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Show r THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILtE, UTAH ed Pyritea. "XVe'r going to biko track tack to the Rapid and follow It down to Rapid City as fast aa w can hoof It. I only Lope non of Ahem are la Rapid (Tty to see us com in," If my little adventure stop ua from prospecting on the divide 1 don't kaw aa I car how aooa we meet them," sullenly retorted Dlnadalo. CHAPTER v "'i fr uuc i vii , San Juan fiends Word. They arrived at Castle creek, tho south fork of tb Rapid, above tho eight mile canyon and near where gold was discovered In Juno of tho preceding year. Wiihta two or three mile of where the Custer trail leaves tho valley they hslte) for dinner, Th I"t was a small bar and, desptto hla bMe to leave the band on tbe divide far behind him, Pyritea took time M WHt-out several aos of gravel. Tie the bar wutd ay two rent t a pan In fine gjld. Dlnedale ws Rot lirj and do dared It would imt pay for a rnau'l totmeco Ilia cinHmpt diminished kU and when lyriies Uvtcd another found It to yteld fifteen cents te a pan A second an. lu. filly catching several vnikil nuggets, he sal) would welgk all dollars. That night aa Ihey awoked beford their tent Pyrites enlightened hll friend aa to the nature of traveling before them. At timet they would te within four rnffea of fiprtcg creek, an) ngutn twice that divisor. Below the canyon waa their objective. Rapid (Tty, where several hundred miners were still pursuing their luck. Any good pick legs ta tbe canyonf Baked Dlnsdsle. Nothing for us to try for there, hut wo ran. If we have time, test a yara that's been floating through th bill! ever tine the first rush, that wai known la frontier towns long beford that: Put speaking of th gold cached by On of the party that entered th and wrhl hills way bark la fifty-twaa far north aa whata now Dead wood Gulch." Pvt heard that ancient yarn docent of time," wearily remarked Dlnadalo A hundred men hound for California Nineteen quit th mala body at, Fori Laramie to Invest If at tho gold ot oriel told about th hllla. They reached I creek, where high water prevented r borea, or etae one gang la nood City f the bust yet" working both brnnil.es 1 even He mounted the rtdg to where It nes," he told hhus-el- f as ho carefully aw as 1 to 1st ifc hurt him," gTKOPSIS. morosely replied D!ne waa clear of tree. Tho aua had con. retied the pSikage. a Fvtar dale. He came at me h.t ehooirg kUU te tho ndkta and tho heaven Else Tbe mxt Us quered much smaller vi U and two hand guua. I'unn.v. t.. gun niton blue. To all appearances It a than the flrt. hel) ndhtng but finger It toll th Ureng et There Le did ef the get hla nerve! lie Ui aequataUaee Dlndle waited until Pyritea came a dead laud. No smokes were to riiiga. The third package was rich wasn't drunk; Just a cold killer ah nMr st The prospector examined, th ar no habitations, no nouiuis of hu with gold dust and luigzets w What re 'cn, men Lad been warning me agal-ij!A4wo4. Om their day row an.) muttered; uiaB voices. And In be niatned were there how that sen Se examined ts the of by jet him. I thought It was a Juke, tl.e.r head t.ric(through R4 eaayow Diw. fixe) on sort of wobbly. Once dlnus lurking In the deep. gulches an) t(Uh an) .y weighing them to ids vir way of having fun with me. Anj H iuck tnto a man It cant b pulled rumor gill and Jo from a fount there were orgun'xeil hands. All contained jewelrj or nug of denied if he didn't try to get me ; Prty vBii mahihg ut. Well, tiell a low for a a pell hoiee thieves with rendezvous m the g JWnedsl take 'Must V been drunk." d tb. two KM rid Py aUng of Mr. Lightning. Only one of divide, while possibly other lime pros Replacing tbe hwt In Its box he pur aa le. dished out ome leMne an l him, or rites kilting auc-Ids quest eagerly bul found noth through hor pursuer; were laid US with their for like, they'd "flora, Pyritea, seeking Lottie U Carl. bacon and mred a d.pier of Tho girl He was lifting bis hands to fortune 'rn,f telovv. the llig. gun" Near Ip wludlng depths reUUve. coffee. n4 ah haa bo ev.rtak After the way cuffed proa-ncta on t toh lie the left Acting while j.u re Dlnadale and he advice edge of the trap wten the hla'pan Pyrites' (her pick