trunk, with the lid "I smell the porridge!" ~Iarjorle ex- turued back, and about t!alf the con (•Jnlm ed. rushing into the shack. Rhe tents removed. In this she had la!tl had u way of cutting off my rhapsodies a little mattress, and on the rnattre,;s like that. slept a lleautlful toy, his fare stll! .Tark had r.een the tent. too, and he ruddy from his wrestle with the pral· and .Tean came over at noon to d~scuss rle winds; his lips cherry red and it. \Ve decided to knock off work slightly parted; his little arms thrown early that evening and all drive over jauntily above his head. Jean leaned to make the acquaintance of the new- and touched the ~reathlng lips with corners. hers, and so did Marjorie, and a little We found that the tent was pitched later I saw U>ars on the cheeks of on Eighteen, In the next township to both. It was then I remembered that the east. As we came up we were these girls had not seen a child since greeted by a line collie dog, who we left Regina In the spring, and the Sl'erned to be suffering from the con- mothering Instinct In them, pent up filcting emotions of his natural good through all those lonely months. now humor and a sense that we had no burst forth In sweet silent tears. I business on Eighteen. His rush upon began to realize that Gerald .Alton us with great barking and show of was to be one of the Important memferocity ended In much aimiable tall- bers of the community. wagging. Evidently we measured up "Isn't he lovely-lovely?'' Jean was to his requlrempnts, which we took to murmuring as though unable to tear be no mean compliment. herself from his side. "Mrs. Alton, I A team of ponies were tethered on am sure you have plact>d us all under tlle prairie not far away, and a demo- a debt of gratitude. This community crat stood beside the tent, with some simply had to have a baby," of Its burden still to be unloaded. A After that, conversation came easwoman of FIPnder build and rather ier, and we found our~elves talking striking beauty stood at the door. about farm life, and the problems of There was surprise, and, as I thought, the homesteader. Mrs. Alton drank In a su~:gestion of fear in her eyes. More every word with a vldlty ; she was remarkable was the sudden and un- eager for Information on the most mlstalmble rellet which sprang into casual affairs. her expression when she had seen us "1 am so frightfully stupid!" she clearly. exclaimed. "You see, I know nothing I am not a detective, even of the about tanning, and I suppose It was a amnt£>ur kind, but I found myself In- very wild notion that I should take stantly gripped by a conclusion. "The a homestead. I dld It on Gerald's acwoman Is afraid," I said to myself, count. I shall manage some way, anrl "and yet she is no coward, she has no In three years-by the time he must fear of strangers, but she Is afraid of start to school-the farm will be someone-afraid of someone she mine. Then I shall sell It or mortknows. She was relieved when she gage It to give him an education." . saw we were strangers." The thought "By that time we may have a school was one which was to recur to me next door," I suggested. "People will from many angles during the next few flow in here In crowds, once they months. make a start. Have you plans tor She seemed to hesitate about greet- carrying on the work ot the farm r• ing us, and .Tean, always the quick"I have two men following with witted one of our qunrtett£>, was the boards to tulld a house; just a verv fir~t to break a ratlwr stupid silence. tiny house, ln keeping with my purse. She sprang lightly from the wagon and Then I hope to hire a neighbar to do went forward with arms outstretched. some plowing, and I will plant some "'Ve are your neighbors, from !<'our- corn npxt sp;il:~g. I shall ra\!!e chickteen and 'l.'wenty-two," she explained. ens, and haYe a great garden-! know "We saw your tent, and thought we all about gardening," she added wonld welcome :rou to prairll'land.'' naively, witl• a sudden return of <·on"That Is good of you," said a well- ftd~nre. "You should have seen my modulated English \·oice, hut some way English ro~es !'' the voice seemed to break just there, We had not the h!'art to tell her that tht:>re lay a grt:>at gulf betwpen English roses and a Canadian cabbage patch, and 5he rattled on, evldf'ntly glad of someone to watch with sympathy the mirage castles which she was building on her horizon. "For my~elf, I am quite pennlles:-," . she confessed, thru~tm;; her upturnet! palms toward us with a little impul"Gerald is my regesture. ~Jye source, as well as my respon~ibillty. He has a hundred pounds a .rear. We shall Invest it In this farm. I nm sure we are going to prosper wondt>rfully. "All the world seems to circle around GE'rald," she added, as though It were an afterthought. She made Jpan and :11arle sit down on a box on whi ch ·~he had I"PrPad a steamer rug. Jack and I stood at the door of the tent, where the s£>tting sun blazoned our wind-tanned faces a ruddy red. "II ow healthy ~·ou nwn are!" Hhe exelaimed, clasping her tin~ers In a nerYous g:rip. "I! only Gerald will grow up like that!" "\Ve will come over when the men bring the \umher, and help them build your house," Jaek volunt~ereu. "The lumber-what lumber? Oh, the boards! Oh, how good or you!" 'l'he regard in which she held us A Woman of Slender Build and Rather appeared to rise auother degree. Striking Beauty Stood at the Door. . "And are .rou carpenter~. as well as and the lips of the newcomer went all a-tremble. The next we knew she and farmers?" she asked. "I! ow wonderJean had their arms about each fully cle\·er you men are, here. I had to go to a doctor In Hegina-Gerald other. . . . had a rash, or something-it was In me!" of stupid "Oh. how horribly the stranger exclaimed, in a momE"nt or the evenin~ and I found him at his two, disengaging herself and dabbing house, building a chicken-coop. Jolly her eyes with a little lump of hand- wonderful, isn't lt7" As the shadow of the democrat kerchief. "One gets a bit-a bit tonely, In spite or everything. You will fllled the tent door we spoke of leavthlnk I am rather a bad pioneer. My ing. "Not until you have had tea,'' she name Is Mrs. Alton, and I'm so glad insisted. "We shall have tea with you came, Miss-Miss-" Jean Introduced herself and the biscuits and jam. I t ought an oil others of our party, and then we clam- ~tove In Regina-a most wonderful machine. We shall ha1'e It ready In bert>d down out of the wagon. moment.'' a much "Gerald and 1 have been v.,ry alone,'' Mrs. Alton ernlained "Ger· f W nue slle start eo ner oil stove sne aid doe-n'i set!m to mind It a bit- asked, casually enough, I'Am I the rather glories In It, I think. Already only newcomer in all the big prairie he has .node some great erploratlons which you haYe been having to yourhut o.lWllys under Sandy's watchful :selves 7" "No; you are the second," I an· eye. Sandy Ia a Jreat ~fort. Aren't ;;werPr'l, "\\'e »lren.rly 1111\'e nnP '-le~h· yo&. sir?" ------------------------------------ SAY "BAYER ASPIRIN" and INSIST 1 I l I DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART I "She praises it . to everybody/" I TAN LAC FOR YOUR HEALTH |