radvodwhom Joa ball aa old French Curly gun around tin man continued etddn door banged ojen. Ills fingers contioltered the the hi besido of afoot, lie top ridge, walking Deed wood might V known you waa or medi I orve. Ids revolver w t re yanked bntk to Ira pyrites. At pull bis two reready to resent on readied the crest only to dicover popular la tho to cine go City Ban Juan Job, against." A few mflea enttraal-Mti- a aiul.uh volvers. and ! He ahead. to them h la brought higher ridge eoBBUBity, Ilia mind may have been drunk, the Rapid, which The newcomer stopped short on welcome. which U esUedad they crossed Juot descended tuto the shallow valley, be hla nerve were steady." sighed below but Jo telle Dlaadala the the re lining table U Dtaadalo. tween Dinsdale It two down the and followed fork. tea Pyrites' lust for a I'nioo Pacific Dinsdale. He shot mighty straight if thaatrobbary ofand a4 mile, the shuffled shout for and half a of aloud b could not denied fourth grumbled gravel tha gamblar proceeding train Ogalala. and nifty No sultsfaetion In killing longer, am as their next march would That Joa tahoa tor watchful and ludlan you, ltuaty ! demanded the slowly iaforma tha crowd. signs him. Felt all the time as If he was take them up on to 4h divide, due lie was surprised and keenly Inter- man above. nnadalo and Lottie to tho feouaa of tha woman town, Kitty going through wlthAymeihlng he aim a it Krhuh. Come down tore," growled IHnvlale was w tiling to call It a ested tn fuming a wooded bend to hemletreee, tha Schamor, Joe's ply had to do." Dinsdale. Oava ld travel. a Intended had log long Bejond vharo tha gamblar Pyrites lowered the coffee pot slow, The man walked armin) the table They UHiacked th to Inatail Lottie. Dlnadala re burros and It were half a dozen open sheds and a and stared In amazement at hU ly Lottie fuaoa to allow ik Ukiag snd their no He pitched could detect corral fished unsuspectingly lowered himself and rough tent, signs Pyritea companion. to a bouaa whara aha will ba til thd opening As Ida feet out of life a a atniut th dace. With foot a half alnut pan, through and aavaa shrwg as Diaadala aafeguardoA he Partner," aollcltotbly the In Inquired, hi hands aa and touched d Individual. .. diameter, and ahoveled sont thirty of hla shoulders ho boldly advanced, ground apparently you feel all right were falling to hla aid Dinsdale known aa Sotanara, from mle pound of dirt Into It, and burrled to telling himself: Dinsdale laughed and dried hla feet the rivulet. treatment at tha haada of a bad Colt barrel the of the Is one Dlnndale "If heavy he brought must stood and titer have any on the abort grass. man" Bandy Allen, who vow watched him. Pyrlte exclaimed someseen n.e. a lost Bciaaora Im Cinodala. aa trying prosector, vengeance Top high, I'yrltea. My conscience thing under hts breath. to Cud old Iran Pyritea." nickname la derived from hla me Aldoesnt trouble a hit. and with out. Bandy paper , U.m doe It pan tnXV inked ahlllty to The cabtu door was closed and, llkenonaea len waa a bad one. Better off dead. claeora, remarkable a flicker of Interest. with what was unusual, blankets were hung f pereoaa, or anything that If he had been an Injun I'd any he'd About four or five colors." over small wtndows. Then wer the atrlkea hie fancy. Diaadala taken made a vow to hla modUine and had "Whata that In money!" to him. Iron Pyritea arrivoa la but wer partly blocked glass, lacking to tackle me. Being arum town. Kan Juan Joa hinta to Pyritea, scratching hla bead, nowill-Inglby strip of timber, lie first examined I cant get rid of the feeling he was Dine dale that tho town la alalng admitted : or the sheds ond corrals. None contained him up aa a doing something - he wouldn't have About a fifth of a cent." and Bd Tinea him to go horses. tried unless be felt obliged to try It" with Pyritea on a proopeettng Great Scott ! If that prospecting Tbeyr resdy to car for a heap of of ala a hinta coming Pjrltes stared at him sympathetitrip Ha "work 'm through. Why, It costa me fifteen them when la which ha eaa put to It." ho thought a profitable and cally, declared; cents to Are one of my gun a once I" ho advanced to tho door and rapped Internet Diaadala At a midnight Tour talk doesnt assay out even cried Dtnadale In high dtagust. plana art Biaettng of smartly. As ho had expected tbero one teeny color. Not even a trace. Bade 4o rob one of tho treasure Pyritea butantly regained hla op- w as no response. Ther was a hole for mining" Dinsdale acquiree a Merit e Of course Its barely possible French timum. The value of that pan simply "This very creek I broke In Pyrlte but no raw hid thong Utchstrlng, reputation aa a recklesa apender arid some hla of Curly pals might have prove there' gold everywhere In the end an eipert gunman. Ban Jana II tb door visible. was tried and they pushed on and madt It against you for what happened la hllla. This ain't wher wo Jea, believing Diaadala tn bo a was aim- felt th bar resist tho pressure. Gulch. They struck It rich Deadwood Keno Frank's place; yet It don't have r, waraa him of the for to I want wer work doso surrounded In anyway. ing but he torn by Sioux. On!) But they get ponway," coming of Jim Omaha," Ualoa the right Indications. Those fellers to the divide and locat a man vein." on Ton see, I know I back and He escaped. examined dered. .pacific detective, and again stepped would want you to live till they could him to take a proa pec ting That will be more like It," mumblod the windows and then returned to the as well as you da Queer how ond mat get you down at a table again, youd Dtnadale. trip with Pyritea Dlnedale I won't bother to get my door. Then he smiled at the artful always escapes. Just on. And du reluctaaC Dlnedale kllln think." we till strike dies after telling hla story U working pan In bol Th th It. always door to of the something taken then Allen lie simplicity Never thought of him," ex- more Curly som one. If two or tnor non oocoped kill with Pyritea promising." used for th latchatring, hut never wss claimed Dinsdale. "Well, Tm through there wouldn't ho any story, aa tb Estlng an early aupper, the burro to discourage trespasser. At mulling It over. From now on Im were loaded and th two struck to merely other survivor would speak and aa) side of th door and concealed by. one going to be a wolf at prospecting." CHAPTER VI th southeast for a mil and then a It waa a lie." of banging bark was tho thong I That's the kind of talk that makes turned east Into a dry water court liestrip Lie, nothing P hotly cried Pyritea oelted it ond tugged sharply. Tho me feel good," approved Pyrites. "Now and began "Tom Renshaw did escape Da wai Pyrltfg wag garrulously grate fol f mounting th divide. In bar rose lnatd and th door owung 11 Mfiadhln for providing Urn stake, and you pitch Into that grub, have a abort out hunting when tha Indiana rushed they did not cover more than two pen.. And don't let miles before tb slanting sun raya for tun days of their hurried Journey smoke and turn In. tha camp. Ha waa returning with Six rough bunks were on each of tho toward the divide between Rapid and Bandy Allen bother your dream any. warned them It waa tlm to ' make deer when th smoke from tho burn Ido walls. Tli chimney and fireplace he wearied hla alien) San Juan haa stopped all talk against camp. Dlnadalo left thla matter en- wer at th farther end with several Dlnodal Ran to th Nearest Point of ing shack and cabins warned him t Spring creek you by ICa time. Ain't no doubt In my tirely to Pyriteo, and tho location se- ketties and th Growth Despite th Possibility be careful. Front tho top of a bluff h companion with hla Voluble thank. frying pans. Near the door After passing through thd three mind but what Bandy was one of the lected was clou by a spring, near a wss a table. Tills arrangement mod That Ruity Might Be Waiting to looked down and aaw the whole buaV Billet of the Elka narrow and twisted hoes thieves that havo been doing as growth of stunted burr-oaness. 11 hid la tho wood and lived As PyenRocolv Him. food th to It necessary bring th In as these business hills a regular off tho deer meat till the Indians quit canyon they emerged from the alatea rites pitched th tnt b commentc: tire length of th room, on unnecessary down on his head. Tha fellow col Then ho went Into tho burned ramp to strike southwest to the Bog Elder, the miners have." We're below Elk butte and about Inconvenience, ho decided. and remained motionless. Dina-da- l and found a bora that had bolted Into He crawled Into the. tent to escape ten miles east of Elkhorn prairie. I'd swift flowing over bare bed rock. Piled in one corner near th fireplace lapsed In rolled his snd dews bias the stepped over the prostrate form the Umber. He nncached six hundred heavy They followed tho Bog Oder to where like to go over ther and put In a few wer seven saddles. Four of the did and himself up through the open- ounce of gold. Renahaw packed that drew h beaded at the bane of Custers peak. Vets. Dinsdale smoked a pipe and day." not look as If they hsd ever leen Xear aundowa and hla the trapdoor buck lo gold to on of tho heads of the Box followed friend's then ing tipped example. divide f unpack-Inmore Interested Pm in the Pyritea Ugaa used. Tho ashes ta tha fireplace were Dlns-dlathe hurvoa and called after. : Th thunder birds were flapping ahead than In nny grass prairie," anld cold and oo firo could havo burned place. Elder, not far from Deadwood Gulch, That makes It awkward," he mut- and hid It la a abaft hla party dug Don't you know Itg almost their wings and the bills were Ailed Dlnedale. hours. Tiptoeing ther for twenty-fouaa he stepped to the open door before they entered tb gulch." night) Well camp here." with deep rumbling. iTritea, crawl Oh, we'U look over the dlvld first, back to tho door he puzzled over the tered and gazed up and down th valley. "Dlnedale, ahead, reined tn and Ing from bis blankets t prepare the now wo're within pistol shot of It" How do you know all thial" akep awkward posltloa of, the tabl. tils Tli mans lack of suspicion and hla tlcatly asked Dinsdale. Pored at thn eunaet light streaming breakfast, studied the heavens for Any danger from horse thieve?" wonderment further Increased when he to accept an intruder as a amaa the heavens. Dismounting, he minute and then went about his work. Because Torn Renshaw, . nearly "Iloss thieve T Good land! What discovered each of th four legs was readiness lowly led hla horae back to the camp-biWe'll run Into It If we break camp," made you think of hol thieve? Let's bolted )o th floor. Ironmongery was member of tho gong Indicated that starved and with hla boas played out, some one known at Rusty" wns ex place and removed the puddle and dubiously remarked Dinsdale from the not have any outlaw talk. We're hon easily managed to reach tha Immigrant road, procured In Dead wood City and peeled to he In th rahlBT,therefore, placed It In thd small tcut Tyritea waa tent estt prospect ora. W dont want any other hill towns, but why any on Rusty must bo In )h Immediate neigh- lie waa out of ammunition and threw Scftly setting up. It's lambasting sin out of the pines truck with unlawful men." hlo gun. II lived on should bother to bring Iron clamps and "X feel sort borhood and likely jio appear- - at any away . of blue, partner. Jup-P- dowu tfm." granted Pyrites. "It's screw to Tbata right," heartily agreed this Isolated spot and make moment. While li roots, and tho pulp of prickly reassuring to wii you do the sqnaw work vrhfte ! moving southeast. We wont get any 11 "All 1 ask la not to bo distraveled by night hoc use floor to secure slab tho tall rough discover no body of men approaching pears. bnder around a bit," b auggewted. vf It Well eat snd poke along." It was too cold to Bleep without blanwaa a problem that challenged hla turbed In my the cabin It waa disquieting to observe To 'afraid pm a poor traveling fcnydale took the hint snd turned Th next morning they breathed kets, and he slept In th daytime. On Imagination. there wer no horses In sight b staggered Into a hunting out 'i'Ji treskfsst was soon eaten white mist when they crawled from the II took hold of tho tab! and lifted. The man In tho cellar had arrived night of Mormon "Too's all right a on Green river, and heartily assured and tb tum p.lrrvl. tent. Dlnsdal w St for an Immediate It did not give. II glided to th aid on romp Pyrites. foot; aud ho must have com from told hla story. Renshaw was fed and Walk tbu bile out of your Dinsdale went ahead, usually Jn a for level higher farthest from tho Pyrlte and repeated the wood or else ho would have THent Better make It a short trip, sight of his Companion every few min- - departure cared for, and after be got on hla feet Insisted mi breakfast and something' of his experiment .With nn exclamation beennearby seen from one of th two fts he darker n the inside of a ho disappeared. Probably hla hardbad of the examination an he gully they Jumped back and the table banget before Dlnadalo ventured through wrra pretty noon." " killed him right after he quit thd In place gain. down II following. been ships had lifted tbe trapdoor. It waa possible that ho TU find my way back, never fear." Mormon camp." a Tou're floor section th the the of with boss," say. Just you at along toand his friend Rusty had been aid Dinsdale, Rut why haven't yoa tried for th But Ive got table. Returning to th aid next to gether and had surrendered Dinsdale. And taklag bis separated when near cached gold!" o!T to he etrnck rifle, wove door had ho across once after the and reached and rvf fever the gold tb cabin. Tills would permit tho secfH of the peak. In the aoqth Pyrites stared at him ta great fee I'm going to take my pan and more lifted and pulled. The table ond man do be ta the woods opposite the country was much more broken, orora. Finally he exclaimed : atrlke out up the ridge Urped quite easily. It waa bolted to, the d was tu thickly set with serrated Me rewaste as and sure lost a Ton'll get my Ume digging out tea effectually concealed, Urge apple, Dinsdale ran to the nearest point Shs and had bulky Harney's peak or dollar worth of thousand eleven finished Ton When be know too door th monstrated dont Pyrlte. a of the growth despite tb possibility "C lrk ground. It Impressed Dina-gold when theres whole mine of It tC these hllla, with their gorges and upright at right angles with tb floor that Rusty might ho welting 'to being desolate snd forbidding. and the table retcd onJta side. broken top." tdm. 'Nor nd Ie breathe freely . hertind for ihdlaklngTIf Twaa a Originally the country had been winone "I know hilli tnucK worse than these. of to curtained th Darting until be plunged Into cover. Roon ho I x,lb!lng man, aa yu seem to be, Td rily timbered, but now ihere were I a masse of dry cinders with no dows ho pulled hark tb covering ant waa bock at the camp and th Baked alT enough I real f dead pines, and their Pyrites waa mo." to to teU yoq the lay of the briefly surveyed the course he had demanding; water interest running Sriy tope were unlovely and ang- land. This country is simple. Mia taken In coming down tbe sloping val"All right, partner," soothed D!n Where ta thl have yon been?" J that had been dead cant get lost Don't b afraid." ley. lie took th same precaution at n Ive been tn long narrow valley dale; well take time enough some ge. a window on the opposite side. No let ween this and th next ridge," time to corral that dost. It Isn't ta Have It so. Hope you strike tir gloomily at the se wao la sight in either direction. wearily replied Dlnsdala. "And 1 had be sneezed at. But Ive beard se bushel of nuggets. FU stick along here, vista for some min a tee, then From be back noonT the door he looked across to an adventure I never 'looked for. many Tost mine stories Ive quit takToaH by Xhe flank . of the mountain ' "Have dinner the rocky rim of the lesser ridge. It Forthwith be recited hi experience In ing stock and eat If ready rapidly began climbing 1L With dufet show up. I may strike something waa covered with phnea. To ex ran- the cabin and hla assault on tb maa energy he forked bln way op ine the height la the east It would la th cellar. tig tod forget Pm hungry." op until a more grad on pron-A short distance above Lis companion te necessary for him to leave the cabDioadalaa visit . to the Now youve gone and done it T "nta bC!- nr ptterfng halted aod dag down a foot in. as there was no window at the groaned Fjiltca. running to the bucabin ef teurae cause Dinsdale ' came into view. Sun Can yew gweaa complications. snd carefully examined the dirt. With- chimney end of tb room. II decided rro. Strike that tent and help me dhta and dark n eaa In the them! to chance U without completing hla pack. .Good lord, of all th bad tuck! could he determine water out '"Tr. and he suddenly realized It waa at at be had nncovered, but by rolling reconnaissance. I panned the dirt yon left and It's all te making camp, vfor.bl" The owners of the place would be pay gravel once tt can be hydraullcked. sot 0 of the dirt between Lla fingers he (TO BB COffnirCKD.) weerlly broke through Into fv. wt. rewarded with a smalt scale of acre t approach from either cp or And yon havo to stick your nose ta nreflght he found Ryritee asleep ensr-gold. Be stack a (ranch in down th volley. Returning to th stranger's hosim-a- e and let them know Damn tel tea ns were (L , if Chanci Next stornv the dirt to attract Pyrites attention open trapdoor, be struck It by beltl&g on of them the Ere nod the There are some ungodly young mem ntatch and held It below' the floor. over Lb head! What made yon go sad mounted higher. Color." Fhro or wan Four atocked. In that corner having fun with over u!" Abevt ready he a rnd cellar formed by Info that cabin where yon must a' 'Digging out samples ot short later There w Dyrttee nw(,ke and ?vld announced tbe preachcj the gtrU," a tn of each natural depression or hole. It waa knew a you wasn't wanted?" raid and rperks gold tes as be surmounted a ridge. For he used finding aa be paused In tbe mldd' solemnly, much Dina-dalthe of about six the feet beneath Py I morning. np deep ten "Curiosity, reckon," sighed snd then reined la and pointed accusing! sermon Lla of '2am a things hot for ytL pro mHeo fee rod rite was nowhere In sights Tho sa ing and had teen shaped with a spade somethin turnlcg to be!p with the pack- la the direction of the graceless youths, dropped off. Yon sit down sod ft t red thoughtfully at on his overhead a th rides, hot (ho bottom ef It ing. he tiled to war nearly Once I was in 1 took tbe best Swlagln bio bead about and wash your When they gel dona" he eontinoed eet from the topmost mound. Instead seemed to be solid rock. The flare way of getting out. Th man I cracked would bo pan nraa th rvef susphrtouriy th. perhaps they wld glen ponderously, f the fnstch also revealed a hardtack over the head never aaw me." a of hurrying down the ridgd. however, -have been thrown into something ofInchance." a me to he squared hla shoulders get the bog filed with package done cp la "But if he com ta r hlo mate remembered the not be hsd i Jart h.r'.ar.tr, not odertaad why could And he psnic and tlsnkets. Dropping te have come a ton, theyTl scatter and thunder worms. Slip- kistts out of his bars and glanced ef smiJea. fear mcwS dians I as he tbe congregation neteiT4 about th panorama of i'll lb ground beneath ho ruugtit up th soon fin I this camp," wTttbfuIly hoot and stuck his feet ping to tb ground sod shifting feia curiously woods. Prrt M snd held and in It and the faint IV melancholy package a ridges a drew he aint got Pyrites. hrre Ifs rifle to tie left bawd while the ohjeri Then staring down at the fre.h mound i'rl.t rtreamieg through the trap and dam A Sub ft Uz: clotile to b1." " hand gun he approached hed." s' th cord. It contained 1 be mattered; Difference between prate and f.b a wile "Golrg to give He which tad caused him to dismount Urlat tot aV.tt wer sll friend from a vrsfrht. If gold, pure yon twvry berth ranging lady'a divlJe and or wth rake tie abort tery is that praise mra- ft. y71 waa a lorg feathered arrow, this ttme- .r In r 'jmssatvo a to second to Td It." I titl:-Ureter Jut i la to little dirt, leiow tbero T" asked Din gfl Wot boiler e thee Al-- Tgttrisr marts," nr gro H m , knew 4 what Jim Omaha 'looks Ilk ; 1 Vr-i- d kin Make the divide nothing I crt- - gtltil-- X swapping Jewel short shaft characterising in. L nrr Taat Allen s axj had no wish to kill the PYRITES waa triangular In shape, mad for war. The shaft was of June berry, tough and flexible, go aa not t break d.d the quarry, whether man or buffalo, fall upon f.-- .i. Dlaa-UJa- fld-eeehr- s. C.. I4wo4 ru 1 ret-se- hr inrM t. 11 ed d j op r g et, s' cabin-ahea- d. r half-witte- Ivpe-dale- d o low-dow- n y road-age- rond-ngen- train-robb- nt er. ta -- "So trala-robbe- ad-Tia- ea np-pea- re 1 cti Ui I . k. r g choke-cherrie- e s, Dlrt-dale- gold-hunting- com-pcnWm- ." r SAKDl-aiL- w1 " n JVtH w - -- dr wla-do- do, trap-Coo- r. , re-rei- ul mel-arhol- y ." my-tsrio- I. . nt yon-do- W e, f itnl bri " r;''l d cin-jl- nJ ( ytz!J lT, y,7 'Er . J eta heir IL u iip )n s ft vTy "i it!. - ; |